Chapter 95: 95, Squad Module Activation

'It's just a pity that I have so few gold coins, even selling Lia's Blazing Bracelet would only make about 30,000 gold coins.'

In the carriage, Lin Da pondered for a moment and decided to use the World Tree Secret Realm as a breakthrough point.

The hidden bosses on the first and third levels had not yet been discovered by anyone.

Not sure about other provinces, but in Cangqing Province, where White Dove City is located, no adventure team had killed a hidden boss yet.

According to the settings in the game, the team that first kills in each area will get a "guaranteed magical equipment drop" BUFF.

For those who kill the hidden boss afterwards, the drop rate will be smaller and smaller.

Until it becomes 'need to rely on lottery-level luck to drop a piece of magical equipment.'

There's only one reason for the low drop rate.

The equipment dropped by the hidden boss is of high rarity, at least of purple quality!

If Lin Da could be the first to kill two hidden bosses, the problem of low gold coins would be effortlessly resolved.

Then by hoarding during the Murderous Crab onslaught... he might save up hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

Lin Da took out paper and pen from the hanger bag and began to craft a strategy for the hidden bosses during his journey back to White Dove City.

...

In the blink of an eye, the outside was already dotted with stars.

A beam of bright moonlight, passing through the carriage window, landed on Lin Da's feather pen.

He paused for a moment, feeling how quickly time had flown.

Stretching lazily and rubbing his sore eyes, he folded the strategy paper and placed it back in the hanger bag.

Kafni was already asleep, sprawled in the middle of the carriage, drooling and mumbling 'so big, I can't eat anymore...'.

Not knowing what terrible dream she was having, her right hand kept rubbing her chest back and forth.

This is really not suitable for children!

Lin Da's mouth twitched.

Glancing to the side, the Magic Conductor Handheld Console was emitting a faint light; Monica, focused and intent, was controlling a mage Magic Puppet with a little red cap, fighting against a Shadow Wolf.

An idea struck him, and he murmured, "Klrona seems to play this too, right?"

Upon hearing his voice, Monica put down the handheld console, her eyes lighting up excited, "This Magic Puppet game is really fun, Captain, would you like to try it?"

"Eh, I'll pass," Lin Da declined, "By the way, these game-specific magic puppets must be expensive, right? With your former income... um, how could you afford it?"

In Lin Da's memory, those exquisite little dollies inside the magic handheld console were at least 10 gold coins each, like in Klrona's room, which had several walls' worth, some limited editions even reached up to a thousand gold coins.

"That's why those Beastmen came to collect debts," Monica said disheartenedly, clutching the console, "Monica only has one Magic Puppet."

Looking at Monica, who appeared like a poor child, Lin Da couldn't help but sigh. Although both were lolis, Klrona was clearly much richer than Monica, boasting piles of toys and not just magic puppets!

"When we get to White Dove City, I'll buy a new one for you," Lin Da promised, caressing Monica's little head with a grave expression.

"No need, this one Magic Puppet is enough for Monica," Monica said confidently, "In this Magic Puppet game, Monica is invincible; I can beat a level 17 Shadow Evil Wolf without taking any damage!"

Playing with Monica for a while, Lin Da realized this girl indeed had extraordinary potential in the Magic Puppet game; even after learning how to control the Magic Puppet, he was still repeatedly defeated by the Shadow Evil Wolf.

In Monica's hands, the Little Red Cap Magic Puppet slithered like a slippery mudfish, the Shadow Evil Wolf couldn't even touch it once.

"If Klrona played with her, they would probably have a lot of fun together."

Lin Da imagined the scene of a big and a small loli, both wearing white stocking, sitting side by side on a small sofa, playing the Magic Puppet game, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Klrona, one of the veterans of the Snow Goose Adventure Team, profession: Heavy Armored Warrior, innate skill 'Guardian's Heart'.

Sacrificing agility, significantly increases physical defense.

After the second awakening, comparable to a Five-Star SSR Character!

Unfortunately, Klrona did not like him, considering him a useless 'Small Fry'.

"Unless I can beat her with my own hands, I can't shake off this title," Lin Da thought helplessly.

Late into the night.

The carriage traveled over the rugged wilderness.

It took Lin Da a long time to fall into a troubled sleep.

[System Notification: Squad module loading, 98%...99%...100%]

[Squad module has been activated]

After roughly three to four hours of sleep, the mechanical voice by his ear woke Lin Da up.

He opened his bleary eyes and pulled back the curtain, looking outside.

The night was still deep, stars speckled abundantly, around midnight.

In the bottom right of his field of view, a little envelope was flashing.

Upon opening it, he found out that the squad module had been activated.

Lin Da's spirits lifted slightly, and his drowsiness diminished a lot.

He simply sat up to study the functions of the squad module.

The background of the squad interface was a shade of bronze, with five big characters at the top: Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team.

Below was a list displaying the avatars and basic information of the squad members.

Scanning the list, there were only three names:

Captain: Lin Da, Healing Hero, level 8.

Member: Monica, Earth Mage, level 15.

Teammate: Lulu, Frost Wolf Warrior*Witch, Level 25.

Seeing this list, Lin Da understood why his previous invitation for Lulu to join the team didn't meet the team-building conditions.

Kafni, that guy, isn't human at all!

She is a summoned beast, one with me!

It was only with Monica that the team was successfully formed.

Lin Da glanced at a deity who was drooling in their sleep and shook his head speechlessly, refocusing on the team module.

In the upper right corner of the interface, there was a passive skill called Captain's Aura, which could be clicked to view the specific attributes: S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

[Captain's Aura: Within a 10-meter radius, all member of the Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team gain a 10% increase in damage, and this skill elevates based on the combined levels of team members]

10%, not too bad.

According to the game's setup, as the levels of team members increase in the future, this skill can eventually boost damage up to 30%, which is like having an extra powerful piece of equipment compared to others.

Then came the second feature: [Back House]

In the Back House, the chibi versions of team members would cultivate and produce a currency called diamonds.

From the system's FAQ sprite, Lin Da learned that diamonds could be collected once a day and could be used to refurbish the Back House, enhancing daily diamond production.

They could also be used to purchase various coaching vouchers to improve the team members' attributes, potential values, and skills.

After reading the introduction, Lin Da understood.

This was akin to 'in-game purchasing' in the game!

As long as enough diamonds were invested, a four-star character could perform at the level of a five-star character!

He clicked on an icon of a small cabin and entered the Back House.

The inside was quite shabby.

Broken windows, a leaking ceiling, and mice scurrying on the floor, which scared a chibi version of Monica that looked very like a big-headed doll sitting on the ground crying, with a line of text above her head:

Mood -30%, diamond production efficiency decreased.

There was another, lying on the ground sound asleep, letting mice crawl over him without waking, a chibi version of Kafni as a pet beast appeared in the Back House. Above its head, it read: Mood good +20%, production efficiency increased.

And in the corner of the room, there was a cool-looking short-haired Beastman chibi blowing bubble gum, hands in pockets, with the text above his head: Mood average, production efficiency unchanged.

These three... indeed were Lin Da's team members and summoned beast!

From the information interface, it could be seen that the current base speed of diamond production was 100, Monica's mood -30%, Kafni +20%, one subtracted, one added, equating to only 90 diamonds harvested today!

"How can we eliminate those mice and stop Monica from crying? The ceiling and windows also need to be fixed!"

Feeling the heavy weight of the tasks, Lin Da scratched his head in annoyance, then clicked on the mouse, and a system prompt popped up:

[Would you like to spend 100 diamonds to kill 1 mouse? Current remaining mice: 15]

Clicking on the ceiling, the prompt read:

[Would you like to spend 1000 diamonds to repair the leaking ceiling?]

[Would you like to spend 2000 diamonds to repair the broken window?]

Clicking on the house:

[Would you like to spend 20000 diamonds to switch from a log cabin to a small western-style house?]

How exactly are diamonds obtained? I didn't see an entry for recharge.

Lin Da wondered.

After checking the system's FAQ sprite, he found out that there were mainly two ways to obtain diamonds.

The first was through exchanging Mystical Points, and the second was by sending these chibi team members into the [Hell Rift], where they would earn rewards for each tier they passed through.

"Diving into the Hell Rift for diamonds? They turned the web mini-game of Mystic Continent into a system feature."

Lin Da realized.

He clicked on a red and black deep pit, and the screen switched to a top-down view of an automatic combat scene, where his three characters: Lulu, Monica, and the pet beast Kafni, jumped in.

They landed in a dimly lit area, surrounded by torches, resembling an arena.

Three black magical wolves walked out from an opened gate.

'Earthquake Crack!'

A line of exclamation-filled skill text popped up over chibi Monica's head as she raised her magic wand high, and a brownish light lit up from above.

The ground around her trembled violently, and the soil turned into sharp spears, piercing the three black magical wolves.

[Victory]

The golden, huge text popped up.

In the settlement interface, Monica smiled shyly, looking both proud and embarrassed. Explore more at m,v l'e-NovelFire.net

Meanwhile, Kafni lay on the ground asleep, and Lulu kicked stones, looking gloomy.

After passing the first tier of the Hell Rift, Lin Da earned 500 diamonds.

[System Prompt: Would you like to explore automatically?]

Lin Da clicked: Yes!

During the exploration, he returned to the Back House interface—here, the chibi versions were still present, unaffected by the exploration of the Hell Rift, working diligently like paper people, producing diamonds for the player.

Lin Da noticed that Monica's chibi mood had worsened from -30% to -35% in just a short while, and she was scared into a crouch by the scampering mice.

Damn mice, daring to bully my team member!

Lin Da clicked on the mice angrily, spending 500 diamonds to kill five.

As Monica noticed the reduction in mice, she cautiously stood up, touched her chest, and sighed with relief, her mood also improving by 5%.

With 10 mice remaining, eliminating them all should normalize Monica's mood.