My career aspirations have come true.

Chapter 14: Methods of Skill Upgrading

"This is the special operations team's dedicated office area."

After passing through the courtyard, Jiang Lei led the four people to a relatively secluded small building.

"Group 8 is in the innermost room on the third floor. Let's go up and take a look."

The group went up to the third floor, pushed open the door, and were greeted by a scene of utter chaos. Several desks were crooked and documents were scattered all over the floor.

"After the previous brother's accident, this place hasn't been cleaned up much."

Jiang Lei sighed.

"You guys organize yourselves first, and if you're missing anything, go to the logistics department to report and request it."

"In addition, your internal access has been activated. You can look up any information you want directly on the computer. We won't be on any missions for the next few days, so you can use this time to familiarize yourselves with the situation in the North District."

"If you want to train, just go to the training area on the left side of the building. The facilities there are much more complete than those at the professional academy."

"If there's any emergency, feel free to contact me using your communication wristwatch. I've been staying in the brigade's medical area for the past few days."

After giving his instructions, Jiang Lei turned and left, leaving the four of them standing in the messy office, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Let's clean up first," Lin Ze said, breaking the silence. "This will be our office area from now on, so we can't keep it like this all the time."

Tang Wangshu and Zhuang Yi nodded in agreement.

Pei Xuan frowned, looking at the mess on the ground, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The four of them divided the work and worked together, with some sweeping the floor and others tidying up the files. In just over half an hour, they had cleaned the office spotless.

The previously messy desks have been rearranged neatly, leaving only a faint smell of disinfectant in the air.

"It's still early, what are you planning to do next?" Tang Wangshu raised her hand to wipe the thin layer of sweat from her forehead and asked casually.

Without hesitation, Zhuang Yi said, "I'll go take a look at the training area."

There are only a few ways for professionals to increase their attributes and level up.

You either need to acquire new talents or skills, or upgrade existing skills.

Most professionals improve their attributes through the latter method.

There are very few ways to upgrade skills.

You must use a specific rare item.

Either hunt monsters in the dungeon.

Alternatively, you can increase your skill experience points through training.

Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Using rare items can instantly boost skill levels, quickly and effortlessly, but such items are extremely rare, and most professionals may never encounter them in their entire lives.

Hunting monsters in dungeons earns you potential points, which can be used to upgrade your skills.

However, the number of dungeons is also very limited. Even for members of the legion, the number of times they can enter a dungeon each month is limited. Any more than that requires exchanging military merits, which is not a regular way to enter.

In the end, everyone still has to rely on day after day of tedious training to accumulate skill experience points little by little until they achieve a breakthrough and upgrade their skills.

Therefore, it is not easy for professionals to advance in their career level.

Of course, mastering new skills is also necessary—after all, there is a limit to skill levels.

Once a skill reaches its maximum level and no new skills are acquired, a professional's attribute growth will stagnate, and their level will no longer be able to increase.

Many low-level professionals remain stuck at their current level for life, unable to advance, because they lack access to new skills.

Acquiring new skills and upgrading existing skills are arguably the two things that professionals strive for throughout their lives.

Upon hearing Zhuang Yi's words, both Tang Wangshu and Pei Xuan showed expressions of interest, clearly wanting to take advantage of this free time to improve their strength as much as possible.

Lin Ze walked straight to the computer by the window, sat down, casually turned on the computer, and said without looking up:

"You guys go ahead, I want to look at the documents first."

Seeing that Lin Ze had already accessed the internal network login page, Tang Wangshu and Zhuang Yi said no more, simply greeted each other, and turned to leave the office.

Pei Xuan hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile and quickly followed the two.

He had thought that everyone would go their separate ways after graduation, so he didn't bother to maintain any relationship. But to his surprise, he was assigned to the same branch, or even the same special operations group.

Therefore, it is very necessary to maintain good relationships.

Leaving aside Zhuang Yi and Lin Ze, Tang Wangshu has a powerful background and is a valuable connection to cultivate.

Soon, only Lin Ze remained in the office.

His fingers flew across the keyboard, and after entering his account and password, a simple interface of the Legion's intranet immediately popped up on the screen.

There are no unnecessary fancy features, only a few core sections such as the quest section, member profiles, guild information, and exchange section.

Lin Ze first opened the member profile section and entered Jiang Lei's name.

A detailed resume quickly appeared on the screen:

"Jiang Lei, 29 years old, Level 4 Shadow Assassin, from the North District of Chilian City. He graduated from the Fifth Professional Academy in 14 and was assigned to the Eighth Group of the North District Detachment. In 20, he received a minor merit for eliminating a professional criminal gang. In 21, he received a minor merit for capturing Liao Yunfan, a cadre of the Black Stone Society. In 22, he received a medium merit for his outstanding performance in eliminating the Black Stone Society's stronghold. With accumulated merits, he was promoted to the leader of the Eighth Group..."

His resume looks impressive; he rose through the ranks based on solid achievements, and there's not a single fault to be found.

Lin Ze's eyes flickered slightly, and his fingertips unconsciously tapped the table.

He wasn't naive enough to think that a legion whose mission was to maintain order must be a pure and peaceful place inside.

Water that is too clear has no fish. With a legion of such a large size, it is perfectly normal for a few scoundrels to appear within it.

Moreover, the conspicuous red light emanating from Jiang Lei already spoke volumes.

The complete annihilation of Group 8... might be related to Jiang Lei.

"I thought I could focus on completing tasks and accumulating military merits after joining the company, but I never expected to be assigned such an incredible boss right after starting..."

Lin Ze sighed softly, exited Jiang Lei's profile page, and instead opened the guild information section to start checking guild information in the North District.

Ironically, the reason why the North District became the most chaotic of the four districts was that there was no powerful enough guild to unify the whole situation.

Throughout the entire North District, there are a total of eight guilds of all sizes, with various forces intertwined and constantly vying for power, creating a chaotic and turbulent atmosphere in the North District.

Among them, Gangquan ranks first in overall strength.

Its members are mostly melee fighters and berserkers, and they act in a domineering and tyrannical manner, controlling most of the underground boxing rings in the North District.

Secondly, Blood Eagle controls more than two-thirds of the smuggling channels in the North District.

......

And the one ranked last was the Black Stone Society, which Lin Ze had dealt with before.

The Legion's database contains fairly detailed information about the Blackrock Society, from its high-level structure and outpost distribution to even the class levels of some core members.

One of the names immediately caught Lin Ze's attention.

Zhao Shuo, Vice President of the Blackrock Guild, Level 4 Lich, currently confirmed to possess the following skills: Corpse Control (estimated level Lv8), Corpse Enhancement (estimated level Lv7), Corpse Explosion (estimated level Lv5)...

"Zhao Feng's uncle..."

Lin Ze narrowed his eyes, a fleeting glint of light flashing within them.

Although it was Jingzhe who assassinated Zhao Feng, he had an alibi throughout the entire process, so theoretically there was no need to worry about others suspecting him.

But Blackstone is known for its ruthless methods, and Zhao Shuo is notorious in the North District. Who knows if this guy will act unpredictably and take his anger out on him for his nephew's death, and attack him without any regard for the consequences?

Just in case, we still need to find an opportunity to get rid of Zhao Shuo!

If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they'll grow back in the spring!

Lin Ze reviewed the information several times, memorizing all the details about the Black Stone Society, then exited the page and shut down the computer.

After sending a message to Tang Wangshu and Zhuang Yi, he left the office building and headed towards the dormitory area behind it.

The free apartments allocated by the Legion are located there.

Lin Ze was assigned apartment 403, which is about 120 square meters, with two bedrooms and one living room. It is fully furnished with furniture and appliances, and even the bedding is provided, making it truly move-in ready.

The wide Chilian River is just 400-500 meters behind the apartment building. Standing on the balcony, you can enjoy a magnificent view of the river.

The apartment had been cleaned, and Lin Ze didn't have much luggage. After a quick tidy-up, he took out his longsword and began practicing his skills.

A muffled whooshing sound suddenly echoed through the living room.

Time passed second by second, and the skill experience points on the panel were slowly increasing.

The afterglow of the sunset outside the window gradually faded, and the deep blue night slowly enveloped the earth, with twinkling stars appearing in the sky.

As night fell completely, a young man in his early twenties with an average face suddenly emerged from the shadows under the trees by the river and slowly walked towards the distant night.