Ark, please stop getting mad at the host's operators

As for the remaining guard recruitment tickets, Li Ji cancelled them without even a second thought because there was no hope.

"Let's go, what are you still standing there for?"

After Li Ji went out, he shouted to the crow who was still standing there in a daze.

But Raven just gently pointed to the road ahead. Although it was an area covered by mist, a group of people in black clothes could be vaguely seen walking inside...

Now we are at the first level. Even if all the countries are well-connected, they can't bring so many people in the pigeon. Could it be that the cracks have completely gotten out of control and caused the monsters to leak out?

One of them seemed to have discovered their whereabouts and walked out from the fog. He was a young man wearing a black top hat. The scarlet brooch on his chest contrasted with the blood-red invitation in his hand.

"Should we attack? They seem to have discovered us."

Raven was in a fighting posture, but Li Ji reached out to stop her and shook his head slightly.

The young man quickly walked up to them.

He took off his hat and suddenly introduced himself to Li Ji: "Dear friend, I am a noble from Leithania, and I am on my way to a banquet. The organizer of the banquet is a high-tower warlock who is obsessed with stage art, high-profile and luxurious. Unfortunately, I have something urgent to do and need to leave now. If you want to go, I can give you the invitation in my hand. I wonder if you are interested?"

He looked up and down at the attire of Li Ji and Raven, and after thinking for a moment, he said again: "If you are willing, I can also provide you two with a set of clothes as decent as his own free of charge. After all, wearing casual clothes to attend such a dance will inevitably be a bit disrespectful to its owner."

Listening to the words of the Leithanian nobles, Raven shook his head at Li Ji like a rattle, and the barrage was full of all kinds of comments.

[Go ahead, this dance party must be attended by some important people, maybe there will be some good collections.]

[Bullshit, anyone who has played RPGs knows that what follows is definitely not a good thing, don’t answer it.]

[Where would the fun come from if I don’t take the call? What if, what if!!]

But Li Ji had no worries, and even snatched the bloody invitation from the noble's hand, and whispered in his ear with his arm around his shoulder:

"It's okay, brother. I know your difficulties. Even though he is crazy, I can't just watch you suffer, right? I'll do it!"

The Leitanian nobles looked at Li Ji in front of them with some kind of brain freeze, as if they were looking at a madman.

Are there still people rushing to die?

But the other party accepted the invitation anyway. He sighed and handed the clothes and a red scarf in his hand to Li Ji.

[Obtain the collection of the Scapegoat Scarf (Deployment cost of all friendly units +2)]

After seeing the name and function of the collection, the raven behind her became a little anxious, but Li Ji was still flirting with the Leitanian noble, and it was still being broadcast live, so she really couldn't vent her anger.

Isn't this totally cheating?

Now I have become a scapegoat...

"I didn't know you were going to rush off to die knowing this... But since it's like this, I still have some remaining Originium ingots. Take them all. I wish you a safe journey."

【Congratulations on obtaining Originium Ingot +6. 】

"?"

Li Ji looked at the six extra Originium ingots in his wallet, and looked in a daze at the Leitanian nobles who had disappeared in the thick fog.

"When did this unexpected encounter return the Originium ingot? I can't be mistaken, right?"

[Oh no, I exchanged 6 Originium ingots for a super negative collection, I fell into a trap???]

[Raven is in luck now. Is it too late to run now?]

[This collection is a bit disgusting, but fortunately the cost of the order is not high, it just increases from 10 mana to 12 mana, which is acceptable.]

"No, why did you go to get this invitation? Now... you got another negative collection and only got 6 Originium Ingots!"

Although Raven came up angrily after seeing the Leitanian nobles disappear, she looked at Li Ji standing there in a daze, thinking that he felt that he had made a wrong choice and was standing there in a daze regretting it...

But now Li Ji not only has no regrets at all, his mind is even racing with thoughts.

Because he had never seen a situation where he could get 6 Originium Ingots by chance.

"Could it be that the Fusion School not only simply activated the difficulty of the disaster, but also added something I don't know about?"

This is somewhat beyond Li Ji's knowledge.

But overall, this time he learned some of the plot himself, made judgments in advance, and thus obtained these "windfalls".

These NPCs are like some other IF lines added to the program, and they are more like living people than in the game!

They may take some corresponding measures based on the different reactions of the "players".

This will be much more fun!

"Will there be any changes to the levels?"

Because in the current level, he only defeated a salute team, and he has no idea about the other levels.

He gathered his thoughts a little, looked at the angry Raven in front of him, and simply handed a set of clothes to her.

"Everything is going as planned, just get dressed."

Li Ji didn't explain much to Raven, but his tone was full of confidence and smile.

He didn't have much feelings for the boss Mouthpiece. Even if he used an entire Yan Country team, this boss was still not difficult to defeat.

The difficulty of the mouthpiece lies in 80% of not being able to find it, and the remaining 20% lies in the urgent need for it.

His only concern now is that if it is really as he thought, then this puppet pigeon is really interesting.

"This is a rare 'small exploration'. I didn't expect to be able to play a different DLC. This is a great win."

He didn't know how many times he had fought against the simple puppet pigeon. If he really didn't want to use his brain, he could just apply the formula.

This time he just wanted to use Shadow Puppet to see if he could get a good game while showing off the operators.

But this completely different reward made him want to continue having fun.

"Go, go, go, let's get past the emergency salute team in front first. We need to be quick. If we hesitate, we will lose!"

Watching Li Ji and Ling continue to move forward, Raven had no choice but to believe him.

From what we can see now, they have only passed the first level and already have two negative collections. If we don’t count the income from the dozen or so Originium ingots, they have gained nothing now!

"What's the point of having so many Originium ingots? Even if the store really spawns so many goodies, I can't afford them!"

But Raven could no longer get off the boat, so he could only fold the clothes in his hands, put them neatly into his backpack, and continue walking forward with Li Ji.

Chapter 14: It couldn’t be better!

"Why did you take that scapegoat scarf just now? Did you know and take it on purpose?"

"Well, I heard some news from a friend, but I can't reveal who the friend is."

Li Ji raised his index finger and waved it in front of the raven, "Let's fight first, at least there will be no problem in passing the level."

If it was a sad ending with the big lock, Li Ji might not have gotten it so quickly, because failure in the current disaster difficulty might be life-threatening.

No matter how you look at it, a puppet pigeon is still a pigeon. In the case of a whole life, if the collection given is particularly rubbish and you go to break the big lock, there will still be a certain risk.

But the mouthpiece is something that you can get through with your eyes closed, and you can even fight one more layer. If you really encounter it, you can get some more collections on the way. It's a waste if you don't fight it.

If you can take all the collections out, you can even say that you have made a huge profit!

"Okay... If you are so confident, I will try not to interfere in your affairs except for key decisions."

Raven felt a headache and tapped his temple with his knuckles. Judging from what Li Ji had said and his current performance, the story should be true, so he could only continue to believe him.

The two soon arrived at the next crack.

These cracks were different from the ones that were encountered unexpectedly just now. Each of them was intactly blocking the middle of the road, closing every gap that could be used for entry and exit in the foggy road.

If we don't seal them, we won't be able to move forward even a single step.

[Emergency Operation—Salute Squadron]

Li Ji just looked at Ling and then entered the crack.

Compared to the salute team just now, in this emergency operation, the gunners in it will be upgraded to gunner team leaders, and their values will be improved.

But for Ling, these improvements...are almost equivalent to no enhancement.

As I said before, the first two levels of Puppet Shadow are basically levels where you have to wait for your turn to defeat the enemy. As long as you know how to play the game a little, you won't miss any monsters.

Especially Salute Squad and Dances with Bugs.

After simply deploying the order in the same position, Xian Jing was also placed in the same position without any change.

[Emergency is played like this, don’t you want to watch the replay?]

[It seems that the artillery is still not moving... It is moved, but only a little.]

[Do you understand, brother, how much attack power does this artillery have?]

[420 attack power, as far as I remember. With the negative items included, this dragon only has about defense power?]

[More than 300 is pretty good. Many swordsmen have less than defense. Are they fragile?]

[Who are you scolding? If you have the guts, come down and challenge me in person!]

[Whoever gets angry gets scolded, hehe??]

"This is an emergency operation, the attributes are different. The attack bonus here will be higher. Xian Jing's defense is estimated to be at least 400."

Raven only mentioned it but did not release the exact data.

When the Salute Squadron conducts emergency operations, it will increase the enemy's attack power by 45%. Combined with the 25% from the Half-Washed Solitary Diamond, the artillery team leader's attack power is actually over 700.

"This summon is a little too powerful... No wonder he's so confident. When will I have someone like him on my team?"

Raven could only sigh in his heart, looking with envy at Li Ji standing beside him and Ling who was waving the lantern gracefully off the field.

There was no surprise at all. Not only were the summoned creatures not replaced, but even the ownerless wealth not far from the blue gate was preserved, and the emergency salute team was able to get through it.

[Command experience +6, congratulations on raising the command level to 2, hope limit +4, obtain Originium ingot +4+1, obtain the pried open toolbox (+4 hope)]

[You get a re-equipment recruitment ticket. ]

"Recruitment, millet."

[Hope 8→2, congratulations on obtaining the Elite nd Stage Operator, Shu. ]

Since Li Ji chose a heavy auxiliary team, his nurse's first choice must be a shield rather than a healer.

As a powerful "medical treatment", in fact, a single millet can solve the pressure brought by the subsequent illusion of "survival" in the subsequent layers.

The effect of the "Survival" entry is that all non-leader enemies on the field will receive 100 real damage per second, their attack power will be increased to 150%, and their attack speed will be increased by 50; all our units on the field will receive 50 real damage per second, their attack power will be increased by 50%, and their attack speed will be increased by 50.

Millet's talent, Evergreen Grains, will restore 80 HP per second to allies in the sown area, perfectly covering the damage received per second.

Calculating it this way, the "survival" entry has almost no negative effect on him!

And because of the existence of Ling, there are some extra little surprises.

After all the rewards were collected, Li Ji and others returned to the foggy path.

Shu was already standing outside waiting for everyone.

"Are you here too?"

Shu saw Ling holding a wine cup next to Li Ji and asked curiously.

"No wonder I haven't seen you on Rhodes Island for a while. No wonder Xiaonian and Xiaoxi have become active again recently."

Ling walked down the stairs lightly, looked at his sister in front of him and said with a smile.

"I thought you would continue to hold that bottle of wine in your dream. You didn't come to get the wine I left for you until I left. It seems that some people are more important."

Shu said this very calmly, as if she had been living like this for thousands of years and it was nothing strange to her.

The two of them were talking to each other, and occasionally they would pull Li Ji over to tease him.

She even puffed out her chest and pulled Li Ji to her side with some pride.

The raven on the side looked at him with curiosity - first he looked down at his toes, then he pulled Li Ji towards Shu.

"Is this the assistant he brought with him before...?"

Du Yao had the impression that he had indeed seen Shu before, but at that time Li Ji only gave him a brief introduction and let Shu take the seat.

She didn't have any conversation with Shu either.

It's just that her tone and expression give people a very gentle feeling, just like a bottle of aged wine that is mellow and addictive.

After a while, Li Ji finally "broke free" from between the two people and stood next to Raven again.

He looked at the two sisters, then at the raven beside him, and suddenly heaved a sigh of relief.