In front of the elevator door, Wang Zhifan, who heard the young woman behind him offering a higher price to retain him, suddenly stopped and slightly turned his body to look back.

He didn't say anything at the moment, but the woman behind knew he was somewhat interested in her words, so she continued to say:

"I want you to go into the tower with me. There's a door inside that only someone like you can open. As long as you agree, I can offer ten million to buy your gun."

"Tower? Door?"

After listening to the woman, Wang Zhifan standing still in front of the elevator door expressed confusion. It was obvious he still didn't understand what the woman was talking about.

"The tower is the one in the Gray Realm, you don't need to know much about it. Anyway, you just need to go in with me and help open a door."

The young woman with phoenix eyes continued to explain to Wang Zhifan. She observed the slight confusion in the young businessman's eyes as he turned his head and judged that he was already attracted to her proposal.

But the next second, she realized how wrong her assumption was, as the young man in front walked into the elevator, pressed the button to close the elevator without hesitation, thereby indicating his choice to refuse.

Before the elevator door fully closed, Wang Zhifan left a message for the somewhat surprised woman outside:

"Sorry, I refuse to cooperate with someone who breaks promises."

That was indeed Wang Zhifan's main thought at the moment. In the previous argument, he had lost trust in Mr. Han, therefore no matter how enticing or high-priced the offer was, he wouldn't cooperate with her anymore.

Being deceived once might be accidental or because of luck, but being deceived twice would be foolish. When it comes to people who lack integrity and are somewhat neurotic, Wang Zhifan would choose to keep his distance.

Watching the young businessman descending in the elevator, the young woman remaining on the 67th floor frowned with a trace of indecision. She stood still for two seconds, then suddenly sighed, shook her head, and muttered softly:

"Forget it... Even if the door is opened, it's not necessarily possible to pass. I've really been overly anxious lately… I should continue searching for the next weapon to see if I can find suitable parts."

She said this while taking out her phone and started browsing. The page displayed on the phone screen was the player forum Wang Zhifan often checked, with the focus on the trading section, specifically posts selling firearms.

Leaving the previous building via the elevator, Wang Zhifan proceeded to look for a place without people or surveillance where he could summon the Red Deer Horse. He felt a bit displeased about the incomplete transaction earlier, but also pondered what the woman mentioned about the tower and door in the Gray Realm.

Of course, this issue could not be solved by mere speculation. He had a potential helper, Chu Wei, who worked in the management bureau.

Knowing well that today was Chu Wei's day off, he quickly took out his phone to contact her, asking if there was a tower or door in the Gray Realm and hoping she could check it in the management bureau's database if possible.

After sending those words, he received Chu Wei's reply shortly. She promised to check immediately and asked Wang Zhifan to wait a bit.

Wang Zhifan promptly replied that he wasn't in a hurry and that Chu Wei could tell him the results when they were ready, whether sooner or later.

After this exchange, Wang Zhifan quickly found a hidden corner, took out his Wind Concealing Conical Hat, summoned the Red Deer Horse, and in invisible mode, soared into the sky heading north towards Shiyan City in Beishan Province.

The buyer's location for the Giant Tree-man Seed he was selling was as close to Zhengyu City as Dongjiang City to Zhengyu City, meaning that with the Red Deer Horse's exceptional speed, he could reach it in just about twenty minutes.

On this northern journey, due to previously noticing traces of the Gray Realm on the ground, Wang Zhifan slightly reduced his altitude this time, avoiding cloud cover blocking his view, actively observing the land below for more instances of the Gray Realm.

Indeed, with such deliberate attention, he found several spots with Gray Realm existence on the route to Shiyan City, around 400 kilometers north, including newly formed ones in remote areas seemingly unmonitored, and others in densely populated areas visibly surrounded by official personnel preparing for priority handling. Additionally, he found wandering creatures in some mountainous areas, indicating at least one Gray Realm solidified into reality at these locations.

"Chu Wei was right; the Gray Realm situation is increasingly rampant. I merely traveling in a straight line found several unchecked Gray Realms. The unknown ones must be more numerous, no wonder she says the bureau is busier than ever."

Contemplating the ever-worsening Gray Realm situation, Wang Zhifan silently memorized the locations of the more remote Gray Realms, planning to take care of them on his return trip, hoping to encounter a couple of bosses to garner rewards. As for those in densely populated areas, based on his knowledge of the management bureau, undoubtedly personnel would be dispatched for priority handling, so he needn't worry about them.

After slightly slowing his speed, Wang Zhifan arrived in Shiyan City, Beishan Province, after about half an hour. Shiyan City was a mountain city with few skyscrapers, yet it had an abundance of mountainous luxury homes and villas, where his buyer resided.

Unlike the poor experience in Zhengyu City before, his transaction here was much smoother. The middle-aged buyer with a beer belly not only didn't find excuses to lower the price of his Giant Tree-man Seed but paid promptly upon receiving it, handing him an anonymous bank card loaded with five million Xia Country currency. The buyer even warmly invited him for drinks and a lavish meal, but Wang Zhifan politely declined, citing more pressing transactions.

With five million in hand, Wang Zhifan immediately headed south, systematically locating the Gray Realms he had discovered along the way, entering and clearing all the monsters within, causing the Gray Realms to collapse one by one.

With his experience as a Gray Realm cleaner, such operations were quite smooth for him. Moreover, with his current combat capability, he could practically clear every area in the blink of an eye by wielding Ice Source Energy, achieving astonishing efficiency.

But he rarely indulges in such extravagance; instead, he typically relies on Thunder Dragon Fury to trigger lightning storms for rapid clearing.

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