Lin Bei felt he really had to thank the guy properly.
Otherwise, he'd never have known the Plunder System he'd obtained from daily check-ins could actually strip away other people's innate talents.
Now that he knew in advance, planning future moves would be much easier.
As for the "certain chance to plunder" mentioned in the prompt, it was basically decorative in his eyes.
As a member of the Lucky Faction, his hidden luck stat was already sky-high.
Add the huge luck boost from fixing the lucky pendant earlier, then activate Super Luck, and "a certain chance" became 100%.
"Still, this talent feels a bit weird. If I succeed in plundering it, to use its effect I'd have to…"
"Ahem, whatever—skills never weigh you down. Whether I end up using it or not, having it in my pocket is always right."
"If someone from the enemy factions gets it, it'll be a ticking time bomb forever."
Although Lin Bei wasn't interested in the talent itself, reason told him he had to snatch it.
What he rejoiced over was that the opponent's second brother really couldn't perform; otherwise, if the Order Faction gained such a figure, it would cause him big trouble later.
So he simply lifted the Mental Barrier on Ye Liangchen, Zhang San, and the others, and said, "The people in front of our base… are already under my control."
"I'm giving you a task—tie them up and throw them into the prison inside the base."
"By the way, we do have a prison, right?"
As he spoke, Lin Bei suddenly asked.
"Y-yes, we do! But boss, your move was insane—so many people, and I didn't even get what happened before they were all taken down?"
Zhang San nodded while still looking utterly shocked.
Beside him, Ye Liangchen wasn't much better—his open mouth could've swallowed a goose egg whole.
The rest of the members were even worse; they stood like statues, having lost all ability to speak, only able to keep blurting "holy crap."
"Right, is the prison big enough to hold this many?"
"Relax, it's huge!"
"It's just… our cuffs aren't high-grade enough; they can only jail common members of the Three Major Forces. Anyone with Combat Power above three million is temporarily beyond us."
"Oh, I see… wait here a moment."
Hearing that, Lin Bei returned to the base, used the Teleport node, and went back to the island.
By now the sky over the Island Survival World had darkened.
Lin Bei found Qingqing straight away and had her use the villa's automated materials and machines to craft a batch of Perfect Quality shackles and confinement devices.
Thanks to the fully automated production line, it took less than half an hour to turn out over a thousand sets.
Lin Bei nodded in satisfaction, grabbed the gear, and returned to the Underworld.
Five hours had passed in the Underworld by then.
Yet, kept under Mental Barrier, none of the Three Major Forces' Survivors temporarily locked inside Sword·Extreme's prison had woken up.
Lin Bei handed the shackles and gear to Zhang San and ordered, "Right, lock up the Three Major Forces separately."
"Do whatever you want with the Order Dynasty folks—just keep them breathing. As for the Jidao and Tianjian Pavilion people, treat them well."
"Don't ask why."
Although puzzled, Zhang San nodded and took the order.
Before long, rumors that the Three Major Forces had besieged Sword·Extreme swept Tianjian City.
Lin Bei hadn't touched the melon-eating onlookers from before; instead, he planted a tiny Spirit-seed deep in their minds and let them spread word.
The results now looked pretty good.
The reason for letting them broadcast news was naturally to build fame and pave the way for opening restaurants in the major main cities later.
It could also lull hostile factions so they wouldn't grow suspicious and discover the secret alliance between Lucky Faction, Tianjian, and Jidao.
Sure enough, as Sword·Extreme's reputation soared in Tianjian City, business at Bailing's shop became even hotter than before.
When Lin Bei collected the takings the next day, daily star stone income had jumped fifty percent compared with day one.
At this rate, he'd soon gather enough star stones for the next stage of fixing the lucky pendant.
By then he'd gain a huge luck boost plus the blueprint for a full Legendary-quality Lucky set.
Honestly, he was quite looking forward to it deep down.
After collecting the star stones, Lin Bei resumed repairing the lucky pendant.
Days slipped by; aside from casually wiping out the occasional Shadow Cat Demon King, Lin Bei spent his time suppressing Three-Major-Force members who came looking for trouble and locking every one of them in prison.
But soon a problem surfaced.
Lin Bei suddenly realized the prison at his base wasn't big enough anymore.
Over the past few days he'd jailed about six thousand members of the Three Major Forces, more than eighty percent of them from the Order Dynasty.
Thus, Lin Bei had to order further prison expansion.
He felt a bit helpless; his base would likely turn into a world-famous mega-prison castle one day.
"Someday I'll probably be tagged with a title like 'Warden,' huh?"
Lin Bei muttered to himself.
He glanced at the lucky pendant in his hand—only a sliver of durability remained before hitting the 1% repair milestone.
He now had more than enough star stones.
All that was left was another hour or two to finish it.
"And the cooldown of the Blessing State is almost up; it's time to harvest the prisoners."
"This round should push me smoothly to Epic Level 2-star; if luck's good, Epic 3-star… doesn't seem impossible either?"
"Boss, an acting leader from the Order Dynasty has come and demands negotiations!"
Just then, Zhang San's loud voice sounded outside the door.
"acting leader?"
Lin Bei was startled and thought, "No idea what the Order Faction is up to… but if another Survivor with a powerful talent shows up, it's totally acceptable."
At the thought, Lin Bei even felt a tingle of anticipation.
He set his work aside for the moment, opened the door, and said, "Let's go take a look."