"It will go even further."

Su Lin gave Xiao Linlin a deep look, then looked up to confirm with the mechanism.

"Start the next match, a difficult match."

As Su Lin finished speaking, the machine's voice suddenly rang out.

Matchmaking failed. At least 1000 survivors are required in the current waiting area before a new match can begin.

"The B-tier zone is really something else! They won't even let us have a single-player match? They've completely patched this bug!"

Jia Zhengyi clicked his tongue in amazement, while Xiao Linlin whispered, "Brother, let's wait a little longer. We can spend more of our remaining resource coins and make adequate preparations."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Su Lin nodded. His warehouse already had enough reserves, so there was no need to prepare any more.

Even though Xiao Linlin said that, out of caution regarding the B-level zone, Su Lin didn't mind spending more money, even if it meant spending all his resource coins.

Money is most valuable when a person is alive.

"In my team, each of my followers has their own project to be responsible for."

Su Lin turned his gaze to Lu Zhouming and asked in a deep voice, "I don't care what you've been through in the past. Now that you've become my follower, you shouldn't be an exception."

"That's natural."

Lu Zhouming smiled and looked at Su Lin: "I will do whatever you command, Master."

What are you good at?

Su Lin pondered for a moment, still showing great respect for this special SSS-level follower.

"I'm good at everything."

Lu Zhouming looked up at Xiao Linlin and suddenly asked the girl, "Do you want me to take over some of your responsibilities?"

"Not for now."

Xiao Linlin declined, hoping that Su Lin would obtain a powerful SSS-level intelligence-type follower, but definitely not a special follower like Lu Zhouming.

Even though Lu Zhouming's abilities were sufficient to meet Xiao Linlin's expectations, Xiao Linlin did not fully trust him yet.

A special entity that is strongly associated with a mechanism is far less trustworthy than an ordinary follower in a particular standpoint.

"Master, it seems I've missed a choice. This doesn't require much of my brainpower."

Lu Zhouming shrugged. Su Lin looked at him calmly and said, "You don't need to call me that. Just call me by my name. For now, you will be in charge of combat and reconnaissance, and you will mainly assist Jia Zhengyi in his area of ​​responsibility."

In Su Lin's team, most of the shortcomings have been addressed. If there is any deficiency, Jia Zhengyi's information reconnaissance position still has room for improvement.

Of course, based on the follower rank analysis, Xiao Linlin's intelligence also needs to be improved, but at least Xiao Linlin has never made any major mistakes and has performed very well. Her potential far exceeds her current follower rank, so there is naturally no need to rush to improve it.

"As you wish."

Lu Zhouming bowed slightly, very gentlemanly, with a smile on his lips the whole time.

"Rest and prepare for battle."

Su Lin nodded, then turned and ordered his followers in a deep voice: "With Miss Xu's abilities, I think things will get lively here very soon. The difficulty of the matches in the B-level region will definitely be far greater than the previous region. I hope everyone will not falter in the new region."

"yes."

Everyone nodded in agreement and filed into the cultivation room in an orderly fashion, including Jia Zhengyi, who surprisingly did not complain about the hardship or fatigue.

Since Lu Zhouming appeared, he has made everyone in the team understand the harshness of the future by almost laying everything bare, and that every bit of self-discipline and hard work now could make them live a little longer.

As for whether they can survive... no one knows for sure, they can only do their best to fight for it.

Su Lin wasn't idle either. While Xiao Linlin was busy with logistical matters, he immediately confirmed the most important point with the system: the million-game insurance effect of the max-level logistics module.

A survivor's death in Zone B means a real death, while the Million-Dollar Insurance ensures that the survivor receives no penalty for failure after death. These two things are contradictory to some extent.

Su Lin wanted to confirm the priority of the two, but after consulting, he was disappointed to learn that the million-dollar game insurance had a lower priority than the death mechanism in the B-level zone.

The game insurance only reduces or waives asset penalties, but it cannot change the outcome of each survivor's death.

If the survivors actually die, whether or not there is an asset penalty becomes irrelevant.

What's the point of assets if the person is gone?

"It seems we're already saving a million in insurance premiums every game."

Su Lin shook his head with a wry smile, but soon Xiao Linlin looked up at him from the side and said, "Brother, it seems we can't avoid this part of the expenses either."

"Um?"

Su Lin looked over in confusion, and Xiao Linlin gestured for him to look at the warehouse: "I just bought some good stuff, things that are only available in the B-grade area. Although they are relatively expensive, they are very valuable."

Su Lin opened the warehouse, took a closer look, and couldn't help but squint slightly.

【Silent Saint Sculpture】: SSS-grade consumable. The wearer has the privilege of being immune to death once and has the privilege of death reduction regardless of the method or source of damage.

[Item Value]: 100 million resource coins, limited to 3 purchases per survivor.

This was the first prop Su Lin saw: a small silver pendant with a man's upper body model hanging from it. The sculpted man had his head down, his face obscured by black hair, and his cool touch gave one a faint sense of unease.

"Such a powerful item can appear at Rank B? Or... is this another form of 'leniency' in the game's mechanics?"

Su Lin muttered to himself, "This is a very typical substitute item. I've seen many similar items in the escape shop in the waiting area."

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