Alone and Infinite

A dismissive voice of opposition came through the walkie-talkie.

Li Xia had no interest in arguing or speaking. He gently tossed the spear out, and a flash of lightning streaked across the sky.

The last corrupted tree golem staggered and fell to the ground.

16.42%!

On that one day alone, he cleared out more than 800 corrupted tree golems.

It's positioned right at the upper-middle level.

In the temporary team statistics, the frontline squad accounted for the largest share, a whopping 30.16%.

However, the frontline squad has 6 people, all of whom are mainly armed with firearms, and each person can only get a little over 5% of the chance to transcend.

The bullets alone are countless, and even with treasure chests, the loot might result in a slight loss.

It's like exchanging Hall Points for a chance at transcendence, unless one of them has a high luck stat and can exchange bullets for a treasure chest.

That's quite possible.

Li Xia also learned a piece of information, though not very important, from other people's casual conversations on the walkie-talkie.

That is, there is a limit to the chance of transcendence gained from killing these grunts.

It's basically around 50%-60%.

Li Xia suddenly realized why, according to the calculation, the chance of transcendence should be 200% after clearing 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers, but Gu Ge said that everyone would have at least 10% chance of transcendence.

This is where the advantage of being a lone wolf becomes apparent. Although you are alone, you can enjoy the opportunity to kill monsters and transcend the world all to yourself, without having to share it with others.

Whether you can ultimately achieve the full 60% depends on your individual abilities.

Li Xia turned off the walkie-talkie, put away his rifle, looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, and stretched his slightly sore body.

"Let's go back and rest!"

Although they were just grunts, their sheer number still consumed about half of my true qi.

Day One

Total number eliminated: 15714

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

Lipei, oh Lipei, how could you have fallen so low?

Have you forgotten the previously agreed-upon update plan?

Confucius said, “I examine myself three times a day.”

This can't go on.

Chapter 214 The treasure chest has appeared!

The campsite, covered by a silencing barrier, was bustling with activity.

Food was being stewed on several stoves in the center, steaming hot, and the aroma of the food wafted through the air.

This caused my already hungry stomach to move even more violently.

It must be said that Guge's logistical support was quite good. As soon as you called out, a sweet-looking female apostle would bring you food and drinks.

Guge also offers alcoholic beverages, although only various red wines, and they taste strange, but they are still alcoholic beverages.

Li Xia looked at the pile of food on the plate, which contained some kind of nutrient solution and was also a product of the workers.

Otherwise, the logistical support required to feed the apostles with ordinary food would be an alarming figure.

Alternatively, you can use energy-rich ingredients, but nutritional supplements are more affordable and convenient in comparison.

"Something doesn't feel right to me. They're providing food and water, and building a campsite—"

A voice drifted over on the wind.

He lowered his voice, but not completely.

Li Xia, who was quietly eating, kept moving, but her attention was focused on the conversation next door.

"If we can actually get the item, that would be great. 100,000 points isn't a guaranteed profit, but at least we'll have some gains. If we can't get it, isn't this just doing charity?"

The speaker seemed to have some intelligence, but only to a certain extent:

“Apostles doing charity? So I think there must be something wrong.”

The sound of bench legs scraping against the ground, a much lower voice said:

"Didn't you see the statistics? The Guge team killed just as many as we did!"

That's true. Although the Gug team was acting as firefighters, running through every passage, they actually managed to take down quite a few people.

"Also—he must have a plan, or he must know what's inside, and its value is definitely much more than 100,000, which is why he'd rather give up other things to get it first."

The apostle who was speaking said, speechless:

"And you've overlooked the most important point."

"What did you overlook?"

"Ourselves!"

The power of these forty ascended apostles themselves.

It's equivalent to hiring forty top-tier apostles by contributing some items, if not for being envious of the attribute points gained from the opportunity to transcend.

Who the hell would participate in this kind of activity?

The conversation eventually ended with indistinct mutterings.

Li Xia withdrew his gaze. In fact, he was also very curious about what was inside that made it worthwhile for Guge to go to such great lengths to organize so many people.

I'm even more curious to know how Guge will face the troublemakers who came after smelling the scent and have been observing him all day, after the peaceful first day.

After finishing the reasonably tasty food, they took the charcoal and headed to the campsite to rest.

The original tents had been cleared away, and two huge totem poles stood in the open space.

Faint ripples spread outwards from the totem pole.

"Your Highness, is this thing disposable or permanent?"

Looking at the two totem poles, which were almost three meters tall, Aowu couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know. If it's a one-time expense, the cost could be quite high."

A buff aura that increases double recovery is useful in situations requiring prolonged battles, such as large-scale wars like those in Lord of the Rings.

I wonder how much profit I can make.

If the equipment were permanent, then these two pieces of equipment would be valuable; a single totem could probably be worth as much as a purple-grade, top-tier weapon.

You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub; this cub is really expensive!

Turning his gaze away from the totem pole, Li Xia found an empty barracks.

To be fair, Guge's logistics were indeed quite good.

The barracks are similar to modular cabins in real life, about ten square meters in size. Some barracks are two or three stories high, clearly designed for larger teams.

However, the furnishings are quite comfortable. A rough calculation shows that the cost of the daily necessities and individual cabins alone is no less than 1000 Palace Points.

What surprised Li Xia even more was that in such a small house, there were oil paintings hanging on the walls, and even the drinking cups were gilded and exquisitely carved.

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

"Blackie, come take a bath!"

Li Xia turned on the hot water, and the cat, who was about to sneak back, stood there frozen in place.

He was dragged over with a wicked grin, but he didn't expect that Li Xia would grab him and shove him under the shower.

"Huh? No, I'm clean!"

Black Charcoal's habits are very similar to those of a cat; it likes to lick its own fur and also likes to sleep on Li Xia's bed.

Sometimes he would simply curl up and sleep on my chest. Luckily, Li Xia had a strong physique; otherwise, it would have been different for an ordinary person.

With fifty or sixty pounds pressing on my chest, I'd probably die.

The showerhead sprayed out sparkling water, washing away the bubbles from Black Charcoal and Awoo, and then rinsing itself as well.

She changed into loose, thin pajamas and then took out the gaming tablet that Bai Xiao had given her.

Although this game is difficult for the sake of being difficult, it's actually quite fun once you get into it.

A soft carpet was laid on the floor, and the clean-washed Black Charcoal and Awoo were sitting on it.

There were some white treasure chests in front of me, all the spoils of the day.

The drop rate for Corrupted Tree Golems is extremely low; Li Xia farmed them all day and only managed to get six chests.

The drop rate of treasure chests has nothing to do with luck. Whether you get anything depends entirely on the value of the items you have and whether they are worth stripping from the Temple of Light.

Corrupted Tree Golems don't have any equipment, so it's already quite good if they drop a few chests.

Black Charcoal laid out all the boxes in front of him, pondering which one to open, while Awoo egged him on to mutter some strange words.

It was all seen on Tieba (a Chinese online forum), which said it could increase one's luck.

"Bah-"

The lid of the treasure chest popped open, and a plume of black smoke billowed out. Black Charcoal looked around blankly.

"Meow?"

"Damn! An empty box! Of course there's nothing inside."

Empty. Empty box?

Black Charcoal's cat-like face fell. He glanced at the notification and, sure enough, had gained 100 Hall of Fame Points.

"Let's try opening two more!" Teacher Ao persisted.

"bang bang"

Two plumes of black smoke continued to rise, and I happily added 2 empty boxes to my inventory!

"Meow meow meow?"

Black Charcoal was almost in tears. This was its first time opening the box, and it was met with unprecedented malice.

"It shouldn't be."

Awoo looked at Black Charcoal's cat-like face, which was covered in black fur except for its whiskers, and pinched its chin with its short paws:

"It must be because you're unlucky! You're obviously unlucky. Let's think of a solution."

The bewildered Black Charcoal followed Awoo out the door, but soon returned.

Li Xia looked up from the tablet and watched the two little ones start fiddling with it, asking in surprise:

"A face mask? Where did you get that?"

Awoo busily peeled off the face mask with its short paws and laboriously stuck it on its charcoal-colored face, saying as it did so:

“I went out to ask someone for it. The person named Violet was really nice. I heard the kitten was a male, and she even said she wanted to take it to sleep with her at night.”

Li Xia paused for a moment, feeling that something was off, but seeing Aowu and Heitan having fun, she let them be.

If a person, a dragon, and a cat can't even accumulate 3 points of luck, they're probably doomed from opening normal loot boxes.

As long as it makes me happy, playing with a few boxes is fine.

A flash is impossible—

A blinding light emanated from below.

"Holy crap, a flash!"

Awoo flew around excitedly, saying, "I told you, putting on a face mask makes your face whiter!"

Li Xia opened her mouth, but had already put down the tablet.

As the light faded, Black Charcoal happily raised what he was holding.