The following matters became much simpler.
Lin Bei put away the two items useful to him: an excellent-grade item, the Whitening Pearl, and a Fine-grade blueprint—the Cool Whitening Mask Design Blueprint (Permanent).
Actually, Lin Bei didn't know why such things existed in this pitch-black Village of Disqualified Ones.
But he didn't want to delve into it.
Anyway, with these two items, he was even more confident in controlling Dahei.
There was no alternative; whitening was the weakness of all the Tianmo Clan. Not only did he have the Whitening Pearl, but he also had an endless supply of Whitening Masks!
Faced with such temptation, Dahei was absolutely helpless!
Afterward, Lin Bei recalled several Disqualified Ones and used the Teleportation Stone directly to return to his island.
Without a doubt, he received a "Perfect" evaluation, triggered the Hundredfold Critical Hit, and obtained massive rewards.
He once again received hundreds of thousands of brave badges, and at the same time, millions of experience points as a reward.
Of course, he also incidentally received five hundred refresh cards for the Braves Shop. With these refresh cards, he could happily shop online again.
Watching Lin Bei receive another Perfect evaluation, Dahei hesitated to speak.
However, before he could open his mouth, Lin Bei smiled, patted Dahei's shoulder, and took out a huge pearl emitting a crystal-clear white light.
"How about it? Do you like it?"
Lin Bei directly stuffed the fist-sized Whitening Pearl into Dahei's hand, which resembled withered wood, and asked with a smile.
"I... Gulp..."
Dahei swallowed, staring blankly at the Whitening Pearl in his hand. For a moment, it was as if his throat was choked, and he couldn't utter a single word.
"If you like it, this Whitening Pearl is yours."
Lin Bei said with a beaming smile.
"Give it to me? This... Are you serious?"
Upon hearing this, Dahei was filled with surprise.
Lin Bei smiled and nodded: "Didn't I already say before, as long as you follow me and do things properly, you definitely won't lack benefits!"
"So, this Whitening Pearl is a gift for you."
"Are you really that kind? I don't believe it!"
Dahei said, his voice trembling slightly upon hearing this.
He keenly sensed that the other party giving him this Whitening Pearl was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface!
The other party... definitely had ulterior motives!
However, although he wanted to refuse, his body's instincts made him completely surrender.
"Th... Thank you!"
"Hm? Saying that makes us sound distant, doesn't it? Just call me Brother Bei!"
"You... Thank you, Brother Bei."
Dahei raised an eyebrow, but ultimately yielded.
It was just calling someone 'Brother'; he wouldn't lose a piece of flesh. If calling him 'Brother' meant the other party would continuously give him various whitening items, then... forget 'Brother,' calling him 'Daddy' wouldn't be out of the question.
"Mhm, sensible."
Seeing that Dahei's attitude was quite good, Lin Bei continued to ask: "Right, I heard your bloodline comes with a curse that cannot be dispelled. Do you usually worry about this?"
"Of course, I worry! Because of the Bloodline Curse, I've lived for so long and barely have any friends!"
"Oh? You like making friends?"
"Yes, because of the curse, our Tianmo Clan is naturally destined to be a Solitary Star, fated to be accompanied by loneliness throughout life, so we desperately desire friendship."
Dahei's tone was helpless as he sighed: "But even if I make friends, they can't escape the damage of the Curse Power. The final outcome... sigh, let's not mention it."
"Speaking of which, you were actually able to ignore the Curse Power emanating from my body before. This is the first time I've encountered this in all these years."
As Dahei spoke, a smile appeared on his face, and his originally gloomy tone became a little more cheerful.
Lin Bei chuckled dryly upon hearing this.
Recalling the tragic fate of the Tianmo Clan that Dahei had just mentioned, he couldn't help but sigh: "The destiny of your Tianmo Clan... really means being fated to be alone forever."
"But don't worry about this... I'll help you solve it!"
After speaking, Lin Bei smiled confidently, then immediately activated all the disqualified ones rings, instantly summoning hundreds of Disqualified Ones Servants in the surrounding area.
A foul, decaying smell immediately spread everywhere. Seeing this, Lin Bei quickly took out a bottle of Super Perfume and sprayed it directly into the air.
The next moment, the original decaying odor immediately vanished, replaced by a faint, fragrant scent.
It wasn't pungent at all; instead, it carried a slightly refreshing feeling.
Moreover, with the appearance of these Disqualified Ones, the Curse Power spreading throughout Dahei's body dissipated by more than ninety percent almost instantly!
At the same time, the hundreds of Disqualified Ones nearby took a deep breath, and their eyes, looking at Dahei, were filled with inexplicable excitement.
"This... the Curse Power inside me... why has it faded so much? Is it... because of them?"
Dahei looked bewildered, and his speech became stuttering.
"Exactly! It's them! How about it? From now on, they are your friends. Having them around, you must be very happy."
"Furthermore, they can continuously grow stronger by absorbing the Curse Power. I believe they will also treat you as their best friend!"
Lin Bei smiled upon hearing this, patting Dahei's shoulder while speaking earnestly.
"They can grow stronger by absorbing Curse Power? They... they are Disqualified Ones?!"
Upon hearing this, Dahei's expression suddenly changed.
Because he was unable to see, he couldn't see the white cloth strips wrapped around these Disqualified Ones.
Only now, upon hearing about their abilities, did he belatedly realize what was happening.
"That's right, they are all my most loyal servants."
"Ah? What kind of joke are you playing? Aren't Disqualified Ones and Survivors hostile to each other? How could they... Wait! Could it be... you obtained the disqualified ones ring? Did these Disqualified Ones appear because you summoned them?"
"Amazing! You guessed that! I have to say, after most of the Curse Power on your body dissipated, even your mind became much clearer."
Lin Bei sincerely praised him, and then continued: "Alright, the matter is that simple. These people... are entrusted to you. Get along well."
"Hey, wait a minute, I..."
*Swoosh!*
However, before Dahei could continue speaking, Lin Bei stepped directly into the Dungeon Entrance's Teleportation Array, and his figure instantly vanished.
"...Can't this kid let me finish speaking? It's like he thinks I'll go back on my word!"
"Besides, although they are Disqualified Ones, I am not a Survivor. And they can help me suppress the uncontrolled Curse Power within my body when they are around. How could I possibly refuse these good friends?"
"I was just curious how you, kid, got so many disqualified ones rings! Also... I haven't had time to give you Lady Aleria's Communicator yet!"
"But you, kid, just ran off!"
"What more can I say?"
Dahei stood in place, speaking to himself with a look of helplessness.
But soon, the smile returned to his face. He glanced around, and although he couldn't see anything, he cleared his throat and said: "Hello, everyone. I am Scum... *cough, cough*, wait, my name is Great Dark Heaven. You can call me Da'an or Heitian. From today onward, we are good friends!"
"Hello, Dahei! I am Alpha! We are good friends from now on!"
"Hello, Dahei, my name is Snape. Brother, you smell so fragrant!"
"Dahei, we are definitely making friends with you!"
"Dahei..."
The group of Disqualified Ones clearly liked the endless Curse Power emanating from Dahei's body, and they all spoke to him with goodwill.
However, Dahei himself couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth upon hearing this.
"I said, you can call me Da'an or Heitian, I..."
"Okay, Dahei!"
"No problem, Dahei!"
Dahei: "What the f*ck..."
...On the other side, Lin Bei, holding the Dawn Bonfire, swept through all enemies in the Underworld as if entering an uninhabited land.
This time, the Underworld Instance he entered still contained a dilapidated village, and he also triggered the Hidden Quest to destroy the Disqualified Ones' Altar.
Finally, he pushed straight through, easily destroyed the huge altar, and once again obtained one hundred disqualified ones rings.
In addition, for this quest reward, he also received a Perfect Quality Physical Fitness Training Method and ten Perfect Quality Synthesis Scrolls!
Lin Bei looked at the generous quest rewards, grinning from ear to ear.
The Physical Fitness Training Method could assist his daily workouts and increase his Combat Power faster.
As for the effect of the Synthesis Scroll, needless to say, besides his Critical Hit System, the reason he was able to get rich initially was the Master-Level Fishing Rod synthesized using the Synthesis Scroll!
However, the Synthesis Scroll he obtained this time was one grade higher than before—it was Perfect Quality!
In other words, he could now start preparing to synthesize a higher-grade Fishing Rod!
As for the design blueprint for a Common Fishing Rod, he had already acquired it long ago. Coupled with the fact that he had received many Synthesis Scrolls recently, synthesizing a Perfect Quality Fishing Rod was completely without difficulty for him!
"Mhm... the harvest this time is also excellent! Sure enough, having a backer feels great!"
Lin Bei nodded contentedly, then Teleported back. After leaving hundreds of "good friends" with Dahei, he plunged back into the Underworld.
He planned to clear all three Instance Dungeons in one go.
As for Dahei, just as he opened his mouth, he saw Lin Bei vanish in the Teleportation Array. The words he hadn't spoken immediately turned into a sigh.
"Can't you f*cking let me finish speaking?"
Dahei roared internally: "It's been a long time since Lady Aleria gave me the Communicator! If I don't hand the item over to you soon, I'll face punishment for incompetence!"
"Can't you f*cking consider me? Brother Bei, Daddy Bei! I beg you! Next time you return, wait for me to finish, okay?"
... "Achoo!"
In the Underworld, Lin Bei had just finished the Teleport when his nose suddenly tickled, and he couldn't help but sneeze.
"Huh, could it be that running Instance Dungeons continuously and smelling too much of the decaying stench irritated my nose?"
"That shouldn't be... I have the Dawn Bonfire, and these gases can't even get within a hundred meters of me."
"Hmm... Could it be that those remnants of the Expeditionary Force are secretly badmouthing me again? Hmph, when I go back, they'll be in for a treat!"
Lin Bei's face was cold, and he had already decided that when he returned again, he would immediately post a bounty to hunt down those Expeditionary Force remnants.
Above the sea, the countless remnants of the Expeditionary Force felt that heart-pounding sensation once again. They all looked terrified, sweating profusely.
"Holy crap... I really had a heart attack this time! I... I... *hiccup*~"
Suddenly, on a huge wooden boat drifting on the sea, a middle-aged man gasped rapidly, his face pale. He blacked out and fell onto the deck, convulsing for a while before becoming motionless.
At the same time, a notification suddenly sounded in Lin Bei's ear in the Underworld.
[Notification: You scared Survivor "The Cow from Rio de Janeiro" (ID: 15151) to death! Congratulations on obtaining all of the opponent's inheritance! Please check promptly!]
Lin Bei, who had just lit a Bonfire, paused his movement, somewhat disbelievingly dug at his ear, thinking he had misheard.
"What's going on? That guy called 'The Cow from Rio de Janeiro,' if I remember correctly, should be one of the Expeditionary Force members, right? Holy crap, how did he get... scared to death by me?"
"My goodness, this guy must be the first poor soul among all Survivors to be scared to death, right?"
"Tsk tsk, the world really is vast, full of wonders..."
Lin Bei, full of astonishment, directly collected the Survival Bracelet from the Temporary Storage Space and crossed the name "The Cow from Rio de Janeiro" off the list.
[Notification: You triggered a Ten Thousandfold Critical Hit effect!]
However, just as Lin Bei put away the list, the notification sound in his ear suddenly made him freeze on the spot.
"Ah? This... actually triggered the Ten Thousandfold Critical Hit effect directly?!"