The light curtains were severed one by one, and the figures of Igor, Amir, and Nguyen Van Hung disappeared in turn, the dark blue light receding back into the void.

After the encrypted channel was shut down, Zhou Guosheng sat alone in Jinghai's office.

He picked up the teacup on the table; the water had cooled down, but he didn't put it down. He just held it in his hand, his gaze fixed ahead, and remained silent for a long time.

He kept thinking about that question from earlier, the legendary profession.

Logically speaking, he knew better than anyone that there were no legendary professions in the Nightmare World.

Over the years, calculations, predictions, and projections from various countries have consistently pointed to the same conclusion: rare professions represent a ceiling for career advancement.

Lin Feng's general appointment skill used to only promote centurions and 500 lords. Now that skill must have been upgraded. Upgrading a profession skill usually means that you have obtained a superior profession that is inherited from him.

Just like the inheritance he received back then, each job advancement is a rare profession, and with each advancement, the previous skills will be slightly enhanced.

But the magnitude of that increase... has never been this large before.

If the gap between rare professions is not extremely large, then there is only one possibility left.

Legendary profession.

Is there really such a legendary profession? Zhou Guosheng leaned back in his chair, his gaze fixed on the chandelier on the ceiling, lingering there for a long time.

The light from the chandelier fell on his face, illuminating a profile that revealed no expression.

He had no answer, but once the thought entered his mind, he could never erase it.

...

Blue Star, Chengdu.

Saturday, 11:05 a.m.

In a dilapidated neighborhood with over a century of history, Wang Hao was huddled in a chair in his room.

The old walls are mottled and yellowed, and the stairwell is filled with the smell of cooking oil from the neighbors next door.

He leaned back in his swivel chair, the light screen of his personal terminal floating in front of him, the center of the screen showing a live broadcast outside the north gate of Hangu Pass.

Wang Hao stared at the scrolling comments on the screen, unable to suppress the smile on his lips. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Viewers from various countries in the live stream were flooding the screen with messages celebrating Fenghuo County's upgrade to a city-level territory, with the chat filled with jubilation.

"The fastest upgrade speed ever! From village to city, unprecedented!"

“Annan netizen: I just want to know if Fenghuo City is still hiring. I have a big appetite but I also work very hard.”

"A congratulatory telegram has been sent from the White Elephant Kingdom, congratulating the Beacon Fire Territory on its promotion to city level!"

"I hereby declare that Beacon City, having been built in less than half a year, has won the grand prize for 'the fastest city-to-village transformation in the 90-year history of Nightmare World's launch! The prize: a live-streamed chat extravaganza across the entire Blue Star!"

Immediately following this, another comment appeared:

"Alright, the awards ceremony is over. Everyone, you can all leave now."

Wang Hao looked at the screen and laughed so hard he slapped the table.

Just then, there was movement in the direction of the city gate in the picture.

Seven mammoth war elephants slowly emerged from the city gate, with human figures faintly visible on their backs. Following them, 23,000 black-armored elite soldiers marched out in formation, the column stretching endlessly like a long black dragon surging out of the pass and flowing towards the open fields to the north.

The chat was silent for a moment, then exploded.

"Holy crap? Am I seeing things? Those are several third-tier characters? Fifty of them?!"

"No, no, we can only see the soldiers' levels, not the Awakened's levels! Including those third-stage Awakened standing there, there are probably sixty or seventy of them!"

"I counted seven elephants, each with two three-wheelers on top, fourteen riding on elephants, and more than thirty on the ground. These three-wheelers have turned into cabbages?"

"White Elephant Kingdom Netizen: Upstairs, are you really counting?"

“I just counted three times, there are forty-nine. I suspect that Lord Lin has emptied the Nightmare World’s third-tier book warehouse.”

"Annan netizen: Maybe it's a special item? The kind that drops a batch of third-tier characters at once."

"American netizens: Is it possible that the advanced spectacle effects of the Great Wall are actually mass promotions to the third job advancement?"

"Did the upstairs just get internet access? Beacon Fire Territory has always had level 20 centurions and level 25 500 lords, ever since the time of Beacon Fire Town!"

So it definitely wasn't caused by a miracle. It's possible that Lord Lin completed his fourth job advancement, and that his fourth job advancement is closely related to his previous jobs, causing his old skills to be upgraded.

A netizen from Russia commented: "How long has he been awakened? Fourth job advancement? Impossible!"

"But how do you explain those forty-nine level three warriors? Lord Lin was already level three when he was in a town-level territory. Besides level four warriors, what else could conjure up so many high-level combatants overnight? Is it a system bonus?"

"Are fourth-tier job classes that powerful? Are they rare?"

"A rare profession can unlock forty-nine third job advancements in one night? Show me another one!"

"You've all missed the point! We've definitely unearthed a prehistoric arsenal!"

"Whatever it is, I just want to ask one question: Does Lord Lin need someone to carry my bags? I graduated from a 985 university."

"I graduated from a 211 university, but I can shout 'Beacon Fire.' Is this skill worth a third job advancement?"

Amidst a frenzy of speculation in the chat, someone finally typed out the term: "Have you guys forgotten that saying... Legendary class?"

The moment this comment appeared, the sentiment in the comment section instantly shifted.

"Legendary classes? There aren't any legendary classes in the Nightmare World, are there? Haven't all the countries verified that?"

"Verification is one thing, but what if it misses something? Lord Lin's growth rate... can a rare profession really produce this kind of effect?"

"I'm going to start making this up now. I think Lord Lin is a legendary 'Overlord,' the kind who can take on a thousand men single-handedly!"

"Overlord is too lame. I think 'Human Butcher' is better, the more you kill, the stronger you become!"

"Since Lord Wu'an is here, why don't you just guess who the 'God of Slaughter' is?"

"You're all too narrow-minded. Look at his troops: Qin elite soldiers, the Great Wall... This is clearly 'First Emperor'! Commanding thousands of troops and sweeping across the land!"

"The First Emperor! This is the best! I vote for the First Emperor!"

"Overlord plus one! How domineering is the Overlord!"

"A butcher is more in line with Lord Lin's fighting style! You see, he never wastes words in battle, he just crushes everything in his path!"

“European netizens: You guys are all too limited, you're all from the East. What if it's something even more outrageous? Like a 'dragon knight'? He rides a dragon!”

"That's called 'Dragon General'! It's even cooler!"

"Dragon Knight won't do, he rides a silver dragon, he should be called'Silver Dragon General'!"

"What will happen to Unnie?"

"Stop telling that hellish joke... It reminds me of the vanished cherry blossom country."

"What are you arguing about? Just call it 'God of War in Flames', isn't that enough?"

"The God of War is too common, I vote for the 'Martial Saint'."

"None of you will do. Listen to me, 'Emperor of Beacon Fire'!"

Various names scrolled wildly in the barrage, from historical generals to fantasy novel protagonists, from serious guesses to unrestrained speculation, and the scene was once out of control.

Wang Hao looked at the dense barrage of comments on the screen and laughed even harder.

He picked up his soy milk, took a sip, put it down, thought for a moment, and then quickly typed a line: "You've been arguing for so long, have you ever thought about what if Lord Lin didn't even get a fourth job advancement? You've been arguing about the name of the legendary class for so long, but it turns out he just got a normal third job advancement. Wouldn't you have been arguing for nothing?"

The chat was silent for a second.