Traveling through the game world

Silver Village

Seeing Lian Yang and his companions appear at the village entrance, Celia greeted them, "You're back." Sensing the faint otherworldly aura emanating from Lian Yang, she had a guess in her mind and asked uncertainly, "My God! That fragment… did the elves of the Forgotten Forest give you that fragment?"

Lian Yang nodded and explained, "For certain reasons, they gave us this fragment to enhance our power." Lian Yang couldn't tell Celia that the ancient elves gave him the fragment so they could protect her. Sometimes it's better not to know than to know, especially the fact that Celia was Arad's only half-elf—this information had to be kept secret.

Although she had some suspicions, Celia was still amazed to hear the confirmation. She exclaimed, "I heard that shortly after the Cataclysm, fragments containing mysterious power were discovered in the depths of this forest... but the elves, fearing that these things would be misused, decided to keep them for themselves. But now they've entrusted them to you... you've actually gained the elves' approval! You're truly remarkable!"

Alice waved her hand, stepped forward and hugged Alice: "What's this about approval or not? I really want your approval!"

Celia blushed as Alice suddenly pulled her into her arms, and said in a soft voice, "Oh dear, Alice, stop fooling around..."

"No way, I really like you..." Alice, who was hugging Celia with a lewd expression, probably would have already groped Celia if Lian Yang and Baron hadn't been there.

Seeing Celia's shy and somewhat anxious expression, Lian Yang chimed in, "Alright, Alice, I'm going to say goodbye to Tana now."

Tana's place

"Have you decided to leave? Is Celia coming with you?" Tana's tone was a mix of reluctance and anticipation.

Nodding, Lian Yang said, "Yes, she's coming with us too."

Tana asked, "Have you decided where to go?"

Baron said, "They're probably going to check out Dark City."

Tana nodded affirmatively, saying, "It's a good decision. Dark City is the capital of the Dark Elf Kingdom. Due to the Dark Elf Queen's open policy, it has become a hub for adventurers and merchants since the Cataclysm. I think it's a perfect place for you adventure lovers."

"Yes, yes!" Alice said with a little excitement, "When I was in the Celestial Realm, I heard that the center of Arad was Hutton Myre, but after I came here, I found that Hutton Myre had been reduced to ruins due to the impact of the Destruction Era. On the contrary, Dark City has become the center of the continent. It's such an enviable place!"

Looking at the excited Alice, especially the fanatical look in her eyes, Lian Yang had a bad feeling. It seemed that Alice was becoming a shopaholic.

Outside the Silver Village

Lian Yang had just stepped out of the Silver Village when Hope's mechanical voice rang out again: "Host detected leaving the Dungeon & Fighter world's starting village, Silver Village. New subsystem activated... New subsystem successfully activated. New subsystem—Faction System—opened. Host detected leaving the starting village; reward level increased to 25."

The mechanical voice rose, and the familiar voice of hope rang out: "You're making fast progress, kid. You're already leaving the newbie village?"

Lian Yang said speechlessly, "Brother, I've been in this world for a year and a half and I've only just left the newbie village. I can do that in just two hours on Earth, okay?"

Hope chuckled and said, "Don't be so ungrateful, kid. On Earth, that was just a game, but even though this is a data world, it's still a real world. If you could reach your current strength in just two hours, I can hardly imagine how chaotic this world would become."

“That makes sense!” Lian Yang thought about it and also felt that Hope’s words made sense.

"I've been wasting my time chatting with you," Hope said. "A level increase of 25 is nothing, but this faction system is truly amazing, like a cow crossing a river—it's incredibly powerful."

Nodding, Lian Yang said, "I can guess roughly what it means from the name, but you should explain it to me in more detail."

Hopefully, he spoke up: "Power System"

Wandering through various planes, a lone wolf will never have enough to eat. As the saying goes, "a hero needs three helpers," and the host also needs a powerful force as a solid backing. Thus, the force subsystem came into being.

The host can recruit any intelligent life form from any plane that voluntarily agrees to join the host's faction. The current faction's maximum number of members is 10.

The faction system currently has two functions:

1. Members of this faction can use the Hope Mall system, which is identical to the host's system.

2. Members of the faction can enjoy the killing system, which is identical to the host's.

The host can enjoy privileges under the faction system:

1. For every purchase made by a member of the faction in the mall, the host receives a 20% commission on that purchase amount.

2. For each experience gained by a faction member, the host receives a 5% cut of that experience gain.

Everything a member gains through the faction system will disappear if they leave the faction.

Members who betray their faction must be eliminated!

The host has the right to expel members from the faction; expulsion is equivalent to leaving the faction.

Upon hearing about the faction system, Lian Yang's eyes immediately lit up. He knew that as long as he had more and more people under his command, his strength would grow at an astonishing rate, even if he slept all day. And the shop and the killing system were almost irresistible temptations for the people of the Arad continent.

In particular, it is clear that Lian Yang will maintain absolute control over everyone in this power system, so there is no possibility of being bitten back.

Hope added, "There are two more things. Now that you've reached level 25, the shop has added several new items."

Lucky Box daily purchase limit: 20

Open Fashion System

The host can actively customize the fashion appearance.

For now, only high-end fashion and regular fashion are available.

Unlock the secret elixir of powerful energy.

The spiritual elixir for martial artists.

Unlock the secret energy potion.

The secrets of the open master.

"Phew!" Lian Yang was surprised that the system had unlocked so many new things after leaving the beginner village. He quickly asked, "Hope, is there anything else new?"

"Isn't that enough?" He rolled his eyes, if at all. Hope continued, "That's all for now. I suggest you quickly recruit Alice and Baron into your faction. Just so you know, members of your faction can leave this world with you."

This is truly a timely help. I originally thought that even if I joined a faction, it would only be useful in the original timeline. Although it could be used as an offline experience generator, the number of faction slots in Lianyang is currently limited. However, if faction members can follow Lianyang to fight in different worlds, the faction's value will rise several levels.

Hope, having finished introducing the new system, fell silent again, but Lian Yang was thinking about how to tell Baron and the others about it. He frowned and pondered the whole way.

Although neither of them were observant, Lian Yang's constant frowning throughout the journey alerted Baron and Alice to something was amiss. Not to mention the clever Celia.

"What's wrong, Lianyang?" Celia asked with concern. This should be a rare moment of peace and quiet for them, and Lianyang shouldn't be looking so gloomy.

After much deliberation, Lian Yang decided to be honest. He said, "If I said I'm not from this world, would you believe me?"

"Pfft!" Before Baron could say anything, Alice laughed first. "Speaking of not being from this world, I'm not from this world either. But we're still good friends."

“No!” Lian Yang shook his head and said, “No, strictly speaking, the Celestial Realm and Arad are on the same planet, in the same plane, in the same spacetime. But I don’t need to, I come from another spacetime…”

Interrupting Lian Yang, Baron said nonchalantly, "What does it matter? You're our friend, that's enough. Does it really matter where you're from?"

Celia nodded in agreement, saying, "Whether you're from here or somewhere else, as long as you're our friend, that's enough. As long as you're the kind-hearted Lianyang, that's enough."

"It seems you're right!" Lian Yang nodded and smiled. He was startled by his own words. In Earth's novels, people from other worlds are instinctively somewhat hostile to outsiders. But the Arad continent is different. All sorts of life exist on this continent. Even otherworldly life forms are not uncommon in Arad, which has shaped the Arad people's non-repulsive attitude towards outsiders.

Lian Yang continued, "You all know I have some special methods to obtain special things. I can give them to you, but you need to join my forces."

As soon as Lian Yang finished speaking, Baron and Alice heard him say, "Lian Yang invites you to join his faction. Do you agree?"

"Agreed!" The two didn't care what faction it was and immediately agreed to join.

"Alice and Baron have joined your forces, making you even stronger!" With Baron and Alice agreeing to join, the mechanical voice of hope rang out once more.

"You two should take a closer look at the current Hope System. Although it's still relatively rudimentary, it can be quite helpful to us," Lian Yang said earnestly, looking at the two stunned individuals.

After a long while, Baron, having finally understood the information about Hope, looked at Lian Yang with utter contempt and said, "Lian Yang, you're really ruthless. You managed to sell a bottle of potion that costs a little over 10,000 gold coins for 200,000. And the worst part is that there are fools selling them in bulk." He was shocked by what he saw. Although he had long suspected that the cost of something like Remy's Kiss wouldn't be too high, after careful calculation, compared to the selling price of 200,000 gold coins, the cost of 13,000 per bottle was incredibly low.

Upon seeing the shop, Alice said to Baron, "Don't just focus on the potions. If you ask me, the contract system is the real trump card. I've always wondered how Lian Yang, despite his low level, is so strong. It turns out you can carry equipment across 10 levels."

With a sly grin, Lian Yang said, "If you want to fight above your level, if you want to be invincible among your peers, how can you do it without some tricks? Look at those adventurers we took down back then, they lost because of their lack of skill and equipment."

Baron nodded in deep agreement and said, "That's absolutely right. You know, I used to be about evenly matched with them, but ever since I spent a lot of money to get a set of rare equipment, my strength is completely different from before!"

One person gave him fifty million gold coins, and Lian Yang said, "This is your starting capital. Buy more contracts and medicine; that's our guarantee for survival in future adventures. Then we'll head to Dark City! Celia, you're in charge of leading the way!"

Celia nodded and said, "Leave it to me. Although I don't know what's going on, I have a lot of knowledge in my head! So even though I can't help you fight, I can probably figure out most of what you don't understand." At this moment, Celia vaguely sensed that Baron and Alice seemed to be stronger. Although she couldn't fight, Celia still planned to help Lian Yang and the others in other ways.

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