108: A group of people lose one person

“Shi Li! It’s Shi Li!”

Zhang He was the first to react.

Because this was a shared mission, only when the person who accepted the mission completed the Gather would the others receive a progress notification.

And among all the people who had accepted the mission, only Shi Li was not present!

Suddenly, the answer was obvious.

“That kid… he’s a complete pervert.”

Zhong Xin recalled the ten days he spent with Shi Li and couldn’t help but sigh.

“I have a feeling that he might actually be able to complete this Core Event.”

There was a hint of pride in Zhang He’s tone.

After all, such a Talent belonged to their Show Card Hall.

“If that’s the case, he’d have to be upgraded to a B-rank contract after this trip, wouldn’t he?”

Zhong Xin chuckled, “If I’m not mistaken, Durian City’s Show Card Hall has never produced a B-rank contractor to this day.”

He now understood Hallmaster Xu’s intentions even more clearly.

“Let’s hurry up; we can’t fall behind him either.”

Zhang He, seeing him lost in thought, reminded him and then threw a Card Player mark at a Scarlet Slime.

“You, how are you still stealing kills!”

Zhong Xin exclaimed angrily.

After three hours of intense battle, everyone finally cleared out all the Scarlet Slimes.

With many eyes, they quickly discovered the location of the Red Divine Stone.

“Zeng Hong.”

“Coming, Captain!”

At Zhong Xin’s signal, Zeng Hong jogged out from the crowd.

“Don’t let this kid’s combat power fool you; he’s only considered below average in the Pioneer Team, but he’s a top-notch hand at stone quarrying.”

Zhong Xin patted Zeng Hong’s shoulder and introduced him to Zhang He.

“Captain, are you praising me or putting me down?”

Zeng Hong forced a wry smile.

Indeed, his rank didn’t even reach the average rank of the Pioneer Team.

But Zeng Hong, as Zhong Xin said, possessed a rather special Talent.

That was a very high success rate for Gathering stone-type materials.

It was precisely because of this that he was qualified to be conscripted into the Pioneer Team.

In past Events, they had encountered cases where mission items were directly destroyed due to too many failed Gathering attempts.

So adding Zeng Hong to the advance mission team was also a precaution.

“Go, don’t bring shame to our Team 2.”

Zhong Xin patted Zeng Hong’s back.

He said Team 2, but it actually referred to Li Card Hall.

However, he didn’t actually expect Zeng Hong to succeed on the first try.

On the contrary, he hoped others would also come up and try.

The point was to demonstrate the difficulty of Gathering this item, and then Zeng Hong’s success would bring even more glory.

“Don’t worry, Captain, leave it to me.”

However, Zeng Hong didn’t seem to grasp the underlying meaning.

He even secretly activated an item card that slightly increased the success rate.

The moment he placed his hand on the surface of the Divine Stone and activated Gather, a powerful backlash surged from his palm, rapidly penetrating his body and striking his mind.

Before Zeng Hong could even react to what was happening, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground.

“Hmm?!”

Zhong Xin’s expression instantly tightened.

What was going on? Could there be something wrong with the Divine Stone?

“Let me see.”

Zhang He, who had received professional medical training, quickly bent down and checked Zeng Hong’s vital signs.

When she saw her brows furrow slightly, Zhong Xin’s heart sank.

“What happened to him?”

Zhong Xin quickly asked.

He didn’t want anything to happen to his team members.

But Zhang He didn’t answer immediately; instead, she stood up and placed her hand on the Divine Stone.

[Gather failed, Stamina -60]

When she saw the message pop up on the panel, she immediately gave a wry smile.

“Nothing, he just fainted from Stamina exhaustion.

This Divine Stone requires 60 points of Stamina to Gather.”

People whose Stamina was not up to par couldn’t even perform Gather.

But if Stamina barely met the requirement, and after a failed Gather, 60 points were deducted, leaving only 1 or 2 points, sometimes fainting would occur.

“Useless fellow!”

Hearing this exasperating answer, Zhong Xin couldn’t help but lightly kick Zeng Hong, scolding him with an exasperated laugh.

“Those with Stamina over 65 and current value above 65, step forward.”

Then he gave an order, and all those who met the criteria stepped out.

However, even the high-Stamina individuals present, with some item buffs or small Talents, only had nearly 100 points.

Enough for only 1 Gather attempt.

So everyone could only take turns, and those who failed to Gather would sit down on the spot to rest and recover Stamina.

After nearly two hours of this, they finally succeeded.

[Gather successful, Stamina -60]

“It’s done!”

Zhang He, as the lucky one, looked at the pop-up message and exclaimed in surprise.

[Red Divine Stone has been Gathered.]

[Event (Gather Divine Stone) current progress (2/4).]

At this moment, words popped up in front of all the mission recipients.

“Alright, this way our progress isn’t losing to Shi Li’s either.”

Zhong Xin let out a long breath.

Even if the other party was a genius youth, if all of them couldn’t compare to him alone, it would be too embarrassing.

Where would their dignity be?

“Hey, don’t plant flags randomly.”

Zhang He gave him a sideways glance.

“Haha, relax, how much time did we spend clearing the red zone?

He couldn’t possibly have completed another zone, could he?”

Zhong Xin was dismissive.

As soon as he finished speaking, a new message popped up.

[Green Divine Stone has been Gathered.]

[Event (Gather Divine Stone) current progress (3/4).]

“What?!”

Zhong Xin was completely dumbfounded.

“See, what did I just say?”

Zhang He spread her hands.

“Zhong Captain, are we still going to the yellow zone?”

Someone asked weakly at this moment.

“Go! Why wouldn’t we go!”

Zhong Xin waved his hand, “Are we, a group of people, really going to lose to him alone? At least we have to draw! 2:2!”

Zhang He rolled her eyes at his unspirited, loud demeanor.

So after a round of rest, everyone rushed to the yellow zone in a hurry.

Fortunately, Shi Li did not appear here.

The difficulty of conquering the yellow zone was a bit higher than the red zone. To get the Yellow Divine Stone, everyone spent a full four hours fighting and Gathering.

[Yellow Divine Stone has been Gathered.]

[Event (Gather Divine Stone) current progress (4/4).]

“Phew, everyone worked hard.”

Zhang He comforted everyone.

“It’s all thanks to your efforts that we weren’t so embarrassed.”

Zhong Xin’s meaning was actually that they were still embarrassed.

While everyone was resting on the spot, the communicator given by the Weng Weng Clan rang.

“The Great Priestess said they have already collected all four Divine Stones.”

Zhang He said after finishing the call.

“As expected of the natives, I remember both sides acted almost simultaneously, right?

This efficiency is almost on par with ours.”

Zhong Xin sighed.

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