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

Hearing him smoothly rattle off the 749 situation at Jinhua Tian Temple in the southern region without a single pause.

Lu Ding couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.

When it came to professional dedication, Brother Feifan was truly unmatched.

How long had he even been here?

As the saying went, leave professional matters to the professionals.

Gold shines wherever it’s placed.

All Lu Ding had done was unearth that gold.

And he was proud of it!

Now with Feifan on board.Lu Ding no longer had to worry about anything.

Wherever a job needed to be done, just bring Feifan along and head straight there.

That was a sense of security Xinghe had never given him.

Xinghe held the fort; Feifan expanded.

Perfect.

After listening to Yan Feifan’s report, Lu Ding said, ”Looks like this Kong Wenshu is no ordinary cannon fodder.”

”Let’s go, we’ll go see for ourselves.”

”Feifan, use your phone, put my name on it, I’ll give you the authority—issue a group assembly mission, form a party. Mission content: randomly clear one of the southern forces. Mission requirement: investigators at the Fourth Restriction cultivation level or above.”

If their cultivation was too low, going cross-region for work would just get people killed.

”Yes, Brother Lu!!”

Yan Feifan responded, immediately grabbing his phone and posting the group assembly mission on the Western 749 APP.

The moment it went live.

The mission was instantly pinned to the top.

Drawing the collective attention of all Western 749 investigators.

Sure, the current chaos in the west meant plenty of missions and good money.

But let’s be real.

With Lu Ding around, anyone daring to cause trouble now was nothing but Small Monsters.

The big ones didn’t even dare show their faces.

If they wanted to earn more contribution points, they had to go on group missions with Grand Duke Lu. Following him meant eating their fill, which had basically become common knowledge in the west.

But looking at this mission’s requirements.

Many sighed silently.

Their cultivation just wasn’t good enough!!!

Only the talented investigators Lu Ding brought back from Hanjing and the local prodigies from the west could meet the conditions. Beyond them, most local investigators couldn’t even get a foot in.

Everyone was anxious.

This got the once-lazy Western investigators, who had only recently become proactive after a few shocks, feeling fired up.

Watching the strong grow even stronger, while they, the weak, forever ate dust running insignificant side missions.

Their eyes burned with envy!!

This was real, tangible benefit!

A golden opportunity laid out in plain sight, a freshly roasted duck hot off the fire—right there, but untouchable.

And this wasn’t the first time, nor would it be the last. If they couldn’t raise their cultivation to the requirements next time either.

They’d be drifting further and further from the new city’s golden opportunity.

Thinking of this.

Those investigators who couldn’t join the group mission.

Went crazy picking up other tasks.

Watching the contribution point pool of the Western 749 skyrocket endlessly.

At the same time.

Inside the Information Processing Room at 749’s Director-General office in Hanjing.

Several high-ranking leaders stood before the big screen.

Watching the data from various regional 749 bureaus fluctuate wildly, the New City West shot up like a rocket, its upward trend fierce beyond belief!!!

The big shots in the processing room exchanged glances, then burst into laughter.

”Hahahaha, Lu Ding really knows his stuff. Now his Western division is full of howling wolves.”

”Individually unifying the five western districts, performance metrics topping all special envoys. His investigators’ mission acceptance and completion rates are the best in the west, and now they’re trending toward the best in all of Great Han.”

”With a leader like that commanding troops like that, how could the west not thrive? How could the new city not flourish? How could Great Han not prosper?!”

”Sure, we all hope every local 749 does fewer missions—that’s real peace and prosperity. Better to put swords away than to march to war. But in the new city, the only answer is to fucking fight!!!!”

”Damn bastards. The Lu State, the Qi State, the Profound Nether Cult, the Divine Sword Holy Land—every one of them strutting around like they own the place. The moment we talk about real steel-on-steel combat, they get all evasive, sending little pups to pick a fight with Great Han’s rising star. They’re not even worthy!!!!”

”If it weren’t for the risk of everything spiraling out of control, and Lu Ding insisting he could handle it and even counterattack, I’d have led the charge and smashed them myself!!”

”They love this ’soldier against soldier, general against general’ game. Fine, let’s play. We’ve got guns in hand, so no need to panic. If worst comes to worst, we’ll just fire a round.”

”Back in the day, we old-timers fought our way up, carved out our place, and broke new ground.”

”Now, these young newcomers fight outward, win their reputations, and expand our territory!”

”Each generation must do what its era demands. No need to rush.”

As those words fell, the Information Processing Room echoed with waves of deep, mellow laughter.

The old generation’s heroes were past their prime, but not yet setting in the west.

The new generation’s fame was rising, like the first rays of dawn.

Twin suns in the same sky—Great Han thrives.

Elder Shui was the trailblazer of that era.

Lu Ding was the trendsetter of this one.

Success didn’t belong to them alone, but success would surely include them!

One after another, relentless and unending.

This era belonged to Great Han.

On the other side.

New City, Southern District, Jinhua Tian Temple Zone, at Star-Gazing Bridge.

One end of the bridge was packed with eight hundred people.

Ying Gou stood at the front of the crowd, wearing a vest printed with scenes of wine, women, and indulgence, his posture straight and sharp. Beside him stood his assistant investigator, Zhuge Xing.

At the other end of the bridge, the road led straight to the Jinhua Tian Temple Zone’s 749.

Ying Gou was waiting for someone.

Suddenly sensing wind stirring the heavens.

Ying Gou looked up.

A dark mass of people in the distance, like specks at first, grew closer and larger.

Until they were within normal sight, and he could make out Lu Ding.

Ying Gou smiled without a word.

As Lu Ding flew before him, Ying Gou looked him over, taking in his stylish, elegant, and irresistibly charming scholar-warrior sleeves.

Raising his hand to gesture at his own outfit today, Ying Gou said, ”I was trying to keep up with you. Picked out this outfit specially today, got my hair done, trimmed my eyebrows, spritzed on some cologne. And then you show up wearing scholar-warrior sleeves.”

”Isn’t all my effort wasted?”

”You’re wearing a new outfit every day. Anyone would think you’re a fashion influencer.”

Last time he’d met Lu Ding, Lu Ding’s scholar-warrior sleeves were torn, and Bai Hemen and the others hadn’t arrived yet, so he was wearing the suits and shirts Yan Feifan had given him earlier.

Now that Yan Feifan and the others were here, Bai Hemen had gifted him three more sets of scholar-warrior sleeves. Since today was a big day, of course he had to wear them.

Lu Ding chuckled and said, ”Want me to get you a set next time?”

Ying Gou sized him up: ”Forget it. I’m neither scholar nor warrior—I don’t have the guts to wear scholar-warrior sleeves in front of you.”

Back in the day, the garment had no particular significance.

But ever since Lu Ding arrived in the new city, no ordinary person dared wear it. At the very least, they’d need to be an undisputed rising leader in their field before they could don scholar-warrior sleeves without feeling insecure.

Otherwise, the clothes would overwhelm the person. With Lu Ding setting the bar so high, anyone else wearing them would only invite ridicule.

As he spoke, Ying Gou glanced at the people Lu Ding had brought: ”Just these?”

Lu Ding nodded: ”Enough. After I take care of things here, I’ll swing by and have a chat with Wuliang Temple, Star-Plucking Tower, and Giant Wave Group.”

He brought these people precisely to cancel the accounts of those three forces.

Ying Gou thought for a moment: ”Well, I’ve still got people.”

With that, he turned his head and signaled: ”Let’s go?”

Lu Ding’s tone was tinged with exasperation: ”Can’t we just fly? You’re showing off like it’s a horse parade. I’m starting to wonder if you were ever a good person before joining 749.”