The rebels' resolve is rising.

As the rebel followed his friend Z all the way to the secret realm dungeon portal, the rebel's empty determination bar slowly grew. When the rebel passed through most of the multidimensional exchange meeting and squeezed into a group of strong men, the determination value had reached 50%.

Ren Suo naturally knew the so-called determination value now, which was the "morale" of the rebels to follow his actions when facing a crisis. Only when the determination value was 100% would the rebels be controlled by him and go wherever he directed.

Even though the rebels are now obediently controlled by Ren Suo, if the rebels think there is danger, Ren Suo's handle will not be able to control them.

But it was different from the first level. In the first level, Ren Suo had gone through a lot of hardships to increase his determination. Why was it so easy now? Was it the bonus accumulated from the first level, or did the rebel just accept his fate?

However, the mission objective information has not popped up yet, but the strategy tips have been updated:

"Strategy Tips: Please clear the secret realm dungeon with friend Z"

The rebel had already been taken by his friend Z to play the dungeon, so Ren Suo naturally did not take any other action. He let the rebel and his friend Z meet up with other team members and wait outside the portal of the secret dungeon.

When I got closer, I realized that people outside could see the contents of the secret dungeon portal. Now, there seemed to be a group of people wearing strange clothes fighting in the secret dungeon. The fight was so fierce that the humans and strong men outside cheered:

"Atomic flame! Such a powerful force!"

"The Dawn Star, it's actually the Dawn Star! I didn't expect to see such a great battle here!"

"The Great Ice Age, the Great Burn! Too Strong!"

"The Phantom Group is really strong!"

The onlookers were all saying some terms that Ren Suo couldn't understand, but he could roughly understand that the team playing in the group was probably very powerful.

At this time, friend Z said, "I didn't expect there would be such a strong team... From now on, it's up to you and me, Rebel. In the secret dungeon, the main thing to compete for is popularity energy. You have to play it in a flashy and beautiful way. Just clearing the dungeon is not enough."

"Strategy Tips: Please make sure that the secret realm battle attracts enough popularity energy"

Ren Suo scratched his head. Why haven’t the tasks been refreshed yet, but the strategy tips are constantly updated?

However, in just these few words, the rebel's determination value increased by another 10%. Although Ren Suo did not get enough information from the battle in the secret realm and the conversation with his friend Z, the rebel seemed to have learned something from it, causing his determination value to slowly increase.

However, he waited for a full fifteen minutes. If his clone had not been in the cooling-down period, Ren Suo would have wanted to send him to buy a midnight snack. Now he could only make himself a cup of Cup of Taste.

Fifteen minutes later, the team fighting in the secret realm finally left, and it was the turn of the rebel and his friend Z to go in.

Then……

The rebels went in.

But the perspective is still here at the multidimensional exchange meeting!

Ren Suo was stunned. Why didn't he control it? What was he trying to do? Was he just watching the scene of the secret portal from another dimension?

At this time, the crowd began to speak out:

“It’s okay…”

"Not as good as the Phantom, but still pretty good."

"Why don't we go to the mysterious merchant? The Toughness Balls are 20% off now!"

The crowd outside the secret realm copy gradually decreased. Ren Suo blinked his eyes, but did not move. He just waited quietly for the development of the situation.

About five minutes later, the rebels came out of the secret dungeon. Friend Z looked at the crowd below and sighed, "It seems that the popularity energy is not enough... Obviously our battle is so gorgeous and beautiful..."

At this moment, the entire picture trembled, as if there was an earthquake!

"What's going on!?"

"What happened outside?"

“Aaaaa——”

The exchange meeting was in chaos, but Ren Suo looked at the overall situation and did not see any enemies appear at the exchange meeting, and the fighting did not spread to the venue of the exchange meeting, as if the mutation had nothing to do with the rebels.

At this time, the rebel suddenly spoke up: "It seems very dangerous outside, why don't we stay here!"

Friend Z: "Okay, okay! Let's wait for further news before taking action!"

Ren Suo opened his eyes wide and tried to control the rebel to leave the exchange meeting venue, but the rebel refused to move and just wandered around the venue and was unwilling to listen to his command!

Rebel: Painted Face Man: "A greedy man dies for his life, a brave man dies for his reputation. Each sees the other as a greedy man, and himself as a brave man."

Rebel: The Painted Man: "I want to live another 500 years!"

Rebel·Painted Man: "Life is like the ocean. Only those who are strong-willed and alive can reach the other side."

Damn, this rebel is so cowardly that he refuses to go out to check the situation and even uses reason to clear himself!

Not long after, the game popped up a prompt:

"The target of the mission has died"

"Mission failed"

"You didn't even find the target of the mission. Your defeat was so ridiculous that it was laughable."

"Do you want to start the joy before the pain again? (Requires 3 merit points)"

The cost of restarting the game had actually gone up, but Ren Suo didn't bother with the small amount of money. Instead, he rubbed his temples and wrote down the key points of the strategy for this level.

In fact, there was no key point to the strategy. The second level hadn't even started yet, but the rebels were too scared to go out, and the mission target hadn't even appeared. Ren Suo had no idea how he had failed.

According to the guide, what Ren Suo needs to do now is to attract enough popularity for the rebels' "secret battle".

Although he didn't know what the use of this was, Ren Suo had no other ideas at the moment, so he reopened the second level and continued to work on the strategy.

Although everything before was quick and easy, the rebels still had to wait for 15 minutes before they could start clearing the secret realm dungeon.

At this time, the battle of the Phantom Group has ended, and it is another team that has entered the secret realm to fight. Ren Suo ate his snacks while paying close attention to the details on the screen.

"Eh? Is this my favorite battle of the Azure?"

Two civilians passing by joined the crowd and watched the battle in the secret portal.

When Ren Suo saw this, he had an idea. He moved the control buoy and randomly tapped a passerby who was shopping. The passerby then popped up four options:

"Approach the rebel's location (consume 1 merit point)"

"Stay away from the rebels (consume 1 merit point)"

"Approach the rebel's location and stay there for about 5 minutes (consumes 2 merit points)"

"Approach the rebels' location and stay there for about 15 minutes (consumes 2 merit points)"

The strategy tips were only belatedly updated at this time:

"Strategy Tips: You can artificially control the flow of people so that the rebels can gain enough popularity energy when fighting (the more people watch, the higher the popularity energy)"

"You asked me to spend money, why don't you just say no? How can I not pay?"

Ren Suo curled his lips and began to work hard: controlling the passers-by characters one by one, letting them stay close to the rebels for a long time, which was equivalent to letting them stay in the area outside the secret realm portal for a long time, increasing the popularity energy of the rebels.

However, there are many tricks here: the passerby characters undoubtedly do not know the rebels. The reason why they approach the area where the rebels are located is probably because they are interested in the secret realm battles themselves, so the player's control hints can be successful.

Most of the passers-by or strong people who are not interested in the secret realm battles only have the first two options - there is not even an option for them to stay outside the secret realm copy.

At this time, Ren Suo finally understood why there was a 15-minute waiting gap in the game. In addition to the fact that the rebels had to queue up to clear the dungeon in order to "kneel in reality", it was more because it gave Ren Suo time to gather the crowd.

To put it simply, it means that Ren Suo will spend his merits and time to hire navy.

When the rebels entered the dungeon, the number of people outside the secret realm portal was several times greater than last time. The scene was so huge that it seemed as if half of the crowd at the exchange meeting had come to watch!

Of course, only a small part of them were the navy hired by Ren Suo. Most of them were because many of the passers-by that Ren Suo chose to control were powerful men who looked gorgeous, noble and impressive. These powerful men were very eye-catching. When they came to watch the battle in the secret realm, other civilians also came to watch.

Just like a snowball rolling more and more, ordinary people didn't know what was happening, but thought there was some benefit, so they followed suit, and finally formed such a grand situation!

Ren Suo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this, thinking that this time he would be safe.

However, when the rebels started fighting, the voices of the onlookers were not very harmonious:

"Hmm... just so-so."

"What dimension of battle is this? I've never seen this before. It's so cliché."

"Let's go back to the mysterious merchant. The Delicate Heart is 30% off."

It seemed that the rebels' fighting performance was indeed not very good, and the public's evaluation of them was very average. However, since many people were not controlled by Ren Suo, they were able to leave freely.

After a while, three to four adults of the onlookers naturally dispersed and left!

"It should be fine..." Ren Suo was a little annoyed, but at this moment something unexpected happened:

"A mistake?"

"The reaction was pretty quick, but the mistake was huge."

"It seems like this is a small group that is challenging a secret dungeon for the first time? No wonder..."

The system message read: "Friend Z. Silver Armored General made a mistake in the battle due to excitement, and the overall excitement level has declined."

When the rebels finished the battle and left the secret dungeon, Friend Z said dejectedly, "It seems that we don't have enough popularity energy... It's all my fault... But even if I didn't make a mistake, I'm afraid... Sigh..."

When Ren Suo saw these words, he knew it was a tragedy.

As expected, when the vibration sound was heard outside, the rebels refused to leave the exchange venue no matter how hard they were beaten, and the second level failed again.

Unlike the first time, the second attempt took Ren Suo not only time, but also a lot of merits. Now he felt a little painful.

He sorted out his thoughts and confirmed that his method of gathering the crowd should be correct. However, the quality of the rebels' fighting did not satisfy everyone, so whether Friend Z made mistakes or not, the result would most likely be the same - the navy that was recruited did not like watching their fighting.

"Wait, Marines...?"

Ren Suo figured out the idea and his eyes lit up. After searching the Internet for information, he had a plan in mind, but he didn't know if it was feasible.

When he started the game for the third time, Ren Suo first selected a spectator outside the secret realm portal, and three options popped up on the spectator's screen:

"Approach the rebel (consume 1 merit point)"

"Stay away from the rebels (consume 1 merit point)"

"Make a comment out loud (can be edited by the player) (limited to 20 words) (consumes 3 merit points)"

feasible!

Ren Suo was determined in his heart. According to the plan, he would still use his merits to summon the navy to surround the secret realm portal. However, when the rebels challenged the dungeon, Ren Suo immediately selected a bystander, edited his dialogue, and asked him to speak out loudly:

"The painted-faced man is so handsome!"

It seems that not everyone knows the rebel, but the rebel has now transformed into a 'painted man', and the 'painted man' should be more conspicuous and recognizable.

The crowd narrating the story was shocked: "Brother, his face is all painted up, and you know he's handsome."

The crowd controlled by Ren Suo: "He is so handsome that it shakes the world. You can't see it. You are blind."

Then Ren Suo immediately controlled a strong female warrior: "Painted Face Man, I want to give birth to a child for you! I don't mind if you are a man, we can fight swords every night!"

Damn, it’s so hard to distinguish between men and women in this game. Why do so many men transform into strong women?

"The painted-faced man, I recognize him, isn't he the rebel? I tell you, the rebel is extremely handsome!"

"Rebel, I like you!"

Although this game has many deceptive aspects, as long as you are paid, they will basically do their job well. The netizens controlled by Ren Suo made very loud comments - as evidenced by the large dialog box.

Then because of their 'enthusiastic' reaction, other onlookers also became curious:

"Painted face people? Are painted face people really good looking?"

"He's really handsome, no wonder he has so many fans!"

"Yeah, yeah, go a little further ahead, I want to take a closer look." Surprisingly, quite a few people agreed with the fanatical fan's point of view.

This is the water army effect!

Even though these ordinary people didn't know who the rebel or the clown was, the fanatical fans in front of them gave them an illusion: the clown who was fighting in the secret dungeon seemed to be a very famous person, so they had to go over and take a look to see if they recognized him!

As for why they used the topic of 'The Rebel·Painted Face Man is a Super Handsome Guy' to attract attention... because his face is painted, Ren Suo controlled the crowd to say that he is handsome, and others had no way to refute it.

Maybe the rebel is handsome when his face is not stained! ?

However, Ren Suo probably felt that the rebel was not that handsome, otherwise it wouldn't be so hard for him to flirt with the princess, and in the end he was rejected...

And Ren Suo's plan was successful: not many people left the crowd, and the popularity was still high! And the rebel was turned into a super handsome guy by the crowd's cheers, which was also a good deed.

At this moment, the strategy prompt suddenly refreshed:

"Strategy Tips: Please have the rebels equip themselves with the 'Pure White Holy Grail'."

Ren Suo was a little stunned. This hint was extremely confusing. However, the instructions were so clear that Ren Suo naturally equipped the rebel directly.

Nothing happened afterwards. After the rebels came out, friend Z said excitedly, "This secret dungeon has gained a lot of popularity... We will definitely be able to get the most resources. Rebel, thank you for your help! We may have to clear the secret dungeon again later, and I will have to trouble you again then... Do you know him?"

Ren Suo, who had been paying attention to the dialog box, only now discovered that an NPC of about 20 pixels appeared next to the rebel - it looked like a little girl who was only half the height of the rebel.

She seemed to grab the rebel's clothes, without saying anything, and friend Z walked away tactfully.

The little girl dragged the rebel to an area with fewer people, and before grabbing him she said, "I'm here to play with you."

At this moment, a nickname popped up above the little girl's head:

"Phantom Daughter"

At the top of the screen, it appears:

"Mission objective: Protect the Phantom Daughter's fusion treasure, and do not expose the rebels and the Phantom Daughter during the whole process."

Although the mission target finally appeared, Ren Suo keenly noticed another point——

After meeting the little girl, the rebel's determination value suddenly skyrocketed and instantly rose to 100%!

You are such a rebel, I didn't expect that you with thick eyebrows and big eyes are actually a lolita complex! ?