47: Start

Jiang Xiaoyu and Ai Weng arranged special training for them.

To put it bluntly, their mission mode was poor simply because their reconnaissance and speed were too far behind. Lin Ye's arrival was actually a powerful supplement.

But it wasn't enough. Lin Ye's methods were only at the mid-sixth level. How could he compare to those at the peak of the sixth level?

Therefore, to enhance his abilities in this area, Lin Ye was directly required to practice more skills in this regard.

Martial Artist is too versatile; as long as one practices internal energy well, one can train whatever is lacking, becoming a hexagonal warrior.

To compensate for the team's deficiencies, Lin Ye learned a few more skills.

For reconnaissance, he had Mindflow-Five Senses, so he didn't need to learn more.

For speed, he had Inch Step, but it wasn't enough. Inch Step was for short-range, small-area rapid movement and was not suitable for long-distance raids. In mission mode, there were also many pursuit and tracking missions.

So, he learned the skill Starlight Miles, specifically for long-distance travel.

He also learned Escape Void for stealth.

Starlight Miles is a Gold Level skill, and Escape Void is a Star Level skill. Jiang Xiaoyu knew that after Xiaobai awakened Space Control skills, he spent a lot to get this skill for Lin Ye to practice.

Regarding his teleportation ability, he publicly claimed that he had absorbed a related Star Level ability, and no one was too surprised. Although Star Level Space Control abilities are rare, it's not unheard of for people to absorb them.

But if this was an awakening of a Star Spirit, everyone would be jealous, and some might even harbor ill intentions.

Star Spirit skills do not occupy an ability slot.

This Escape Void is very strong, extremely strong. It is a core skill of a very powerful Martial Artist faction, requiring terrifying talent. It is said that after their Martial Artist template is perfected, they also need to absorb Space Control abilities to cultivate the Escape Void ability.

Upon initial mastery, Escape Void can only conceal one's aura. With proficiency, one can temporarily enter the void. Upon great accomplishment, one can walk through the void, and with superb mastery, you can treat the void as your home.

Moreover, this does not overlap with Space Control abilities but rather stacks exponentially.

With these two skills, the team was strengthened, but it required a considerable amount of training time.

Lin Ye almost put all his time into cultivating these two skills. He wasn't in a hurry with Escape Void, waiting until Xiaobai's Space Control reached superb mastery before practicing it. It would take him about a month to fully infuse a Star Level ability now.

But Starlight Miles was very urgent.

However, with the enhancement of a superb mastery level ability, it was still very fast. Starlight Miles reached minor accomplishment in a month, and Escape Void also achieved initial mastery with casual practice.

Other skills also improved significantly. Lin Ye felt that in another two months, all his Gold Level skills would reach great accomplishment.

By then, he would be at the same level as his teacher, Jiang Xiaoyu. He wondered how Fish Brother would feel.

But time was running out; it was already August, the competition period.

The professional league typically has three months of competition per year. Early April to early June is the minor league, and early August to early September is the professional league.

Once these three months pass, most teams will have no more competitions, but for the top eight teams, they still need to prepare for the global finals.

Early October to November.

The league opens with an opening ceremony, draws, schedule arrangements, and pre-match promotions.

Busy, busy, busy.

It was all sorts of announcements all day long.

Fortunately, Lin Ye was a player and only needed to participate in the filming of some promotional videos.

Professional players who make it into the professional league have a good life. They are busy for one or two months a year, spending the rest of the time training at the club. If their performance is good, they get substantial bonuses. If their performance is poor, free food and lodging are not bad either.

After all this was done, the schedule was released.

The first challenge was the mission mode competition.

This time, the mission mode competition was actually a Star Realm Survival Mission.

Mission Mode, Star Realm Survival: Survive for seven days in a selected dangerous zone of the Star Realm. During this period, players are not prohibited from eliminating opponents.

As soon as the news came out, the players wailed incessantly.

Normal people don't want to go to the Star Realm. Without technology, it's a return to primitive life. Who among modern people would be willing? Not to mention it's a dangerous zone.

The Star Realm is divided into three areas: safe zones, control zones, and dangerous zones. There are other popular names, but these three are mainstream.

Safe zones are completely controlled by civilization, with no danger, such as Magic University's safe zone.

Control zones merely indicate good control over the area and have been basically explored, but dangers have not been eliminated. These are the main areas for Star Realm hunting.

Dangerous zones are areas where civilization has explored very little, information is unknown, and they are extremely dangerous.

Lin Ye frowned. This was an unprecedented mission.

Previously, at most, they would go to a control zone.

Fortunately, the organizers were not fools. They chose an area that had just been explored. Although it was called a dangerous zone, it was actually only different from a control zone in that no one had cleared out the exotic beasts yet.

Moreover, there would be Star Level rune equipment, the Thousand-Faced Water Mirror, to observe them, as well as life-saving equipment, the Grace of Non-Killing.

The Thousand-Faced Water Mirror is a commonly used rune equipment by the competition organizers. When Star Realm technology fails, live broadcasting naturally relies on the power of runes.

The Grace of Non-Killing is Gold Level equipment that can store a defensive magic of a ninth-level powerhouse, lasting for one minute.

And it is trigger-based, automatically activating when there is danger.

Lin Ye felt much more at ease. He became a professional because it had little danger, high income, and ample time.

However, since it's a survival mission, Starlight Miles can be put aside for now, and Escape Void needs to be prioritized. Coincidentally, Space Control has also been leveled up to superb mastery.

Escape Void plus Space Control.

Lin Ye felt a full sense of security.

His teammates also felt much more at ease upon seeing this mission.

The teams that benefit most from survival missions are undoubtedly those skilled in stealth, reconnaissance, and escape, followed by teams like theirs with strong overall combat power.

Only five people can enter the survival mission. Without a doubt, Prosperity will send its five main players.

The points system calculates the survival points of all members and then ranks them by total score.

Survival points increase as time passes, and the fewer people remaining, the faster they increase.

So everyone clearly understood that teamwork was very important. If an entire team passed, they would undoubtedly be first, earning all points. But if there were casualties, they would lose a lot of points, especially if casualties occurred early.

Of course, there were also unwritten rules. If you thought you couldn't beat a certain team in the subsequent team competitions, you could dig a pit for them in the survival competition, causing one or two casualties. Then, even if they maxed out their team and individual scores, it would be useless.

Lin Ye felt that situations where teams would sabotage others would be particularly common. This was the best mode for weaker teams to make a comeback.

Sabotaging others was simple: administering drugs, sneak attacks, luring exotic beasts, instigating conflicts between other teams, and so on.

There should also be many teams that choose to play it safe, holding out until the end to get full points.

This mode generated a lot of buzz. Watching professional players survive in a dangerous Star Realm and seeing them scheme against each other was interesting.

The professionals were conflicted because the matches would be livestreamed, so everything they did would be clear. If they played too dirty, how would they retain fans?

If they didn't play dirty, how could they achieve good results? Without good results, how would their salaries increase? How would they gain followers?