Meng Xiang knew that the captain's powers only included doubling the reward, predicting the next horror movie, etc. He became interested and asked quickly: "What powers does the captain have? What information did you find?"
Han Fan smiled mysteriously, and Zhou Lina jumped innocently, looking very happy, and said, "This captain brother looks shy on the surface, but he is actually very bold. He actually dared to ask the captain of the Zhongzhou team for a call, and as a result, he learned some information about the punishment plot."
Everyone looked at Han Fan with a smile and gave him praise. Han Fan blushed and looked shy, no less shy than Mu Feier.
Meng Xiang was overjoyed and immediately asked Han Fan: "What happened? Can you tell me in detail?"
Fan Qingqing said solemnly, just like a leader speaking, "The captain's power can be summarized into three categories. First, rewards. The rewards for the main quests of each horror movie are doubled; optional rewards are obtained after specific team battles; second, power. The captain has the right to talk to the captains of other reincarnation teams; the power to decide whether to allow outsiders to join the team; the power to decide whether to accept weapons and other props given by other reincarnation teams; the ownership of team-shared equipment such as space bags; the power to accept the call of the main team and the power to recommend team members to join the main team; the power to communicate with the main god, etc. Third, other things, mainly the ability to quickly read reinforcement, entertainment, and other books; the ability to receive the main god's consciousness, such as what the next horror movie will be, etc."
Meng Xiang listened attentively and became very interested. He murmured, "Specific team battle? What kind of team battle is it? Quick reading ability, I didn't know there is such an ability."
"Hey, Meng Xiang, don't confuse the main and the secondary. The power Han Fan mentioned is mainly about the communication between the Samsara team, not the group battle." Jie Juan said jokingly. Meng Xiang smiled embarrassedly: "So, what information did you know about the punishment plot?"
Han Fan said seriously: "The captain has the right to talk to the captains of other reincarnation teams. All subordinate teams can talk directly to the captain of the main team. So I tried to request a call. The captain of the Zhongzhou team is Huangfu Yu, who has a cold personality. After my persistence, he finally agreed to talk. I flattered him a little and spoke politely, and he was willing to give us information."
Han Fan seemed to be deliberately keeping Meng Xiang in suspense, talking on and off, making Meng Xiang feel like he was being bitten by ants in his heart, and the itch was hard to get rid of. He couldn't help but ask unhappily, "What is the information?"
Han Fan nodded, smiled disgruntledly and said, "There are two in total. First, the former captain, Ding Jie, successfully joined the Zhongzhou team. But he only has A-level equipment, and his potential and personality are not good. Especially when the captain of the Zhongzhou team asked about the situation of our team and knew that you, Meng Xiang, had unlocked the potential lock level 2, he was even more angry that he took in a rubbish like Ding Jie and gave up on you. According to him, only one person from the subordinate team can be selected to join the main team. Unless Ding Jie dies, we can no longer go to the Zhongzhou team in any way."
"That's really hard for Ding Jie." Meng Xiang said gloatingly. With such a proud character like Ding Jie being trampled on by Huangfu Yu, I believe he will have a hard time in the Zhongzhou team which is full of strong players.
Everyone covered their mouths and laughed. Han Fan continued, "As for the punishment plot, although it is dangerous, according to Huangfu Yu, there is a chance of turning point." Having said this, Han Fan stopped again.
"Damn, stop talking and keep talking." Meng Xiang was a little exasperated, but he didn't know that Han Fan usually stayed at home as a otaku. Although he could talk nonstop once the desire to talk was aroused, he was not used to organizing his thoughts and speaking seriously, so he often said a paragraph, then organized his words, and then went on to the next paragraph.
Han Fan nodded and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. It's like this, I reported the strength of our Wuming team members and the skills they exchanged to Huangfu Yu. He said that our team's rating should be C-level, that is, even with double difficulty, it is at most B-level difficulty, so it's not that there is no turning point. The punishment plot, to put it bluntly, is to help the weak and suppress the strong. That is to say, the weaker the rating of the team carrying out the punishment plot, the lighter the death plot of the punishment plot will be. On the contrary, if the team is stronger, the difficulty will naturally be higher, and the additional death plot will be quite harsh. This difference is mainly reflected in the result of the punishment plot, not the process. He has experienced two punishment plots. The first time, it seems to be double B-level, and that time they seem to have only died the second time. The punishment plot is double A-level, and only 3 people are left in the Zhongzhou team, and they are almost wiped out. Since then, he has never dared to plunder the rewards of the branch plot again."
"It is reflected in the result of the punishment plot, not the process?" Meng Xiang muttered, "What does this sentence mean?"
Han Fan shook his head and said, "Huangfu Yu was just being mysterious and didn't explain. My guess is that no matter how strong or weak the team is, the process of completing the task will not change. In other words, the Lord will not use cheat codes during the task. However, the result after completing the task may be different. As for what the difference is, I believe we will know it clearly when we enter the punishment plot."
Although some things are still unclear, from Huangfu Yu's words, we can know that the lower the team's rating, the higher the survival rate of the punishment plot. This is really a great irony. Perhaps the purpose of the Lord God doing this is to restrain some powerful teams and prevent them from wantonly exploring branch plots in the reincarnation world. On the contrary, for weak teams, the Lord God encourages them to trigger branch plots.
No matter what, this is always good news. At least the future path of survival is no longer uncertain.
Meng Xiang said: "So, you haven't strengthened yet?"
Han Fan shook his head. When Zhou Lina heard about strengthening, she said with a reluctant look on her face: "I want to exchange for 'Riding the Wind and Breaking the Lang', but this idiot captain always refuses. In fact, even if I exchange for magic, it won't necessarily improve our strength rating, right?"
"Haha, that being said, is there any point in exchanging for a magic like 'Riding the Wind and Breaking the Lang'?" Meng Xiang stretched out his hand to mow Zhou Lina's head. Zhou Lina learned her lesson this time and shrank back, hiding behind Mu Feier.
Han Fan said: "In fact, for newcomers, physical strengthening is the guarantee of survival. For us, with only 3,000 points, we have physical conditions that are beyond normal people, which is more advantageous than exchanging physical fitness. Especially for a team like ours that is not strong, this is even more important."
Zhou Lina was speechless after being refuted. She could only stand beside Mu Feier with a pout, her face turning red.
Jie Juan was very pleased and clapped her hands, saying, "I have 4,500 points now. I am willing to give you 2,500 points to strengthen you." She glanced at Meng Xiang and said, "Meng Xiang, you should have more than 14,000 points now. Shouldn't you also contribute some? Anyway, you don't plan to strengthen yourself."
Meng Xiang glared at Jie Juan. He had never thought of giving points to other people. In order to save points, he entered the plot world directly to trigger the side story without exchanging any demon-hunting equipment.
However, Jie Juan seemed to see through the man's self-esteem. She contributed half of her points first, and then asked Meng Xiang. If Meng Xiang had so many points but was unwilling to donate some, he would really be ashamed to face other people, especially Mu Fei'er, a newcomer.
He sighed, knowing that he couldn't refuse, so he said: "I will give you 1,000 points each. If you can survive the punishment plot, I will exchange the rest for Lingguangyu, so you must save some points."
Jiejuan gave him a smug look, as if she had accomplished her plan of harming others and not benefiting herself, which made her very satisfied.
Finally, Jie Juan and Meng Xiang contributed 5500 points, 1500 points to Han Fan, 2000 points to Zhou Lina and Mu Feier. Then, they spent most of their points on strengthening their bodies, especially nerve reaction and agility. In the end, each person had less than 1000 points left, just in case.
Jiejuan did not have any enhancements. Her archangel bloodline and the additional strength and physique enhancements had already given her physical fitness that was several times better than that of an ordinary person, so she saved up the points.
In the remaining days, in addition to having fun together, Han Fan organized Mu Feier, Zhou Lina, and Jie Juan to perform various adaptive exercises such as firearms or physical combat, while Meng Xiang focused on practicing spiritual energy.
Only the strength cultivated through one's own efforts will not be included by the Lord God in the evaluation of team strength, so Meng Xiang hurriedly practiced. Even if it increased by one point, it might save his life in the punishment plot.
Soon, the day of entering the punishment plot finally arrived. "Let's go, and we must come back alive." Han Fan took the captain's posture and was the first to enter the beam of light cast by the Lord God...
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