71: Lao Deng team and the group run-in

Ninety-nine percent of the members in the Old Deng Alliance do not have good innate aptitudes, basically at the level of 1 to 2 points, a typical Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer start.

Not only do they have a Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer start, but most of them also carry the fate of a lone star, where their talent occupies too much weight in their destiny, leading to a manifestation in reality; specifically, their fate is extremely hard, bringing misfortune to heaven, earth, and all living beings.

If it weren't for humanity entering the federal era, and human luck being developed for more uses, ninety-nine percent of the Old Deng in the Old Deng Alliance would not have survived the early stages.

However, Lin Chen's experience is completely opposite to these Old Deng. Before he awakened his past life memories at the age of 6, he did have some characteristics of a lone star, with both parents deceased, leaving him all alone.

But after the age of 6, upon awakening his past life memories, his innate Transmigrator's Luck revived, dispelling the influence brought by his fate, so much so that none of his family members met with misfortune, and his friends around him lived very well, even getting better and better.

Not only that, he can also be considered to have started as a genius.

A genius from a small city, he subsequently gained several fortuitous encounters, overcoming dangers without mishap, and leaped to become a domain-level genius.

His most recent fortuitous encounter even allowed him to directly accumulate enough cultivation resources to Ascension to God; this is simply the treatment of a novel's protagonist.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he has immense luck and prosperous martial fortune.

He is even more like a Child of Luck than a Child of Luck himself.

After learning about Lin Chen's life, the Old Deng compared their experiences. Lin Chen was simply a different species from them; even if Lin Chen didn't have the Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer talent, he seemingly could still Ascension to God.

The most important thing is that Lin Chen, even before his rise, was already able to give back to the Old Deng in the group, enabling a Ascension to God peak Old Deng to cross the threshold of Ascension to God.

Therefore, a group of Ninth Order Gods Old Deng all wanted to rub some of Lin Chen's luck, thinking perhaps they too could be carried to success.

Path dependence is not good, but it is very practical.

Nan Gongrui was the first Old Deng to take action.

The early bird catches the worm; he discovered for the first time that being an instructor at the Sixth Academy had such great benefits.

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“Nangong Old Geezer, my luck is mediocre. If you truly want to gain something, you should find my friend Lin Fan; he is the one with truly astonishing luck.”

“There’s no difference. Following you, little Old Deng, I’ll enjoy the good life. I’ve already settled in.”

“……….”

Lin Chen was speechless; the Old Deng in the group were just like this, already prepared to fleece him.

If he really helped Nan Gongrui this time, he might truly be treated as a pendant by the Old Deng in the group.

Hopefully, this mission will be calm, and nothing will happen.

Lin Chen silently prayed in his heart.

Nan Gongrui naturally didn't know what Lin Chen was thinking; he had already started showing off in the group, being the first to get on board and follow Lin Chen.

This Old Deng was somewhat abstract; truly worthy of being an instructor at the Sixth Academy, a bit eccentric.

The other students in the team arrived one after another. Besides Lin Chen, they were all senior students, all lone wolves, none good at teaming up.

Nine senior students, five females and four males.

They were Wang Tianyou from the Formation Academy, Zhang Peng from the Alchemy Academy, Shi Sheng from the Artifact Forging Academy, Gu Ruo from the Mech Academy, Li Ning from the Spell Academy, Shui Yiyi from the Beast Taming Academy, Shen Tong from the Talisman Academy, Hai Lan from the Agriculture Academy, and Luo Yue from the Spirit Mark Academy.

Another God Ascension Second Level instructor had also arrived and was currently drinking tea with Nangong Old Geezer, listening to the Old Deng's teachings.

That's right, this instructor was a newly promoted instructor, who used to follow Nangong Old Geezer.

All nine senior students were at the late Ninth Order cultivation level. This cultivation level was quite impressive; with six more years, they would likely break through to the Demigod stage before turning 30.

Nangong Old Geezer's cultivation had at least reached Ninth Order Gods, making him among the strongest individuals below a deity.

When leading a team, he naturally had to tackle areas of higher difficulty, standing at the forefront. The students he led also couldn't be too weak, otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to clear minor monsters.

Inside the reception hall, the senior students basically knew each other. After all, they were the top tier of their same year. Even if they didn't know each other personally, they had heard of their names.

After exchanging names, there was no need to say too much; they basically knew each other's strength levels.

They didn't have much impression of Lin Chen, only generally knowing that Lin Chen was a junior student, but Lin Chen's early Ninth Order cultivation, just one step away from the middle stage, did attract their strong attention.

They themselves were already in the first echelon of their year, but at Lin Chen's age, their cultivation was far from Lin Chen's current level, at least half a minor realm behind.

After Lin Chen introduced his basic situation, everyone didn't know what to do for a moment, and the atmosphere was slightly silent, mainly because no one was enlivening the mood.

“Everyone, while the mission hasn’t started yet, how about we challenge the team dungeon ‘Starry Sky Catastrophe’ to get to know each other and work together? The upcoming mission will require our full cooperation.”

The instructors were still drinking tea, and everyone in the reception hall was idle. Since they weren't very familiar, they were all lone wolves, with relatively weak external communication skills and not very good at making friends.

(I am also quite a loner and not very good at making friends, nor am I good at writing scenes like this. Please bear with it; this plot is not too much of a focal point.)

Finally, one of the senior students suggested that everyone go and do a team dungeon.

This suggestion passed unanimously.

Compared to idle chatter, it was better to fight and have fun.

After fighting side by side, topics naturally increased, and this could also serve as a breakthrough to harmonize relationships and lead to discussions about subsequent missions.

Team dungeons are a type of historical projection instance in the academy's intranet that can only be challenged with team cooperation. They are mostly used for initial team cohesion, understanding each other, and practicing coordination skills.

Starry Sky Catastrophe is a very classic team dungeon.

The strongest enemies within it are close to Demigod strength, and the number of enemies is extremely, extremely large, requiring ten Ninth Order genius martial artists to cooperate to clear it.

Entering the Virtual Divine Realm academy intranet, everyone simultaneously materialized their clones, tacitly choosing the clone mode for the team dungeon, while their main bodies remained outside to command.

Ten students, thirty-eight clones.

Everyone had three to four clones, and the cultivation of the clones was basically on par with the main body; rarely could a clone surpass the main body's cultivation.

After the thirty-eight clones entered the team dungeon, they were randomly teleported to various areas, with two or three different clones in each area.

To ensure better coordination among the clones, the main bodies outside naturally had to communicate and command their clones to cooperate with others' clones in battle.

Thus, everyone naturally broke the ice.

Now there were many topics. Everyone communicated about the situation of the clones in the team dungeon, and based on the current situation, the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, they brainstormed and formulated battle plans.

In this process, everyone also gained an understanding of each other's specific situations, so that when the actual pioneering truly began later, they wouldn't be flustered or completely ignorant of their teammates.

In terms of daily social interaction, they might not be adept.

But when it came to combat, no one present was bad; they all had great ideas, and when they got excited, they wished they could personally go into battle and operate.

From a silent atmosphere to a heated one, from casual acquaintances to incredibly close relationships, all it took was one team dungeon.

(Analogous to several strangers playing a mobile game together; as long as there's communication and action, there will be topics to talk about.)

A five-hour, exhilarating team dungeon ended, and everyone's relationships progressed rapidly, at least from nodding acquaintances to the level of ordinary friends.

“Lin Chen, your strength is somewhat incredible.”

“Senior Tianyou, your strength is also very strong. Your three clones are very well coordinated, something I need to learn from.”

After the team dungeon, everyone entered praise mode.

You praise me, I praise you, learning from each other, making progress together, and the relationship was very harmonious.

At this moment, Nangong Old Geezer appeared.

“You can call me Instructor Nangong. This person next to me is my former student; you can call him Jin Instructor.”

“Our team is responsible for Area A6. This area has a range of approximately one hundred thousand light-years and contains an undeveloped galaxy with two hundred billion planets.” (Analogous to the Milky Way galaxy)

“Such a vast area, so many planets, naturally we are not the only ones to handle it. We only need to deal with the abnormal areas marked by human luck; other areas will be systematically cleared by the Expeditionary Force.”

“Currently, there are thirty-two abnormal areas that our team needs to handle. The danger is not high, meaning there will be no threats at the divine level.”

“Completing an abnormal area will reward academic credits ranging from ten thousand to one hundred thousand, and will also accumulate an indefinite amount of exchange points, which can be combined with academic credits to exchange for treasures from the academy's treasury.”

“In addition, we also need to build teleportation arrays to guide the human Expeditionary Force to station within the star domain, laying the foundation for subsequent clearing. For each teleportation array built, ten thousand academic credits will be rewarded, which you will divide equally.”

Nangong Old Geezer introduced the specific details of the pioneering mission, and everyone was mentally prepared.

“Instructor, can our main bodies still stay in the academy while our clones execute the mission?”

Lin Chen's question was very good.

“Absolutely. This is a special feature of our Sixth Academy. Clone teams are more lethal, even more daring than suicide squads. Not only will you be deploying clones, but the two of us will also be leading with clones.”

Nangong Old Geezer's answer perfectly aligned with Lin Chen's wishes. The main reason was that some missions required the main body to follow along; specific tasks could be done by clones, but the main body had to stay nearby to provide support.

Subsequently, everyone asked a few more minor questions, and Nangong Old Geezer answered them one by one.

Seeing that the team members had no more questions, the pioneering mission officially began.

For the next period, all members of Lao Deng's Team would have to eat and live together to facilitate the command of the clone teams carrying out the pioneering work.