"You can choose three items then, even if they are Rule Items," Tian Lin said.
"Okay," Mu Rufeng nodded, his spirits lifted.
To choose three items from the national repository? This is freaking awesome.
"By the way, this is for you." Tian Lin took out a black box.
This blind box was simply a fist-sized, squarely red box with a big black question mark on several of its sides.
"This is a Rule Item Blind Box, given as a reward from the national side for your leading role in establishing cooperation with Crimson Preferred."
"Just this Rule Item Blind Box, ever since it was acquired, has been eyed by many Contractors, but ultimately, the country decided to reward you with it."
Mu Rufeng's heart leapt with joy upon seeing the Rule Item Blind Box and he connected it immediately.
"Great, great, I just love Rule Items," Mu Rufeng said cheerfully, immediately pocketing it.
"Any other requests? Just say them all," Tian Lin said.
"Um… Chief Tian, I was wondering if there are any Skill Cards in the department?" Mu Rufeng asked.
Speaking of which, Mu Rufeng only had two skills at present, both Rule Skills, and not a single ordinary Skill.
"Skill Cards? Those are quite scarce, as most are used by Contractors themselves."
"When the time comes, you can look for them in the repository. Anyway, you can freely choose three, whether they are items, Skill Cards, or Spiritual Objects," Chief Tian said.
"Oh, and Level 1 attribute fruits, you can also take five of each. Counting the days, they should be transported from the Capital the day after tomorrow," Chief Tian added.
"Okay, Chief Tian, let's head to the repository now," Mu Rufeng said, not caring much about the attribute fruits since he had already consumed them from levels one to three.
Now, he was somewhat impatient to see if there were any good items in the national repository.
"Alright, I'll take you there now. By the way, do you have any other requests? A car, house? Don't you need them?"
"No need, I already have ten billion. I can buy cars and houses myself," Mu Rufeng said with a laugh.
"That's true. Oh, and if you need a wife, we can arrange that for you too. What do you think about my Xiao Yi?" Tian Lin suddenly said.
"Ah... this... no need, no need, I'll just leave it to fate," Mu Rufeng responded, blushing at the comment.
"Ha ha, still shy, it seems you haven't dated before. Young man, at your young age, not dating is no fun," Tian Lin laughed, patting Mu Rufeng's shoulder.
Mu Rufeng didn't know what to say and could only scratch his cheek, awkwardly smiling.
Subsequently, Tian Lin personally led Mu Rufeng to the repository located ten floors underground.
The repository was probably the most secure place within the department.
There was always a Contractor guarding it daily, plus a dozen people armed with real guns.
Moreover, surveillance cameras covered the area with 360-degree coverage, leaving no blind spots.
That alloy door could not even be blown open by missiles.
After passing through a series of checkpoints and verifications, Tian Lin led Mu Rufeng into the repository.
However, the place turned out to be just a room no larger than twenty square meters.
At the center of the room was a table, atop which was a huge LCD screen.
And on the wall in front was a large glass panel.
Through the glass, one could see rows of stone columns.
On top of each column were odd-shaped items.
If he wasn't mistaken, those items must be the repository items.
"Come, Xiao Mu, take a look at the items inside first to see if there's anything you need. I'll call it up for you."
Tian Lin walked to the screen and started operating it.
Shortly after, the item information from inside the repository listed all appeared before Mu Rufeng's eyes.
The department's items weren't many in the first place; in total, there were only thirteen items.
There were no Skill Cards or Rule Items.
"By the way, let me inform you in advance that upon reaching level three, there's a small benefit. Before entering any instance, you'll be able to request an item to bring inside."
"From the next instance onward, you can start requesting items," Tian Lin added.
Upon hearing this, Mu Rufeng was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected that upon reaching level three, one could request an item every time they entered an instance.
But thinking about it, it made sense since the number of Contractors was limited, allowing them to make requests.
As for why not just give those items to Contractors directly.
That's simple. Even though there are few Contractors, there are quite a few departments in total. If the items were distributed to everyone, nobody would get even one.
But if they apply to use them, even if everyone gets to apply, that's not bad.
"Okay," Mu Rufeng nodded and began browsing through these items.
After a while, Mu Rufeng felt somewhat uninterested.
The items in the Changsha department's repository were all low-level and useless, with the highest only being a third-level Item.
Mu Rufeng really wasn't impressed.
"Chief Tian, how can I view the national repository?" Mu Rufeng asked.
"I'm the only one with access to that. Hold on, I'll pull it up for you."
Tian Lin immediately began typing furiously again.
Shortly afterward, dense text appeared on the screen.
"You click into it, and you can see the properties of the items. If you find it tiring to read, you can click this, view by level and categories."
Tian Lin immediately demonstrated for Mu Rufeng.
"Okay, Chief Tian," Mu Rufeng thanked him and then started looking from the higher levels.
The repository was divided into nine levels, corresponding to items from Level 1 to Level 9.
However, the quantities of items from Levels 7 to 9 showed as zero.
The highest were Level 6, and there were only two items.