"Not speaking? It seems you haven't suffered enough!"
Bohaus's gaze was gloomy, already preparing to act.
But just then, a Round Table Knight bravely looked up and said with a trembling voice, "That... that... our... our outer stronghold was... was attacked by Beiming's Rockets, and many people... many people died."
"Later... later on... those... those Survivors were scared... so... so they voluntarily proposed to leave our faction."
"Now... even if we actively contact those people... they... they won't hand over a single resource to us."
After the Round Table Knight finished speaking, he seemed to have been drained of all strength, collapsing directly to the ground, his legs constantly trembling.
Their leader... his temperament had changed drastically, his attacks were ruthless, and his strength was terrifying.
Therefore, he was afraid of accidentally angering the other party and inviting a fatal disaster!
Because not long ago, he had personally witnessed their leader execute two incompetent Round Table Knights on the spot due to displeasure.
"Hmph! How outrageous!"
Bohaus was furious upon hearing this, but he quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, his gaze falling on the other few people: "Alright, we'll settle accounts with them after this matter is over!"
"Our top priority is to quickly build warships, then depart as soon as possible to deal with Beiming!"
After speaking, his gaze fell on the Round Table Knight who was slumped on the ground, trembling, and his tone became much gentler: "You did well. Come with me later, and I will give you a Blood Essence Crystal to help you improve your Combat Power!"
"From now on, you are the Captain of the Round Table Knights! Everyone else must obey your orders!"
"Ah? Th-th-this... Th-thank you, Leader!"
The Round Table Knight was overjoyed upon hearing this, as if he had instantly gone from hell to heaven, his gaze towards Bohaus filled with excitement and gratitude.
This scene naturally made the other Round Table Knights, who had been silent, extremely jealous.
It was a pity... they had chosen to remain silent earlier out of fear of punishment. Now, with no benefits for them, they could do nothing... On the other side, Lin Bei had just put away his Storage Bag, preparing to return to the Underworld to pass the time, when the pink wristband in his storage space suddenly vibrated.
Now, with no benefits for them, they could do nothing... On the other side, Lin Bei had just put away his Storage Bag, preparing to return to the Underworld to pass the time, when the pink wristband in his storage space suddenly vibrated.
"Is Aleria looking for me?"
Lin Bei stopped, took out his wristband, and accepted the call.
The pink wristband became inoperable after entering the Underworld, so to contact Aleria, he had to be in the Survival World.
"Respected Overseer, may I ask what you need me for?"
Lin Bei teased, feigning a formal tone.
"Stop it! Are you a monster, kid? How have you become so much stronger after only a few days?"
Aleria glared with her beautiful eyes and said irritably, "Have you already reached Epic Level?"
"Yes."
Lin Bei did not hide it and admitted directly.
"You truly are a monster!"
Aleria looked at Lin Bei with a complicated expression. Although her strength was still far superior to his, she could no longer read his thoughts through the faint information stream transmitted by the pink communication wristband.
Lin Bei also keenly sensed this the moment the communication connected.
Therefore, when he talked to Aleria now, he was unprecedentedly relaxed, no longer needing to worry that his random thoughts would be directly captured by her.
"Alright, I mainly called you because there are a few things I need to remind you about."
"Recently, a major event occurred in the High-Level Survival World. Now, people from all major factions are scrambling to seize a huge opportunity. So I hope you can seize this opportunity to thoroughly deal with the logistics members of the hostile factions in the Underworld."
"This way, our faction can also get some breathing room on the front lines."
Aleria sighed, "It's a pity you're unwilling to fight for the world origin fragments; otherwise... we wouldn't be so passive."
"Huh, didn't you send an old man into the Underworld to remind me before? It was specifically to make me take action and acquire world fragments."
"What? I sent someone into the Underworld to notify you? How would I know that?"
Aleria looked bewildered upon hearing this.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, Lin Bei's expression changed: "Damn, I thought it was someone you arranged. This is bad... I seem to have said some things I shouldn't have to him. I might be exposed now!"
Lin Bei was somewhat annoyed.
He had always thought that old man was from the Lucky Faction; otherwise, how could his attitude be explained?
But now it seems... he might have been wrong!
"First, tell me, what did the old man you mentioned look like?"
Aleria asked with a frown.
Lin Bei came to his senses upon hearing this and quickly described the Spiritual Old Man's appearance to Aleria.
Then, relying on his memory, he used his Spirit power and vital energy to create a rough outline and model, which he showed to Aleria.
"So it was him! Phew... then it's fine."
Aleria's tense expression immediately relaxed when she saw this, "He... in a sense, is indeed one of us."
"What do you mean?"
Lin Bei was a bit puzzled, "What does 'in a sense, one of us' mean?"
"Oh, he was once an Overseer, belonging to the Lucky Faction."
"It's just that a long time ago, he became a Fallen One due to some circumstances... well, it's hard to explain clearly in a short time. Just understand him as an existence similar to the Disqualified Ones."
"After years of investigation, we found that the reason he became a Fallen One was because he was plotted against by someone from the Order Faction."
"So... he is still a member of our faction, but now he is essentially our hidden agent, silently lurking."
"My authority isn't enough to grasp his specific information, but since he found you, it means a higher-level existence has noticed you and instructed him to test your abilities."
"By the way, tell me in detail what exactly happened between you two at that time."
Aleria's expression returned to normal, and she looked at Lin Bei curiously.
"Oh, it's like this..."
Lin Bei kept it brief, quickly recounting the general situation at the time.
"I see! It seems... you must have passed the test!"
"This is a good thing for you!"
"However, since he hinted that you should collect world fragments, it seems the situation above is indeed not optimistic."
"Alas, there's nothing we can do. Who told our Lucky Faction that we've been the target of suppression by other factions all these years?"
Aleria sighed deeply, her voice filled with despondency.
"Don't worry, I feel that those from the Order Faction have indeed been a bit restless lately, so I also want to teach them a lesson."
"I'll keep the World BOSS matter in mind. After entering the Underworld, I'll pay close attention to it."
Lin Bei, seeing Aleria's low Spirits, couldn't help but comfort her.
"Mhm, thank you, Beiming."
"You're welcome, we're helping each other out! By the way, are you sure the super big shots from other factions won't lose their temper and forcefully deplete their strength to enter the Underworld and fight me to the death?"
"Don't worry, they value their lives greatly. They would absolutely not do such a thing!"
Aleria said with certainty.
"Then I'm relieved."
Lin Bei felt much more at ease upon hearing this.
"What are you planning to do?"
"Well... hehe, it's a secret! You'll know when the time comes!"
Lin Bei's mouth curved into a mischievous smile upon hearing this.
"Fine, don't tell me then!"
Aleria pouted. There was nothing she could do; she couldn't read his mind now, so if Lin Bei didn't say anything, she could only sulk.
"Just do what you think is best."
"Anyway, with your current strength, no one in the King-Level Dungeon World is your opponent."
"But don't harm the innocent. Although our faction has many enemies, we still have some secret allies."
"How about this, to prevent you from wiping out our allies, I'll send you a list of allies."
"But you must remember, this is absolutely confidential, so don't let anyone else know!"
"Otherwise, our good days might truly be coming to an end!"
Aleria reminded him.
Lin Bei nodded vigorously upon hearing this: "You can rest assured when I handle things."
Subsequently, Aleria sent an image, gave a few more instructions, and then ended the communication.
She was now also very concerned about the old man's situation and planned to immediately contact her superior to inquire about the specific arrangements and plans.
As for Lin Bei, after glancing at the image information from his ally, he was stunned.
Because there were two names he was familiar with prominently displayed: Jidao and Tianjian.
"Good heavens, I... without even realizing it, I directly brought my secret allies out into the open to cooperate?"
"Damn, this shouldn't cause any trouble, right?"
Lin Bei frowned, his face full of helplessness.
He had previously been completely unaware that the Lucky Faction and the Jidao and Tianjian factions were secret allies.
Otherwise, he would absolutely not have taken in those Tianjian Pavilion members and Jidao Crowd from the Underworld and allowed them to join the force he established.
Now, it had worked out by accident.
He needed to come up with a good method to deceive others.
"Sure enough, one cannot casually set up a flag in life. I only said those words a few seconds ago, and now I'm almost eating them."
"Sigh... I'm truly exhausted."
Lin Bei felt helpless.
However, under these circumstances, he had to change his strategy.
Originally, he had planned to make everyone from Tianjian Pavilion and Jidao work for him, but now it seemed he had to change his approach: he would have the few who had already joined his command pretend to be traitors of their original factions to throw people off the scent.
This way, even if someone investigated their origins, he wouldn't fear exposure.
"Hmm, that's what I'll do!"
"As for other aspects, I still need to increase my strength quickly. That Spiritual Old Man before was too strong!"
"If an enemy Fallen One like him shows up, my current strength won't be able to handle it at all!"
"Sure enough, am I still too weak with a Combat Power of only a few hundred million?"
Lin Bei glanced at the blessing cooldown time on his lucky pendant, immediately stopped hesitating, and went back to Taibai Residence. After dispersing the Disqualified Ones surrounding the area, he grabbed Da Hei by the neck without a word and headed straight for the Dungeon Entrance.
Before Da Hei could react, Lin Bei immediately took out ten high-grade prime stones and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, open the Teleportation Array for me. I need to enter the King-Level Dungeon World."
"Uh... okay..."
Da Hei's mind went blank, and he subconsciously took the ten high-grade prime stones and activated the Teleportation Array.
Lin Bei smiled and nodded when he saw this.
However, when he saw the numerous Disqualified Ones not far behind him, a flicker of light crossed his eyes.
"If I take them over too... can I speed up their transformation into Reborn Ones?"
"At that time, I will have another helper in the Underworld!"
Lin Bei pondered briefly and then made his decision.
"All of you, come over! I'll take you to level up!"
Lin Bei waved at the group of Disqualified Ones, then stored all of them into the disqualified ones ring, took a step, and entered the Teleportation Array.
Light flowed, and Lin Bei's figure disappeared.
Only then did Da Hei belatedly snap back to reality.
"Holy crap! H-h-he... he actually grabbed my neck! I-I-I... I'm still a part of this island! Don't I have any dignity?"
"Damn it! You just wait! I'm going to accelerate my cultivation speed right now! Once I reach Epic Level, I'll definitely make you pay! You brat!"
Da Hei, his face full of fighting Spirit, burrowed into Taibai Residence, starting to communicate with his main body, working hard to improve and using all his strength to cultivate and become stronger!
...In the Underworld, within the garrison of [Sword·Extreme], members of Tianjian Pavilion and the Jidao Crowd were busy working.
Lin Bei had only spent a little over two hours in the Survival World, but approximately a full day had passed in the Underworld.
Now, various infrastructure within the garrison had begun to take shape.
Everyone was busy and happy fulfilling their duties.
Lin Bei found Ye Liangchen and Zhang San, the current temporary head of the Jidao Crowd, and asked if they had contacted anyone from their original factions during the time that had passed.
Upon hearing this, everyone shook their heads awkwardly.
According to the original plan, they intended to notify others in their factions immediately, but now... facing the high rewards for building the garrison, how could they have time for anything else?
Everyone was currently holding back a burst of energy, wanting to maximize the rewards given by Lin Bei!
As for the people in their original factions?
They naturally ignored them.
After all, if those people knew they were getting so many benefits, and they swarmed over, they wouldn't get much reward, no matter how hard they worked.
Therefore... everyone had a tacit understanding: they planned to collect the rewards first before going back to find others.
However, this accidental success allowed Lin Bei to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Good, good, things aren't too bad."
The rock hanging in Lin Bei's heart finally fell slowly. He looked at Ye Liangchen and Zhang San and said directly: "I have something I need you to do. If you do it well, everyone's final rewards will be doubled. As for your rewards... I'll triple them!"
"Leader! Just give the order! We guarantee we will complete the mission!"
Hearing this, the two men's eyes lit up, and their faces were filled with ecstasy.
The original rewards were already generous in their eyes, and if they could be tripled... that would be incredibly awesome!
"Hmm, the details are as follows..."
Lin Bei immediately informed the two of his plan.
The two men looked bewildered upon hearing it.
But soon, they nodded vigorously.
Although they didn't know why the Leader wanted them to pretend to be traitors of Tianjian Pavilion and Jidao, none of that mattered!
As for the reason, since the Leader was unwilling to say, it meant it was classified!
Therefore, they didn't ask further, agreed immediately, and began making arrangements.
To make the disguise more realistic, the few of them even gathered together, planning to direct and perform an exciting drama to deceive everyone's eyes and ears!
However, the specific operations still needed careful deliberation.
Lin Bei nodded with satisfaction, seeing the group full of drive.
Afterwards, he went to Bailing's shop. After giving her a few more kings medals, he handed over some of the disqualified ones rings he held.
"These people are my trusted subordinates, but they are all Disqualified Ones, so their strength is a bit weak."
"I hope you can arrange some simple work for them, allowing them to smoothly advance and become Reborn Ones."
"This matter... can you handle it properly?"
Lin Bei looked at Bailing, who was sitting with her legs crossed, and asked with a frown.
"Hehe, this kind of thing is very simple! Just leave it to me!"
"Oh, right, my Second Uncle... didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"
"No, we two... got along very well, and the matter has been settled."
"That's good. I thought something might go wrong."
Bailing stuck out her tongue. Thinking of what she had written in the letter, her pretty face flushed, and she quickly changed the subject, saying: "I plan to arrange for these people to help me stock goods, and the rest will be my shop assistants."
"But that's not enough. For the remaining people, you need to go find my Second Uncle. He is the Tianjian City Lord and can arrange a lot of work for them."
"Do I need to write another letter of recommendation?"
Bailing asked.
"Uh... no need. I'll just go find your Second Uncle myself."
"Alright then. I've gotten quite a few star stones over the past day. Do you want to take them now?"
"Yes, I plan to take them all, and also... leave you some brave badges and resources to help the shop operate."
Lin Bei nodded, took out a Storage Bag, and handed it to Bailing.
Bailing also took out a Storage Bag and handed it to Lin Bei.
Lin Bei opened the Storage Bag and glanced inside.
In an instant, he was stunned.
These star stones... aren't there too many?
They're practically blinding!