Mei Qian had long anticipated Lin Yuan's reaction. With a chuckle, he held up three fingers.
"I heard through the grapevine that the Federation's higher-ups credited you with the achievement, mainly for three reasons."
"First, after the Instance Tournament, a new group of powerful Players emerged, gradually catching up with the previous Supernovas."
"Among them, the Avengers Fleet has the most momentum. Their talents and physiques all underwent transformations when they advanced to S-rank, and they've already joined the ranks of the Supernovas."
"And their advancement owed much to your help in the Instance Tournament. That's your first contribution."
After hearing this, the corners of Lin Yuan's mouth lifted slightly.
It wasn't that he thought he deserved any credit. Everyone had contributed during the Instance Tournament, and sharing some reward resources with Rose and the others to help them advance was only right.
He was simply happy for his former comrades.
Rose and the others can hold their own now, too. Maybe we'll have another chance to fight side by side someday.
Lin Yuan thought happily.
"Second," Mei Qian continued, unaware of what Lin Yuan was thinking,
"Your previous operations cleared out quite a few Diving Club members. That removed many obstacles to the Players' efforts to advance the main storyline, so their progress naturally sped up considerably."
Because its members were difficult to identify, the Diving Club had originally been a deadly weapon hidden among the Players.
Yet first, its most important member, Prince, one of the Supernovas, had been forced into the open because of Lin Yuan and ultimately died at his hands.
Then Divine Artisan had mobilized a large number of Diving Club members, only for Lin Yuan to see through his plan.
Both operations had dealt heavy blows to an organization that could otherwise have caused