Chapter 1

However, it must be noted that Fang Senyan and Reef were rare MTs (Main Tanks). At this time, the sum of their hit points far exceeded 1000. With this link, it could almost be said that they had an extra life!

Of course, this life link was not as easy to use as one might imagine, such as in an environment where the overall situation was inferior to the enemy's. No matter how much Reef could withstand, being surrounded after entering this life-link state would only allow him to hold out for a few minutes or tens of minutes at most. If the enemy was at an absolute advantage and didn't bother with the linked Fang Senyan, they would just surround Reef and attack him frantically.

Even if the enemy's attack power was weakened to the extreme, at least 1 point of damage could still be dealt. There wouldn't be a state of "immunity." When the transferred damage brought Fang Senyan to the brink of death, the link would be broken, and even a double kill could occur.

But overall, this life-link team ability undoubtedly greatly enhanced the survival ability of the two, which was beyond doubt. What's more, it could be upgraded? Although upgrading required a terrifying three team skill points...

Next, because the Life Link team skill had already occupied one of the three team skill slots, Fang Senyan and Reef could only draw four team skills and then choose two from them. Reef showed considerable interest in this matter and took the initiative to draw. The four team skills drawn, A, B, C, and D, were as follows:

A: Sanctuary LV1 (Passive). All team members gain a special effect that increases maximum hit points by 100 and maximum spirit points by 100. Disappears after losing team member status.

B: Financial Management LV1 (Passive). All team members' expenses when purchasing exclusive items in the space through the Nightmare Imprint are reduced by 33%, and your income when selling sundries to the space through the Nightmare Imprint is increased by 33%.

C: Radiance of Healing LV1 (Active). The team's radiance can save members from the hands of death at critical moments. After activating this ability, hit points will be continuously restored within 12 seconds, with a total recovery of 50% of the maximum hit point limit. No consumption to release this team ability. Cooldown time is 12 hours.

D: Penetration LV1 (Passive). All team members' damage is increased by 12%.

Based on the guidance of the hoarse-voiced Sir, Fang Senyan and Reef briefly discussed and chose the survival-oriented team abilities for the remaining two slots: Sanctuary LV1 and Radiance of Healing. After confirming, the hoarse voice said:

"Very good, the team has been successfully established. Then I'll be leaving. I hope you can still achieve good results in the upcoming challenge."

Fang Senyan was also struggling with the matter of restoring Great Uncle Si's severed fingers and wanted to ask the officer from the future about related matters. He didn't expect this guy to leave as soon as he said he would, truly giving off a feeling of being elusive like a divine dragon. At this time, the opposite side returned to that mechanical, monotonous electronic synthesized voice:

"Small Silver Team: Ace, successfully established!"

"You have joined the small silver team: Ace!"

"Team Size: Small." (When certain tasks require a large team to complete, members of a small team can choose to join a large team collectively, but will not be able to enjoy the bonuses and team skills of the large team. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for lower-ranked teams to view information about higher-ranked teams unless the other party actively exposes it.)

"Team Rank: Silver."

"Team Level: LV, 15 team experience points are needed to reach the next level."

"Each time the team leader, deputy leader, or official member completes a main quest or hidden quest, the team will gain 1 team experience point. In addition, team experience points can also be obtained through irregularly appearing team-level exclusive quests, killing in team battles, etc."

"Team Leader: Number 1018, current military rank: Second Lieutenant. This information can be hidden from team members."

"Reminder: To advance to the next team level, the team leader's military rank must be promoted to First Lieutenant. Before being promoted to First Lieutenant, if the team experience reaches the promotion prerequisite, it will overflow and there will be no situation where it cannot grow. (That is, the situation that occurs.)"

"Team Deputy Leader: Number 770123, current military rank: Lieutenant Colonel (Reserve), this information can be hidden from team members."

"Hidden Team Skill: Life Link LV1. This information can be hidden from team members."

"Team Skill: Sanctuary LV1 (Passive)."

"Team Skill: Radiance of Healing LV1 (Active)."

"Official team members can enjoy the silver-rank privilege: When engaging in team battles with other teams, they can directly suppress the enemy's team skills, reducing their effects by at least 10%~30% (depending on the enemy team's rank), and increasing the probability of the enemy team's skills failing by 20%~50% (depending on the enemy team's rank)."

"Non-official team members can only enjoy the team skill: Sanctuary."

Looking at the final results obtained, Fang Senyan and Reef both had a feeling of surprise. To be honest, being able to obtain such benefits greatly exceeded their previous expectations. The adventure in the Lord of the Rings world was indeed a bit exhausting—especially since the difficulty of that world was terrifying. Simply grabbing two small bosses could crush them both.

Surviving in such an environment, the pressure was naturally multiplied. Therefore, after the two were excited, they felt that huge mental fatigue袭来xi lai, so they bid farewell and hurriedly returned to the real world to recover and relax first.

After Fang Senyan returned to the real world, he was still in Hong Kong. Even when Jessica called to make a date, he wasn't interested in accepting because he was extremely tired. He found a decent-looking hotel nearby and booked a room, intending to soak in a bathtub filled with water first.

In a daze, Fang Senyan couldn't help but start to consider the next course of action. For him, there were quite a few things to do in the real world:

First, when he was working for Mr. Saruman, he tested that wolves, ordinary freshwater fish, snakes, dogs, and mantises could also be used as raw materials for preparing potions. If he could figure out even one of them, he could enrich his types of potions.

Secondly, there was the issue of talent awakening that Reef had mentioned before. After the battle with Iwuufu, Fang Senyan also touched the edge of talent awakening. If he went to Thailand to cultivate for a period of time, he should be fully confident of breaking through.

Finally, he naturally had to consider the issue of Great Uncle Si's illness. On the one hand, he had to urge him to seek medical treatment, and on the other hand, he had to actually build the boat to reassure the old man, which was also equivalent to finding something for him to do to occupy his mind and avoid overthinking.

From a personal point of view, both experimenting with new potion formulas and talent awakening were equally important. However, for Fang Senyan, who valued family and relatives, he still couldn't help but worry about Great Uncle Si, who was like a father. In the end, he chose to return to Taiwan. He would rather risk his own survival a little more, hoping that Great Uncle Si could be comfortable and happy for a few days. Moreover, he could still try new concoctions in Taiwan when he had time.

After deciding on his actions, Fang Senyan's entire consciousness fell into a semi-dazed state, and he fell asleep directly in the bathtub, emitting even snores. It wasn't until he felt the water getting cold that he was directly frozen awake. Only then did he crawl out of the bathtub and go back to bed to sleep, getting up at most once to urinate.

This good sleep lasted for 24 hours. Finally, Fang Senyan was woken up by several service staff who looked relieved. Because this hotel had recently experienced a drug-trafficking scandal, they were all nervous. Seeing the suspicious behavior of Fang Senyan, a guest who hadn't left his room for 24 hours, they were afraid of being involved in another murder scandal. After knocking on the door continuously without getting a response, they directly took the approach of breaking into the room.

Fang Senyan was both amused and annoyed when facing these employees who looked fearful and apprehensive. He shrugged helplessly, but as the saying goes, one should not strike a smiling face. He realized that the only thing he could do was to check out and leave. However, after leaving the hotel, he suddenly felt hungry in his stomach. Seeing a dai pai dong (street food stall) nearby with a lot of people and smelling the fragrant aroma wafting over, he couldn't help but walk over.

This food stall looked quite simple. Obviously, if strict hygiene standards were to be implemented, it would definitely fail. Fang Senyan finally managed to get a seat, but he had to share a table with others. Although the table had been wiped, the grease on it was at least as thick as a fingernail. Before he even ordered, he saw a sallow, thin woman drop a bowl with a "clang" while wearing a frown. The bowl clearly had water marks on it, indicating that it had just been rinsed after other customers had finished eating and then brought over.

Fang Senyan was about to wipe the bowl dry with a tissue when the sallow, thin woman had already pulled over a large aluminum bowl, scraped the bottom of the bowl with an iron spoon, making a clattering sound, and then poured half a spoonful of viscous liquid into Fang Senyan's bowl. The liquid was quite thick, mixed with many bright red and snow-white intertwined fine strands. As the heat rose, an indescribable exotic fragrance wafted over.

He couldn't help but pick up the bowl and take a sip with the spoon. He only felt that the soup was silky and soft upon entry, and there was also a peculiar fragrance of seafood and mountain delicacies mixed together. After chewing slightly, he found that there were very "tough" thin strands in the collision of his teeth, and he had to exert force to chew them off. They were very elastic and chewy, probably the vermicelli added inside.