How Am I Still Alive?

Chapter 83: Lavender and ranking

The small stone pavilion became a sea of ​​flowers. The blue and purple flowers swayed in the wind, and the soothing fragrance of the flowers also made the two people in the pavilion relax a lot.

And surrounded by flowers, the faint floral fragrance of lavender became stronger.

Wang Hai, who was originally frowning, relaxed his tense expression.

"...Yes, it works. And it doesn't seem to have any side effects, that is, my condition is a bit serious and it will take a while, if you're not in a hurry..."

"It's alright, it just so happens that we can chat, then classmates and maybe colleagues."

Hearing this, Wang Hai laughed, he thought for a while, and picked out some topics that the other party might be interested in.

For example, the scope of work of the official keepers, such as some common rules in Gucheng University, and the ubiquitous riddlers and secret societies.

Lu Ping'an's net-woven lavender, in a sense, is not Lu Ping's original magic plant, but a transformation of his predecessors' achievements, and the title is quite reluctant.

Lavender, this kind of plant is very special in the history of the keepers. It used to be the symbol of the keepers' profession, and it was also a tool used to "clean up" the pollution afterwards, to reduce the "contamination concentration" of a certain area.

Naturally, considering the needs of actual combat, gardeners of all ages have improved "Lavender".

Although lavender is not the only "pollution absorption" magic plant, but due to enough improvements, the modern lavender-like magic plant is still a synonym for "pollution purification".

"...Flower therapy, it's quite expensive. Or I'd better pay some..."

"No, it looks like a lot of plants. In fact, the roots below are connected. There is only one plant. It's less than one-tenth of what it took for me to beat you."

Lu Ping's words almost made it impossible to continue the topic.

The essence of the "absorption" and "purification" pollution effect of the magic plant is to turn it into nutrition for its own growth, and it will be absorbed naturally after eating it.

After countless generations of improvements, the "purification" effect of lavender-type magic plants has long been incomparable to ordinary magic plants, and the effect is at least a hundred times that of ordinary magic plants.

But this also means a very high cost. Enchanted lavender needs enough time to grow, and the effect is slow, and it needs quantity to accumulate the effect.

And the magic plant has no "purification" effect when it is full, and it can easily become a one-time "expensive flower therapy". Hundreds or thousands of plants at a time also require extremely high training costs.

So, there are two directions for improvement here.

One is to reduce the cost of a single plant, speed up its growth, and use quantity to make up for quality.

One is to use "grafting" for re-improvement, and plural lavenders become one "lavender".

Lu Ping'an's "Net Lavender", the main body is the latter, and there are at least hundreds of flowers spread on the root.

He also used his ability to extract several kinds of "lavender purification modules", and after repeated arrangement and combination, he finally created "web-woven lavender".

However, it seems that it is still a one-time product. After this one use, it will not absorb a lot of pollution in a short period of time.

And the keepers avoid secondary pollution and will take it away or destroy it.

In actual combat, the fragile wooden body is still the fatal weakness. A fire can burn it clean, and the extremely slow "purification" effect is low in actual combat.

And since they only used "seeds", they didn't listen to Lu Ping'an's command, but this non-combat magic plant can be planted, and no command is needed.

"...Indeed, if there is only one plant, the cost will come down."

"Um."

A person who is too good at chatting (talking to death), sits with someone who doesn't chat much, and naturally it becomes an awkward chat.

In order to wait for the flower therapy to take effect, and wait for the "lavender" to be completely full and invalid, it can only be chatted in waves.

Fortunately, after a while, Cat Mao, who was walking step by step, came over, which relieved the embarrassing atmosphere.

"Did you do well in the test?"

"Thanks to you... thanks to you, there should be something wrong with Mi."

In the cat's smiling face, it's just that the smile is a bit awkward.

Although it will take some time to calculate the results, but the blessing of dragging the road and defeating Wang Hai safely, her points should not be a problem.

When she saw these lavenders, the cat also took the initiative to meow and rub the flowers. She squinted and lay on the stone table with a proper expression on her face... In fact, just like Wang Hai, she must always use her own abilities. fight.

A "cold compress" after this battle is definitely a good and harmless good thing.

"...By the way, you all have to go to the secret service team for an internship, then add a chat room."

Finally, Wang Hai squeezed out a conversational topic.

chatroom? Isn't that the prerogative of the official big website?

It turned out that this was still an official communication channel, a communication group specially prepared for "the candidates who are about to become members of the Gucheng Secret Service Team and other official institutions".

"We are in the same period. Maybe we will be colleagues in the future. We will communicate more in the future."

Are the official "examiners" looking for a channel to form a group in advance? Lu Ping An understood in seconds.

With Wang Hai's recommendation and the endorsement of the responsible person, Lu Ping'an and Mao Mao quickly joined the group... Then they found out that the owner of the chat room was Li Dao'an, and there were several third-tiers.

Not to mention, in the database of this chat room, there is really a lot of interesting information that Lu Ping could not have access to before.

For example, shortly after enrollment, people will be dispatched to enter the secret service team for "internships" to receive scholarships and salaries. The second and third orders are mandatory, and the first order can apply.

Rank zero? Honestly go to school, there are not many zero-orders in this group.

A few are basically "connected households" like Mao Mao before, who have already decided to take this path, but are not yet mature.

There is not much public information, mainly the content that the candidates are most concerned about.

It was mentioned that after Gucheng was admitted to school, its management was rather loose, and various clubs, groups, and genres became the mainstream. As long as the schoolwork was completed, the school would not interfere too much.

These things are all semi-public information, and they are very simple. Lu Ping'an just flipped through it at random, and he lost interest.

He is rather interested in the real life of a secret keeper and his future career. These, the people in front of him, seem to be able to give an answer...

"Oh, this, I was a 'surveillance target' back then, and then I went down this road inexplicably."

This is the source of Lu Ping's feeling that Wang Hai is somewhat similar to him. From the public information, Wang Hai is also a survivor of a certain incident.

He was not executed on the spot in the incarnation of a demon, just because he miraculously regained his senses, and because he was too young at the time.

In all respects, he is Lu Ping'an's "senior", and now he owes Lu Ping a big favor, and he is naturally willing to repay it.

"Tier 3? Compared with other Tier 3s, I, who are supported by only two paths, are indeed weak, but there is no way. I need to quickly raise my rank to prevent the loss of control of my abilities."

"The same is true for Lei, but if your 'cat' hasn't deteriorated, don't rush to enter the second tier. If you upgrade too early, it will stimulate your talent to grow further..."

These things, Lu Ping'an had no chance to touch before.

In a sense, "occupation" is to curb the deterioration of "innate occupation (ability.

But this kind of check and balance is always a two-way street. If your professional rank is too high and your innate ability is too low, it will lead to "water pouring down", forcing your innate ability to evolve on its own.

For many people, this may not be a good thing, especially Lei Shuiyun's self-changing system, so Wang Hai passed on his experience easily.

Wang Hai couldn't help himself. His "Asura War Ghost" was out of balance from the very beginning. He had to upgrade quickly to maintain his balance. He even followed the path of the Awakened to strengthen the blockade, and the powerful innate ability also "flowed back". , forcing him to grow rapidly all the way (or die if he does not grow).

In a sense, everything he has is created by innate abilities. The "fighter" path to exercise the body, and the "Awakened" to exercise the mind and will are part of strengthening this "cage".

If it weren't for the "Sura Evil Ghost", he should be weaker than the ordinary third-order fighters who have accumulated for a long time, but if the evil spirits are really released, he can challenge the fourth-order fighters when he is in full bloom... After the fight, he is also human Gone, or not human anymore.

Lu Ping'an, who had rubbed off on his experience, nodded his head. He was surrounded by a lot of examples of "pressing the order". Among the people he knew, Xue En and Xia Qin were both.

They may all belong to the type whose innate abilities are too dangerous and can be suppressed for as long as possible.

Entering the high-level too early will drag their innate abilities to evolve.

And when the professional rank is stuck, and the talent and abilities are still improving steadily, it is also the most common doomsday for a secret keeper.

Being able to grind for a period of time at tier 0 and tier 1 and accumulate more foundations is a long-term way of survival, and many people can't get it.

"...But I heard that Xia Qin has been the captain recently. In order to convince the public, he may be promoted."

Lu Ping'an nodded thoughtfully, but said nothing.

On the other hand, the cat over there, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com started selling brothers directly.

"My brother... is also a special service team member, and the same is true. He has also been pressing for a long time. In fact, it was almost the same in the first two years. But recently, it seems that for some reason, he is already preparing to be promoted to the third rank meow."

"Your brother? Quasi-third-order? Which one?"

"Rainblade?"

"Oh, 'Heart Blade Flowing Fire', he is very strong. It's just that his current female captain is more famous. It seems that he has been trained by a swordsman, and his swordsmanship is very famous among the younger generation."

Having said that, Wang Hai also relaxed a lot. After confirming that the two people on the opposite side were "Gen Hong Miao Zheng", he began to reveal more "semi-public" information.

At this time, the two young people came into contact with the circle of official keepers for the first time.

And Wang Hai and the others were inside from the beginning.

And this also vaguely revealed a reality. Due to the severe situation, I am afraid that the young secret keepers who had previously "pressed the ranks" have all let go of their hands and feet and accelerated their improvement.

If you die in the mission due to lack of strength, it is really a joke to think about "out of control in the future".

Having a common career plan, possibly a colleague in the future, and Mao Mao, a tool to ease the atmosphere, it is naturally a lot more comfortable to chat.

And the three of them stayed here in no hurry to go back. In fact, they were also waiting for something.

"The results are finally out! Lu Ping'an, you were seventeenth in the last round, and your overall ranking...ninth! It's the only one in the top 30. The bonuses and prizes are all in hand! Just announced, this time For the top ten, give silver taboo items!"

"Hey, it's a bit miserable."

Lu Ping'an sighed helplessly, but unfortunately, he is not the champion. How can this be explained to Senior Xue En, who has been helping him with special training.

In an instant, the cat pounced on it!