The system is the proficiency panel

After passing through the wall and officially entering Hongxia City, what comes into view is a wide street with tall buildings on both sides, but some of them are dilapidated.

The three continued walking along the street. Although it was still daytime, they saw many closed shops and few passers-by on the street. Their footsteps echoed all around, and a dull and depressing atmosphere filled the air, making people feel suffocated.

"Michiko, I've heard of this kind of atmosphere when I was a kid. It's like this when bandits attack or soldiers pass through the village. It's filled with fear and confusion about where to go."

Ye Wanjun lagged behind by half a step and whispered behind Lin Ji. He was one of the five people who came to Shuilan Star to build their foundation in artistic conception. He was one of the main combat forces. His wife Cai Shan also came with him.

"You had a lot of experiences as a kid, much better than me."

Lin Ji said with a smile.

"Um... I was too young at the time, so I don't remember it clearly. I only heard about it from the elders at home occasionally."

Ye Wanjun scratched his head awkwardly and said no more.

The three of them continued to move forward, preparing to go to the Adventurer's Guild established in this city to sell the tiger on Yue Feng's back for money and to gather information at the same time.

Suddenly, a fierce quarrel was heard from the Adventurer's Guild ahead. Lin Ji became interested, and the three of them sped up.

The Adventurer's Guild is a modern building located in the city center. It is like a huge glass honeycomb, full of a sense of technology and the future. It is a building made mainly of steel and glass.

On the right side of the hall is a row of neatly arranged counters, which are the guild service desks that provide adventurers with a variety of consulting and affairs services. On the left side, you can see a huge digital screen that scrolls through various tasks and adventurer rankings.

As soon as Lin Ji and the other two entered the room, they discovered the source of the quarrel. A boy about 15 years old was hugging a man's thigh tightly, with tears and snot smeared on it. The middle-aged man was well-dressed and looked like a successful person. He also had a good attitude. How could he be angry when being hugged like this?

"Don't force me to do it, Chen Chen! I've told you so many times since yesterday that Chen Peng took this mission on his own, no one forced him. If your father's adventure group didn't come back it's because he's not strong enough. He couldn't even defeat a ninth-level warrior Night Blade Leopard. You can't blame the Adventurer's Guild!"

"Uncle Ye, my dad may not be dead yet. Can you send someone out to search for him? I am willing to give my entire family's property as a reward."

Chen Chen's words were a little tearful. He was only a 4th-level warrior, and leaving Hongxia City alone to look for someone would be suicide. He could only seek help from the president of the Adventurer's Guild, who always had a good reputation. His mother had passed away a long time ago, and he didn't want to lose his father again.

"Chen Chen, the situation is not right. I can't help you with this. Take a rest first."

After Ye Youkong finished speaking, he knocked Chen Chen unconscious with force and pulled his legs out.

"Take him down and arrange a room for him."

Glancing at the stain on his trouser legs, Ye Youkong frowned and gave instructions to his men around him, then left the hall, disappointing Lin Ji who thought something big was going on.

The following actions went smoothly. After exchanging the tiger's body for some money and finding out some gossip, Lin Ji led his men away.

……

In the dim night, under the neon lights, in a small cafe, Lin Ji drank coffee, tasting its bitterness, and looked at the night view outside the window with a nostalgic look.

"Michiko, aren't we going back?"

After swallowing the bitter liquid called coffee in one breath, Ye Wanjun asked curiously. Although Yue Feng at the side did not speak, judging from the speed at which he ate and drank, he did not want to stay here, even though Hongxia City was very novel.

"It's stormy, something is bound to happen tonight, how can we leave? Besides, the strength of these warriors is not that good. According to their classification, the foundation of artistic conception is roughly equivalent to a general or a martial saint, and the only martial saint in Hongxia City is the dead lord. What do we have to be afraid of?"

Lin Ji shook his head with a relaxed expression and said that it was impossible for Ye Wanjun and the other man to abandon Lin Ji and go back alone, so they could only stay with him and silently prepare themselves mentally to be the last one to leave.

The clock in the coffee shop was ticking. The three of them waited from nine o'clock until the early morning. When the other customers left, Lin Ji's scattered mental power finally detected some unusual movements.

"Walk."

Lin Ji put down the cup and stood up. Ye Wanjun and Yue Feng also stood up immediately. The three of them left the cafe together and flew towards the city center.

In addition to the Adventurer's Guild, there is another very important place in the city center, where the Ye family, the lord of Hongxia City, is located.

High in the sky, Lin Ji used illusion to hide the figures of three people and slowly approached the center of the city. From a distance, he saw two groups of people fighting. Their strength was not very good. The strongest one had only the strength of an ordinary foundation-building person, and it was just a small fight.

However, Lin Ji did not act rashly. He wanted to see how things would develop next and how much power would be mobilized by the ownership of a city. Anyway, he did not believe that an ordinary foundation-building person could dominate here. Human technology could fully cope with it.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of explosions continued, and soon the outcome was almost decided. Although the Ye family had a large number of guns, grenades and other items, they had few strong individuals and were broken into head-on. After the first and strongest line of defense was broken, the Ye family had almost no room for resistance.

……

"Uncle, the Night Guards can no longer stop them. There is still time. You can leave quickly by yourself. Don't worry about me. I am still valuable. They will not kill me."

In the central room of the Ye family, the 12-year-old girl who inherited blonde hair and blue eyes from her mother suppressed her fear and mustered up the courage to persuade her uncle to leave.

Her uncle Ye Youkong is the younger brother of the head of the Ye family. He possesses the strength of a military general and is a high-end combat force in Hongxia City and the president of the Adventurer's Guild. But at this moment, this superior has a look of panic on his face. He anxiously looks at the situation outside the window while trying to comfort his niece.

"Zi Xin, don't worry. I have already asked Luoye City for help some time ago. We can survive together. I promise."

Ye Youkong's lips trembled slightly when he spoke, showing that he was extremely nervous. He still had a chance to escape from here if he went alone, but the fate of his niece was hard to say. Zizhen was his only relative, and he could not give up.

Ye Youkong, who noticed some movement in the distance, took Ye Zizhen into the basement. Thinking that there might be servants of the Ye family still alive outside, he finally made up his mind and pressed the button of the C4 explosives in his hand.

Boom!

Starting from 50 meters around the center of the manor, a total of several tons of C4 explosives were placed. At this moment, they exploded with terrifying power, and the Ye family was destroyed in an instant.