Chapter 41 The Association

[I am Fang Yue, I am sitting in a luxury car worth millions, enjoying the pleasure of the ride.]

[But my heart is not at peace. I am about to arrive at the Lianshou Hui (Joint Hands Society) branch in Qingshui District, Jianghai City. My future is uncertain.]

[Soon, I safely arrived at the Lianshou Hui branch. It wasn't as impressive as I imagined.]

[Under Qiu Dugu’s lead, I quickly met the Qian Hui Zhang (Sign Leader).]

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Unexpectedly, the parchment appeared smoothly.

No, it shouldn't be unexpected!

Because unlike in the game, the parchment can be capricious.

In reality, they are bound by strict contracts.

As long as it involves its own safety, the parchment must do its best to help.

"What's wrong with me? Tell me!"

Fang Yue urged in his heart, but in the next moment, Fang Yue was stunned.

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Fang Yue: ???

What's going on? Is it crashing?

"Parchment?"

[I am Fang Yue, I am sitting, my future is uncertain.]

[But my heart, I quickly met the Qian Hui Zhang.]

Fang Yue: ??

What is this mess?

Fang Yue was a little confused. What was this nonsense? Could it be that the parchment ate too much black embers and damaged its brain?

I shouldn't give it to it in the future.

[No way!!]

[Parchment is iron, black embers are steel, a day without eating makes me hungry!]

[Also, the great and noble parchment lord has received interference!]

[Unable to predict! Unable to predict! Unable to predict!]

Unable to predict?

Fang Yue's heart trembled. This was the first time he had encountered this situation.

What is hidden in the Lianshou Hui's branch that can interfere with the parchment?

You must know that the parchment is Yu-level... Oh, Transcendent-level, wait.

"By the way, others say you are a Transcendent-level strange object, why do you say you are a Yu-level strange object?"

[What?! I am a Transcendent-level strange object??]

Fang Yue's face darkened. Could it be that this guy doesn't even know what level he is?

[I don't know, that old witch said the great and noble parchment lord is a Yu-level strange object, so I believed it!]

[Damn it! So angry! It turns out the great parchment lord is a Transcendent-level strange object, good! From now on, I will call myself a Transcendent-level strange object!]

"...Then can you use the attack of a Transcendent-level strange object?"

[No, the current limit is Yu-level.]

"Then isn't that a Yu-level strange object? What's the use of changing the title! There's no change at all, okay!"

[I don't care! I don't care! I don't care! It's Transcendent-level! It's Transcendent-level! It's Transcendent-level!]

Fang Yue's face darkened again, and he directly ignored the parchment.

This guy, his predictions are being interfered with, and now he can't even explain things clearly.

But... so it was the parchment's former owner, that beta tester who played the game in beta, who set the standard for the parchment's level.

Could it be that... later in the research process, they discovered the true role of the parchment and upgraded it to a [Transcendent-level] strange object?

The so-called Transcendent-level is a level beyond cognition, an unknowable level. In layman's terms, it means that they don't know where the upper limit of this thing is, so they just randomly put this title on it.

With the role of the parchment, Fang Yue couldn't say whether it deserved this title or not.

While Fang Yue was thinking about this, the luxury car had already stopped in front of a high-rise building with more than a hundred floors.

But as the parchment said, it wasn't as impressive as imagined. It was surprisingly ordinary.

Fang Yue thought that the Lianshou Hui's branch base would have a palace-style design, the bigger the better.

"Get out of the car."

Qiu Dugu didn't know what Fang Yue was thinking.

He swiped his card to enter the door with Fang Yue and went straight to the elevator.

Fang Yue looked around. Although the building was large, there weren't many people inside.

Following him into the elevator, Fang Yue noticed that Qiu Dugu directly pressed the button for the top floor.

As the elevator rose, it reached the top floor in a short while.

He opened the door, walked along the corridor, and soon stopped outside a room.

Knock knock knock.

He knocked on the door.

The door opened automatically.

"Come in."

Fang Yue followed Qiu Dugu inside and found that this room was more like a presidential suite than an office. It was decorated extremely luxuriously, with a bed, a bathroom, a bedroom, and a study, basically everything.

Looking at the Qian Hui Zhang sitting in the chair, whom he had met once before, Fang Yue felt a little nervous.

The parchment's prediction was interfered with, mostly because of him.

"You brought him back, so that means he is willing to join the Lianshou Hui?"

"Yes," Qiu Dugu said.

"...Very good, you can go out first, I'll talk to him alone."

"...Qian Hui Zhang, he is my partner..."

"I told you to go out."

"...Yes."

Qiu Dugu glanced at Fang Yue and retreated.

With the sound of the door closing, only Fang Yue and Qian Hui Zhang were left in the room.

Qian Hui Zhang sized up Fang Yue, his bee wings spread out behind him, buzzing slowly as he flew in front of Fang Yue, only to find that this man was looking directly at him without fear.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm here to join the Lianshou Hui, why should I be afraid?"

"...I have confirmed with headquarters that the parchment in the inventory is a fake. The real one was stolen by Ma Shaoku."

Fang Yue didn't speak, because he knew that Qian Hui Zhang hadn't finished speaking, so he just listened.

"After I learned about this, I conducted an investigation overnight, and finally, after looking through various materials and records, I confirmed one thing - the parchment is on you."

"..."

Fang Yue still didn't speak, because the fact that he was standing here at this moment, in the Lianshou Hui's Qingshui branch building, already explained something.

"I asked Qiu Dugu to bring your head and then retrieve the parchment. But he didn't agree. He said you were strong and could become an asset to the Lianshou Hui."

"I thought about it and agreed with his opinion, letting him bring you back and make you a member of the Lianshou Hui. Do you know why?"

Fang Yue finally raised his eyelids, knowing that Qian Hui Zhang was about to get to the point.

Qian Hui Zhang stared into Fang Yue's eyes and said slowly.

"Because I'm curious."

"Curious?"

"Yes, curious!"

"Curious about what?"

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"Curious as to why you, an ordinary person, can make such rapid progress after obtaining the parchment."

"..."

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat, and he vaguely guessed something.

Could it be that... the Lianshou Hui doesn't even know that the parchment can synchronize the abilities in the game to reality?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems to make sense, because on the day he got the parchment, *Blue Sea* had just started its servers!

And it was by chance that he signed a contract and obtained the parchment's synchronization ability.

And when the game hadn't started yet, even if the Lianshou Hui obtained the parchment, it wouldn't be possible to use this ability. It's reasonable that they didn't know.

However, then there is a problem.