"You guys... are you serious?"
After a long pause, Lin Bei could only manage these few words.
"Yes, we are serious!"
This time, Tianjian Pavilion and Jidao Crowd answered in unison.
Lin Bei was numb when he saw this.
However, he thought about it again and felt that it wasn't bad.
Anyway, he was just being a leader, and he could also use these people to collect some materials he needed.
So, he directly said, "Since you consider me your leader, now hand over all the star stones you have."
Swish! Swish! Swish!
As soon as he finished speaking, these people didn't hesitate at all. They took out their respective storage items and directly took out their star stones, piling them up on the surrounding ground.
Blue light flickered, and in the blink of an eye, a mountain of star stones appeared around Lin Bei.
...
Lin Bei was silenced.
He glanced at these star stones; together, they exceeded one hundred thousand.
However, he wasn't polite and directly pocketed all of these star stones, then lightly coughed and said, "Um... I'll be the leader of both your factions. Do you have any objections?"
As his words fell, the few people from Jidao Crowd and Tianjian Pavilion immediately looked at each other, a hidden fighting spirit flashing in their eyes.
But soon, this fighting spirit was hidden deep in their eyes.
"We have no objections!"
Everyone answered in unison.
"Since you have no objections, then it's easy to handle."
Lin Bei nodded upon hearing this. "However, for easier management in the future, I plan to directly establish my own force. As for the name... you guys think of one. Then, people from both your organizations can directly join it."
"Of course, the model will still be the same as before. You can each manage independently. The only difference is... from now on, everyone will be one family."
"No killing each other. We have only one enemy, and that is the Order Dynasty."
Lin Bei finished speaking and looked at everyone, waiting for their reply.
Someone from the Jidao Crowd immediately said, "I think the name of our force should be [Extreme·Sword]!"
However, as soon as he spoke, Ye Liangchen frowned, dissatisfied, "I don't object to using these two characters, but as for the name... it should be [Sword·Extreme]!"
"I disagree! Why should your'Sword' character be in front? Our Jidao's 'Extreme' should be in front!"
"Heh, the'Sword' character should be in front! Every member of our Tianjian Pavilion has an extraordinary temperament, perfectly representing the image of the organization, while you Jidao people are all lunatics who will only ruin our organization's image."
"You're spouting nonsense! You sword-wielders only look righteous on the surface, but who knows how filthy your hearts truly are! Anyway, I disagree. If you're not convinced, let's have a fight. Whoever wins gets their character placed first!"
"Fight then! Who's afraid of whom?"
In an instant, everyone immediately started arguing, red-faced, even wanting to fight to secure the right to name the organization.
Lin Bei's head ached at the sight.
"Seriously, it's just a name. Is it really necessary?"
He muttered a complaint to himself, knowing that letting this continue wasn't a solution. So he directly said, "How about this, you guys play rock-paper-scissors, one round to decide the winner. Whoever wins, we'll listen to them."
"As for fighting... I don't think it's necessary."
"However... every once in a while, we can have another rock-paper-scissors duel. If someone wins, we can just spend some badges to change the organization's name."
"What do you think?"
Lin Bei directly offered a suggestion.
Anyway, the organization's name could be changed, it just required spending some badges.
For Lin Bei, this was nothing.
"Okay, we'll do as you say, leader!"
"Alright, I'll definitely not lose!"
Soon, a burly man stepped out from the Jidao Crowd, while a petite girl next to Ye Liangchen represented the Tianji Pavilion.
Their figures formed a stark contrast.
However, both sides had surging auras, clashing sharply and refusing to yield an inch.
"Get ready—"
"Rock, paper—scissors!!!"
The opposing sides radiated magnificent auras, sweeping through the surroundings like a tide.
The furniture and decorations in the hall of the Survivors Home swayed precariously and creaked under the strong gusts of wind.
Swish!
In an instant, both sides made their moves.
Rock against rock!
A tie!
"Interesting! Again!"
The burly man roared and made his move again.
The petite girl's face was stern as she made her move like lightning.
Scissors against scissors!
Another tie!
"Indeed, a formidable opponent!"
The burly man took a deep breath and solemnly shouted, "Again!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In a flash, both sides exchanged hundreds of moves, all resulting in ties, with neither gaining an advantage!
Lin Bei, who was watching from the side, twitched his mouth fiercely.
He really hadn't expected that a simple game of rock-paper-scissors could result in a hundred consecutive ties!
However... he was really in a hurry and couldn't watch anymore.
So he rolled his eyes, and a plan came to mind.
He directly activated the Mental Barrier, completely shielding everyone's perception.
Then he slowly walked forward and directly straightened all of the burly man's'scissors' hand, turning it into 'paper'.
After doing all that, he snapped his fingers.
The Mental Barrier was lifted.
The battle... finally had a winner!
Paper against scissors!
Tianjian Pavilion wins!
"Hahaha! We won! We won! We are the champions!"
Upon seeing this, the people of Tianjian Pavilion immediately cheered with joy.
On the other side, the burly man looked dull, staring at his open palm with disbelief, muttering, "Something's not right. I... I clearly played scissors just now."
However, the few people from the Jidao Crowd behind him were dejected, feeling extremely unwilling.
But even though they were wild, they were also willing to accept their loss.
Coupled with the presence of their leader, they behaved relatively well.
"Alright, the name is settled then. For now, it will be 'Sword·Extreme'!"
"As for when the next duel will be, well... let's tentatively set it after the rewards for both rankings are issued."
The matter came to an end. Lin Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took everyone to the service office, spending 10,000 reputation points to establish his own force—Sword·Extreme!
The next second, he received a bunch of prompt messages.
However, he was too lazy to look at them and instead focused on a white transparent light orb in his hand.
[spatial node (Permanent): After activation, a permanent spatial node can be set at the current location, which can be used for mutual Teleportation between the survival world and the Underworld.]
"The item is in hand."
Lin Bei's lips curled into a smile. Then he took out a map and threw it directly to the few people from Jidao Crowd and Tianjian Pavilion, letting them choose an organization's station.
He, on the other hand, transformed into a hands-off manager, directly leaving the [Survivors Home] and heading towards the City Lord's Mansion.
He was a little curious about what exclusive abilities Shadow possessed.
"If I could have a clone ability like the Blood Shadow Clone, then I wouldn't need to make another trip to Tiansha City."
Lin Bei thought to himself.
Unknowingly, he had arrived at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion.
Before him, magnificent and imposing high walls stood towering.
On either side of the entrance stood a giant over ten meters tall.
Each of these giants wore sturdy armor and wielded a thick spiky club.
Seeing Lin Bei appear, they immediately turned their gaze and looked down.
"Who goes there?"