novelraw Chapter 1172 - 57: Transfer
Chapter 1172 - 57: Transfer
Su Xiao’s straightforward refusal made Sandstorm frown; she hadn’t even had the chance to say who she wanted to kill or what she was willing to offer.
"No room for negotiation?"
Sandstorm was clearly somewhat unwilling because there weren’t many Lone Rangers as strong as Su Xiao who could peacefully negotiate.
"I’m not interested in getting involved in other people’s grudges, and besides, ours is just a business relationship."
"If that’s the case, then forget it."
Sandstorm realized that Su Xiao wouldn’t accept her commission, so she got straight to the point.
"Transferring an adventure team isn’t complicated. Once the conditions are met, you just need to go to the adventure guild for notarization."
"Give me a minute."
Su Xiao gestured for A Mu to eat quickly. A Mu paused its chewing, its eyes seemingly asking Su Xiao, "Can it eat freely?"
"Eat freely."
As Su Xiao spoke, he had already stepped back a few paces, with Bubu Wang doing the same.
"What’s this?"
Sandstorm clearly didn’t understand the situation, but A Mu straightened up, its large hands reaching for the dining table.
Clatter, clatter—dinnerware clattering together as A Mu grabbed a pile of food along with the dishes and started stuffing it into its mouth.
Crunch, crunch...
The crisp chewing sound echoed through the dining room, drawing the attention of all the diners, some of whom were employee diners, stunned into silence.
To A Mu, the dishware was akin to cookies, consumable ’food’, with a crispy texture.
Fifteen seconds later, the food on the table had been devoured, not even the cutlery was spared, leaving A Mu to give a contented burp.
A drop of soup fell from Sandstorm’s mask, her fists clenched, her body trembling slightly, indicating a severe case of germophobia.
"Can we... leave?"
Sandstorm held a wet wipe, repeatedly wiping her mask.
"Does transferring an adventure team require a fee?"
"It shouldn’t; I don’t know the details. It’s my first time transferring an adventure team."
The group left the restaurant and, about twenty minutes later, arrived in front of a grand building.
This building was hundreds of meters tall, with a massive base. The shape above looked much like a giant sword, marking the adventure guild.
Su Xiao and his group stood in front of the adventure guild’s at least several dozen meters wide doors. The metal doors were open, with few Contractors passing through, yet they all seemed to be in a rush.
Upon entering the adventure guild, the entrance led into a hall at least ten thousand square meters large, with just a few people inside, having a casual chat.
There was no reception area, but the black marble floor outlined the structure of the entire building.
The facilities for transferring adventure teams were on the ground floor; in fact, all the open facilities of the adventure guild were on the ground floor, with no stairs leading upwards.
There were too many functionalities here, some of which Su Xiao didn’t need. He only used three: adventure team transfers, adventure team level upgrades, and the information trading platform.
The first two functions could only be used inside the adventure guild, while the information trading platform was somewhat similar to the Derived World Contact Platform, except you couldn’t speak on it, as it only listed various pieces of information for sale.
Su Xiao couldn’t access this trading platform yet, so he and Sandstorm headed further into the adventure guild.
Soon, they found the facilities for transferring adventure teams, resembling a row of large machines similar to ATMs.
Su Xiao approached one of the machines, placing his hand on the screen, with Sandstorm doing the same.
[Join the Starfire Adventure Team: Yes/No]
"No."
Su Xiao immediately declined. The machine wasn’t only for adventure team transfers; it also had functions for joining an adventure team and leveling up an adventure team.
[Public Notice: The Deputy Leader of Starfire Adventure Team has initiated the adventure team transfer process.]
[Evaluating...]
[All members of the Starfire Adventure Team have agreed to transfer. This transfer is pending confirmation.]
...
Sandstorm stood in place, her gaze fixated forward, remembering scenes from long ago for some reason.
Bald Captain: "Hey, woman over there, want to join us? You’re strong enough to qualify as a member."
Sandstorm: "I refuse. You’re... too weak."
Bald Captain: "Oh? Then let’s have a match."
seconds later.
Sandstorm: "Despicable!"
Bald Captain: "Did I ever say it was a one-on-one? This is the power of a team; a team is a community of shared interests. As long as the chain of interests is stable, you can gather people with different personalities to do the same thing."
Sandstorm: "A team... Fine, I’ll join."
Bald Captain: "A wise choice."
...
The memories ended there. Sandstorm took a deep breath, letting go of things that had become past memories.
"Agree to transfer."
[Public Notice: Transfer request has been approved.]
[Contractor Bai Ye has become the leader of the Starfire Adventure Team.]
...
Just as Su Xiao took over the Starfire Adventure Team, a slew of personal notifications appeared.
[The Hunter has become the leader of the Starfire Adventure Team.]
Adventure Team Name: Starfire
Adventure Team Level: Level B
Leader: Bai Ye
Deputy Leader: Sandstorm
Official Members: 24 people.
Temporary Members: 2 people.
Adventure Team Mode: Multi-person.
Team Space: Frozen.
Team Skill 1: Chapter of Glory (Passive Level 30), increasing comprehensive evaluation by 1 level during Derivative World rewards settlement (cannot raise comprehensive evaluation to S+).
...
[Notice: The Hunter does not hold the Leader’s Proof; generating the Leader’s Proof will consume 10,000 Paradise coins.]
Su Xiao didn’t generate the Leader’s Proof yet as he was checking the Starfire Adventure Team’s information.
Seeing the Starfire Adventure Team’s skills made Su Xiao narrow his eyes; the team’s skills were indeed unique. The Starfire Adventure Team’s skill actually boosted the comprehensive evaluation by one level.
With the aid of this skill, if Su Xiao were to receive an S- comprehensive evaluation again, it would be regarded as an S-Level evaluation.
The process for settling Derivative World rewards is determined by first evaluating the number of World Sources, and then determining the number of completed tasks. These two factors combine for a comprehensive evaluation.
In other words, the higher the comprehensive evaluation, the more generous the Derivative World reward. The Starfire Adventure Team’s ability is an auxiliary growth-type skill, categorized as a rare skill. Up until now, Su Xiao had never seen such a skill.
It’s uncertain what kind of dumb luck the Starfire Adventure Team had to draw such a Level B auxiliary growth-type skill. If they could consistently achieve an S- comprehensive evaluation, their team strength would rapidly escalate. The team skills were much stronger than Su Xiao initially anticipated.
However, a good steel should be used on the blade. The Starfire’s ability was used to lift a Level B evaluation to B+ level, with their best move elevating an A+ to S-. Just that time allowed them to successfully venture into third tier.
[Notice: Deputy Leader Sandstorm requests an exit from the adventure team without penalty.]
[Notice: Official member Power Overcome requests an exit from the adventure team without penalty.]
[Notice...]
A series of notifications appeared, and Su Xiao agreed with each.
"Starfire... it’s yours now, and I hope..."
Sandstorm felt a bit sentimental, but she remembered that the Starfire Adventure Team truly no longer existed. The moment the chain of interest broke, it had become an empty shell. Realizing this, Sandstorm put those memories aside.
"If you don’t strive, you’ll always be a big fish in a small pond. I... desire power, all the previous enmities can end here. If there’s a chance to meet again, no, it’s too soon to boast about that now."
Sandstorm took out a scroll and tore it apart. Space-time power surged; before arriving here, she had purchased a large number of supplies. Now, she used a World Key to enter a certain Derivative World directly. Growing stronger isn’t just talk—it requires real action and taking the risk of dying at any time.
Sandstorm disappeared, looking like she had been spurred by the ’team wipe’ incident.
Su Xiao wasn’t too concerned about what Sandstorm would do afterward. Everyone has their own choices. Rather than worrying about what would happen to her, Su Xiao had to quickly sort out the adventure team matters, such as renaming, clearing team members, changing the team mode, and so on.
Not only that, Su Xiao had other tasks to attend to, like opening a pile of treasure chests and selling a bunch of items. The items obtained from the loners had high overall value, but dealing with them required time. Those people offered anything valuable they had to survive, stopping just short of stripping their gear, which is how they managed to survive.