The base members split into four groups and set out for the areas around Divine Capital.
Each group had a level-six esper overseeing it.
Su Dazhu, Xia Haoran, Shu Yun, and Jin Yuanjiang led the four groups.
Jin Yuanjiang had reached level six through his own efforts, too. Chen Luo had not given him any particularly good crystals.
Despite Chen Luo's help, Su Dazhu had taken about as long as Jin Yuanjiang to advance from level five to level six.
When Su Dazhu reached level five, the zombies were only level three. There was a huge difference between level-three and level-four crystals. Su Dazhu had reached level five early, but absorbing level-three crystals meant his daily progress was painfully slow.
By the time Jin Yuanjiang reached level five, the zombies were already level four. He had been absorbing level-four crystals all along, making rapid progress every day.
That was why the two had taken roughly the same amount of time.
The drawback of reaching a high level early was that, without a steady supply of advanced crystals, your strength would grow very slowly or even stop growing altogether. Others would catch up sooner or later.
Winning first did not mean winning in the end.
What truly determined a person's worth was the upper limit of their talent. Some could reach King Rank, while others could only reach level seven.
That was why Chen Luo had valued Jin Yuanjiang so highly back when he was only level five. Chen Luo knew that, as long as Jin Yuanjiang did not die prematurely, he was certain to reach King Rank.
Chen Luo had only recruited elites in the first place, and some of the outstanding members had already begun breaking through to level five.
The four groups set out in the morning, explaining