Chapter 3997: Entry

Su Xiao woke up to a prompt. After getting up from sleep, he sat on the bed in a daze for a while before his eyes gradually regained focus. He had studied this situation long ago; it wasn't because of a special background or some miraculous physique, just that he was habitually a bit confused after waking up.

"Woo-ooh!"

"Moo."

Su Xiao, walking toward the washroom, stepped on Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu to wake them up, which was enough to make him completely alert. As for Benny, she always slept on Su Xiao's face, perhaps as revenge for Su Xiao accidentally stepping on her tail every time he got up.

Taking a hot shower, Su Xiao walked out shirtless. Amu had already bought breakfast. After sitting down, he began to enjoy breakfast. Don't look at how comfortable it was now; he was about to go fight for his life against the Abyss race, and this was nine times out of ten the last hot shower and sufficiently rich breakfast he would have in the near future.

With Amu there, the meal was delicious. After eating his fill, Su Xiao kicked Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was sleeping on the carpet nearby. Xiang Bubu made a wooing sound, as if saying it would get up immediately, but then a slight snoring sound began to be rhythmic.

Checking the prompts that had just appeared, there were two in total. The first was about the successful promotion of 【Abyss Shadow】, and the second came from the Honor Store.

【Prompt: You have one permission that has not been activated for over 24 hours. You must complete the activation within 48 hours, otherwise, an activation option will be randomly selected.】

Checking the relevant prompt, Su Xiao knew what was going on. When he entered the Ancient Dragon Kingdom to ascend to the Supreme level, his Honor Store also received a permission upgrade due to his ascension. This was understandable, but at that time, the prompt for ascending to the Supreme level had the highest priority, so the prompt for the Honor Store was accumulated.

Arriving at the room containing the Honor Store, Su Xiao pressed one hand on the old-fashioned vending machine-like Honor Store, and the relevant prompt appeared on the black-and-white screen of the Honor Store.

【Prompt: Because you successfully ascended to the Supreme level, according to the relevant notarization, as a Hunter, your Honor Store will receive a significant promotion.】

【It has been detected that your Honor Store is at level 16, breaking the limit (the maximum level of the Honor Store is level 15). This Honor Store promotion will not improve the item levels, discounts, etc., refreshed within the Honor Store. This type of permission has reached the maximum extent.】

【Judging...】

【Judgment complete. This improvement will be entirely concentrated on the potion-type supplies of the Honor Store.】

【Honor Store·Potion Category Permission Promotion Complete.】

【You have obtained new permission, Honor Supply.】

【You will lose the relevant permission to freely exchange for Honor-series potions, but in each subsequent world progression, 1 hour before the start of the world progression, you will receive supplies of the following types of potions.】

1. Honor Recovery Potion: Immediately restores 100% Health/100 Mana, removes all debuff states, and quickly heals all injuries on the body (can allow damaged organs and brain tissue to regenerate).

Supply Quantity: 1 bottle.

Prompt: The maximum carrying limit for this potion is 1 (this is the highest priority notarization).

Warning: This potion is prohibited from being sold, transferred, re-blended, discarded without special reason, or given to others to drink, etc. Only the Hunter himself, or your followers and permanent summoned creatures, can drink it.

2. Combat Potion: After use, maximum Health +25% temporarily, Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes +10%, lasting for 30 minutes.

Prompt: This potion's attribute increase will be determined based on your main attributes, currently Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence.

Supply Quantity: 1 bottle.

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3. Immortal Potion: After use, maximum lifespan +30%, and receive a lifespan supplement corresponding to the limit.

Supply Quantity: 1 bottle.

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4. Almighty Potion: Can be integrated into 100% of potions and perfectly replicated into this potion.

Supply Quantity: 1 bottle.

Warning: This potion is prohibited from being sold or transferred, etc.

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The previous "potion supply quota" and the like had all disappeared and were changed to four types of potions being supplied for free to Su Xiao's storage space one hour before the start of each mission world.

The 【Honor Recovery Potion】 needs no explanation. For Su Xiao, this is almost a second life in battle, because:

"High-tier Permission: Equipment Slot·Honor Secret Medicine: This equipment slot can only be equipped with potions exchanged from the Honor Store. During battle, you can use the "potion" in the Honor Secret Medicine·Equipment Slot with a single command of your will. This use has no possibility of being interrupted or interfered with. Even if you are enduring continuous attacks, you can still successfully complete the use of this potion with the assistance of the Honor Secret Medicine·Equipment Slot."

Besides the 【Honor Recovery Potion】, the other three are equally precious. The name of the "Combat Potion" is plain and simple, but this thing can increase Su Xiao's Health by 1.88 million points, as well as 105 points of Strength, 105 points of Agility, 105 points of Stamina, and 105 points of Intelligence attributes.

Such an improvement will bring a turning point to some desperate situations.

As for the 【Immortal Potion】, increasing lifespan by 30% doesn't have much temptation for Su Xiao. He hasn't used many years from the first tier to the Supreme level, and the increase in life level caused by the continuous improvement of strength will naturally increase the lifespan limit.

This thing has no attraction to Su Xiao, but that doesn't mean it's useless. Su Xiao often plays games with the old immortals of the major forces in the world he is in. For those old immortals, this bottle of 【Immortal Potion】 is not to say it's priceless, but it is an important bargaining chip that they are willing to change their thoughts and actions for.

Imagine two old immortals of major forces. These two old guys have cooperated for many years, but the problem is, they are both about to die. If you find one of them and use the 【Immortal Potion】 as a bargaining chip to cooperate with them, on the condition of killing the other old guy, will this old guy whose lifespan is running out really refuse?

Perhaps, when this old immortal was young, he was truly a strong-willed person who was not afraid of death. The problem is, death coming quickly is far less terrifying than death coming slowly.

When death slowly invades, it will bore through and rot the will of many powerful people, gradually making them fear death, and even, in order not to die, they can bet everything they have.

The 【Immortal Potion】 has many other uses. Don't ignore one point: among the four types of potions, only the 【Honor Recovery Potion】 is marked as not being re-blendable or analyzable. The 【Combat Potion】, 【Immortal Potion】, and 【Almighty Potion】 are not marked with this.

As a top-tier pharmacy master with Lv. 95 pharmacy, it's unlikely he can 100% imitate the 【Combat Potion】 or 【Immortal Potion】, but even if he makes a cut-down version, it's still a super-powerful potion.

As for the 【Almighty Potion】, Su Xiao never thought about analyzing it. This is a potion that exceeds the understanding of pharmacy and belongs to the category of only being able to save up bottle by bottle. The final effect depends on whether a certain conjecture is true.

Closing the Honor Potion list, Su Xiao checked the promotion of "Abyss Shadow."

【Abyss Shadow】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Extreme Refining: Five times (Ultimate).

Title Potential: 500%!

Category: Title·Highest Rarity.

Title Effect 1: Supreme Body Shell (Passive), basic physical defense tier +2.

Prompt: Current basic physical defense tier +7 (Peerless +1, Green Shadow King +1, Abyss Shadow title +2, Supreme Ascension +3).

Title Effect 2: Shadow of Fury (Core·Passive), exempts all causality erosion of the "Dark Corruption" characteristic.

Prompt: This exemption will not exempt physical/energy system damage caused by "Dark Corruption."

Title Effect 3: Abyss Walking (Core·Passive), after entering the Abyss, you will not be eroded by the environment and will not emit the aura of an "Outsider."

Introduction: That throne... perhaps it might also belong to you? Don't be afraid, bravely break into the Abyss.

Price: Cannot be sold.

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The changes to the "Abyss Shadow" title were not small. At first glance, it was weaker than before because the previous "Abyss Shadow" both increased damage to the Abyss system by 50% and increased Health by 490,000 points, as well as body speed by 98%. In fact, it was not; the current "Abyss Shadow" was incomparable.

First is the "basic physical defense tier," which is the most direct body defense characteristic. To make a simple analogy, using the attack of the former strong enemy, Sun King·Ashlot, as an analogy, when Su Xiao's "basic physical defense tier" was still 0, one heavy sword from Sun King·Ashlot slashed 1.4 to 1.5 million Health from Su Xiao.

But if Su Xiao's "basic physical defense tier" was 1, this damage would be reduced to 750,000 to 800,000. When Su Xiao's "basic physical defense tier" was 2, then this damage would decrease to the level of 400,000 to 450,000.

When Su Xiao's "basic physical defense tier" was 3, the damage plummeted to less than 300,000. However, when the "basic physical defense tier" was 4, the damage was at the level of 250,000 to 270,000, because the "basic physical defense tier" was a phased improvement.

When the "basic physical defense tier" reached 5, the damage would plummet to below 200,000 points. If the "basic physical defense tier" reached 6, the damage would be reduced to about 180,000. But if the "basic physical defense tier" reached 7, this damage would plummet to below 50,000.

The rule of "basic physical defense tier" is that 1 is the first tier, 2 is the second tier, 3 is the third tier, 5 is the fourth tier, and 7 is the fifth tier.

And the effect of each tier is also different. The first tier effect is the most significant, as it is from nothing to something. The second tier is also relatively obvious, which is an initial improvement.

By the third tier, the improvement is not very obvious. The improvement of the fourth tier is very good. After all, most Supreme-level "basic physical defense tiers" cannot reach this level, and they are all around 2 to 3.

As for the "basic physical defense tier +7" corresponding to the fifth tier, this is the qualitative change period. Still calculating by the power of one heavy sword from Sun King·Ashlot, 150,000 is reduced to less than 50,000, a full 3-fold reduction. Looking at it this way, the "basic physical defense tier" reaching the fifth stage of the qualitative change period is greater than the improvement from nothing to something.

However, the difficulty of stacking the "basic physical defense tier" to 7 is also there. Super-high specification promotion to Peerless + super-highest specification promotion to Supreme + strongest ability of the Law-Breaker faction + currently known strongest title, these accumulated together to get "basic physical defense tier +7."

Compared to this kind of physique improvement, the 490,000 Health bonus lost by the title doesn't seem so painful. Of course, with Su Xiao's current 7.51 million Health, 490,000 Health is still a lot.

As for not wearing the "Abyss Shadow" title when ascending to the Supreme level, it had no use. At that time, he had to push his Health to 8 million points to get the "Your life tier permanently +1" improvement.

Wearing the "Abyss Shadow" title, Su Xiao looked at the 500% title potential. It now showed that the title potential had reached the limit, but for some reason, he had a feeling that his causality luck limit seemed to have been improved, and the title potential of this title might be able to break through 500%?

Not considering this point, Su Xiao checked Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ability. At the moment, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's improvement was huge. He had previously obtained five 【Follower Ascension Badges·Supreme Tier】. Logically speaking, it should be one each for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Bahar, Benny, and Jila. However, Jila was now the Eternal Light Lord and Zerg Dominator, and the 【Follower Ascension Badge】 had a very low improvement for her.

It was a waste for Jila to use the 【Follower Ascension Badge】, but this belonged to Jila, there was no doubt about this, and it was naturally controlled by Jila. Jila, this biological daughter, had a very clear meaning: listen to Su Xiao.

Therefore, this 【Follower Ascension Badge】 had to be chosen from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Bahar, and Benny. No discussion was needed to decide how to distribute it; that was rock-paper-scissors.

Amu was eliminated first, then Bahar lost. The remaining Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Benny PKed for several rounds and tied, and finally, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang used rock to eliminate Benny's scissors.

Therefore, this silly dog successfully owned two 【Follower Ascension Badges】. Coupled with the 【Living Metal】 Su Xiao had exchanged from the Honor Store, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had simply had dog-shit luck this time. In Bahar's words, you didn't wipe your ass clean when you went to the toilet, did you?

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang first used 【Living Metal】 to master a very high-level "Technology-side·Basic Ability," and then used two 【Follower Ascension Badges】 in succession. At the moment, its data was:

Space-Tearing Evil Dog·Xiang Bubu Teni

Rank: Follower

Health: 100%

Mana: 82750/82750 points

Strength: 270 points

Agility: 350 points.

Real Stamina: 592 points.

Real Intelligence: 680 points.

Real Charm: 780 points.

Luck: 85 points.

Skill 1, Mechanical Heart (Basic Passive, Lv. 90), this is a Technology-side·Mechanical Branch·Basic Skill, improving all technological mechanical creations manufactured and controlled, as well as "Intrusion Ability Tier +1."

Mechanical Intelligence: Increased by 128 points.

Comprehensive Literacy: Increased by 385% (this characteristic will increase the Health/Energy value of combat, detection, and defense-type mechanical creations, as well as Strength, Agility, and Stamina attributes; mechanical creations have no Intelligence and Charm attributes).

Fully automated... If you need to view all information about this basic ability, you need to open the branch list to view it.

Skill 2, Mechanical Activation (Passive, Lv. EX): The mechanical creations manufactured by Xiang Bubu Teni will be in a mechanically activated state. While weaknesses appear, their comprehensive performance will increase by 1200%.

Skill 3, Cluster Effect (Passive, Lv. EX), the number of mechanical creations Xiang Bubu Teni can control is reduced by 99.99%, but Xiang Bubu Teni's "Intrusion Ability Tier +3." Most known technology-side group networks cannot resist intrusion at this tier.

Skill 4, Mechanical Sacrifice (Passive, Lv. EX), all mechanical creations of Xiang Bubu Teni have their Strength, Agility, and Stamina attributes reduced by 99.99%, and Xiang Bubu Teni's "Intrusion Ability Tier +5."

Skill 5, My Life is Not Up to Heaven (Passive, Lv. EX), Xiang Bubu Teni's Intelligence attribute and Charm attribute will both boost "Basic Passive·Mechanical Heart," thereby obtaining "Intrusion Ability Tier +2."

Skill 6, Intelligence Assimilation (Passive, Lv. EX), when Xiang Bubu Teni intrudes into any network system of the enemy, it will to a certain extent assimilate the intelligence level of the enemy's "Network Cluster," causing the enemy's "Network Cluster" "Intrusion Resistance Tier -3."

Skill 7, Loyal and Devoted (Passive, Lv. EX): Xiang Bubu Teni's loyalty has been locked to the maximum value, and there is no possibility of betrayal under any circumstances.

Skill 8, You Can't See Me (Passive, self-comprehended skill): Xiang Bubu Teni can blend into the environment for concealment. There are 2860 existing concealment types (increased by 883), concealment tier +8 (increased by 5).

Current Proficiency: 36853497/9500000 points.

Skill 9, Ah! I'm Dead (Passive, self-comprehended skill): After Xiang Bubu Teni blends into the environment, it can enter a feigned death state, greatly improving the effect of blending into the environment (concealment tier additionally +2), and when Xiang Bubu Teni enters the feigned death stage, the enemy "Network Cluster" it has intruded into will also passively enter a feigned death state, stopping all levels of operation.

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Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ability system is really... the more you look at it, the more complex your feelings become. The first time you see its various body attributes, you are very gratified. This silly dog Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang has finally grown up. Although I don't know why, the original Real Agility, Real Stamina, and Real Charm attributes have become Real Stamina, Real Intelligence, and Real Charm, and the Agility attribute has become a normal attribute.

The change of main attributes is obviously unheard of, but considering the two 【Follower Ascension Badges】 with the most extreme quality, this change is acceptable. Perhaps Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ability system has undergone a huge improvement, which led to this.

Seeing "Mechanical Heart·Basic Passive Lv. 90" makes people feel that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ability system has indeed undergone a qualitative improvement. Under the various bonuses of these basic attributes, it makes people feel that the mechanical legion belonging to the Dawn Team seems to be about to be born, so the "Intrusion Ability Tier +1" improved by this basic ability is easy to ignore.

When seeing Skill 2·Mechanical Activation, the conception of the mechanical legion seems to have... developed crookedly? But thinking about it, perhaps Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang wants to fuse mechanical creations + demon Zerg genes? Quite ambitious.

But when seeing Skill 3·Cluster Effect, the mechanical legion has already waved goodbye to the Dawn Team. "The number of mechanical creations controlled is reduced by 99.99%." Still a mechanical legion, my ass. Fortunately, there is a development route for a mechanical elite squad.

All I can say is, as expected of Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Ability 4·Mechanical Sacrifice immediately blocked the development route of the mechanical elite squad. "Mechanical creations' Strength, Agility, and Stamina attributes are reduced by 99.99%," destined to have no combat power in terms of mechanical creations.

But looking back, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's "Network Cluster" intrusion ability has reached the level of +11. This is already... a particularly, particularly outrageous level.

Not to mention the technology-side forces at the Peerless level, even the technology-side forces at the Supreme level would be beaten black and blue by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang in terms of "Network Intrusion."

No one noticed that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang inherited one of Su Xiao's most excellent qualities: self-knowledge. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang knew very well that it was really average in mechanical manufacturing, control, and command issuance. However, in terms of intruding into enemy networks, it was quite good even before it had technology-side basic skills.

Think "Intrusion Ability Tier +11" is Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's limit? Not at all. Please move your gaze to "Skill 6·Intelligence Assimilation":

"When Xiang Bubu Teni intrudes into any network system of the enemy, it will to a certain extent assimilate the intelligence level of the enemy's "Network Cluster," causing the enemy's "Network Cluster" "Intrusion Resistance Tier -3.""

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ultimate move is that when the enemy is too smart, it pulls them down to its own IQ level.

And the enemy's reduction of 3 is equivalent to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's increase of 3, reaching "Intrusion Ability Tier +14," but this is still not the ultimate.

"Skill 2, Mechanical Activation (Passive, Lv. EX): The mechanical creations manufactured by Xiang Bubu Teni will be in a mechanically activated state. While weaknesses appear, their comprehensive performance will increase by 1200%."

This ability looks ordinary at first glance, but what if Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang uses this ability to manufacture tools for intruding into the enemy's "Network Cluster"? For example, a terminal whose performance has been increased by 1200%, this is a qualitative improvement for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's intrusion ability, equivalent to the combination of Su Xiao and Zhan Long Shan.

What makes the enemy even more speechless is that they can't find Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang at all.

What makes the enemy even more speechless is that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang has a unique skill. When it feigns death, the "super-intelligent network cluster" it has intruded into, which is struggling violently, will be forced into a downtime state because it actively feigns death.

This level of shamelessness is like not being able to beat the opponent in a competitive game, so you make the opponent blue-screen with you, and it is, as long as my computer doesn't start, no matter how much you repair it on your side, don't even think about lifting the blue screen.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ability system can be summarized as: 'That's right, you are a very strong artificial super-intelligence, a digital life that is one of the best in the Void Myriad Worlds, but when you meet me, you can only become an artificial idiot.'

Closing Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ability list, everything was ready. Su Xiao took out the 【Ancient Dragon Relic Key】 and chose to activate it.

【You have activated the Ancient Dragon Relic Key. Although this item is a world key, because the item level is extremely high, entering this mission world will not consume this world key, but will consume a certain amount of its durability.】

【Checking...】

【Check complete. Your Supreme ascension time limit has not exceeded the opening of this round of world progression. You will open a new world progression together with other contractors in this round.】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao felt good. If the world opening time was staggered from the main force, it would take several world progressions to gradually catch up.

【You are about to enter the Ancient Dragon Kingdom·Eberias. Because you used a high-tier world key to enter this mission world, you can choose the initial entry location.】

1. Forest of Extreme Darkness (Choose this area as the initial entry location, you will gain 3 points of "Dark Corruption Resistance" during this world progression).

2. Abyss Near Zone (Choose this area as the initial entry location, you will gain 20 points of "Dark Corruption Resistance" during this world progression).

3. The Last Sanctuary City·Doan (Choose this area as the initial entry location, you will gain 0 points of "Dark Corruption Resistance").

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Su Xiao chose "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan" without hesitation.

【Initial location selected.】

【Teleportation is about to begin...】

Bang!!!

An exceptionally heavy hammer blow to the back of the head struck. This time, it made Su Xiao feel as if he had been hit by the steel beast while standing with his back to the Lord Train.

Su Xiao felt a void without even darkness. Just as he was about to regain consciousness, a voice came.

"Oh? Is there still a Law-Breaker alive? This is truly, a rare guest."

A low laugh came. Just hearing this laugh, Su Xiao felt as if he could feel the darkness that eroded and corrupted everything.

Bang bang bang!

A rough knocking sound came. The dilapidated wooden door, which was randomly nailed together with wooden boards, bent instantly every time it was hit, as if it were about to shatter into wooden pieces and fly away.

"Don't play dead. I know there's someone inside. It's rent day. Today is the Glimmer Day at the end of every month."

The voice outside the door reminded one of a burly man who was unkempt.

Bang bang bang!

Three more rough knocks. The burly man outside seemed to lie on the door and listen for a few seconds, saying: "You haven't recovered yet? You're really weak. I've paid the rent for this month for you. Pay me back next month."

Bang!

The burly man outside knocked on the door one last time in dissatisfaction and walked away. His attitude looked bad, but throughout the whole process, except for the rough language, there was no malice, as if the silent man in this wooden house, whom he had only met a few times, was his own brother he hadn't yet recognized.

Su Xiao sat up from the floor mat and rubbed his forehead. The hammer blow after teleportation gradually disappeared. He looked at the wooden door. Although he had just arrived here, he could know the danger level of this world through the attitude of the burly man just now.

This was "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan." The identity Su Xiao replaced was a silent man with no relatives. Even so, the burly man who came to collect rent just now still showed enough care and importance.

The only reason this burly man was willing to pay rent for someone he had only met a few times was that every real living person in "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan" was precious, as precious as family. Only with unreserved mutual care and help could everyone continue to live.

When the pressure of survival soared to a particularly terrifying level, all selfishness and greed would be temporarily suppressed by the desire for survival.

This meant that in all areas outside "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan," the situation was too bad, shrouded in Abyss darkness.

【Enter world; Ancient Dragon Kingdom·Eberias.】

【Warning: This is a world heavily eroded by the Abyss. In this world, you will not be able to obtain World Source. The world's comprehensive evaluation of this world will be determined based on your behavior and the number of tasks completed/task completion degree, as well as the faction reputation of "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan."】

【Judging...】

【Because your Real Charm attribute is -32 points, because your Charm attribute is too low, it has caused your initial disguise identity to shatter.】

【Because the initial disguise identity is shattered, you will act in this world as yourself.】

【Because your Real Charm attribute is -32 points, making the people of the Sanctuary City feel unprecedented fear, your initial reputation in "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan" is -58600 points!】

【The basic impression of the residents of "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan" on you is: a terrifying, violent, powerful, and unbearable-to-look-at ordinary resident of the Sanctuary City.】

【Because your reputation in "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan" is -58600 points! The faction store of "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan" has been closed to you. You need to reach a faction reputation of 0 or above to reactivate the faction store.】

【Prompt: Because of the scarcity of resources in "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan," purchasing items in the faction store will permanently consume the upper limit of the faction reputation you have obtained, and the number of reputations of this faction plays the most core judgment relationship with the world settlement of this world. You need to decide for yourself how to use the faction reputation of "The Last Sanctuary City·Doan."】

…… ===== CHAPTER 3998 =====