Chapter 47: Level 10
Shi Li accepted the order and walked towards the private room where he often took classes.
He has a fixed set of words to use when meeting new members for the first time.
Knock knock.
"Hello, No. 44, it's a pleasure to serve you."
"Come in."
"?"
He stood in front of the door and picked his ears. Why did the sound sound so familiar?
When I pushed the door open and walked in, I saw a cloaked man standing in front of a simulated card table.
Black smoke was faintly spreading from under the cloak, gathering but not dispersing.
If this isn't black smoke, who else could it be?
"What are you doing here?"
Shi Li expressed surprise.
"That's what you meant when you said you'd pay me before I told you why I lost."
"I have become a member of your card room."
Black Smoke said so.
“…”
Shi Li really didn't expect that this man would be so honest after leaving the poker table.
However, he often reviews things like this in class.
I decided to hold nothing back and recounted the entire final game from beginning to end.
"In other words, if I had not been deceived by your look at that time and had used [Barbarian Shell Chieftain] to perform AOE at the first moment, then my chances of winning would have been greatly improved?"
"Well, you can understand it that way."
"So you teach that here... acting."
“…”
Faced with this question, Shi Li looked at the other person's black face and thought to himself that even if I really taught you and you really learned it, it seems that you still can't use it.
"In fact, your deck is so deep. If you don't stick to the series deck and directly play 7 control cards, it may be even more difficult for me to beat you."
"Brother, do you know what 7 control cards mean? Even I can't get them all!"
"Really? Why do I feel like I have a lot of control cards?"
“…”
This time it was Heiyan's turn to be speechless.
In his eyes, Shi Li was already regarded as a poker player who was destined to be his destiny.
Abbreviated as "Shen Chu Shen Rubbing".
Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why such a low-level player can take out a bunch of good cards, even B-grade cards.
After the review, Heiyan didn't actually have much more to ask, so the two of them started chatting casually.
"You must use the key to the Monster Card copy carefully."
There was an envious tone in the black smoke's reminder.
"Oh, what do you mean?"
Shi Li didn't know what was so special about a copy.
"Before participating in the competition, I verified the information through other channels."
"The demon card world connected by this key is a real scene, not the usual projection."
"You can think of it as a key to another world."
If players had not been required to bind the key on the spot when receiving the prize, Heiyan would have wanted to buy it directly from Shi Li.
"So what you're saying is..."
Shi Li still didn't understand.
"It means that you may be able to receive a series of chain quests in that dungeon."
"And this chain quest is a cross-dungeon quest."
"Because this is the real world, if you can't complete the quest chain in one instance, you can continue the quest the next time you enter this world through another instance."
"The final reward for this kind of mission is often extremely generous."
Black Smoke explained.
"So you have an unfinished quest chain in that world?"
Shi Li seemed to understand why the other party wanted this copy key so much .
"No, I just wanted to go there and see someone one more time."
For some reason, when Heiyan said this, Shi Li felt that this guy's face was red, although the other person's face was completely covered with black smoke and could not be seen.
As for the , he also took it out and asked Black Smoke about it.
Unfortunately, Black Smoke didn't know anything.
After all, there are many people in the Black Mist Clan, and according to Shi Li’s description of the star-shaped red eyes, they do not belong to the same clan as him.
After finishing the black smoke order, Shi Li went home after get off work.
The next day was the day for team building in the card hall.
The card hall was closed for a day, and they took two buses to the airport.
This was Shi Li’s first time on a plane since he traveled through time.
In fact, it's not just him. 95% of the employees in the card hall have never taken a flight here.
What he didn't expect was that because the technology was ahead of Blue Star, the speed of the plane was extremely fast and stable.
Although stable, this new type of aircraft is still quite demanding for first-time riders.
Almost everyone who rides it for the first time will vomit.
Yes, even Shi Li is no exception.
Especially the Slime, it's about to turn into a puddle of water.
This guy claimed to be a gold member of the card hall so he forced his way into the team building. The key point is that no one really stopped him.
The only ones who didn't vomit during their first ride were Mushroom and Scarecrow, which also puzzled Shi Li.
The two guys were even chatting and laughing, as if they had seen bigger and more exciting scenes before, and taking a plane was just a small case.
The location chosen for the team building was a small resort town by the sea.
After completing the check-in formalities, Shi Li and his group, one Cao, one Mushroom and one Shi, went to the beach together.
It is the season of good weather now, and it would be a shame not to come here for a swim in such a nice resort.
The hotel is very close to the coastline and can be reached by walking 20 to 30 meters downstairs.
"No, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not."
Shi Li looked at them and finally couldn't help but complain.
"You guys usually don't wear clothes, why do you wear clothes on the beach?"
The scene before my eyes leaves me speechless.
The straw man was wearing a pair of Hawaiian beach pants, which was barely acceptable.
But when Mosaicuo put on the same pants, it almost covered his entire body.
The waistband of his pants was pulled directly to his face, leaving only his eyes exposed.
The most outrageous one is this Slime guy. His bikini turned into a blindfold. He couldn't even see the road and had to rely on a straw man to push him around.
"Master, you don't understand!"
“Bobobobo!”
Hearing Shi Li's question, Slime changed.
Transformed into a paper beauty.
In this way, its swimsuit actually shows some use.
"It's rare to be at the beach, this is called atmosphere, you know."
Mushroom pulled down his pants to reveal his mouth.
"Okay, okay, okay, as long as you are happy."
Shi Li nodded helplessly, looking around and asked, "Hmm? Where's the straw man?"
"It went over there, Boo~"
Paper Rem pointed to the far end of the beach.
There, the straw man had already become friends with several tourists, even hugging them left and right.
Those tourists were from different races, but you could tell at a glance that they were all women.
The only thing there was a creature that looked like an alien and its gender was hard to tell.
"This guy is really good at flirting with women."
Mushroom shook his head, walked into the sea and suggested: "How about we have a swimming competition?"
"hehe."
Shi Li folded his arms and smiled confidently: "When it comes to paddling, you can't possibly beat me."
"Have you ever heard of ' a lone sail disappears into the blue sky'? It's talking about us mushroom people."
Mushroom was not to be outdone.
"Mushroom? It sounds unlucky."
Shi Li sneered.
Unexpectedly, his words came true. In the end, the competition had no winner and ended unexpectedly because Mushroom Mushroom got cramps in the water.
When the slime turned into a lifebuoy to rescue it, this guy was almost pickled.
The team building lasted for three days, during which they visited almost every place in this seaside town.
During this period, the straw man changed his female and male partners at an average frequency of 6 hours. His strange charm was impressive.
On the night before leaving, all the staff of the card hall held a bonfire party organized by Secretary He.
Around the bonfire, everyone happily danced their own ethnic dances.
Especially the dance of the blue-skinned supervisor, oh no, now it should be called the deputy supervisor, which is particularly unique.
Shi Li said that he had never been given more middle fingers in his entire life than he had tonight.
At the end of the bonfire party, it was the much-anticipated lucky draw session.
The first prize - a spot in a copy - may not be what everyone wants, but its value cannot be denied.
Because it is well known that the copy of the replica key is likely to be of higher quality than the copy directly matched randomly at ordinary times.
Finally, with the secret manipulation of Secretary He, Shi Li and the other two successfully drew a spot in the copy.
What surprised everyone was that Slime, a gold member, also won the prize.
The four of them, plus Director Xiu, Secretary He, and four other lucky people, became the 10 people confirmed to enter the copy.
At this point, the first team-building activity in the card hall since Director Xiu took office was successfully completed.
After returning home, Shi Li and his colleagues worked for a few more days. When the cooldown period of the 10-person copy was over, everyone gathered in the card hall.
Shi Li has been working in the card hall for more than three months. Although he often slacks off and skips work, he has basically gotten to know all the employees in the hall.
The remaining four members of the team are from the coaching team, the logistics and chores team x2, and the service team.
One of the handymen is a robot species with a round body like a trash can and four wheels. He is called Sweeper No. 2.
Sweeper No. 1 is a straw man. In addition, the straw man is also mop No. 1, window cleaner No. 1, dishwasher No. 1, and transporter No. 1, because it is hardworking and does all kinds of odd jobs without complaint.
There is also an uncle from the Jumping Tribe, named Zuzhao Zuzhao, or Zuzhao for short, who is also in the odd-job group.
In Shi Li's hometown, Blue Star, they are called zombies.
A person with a bird's head, the coaching team, everyone calls her Parrot.
A furry Leo man from the service team. He usually has a very afro because his hairstyle is difficult to manage, so everyone calls him Afro.
Director Xiu put everyone into one team, allowing Shi Li to see everyone's level.
The levels of Scarecrow, Mushroom, and Slime have not changed, they are LV2+LV2+LV6 respectively.
Sweeper No. 2, LV17.
Uncle Jumping, LV15.
Afro, LV17.
Parrot, LV25.
The parrot in the coaching group is significantly ahead of the other three in level.
But Secretary He and Director Xiu are of a higher level.
Secretary He, who is usually busy managing the card hall, did not neglect the dungeon to practice. In addition, as a native, he awakened early and is now a LV30 card player.
Director Xiu is even more exaggerated, LV35, worthy of being the director of a card hall.
Shi Li heard that it would become increasingly difficult to improve the player level in the future.
Even if you frequently clear dungeons for a year or two, you can only level up one or two levels.
"Are you all ready?"
After confirming that everyone had completed the process, Secretary He took out the key to this copy.
This key is really a key, about as thick as a sugarcane, and covered with blue light patterns of circuit wire.
"I have already opened the key, everyone just click to confirm."
As he turned the key, lines of information popped up in front of Shi Li who had already clicked confirm.
[Team structure detected]
[Duplicate key detected]
[Team and key matched successfully]
[The copy is opening...]
[Instance Name: Isolated Outpost]
[Number of players in the dungeon: 10]
[Suitable level: None]
【Time ratio: 1:1】
[Follower Cards: 10, Equipment Cards: 3]
"Wow, 10 minion cards!"
The Moshigu next to him was the first to exclaim.
After going through the last copy, it and the Straw Man now only have 13 cards, which is almost not enough.
"Don't worry, just lie down when you go in."
"Let me show you what a LV30+ poker player is."
Director Xiu waved his hand, it seems that he is ready to show his strength today.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, everyone saw several more lines of information pop up.
[Member level differences detected are too large]
[Making temporary adjustments...]
[Adjustment completed]
"Fuck, I'm level 20!"
Director Xiu took another look and his face immediately turned black.
"I'm level 18."
Secretary He also gave a bitter smile.
"I was promoted to level 10."
Shi Li’s news is good news.
Eventually they discovered that everyone's levels were moving towards the middle line of LV15.
Those above LV15 will be adjusted down, and those below LV15 will be adjusted up.
Only the jumping uncle, who was originally level 15, did not change his level.
After the level adjustment was completed, everyone clicked to confirm again.
Then their bodies slowly began to fade, and finally their vision blurred and they entered the copy.
Buzz!
The beam of light carried the body down into the copy, and Shi Li opened his eyes after regaining his vision.
The first thing you see is the endless yellow land.
There was nothing on the yellow land in front of me. The ground was so dry that cracks appeared on it. It seemed that it had been in an environment of long-term water shortage.
call!
Suddenly a strong wind blew, carrying with it smoke and dust that made him squint.
Then I realized that I was standing on a large round platform about 3 meters high.
Turning back, he saw that the other nine teammates were also here. At this moment, they were in an isolated outpost, and the surrounding environment was the same, all barren and dry yellow land.
"Oh, right, let me introduce the dungeon."
He thought of something and quickly opened the panel.
[Introduction to this copy mission]:
As the robot garrison of the Mechanical Principality, you are ordered to guard this border outpost.
Just recently, the superior military officer came to your place for an inspection.
What you don't know is that this officer has actually betrayed the Principality.
His real purpose of coming here was to leave behind a coordinate signal transmitter.
It's too late to find out now, your communications have been completely blocked.
The mechanical rebels have learned the coordinates of the outpost and are attacking.
Next, you who are loyal to the Principality will have to hold your outpost under their overwhelming attacks until the outpost is destroyed or all enemies are annihilated.
Below the introduction, there are specific points listed.
[Choose a reasonable position for your followers to resist the attack of the mechanical rebels]
[Once the position is selected, it cannot be changed during battle]
[The core of the outpost was breached or completely destroyed - Failure]
[Resist 100 waves of rebels - Victory]
