The Tiger King's role was that of a warrior.
Back when it had still been an ordinary-grade tiger, Lin Mo had already used pet EXP pills to raise it to level 50 before sending it to the clone.
Pets could be smelted into EXP pills.
Because of that, there was a whole category of gold-farming players who specialized in leveling pets. Once the pets reached high levels, they would smelt them into EXP pills and sell them to whale players who wanted to quickly level their own pets.
So for wealthy players, a pet's level was something they could completely control themselves.
From the ordinary tiger's talent effect of +10% attack power, Lin Mo had already predicted that it was an offensive-type pet that would develop toward burst damage and aggression in the future.
What he hadn't expected at all was that after evolving into an Ancestral-grade beast, the strength of its talent would become this terrifying, and its burst power this monstrous.
100% final attack power.
There hadn't been enough time to make a full Tier 4 equipment set for the Tiger King, so it was still wearing a full Tier 3 gold-quality Venom set.
From the stat panel, it was clear that with the talent bonus and the Ancestral-grade Tiger King's absurd attack growth, its attack stat had already reached a shocking 13,000+.
It was over 3,000 points higher than even Lin Mo's own attack power.
And combined with the talent's 50% final damage increase, Lin Mo couldn't help exclaiming, "No wonder back on the island, the Tiger King slaughtered Storm's people like cutting vegetables."
Black Night, Zhao Ling'er and Yu Jin.
The three strongest experts from his previous life who had left the deepest impression on Lin Mo.
And now, he had successfully recruited one of them. It could be considered the first step toward victory.
Next, Lin Mo's target was Zhao Ling'er.
"In my previous life, Zhao Ling'er started with an innate 'No Talent' status. On top of that, her left leg was crippled in the real world. Before Divine Oracle descended, she always believed she was a worthless burden."
"Unlike Black Night, who at least had strength and the ability to protect himself."
"Because Zhao Ling'er was beautiful, she instead became the object of others' lust. In the end, pressured by her family and trapped by circumstance, she ended up with a man she didn't even like."
Lin Mo recalled, "In my previous life, Zhao Ling'er was abandoned by her family and betrayed by her boyfriend. Before Divine Oracle descended and awakened the sealed SS-rank talent hidden within her, that period was the darkest time of her life."
"I need to stabilize Zhao Ling'er as soon as possible so she doesn't fall victim to some scumbag again."
Besides that, the so-called "awakening" was really just the fact that, in his previous life, Zhao Ling'er had accidentally broken the seal on her talent when Divine Oracle descended.
That's right. Zhao Ling'er wasn't actually "talentless." From the very beginning, her talent had been SS-rank. It was simply hidden by the system due to the special nature of the talent itself.
And based on his memories from his previous life, Lin Mo knew how to remove the seal on Zhao Ling'er's talent.
So as long as he recruited Zhao Ling'er, Lin Mo could immediately help her break the seal, release her SS-rank talent, and help her become one of the exceedingly rare SS-rank talent users in the world of Divine Oracle.
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this, he checked the time and suddenly his scalp tingled.
"Shit! It's already 9:10! The movie starts in ten minutes!"
He had promised Ning Xi he would be back before the movie started at 9:20.
As for the clone's side, there was no need for Lin Mo to worry about it for now.
If he was online, he could personally control its actions.
Even if he wasn't online, he could still issue automatic commands in advance.
So Lin Mo gave the clone the order: [Help Black Night clear his crime value, then return to the city and wait for orders.]
After that, Lin Mo immediately logged off.
Then rushed straight toward the cinema in Qianda Plaza across from the residential complex.
———
By the time he arrived at the theater, it was exactly 9:18.
Perfect timing, the movie was just beginning ticket inspection and entry.
Thankfully, he made it in time.
So Lin Mo bought two buckets of popcorn and two extra-large colas.
Then entered the theater with Ning Xi and Ning Fei after ticket inspection.
Tonight's movie was a suspense thriller.
Ning Fei watched with complete focus, utterly absorbed.
He was so into it that he didn't even realize his hand had reached into the popcorn bucket of the girl sitting next to him.
Only after the girl shot him a disgusted look did he react.
"S-sorry... I-I'll pay you back two kernels..."
Compared to him, though, Lin Mo and Ning Xi weren't nearly as focused on the movie.
"Cold?", Lin Mo took Ning Xi's hand and noticed how icy it was.
The theater's air conditioning was blasting pretty hard, so it really was chilly.
Ning Xi nodded lightly.
Lin Mo reached out and wrapped an arm around her, letting her lean against his shoulder.
Ning Xi said nothing. She simply picked out the darkest, sweetest-looking popcorn kernel with great care and quietly fed it into Lin Mo's mouth.
"Brother Lin Mo, do you want some cola?", Ning Xi asked.
Lin Mo replied, "There are only two cups. You drink that one."
Ning Xi looked at him, "Then why didn't you buy three cups?"
Lin Mo: "Cough! Cough!"
Ning Xi saw right through him but didn't expose it. Smiling silently, she fed Lin Mo from the same cup she had already drunk from.
The cola was finished.
The popcorn was gone.
And the movie ended as well.
After leaving the theater, while Ning Xi went to the restroom and Lin Mo waited outside with Ning Fei.
Lin Mo took out his phone and sent Zhao Ling'er a message through his offline account, "Mo": ["Let's arrange a time to meet."]
This matter couldn't wait.
Lin Mo planned to use the clone to recruit Zhao Ling'er as early as tomorrow if possible.
Then he would move on to recruiting Yu Jin.
After all, Lin Mo's goal wasn't limited to just those three people.
The three of them were merely the core representatives of the future guild.
Beyond them, Lin Mo still needed to use the clone to build alliances and recruit forces. There was still a massive amount of work to do, all of which would consume a great deal of time.
So he couldn't afford to waste too much time in the early stages. He needed to secure these three core members as quickly as possible.
Although he knew Zhao Ling'er was in Inferno City, trying to find her among the more than six million players there was like searching for a needle in the ocean.
So Lin Mo planned to arrange a meeting with her in advance.
But what he didn't expect was, the moment the message was sent, a red exclamation mark appeared afterward.
'The hell?'
'Blocked?'
Noticing Lin Mo's expression, Ning Fei asked, "Brother-in-law, what's wrong?"
"The person I asked you to help me contact last time blocked me."
As soon as Lin Mo finished speaking, Ning Fei dismissed it casually, "That's easy! Later I'll just hack into her account again and remove you from her blacklist."
"No, that's not right."
A thoughtful look appeared in Lin Mo's eyes.
'In my previous life, Zhao Ling'er didn't choose Inferno City as her second-tier main city. Since she came to Inferno City this time as expected, it means the message I sent her before worked.'
'If she came as agreed but then blocked me... something must have happened. Or maybe this wasn't even her intention.'
Lin Mo muttered, 'I need to find out what exactly happened on Zhao Ling'er's side.'
Just as Lin Mo was wondering how he should investigate—
Snap!
Ning Fei snapped his fingers and confidently declared, "Easy enough!"
"Brother-in-law, leave it to me!"
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