Although the game didn't directly give her a special template or new background setting, this [Luck] talent came just in time.
A 10% increase in success rate means she can successfully digest the strengthening potion made by Yulia with 100% certainty.
Lily quickly took out the strengthening potion. As she expected, the description in the additional effects had changed; a (+10%) was added after 90%.
She very decisively drank the entire potion in one gulp.
This time, it took her a full hour for the strengthening progress bar to reach 100%. During this period, her body would occasionally experience needle-like pain, but this level of suffering was entirely worth it.
After she unlocked the [Blood of Evolution] template, her various stats directly increased by a large margin.
[Race]: Human (Blood of Evolution)
[Template]: Special (Blood of Evolution)
[Experience]: 54007
[Main Profession]: Psionic Apprentice Lv10 (Max Level), Unemployed Lv5 (Max Level)
[Sub Profession]: None
[Health]: 690 / 690
[Spiritual Energy]: 95 / 95
[Attributes]: Strength 11, Agility 7, Constitution 33, Intelligence 3, Spirit 14, Inspiration 19
[Skills]: Frenzy Lv3, Hardening Lv1, Spiritual Vision, Innate Spirituality Lv1, Low-level Spiritual Energy Specialization, Power Surge (Inferior), Multiplier Amplification (Inferior)
Spiritual Energy Boiling - When attacking, 10% of Spiritual Energy is converted into the same amount of basic physical damage. This damage benefits from critical strike bonuses.
[Talent]: Luck
[Knowledge Chain]: Spiritual Energy Knowledge Chain (4)
[Title]: Wildfire (Health + 30)
[Attribute Points]: 0
[Reputation]: 3
[Faction]: Silent Garden (Faction Reputation MAX)
Looking at the surging health bar, Lily was smiling so wide her mouth could barely close. Now, she could take on two or three of her former selves without any fear. The power of a high-level template was evident.
"Good, good, good. Next, I need to continue to increase player favorability!"
Lily already had a preliminary plan. After using the monument to gain a wave of favorability, she planned to use the professional knowledge books she got from the Wildfire Gang to help players level up, giving them some benefits. This way, she could better utilize the faction system and her fabricated background to direct players to do things for her.
The next day, near noon, the Gene Primordial's reinforcement convoy majestically drove into the Abandoned Cooling Plant.
As soon as they got out of the car, they arrested the Wildfire Gang Leader and called Yago and Shino for questioning. After learning about Lily's existence, they called Lily over. They simply asked a few questions and, after confirming that Lily could not possibly be related to the Truth Society, they immediately stated that the Four Directions's director wanted to personally commend her and hoped Lily could go with them to Lynn.
Lily was naturally willing.
With the collapse of the Wildfire Gang and the death of Yulia's fake body, she wouldn't gain any more benefits by staying at the Abandoned Cooling Plant. It was better to go to Lynn as soon as possible. Once there, she could also ask the Four Directions for advanced knowledge books.
"Thank you very much for your cooperation."
The Gene Primordial's reinforcements swept around the Abandoned Cooling Plant and then turned the Wildfire Gang upside down. After confirming there were no omissions, they drove away that evening.
Just as Lily and Anya hitched a ride to Lynn, the Beyond the Stars official finally released a new promotional video—
When the Stars Shine!
As soon as the promotional video went online, its popularity immediately skyrocketed.
This was not an Ordinary promotional video; it incorporated many materials filmed by players themselves, so many players had been looking forward to it even before it went online.
How wonderful it would be if their own footage or their favorite NPC appeared in the promotional video.
The moment the promotional video was released, a massive number of players opened the video and started barraging it with comments.
[Holy crap, it was chosen, it was really chosen! It's that cool segment where Lily grabbed Excavation Princess's neck and lifted her up!]
[Wait a minute, Lily has more than one segment. The segment where she said goodbye to everyone after the insect tide arrived was also added to the promotional video.]
[Excavation Princess won big! One person was selected for two pieces of footage.]
A group of players were celebrating until a comment popped up.
[Cool is cool, but the question is, is Lily still alive?]
Oh my god!
This question directly stunned the players who liked Lily.
While waiting for the game to reopen, they had been pondering this question. Some posted analyses in the community, some ran to leave messages for the official, but no one could ever give a definitive answer.
As the official delayed in responding, their hearts sank deeper and deeper—
Lily, she was probably beyond saving.
Don't do that!
Excavation Princess, who usually liked to post in the community, directly closed the community this time. It wasn't that she was afraid of being tormented by those troublemakers; it was mainly that she didn't dare to look at other people's analyses, fearing that she would faint from anger if she saw the phrase "Lily is dead."
[Open the server! Why isn't it open yet? I need to enter the game immediately to confirm!]
Finally, the game reopened. Excavation Princess didn't waste any time and immediately clicked to enter the game.
After resurrecting at the resurrection point, she rushed straight to Lily's house, and then she saw an empty house.
"It's... it's over!"
Excavation Princess's heart sank halfway.
The real critical hit came from the conversation of passersby. As she walked, the voices of two scavengers drifted into her ears.
"I heard Lily left?"
"Yes, she left."
Excavation Princess couldn't hear the rest of the conversation. At this moment, only the phrase "left" echoed in her mind.
"Left," isn't that just a euphemism for "died"?
Excavation Princess's mindset exploded.
"Ah ah ah—"
She screamed and rushed out.
She had no destination, just running aimlessly, but perhaps it was her subconscious at work, as she eventually arrived at a familiar place, the place where she and Lily first met.
That should have been the beginning of a "legend," but the legend ultimately turned into a bubble.
Why did it turn out this way?
Excavation Princess walked and walked, then stopped. She found her path blocked by a stone tablet.
"Was there a stone tablet here before?"
She took a few steps forward and, upon closer inspection, found words written on the stone tablet.
[In memory of the brave ones who sacrificed themselves to save the Abandoned Cooling Plant—
Lily]
"Hmm?"
Excavation Princess was stunned.
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