As Luo Fan had said, the Oil Refinery was where Rose had wanted to hunt for treasure in the first place. After discovering it, she had concealed it, wanting to keep the treasure for herself. Everyone could understand that!
After all, it was her good fortune. What was there to say about it?
But deliberately inciting someone to argue with Luo Fan to stall everyone crossed their bottom line!
Niu Dagang had originally been delighted that Rose had awakened a Sequence, and he had warmly welcomed another member to their team of Sequence Users.
But now, he had learned that Xiao Wang's death had happened because Rose had deliberately stalled everyone.
Thinking of all those survivors whose heads the slug had plucked off because of Rose, Niu Dagang was utterly furious.
"Rose, it's not that Brother Zhao doesn't welcome you. What you did really makes it impossible for us to keep you!" Zhao Chunfeng also spoke up, addressing Rose.
Rose looked terrible at that moment. She had been so happy about awakening a Sequence, but now she felt as though she had fallen from the clouds into an abyss!
Luo Fan had told her to get lost, Niu Dagang was glaring at her in burning fury, and Zhao Chunfeng had also made it clear that he stood with Luo Fan.
As for An Xiaoran, that went without saying. She listened to Luo Fan completely!
Did that mean all four Sequence Users in the Hope Convoy were rejecting her now?
She had only just awakened her Sequence, and she was still very weak. If she really left the convoy, any Fierce Beast she happened to encounter along the way might eat her, right?
Not to mention the Weird that were impossible to guard against at night!
Without the Hope Convoy, she had no ability to avoid Fierce Beasts and Weird.
"Brother Zhao, Brother Luo, I apologize for what I did before. I promise I'll never make a mistake like this again!"
Rose dropped to her knees with a thud and pleaded with Luo Fan and the others.
Between dignity and life or death, Rose naturally knew which to choose.
"Anything less than absolute trust is absolute distrust. How can we be sure you've sincerely repented? In this apocalypse, aren't betrayal and deception commonplace?"
Luo Fan shook his head. After crossing their bottom line, did she think simply kneeling and admitting her mistake would make them show leniency?
Luo Fan clearly was not that easy to persuade.
"I'm willing to show my sincerity!"
Gritting her teeth, Rose said, "I collected twelve of those mysterious petals. I'm willing to hand over all of them as compensation!"
"Luo Fan, what do you mean by mysterious petals?"
Since he had not entered the Oil Refinery, Zhao Chunfeng did not know what the petals were. Luo Fan had just said that Rose's so-called treasure hunt had been aimed at those petals!
"These..."
Luo Fan had no intention of hiding anything. He took the small remaining portion of the flower out of his Storage Space!
Rose had collected twelve petals, while the flower in Luo Fan's hand had eight petals left. There was also that fist-sized fruit.
"Is that... a Mara Fruit?! There was actually a Mara Fruit in Jiangxin Town?!" Zhao Chunfeng said, shock appearing on his face as he looked at what Luo Fan held.
"Mara Fruit? Brother Zhao, tell me about it?" Judging by Zhao Chunfeng's expression, this so-called Mara Fruit was clearly something exceptional, so Luo Fan asked.
"I've seen a Mara Fruit once before!"
"You know about the eight Basic Sequences. Level 10 is a bottleneck!"
"Every Sequence User gets stuck at Level 10. To attain a Professional Sequence, they have to meet the corresponding requirements. And everyone's Professional Sequence is different, with completely different requirements!"
"To describe it in game terms, everyone has a different class advancement quest!"
"Some might involve collecting certain materials, while others might involve killing a particular Fierce Beast or Weird. They all vary!"
Hearing Zhao Chunfeng's explanation, Luo Fan understood. So that was how Professional Sequences were unlocked: everyone had to fulfill different conditions!
"As for the Mara Fruit, its effect is simple. It directly grants someone a particular Professional Sequence, without them having to fulfill the requirements at Level 10!" Zhao Chunfeng added at the end.
"Then this really is something good. Having it is like getting an admission ticket to a Professional Sequence!"
After hearing Zhao Chunfeng's explanation, Luo Fan finally understood just how valuable this so-called Mara Fruit was.
"Brother Zhao, isn't this Mara Fruit exactly what you need?" Luo Fan asked Zhao Chunfeng with a grin.
Indeed, as one of the first people to awaken a Sequence, he had become a Level 10 Sequence User long ago and had been stuck there for so long. Wasn't this Mara Fruit exactly what Zhao Chunfeng needed?
"No, I don't particularly want this Mara Fruit!" But upon hearing Luo Fan's words, Zhao Chunfeng shook his head.
"Oh? Why?" Zhao Chunfeng's answer puzzled Luo Fan!
After being stuck for so long, shouldn't he have been desperately trying every possible means to attain a Professional Sequence?
Yet he did not particularly need this Mara Fruit?
"The Mara Fruit I saw was eaten by someone who had awakened a Spell Sequence. After she ate it, her Professional Sequence was Mechanical Modification. That was clearly a Professional Sequence derived from the Craftsman Sequence!" Zhao Chunfeng explained.
His words made Luo Fan understand. Although a Mara Fruit could let someone directly attain a Professional Sequence, was that Professional Sequence completely random? Could it be entirely incompatible with their Basic Sequence?
"Brother Zhao, then you'd better not eat it. Without your Divination ability, our convoy's chances of survival would drop a great deal!" Luo Fan said, shaking his head.
"Right, what about these petals? What do they do?" After learning about the Mara Fruit's effects, Luo Fan asked another question.
"The Mara Flower's petals have a very simple effect too: they raise your Sequence level. The more you eat, the greater the increase. They're far more effective than Fierce Beast Meat!" Zhao Chunfeng explained.
Understanding now, Luo Fan put away his Mara Flower and Mara Fruit with great care!
"Rose, you heard that too. These Mara Flowers can directly raise your Sequence level. For someone like you who has only just awakened a Sequence, the increase should be the greatest. Are you sure you want to give us all these petals as compensation?" Zhao Chunfeng asked, staring at Rose.
Rose had schemed so hard and done so much just to obtain these Mara Flower petals. If she handed them all over as compensation now, wouldn't all her efforts have been for nothing?
"I am!" Rose nodded without hesitation. She knew very well what she wanted.
"Luo Fan, Dagang, shall we give her another chance?" Zhao Chunfeng asked, looking at Luo Fan and Niu Dagang beside him.
Niu Dagang said nothing in response. That, of course, amounted to tacit agreement!
"All right. For your sake, Brother Zhao. This is the last time. I hope you remember that!" After a long silence, Luo Fan nodded as he spoke.
Then Zhao Chunfeng accepted the twelve petals Rose handed over and divided them equally among Luo Fan, An Xiaoran, Niu Dagang, and himself, giving each person three!
After receiving hers, An Xiaoran handed all three petals straight to Luo Fan.
"Xiao Ran, these are good things!" Luo Fan reminded An Xiaoran. Hadn't she just heard what the Mara Flower did?
"I'm Level 10. They're no use to me. You can have them!" An Xiaoran shook her head, saying an unusually long string of words!
After hesitating for a moment, Luo Fan did not refuse and accepted the Mara Flowers from her hand.
Then, after another moment of silence, Luo Fan asked curiously, "Xiao Ran, let me ask you something. What are the requirements for you to advance to a Professional Sequence?"
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