"Are you particularly effective against robots?" Lin Yu asked curiously as he watched Li Nian toss out those beads.
"I'm like this against things without intelligence or life," Li Nian said casually. "Of course, they also need to have a 'core'."
"Truth Corporation's 'Hatred Sentinels' happen to meet this criteria—driven by 'hatred' emotion as their core and fuel. They're indeed quite troublesome for ordinary people."
"But for me, I just need to extract the 'core,' and they naturally lose their mobility."
As she spoke, Li Nian picked up the red bead the size of a glass marble and showed it to Lin Yu and Chen Zhuo.
"This thing here, [Vengeance Crystal]... it's very precious material. Anyway, this is my spoils of war, so it belongs to me now."
Li Nian said with a cheerful laugh.
Lin Yu finally understood. "So you stopped me from acting earlier because you were afraid I'd take your loot?"
Li Nian shook her head. "Wrong, I was afraid you'd break it... Do you even have that capability as a 『First-Tier』?"
Li Nian paused, then said, "Were you fishing for information?"
"Yes, otherwise you'd probably charge me 200 points for 『Second-Tier』 privileges intel," Lin Yu said frankly. "I'm really short on money, A Nian, so I save where I can."
Li Nian looked somewhat speechless. "Alright, but the fact that you even know about 'privileges' means you're not far from unlocking 『First-Tier』 privileges, though you probably haven't unlocked them yet."
"Pretty impressive actually. Some people are almost 『Second-Tier』 and still haven't managed to unlock their 『First-Tier』 privileges."
"So, would you like to avoid detours and listen to..."
Lin Yu interrupted Li Nian. "No thanks."
Li Nian looked somewhat disappointed but also somewhat pleased. "Alright then, I hope you work hard and progress quickly."
Chen Zhuo, who had been standing to the side, scratched his head. "Huh? What privileges? What's that?"
Li Nian thought for a moment, then pulled out a small metal top from her pocket and handed it to Chen Zhuo.
"Here you go."
Chen Zhuo took the top, looking completely confused.
"What? Is this the privilege?"
Lin Yu also showed a curious expression, seemingly wanting to know what relationship this "top" had with "privileges."
But Li Nian's next response took him by surprise.
"Nothing special, just giving you a little toy. Go play with it over there."
Chen Zhuo stared blankly at the top in his hand and softly said, "Oh."
Lin Yu felt helpless. "Why are you treating him like a child?"
Li Nian pouted. "Hasn't even achieved promotion, asking about privileges... Okay okay, here comes the next 'thing'."
As she spoke, the carriage door opened once again.
Then...
This time, what appeared was a tall, thin man wearing a gray uniform with a hood, his chest emblazoned with bright red "F-6" lettering, holding a pitch-black short rod.
Seeing the three of them, the man raised the short rod high.
"Come then, new 'exiles,' fall into eternal despair!"
The man shouted these incomprehensible words with an excited, fervent tone.
He pressed some button on the side of the short rod.
The rod emitted crackling blue-white electric arcs.
A tall, thin man holding an electric baton seemed much weaker and less threatening compared to those transparent invisible pufferfish or the gun-wielding robots.
But the moment he appeared, Lin Yu sensed an extremely dangerous aura.
Beside him, Li Nian's expression also became much more serious and solemn.
"An elite monster has appeared. Looks like we encountered three waves..."
As she spoke, she pulled out her utility knife again.
"Hey... fatty, get to the back of the carriage, now, immediately, right away."
Chen Zhuo could tell Li Nian wasn't joking at all, so he immediately jumped up from his seat, scrambled and crawled to the back corner of the carriage, curled up, and activated the [Hive Energy Shield] hanging on his chest that Li Nian had just stolen from him.
A pale yellow transparent hexagon shielded in front of him.
Watching Chen Zhuo's actions, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel some emotion.
Indeed, the Death Game really accelerates people's growth. Even someone as useless as Chen Zhuo, even surviving dungeons by hiring others—after experiencing four dungeons, he's still matured quite a bit.
At the very least...
Chen Zhuo's escape skills are now first-rate.
However, now wasn't the time to focus on Chen Zhuo's growth.
Because there was a very dangerous formidable enemy before them.
Lin Yu slowly exhaled, standing staggered front and back with Li Nian, extracting all three remaining [Immortal Brews] from the [Bliss Immortal Pot], transforming them back into buffs attached to his body.
The three current buffs in the pot were [Dance Mastery] that provided body coordination and agility, [Blacksmithing] that provided blunt weapon damage and strength enhancement, and the freshly obtained [Miserly Wealthy One].
[Dance Mastery] and [Blacksmithing] both had about an hour remaining, while [Miserly Wealthy One] still had almost a full day left.
After activating them, Lin Yu looked at Li Nian.
"This revolver in my hand only has six bullets, each with different random effects..."
As Lin Yu spoke, Li Nian raised an eyebrow.
"The [Mithril Standard Revolver] from the 'Demon Hunters Guild'? No wonder it looked familiar!"
Lin Yu also showed a surprised expression. "You really know your stuff..."
"Of course, the best master thieves are also the best appraisers," Li Nian said proudly. "With this thing, I'll provide cover for you then."
As Li Nian spoke, Lin Yu nodded slightly.
Simultaneously, feeling the "belief" emanating from Li Nian, Lin Yu also sensed the [Counterfeit]-transformed [Mithril Standard Revolver] in his hand become the genuine article!
When he had drawn his gun earlier, he naturally hadn't pulled out the [One-Shot One-Kill Revolver].
Because that thing... Li Nian had seen it before.
And Lin Yu had used it in his "Lin Yu" identity.
It would be hard to explain why it ended up in Zhu Ming's hands.
So the "gun" Lin Yu initially pulled out was transformed by the [Counterfeit].
And choosing the [Mithril Standard Revolver] was also something Lin Yu had prepared in advance.
Since gaining access to internal information from various organizations, Lin Yu had researched extensive materials on various items to better utilize the [Counterfeit].
He selected about ten versatile, widely applicable, reasonably powerful mass-produced [common items], memorizing their appearances and usage methods.
And the [Mithril Standard Revolver] was one of them.
This handgun happened to be the type suitable for various combat situations.
Just as Lin Yu had described earlier...
It wasn't just a six-shot revolver—each bullet had different magical effects!
During the gap in Li Nian and Lin Yu's conversation, the man holding the electric baton seemed to think this was a good opportunity to launch an attack.
He suddenly roared forward, lunging toward Li Nian's direction!