After listening to Natto's report, Ni Shuang said, "There's a high probability that high-level monsters have appeared in Qinghai Province. Should we go check it out?"
Yun Yun pondered. "What kind of monster could be so powerful that the Qinghai military couldn't even send a distress signal?"
Mina guessed, "Could it be a mind-control ability, something similar to my Charm talent?"
Juzi shared her thoughts. "I think it might be a high-level monster that uses poison, something that can confuse or stun its enemies."
Yuto Saito recalled that a similar situation had occurred in the Western Command in his previous life. A month into the apocalypse, a five-star Awakened gave the answer: a fourth-order fire ladybug that emitted a blue light. Anyone with a physique below 100 would be instantly burned to death upon contact. To reach a physique over 100, one needed to be at least a four-star Awakened. For most people, this was a difficult benchmark to reach. Yuto Saito was confident that fire ladybugs were responsible for the Qinghai incident, but he wasn't worried, as his team members' physiques already exceeded 100.
Yuto Saito checked his personal stats:
Name: Yuto Saito
Level: 7
Combat Power: 4698
Strength Evaluation: 46-star peak
Talents: Seventh-grade Alchemist, Psychic Power LV7, Super Strength LV7, Lightning LV6, Freezing LV6, Charm LV6, Powerful Recovery LV6, Flight LV6, Hearing LV6, Charged Strike LV6, Golden Bell LV6, Teleportation LV6, Vision LV6, Beast Taming LV6.
Experience: 2,743,500
Items: 13 Copy Cards, 1 Kyanite, 8 Chlorite, 50 Red Sapphires, 429,879 White Sapphires, 8 10x EXP Pills, 29 5x EXP Pills, 27 3x EXP Pills.
He hadn't copied his team's new talents yet. He planned to wait until they leveled up a bit to save experience points. He opened the team list to check everyone's current strength.
No. 1 Yuto Saito: Level 7, Combat Power 4698, 46-star peak
No. 2 Yun Yun: Level 7, Combat Power 1690, 16-star peak, Lightning LV6, Freezing LV6, Flight LV6
No. 3 Ni Shuang: Level 7, Combat Power 1432, 14-star, Super Strength LV6, Flight LV6
No. 4 Natto: Level 7, Combat Power 1440, 14-star, Golden Bell LV6, Blacksmith LV6
No. 5 Mina: Level 7, Combat Power 1454, 14-star, Charm LV6, Smell LV6
No. 6 Juzi: Level 7, Combat Power 1452, 14-star, Hearing LV6, Vision LV6
No. 7 Ruoruo: Level 7, Combat Power 1434, 14-star, Recovery LV6, Wind LV6
No. 8 Nako: Level 7, Combat Power 1432, 14-star, Flight LV6, Mad Warrior LV6
No. 9 Yuqi: Level 7, Combat Power 1424, 14-star, Flight LV6, Sixth-grade Rune Master
No. 10 Hu Tuan'er: Level 7, Combat Power 1446, 14-star, Teleportation LV6, Light LV6
No. 11 Mifen: Level 6, Combat Power 1400, 14-star, Seventh-grade Alchemist, Plant Control LV6
No. 12 Chen Xinyu: Level 6, Combat Power 1344, 13-star, Teleportation LV6, Exhilaration LV6
No. 13 Ye Chuchu: Level 3, Combat Power 834, 8-star, Third-grade Alchemist, Underwater Breathing LV3
After reviewing the data, Yuto Saito was surprised. "Natto, your combat power is higher than Ni Shuang's."
Natto smiled. "My Blacksmith talent added 60 attribute points, while the others only added 40."
Ni Shuang praised her. "You're lucky, Natto."
"I finally caught up with you, but I still can't beat you," Natto said happily.
Ni Shuang laughed. "I can't even beat Nako now. If she uses her Mad Warrior talent, I'd just have to fly away. Her Mad Warrior LV6 increases her attack power by 60%, which is terrifying."
Yun Yun smiled. "I might not even be able to beat Nako."
Nako said modestly, "Sister Yun, you're joking. You'd probably electrocute me before I could even start my Mad Warrior state."
Ruoruo agreed. "Yes, Sister Yun's lightning is very powerful."
Yuto Saito smiled. "How you fight is a matter of strategy. For example, when Nako starts her Mad Warrior state, you can just fly away. Once her skill wears off, you can come back and defeat her."
Ni Shuang smiled. "That makes sense!"
Natto: "Yeah, it seems I still have a chance to win."
Yuto Saito: "The same goes for monsters. If you encounter a monster with similar strength, you don't have to rush to fight it when it uses a berserk or enhanced state. You can wait for its effect to disappear, and then you'll most likely be able to beat it."
"I've learned so much. Thank you, Captain, for sharing your experience," Ye Chuchu said gratefully. "You all have over 13-star combat power, but I don't have any experience."
Mifen comforted her. "Don't worry, Sister Chu Chu. You'll gain a lot of experience later. Once you level up, you can also drink strengthening potions, and your combat power will increase incredibly fast."
Chen Xinyu smiled. "Chu Chu and I both lack experience. We joined the team last, so we're behind."
Yuto Saito noticed that Mifen and Chen Xinyu were only at level 6. Mifen had focused on improving her Alchemist talent, while Chen Xinyu hadn't gained enough experience to reach level 7.
Chen Xinyu's face brightened. "I'm going to reach level 7 today. I have seven bottles of strengthening potion in my ring."
Yuto Saito smiled slightly. "So that's where my seven missing bottles went."
Chen Xinyu: "Yes. When Xianxian gave them to us yesterday, I saved seven bottles to drink once I level up."
Yuqi said, "Xinyu, when you reach level 7, you'll gain 70 attribute points. Plus, with seven bottles of strengthening potion, you'll increase your combat power by 28."
Chen Xinyu: "Exactly. Once I reach level 7, I'll be at 14 stars and catch up to all of you."
Ye Chuchu said sadly, "I'm the weakest. It's going to take so much experience to catch up."
Seeing Ye Chuchu's expression, Yuto Saito wanted to give her a 5x EXP Pill. However, he didn't have many, and he didn't know if he could get more, so he decided to be cautious.
Yuto Saito thought to himself, "System, how do I get EXP pills?"
The system replied, "When a character reaches level 10, EXP pills will be a reward. This applies to everyone, not just the host. Tenth-grade Alchemists can also refine EXP pills."
Yuto Saito realized that he couldn't get more EXP pills until someone reached level 10 or became a tenth-grade alchemist, both of which would take a lot of experience.
Mina checked her phone and said excitedly, "Good news! Someone in Sichuan Province found several sixth-order Overlord Salamanders!"
Ruoruo said, "We didn't find them yesterday, but now they've appeared today."
Mifen said, "We still need two more sixth-order medicinal materials and nine inner cores to refine the next batch of Awakening Pills." The team had already used the sixth-order Mutated Catfish and Wolf King.
Yuto Saito said, "We have two kinds of materials. How many inner cores are we missing?"
Mifen replied, "We're only missing one inner core. We need nine more."
Yun Yun suggested, "The situation in Qinghai Province is still unknown, so we should hold off on going there for now. Let's take down the sixth-order Overlord Salamanders first."
Ni Shuang agreed. "I agree!"
Yuto Saito nodded in agreement.