Chapter 121: Lion Tail Whip

There was nothing unusual that day.

Su Sheng's work was just assigning everyone's shifts, then strolling around to patrol, then listening to college students discuss the game; the day basically passed.

Because the Zhu Lu Game was so popular, the school kindly set up a dedicated Zhu Lu line for the security office, so anyone could play by plugging in a game headset.

Night shifts were required, but the security staff all played Zhu Lu; before they all resisted night duty, now with the line they can take turns playing during idle time, which helped a lot.

Even evening college students are almost all in the Zhu Lu Game; no student at the university doesn't play it.

Across society, hardly any young people avoid Zhu Lu, and even a majority of middle‑aged and older adults are in it.

According to the latest data released by Teng Long Company, Huaxia has 1.4 billion people, of whom 970 million have entered Zhu Lu. (Do not map to reality.)

That means, aside from minors under 18, almost two‑thirds of the population have entered Zhu Lu.

Globally, with over 8 billion people (do not map to reality), 6.877 billion have entered Zhu Lu.

Su Sheng couldn't help but marvel at Teng Long Company's server capacity.

Over 6 billion people online simultaneously, and the Zhu Lu Game still runs smoothly.

Consequently, some unsavory phenomena have emerged: criminals exploit the night when everyone is absorbed in the game to carry out illegal activities.

The news has reported this several times over the past few days.

Therefore, the university security night shift still needs to be maintained.

But Su Sheng's current biggest concern is the situation in the Great Rift.

He doesn't know what will happen once all the Defective Demonic Troops are cleared; anyway, the current outlook looks far from good.

That night, game time arrived.

Su Sheng logged in again, appearing inside a tent by the Great Rift.

After packing up the tent, everyone was gradually logging in.

When the players of Wutong Town logged in, they found the sky over the town looked like the eve of an approaching storm—dim and oppressive.

The town walls were packed with countless NPC troops.

But the town gate remained open as usual.

Everyone knew something was about to happen.

But no one knew exactly what.

"Brothers, push harder; we should take down all these Defective Demonic Troops today," Su Sheng charged ahead.

The others followed suit.

Roar!

As the number of Defective Demonic Troops dwindled, the roars from the Great Rift grew more frequent.

Nearly two hours passed quickly.

Usually at this hour the game world would be fully lit, but today it remained dim and gloomy.

According to players' inquiries in Wutong Town, the Domestic Server seems to have this issue only there; other towns are normal.

That was quite depressing.

At the edge of the Great Rift, the Rift itself had vanished, leaving only a swirling black mass of Demon Energy.

Only seventy or eighty Defective Demonic Troops remained on the field.

Spawn!

A flash of golden light!

Su Sheng leveled up! Level 30!

Ding~

System Notification: Congratulations, player, for reaching Level 30; you have triggered the profession quest trial "Lion's Tail"!

Lion's Tail: Quest requirement—receive 100 hits to the back.

"???" Su Sheng stared in bewilderment; what a bizarre quest.

He'll deal with the quest later; first, add some points.

Then Su Sheng tallied his current gear and sadly found that despite being Level 30, there was no equipment left to upgrade.

He did have a few Level‑35 items: the Purple Guard Long Sword obtained from a submitted plaque, the Demon Puppet Leg Armor from the Demon Energy Castle, and the Corrupt Ring from the Corpse King BOSS— all Level 35 gear.

However, he had run out of Heavenly Craft Stones; the one he helped the Dream Building Squad obtain from the Corpse King BOSS had already been mounted on Li Wenyan's Blazing Wutong Spear.

He hadn't expected to level up so fast, so he thought the Heavenly Craft Stone wasn't needed yet and decided to embed it in the Blazing Wutong Spear to boost his team's damage output, making the clearing of Defective Demonic Troops faster.

He didn't anticipate that after submitting a plaque worth a thousand, he chose experience and instantly gained ten million experience, raising Su Sheng a level.

Thus Su Sheng's level quickly reached 30.

The Shen Wang ranked second on the leaderboard is only at Level 28, stuck for two days; he should reach 29 today.

Unable to proceed, Su Sheng can only complete the quest—receive a hundred back hits.

Su Sheng looked at the Defective Demonic Troops and silently gave up.

Even at Level 30, Su Sheng's attack‑defense balance was 887 and HP 5,070, but being struck from behind by those Defective Demonic Troops would overwhelm him after a few hits.

Su Sheng thought for a moment and looked at Zhou Qiqi.

"Qiqi, come over and help me," he said.

"Huh? I'm coming!"

Even though she didn't know what Su Sheng wanted, Zhou Qiqi bounced over.

After Zhou Qiqi diligently performed a hundred back‑scraping strokes on Su Sheng's back.

"Congratulations, player, you have completed the profession quest trial, Lion's Tail!"

"Successfully mastered the skill 'Lion Tail Whip'."

Lion Tail Whip (Passive)

When attacked from behind, 50% chance, turn back with one sword, dealing 180% (ignoring any limits).

The deadly thing isn't necessarily the minions!

Su Sheng couldn't help but feel helpless; another passive skill, ah.

My hidden class seems to have a lot of passive skills.

At this moment, Zhou Qiqi was completely unaware that Su Sheng's mission had already been completed, and she mechanically swung the dagger in her hand, scraping it against Su Sheng's back.

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However, Su Sheng's longsword suddenly swung out of control, and then he turned back!

I don't know if Zhou Qiqi was just too unlucky, but right after completing the mission and gaining a skill, it triggered directly.

The sharp sword broke through the air; Zhou Qiqi, dazed, was sliced by Su Sheng's demon fang longsword.

Su Sheng also didn't expect such a mishap.

With this sword strike, Zhou Qiqi's small frame would definitely be finished on the spot.

However, Su Sheng's reaction was still quick.

Step back!

Swish~

The longsword swept past Zhou Qiqi's eyes.

Missed.

Three big characters floated out.

Meanwhile, Zhou Qiqi was completely dumbfounded, looking at Su Sheng with a wronged expression, obviously frightened.

"Cough cough, Qiqi, that's enough." Su Sheng lightly coughed once to cover up the earlier awkwardness.