Lin Bei poured all the star stones into the lucky pendant to restore its durability.
Fortunately, as the lucky pendant's durability recovered a bit, its speed of absorbing star stone energy increased by about ten times.
Originally, it could only absorb less than 200,000 star stones' worth of energy in an hour; now it could absorb two million.
However, by the time Lin Bei had exhausted all the star stones, a day had passed in the Underworld.
He glanced at the cooldown time for the "Blessing of the Goddess of Luck"; only two days remained until he could activate the Super Lucky State again.
He was quite looking forward to this.
During this time, he had accumulated quite a few good items.
He was just waiting to activate the Super Lucky State and unleash a barrage of Critical Hits until he was satisfied!
He glanced at the lucky pendant; its durability had recovered to 0.22%. To reach the 1% target, it still needed 0.78%, which translated to 78 million star stones.
This was not a small sum, but based on Bailing's shop earnings yesterday, it would only take three or four days at most to achieve.
Therefore, Lin Bei wasn't worried at all.
He pushed open his door and stepped outside.
At this moment, Ye Liangchen and Zhang San were guarding the door with solemn expressions.
Seeing this, Lin Bei couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why are you two here?"
"Leader, people from the Three Major Forces... have surrounded our outpost and are specifically demanding that you come out!"
Ye Liangchen frowned, his face looking rather grim.
"Hmph, a bunch of trash, only know how to bully others with power. If you ask me... let's just fight them! A bunch of sons of bitches!"
Zhang San snorted coldly and cursed.
"People from all Three Major Forces are here?"
Lin Bei frowned slightly and continued to inquire.
"No, not really."
Ye Liangchen shook his head, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes. "According to our plan, we've already faked our defection from our original forces. Logically, given the working styles of Tianjian Pavilion and Jidao, we 'traitors' should be attacked by them en masse."
"But for some reason, the Tianjian Pavilion members and Jidao Crowd who came this time only total a little over a hundred people."
"However, the Order Dynasty, they sent over a thousand people at once, and even their leader came personally!"
"The one who wants you to come out is the leader of the Order Dynasty!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Bei's furrowed brows relaxed slightly.
He mused to himself, "It seems the leaders of Tianjian Pavilion and Jidao must have caught wind of something. After all, they are secret allies; it's impossible for them to truly fight."
"But not sending anyone would seem too deliberate."
"Over a hundred people... that's acceptable."
"But these people from the Order Dynasty... they're really impatient. I was planning to let them live for another two days to help me boost my stats with my Super Lucky State."
"Now it seems... I have to make a move."
Lin Bei felt a bit helpless.
He really didn't want to fight.
He wanted to get more Critical Hits.
Once these people were killed, they couldn't be revived.
As a non-renewable resource, he naturally had to be meticulous in his usage.
"Sigh, what a bother..."
Lin Bei sighed, "Why are these people so troublesome?"
However, Lin Bei's words, upon reaching Zhang San's ears, made the latter a bit displeased.
"Boss, what are you afraid of? We've all seen your strength! Those guys who came are just asking to be slaughtered!"
"Exactly, Leader, your strength far surpasses ours. Even if the leaders of the Three Major Forces teamed up, they might not be your match."
Ye Liangchen also chimed in agreement.
"Sigh, you don't understand!"
Lin Bei sighed again, shaking his head. "Never mind, it's useless to tell you all this. I'll go out myself and see what the situation is before deciding."
Lin Bei's tone was helpless as he walked towards the outside of the outpost.
To be honest, if he could, he didn't want to kill anyone just yet.
Perhaps... he could consider building a sturdy prison in his outpost, then capture all the Order Dynasty people and throw them in. When the Super Lucky State activated, he could then bring them out and eliminate them.
This way, he wouldn't have to worry about resource waste at all.
"Hmm... I have to say, this seems like a good idea."
Lin Bei stroked his chin, a bright glint in his eyes.
"Hmm... I can't make it too obvious! If I make a move, I can't just capture people from the Order Dynasty; I have to capture people from Tianjian Pavilion and Jidao as well!"
"Otherwise, only capturing one side's people could easily arouse suspicion!"
"But then I'll only eliminate the Order Dynasty people. As for the people from the other two forces... of course, they should be treated well with good food and drink."
"These people will be my high-quality labor force in the future!"
As he pondered, Lin Bei had already arrived at the outpost gate.
Outside, a large group of Survivors had already gathered.
Besides the people from the Three Major Forces at the very front, there were also many onlookers watching the spectacle.
Indeed, humans everywhere can't shake the habit of joining in on the excitement.
Lin Bei scanned the three people standing at the very front. The one in the middle had a muscular build, as robust as a tiger, with a full beard and thick eyebrows and large eyes, but a fierce glint flickered in his gaze.
The person on the left wore a black long dress, with hair like a waterfall, skin as white as snow, bright eyes and white teeth, and a perpetually sickly smile on her face.
Zhang San whispered to Lin Bei that this woman in the black long dress was one of Jidao's two vice-leaders—Jiying.
The person on the right was also a woman, but unlike the woman in the black long dress, this one was tall, with a frosty expression, white clothes like snow, and short, shoulder-length hair.
She held a blue longsword and also carried a black greatsword on her back, creating a strange sense of incongruity.
According to Ye Liangchen, this person was the Vice Pavilion Master of Tianjian Pavilion, named Shuangxue.
"By the way, what's the name of the Order Dynasty's leader?"
Lin Bei asked curiously.
However, Ye Liangchen and Zhang San, who were beside him, both shook their heads.
Seeing this, Lin Bei was puzzled. "You're not kidding, are you? He's the leader of a major force, and you don't even know his name?"
"Cough cough, Boss, it's not our fault! We really don't know his name! Because he's never revealed it!"
Zhang San said with a helpless expression.
Ye Liangchen nodded emphatically. "Exactly! But he has a strange quirk! He likes to have the organization members he favors call him 'Old Man'!"
"Huh?"
Lin Bei heard their explanation and looked at the burly man with the full beard, muttering, "That's not right, his beard is pitch black, not white at all."
Lin Bei had just heard their explanation and thought he had transmigrated to the world of Pirate King!
"Beiming, right? Consider it, be my son!"
Just as Lin Bei was lost in thought, outside the outpost, the leader of the Order Dynasty looked in Lin Bei's direction and said with a smile.
His gaze towards Lin Bei was filled with admiration and satisfaction.
At the same time, he secretly swore that this son... he was definitely going to take him!