First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

A small pattern was etched onto the wooden plaque using spiritual energy.

It was a ”V” sign made with two fingers.

Lu Ding hadn’t expected her to send a message.

Casually, he replied:

[Did you change your wooden plaque?]

[Wang Qingge: Upgraded it. I forgot about it before. This time when I returned, I burned incense for my master and told him you could understand me.]

[Wang Qingge: Then I remembered - Master once told me the wooden plaque could be upgraded.]

[Wang Qingge: It’s not called a wooden plaque anymore. Master said it’s called the Soul-Stealing Banner, but he told me to tell others it’s the Human Emperor Banner.]

Lu Ding: !!!Soul-Stealing Banner!?

Human Emperor Banner!?

Wait!

”Slack off in cultivation, become brothers in the Soul-Stealing Banner. Lack cultivation drive, practice Tai Chi in the Human Emperor Banner.”

Isn’t that just a meme?!

You actually have one for real?!

The name matches, but Lu Ding didn’t know if its function matched too.

If it really worked like the legendary Soul-Stealing Banner,

this would be a devastating weapon.

Curious!

Extremely curious.

His heart itched like being scratched by a cat’s claws.

But it felt inappropriate to ask directly.

[Lu Ding: Then why did you tell me?]

[Wang Qingge: Tell you what?]

[Lu Ding: About the Human Emperor Banner.]

[Wang Qingge: Huh?]

Lu Ding: .......

Right, he almost forgot - this girl wasn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.

Alzheimer’s......

Lu Ding sighed: ”Sigh......”

Looking around at the people close to him - aside from Yan Feifan, none of those who could barely keep up with him were normal.

What?

Do all geniuses have their own little flaws?

Bai Hemian was stubborn as a mule. Wutian, though a Buddhist disciple, was actually the enemy of Buddhism. Wang Qingge carried an indescribable object but had something like Alzheimer’s and poor hearing - incurable at that.

Oh right.

There was also half a friend.

Huangfu Lingyun, formerly known as Zhang Wei - that kid was beyond saving too.

Absolutely unyielding, though Bai Hemian could handle him.

Lu Ding felt exhausted.

[Didn’t your master tell you not to tell others? Why did you tell me it’s the Soul-Stealing Banner?]

Meanwhile.

Wang Qingge stopped at the pitch-black mountain gate.

She guiltily looked around.

Seeing no one nearby, she inexplicably relaxed.

Seriously.

This place was scary enough to frighten ghosts - why would there be other people?

[Wang Qingge: Because you can understand me. Others can’t understand me. I want to talk, but only you can understand. I really want to be good friends with you. Good friends shouldn’t have secrets between them.]

Her fingers kept moving.

[Don’t misunderstand. Don’t feel pressured. I don’t mean anything else. This is just my one-sided thought. After all, we’ve only met once. Don’t feel pressured.]

No reply came for quite a while.

Wang Qingge’s hand holding the small plaque slowly lost strength.

Drooping down.

Her face showed no expression.

But upon closer inspection.

One could see.

The little plaque in her drooping hand kept flashing emoji expressions.

From calm, to pouting, to aggrieved, finally silently putting on sunglasses as tears streamed down behind them.

Ding dong.

[Lu Ding: Hahahaha no pressure at all. I thought we were already friends.]

[Remember when you helped me before? Friends help each other. We’ve helped each other, so we’re friends.]

The reason he hadn’t replied earlier was because after seeing those messages.

Lu Ding had silently strangled his own curiosity.

Seeing this reply.

The emoji on Wang Qingge’s plaque quietly removed the sunglasses.

[Wang Qingge: Really?]

[Lu Ding: Really really......]

They chatted casually.

Suddenly.

She abruptly said.

[Wang Qingge: Are we going to war? I remember you’re from the 749 Bureau. Can I come fight too? My plaque still needs a bit more refining.]

[Wang Qingge: Master told me not to kill innocents. War isn’t killing innocents, right?]

[Wang Qingge: I saw on short videos that netizens say there’s no right or wrong on battlefield, only life and death.]

Lu Ding was stunned!

Hey!!!

This girl might not be as dumb as she seemed!

Thinking it over.

If Wang Qingge’s plaque really functioned like the Soul-Stealing Banner, it would be a devastating weapon on battlefield.

Especially in large-scale battles.

One wave.

Could bring world-ending destruction.

Combined with his own bloody methods, it would be like mowing grass effortlessly.

Moreover, even if this girl didn’t attack herself.

Just standing there made her a pollution source.

Her strength couldn’t be judged by normal standards.

After consideration.

[Lu Ding: Sure, I’ll arrange an identity for you. Come with me. Stay by my side during missions. With official status, you’ll get rewards for killing enemies.]

Wang Qingge was delighted.

[Wang Qingge: There are rewards? No need no need. I’ll just go fight. I don’t need rewards. I’ll refine my plaque.]

Joining the army not for pay.

Where else would you find such logic?

Of course.

She wasn’t smart, but Lu Ding wouldn’t take advantage.

Work deserved payment.

Not taking it.

Would be unfair to herself and set bad precedent.

If others knew you worked without pay, what would they think?

Excessive self-exploitation shouldn’t be encouraged.

It would disrupt the market.

[Lu Ding: Don’t worry about that. I’ll handle it for you. Find a good spot now. I’ll call a plane for you later - take the private jet here.]

[Wang Qingge: Plane? Come over? Huh? No need.]

The phone suddenly rang.

A video call request.

Puzzled, Lu Ding accepted.

Wang Qingge appeared on screen.

She asked: ”Lu Ding, Lu Ding, do you really want me to come over?”

Though confused, Lu Ding replied: ”Of course.”

Then.

He watched as the screen turned black.

Thick darkness began oozing from the phone screen.

Wang Qingge slowly wriggled her way out through the phone screen.

Tap.

Wang Qingge landed on the floor.

Struggling to pull out her stuck plaque.

She turned to Lu Ding: ”Hehe, plaque got stuck. Wait a sec.”

With a strong yank.

She violently pulled the plaque free from the phone, stumbling several steps before regaining balance.

Lu Ding was dumbfounded.

The world was full of wonders - if Sadako could climb out of TVs, Wang Qingge could crawl out of phones......

This......

What kind of sorcery was this?

For the first time, the words ”unscientific” appeared in Lu Ding’s mind.

Usually he was the one shocking others, but today, Wang Qingge had truly astonished him.

”You...you can crawl out of phones? Then why didn’t you come out through Cao Ying’s phone before?”

Lu Ding blurted out.

Wang Qingge frowned seriously.

He thought she’d explain some limitation.

Instead, she said: ”I forgot.”