The upgrade effect of the Alchemy Workshop far exceeded Li Ang's expectations.

Not only was the forging furnace upgraded to perfect quality, but three more devices of the same level were added: the Universal Crusher, the Mechanical Workbench, and the Synthetic Beast Workbench.

Moreover, it perfectly matched Li Ang's current power system. The Synthetic Beast Workbench could be handed over to the Brain Worm to operate under surveillance, allowing the swarm to analyze the genes of other species and create new ones.

(Due to his personal moral standards, Li Ang would not allow the swarm to analyze humans... probably.)

Naturally, one had to explore thoroughly with new toys. Li Ang spent the next few hours studying the upgraded Alchemy Workshop.

Until a new message came through his friend communication.

Wu Dai: [Are you there?]

Liu Wu Dai? What does she want from me?

Li Ang thought for a moment and replied, "I'm here."

Wu Dai: [I have an application form for establishing a guild. After it's built, players below Lv20 can team up. I plan to find a few reliable players and enter script missions as a team before the Doorway Battle officially starts to earn experience points. I don't know if you're interested.]

Li Ang raised an eyebrow and asked, [What's the expected size of the guild you're applying for?]

Liu Wu Dai replied, [Less than ten people.]

Establishing a small guild of fewer than ten people only requires 4000 game coins. The real cost is in purchasing property in the plaza after the guild is established.

The Killing Field game doesn't have the concept of membership fees. For the founders, establishing a small guild is definitely a losing proposition with huge initial costs and no long-term stable income.

Although there are also some fraudulent guilds that lure newbies with various benefits and then巧设名目 (qiǎoshè míngmù, cleverly set up various items) to require members to pay membership fees.

Liu Wu Dai continued, [The main purpose of establishing the guild is to earn experience points to facilitate participation in the Doorway Battle. After the battle ends, leaving or staying is entirely voluntary. I will pay the 100 game coins required to withdraw from the guild.]

Players don't need the approval of the guild leader to leave the guild. They can directly pay 100 game coins to the Killing Field game, which also prevents some guild leaders from deliberately preventing people from leaving.

Li Ang thought about it. It had been several days since the last script, so it should be almost time for the next mission.

Although he deliberately induced his teammates with incorrect information, harmed his teammates, and investigated the details of his teammates' real-world identities afterward,

he was still a good player,

belonging to the unwavering lawful good camp.

Purely from a utilitarian point of view, teaming up with a few players with solid strength and barely passable character would definitely bring more benefits than teaming up with randomly matched players.

Li Ang discussed it with Chai Chai for a while, and finally decided to accept Liu Wu Dai's invitation. "Okay. Besides me, who else have you invited?"

Liu Wu Dai replied, "Information involving other people cannot be disclosed at this time. If you are interested, we can meet in the game plaza to discuss more details."

"Alright."

Li Ang nodded in agreement. After tidying up a bit, he left the feeding box with Chai Chai and teleported to the game plaza, finding the location Liu Wu Dai mentioned.

kmh, Ken Mai Hua Restaurant.

This restaurant had expanded wildly in less than a month, with a larger storefront than before and a more upscale design style.

According to unofficial news from the Watchers Society, the owner of Ken Mai Hua is an American local bully who plays both sides of the law. He hired many real-world chefs from various countries and asked them to work in his workshops.

The food they cooked was not for ordinary diners in the real world, but was directly collected by the player waiters into their inventory and then brought to the kitchen of the Ken Mai Hua Restaurant in the game plaza for player diners.

This meant that, in addition to junk food such as fried chicken and burgers, and special-effect delicacies cooked by logistics players, the Ken Mai Hua Restaurant could also provide master-level meals from different cuisines in the real world, perfectly catering to the culinary preferences of player gourmets.

If players have needs, the Ken Mai Hua Restaurant can even provide holographic projection services. Well-known chefs in the real world will stand beside the players in holographic projection mode, personally explaining the cooking techniques and artistic beauty of the dish.

Even when Li Ang was watching the store in the Immaculate Furnace, he liked to order their takeout.

Once, he brought some leftovers back to Chai Chai, who immediately burst into tears after eating them, strongly complaining that Li Ang no longer doted on her.

Why didn't he give her such delicious food earlier?

Did he have the heart to let Chai Chai eat junk food with no nutrition every day?

(While saying this, Chai Chai poured a whole bag of cucumber-flavored potato chips into her mouth again.)

Li Ang had no choice but to order extra takeout several times a day. Special effect delicacies were expensive, but the culinary works of internationally renowned chefs could be bought in large quantities for just one or a few game coins.

It has to be said that some people have a better business sense than others.

They can make the most of the exchange rate difference between game currency and real-world currency.

"Please give me a stir-fried pork intestine, stir-fried eel slices, Laifeng fish, braised sea cucumber with seaweed and lily bulbs, a large iced Coke, and a bowl of rice."

Li Ang sat on a chair in the Ken Mai Hua Restaurant, calmly ordering his meal, placing a few chips on the table, and continuing to wait.

Ding dong—

The door of the Ken Mai Hua Restaurant was pushed open. Liu Wu Dai, wearing a crow mask, ignored the waiters bowing and welcoming at the entrance of the store, scanned the restaurant, and quickly found Li Ang waving.

"Why are you eating already?"

Liu Wu Dai's attitude towards Li Ang wasn't so indifferent. The two had performed several missions together and had become acquaintances, companions, close to friends.

"People are iron, food is steel, you'll be hungry if you skip a meal."

Li Ang took a sip of iced Coke and said leisurely, "This restaurant's cooking is quite professional.

Us old Yin City folks love to eat this stir-fried pork intestine. Ah, freshly slaughtered pigs, freshly extracted intestines, paired with this iced Coke, hey, it's really authentic. Okay, we'll talk later.

It's a pity they don't have large intestine sashimi, otherwise a long, white intestine coiled on a plate, you pick up one end and slurp it hard.

If you have something to go out, you can coil the large intestine around your waist, slurp it while walking to get things done,

now that's what I call authentic."

"...I'm more curious about which plane's Yin City people would like to eat like that."

Liu Wu Dai's face, hidden by the crow mask, didn't show any expression. She had already adapted to Li Ang's behavior—both sides knew long ago during the Longheng Hide-and-Seek mission that the other was in Yin City, or even a local of Yin City.

"Want a few bites?"

Li Ang picked up a piece of pork intestine with his chopsticks, and after being rejected by Liu Wu Dai, he asked, "Where are the other people you invited?"

Liu Wu Dai turned her head slightly and looked at the front door of the Ken Mai Hua Restaurant. "They're already here."

Ding dong—

The door was pushed open, and a familiar figure came into Li Ang's view.