This Lord is Very Scientific

"Publish a task?"

The maid gave Lin Ke a deep look, seemingly advising him due to his unfamiliar face:

"Publishing a task requires a five percent reward commission, paid directly to Scarlet Wilderness, which will then be paid to the person who accepts the task. If no one accepts the task within a month, it will be returned, and a contract must be signed."

Commission, fund security, return, contract.

This is a way to safeguard the interests of the task publisher, the task receiver, and Scarlet Wilderness, the three stakeholders.

"You seem to know quite a bit." Lin Ke remained unchanged in expression: "Take me there. After I publish the task, I need to have some juice."

"As you wish." The maid quickly led Lin Ke into the restaurant, her steps brisk and light.

Only then did Lin Ke realize that this maid was actually a level-one [Maid]!

The Green Leaf Juice Bar is renowned in the abyss for its excellent service, food, and decor.

It indeed looks quite nice now.

However, Lin Ke wasn't here to enjoy himself; he perked his ears to listen and gather various information.

The quiet drink area naturally had no conversations, but in the novel area and the newly opened manga area, people were discussing plots over juice while reading novels and comics.

The soundproofing was excellent, so unless Lin Ke went inside, he couldn't hear the conversations.

It was currently early morning tea time, some noblewomen quietly reading newspapers and sipping juice in the hall.

It seemed Lin Ke's footsteps and presence were "absorbed" by the [Maid] in front, and no one looked up to see him, likely due to a skill.

After passing through several areas, he arrived at a bar-like place where a middle-aged man in a tailcoat was politely checking accounts inside the bar.

"Manager, this gentleman wants to publish a task." The maid gestured to Lin Ke, who was dressed like a poet.

The man raised his head, glanced at Lin Ke, and skillfully put down the ledger, signaling Lin Ke: "Follow me."

He opened a door beside him, behind which seemed to be a small space.

Lin Ke knew beforehand that Lady Heshan had distributed small spaces to many key Scarlet Wilderness contact points, so wasn't surprised.

He followed closely, holding his guitar, into the small space, while the [Maid] exited.

Once inside, Lin Ke was immediately engulfed by noise.

"Thugs! A small group of human thugs has appeared in the north, attacking villages, requiring a medium-sized team, accepting temporary teams, with no less than level-four professions!"

"Generous rewards! Help the beautiful Miss Bickley send a letter to the second son of Viscount Spark Silk! She's willing to offer a level-two magic sapphire."

"Buying information, buying information. Regarding the western kobold tribe's news. Go quickly to the 'Bulletin Area' to take the task, needing a large number of kobolds at level-11 [Hound Mage] Lady Kedo's request!"

This was a space about the size of a football field, not far away was a large projection made of Memory Stone, densely recording information.

These were all tasks!

In the past month, tasks from the entire Gula Kingdom were listed, with summaries and rewards recorded, while both task publishers and receivers were hidden.

Once a task was taken, someone would come to remove the information.

Some more urgent tasks were directly shouted in the hall to attract attention.

However...

Lin Ke wasn't actually here to publish a task.

He waved to the manager just now: "Thanks, I'll be alright on my own now," and then skillfully walked towards the large screen.

The manager looked at Lin Ke's familiarity and returned thoughtfully, surmising Lin Ke might be someone who completed a task?

Returning to his original route, Lin Ke had arrived under the large screen.

There was also a bar, but there were more than a dozen people inside, scribbling and recording lots of things.

In front of them were people lined up to either submit or receive tasks.

"Hurry up! Time is skill, time is level!"

"Yeah, why is it so slow!"

"Ugh, damned it, if we weren't prohibited from fighting here, I'd have punched that scrawny guy to pieces."

"The task I wanted to take was taken by someone else?!"

The current task panel couldn't update in real-time, so many tasks had a guiding nature.

For example, the autumn harvest task in Azanen Territory could be directly commenced within a month when reaching there.

Most of the tasks available here were local in the abyss.

However, many people didn't know, Scarlet Wilderness's main and central task was information gathering!

Lin Ke spent millions annually on Scarlet Wilderness to cultivate those front [Scribes] while gathering information across the continent.

Thus, Lin Ke approached the bar and observed a busy young man in front.

"Sorry, please queue up." The young man was sweating profusely, a level-one [Scribe], recording the task information about the Minotaur in front.

"Get to the back of the line, or I'll tear you apart!" The Minotaur roared angrily, glaring with massive eyes at Lin Ke.

"Apologies." Lin Ke apologetically thumped his chest and then took out a square card from his Space Ring, much like a bank card from his previous life.

He flashed the card in front of the young man, saying: "Call your supervisor over."

The young man initially held some resentment, being busy enough already, and yet having people who knew nothing cutting the line.

Lin Ke Young Master had already said before, even he had to queue to do things, even the Insomnia Emperor had to queue, there was no exception.

However, when the young man caught a glimpse of the card in Lin Ke's hand and sensed the magic power triggered in his body, he suddenly remembered a particular service.

He instantly realized that the poet in front wasn't here to cut the line, but was a superior!

"Who cares who you call, don't cut in line!" The Minotaur continued to roar sonorously.

"Yeah, don't cut in line!"

"I'll blast your stupid eyes out!"

"What did we kobolds ever do to you?"

The others lined up behind the Minotaur also angrily shouted, queue-cutting was truly annoying.

"Sir, I'll call the supervisor right away." The young man first nodded to Lin Ke, then looked at the Minotaur: "Sorry, this gentleman is our esteemed member, and has certain priority rights."

"Esteemed member?! What's that?"

"Damn member! No cutting in line!"

"Get lost, get lost!"

A crowd growled, yelled, some nobles mingling amongst them, looking displeased.

Until the young man stood up and used amplification magic to say: "Those who spend over one hundred million gold coins at Scarlet Wilderness will be issued a membership card as esteemed members. You're welcome to apply for membership cards!"

Suddenly, dead silence.