A few minutes later, two cars sped away from 5th Shelter.
A few more minutes later, a somewhat old-looking armored vehicle stopped at the place where Lily had just fought. Several fully armed burly men jumped out of the car. While checking the surrounding situation, they contacted their superior via walkie-talkie.
"Boss Gao, the people are gone. The other party's speed was too fast. I can't find any extra signs of a struggle nearby. This should have been a one-sided crushing. There are a total of five bodies. I've seen three of these people before; they are killers registered on the Dark Web. They recently took on a mission to kill Lily."
"So the person who killed them might be Lily?"
"I can't conclude, but it's certainly possible, Boss Gao. Should we contact the Gene Primordial side?"
"No need, we are not subordinates of the Gene Primordial," Boss Gao rejected the burly man's suggestion. "Remember, we are businessmen. No matter who it is, as long as they don't disrupt our business, they are our friends. We must be amiable to our friends."
The burly man nodded repeatedly.
Boss Gao meant that Lily killed people cleanly without affecting anyone else, so there was no need to interfere.
"I'll clean up the bodies now."
"Go ahead."
Boss Gao waved his hand.
Was the killer really Lily?
If so, then her strength was even greater than when she took down those killers sent by the Truth Society a while ago.
What an unfathomable woman.
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On the way out of 5th Shelter, Lily drove and talked to the players sitting in the back.
"If you insist on following me, you will often encounter things like what just happened, and that was just an appetizer. The troubles you encounter in the future will be even more terrifying. Although you are the legendary brave ones, and you can revive, I suggest you cultivate independently for a while before discussing anything else."
What, as long as we follow you, various quests will automatically trigger?
Now the players had even less reason to leave.
"We're not afraid."
"I just love fighting. I feel uncomfortable if I don't fight for a day."
Lily said, "Since you have made up your minds, I will speak frankly. I need to test your strength. If you don't meet my requirements, even if you insist, I will not keep you by my side."
She suddenly became serious, which made Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky and others unconsciously straighten their backs.
"What kind of test?"
"I'll tell you when we get to the rest stop," Lily deliberately left them in suspense.
Her faction was too small right now, and the quest rewards she could issue were very low. She planned to have Old Nissen issue another wave of quests to the players after arriving at 11th Shelter. With two quests stacked, plus the experience from eliminating Red Sand itself, it should be enough to entice these players.
After all, it was the first battle after the faction publicly recruited players, and Lily still wanted to make a big splash, otherwise, how would she attract players in the future?
Because there were many players in the car, Lily directly floored the accelerator on the way back, not worrying at all about unexpected events on the road. If they encountered danger, she could just let the players act as cannon fodder.
Thus, Lily only took a little over half a day to successfully return to 11th Shelter.
"You rest here first. In a few days, we will set off to eliminate a nearby Wanderer Camp. If you have any questions, ask Anya and Excavation Princess."
Lily then called Anya over.
"Anya, you are responsible for receiving them."
After giving instructions, she went to find Old Nissen to explain the situation, but her purpose was more than that. It would probably be some time before Red Sand came knocking again, so she took this opportunity to make some Prayer Cards.
After clarifying things with Old Nissen, Lily returned to the hotel she had booked.
First step, raise the Psionic Painter level from Lv9 to Lv10.
Considering that her physique attribute was already very high, and the success rate of drawing Prayer Cards was closely related to Inspiration, she still invested all 3 extra attribute points into Inspiration this time, directly raising Inspiration to 50 points in one go.
The second step was that after leveling up, she still had 22,700 experience points remaining. She invested these points into the newly unlocked skill, Primary Card Making, raising its level to Lv5, which increased the bonus from 10% to 14%.
"Let's make some Psionic Shield Cards first."
Lily opened the card-making interface, which displayed the Prayer Card blueprints she currently possessed and the success rate for crafting the corresponding Prayer Cards.
[Universal Card · Psionic Shield]
[Proficiency]: 10 / 1000
[Success Rate]: 60%
Including the bonuses from Primary Card Making and her luck talent, Lily's success rate for crafting Psionic Shield Cards was 84%. This success rate was already very high and would continue to increase with proficiency. One must know that before unlocking the Apprentice Psionic Painter profession, her base success rate for crafting Psionic Shield Cards was only 25%.
Before attacking Bagaros, she had spent a lot of money on materials to craft those five Psionic Shield Cards.
Just thinking about it brought tears to her eyes.
Fortunately, she had persevered, and now she would earn all that money back from the players!
Lily began crafting cards.
Since these cards were for sale to players, she didn't invest all her psionic energy into them as she would for her own use; 560 shield points were still too extravagant for current players.
Anyway, players wouldn't truly die. Giving them 50 or 100 shield points, just enough to let them endure a few more hits in battle, was sufficient. And this way, she could craft more Prayer Cards with one blue bar.
Lily planned to divide the Psionic Shield Cards for sale at this stage into three different specifications: 50, 100, and 200.
The 50-specification cards could be purchased by any member of the Silent Garden faction, while the 100 and 200 specifications required players' faction reputation or spending to reach a certain level before they could be purchased.
Doing this indirectly raised the value of the Silent Garden's reputation, a rather abstract data point that she could define as she pleased. In the future, if she couldn't afford to reward players, she could just use reputation to entice them to work for her.
To achieve this goal, Lily also made some distinctions in the pricing of the Prayer Cards.
Assuming a Psionic Shield Card containing 50 shield points retailed for 100, then she would price the 100-specification card at 195, and the 200-specification card at 380.
From the players' perspective, after their reputation increased, they could not only buy higher-level Prayer Cards, but the purchase price also seemed to be significantly discounted. However, for Lily, she actually earned more when players bought higher-level Prayer Cards because the cost of crafting materials went down.
In short, it was a win-win situation!
[You successfully crafted [Universal Card · Psionic Shield], proficiency +2, experience +500]
[You successfully crafted...]
Crafting cards could also earn experience, which was to accommodate life-skill players who didn't enjoy combat.
However, upgrading this way had a huge drawback: it was very expensive. Ordinary players simply didn't have enough money to purchase large quantities of crafting materials and psionic recovery potions. Only life-skill players supported by guilds could quickly level up using this method; Ordinary players could only slowly endure.
Lily was now a small rich woman, but her hundreds of thousands of yuan wouldn't last long if she truly spent them. She still needed to find a way to earn more money.
She thought of the bounties offered by the Truth Society and the Gene Primordial.
This money, perhaps, could be earned.
Just as she was pondering, Old Nissen suddenly knocked on the door.
"What's wrong? Have the Red Sand people already arrived?"
After opening the door, Lily noticed a deep sense of confusion in Old Nissen's single eye.
"Those people you brought are currently wandering all over the Shelter."
So that was it.
Lily looked calm. Players, after all, would inevitably wander around when they arrived in a new place. Most likely, those players were not only wandering around but also helping people everywhere.
Since Yulia was captured, the 11th Shelter had been constantly bullied, and the people living there might be scared by the enthusiastic players.
As expected, Old Nissen was indeed talking about this.
"I just wanted to move something upstairs, and suddenly two people rushed over and offered to help me.
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