Marshal! I Want to Improve So Badly!

The central plaza of Chosen Space continued to flicker with lights signaling players' return, as it always had.

What was worth noting, however, was that it was currently the end of the month.

Under normal circumstances, Main Quests were usually compressed to within ten days, with longer durations being rare. The Player Community's average completion time generally hovered around the median, though individuals naturally differed.

Take Cheng Tian, for instance. Looking back over his previous Main Quests, he usually did not spend much time on them—three or four days at most, less than a day at the shortest. Yet this time, he had completed it almost at the very limit of the Main Quest's duration. For him, it was a first in his life.

Those who returned this late had either completed a long-term mission and reaped tremendous rewards, or had stubbornly dragged things out with an Evacuation Mission until the Main Quest ended. That was basically always the case. So, people near the plaza habitually looked over, hoping to spot something on the faces of these last-minute returnees and see whether there might be benefits to grab.

Yet the players returning this time were slightly different from before. The pillar of light at the center of the plaza, representing their return, was a little too large—as though it could accommodate more than a dozen people at once.

Many of the plaza hyenas who noticed this detail immediately grew serious.

Player Guilds and teams did exist in Chosen Space, but at their core, they were merely players huddling together for warmth and naturally grouping with their own kind. There was no true contract-based team formation effect.

Contract items with Attribute Bonuses were not exactly commonplace in the space. Even a green, excellent-quality two-person Team Contract was exceptionally rare, let alone