It could be said that the things within Nan Yue's body had been completely absorbed and mastered by her.
If she wanted to become stronger, this was the only path left to her.
This was not a true awakened ability, so there was no way to strengthen or upgrade it through training.
"Once my situation is discovered, it will bring disaster upon me, and it might even involve you all. I must become stronger."
She didn't mention the reason involving Wen Xiang Yuan, but the girl was so smart that she could likely guess it even without being told.
"Then I suggest attempting it at the moment you completely clear the mission and leave."
That way, even if there were side effects, they could at least leave the mission world to avoid them.
Nan Yue nodded; even if she wanted to become stronger, it had to be under the premise that she stayed alive.
She took a sip of sake and suddenly smiled.
"Maybe one day, when I'm strong enough, I can leave the city state directly and see what Shen Nian and the others actually encountered."
In a place Nan Yue didn't notice, Jiang Siyan's hand trembled, splashing two drops of sake onto the tablecloth, where they quickly vanished.
Since Jiang Siyan joined, not only had their confidence in entering missions increased, but their wallet had also grown significantly.
Previously, the personal points had always been kept by Nan Yue, but she had long since wanted to stop being the housekeeper. She originally thought of giving them to Wen Xiang Yuan, but Wen Xiang Yuan's situation was quite special.
Now that Jiang Siyan had joined, Nan Yue happily transferred this important task to him.
"Oh right, help me set aside ten thousand points."
Only when she was in a lower city state did Nan Yue calculate her points to spend money; later on, points became just a number to them.
As long as they were alive and could enter missions, they would have more personal points than the vast majority of scavengers.
The hierarchy was reflected vividly here.
While lower-level scavengers were still running themselves ragged, barely escaping a mission with their lives only to return and work for the money for their daily meals and lodging.
Jiang Siyan didn't ask much, only inquiring if it was enough.
Nan Yue felt it was about right. After all, these points included the shares of the other few people. They didn't mind, but sometimes things still needed to be kept clear.
She spent five points to ask Cuckoo to help her find the contact information for the principal of her school in Nameless City.
She still remembered the principal's expectations of her and her own resolution to repay the school.
Unfortunately, the news Cuckoo brought back was that the school had already gone through two or three rounds of principals. The middle-aged man who had witnessed Nan Yue becoming a scavenger had stayed forever in a certain mission.
Nan Yue's heart felt heavy, and she anonymously donated ten thousand points to her school.
It was mainly for the faculty and staff, whose incomes were very meager, just enough to keep them fed and warm.
Regardless of their abilities, or whether they taught students according to lesson plans without having cleared many missions themselves.
It was undeniable that countless people like them kept the world running.
Time passed quickly, and they were about to enter a mission.
During this period, Gu Xiang Kai and Wen Xiang Yuan practically lived in the training grounds. Wen Xiang Yuan couldn't use tools and wouldn't have other abilities, so she could only frantically train her movement techniques.
Nan Yue went to watch a few times. Wen Xiang Yuan was somewhat reckless when she trained.
Looking at the girl in the field with her hair in a ponytail, drenched in sweat, falling down and standing up again and again, Nan Yue could feel that her desire to become stronger was no weaker than her own.
By the time they were about to enter the mission, Gu Xiang Kai still hadn't awakened his own ability.
Truth be told, his strength in using tools for violent damage output was no longer what it used to be.
In a situation like the one at Blooming Media Company, although he couldn't directly eliminate the mission boss, he wouldn't need to hide at all and could buy more time for himself.
But Gu Xiang Kai felt it wasn't enough.
Nan Yue understood this mindset. Everyone was thinking about getting stronger, so she didn't say any hollow words of comfort.
Each person had to find their own balance.
On the way to the Purification Hall, passersby cast curious glances at them.
If nothing else, while five-person groups weren't rare, a group where all five members were exceptionally good-looking was very rare.
"Looking at them, you'd think we were going to some fan meeting."
Zhu Xi Ning sighed. "In reality, we're just going to risk our lives."
She had been training with Wen Xiang Yuan during this time, but Zhu Xi Ning focused more on psychological training.
She hadn't known about the existence of her second personality before, and after suddenly learning about it in Antswamp Village, she had developed strong feelings of dependence and inferiority.
She needed to adjust her psychological state.
She was the one in control of the body, and one day she would need to be able to switch to her second personality at will.
What Zhu Xi Ning wanted most was to be able to talk with her second personality and reach an agreement.
Wen Xiang Yuan had also said that some people with split personalities could communicate between their personalities.
But she had tried for a long time, and her case didn't seem to be like that.
"Beauty is Justice squad, residence: Green City State, participating project: Scavenger Daily Work."
"Evaluation format: Team evaluation, current team size: 5 people."
"Multi-player evaluation mission, code 557654: Entertainment to Death Live Streaming Platform."
"Topic: Receive 4444 yuan in tips."
"Wishing you a successful evaluation, Eden is waiting for you."
What? Tips?
When Nan Yue opened her eyes, she was in a room.
It looked like an unfinished room; the gray on the walls hadn't even been plastered, and the peeling wall skin lay in a heap in the corner.
Something was painted on the wall in red paint, looking like crazed whispers.
【Entertainment to death! Until the very end!】
【Death is not the end, but the beginning】
What kind of mess was this? Was this some kind of pyramid scheme site?
Her teammates were all by her side, and there were even many other people in the room. A rough glance suggested there were forty or fifty people.
They couldn't all be scavengers, which meant they were with NPCs.
This scene... reminded Nan Yue of when she was interviewing at Blooming Media Company.
But the people in this room weren't as serious as those at Blooming Media Company; their clothing wasn't uniform, and they were all whispering quietly.
"I really was chosen by Entertainment to Death! I'm going to be famous!"
"What are you dreaming about? With your courage, I'll be the one who gets famous first."
"Why are there so many people? Seriously, I thought I was the first one to be discovered."
"Why hasn't anyone come yet? Didn't they say it starts at 4:44?"
Nan Yue noticed that more than half of the people in the room were young. The excitement and joy on their faces were very easy to recognize, which was also a characteristic of young people.
Those remaining looked silent and cautious, listening intently; those should be the scavengers.
"Ahem."
Just as Nan Yue and the others were quietly observing their surroundings, a coughing sound came from nearby.
Three people wearing human-face masks walked in. The masks on their faces didn't have any strange symbols or totems.
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