Chapter 1345: 439. Study Well_2
“`
[Guideline Two: Teamwork and coordination. When acting as part of a team, the Dean will determine each player’s contribution ratio through the Academy Badge and award Artificial Angel Essence accordingly.]
[Guideline Three: Ensure the target’s survival or that it remains undamaged. When a Commander of the Archangel Group’s Fleet perishes, the Angel Crystals within his body will rapidly lose their activity. Ensure that they are not deceased before being escorted to the Academy. Similarly, once the storage containers sealing the Angel Crystals are damaged, the crystals will be immediately destroyed. Please make sure the storage containers are intact before approaching the Academy.]
The three guidelines provided by Noland Lee outlined the channels for obtaining Angel Crystals and things to pay attention to, reducing internal consumption amongst the players as much as possible.
Along with this guide that arrived in the players’ hands, was a star map covering a third of the Angel Enterprises Alliance’s territory.
The star map marked out five star sectors controlled by the Alliance.
...
Information such as the strength of the guards, layout diagrams of defense facilities, and concentration points of important resources were all presented on the star map.
This information had been collected by Noland over the past few days, sufficient for the players to busy themselves for a month or two.
As for how to break into space stations and how to capture Fleet Commanders alive, Noland figured the clever and resourceful players would be able to handle it, so he didn’t plan to fuss over it.
“Go, go, little players, hee hee hee, stir up the Angel Enterprises Alliance into utter chaos~~”
Noland sensed through the Academy Badges on the players that a large number of them were gathering towards the Motuoli Galaxy.
That place was the edge of the Angel Enterprises Alliance’s territory, where defenses were weakest, today it would certainly be bustling.
With a thought, Noland switched the Magic Vision in his mind to the Cucumber Slice Team.
The Cucumber Slice Team also received a task.
This time, their mission was to join the Angel Enterprises Alliance, which meant they would inevitably miss out on the richly rewarding tasks.
However, no need to worry, Noland had already considered this point in advance.
The hidden task he gave to Cucumber Slice and the team offered rewards far richer than the tasks, with a little Angel Devil Pet being just one of the rewards.
As long as they could successfully infiltrate the Alliance and the Metal Creation Group, the rewards would be significant.
The Cucumber Slice Team was well aware of this.
They immediately began to take action separately.
Cucumber Slice called for a male assistant and a female assistant, taking them on a shuttle towards the Angel Enterprises Alliance in the Motuoli Galaxy.
The Strawberry Juice girl, tasked with investigating the Metal Creation Group, took two other members to the Dikaga Federation’s Bennst Star System.
This star system focused on heavy equipment and battleship production and the Metal Creation Group had five space stations there.
After warp arrival at one of the space stations, the Strawberry Juice trio soon passed the qualification screening and became pilots handling security and transportation tasks for the Metal Creation Group.
Throughout the screening process, the trio’s reputation with the United Bureau played a key role.
Having dealt with the United Bureau for a long time, none of their reputations fell below the “Respected” status, which naturally earned them the trust of the Metal Creation Group with ease.
On the other hand, the Cucumber Slice trio, despite some twists and turns, eventually also successfully infiltrated the Angel Enterprises Alliance.
On their warp journey, they found like-minded Little Cannons via a chat channel and formed a temporary team with them to join the Alliance.
This make-shift team had just arrived in the Motuoli Galaxy when they split ways with the player fleet that was looting resources and headed towards the defense space station of the Motuoli Galaxy.
After some harrowing negotiations, the Cucumber Slice trio passed a psychic check and obtained ID cards that represented them as low-level citizens of the Alliance.
In order to put on a full act, Cucumber Slice and his teammates destroyed their Academy Badges to show a complete break with the Academy.
This wouldn’t affect communication with Noland.
Noland had previously placed Spell Marks on them under the guise of “installing communication patches.”
Cucumber Slice only needed to think the words, and Noland would hear his call.
“Boss, boss, I’ve joined the Angel Enterprises Alliance.”
Within the seclusion of his ship cabin, an elated Cucumber Slice rubbed his hands together and said in his mind:
“The crew member in charge of settling us in said they would soon bring us potions. After drinking them, we will fall into Slumber. When we wake up tomorrow, we’ll be sent to the Archangel Group to undergo a series of body transformations. According to the crew member, if our body modification level is high enough, we could even become pilots of Artificial Angels.”
“`
Indeed, the Angel Enterprises Alliance has rolled out the Artificial Angel Pilots to tempt players.
After a brief moment of thought, Noland Lee warned in the voice of a GM:
“I think I need to give a heads-up.”
“Please speak, Boss,” Cucumber Slice said, all ears.
Noland Lee said:
“According to the normal script, the cost for a player to become an Artificial Angel Pilot is substantial. The Angel Enterprises Alliance indeed has a way to train pilots in a short term, but the cost of such a method is very, very high. Simply put, it involves dropping levels, losing experience, and even permanently reducing certain attributes.”
Cucumber Slice was a bit taken aback, but then he caught on:
“Oh, I get it. Are you talking about a cost similar to a class change penalty?” noveldrama
“Yes, something like that,” Noland Lee responded:
“So, my advice is for you to discuss with your two companions whether you want to accept such a cost to become pilots. This kind of cost is irreversible, so you’d better think it through before making a decision.”
Noland Lee didn’t actually know what the specific method was for training players into Artificial Angel Pilots in the short term, but that didn’t prevent him from making a guess; it was nothing more than the usual procedure of a “ceremony with more sacrifice than reward.”
As a qualified “Boss GM,” he couldn’t just watch his favorite little players jump into a pit of fire, so he took it upon himself to give a warning.
Cucumber Slice was clever and experienced.
He knew that as a GM, Noland Lee couldn’t go into detail about the game’s settings.
After his own brainstorming, Cucumber Slice clapped his hands and said:
“I totally understand what you mean, Boss. Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll go and discuss with my two companions. I’ll make sure at least one of us changes class to become an Artificial Angel Pilot, to broaden our channels for gathering information.”
Noland Lee nodded in satisfaction.
Gazing at the silent starry sky, Noland Lee, standing on the desolate planet, felt content.
Things were finally on the right track.
Noland Lee put the Magic Visions of Cucumber Slice and Strawberry Juice at the center of his mind, side by side, and arranged the rest of the Magic Visions in a circle around these two windows.
Right now, the Motuoli Galaxy had already livened up, with player fleets inseparably mixed with the local defense forces.
However, this time there was no Security Guard from the United Bureau to help; it was entirely up to the players themselves to fight the enemy.
Noland Lee switched battlefield perspectives, taking in the big picture, and noticed the absence of the “Gold Dragon” guild among the player fleets.
“Uh… why isn’t Gold Dragon in the Sky joining in on the fun?”
Noland Lee recalled that this guy seemed to be sick.
With that thought, Noland Lee casually sent a short message to Cucumber Slice, inquiring about the situation with Gold Dragon in the Sky.
Cucumber Slice was currently using the in-game chat feature to have a private conversation with his companions.
Upon receiving Noland Lee’s message, without thinking deeply about why the GM would concern himself with another player, he immediately messaged Gold Dragon in the Sky, who appeared online:
“Bro, did you get the Academy task?”
After a few seconds, Gold Dragon in the Sky replied.
But the message from him made Cucumber Slice jump half a step in shock.
“Holy shit…”
In the chat window, Gold Dragon in the Sky had sent a dynamic expression showing a pale-faced Gold Dragon in the Sky slowly lifting his black hood, staring ominously at Cucumber Slice.
Cucumber Slice’s brain froze in an instant, as if he had been frightened stupid.
It was not that the dynamic expression was so terrifying, but Cucumber Slice truly did not expect to suddenly receive a virus again—and this virus had come from Gold Dragon in the Sky.