095. Fallen Leaves Bring News, Where Are You, Mei-bi?

  What Li Aozi showed the pyers wasn’t just the DM-101 Camity experimental reagent used in Gunt; after all, given Tianhuan’s productivity, they couldn’t afford su expensive reagent in the short term.

  “This here is the XDM-101, a new mutation-indug reagent I’ve prepared for you. It awaken your Omega Energy, and it’s retively cheap. Most importantly, it accelerates the effectiveness of the reagent, so you don’t o worry about the cost.”

  Li Aozi took out a ginger-colored reagent from the biopool, gently shaking it, and red-bck shadows rippled through the vial’s walls.

  “Of course... the cheaper cost es with a price—its instability increases as well. You’ll ereme pain, and there’s no guarantee you’ll awaken a high-level Omega Energy.”

  The pyers didn’t uand Omega Energy ratings, so they didn’t see a problem. Li Aozi’s prig was very affordable, perfectly suited f one’s luck every now and then. If they happeo awaken a great Omega Energy, that would be fantastic.

  But then, Li Aozi’s words stirred something deep in their DNA:

  “Though the ces are unstable, I’ve roughly figured out a pattern: every 10 secutive awakenings will guarantee a rare Omega Energy. Every 50 secutive awakenings will guarantee a high-level Omega Energy. Every 100 secutive awakenings will guarantee a high-level rare Omega Energy...”

  Yan Wang grinned, “A gacha system with pity pulls?”

  “Even if you awaken a useless Omega Energy, it doesn’t matter. As a 【Mutant】, I’ll teach you how to crush the geic sequenega Energy, gather the geic fragments, and use them to feed the powerful Omega Energies you like.”

  Old Blind twitched, “Card fodder system?”

  “Of course, if you think your Omega Energy isn’t strong enough, I’m something of a capable 【Mutant】 myself. I’m quite fident in my own Omega Energy—if you don’t mind, I sacrifice part of my strength to rent my Omega Energy to you.”

  South Pole Penguin clutched his wallet in terror, “It’s a pay-to-win game!”

  Although the leaders of the three guilds had nothing to say about Li Aozi’s methods, their bodies were ho enough to accept his offer.

  The cheap XDM series was an excellery-level substitute, perfect for newers, and Omega Energy didn’t interfere with future career progression. Some had already chosen 【Martial Artist】 but could still add 【Physical Enha】 Omega Energy to bee even tougher.

  After buying Li Aozi’s reagent, the pyers noticed the biopool was still synthesizing some mysterients. Li Aozi, ag mysteriously, said, “These are only for sale to warriors I reize.”

  Such remarks, along with the cheap entry-level items he offered earlier, vinced people that Li Aozi definitely had some high-quality goods in stock.

  For this reason, pyers from the three guilds gathered to discuss intensely.

  “What do you all think? Should we take the quest or not?”

  “Take it.”

  “But if we take it, this is harder than an A-level quest. Are you ready to die instantly?”

  “Then don’t take it.”

  “But if we don’t, there are still plenty of resources left to uncover.”

  To be precise, it wasn’t about whether to take the quest or not, because clearly, Li Aozi was doing a bundled sale.

  If you don’t accept the quest, unlog Li Aozi’s favorability or buying his goods would be impossible—so you’d have to grind for favorability slowly. And as for how much your 【Charisma】 would matter to a 【Domination】 css mentor like Li Aozi... well, even being sed might be sidered a privilege.

  The difficulty of C-level quests was already an insurmountable mountain for the current pyers, and the quest Li Aozi had issued was daunting enough to make them hesitant.

  The guilds weren’t fools. For casual pyers or streamers, entering such a quest might mean f a fun group to mess around, increasing e aertai value. But the guilds aimed to profit from the game’s meics.

  Since everyone was here to make mohey had to seriously sider these plicated A-level quests.

  we plete it? And what are the rewards?

  Yes, there’s 50,000 experience, which is signifit in the early stages, but what about at level 10 or 20?

  Worst case sario, if pyers had to reach level 20 before they could tackle Li Aozi’s mai, even if the rewards were good, the manpower, resources, and time required would still make it a bad deal.

  Moreover, what’s the situation now? It’s the closed beta!

  The closed beta was only 15 days ahead of the public release, whi game time trao over a year. But in real life, 15 days was barely enough time to empty out the fridge.

  Just when many were sidering pleting the css transfer and theurning to grind and level up, Old Blind, the always lukewarm guild leader of the Murloc Guild, made a decisive statement:

  “Why overthink it? We might be the first group of pyers ter a mai sinch. That alone is big news!”

  ing from a streamer background, Old Blind had a different perspective than these workhuild pyers. He uood that sometimes, a person could inexplicably go viral and bee a major i celebrity.

  But as soon as he said that, the others looked at him like he was the foolish son of a wealthy ndlord, their expressions full of kindness and . Being ridiculed by petitors wasn’t a big deal, but Old Blind noticed even his own guild members were casting doubtful g him, making his face flush red. He crossed his arms and expined:

  “You guys aren’t reading the fine print!”

  “At first gnce, Li Aozi’s quest seems far too difficult, clearly unsuited for our level of pyers to plete—but look closely at the three pletion ditions. Other than C, do any of them require bat?”

  Everyone immediately checked the quest description again, reading it carefully, and realized they had missed a lot of details.

  The three pletion ditions: A required paying for css transfer and pleting Li Aozi’s assigraining tasks. B involved iigating the Beitiao Group. C was an internal sele tour; Triaown had a small dueling arena, and Li Aozi would rent it out for a while, allowing pyers to pete for a ce to go to space.

  Upon closer iion... there really wasn’t aion of bat.

  “Hold on, that’s not the whole story,” Yan oured cold water on their excitement.

  “C is ohing, but if this quest is so difficult yet has no bat elements, and A only requires paying and following orders—then it stands to reason the real challenge will be tied to the B pletion dition.”

  “Exactly,” South Pole Penguin agreed. “C may seem like it has no risk of death penalties, but iy, if you don’t plete B, you won’t get the critical hydrogen bomb item, and Li Aozi wouldn’t take you to space without it.”

  “So the real question is,” Old Blind said, arms crossed, “just how hard is B?”

  “The issue isn’t how hard B is, but how strong the Beitiao Group is. we eve in?” Yan Wang’s skepticism was based on this point: “If we ’t plete B, C is out of the question. So, if we take the quest, I think pleting A should be enough. The ter tasks are a waste of effort, and besides, Li Aozi isn’t the only mentor on Azure Star. Sug up to just one isn’t worth it. Our White Day Guild pns to plete A and then drop out.”

  Yan Wang’s shift in attitude rgely stemmed from his distrust of Omega Energy as an unstable factor. He suspected that the 【Mutant】 css might not be as powerful as the official promotion or Li Aozi made it seem.

  As a guild with a solid business model, Yan Wang wasn’t willing to take risks. He preferred a servative approaot gambling with valuable early-stage manpower.

  Li Aozi took note of Yan Wang’s rea, but he wasn’t annoyed, even though this dark-faced guy was clearly at odds with him.

  On the trary, Li Aozi thought Yan Wang wasn’t bad, very steady—just not suited to be a guild leader.

  The issues Yan Wang raised were the same ohat had pgued 【Mutant】 pyers in the previous era. While the css exploded with spell damage in the early stages after reag Alpha rank with the 【Domination Form】, the problem y in the unstable nature of cultivating 【Mutant】 itself.

  Not only that, but although Yan Wang’s view might seem short-sighted, from the perspective of guild ma, it wasn’t wrong.

  Still, as a vice guild leader or sed-in-and, saying something like that was fine. But as the leader, you needed ambition and vision.

  【Then again, White Day Guild has always been steady, so maybe it’s just their tradition.】

  Since White Day urely ercial guild without professional pyers or popur streamers, Li Aozi didn’t know much about Yan Wang. Now, however, he was intrigued and po observe him for a while.

  From the start, Li Aozi had been short on talent. On Azure Star, the teammates he o recruit were: 【Meic】 Du Zexin, who was sg off on vacation in Frost-Pted; 【Inquisitretorvo Nightsong, who was in prison; and future legend 【Architect】 Barnum Zeglin—Master Zeglin was currently enjoying a cushy position as a senior civil servant in Gunt, doing odd jobs for Alexia, occasionally w the fields, fixing roads, building bridges, and hunting. He was living more fortably than anyone.

  The bat specialists were in pce, but the logistics personnel were sorely g.

  For example, David Lin’s son, and Yavanna’s talent—if possible, Li Aozi even wao recruit David Lin himself, a tough guy with maxed-out military and political skills. The whole family could move in together, and ohey had Yavanna’s talent, he could kick her to the curb.

  The logistics staff among the pyers were quite capable, but most stayed uhe radar. Famous coaches, team leaders, and analysts were mainly key members of national teams, and Li Aozi had no access to them. People like Yan Wang, who managed guilds, were perfect for space travel.

  War aru were he core themes of the universe’s civilizations. Those were just visible sparks and fri—development and cooperatiohe real, sting paths.

  【Speaking of which, I wonder how Mei-bi is doing. It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch. I o find a way to lure him over to upgrade my biopool.】

  While Li Aozi was lost in thought, the other two guilds made their decisions.

  “Sihe White Day Guild leader said so, I’ll just plete A. As for C, I’ll bring people over to try it ter if I get the ce,” said South Pole Penguin, leaving some options open. He wanted both the pot and the pte, which was fair enough—everyone wanted more bes.

  In the end, it was the Murloc Guild, who had been wiped out by the C-level quest, that unanimously agreed to accept the quest after Old Blind’s strong persuasion.

  FAL