Chapter 877
Chapter 877 - 863: Team Accelerate
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The Rebirth Commerce was a team.
Everyone in the team had their own needs and goals, and the reason why the team operated smoothly, even without the departure of core or mid-level members, ultimately came down to the team’s continuous "wins," which brought everyone stable and considerable benefits.
"...With this amount of funds and equipment, we should be able to boost the average combat power of our core forces to the Decree level, which would be sufficient in most situations."
Magic Potions, equipment, and even opportunities for professional advancement unavailable elsewhere, all facilitated the team’s stable and rapid growth.
Recently, an additional service had been introduced.
"...100 points for guaranteed education, or 10 points for a mini class. In the best case scenario, it can be done in five classes; if it’s still not enough after twenty classes, the fee is cut in half..."
Inside the Gym, some were offering teaching services.
The fees for these services were exorbitant, and the professionals who were still hesitating were quite well-known powerhouses in their own right.
"Rule-level powerhouses teaching classes, where else could one find such an opportunity... Even if there were, we couldn’t afford the compensation."
Someone casually remarked, breaking the hesitation and wishful thinking of all present, leading to a continuous stream of sign-ups.
The successful breakthrough of Kun Ba caused a sensation in Changping’s high-end circles.
After receiving permission from Lu Ping’an, he also revealed the existence of the Trading Land to some trusted, well-reputed high-end professionals, hinting "this opportunity may not come again."
As a result, the Taboo Library welcomed a new batch of customers, the Life Bank received a large sum of money, and Lu Ping’an’s inventory significantly increased, though the number of breakthroughs remained nearly zero.
The challenge of breaking through from the Decree level to the Rule level was truly difficult, and those like Kun Ba, who possessed Rule-level combat power yet were bottlenecked at the Quasi-rule level, were still a minority; coincidentally, it was a disciple with complementary abilities who was the key to the breakthrough.
Although the powerhouses introduced through referrals gained something, they were always just shy of that final step.
"...I’m just a little bit short, if I had more points..." Even though they couldn’t break through, the taste of visible progress was irresistible to any professional.
After they exhausted their points exchanging for "knowledge," they could only figure out how to "work to earn money."
And as strongmen, their most valuable assets were, naturally, their own abilities; hence, various in-house teaching services emerged by a stroke of luck.
Such good fortune, naturally, attracted another group of "friends and family."
As a result, the Courtyard’s reputation was enhanced once more in high-end circles and everyone in the team was a clear beneficiary... With just a few points, one could receive personal instruction from a high-end professional, as if everyone had a high-end mentor to teach them.
Nowadays, the personal benefits of the Rebirth Business Group were incredibly generous, even bordering on absurd.
In just a few months, the average tier advancement was around 1.7, with many even advancing two tiers... With the high-quality resources from the Land of Life, professional support from Magic Alchemists, time acceleration training in the Gym and Courtyard, as well as trading features for key Abnormal Abilities, how could one not make progress? If they couldn’t, there probably was a real issue.
The core members had mostly completed the "compulsory courses" that would take an average professional years to accumulate, and now faced with these local powerhouses desperate for points, had even more choices for further advancement.
The experiences and insights of those powerhouses, the expertise that could point out the path for the newcomers in a glance, might be more worthwhile than the knowledge they traded.
The benefits of staying in the Changping region were too significant, and Lu Ping’an was somewhat reluctant to leave.
Among those who showed notable progress, many were average in talent, like Miss Lululu who successfully advanced to third-tier Magic Alchemist... The Magic Potions and materials she poured into her hands were enough to cultivate a Decree-level Magic Alchemist.
In fact, Miss Rou did successfully advance, piling up Exotic Magic Potions and God-level materials. Her Talent Abilities and the facilities in the Courtyard allowed her to easily become an extremely valuable Decree-level Magic Alchemist, and she also renewed a ten-year contract with Lu Ping’an... It was her initiative, and she even wanted to commit to thirty years directly!
Her relationship with Lu Ping’an was purely one of "Interest Relations."
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Clearly, she did not believe there would be any other organization or individual that could offer better conditions and a growth environment. She didn’t even need any additional remuneration, as her routine "Work" alone allowed her to reap double rewards in her (research) career and income.
Another one who advanced, or rather, skipped ranks, was Lu Ping’an’s mentor, Professor Wen... Although his time was short, having such a Land of life as a backup, along with various special facilities to accelerate his research, Professor Wen easily broke through the threshold after replenishing his weaknesses through the transaction column and Library, and he directly stepped into the fifth tier.
In this Land of Life blessed with Life system, whether they were Gardeners, Beast Tamers, Guan Xinxian, Meow, Hua Xueyi, or Professor Wen, they all notably achieved accelerated growth.
Even the most difficult to improve Logistics Department made obvious progress, not to mention other war professions.
Several frontline combat professionals broke through to Decree-level, at least in the short term with equipment, they could reach the actual combat power of Decree-level.
Brother Guan became a true Decree-level professional, but the path he chose seemed to be not purely that of a Gardener’s profession, but rather a somewhat peculiar and rare Life-based profession.
"Savior? What is that?"
"...You can think of it as a profession that offers wide-range support and rescue, a special vocation that I have developed by combining various paths."
It seemed to be a self-created path, much like Lu Ping’an’s "Life Investor."
The direction of its enhancement was quite peculiar; it appeared to be a type of ecological circle environmental ability, and due to its high deployment cost and significant sacrifice, detailed information could only be obtained when it was necessary to use it.
"An explosive power much like a fire scene? I understand." This was Brother Guan reporting to Lu Ping’an, as he needed to have a rough understanding of the team main force’s capabilities.
Hua senior sister made significant progress. While she developed dark circles under her eyes, she also earned two third-level war professions (Weapon Master/Dancer) and several second-order battle professions; she even toughed it out to the latter half of 2-tier as a Beast Tamer.
Her Decree-level still needed accumulation, but with a full set of equipment, tamed beasts, and an "Electric Saw," she was truly at Decree-level combat power (with a high boost from equipment, tamed beasts, and other external items).
Lu Ping’an was not clear on Meow’s situation and did not intend to intervene, but in actual combat, she actually won against Hua senior sister several times... She probably did not have Decree-level, but it seemed there was no need for her to advance so quickly, as her master asked her to spread out as much as possible.
Meow had also started as a Beast Tamer, and Little White, who had newly undergone a soul awakening, had completed its Magic Pet transformation with the help of an excessive dose of Magic Potion and time acceleration ability.
But having just matured, it had to endure a pain it should not have at its age.
"Meow, I’m going to read books, meow! Teach me if you understand, meow!"
The kitten, whose wisdom was barely awakened, was thrown into the Library to accelerate its growth... These days, seeing a cat standing upright in the Library, shaking its head while reading and meowing strangely, was quite a magical sight.
Say what you will, this might just be a culturally literate cat.
If this development continues, the days when the lazy cat from the teaching staff reads, plans tactics, and then teaches its owner are truly not far off.
But from another perspective, the growth of Meow’s core Magic Pet also began to shape Meow’s "Dual Cat Tactics," and if necessary, releasing two Spiritualized cats, she might truly become the Courtyard’s second-in-command in actual combat.
As for Xia Qin, her strength continued progressing steadily as always, so steady that aside from accumulating more "collections," it was hardly worth mentioning.
The core members’ advancements were so apparent it was as if they were using cheats. The combat members who joined later, including Hua senior sister’s fellow townspeople and Ancient City University freshmen, had already reached Tier 1-2 combat power (including equipment).
Why must combat power always include equipment in its assessment? Because the times have changed. Compared to those Captain-level teams that only had one or two Black-iron level items before, Lu Ping’an’s team now had far superior equipment, the kind that was faintly ahead of the times.
Core members had at least one Silver piece, and possibly a Rule-level Killstreak, while even ordinary members had Taboo items, armor, Magic Potion, and a Name Card with deferred payment... They were also earning money, spending points to strengthen themselves, each progressing at a protagonist-like pace, with various plug-in methods for actual combat.
Not talented enough? Those with insufficient foundations might try Beastification to change their bodies and start from a different line, and with the Courtyard’s various facilities, they could certainly see stable returns if they were willing to put in the effort.
The Courtyard emphasized the principle that "before points, all are equal." Perhaps those with less talent would progress slower or less efficiently, but as long as they continued to invest points, they would see improvements every day.
But if we’re really talking about the biggest improvement, it was actually the wolf pack... Well, in fact, the storage of wolf beasts in the zoo and the mechanical creations and war machines in the Workshop, were the true core forces of this team’s combat power.
With aces, elites, backbones, expendables, and logistics, Lu Ping’an had, without realizing it, accumulated an astonishing foundation.
The team’s progression allowed Lu Ping’an to feel at ease and gave him the confidence to accept higher difficulty commissions and step into higher echelons of the world.
— End of Chapter 877 —