CHAPTER 159: CHAPTER 159: DID THEY JUST HITCH A RIDE WITH THE POWER PLAYERS?

Ji Ning glanced at her and said calmly, "Primary level superpower users aren’t very powerful. Their bodies just suddenly mutated, allowing them to tap into a certain force in nature. This force isn’t stable when it first awakens, and it takes constant synergy with the body to be controlled by humans and for the power to be fully utilized."

The Bai Family chauffeur driving suddenly glanced at the rearview mirror.

Bai Xiaotang praised with eyes full of admiration, "Sister Ning, you know so much. How do you know about the state of superpower users when they awaken their powers?"

Ji Ning glanced at her, "The library."

The Bai Family chauffeur immediately retracted his gaze.

Ji Ning operated [Daddy Ning] to explore ahead, picking up some equipment and items.

"Hey, hey... can everyone hear me?"

Suddenly, a strange man’s voice came from all three of their phones.

Lin Yuanyang immediately looked over and saw that in the game chat channel, besides the world and team channels, a new faction channel suddenly appeared.

And it was a man with the game ID [Mjolnir] speaking in the faction channel.

"The 3 who just joined, have you ever played faction mode? If you have, reply 1 in the faction channel; if not, reply 0."

[Mjolnir] seemed to be an experienced player and quickly took the central position in the faction with just a few words.

The biggest downside of these group factions is that there’s no core leader. The faction players are unfamiliar with each other, which can easily turn into a chaotic mess.

So, if you want to win, you need to quickly select a leader, but not anyone can become this leader.

If you win, it’s fine, but if you lose, you might get blamed.

Of course, some of the elected leaders might pass the buck to a particular player.

When Lin Yuanyang chose the faction, the number had already reached 7 people. Adding their 3 people made the faction exactly 10.

Seeing Ji Ning reply 0 in the channel, he also followed up with a 0.

After a string of three 0s appeared, [Mjolnir]’s voice came through again, "Alright, listen to commands when we act, and don’t run around. Head to these coordinates; we’re going to establish the main base here."

Bai Xiaotang was a bit displeased, "Why does he get to be the commander as soon as he comes?"

Lin Yuanyang said calmly, "Those seven probably know each other. Look at their ID names; they’re all similar."

Mjolnir, Fire Cloud Eye, Green Wind’s Wings...

How could they not know each other?

Ji Ning chuckled, "We’re quite lucky, might be able to win without much effort."

"Why?"

"These characters should have all awakened superpowers."

"No way, the official says the probability of game characters awakening superpowers is only 5%."

Bai Xiaotang was surprised. Lin Yuanyang glanced back at her, "Look at the superpower rankings; don’t these people look familiar?"

Bai Xiaotang immediately opened the rankings and saw [Mjolnir] was in third place.

The others weren’t in the top three, but they were all within the top thirty.

Are they tagging along with some big shots? ╰(*°▽°*)╯

Bai Xiaotang smiled happily, operating [Princess Tangtang] to follow in [Daddy Ning]’s footsteps.

[Mjolnir] chose a spot to establish the main base at a high location by the sea. Though there’s not much flat land, it’s easy to defend and hard to attack.

There were already 7 faction flags planted; they just needed their three flags to form a small faction defensive zone.

After all, this is a game, so building defenses is very fast.

After the small faction was built, [Mjolnir], being the commander of the faction, assigned tasks to each person.

"The seven of us have superpowers and will focus on upgrading our superpower levels in the early stage. You three should mainly gather resources. Don’t go too far, just gather nearby. Mainly collect energy stones, equipment, herbs, and food."

Energy stones are an auxiliary item in the game that can quickly enhance superpowers, which doesn’t exist in reality.

There are only three ways to enhance superpowers in the game. One is to make superpower medicine with energy blocks and herbs, another is to upgrade through Body Refinement at the training ground, and the last one is to level up by battling enemies.

After building the small faction, it requires constructing a superpower training ground, and energy stones are the main item for upgrading the superpower training ground.

It’s an important resource for all major factions in the game to snatch.

Bai Xiaotang opened the voice channel, "Wait a minute, my Sister Ning is also a superpower user."

[Mjolnir] was slightly surprised and asked, "What superpower?"

"Fire Ability."

"Has she acquired a second-tier skill tree?"

Fourth-tier skill tree?

What’s that?

Bai Xiaotang was confused.

[Mjolnir] patiently explained to the newcomers, "As long as the superpower level reaches the second tier, you get the corresponding skill tree. With each tier upgrade of the superpower, you acquire a new skill tree. The higher the superpower level, the more skills, and the stronger the superpower. [Fire Cloud Eye] previously reached the fourth tier and can use fourth-tier skills. So our early strategy for the Fire Element is to prioritize leveling him up first. Once he reaches the fourth tier, then your friend can level up."

"But my Sister Ning is also strong." Bai Xiaotang looked at Ji Ning.

But [Mjolnir] didn’t reply to her. [Fire Cloud Eye] responded, "Newbie, if you haven’t played, don’t babble. Didn’t I tell you to follow commands?"

"You..."

Ji Ning nudged her and shook her head slightly. Bai Xiaotang reluctantly went silent.

[Mjolnir] saw Bai Xiaotang was no longer speaking and continued directing everyone, "Ah Shui, Holy Knight, Ah Shi, go with the newcomers to collect resources and show them what energy stones and herbs are..."

Possibly because of Bai Xiaotang’s doubts, [Mjolnir] started to emphasize their status as newcomers.

Bai Xiaotang and Lin Yuanyang both felt uncomfortable, but since Ji Ning said nothing, they had no choice but to endure it.

What’s wrong with being a newbie?

Just play, and you’ll learn, right?

Ji Ning glanced at the puffed-up Bai Xiaotang and looked at the screen. Her lips curled up, her voice light, "Being a newbie, it’s normal not to know some things..."

Bai Xiaotang didn’t understand what Ji Ning meant, but Lin Yuanyang in front did understand, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

The group went to the wild to gather equipment. [Ruoshui’s Grief] treated them as newbies and patiently told them where they usually find the needed resources. Before long, they found quite a few resources, including energy stones, equipment, and herbs. [Mjolnir] saw that they basically remembered the looks and uses of these resources and let his team stay in the faction to improve superpower levels.

Although the reason seems reasonable, upon closer thought, this behavior is quite odd.

Letting their own people safely improve their strength in the faction while others riskingly collect resources outside, then prioritize giving them these resources?

It seems shameless, doesn’t it?

Even someone as slow-witted as Bai Xiaotang felt uncomfortable, let alone the two with nearly genius-level intelligence?

When [Mjolnir] and his group began to focus on enhancing their superpowers, Ji Ning led Bai Xiaotang and Lin Yuanyang and slipped away.

At the start of faction confrontations, everyone was busy gathering resources and building up their factions to improve their strength, with no time to bother about other factions.

Also, each faction enters the deserted island at different spots. It seems the official design was to let players experience more of the game, so the factions are placed far apart. Moving between them requires a certain level, preventing immediate close-quarters combat.

Otherwise, the high-level mutant beasts and mutated dead bodies on the map would surely send the fragile players packing.

But Ji Ning was different. Controlling [Daddy Ning] with only a first-tier superpower, she dared to lead her two fragile teammates deep into the map.