Chapter 196: The Team’s Confidence
Deep Rainforest, there must be a lot of medicinal herbs there, right?
Yu Jiang’s heart stirred upon seeing the danger and opportunity, but she still checked her teammates’ options first.
Sad Pig Intestine and several Combat Power Ranking second-place team members all wanted to choose ‘Guardian Secret Realm’, which involves guarding plants grown in the Service Area to prevent theft, two-star upper difficulty.
High failure rate, manageable danger level, suitable for training oneself.
If Yu Jiang didn’t have to compete with those on the Combat Power Ranking for progress, she would also want to go to this instance; it feels like the Service Area grows all good things, very likely those Plant NPCs.
If she doesn’t go to three-star, and others do, she’ll have to yield her spot on the Leaderboard next time.
Yu Jiang and Shi Xu must choose the highest difficulty; both options are three-star. Shi Xu asked if Yu Jiang wanted to go to Escape Rainforest, joined the team without a word, and went to the same instance with her.
Han Jiang Gu Ying and Kuang Kuang Kuang also went to Escape Rainforest, still one person short.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy and Cleaver Brother, Desert Eagle, Lightning Mage King didn’t get this option, went to another 10-person three-star instance, and could still bring Purple Butt Can Do It.
Their team has a very strong lineup: Cleaver Brother can attack and tank, plus the ever-accurate Desert Eagle, group control artist, area attack Lightning Mage King, and maxed-out Luck Purple Butt Can Do It.
Next door, Wholesale King Wang Defa joined Aladdin Nerve’s team, chose the same instance; if lucky, the two teams could be grouped together.
Finally, Strawberry Candy joined Yu Jiang’s Team. She didn’t choose at first because she was afraid of dragging them down; among the four, her combat power was the lowest, and she’d never been to a three-star difficulty mission.
Yu Jiang understood this feeling, didn’t say much—nice words aren’t useful; only getting stronger herself could solve the problem.
Instance Mission successfully accepted. Yu Jiang began distributing scarce medicine to each team.
Sad Pig Intestine’s team has 188 Male College Student this Healer, so danger factor isn’t too high: one Advanced Healing Potion and one Qi Replenishing Drink per person, two Popeye’s Spinach for the team, other medicine plenty.
Cleaver Brother’s team and Yu Jiang’s own team: Advanced Healing Potion, Popeye’s Spinach, Qi Replenishing Drink set guaranteed two each per person.
She has stock on hand, so Yu Jiang doesn’t care; these are just the quota she’s giving team members for this instance mission, all at teammate prices, lower than friendly price.
Pyrethrum distributed two flowers to Cleaver Brother’s team, just in case; it’s too precious. They promised to give her the medicinal herbs she needs after exiting the instance.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “Looking at the medicine in the grid, it’s full of security! Woo woo woo, good thing I know Sister Jiang, otherwise I don’t dare imagine what miserable days I’d be living.”
A few days ago someone tried to poach her, she refused outright without thinking—switching teams? Impossible! Absolutely impossible.
Hand Holding Cleaver Chopping Wire: “Exactly! Besides our team, who else has such ample medicine? We even have dry rations! Too happy; for this alone, I have to survive and stay with everyone.”
Purple Butt Can Do It: “Me too +1”
Sad Pig Intestine was afraid they’d suffer too much in the instance, so he prepared a team instance meal for everyone today: plain flour and mixed grains, which can be made into tasty flatbread and buns, steamed buns.
That feeling of a male mom worrying his kids won’t eat enough away from home came out.
Yu Jiang opened the Friend Channel at the same time; here she sells beginner/intermediate Healing Potions, Miasma Dispelling Pills, Insect Bite Cream, etc., also limited quantity per person.
She used a Prop Card today to waive one day of mileage, so she had more energy for alchemy; also listed a batch on the Trading Platform, first come first served.
Luò Tuó Xiángzi: [Big Shot is too strong, Friend List gave medicine purchase quota, Trading Platform has dozens of Healing Potions listed!]
Aftershock: [Was worrying about instance mission, Big Shot came『Excitement』]
Nothing to Do With You: [How exactly did you add Big Shot as Friend! Can’t you include one more, me?! Answer me!]
Lightning Shrimp: [I’m here to join your big family, not to disrupt you.]
Don’t abandon: [What are you stunned for? Hurry to Trading Platform to grab! 2 minutes till listing.]
Scammers All Die!: [Convinced, you just had to say it out loud to remind others to compete?]
At this time, Aladdin Nerve stared intently at the countdown on the Trading Platform, not daring to blink; who would complain about having too much life-saving medicine.
Sometimes really envies people in Little Drill Wind’s team.
Also an Alchemist, Ice Cream Assassin is level 4, not bad, but he’s really an Assassin!
Refined a pile of charred medicine dregs, practically refined himself poor.
Yu Jiang’s prices are good, so her medicine never fails to sell out, snapped up in under a minute.
After handling trades, Yu Jiang sorted her Personal Grid again, taking out all non-essential supplies and putting them in the Vehicle Grid, preparing for the instance.
10 PM at night, went to bed to sleep.
Next morning up, breakfast just one steamed bun and boxed soy milk; no need to eat too full—once full, body burden increases, mobility suffers.
Instance opens at 9, depart at 7:30, plenty of time, can also look around nearby for anything pickable.
Yu Jiang wore her green long-sleeved outerwear, an item from a box; in corresponding environments, it reduces monster detection chance—it’s a Ghille Suit.
But in rainforest places, wearing it long-term is quite stuffy and hot, especially at midday peak temperature.
Inside, Yu Jiang wore a dark sports breathable vest, paired with dark brown outdoor work pants—stain-resistant, and such colors are quite concealed in rainforest.
With this equipment, plus a spare set and a shirt with +5 Defense, that should do it.
Merchant Caravan’s current rental bulletproof vests add 10 Defense, but that stuff is heavy; Yu Jiang’s gray shirt doesn’t add body burden when worn.
Also waterproof hiking shoes, Waterproof Bag, raincoat, Climbing Rope—these basic equipment, Yu Jiang has checked three or two times, confirmed fine.
Her Personal Grid has 56 grids, emptied 20 for instance loot pickup; rainforest environment complex, can’t skimp on carried equipment.
Instance Time 3 days; for vast rainforest, this time is nothing.
Finished pre-departure prep, Yu Jiang wearing slippers sat in the rear Front Passenger Seat, right ankle on left knee, leisurely waiting for teammates to join.
Change shoes when departing; wearing slippers in the vehicle is truly comfy.
First to join was Shi Xu, who sent a ‘1’, indicating ready.
Another dozen minutes passed, teammates joined one after another, all ready, team officially departed.
Advanced forty-something minutes, team arrived at Instance Entrance: a culvert formed by tall trees and intertwining branches, looking lush and very fantastical.
Vehicle drives in, it’s a rundown Rest Stop; Instance Parking Plaza road surface fairly flat, farther out becomes pitted and uneven, dense vegetation rainforest.
Parking Plaza surrounded in the middle, looks a bit abrupt.
