143: Form the [Main Force Regiment]

Xu Shian originally planned to do this tedious work together with An Xixi.

To his surprise, the squad wanted to pull an all-nighter to level up tonight!

"An all-nighter?"

Xu Shian checked the level leaderboard...

"Didn't you guys just reach level ten?"

"Yeah! But after some Time spent grinding together, we've decided to officially challenge the hell difficulty of the [Black Wind Forest] today!"

"You don't have to push yourselves that hard for hell difficulty, do you?"

"It's mainly because our energy points are all higher now... I calculated it, and if we fight for 36 hours, we'll be just in Time to go back and sleep! I see a lot of people's levels are about to catch up! No one wants to be a slacker anymore..."

Xu Shian felt something was off after hearing that. Was this definitely not an indirect dig at him?

"Alright then! I won't bother you guys anymore!"

When it came to strength, they knew their own capabilities best!

Xu Shian didn't feel it was his place to tell them what to do!

He had no choice but to miserably look through this long list by himself!

...

There were many people who wanted to sign up to join the guild.

However, very few wanted to sign up for the Elite Group!

Well, maybe not very few...

There were quite a few people who didn't meet the requirements but wanted to try to sneak their way into the Elite Group.

But out of the three hundred-plus level ten players in the guild, fewer than 60 had applied...

Xu Shian wasn't too surprised by this situation.

After all, he hadn't explained the benefits of joining the Elite Group; even when applying for a job, you have to discuss the compensation first!

On the other hand, even when Xu Shian didn't speak, he often lurked in the group chat.

A large number of players were currently separated from their family and friends.

Before, the Novice Village was closed off, so there was no way around it.

Once they entered the main city, they naturally wanted to ensure their family's safety first...

This was completely understandable.

Joining the [Time] Elite Group meant better benefits, but it also meant more responsibilities and restrictions.

The guild leader couldn't just be running a charity, could he?

On the other hand, there were people like [War God Xingtian], who had their own affiliations in reality.

Currently, the factions behind them hadn't reached a completely unified consensus!

For example, people from the Jingan Sima Family...

Even in [War God Xingtian]'s squad, he was the only one who had applied for the Elite Group!

Xu Shian didn't intend to dig deeper; if they didn't apply, he wouldn't force them; if they did apply, he would accept them. It was that simple.

If Xu Shian's strength were weaker, they wouldn't mind trying every possible way to take over his position!

However, the reality was that Xu Shian's personal level was far ahead of everyone else!

Don't look at it as just level eleven; the experience points required to go from level eleven to level twelve were more than the sum of all experience points from the first ten levels combined!

Furthermore, almost everyone in the world had seen the scene of Xu Shian soloing a Bronze-rank BOSS!

Although they were jealous of the various abilities of the [Time] guild, everyone wanted to avoid clashing with him unless absolutely necessary.

Therefore, most of those applying to join the Elite Group were unattached solo players.

...

Xu Shian was quite regretful!

However, among the list of applicants for the guild, Xu Shian discovered a pleasant surprise.

[Mountain] was a character who had been named in Hu Zhihao's diary!

After spending five hours, with his eyes going blurry, Xu Shian finally finished handling the new member admissions!

He rubbed his sore eyes and looked at the goblin next to him, who was tinkering with a [companion summoner].

"Are you done yet?"

"I've made quite a few, but I still haven't managed to make one that can cross barriers and summon through the Novice Village boundary!"

"What is your skill level? How many of my materials have you wasted?"

"I've made twenty!"

Xu Shian felt helpless!

"The [unstable] trait will severely drag down the effectiveness of this equipment. In this world where death deducts extra lifespan, no one will use it!"

When it came to Engineering, Sink was wide awake!

"Don't worry, I have several [Craftsmanship Special Effect]s here that change the failure penalty from death to deducting a certain amount of maximum health! It should be sellable now!"

That was not bad!

They could pull people at the Dungeon entrance, or even inside the Dungeon!

That made this item much more useful!

But... each Novice Village was like an independent little world!

It wasn't going to be easy to pull people from other Novice Villages.

Xu Shian felt a bit helpless; it seemed this goblin's luck stat was too low!

When it came to things that relied on luck, he had to try it himself.

"How about this, my [Underwater Fish Lure] is used up, go help me make a few... or, go see if you can find one with better effects!"

The [Underwater Fish Lure] was a product from level 50 Engineering!

Now, both Xu Shian and Sink had reached level 150 in Engineering and had learned Advanced Engineering!

How could they still be using such an item?

Sink was an outsider after all, and it was easy to get into trouble going out alone, so he called Wu Lun to go with him!

In the Machinery Workshop, many rare blueprints couldn't be bought, but Engineering construction diagrams like this, which weren't too important, were available.

About half an hour later, when Xu Shian crafted the third [unstable partner summoner], he finally got the enhancement direction he wanted!

[unstable partner summoner]

Effect: Summons teammates from the squad or party to your side;

Note: This item is extremely unstable and has a 30% chance of summoning failure; if the summon fails, the teammate will be lost in spatial turbulence and die instantly!

[Craftsmanship Special Effect]: Can summon teammates across planes and worlds!

Phew... Xu Shian let out a long sigh of relief.

He had finally gotten this done!

This item could be considered a lucky exploit.

If they were in the Novice Village, let alone the blueprints for this thing, they wouldn't even be able to get the materials...

Even for someone like Xu Shian who had come out, even if he leveled up quickly and made a [summoner] that met the requirements, without the guild Auction House, he wouldn't be able to get it into the Novice Village!

After all, cross-border mailing wasn't allowed here...

Shortly after, Wu Lun returned with Sink.

"Boss, I bought a copy of these Engineering construction diagrams for you too!"

Wu Lun understood Xu Shian well; he knew he valued Engineering highly!

On the contrary, he didn't value Alchemy that much!

In all the days since arriving at the main city, he hadn't seen him visit the Alchemy Workshop at all.

Xu Shian nodded, took the diagrams to examine them, and learned them all!

[Engineering: Dual-Focus Fishing Glasses (150)] Effect: Accessory, wear on eyes to increase Fishing skill by 50 points! Requirements: Bronze Frame × 2, Intermediate Leather × 4, Ink-colored Lens × 2

Hmm? This was a good item; no extra equipment needed, just wear it on the eyes to take effect?

If this could crit...

[Engineering: Super Fishing Rod Amplifier (150)] Effect: Enchants your fishing rod, increasing your Fishing skill by 80 points for 30 minutes. Requirements: Iron Ingot * 2, Night Bug * 5, Glowing Orb * 1

Sigh... Sometimes looking at these Engineering blueprints, it was really hard to understand; there were too many idealistic parts.

For example, with an Enchanting item like this, what role did the iron ingot play in it?

...

While Xu Shian was handling these matters, the list for the 60-person Elite Group to be promoted was finalized!

[Guild Message]

[Guild Leader 'Shi Chuan' promoted player 'Life Melody' to 'Main Force Group One'!]

[Guild Leader 'Shi Chuan' promoted player 'War God Xingtian' to 'Main Force Group One'!]

[Guild Leader 'Shi Chuan' promoted player 'Mountain' to 'Main Force Group One'!]

...

Dozens of guild notification sounds rang out in succession, drawing the attention of the guild members who were already resting!

"Guild Leader, I signed up too, why am I not on there?"

"You don't need to ask the Guild Leader that question, just ask me. Look at your level! Level 8... you want to get into the Main Force Group?"

"What's wrong with me being level 8? Aren't you level 8 too?"

"That's why I'm not delusional!"

...

[Guild Leader 'Shi Chuan' muted players 'Nonsense' and 'You Have a Cookie' for one day!]

[Guild Leader 'Shi Chuan' enabled global mute mode!]

"Everyone be quiet and listen to me for a moment..."