057. A Harmless, Kind Young Man (Who Will Kill You All Later)

  《Aura of Benevolence》: (Aura-type skill, tinuously active)

  Your affinity is extraordinarily powerful, and no one will harbor ill iions toward you at first sight.

  Skill Effect 1 【Nice Guy】—Whenever you make any 【Charisma】 checks, even if the result is a failure, the other party will not attack you.

  Skill Effect 2 【Exempr of Benevolence】—When you bee the team leader, team members will maintain a stant level of goodwill toward you, and they will not betray you.

  Skill Effect 3 【Twisted Benevolence】—You dissolve others’ hatred and aversion toward you by dispying your 【Charisma】. For targets with much lower 【Charisma】 than yours, even if you kill their retives, they will choose tive you.

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  After reading the description of 《Aura of Benevolence》, Li Aozi’s jaw almost dropped.

  You call this benevolence?

  "What is this? I kill your father, but because my Charisma is too high, you decide to follow me—this is basically brainwashing!"

  However, when Li Aozi thought about it carefully, it seemed rather normal.

  After all, before the rise of nationalism, as long as a try was quered, people would quickly support the invader rather than tinue fighting. Admiring strength and surviving are instincts deeply embedded in life.

  Modern people 't uand this because they’ve received mature education, gaining stronger cohesion and worldview. But for a people, if you ’t beat them, joihat was the most normal response.

  However, the effects of 《Aura of Benevolence》 are indeed eous.

  Effects 1 and 2 are incredibly practical. Not only will your teammates not betray you, but even if you fail a Charisma check, the other party won’t attack you.

  What does this mean?

  Acc to the system’s description, every time Li Aozi uses Omega Energy to attaemies, especially with abilities like 【Directed Explosion】 and 【Touch of Corruption】 that require tact to activate, a 【Charisma】 check is required.

  If the check fails, the Omega Energy won’t activate, and the oppo still won’t attack you. If it passes, the Omega Energy will bst them, and they still won’t attack you.

  This means that from now on, if Li Aozi doesn’t like someone, he really just walk up ahem without holding back.

  After all, they won’t strike back right away, and as for reveer?

  By then, Li Aozi is absolutely fident he’ll be strohan them.

  While Li Aozi was cheg his status and adapting to his newly advanced body, a new message arrived in his inbox.

  “Dear Sir: The trial operation of ‘Star Abyss’ has begun, and the first round of internal testing without at wipes has started. Please avoid work fluctuations. tdown: 29:57—Sent by Qiqiao work, time sent: 2142/9/19.”

  “Dear Sir: Wele to ‘Star Abyss,’ esteemed beta pyer. Enjoy the game to the fullest. This is your new home. If you enter any system issues, please report them to us. As a mature and teically profit development team, we are ready to listen to your s and solve your problems—The ear Abyss’ development team, sent time: 2142/9/19.”

  Even now, Li Aozi couldn’t help but scoff.

  ‘Mature and teically profit’?

  Then why do they still treat me, an NPC, as a beta pyer!

  "I don't believe a word you say, Qiqiao work. There’s nothing marvelous or nimble about you, and the work relies on excuses." Li Aozi held Qiqiao work's teical capabilities in deep pt.

  Not to mention, from what Li Aozi knew, Qiqiao work employees worked extremely leisurely, only putting in four hours a day. Uhese circumstances, if Qiqiao work mao get internal voice chat funing by version 1.0, Li Aozi would sider it a miracle.

  However, with the beta test now unlocked, pyers from various backgrounds would soon arrive on Azure Star. Li Aozi g the forum, noting that with half an hour left, the corporations, anizations, and military units that secured beta spots were retively quiet. For them, entering the game had a certain level of fidentiality, and most of them would likely choose to go to Red Arrow or Zhengxu.

  But the situation was different fuilds, clubs, and solo pyers.

  The e-spiant Jiangg Mist had even ged its inally cssiame to ‘Endless Pioneers,’ determio domiar Abyss》.

  "Wow, they even had Sandwolf transfer here. That’s quite a move, along with Jiang Han, Modename, and Zibumpdog—these were all famous veterans. It seems Pioneers Club has a sharp eye."

  As for Braised Beef Noodles, Fragrant Chi, and Old Gahose three dishes... Li Aozi g the list of professional pyers who secured beta slots and shook his head.

  Though familiar faces, he wasn’t too optimistic about this batch, freshly pulled from the youth training camp.

  "Pickled Mustard, Seafood Sand, Tomato and Egg, Fried Chi Cutlet, French Fries, Taro Balls, Grilled Rice Cakes, Spicy Sauce—these trainee pros, even with my eyes closed, I could crush them as a streamer—wait, why is Zhajiaoo! Mr. Dajiang, you’re almost forty, stop peting with the youngsters."

  Li Aozi felt a bit worried.

  The iia of history still exists. This batch of rookies would need a long period of accumution and cultivation before they could be taken to pete. The early versions shouldn’t see them on the main stage but instead should focus on ying a solid foundation.

  In his past life, the Yanxia clubs had this operational issue, and now, they were repeating the same mistake.

  "Ah, fet it. Let's che Qiongyu."

  Qiongyu Club, the champion team of the previously world-famous 《Predator World》, was retively inexperienced. In his past life, they misjudged the popurity of 《Star Abyss》 and hastily expanded into aming markets, missing out on numerous opportunities.

  Now, they were determio catch up, and although they only secured two slots, they resolutely gave them to their two best pro pyers.

  "Long Yuqiong and Yu Tianxiao—of course, it’s these two ruthless guys."

  Li Aozi rubbed his .

  Long Yuqiong had an incredibly strong gaming talent. In his past life, he won the season MVP and the stro individual title in version 11.0, following the 【Eerie】 path—【Shaman】 branch—【Desote God Apostle】 path. His strength was formidable, known as the world’s top spell tank.

  Yu Tianxiao, oher hand, was a veteran pyer, very skilled with mage csses. He followed the 【Craft】 path—【Biochemist】 branch—【Endtime Emperor】 path. His PvP strength wasn’t top-tier, but his PvE ability was uionably first-rate.

  Starting from version 10.0, he secutively defeated the final bosses in three versions, making Yu Tianxiao even more famous among pyers.

  These two pyers were undoubtedly the top-tier in Yanxia, and their early entry into the beta was definitely a good thing.

  Unfortunately, both chose to join the Red Arrow Empire, which Li Aozi couldn’t visit for noity.

  But Li Aozi could uand. After all, the two of them were retively isoted, making it difficult to spread their wings in Tianhuan. Going to Red Arrow to pave the way for their panions was a wiser choice.

  As fuilds and some individual pyers and streamers, Li Aozi sed the list but didn’t see any familiar names. However, Caramel Snail was making waves on the forums, attrag spectators who were curious about his thoughts.

  For now, Li Aozi didn’t himself with these pyers. More pressing matters were at hand.

  Xislong called him, gravely inf him:

  "Frost-Pted Republic has deployed troops."

  FAL