From the Star Abyss
Chapter 239

096 Training Players

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Although only 31 members of the Murloc Guild remained willing to accept Li Aoz's mission, this was still more than the expected number, which pleased Li Aoz greatly. After awakening his Aoneng, he began to teach them some skills and professional knowledge.

These people Guild Leader be stationed in Triangle Town for a long time and receive training from Li Aoz. After completing all the training, they will receive 50,000 experience points generously distributed by Li Aoz. However, these valuable experience points will soon be returned in the form of 'learning skills' and 'renting Aoneng '.

However, Li Aoz still provided players with many ways to develop their economy. He specially booked the Duel Arena in Triangle Town for players to communicate and PK with each other, and also to facilitate the selection of universe slots. The duels attracted audiences and earned a wave of ticket money, and players could also get a share of the profits.

Besides, Triangle Town really likes these hardworking and enthusiastic Heavenly Ring People. On the one hand, although the players have no bottom line, they are absolutely trustworthy and responsible as long as they are given tasks and rewards. On the other hand, these are all tough and strong young laborers who will do any kind of odd, hard, or dangerous work. Even for missions like reconnaissance, which are fraught with danger, the players will swarm forward eagerly.

"Compared to the beastly behavior of the Heavenly Ring Devils, (the players) can at least be called human beings."

In fact, the players who entered the game with the ' Disguise Mode ' did not disrupt the lives of the local residents too much. This made Auckland Lord look at Li Aoz with new respect. If he could manage such a large group of superhumans, then Li Aoz's status in Sky Ring would probably have to be re-evaluated.

However, everyone soon discovered the special characteristics of these "Heavenly Ring People": sometimes while chatting, they would suddenly close their eyes and disappear, only to reappear from who-knows-where; or after defeating a monster, they would always want to touch the corpse.

Of course, the most striking characteristic is that these people seem to be invincible. No matter how severe or fatal their injuries, they can lie on the ground and shout to their teammates with a strong voice, "Save me! Save me!" Then, their teammates calmly walk over, touch their knees, give them a shot of adrenaline, or even just apply a bandage of some unknown purpose, and they can forcibly bring them back to life.

In response, the lord sent someone to find Li Aoz to express his concerns: the citizens suspected that they might be some kind of biological experiment subjects. After all, the Four Nations could not be said to be completely evil in terms of biological laboratories, but at least their crimes were too numerous to count, and they had basically left very deep scars on the Outland People.

Li Aoz didn't try to hide anything, but simply implied that these players were outcasts in the Four Nations, and that if you treated them well, they would do their best to help you.

"You can call them 'The Descendants'."

Auckland Lord, being a warlord after all, saw the outstanding performance and supernatural abilities of these arrivals and immediately began to have some thoughts. "If there were more warriors like this, perhaps..."

"If you want to command them to fight for you, that's not impossible, but they might not be as useful as you imagine. They're fine for small-scale infiltrations, but forget about anything else."

Li Aoz gave a casual, perfunctory reply.

The Level Cap in version 1.0 was only 20, and these people definitely couldn't reach that level during the short 15-day closed beta.

Even if we really reach the Alpha Rank, everyone knows what the main battlefield is like. According to the data of the Four Nations, it takes an average of 220,000 bullets to kill one soldier. In a local battlefield, it may consume 160,000 shells and 40 drones a day. For a village, it may take one or two thousand people to be deployed.

You might be a legendary elite soldier or a martial arts prodigy, but you might be killed by shrapnel from the reactive Mobile Armor of a mobile armored vehicle the moment you jump off the armored personnel carrier after boarding a helicopter into the battlefield.

In war, individual strength and numbers are just numbers. Even at the Gamma-rank, if the Four Nations really want to make a decision, they can be used as high-level cannon fodder without a second thought.

Wealth, productivity, logistics, diplomatic influence, willpower, and sound strategic thinking—in other words, comprehensive strength is what matters in war.

Auckland Lord wasn't stupid, and he put away his little schemes—but he didn't know that in the distant future, players with an average level of 280 were like mad dogs in the Star Abyss, jumping around and becoming a headache even for Narrative-level Civilization.

The Nine Dragons Gathering will officially begin in a while, and coincidentally, Li Aoz's strength has basically reached a bottleneck, so there's plenty of time to teach players how to avoid the pitfalls of the early stages of the [Mutant].

After the Grand Battlefield ended, his sources of experience were basically gone, and low-level enemies and monsters no longer offered much benefit due to experience penalties. It would be better to improve the players' Combat Power and lay a good foundation for their later infiltration of the Hojo Conglomerate building.

Most importantly, the tasks Li Aoz has are too difficult, and he's stuck with them.

That's not entirely accurate. Actually, if the settlement condition C of "Remember Them" were to uproot the sponsors behind the Nethermark Humanity, Li Aoz could still find a way to break through from N4.

But Li Aoz had absolutely no clue about "White Frost Gold Bones".

For missions of this level, each of the Four Nations likely has its own main storyline, which will be triggered once a certain point is reached.

Each of the Four Nations has its own problems: the gender antagonism in Frostplate, the infighting and backstabbing in Red Arrow, the war-torn military system in Sky Ring, and the stagnation in Zhengxu's development. The root of these problems can basically be traced back to the disappearance of the sun caused by the Malefic Calamity. But it's easier said than done. To get the Four Nations to admit that their problems are related to the Malefic Calamity, reach a consensus, and work together to find a breakthrough is wishful thinking.

It's easier to train the players than to figure out the content.

Players are a great medium and source of information for spreading skills and playstyles. Li Aoz himself controls the forum, and now he has a group of employees who spread the word, disseminating information about the improved [Mutant]. Many video bloggers have also made video explanations about the closed beta, reasonably analyzing the professional characteristics and development prospects of the [Mutant].

However, it's unlikely that players will see any results in the short term.

While teaching players, Li Aoz acquired some medical knowledge and skills through the Red Arrow Empire's channels. He learned them all, assigned them to the [Biochemist] profession, and used the Class Talent to increase his [Constitution] attribute to prevent enemies dealing True Damage from instantly breaking his defenses.

This naturally included Li Aoz's long-cherished "Pharmacokinetics". As soon as he got his hands on it, he worked on it to the bachelor's level. After several experiments, the new DM-303 Potion had the effect of taking effect instantly. Li Aoz did not hesitate to expand the scale immediately and put all production lines into production of the new Aoneng drug.

Send a batch to Sisron to expand the number of superhumans, sell some to players to gamble on their luck, and keep the bulk for yourself.

For the next period of time, Li Aoz simply transformed into Changshu Arnor and began to frantically take drugs. He was continuously injected with the latest type of Aura Awakening Potion. After reaching the Beta-rank, the mutation condition became once every 10 levels. Therefore, Li Aoz took the drugs without restraint and was not worried at all about the side effects of choosing the direction of mutation.

In any case, to him, the body was just a suit of armor; once it was destroyed, he could simply transfer his consciousness along with the Aoneng.

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