Lin Ruan sat in the classroom, listening to the professor explain how guides could use their spirits to calm restless Sentinels. Her brow furrowed, a wave of dissatisfaction welling up within her. She knew that as guides, their primary responsibility was to assist and heal Sentinels, ensuring they could maximize their combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

However, Lin Ruan does not like this setting.

"Why can't a guide directly participate in combat?" she asked the system in her mind. "What's the difference between a guide and a sentinel?"

The system replied, "Guides typically communicate with others through a spiritual link, primarily providing treatment, assistance, and strategic guidance. In contrast, Sentinels' spiritual bodies are more inclined toward physical attacks, possessing more powerful combat skills and awareness."

To help her better understand, the system gave a specific example: "A guide is similar to the nurse in your game world. She can control sentries, add buffs, and heal. Sentinels are more like warriors in the game."

Lin Ruan frowned and asked in confusion, "Could it be that my Blue Whale can't just use its body to perform physical attacks like the Sentinel?"

The system patiently explained, "I'm sorry, host. Due to the limitations of the Guide's spirit body, it cannot be equipped with weapons. This is a flaw that cannot be remedied through training."

The system tried to comfort her: "However, although individual Guides may not be able to personally step onto the battlefield, as long as they can find a matching Sentinel, they can fight side by side."

What makes this world different from the previous one is that Sentinels are so valuable mainly because the number of humans who can successfully differentiate into Sentinels is extremely small. In contrast, a single Guide cannot constitute a strong fighting force on its own.

Faced with this reality, Lin Ruan refused without hesitation.

"Even when I'm playing games, I don't like playing as a support," she said firmly. "As a woman, I should personally wield the sword and chop at the ghosts and enemies!"

System: You are probably thinking too much!

( ? . ? )

But there is also good news. She won the blessing of "rolling wealth" today, and her account "Inheritor of Ancient Oriental Culture" on Star Network has suddenly seen a surge in attention.

More and more people began forwarding and commenting on the Star Network, and 60% of the listeners chose to donate Star Coins to show their support. Lin Ruan's account balance grew exponentially. Finally, she had some money coming in. She was overjoyed! After all, since she came here, apart from the Star Coin subsidy, she had no other income, which made her feel insecure.

Yes, for Lin Ruan, only money can provide a sense of security!

She opened the system interface happily, and looked at the considerable amount of star coins, her heart beaming with joy.

At first, she asked the system to block the information just to prevent it from being discovered by the original owner's family. Later, after she replaced it with a new optical computer, she no longer needed the system to block the information.

Lin Ruan had money, and she went on a shopping spree: the latest tech gadgets, efficient and practical medical supplies... Of course, to save space and land, she also bought a bunch of grain and vegetable seeds. She had originally wanted to buy some herbal seeds, but unfortunately, with the advancement of technology in this era, the nutrients in traditional Chinese medicine can now be synthesized artificially, and there are no longer any people who grow traditional Chinese medicine.

She also spent a lot of money to buy a set of training equipment for low-level sentinels, which was the only one on the market.

Sure enough, when Lin Ruan tried to wear these equipment on his spiritual body, he found that it was impossible.

She had a new question: "Since the guide can establish a mental link, why can't he directly control the Zerg's mind on the battlefield?"

In response to Lin Ruan's confusion, the system explained, "The Zerg aren't individuals with independent thinking abilities like humans. They all obey the orders of the Zerg Queen. In other words, each Zerg soldier lacks a true brain; they are merely tools used by the Zerg Queen to expand her territory."

In this way, the guide will not be able to directly control a single Zerg soldier, and his direct role on the battlefield will naturally be greatly reduced.

"Oh, so that's how it is..." Lin Ruan felt a little disappointed, but quickly cheered up and consoled herself, "It's okay, there will definitely be a solution! There's still a whole year left, no need to rush!"

The academy she was currently attending allowed students to apply for internships at the frontline healing center in their third year. Although it was called the front line, it was actually located far behind the battle lines. There, they provided psychiatric treatment services to those sentinels who had not yet been successfully paired with guides.

This is also one of the key ways to match guides and sentinels. The competition is extremely fierce, and only guides with excellent academic performance are eligible to apply.

"It seems that for now I can only study hard!" Lin Ruan couldn't help but sigh.

But she hates studying!

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