After logging off, he went to have dinner.
At seven in the evening, Lin Mo and Ning Xi hurried back online.
Before setting out for the level 48 dungeon, Scorpion Empire, Lin Mo made a stop at the Pet Hall.
All day today, Lin Mo had been quietly buying pet exchange vouchers anonymously throughout the entire Blazing Ember City area.
Little by little, up to now, he had already collected more than five hundred of them.
Finding the Pet Ambassador, Andrew, Lin Mo exchanged all five hundred-plus vouchers for pets.
Then, through the SSS-level talent Soul Flame, he burned all of these ordinary-grade pets into pet evolution points.
In addition, the accumulated 525 favorability points raised Andrew's favorability toward Lin Mo to level 4.
"Still one level of favorability short."
"As long as I get another four hundred or so favorability points, I'll reach level 5 favorability and trigger the opportunity on Andrew related to obtaining the divine pet White Fox."
Although the tankiness of Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig was off the charts, even able to hold back the siege of more than a dozen level-40-plus monsters at the same time without budging, steady as a rock.
In the end, it was still a front-line damage-soaking tank. Its damage output, relying on true damage reflection based on 1% of its own maximum HP, was decent, but still a bit lacking.
'According to the expansion materials released by the official Divine Oracle in my previous life, the positioning of the White Fox should be an assassin.'
'Among the pets of the six major factions in Divine Oracle, assassins have the strongest burst capability. And this one is the only divine pet in the entire server.'
Lin Mo said with anticipation, 'Once I get the White Fox and train her into the Ancestral-grade Heavenly Bewitchment · Fox Clan Empress, then give her SSS skills plus full gold equipment, max out the configuration, once she joins the fight, my damage output will increase by at least double.'
Of course, what attracted Lin Mo the most was the chain hidden quest about the Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan buried within this server-exclusive, growth-type divine pet White Fox. Every time her quality improved, a new part of the quest would unlock.
Lin Mo had long set his sights on the quest on the White Fox.
But now, after Ning Xi's talent unlocked the ten-times reward amplification, Lin Mo's expectations instantly rose tenfold compared to before.
'The White Fox itself already has growth potential. Every time one of the Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan hidden quests on her is completed, she gains a growth. Even without my Soul Flame talent evolving her, she can naturally grow step by step all the way to Ancestral.'
'When the time comes and I get the White Fox, I can let her follow Ning Xi first. Every round of quests completed will let Ning Xi trigger the reward amplification through the Nine-Five Supreme talent. That way, from beginning to end, the entire chain of Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan hidden quests will all yield ten times the rewards.'
Thinking about it like this, Lin Mo's desire to obtain the divine pet White Fox became even stronger.
So he decisively posted another pinned anonymous message in Blazing Ember City's chat channel: [Buying pet exchange vouchers for 2,000 yuan each, buying five, just to satisfy a little collecting hobby.]
To prevent people from discovering that the person who had been buying pet exchange vouchers all day was the same person, every time Lin Mo posted a purchase message, it was different.
Each time he put himself into a completely different role.
Sometimes he was a big pig farmer who loved raising Piggy Pigs.
Sometimes he was a little girl who loved raising pets.
This time, the role Lin Mo played was a collector.
No one suspected Lin Mo's identity.
In the chat channel, however, there were quite a few players complaining:
[Drowning in Three Thousand: "Why only 2,000? Where's that butcher who was buying for 2,500 earlier? I just finished my second job change and got a pet exchange voucher! Why's he gone now?"]
[Zihan's Dad: "Don't sell to him, everyone! He's definitely planning to buy at 2,000 and then sell at 2,500 to make the price difference!"]
[Blossoms Bring Wealth: "Yeah! On the surface he says he's only buying five, but actually he'll buy however many there are! Don't fall for it!"]
On Lin Mo's side, the moment the message was sent out, he received several mails.
[Ding~ You paid 2,000 yuan and retrieved the mail sent by player Zihan's Dad · Pet Exchange Voucher +1!]
[Ding~ You paid 2,000 yuan and retrieved the mail sent by player Blossoms Bring Wealth · Pet Exchange Voucher +1!]
All of a sudden, he received dozens more vouchers.
'Not bad!'
Lin Mo remembered that in his previous life, the player from Beacon Country obtained the White Fox after triggering the opportunity on the Pet Ambassador. That happened one week after the server opened, when Divine Oracle officially released the expansion data about the divine pet White Fox.
Right now, however, Divine Oracle had only been open for five days. The expansion hadn't even been released yet. Other than Lin Mo, no one knew that a divine pet was hidden inside the Pet Hall.
So Lin Mo wasn't worried at all.
With two days remaining, gathering the remaining four hundred plus pet exchange vouchers and raising the Pet Ambassador's favorability to level 5 to trigger the opportunity would definitely not be a problem.
———
[Night]
Online player activity surged sharply.
People came and went through Blazing Ember City, bustling with noise and excitement.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi left the city through the south gate.
Under the escort of a thousand NPC soldiers, they headed straight toward the level 48 dungeon, Scorpion Empire.
———
At the same time, inside the city—
A pair of eyes that had been staring at Lin Mo and Ning Xi watched the two leave the city, then immediately opened WeChat and sent a message: ["Brother Jie, Rulebound and Liuli just left Blazing Ember City through the south gate!"]
———
[Offline]
After searching the phone number and adding Ruoxi on WeChat, Wang Junjie had completely fallen into the selfie photos in her Moments feed, unable to pull himself away.
"Beautiful! Really beautiful!"
"That little face, so pretty!"
"That cherry mouth… makes me want to take a bite!"
Wang Junjie couldn't help himself. His lust got the better of him and he sent Ruoxi a message, ["Want to meet up?"]
Before Ruoxi could reply, Wang Junjie received the message from his subordinate in the game.
His eyes lit up.
"Damn it! Rulebound, I've finally caught you!"
As he spoke, Wang Junjie immediately called Chaotic World Zhuge over.
"How's the guild recruitment going?"
Chaotic World Zhuge replied, "Brother Jie, the manpower is ready! Our Chaotic World guild now has a total of five thousand people. Every single one of them has reached level 30 or above and completed their second job change. All of them are at the front-line level of Blazing Ember City."
Wang Junjie burst into laughter.
"Good! You finally did something that satisfied me."
"For tonight, I've been preparing for two whole days! Just wait! I'm coming to deal with you right now."
"Tonight, it's either me dying or you living!"
Just as Wang Junjie was about to log in, Chaotic World Zhuge hurriedly stopped him.
"Brother Jie, you mustn't."
"Even though we've recruited enough people, our setup still isn't good enough."
"Our opponent this time is the most elite group of level-50 NPC soldiers in Blazing Ember City. Just a bunch of level-30-plus second-job players still isn't nearly enough to deal with them."
"If we want a decisive victory in one strike, we must equip them with top-tier gear."
Chaotic World Zhuge said to Wang Junjie, "Brother Jie, we already have the Poisonous Set. I've already had people buying snake gallbladders, poison gas bottles, and corrosive agents in bulk."
"As long as we collect enough materials and upgrade everyone's Poisonous Set once, our chances of defeating the NPC army under Rulebound will increase by at least fifty percent."
But Wang Junjie had already lost all patience.
"Damn it! Ever since I got killed back to level 0 at Death Valley and the whole guild got crippled by Rulebound, I've already endured for two days!"
"And you're telling me to keep enduring?"
"The entire internet is laughing at me now!"
Chaotic World Zhuge couldn't help thinking to himself, 'Wasn't it you who insisted on live-streaming it back then… otherwise how would the whole internet know about it?'
Wang Junjie roared, "Even if the uncle can endure it, the aunt can't!"
"I can't take it anymore! I'm going to cripple Rulebound right now!"
Just as Wang Junjie ignored the advice and insisted on logging in, a notification suddenly popped up on his phone.
Ruoxi had replied to his message, ["After you deal with Rulebound, I'll consider it!"]
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