Lily casually performed a few sword flourishes; this electric sword perfectly filled her lack of a melee weapon.
"The drop rate in this Red Sand Camp is unusually high."
Lily loved it.
She casually slung the sword across her back, then called Anya and Old Nissen to walk towards the Red Sand Camp together.
With Marco and Rattlesnake dead, the remaining small fry were no longer a threat; she only needed to be wary of not being hit by heavy weapons in the camp.
However, under the players' second assault, Wanderer in the camp now had no time to operate heavy weapons.
They desperately called for Marco and Rattlesnake to return for reinforcements, but only static noise answered them.
"Damn it, don't blame me then."
One Wanderer grabbed some valuable items from the camp and fled.
With one person taking the lead, the psychological defenses of the others also began to break down.
By the time Lily entered the camp, only Wanderer trapped in the camp's laboratory were still resisting under the doctor's leadership.
Of the more than twenty players who charged, only six were still alive; they couldn't break into the laboratory, and Wanderer inside the laboratory, worried about an ambush outside, didn't dare to rush out rashly.
After Lily arrived, she first had Anya spray the laboratory for a minute.
The sudden increase in firepower directly stunned the people inside the laboratory. What the hell was this?
Then Lily led the players directly into the laboratory, charging hard; she blocked in front, transforming into a wall, helping the players block all bullets, allowing the players hiding behind to happily gain experience by just shooting and reaping.
"Holy crap."
"This is so awesome, Lily is directly carrying us to victory?"
"Damn, I'm so envious."
At this moment, the players lying in the 11th Shelter's "spring water" and watching the siege through shared perspectives had red eyes.
But no matter how red their eyes were, they could only watch; they didn't have the ability to fly from the 11th Shelter to the Red Sand Camp area.
"Monster!"
Wanderer in the laboratory desperately fired, but absurdly, they emptied their magazines, yet Lily, who was charging at the very front, remained unharmed, and even more absurdly, Lily's clothes weren't even disheveled.
This was the charm of the Psionic Shield.
As Lily officially stormed into the laboratory, this annihilation battle against the Red Sand Camp came to an end.
Except for the doctor named Cui Jiming, all other Wanderers were cleanly turned into experience by the players.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Cui Jiming prostrated himself.
Lily looked at his attributes.
His level was very low, and his stats were not outstanding, but he possessed a very rare talent: [Drug Sensitivity].
This sensitivity didn't mean he had drug allergies, but rather that he had great talent in pharmacy, possessing far greater pharmaceutical bonuses than Ordinary people. No wonder Marco had captured him to make poisons.
The Silent Garden now had a novice guide and a merchant (Anya), an administrator and combat commander who was about to be tricked into joining (Old Nissen), and adding a pharmacist would be a perfect match.
"Just need to find a merchant who sells firearms and ammunition, and the framework for a faction will be pretty much established."
This was not difficult for Lily.
Organizations like Wanderer in Red Sand Camp would almost certainly not manufacture their own firearms; they definitely had a source of goods, so she just needed to negotiate with that source.
Lily pointed a shotgun at Cui Jiming's head: "If you don't want to die, answer whatever I ask, understand?"
Cui Jiming nodded frantically.
After an interrogation, Lily had the players dig up all the hidden supplies in the Red Sand Camp and also found out the Red Sand Camp's weapon supplier, which was the Gao Family, very famous in the 5th Shelter.
The Gao Family has a close relationship with the Makarov Family, who operate the Dark Web. They not only sell weapons to various Wanderer organizations in the Goli Desert but are also responsible for acquiring various materials from those Wanderer organizations. This immediately solved two of Lily's problems.
"It seems necessary to talk to them next time I pick up a new batch of players."
"Lily, there's something I must remind you of."
At this moment, Excavation Princess suddenly stepped forward.
"What is it?"
"I said before that not all Undead like us are trustworthy. Some Undead would rather see you dead. They will secretly expose your whereabouts to the Truth Society and the Gene Primordial. They will also pretend to be close to you, lurking by your side to steal information."
Oh, so that's what you meant.
Of course, Lily knew about this, but she still pretended not to understand and thanked Excavation Princess for the reminder.
She believed that not only would some players actively do this, but as the Truth Society and the Gene Primordial realized the players' strength, they would also send players to her as undercover agents.
For this, she had already thought of a countermeasure—
Strike first!
You think you're the only one who can send players to be undercover agents? I can too, and I'll do it first. Not only will I send players to your side as undercover agents, but I'll also hit you hard a few times, causing your image in the players' minds to plummet.
After loading all the items she had plundered from the camp onto the vehicle, Lily led the players back to the 11th Shelter in a grand procession.
She had a bountiful harvest from this operation. Not to mention the firearms and weapons, she also found a lot of money in Marco's private stash. This money could be used to build the Silent Garden faction's camp.
It was already morning when they returned to the 11th Shelter.
Everyone, including her, was a bit hungry, but the players were looking forward to something else more than eating.
Before the operation, Lily said that eliminating the Red Sand Camp was a test. Now that the Red Sand Camp had been eliminated, they should be considered to have successfully passed the assessment and could officially join the Silent Garden, right?
Lily did not disappoint these players; in fact, she even took it to a new level. She directly organized a "personal conferral of honors," having the players stand in a line, and then she individually distributed the Silent Garden's "Eye of Heaven" badges, which she had customized at the 5th Shelter, to each player.
There weren't many spectators for this ceremony, only Excavation Princess, Anya, Little Yulia, Old Nissen, and Cui Ji Ming, but the sense of ritual was still fully maximized.
Excavation Princess stood by and snapped away, capturing the players' excited expressions and Old Nissen and Cui Ji Ming's ghost-like faces.
After Patrick Star and others were attacked by the assassin, she stopped streaming, mainly out of fear that streaming would expose Lily's location.
But as a UP host, she had to generate some buzz to earn money. If not live streaming, then making videos.
Now that a large group of players had come to join Lily, Excavation Princess had already planned what videos to make next.
That's right, it's [Silent Garden News Express]!
Excavation Princess planned to make the development of the Silent Garden and interesting events happening nearby into a video series. This was an Inspiration she got after watching other players' "Starry Daily."
She believed this series would definitely gain a lot of views because the content was simply too rich.
Whether it was Lily quickly killing the assassin in the 5th Shelter, or Lily beating Marco and Rattlesnake in Red Sand, or Lily leading the players into the laboratory, or the current conferment ceremony, all were enough to cause massive discussion.
"I'm truly a genius!"
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