"[Team-up Card]? Is this for forming a team?"
After catching the black card, Lin Yu looked at the displayed [Item] name and felt somewhat surprised.
He had thought it would be something like a ticket or admission pass.
After all, the "Trial" of heading to the "Trial Ground" sounded very much like a solo additional [Instance] prepared just for him.
Faced with Lin Yu's question, Yin Lan calmly nodded.
"Yes. You need to form a team. Just use it."
Lin Yu was even more confused. "Why would I need to form a team...? Could it be that heading to the 'Trial Ground' isn't an [Instance]?"
Yin Lan chuckled softly.
"Sort of, but the format may be a little different."
"In any case...you'll know once you use the [Team-up Card]."
Hearing Yin Lan say that, Lin Yu knew there was no way to pry any more information from her. He simply used the [Team-up Card] directly.
Even as an [Item] used for "forming a team," the [Team-up Card] was rather strange. Its name really was just [Team-up Card], and it looked incredibly crude.
And after Lin Yu used it...
Blood-red words appeared before his eyes.
"Team formation successful!"
Lin Yu then glanced at his teammate and looked at Yin Lan in surprise.
"So that's what it means?"
He now understood why the "Trial Ground" was located in the "Divine Realm" and why it tested players in the form of an [Instance], yet was still a relatively reliable method for "Order" to improve the strength of its internal personnel—one that could even be used as a reward.
Because after the prompt announcing "Team formation successful" appeared...
Lin Yu could see the codename of the person who had become his teammate.
And the "Player" who had successfully formed a team with him was...