Magic Is Not an Inconvenient Thing

The Charm Skill did not last long. Once the Players returned to normal, they all watched Mu Qingna cautiously.

As expected of someone from the Rose Guild—beautiful, yet covered in thorns.

For a moment, the Players who had joined Mu Qingna's team put away their little schemes, and the party became remarkably harmonious.

He Dasen curled his lip. The Rose Guild's guys loved this sort of thing. The tactic might be old, but it worked.

Players were all self-important types. A hastily assembled team was not reliable, so they generally needed some means to keep them in line. Nothing was more suitable than overwhelming force.

Mu Qingna's expression turned serious. "Everyone here should know the game Plants vs. Zombies. The game was roughly about Zombies trying to eat Dave's brain, while Players could stop them by planting special plants."

"But as you all just saw, Dave, who was originally supposed to provide us with plants, has run into an accident."

He Dasen nodded. "Quite a few Players from the Iron Fist Guild have been to This World before. Under normal circumstances, Dave provides Players with Plant Seeds and gives them new seeds after the Zombies are repelled."

"Originally, This World tested Players' reactions and their combinations of plants more than anything else."

The Players in both teams remained silent, waiting to see what their two captains intended.

Mu Qingna said, "Without plants to help us, this means this is no longer a tower defense game. It has become a survival game."

He Dasen said, "Although something unexpected has happened, it also means the rewards will be greater once we complete the mission. This has happened in other games too. As long as we work together, clearing it is not impossible."

The first thing the two captains did was send people to inspect the surrounding environment. Ideally, they would find where the Zombies were and have the Players take the initiative to attack them.

But their hopes were dashed. The surroundings really were nothing but open ground. They did not even find a single so-called tombstone.

As time slowly passed, the two teams each split off a group, with four groups guarding one side of the house.

Chen Yi's group had only six people: three frontliners, one healer, and two backliners.

He Dasen was confident he could keep the frontliners alive by himself, so this group only had six people, while the other group had eight.

With nothing to do, Chen Yi took "Mage Apprentice Essentials (3)" from his Backpack. The road of a mage's studies was still long.

He Dasen raised an eyebrow but did not stop Chen Yi.

The calm did not last long. Wu Shiyong, who stood at the front with a shield, was the first to shout, "Something's happening!"

Shouts soon came from the other sides of the yard as well.

Chen Yi closed the book In Hand and stuffed it back into his Space Backpack. The originally bright weather suddenly darkened.

Did this mean daytime had passed and night had arrived?

Darkness descended abruptly, plunging the yard into pitch-black without any light source. Worse still, the sounds of Zombies suddenly rose up, as if the darkness itself had brought them over.

Wu Shiyong jolted and gripped his shield tightly. "Something touched me!"

The other two frontliners panicked as well.

He Dasen shouted urgently, "Stay calm! Did anyone bring a flashlight? Anything that can give off light will do!"

But Players were the sort of guys who would try to split one Copper Coin into two to spend. Who would toss something like that into their Backpack?

Before He Dasen could say anything else, Chen Yi lightly tapped the ground with his staff. A Fireball twice the usual size appeared and was pushed into the center of the yard by Mental Power.

The Fireball gave off no heat. Instead, it shone like an Incandescent Lamp, lighting up the entire yard.

The three frontliners, weapons raised, had nearly started hacking at each other. They had accidentally bumped into one another just now. The real Enemy, the Zombie, had yet to appear.

"..."

The three looked slightly embarrassed, adhering to the belief that if they said nothing, No One would know.

As a fellow backliner, the Female Gunner suddenly felt that the rifle In Hand was no longer so impressive.

Chen Yi did not have the Copper Coins to learn Light spell, but he could still create a Fireball variant by altering its structure.

With the Spell Analysis skill and the Mage Apprentice Essentials books, Chen Yi had already completed his analysis of Fireball's structure.

"Magic is not an inconvenient thing."

He Dasen felt as if he had seen those people in the laboratory who looked down on everyone else.

Search Book Title Not Found? Try Search Author instead. Maybe it was just Renamed!

But he quickly found the thought amusing and Gave Up on it. "What should I call you, brother?"

Chen Yi had never spoken in the channel, so He Dasen still did not know what game name Chen Yi had chosen.

He had not spoken because the chat channel would reveal his level, so Chen Yi had remained silent the entire time.

"Just Yi."

"Mister Yi, how long can this Fireball last, and how much Mana does it consume?"

Chen Yi thought for a moment. "It can probably last ten minutes each time and consumes ten points of Mana."

He Dasen hurriedly asked, "Can you maintain four at once?"

The public channel was now a complete mess. The other positions had clearly failed to solve their lighting problem.

Chen Yi nodded. With his Casting Speed, four was nothing. Even ten would not be a problem. What limited him was his own Mana.

He Dasen was ecstatic when he saw Chen Yi nod.

He Dasen (Iron Fist) LV12: Is that crazy woman still alive?
Mu Qingna (Rose) LV12: Cast it!

It was not only Chen Yi's direction that had fallen into chaos. Mu Qingna was currently using Charm to stabilize her teammates as much as possible, but she could not maintain this state forever. Her reply showed just how irritated she was.

He Dasen (Iron Fist) LV12: Mister Yi can solve the lighting problem, but we need to address the Mana consumption.
Mu Qingna (Rose) LV12: I'll cover the cost!

Before long, Chen Yi climbed onto the roof of Dave's house, and four Fireballs lit up the yard from four directions.

For the first time, Mu Qingna felt that light was so wonderful. At the same time, she was furious and glared fiercely at someone.

Her own team had mages too, yet they could not even accomplish something as simple as lighting.

One Fireball struck a teammate, successfully throwing the team into disarray before the Zombies even arrived.

The mage standing nearby revealed an awkward yet polite smile. What normal Mage would learn a skill with no Combat Ability?

After much discussion, Chen Yi's position could not be moved. Without the light source, they simply could not fight the Zombies.

But maintaining the Fireballs would definitely consume some of Chen Yi's energy, lowering his monster-killing efficiency.

To compensate for this loss, Mu Qingna gave Chen Yi a necklace, while the other Players gave him several Mana Potions.

Reverberating Necklace

Quality: Green

Intelligence +2

Mana +50

Effect: Mana Recovery +1 per minute

Level: 10

Durability: 12/12

Evaluation: A must-have for novice mages!

Chen Yi decisively labeled Mu Qingna a Rich Woman, and his expression softened considerably.

It was not that Chen Yi was materialistic. He was just too poor.

The potions given by the other Players came from various Worlds, but their Mana Recovery effects were guaranteed.

Soon, the other Players left the roof, leaving Chen Yi alone to maintain the Fireballs.

Mental Power gently held up the Fireballs, keeping them in the center of each section of the yard and improving their lighting effect.

Then he began meditating on the spot to recover. He had not forgotten that he was only level five and could not equip the necklace yet.

Moreover, This World had seemed strange at every turn since he arrived. Maintaining peak condition was very important.