[Survivor Number 9731, Survivor Number 11766 has sent you an invitation to form a Survival Squad.]
[Do you agree?]
[Agree.]
Asuka looked at the invitation Cyan had sent and agreed.
[Please select the Survival Squad captain.]
[I select Survivor Number 11766 as captain.]
Asuka believed Cyan was more suited to be captain than herself.
[Survivor Number 11766, please name the Survival Squad.]
"Name it?"
Cyan tilted her head, looked at everyone, and asked, "What would be a good name for the Survival Squad?"
"Mm…" Erni thought for a moment, raised her hand, and said, "Black Knight! How about that?"
Heh. Looking at Cyan's hair, I think Color Knight would be more suitable…
Asuka stared at Cyan's hair. The corner of her mouth twitched. Erni's thoughts really moved too easily.
"We all know Ripple Qigong. How about calling it the JOJO Adventure Team?"
Nishi proposed. She felt this name was more suitable for their team.
"Are you sure that if we use this name we won't continuously enter the JOJO world? The Stand users that appear starting from Part 3 are extremely troublesome existences."
With Erni's previous example as a warning, Asuka suspected that if they used a name like this, they would continuously enter the world of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure for Survival Games. Parts 1 and 2 would be fine, but if they entered Part 3 it would truly be deadly. The abilities of those Stands were each more bizarre than the last.
"I have sufficient reason to suspect you're targeting me."
Erni looked at Asuka unhappily.
"Not at all. You're overthinking it." Asuka guiltily looked to the side.
"Then what name should we use?"
Cyan looked at everyone. She was not good at naming things. If she were the one to name it, she might casually pick a very random name as the squad name. At that time, what the squad's name would be would become an unknown.
"Mm. How about Gatherers?"
Asuka proposed. The people in the team all came from different worlds. Being able to gather together was truly not easy.
"I think Black Knight sounds cooler."
Erni felt the name Asuka proposed was too ordinary. Moreover, the name Gatherers easily made her think of a Stand user who appeared in JoJo Part 4 whose head looked like a durian.
"Then what name do you want?! Calling it Black Knight is too chuuni. We're not children anymore. Can we be a bit more mature?"
Asuka also felt the name Erni proposed was bad—chuuni to the point of being like an elementary school student.
"If we're talking about being chuuni, you're the chuuni one, okay?"
Erni paused here. Her gaze swept over Asuka. She planted both hands on her hips, puffed out her chest, and said, "No matter how you look at it I'm an adult, while you're still a minor."
"It's not like I wanted to be like this! I can't grow up because of the curse from piloting EVA, okay?! It's not like I don't want to grow up!"
Asuka glared at Erni angrily. Facing this kind of personal attack was simply unbearable. She pointed at the other party's chest and said, "What's so good about having a big chest?! Yours will sag in the future!"
Unabi, who had been inexplicably caught in the crossfire, subconsciously raised a hand to cover her chest.
Sag?
Little Black lowered her head and looked at her own chest.
"It won't sag!"
"It will sag!"
"It won't sag!"
…
"So, about the name…"
Cyan looked at the two people who could even start arguing while naming the squad. A trace of impatience flashed through her eyes.
So annoying…
Why can even choosing a name lead to an argument? Human thoughts are so hard to understand.
"Master, what do you think?"
Unabi lightly poked Cyan's arm and asked quietly.
"Cyan, which of our names do you think is better?"
"Exactly. Which of our names do you think is better? Make a choice!"
Hearing Unabi's words, Erni and Asuka looked toward Cyan.
"Among the many survivors, the fact that we can gather together is probably what people call fate. Gatherers is more suitable for us. We are not knights who follow the spirit of chivalry. We are survivors who will use any means necessary to survive and leave the Survival Space alive. A word as noble as 'knight' does not suit us."
Cyan said calmly. The moment the word "knight" was mentioned, she thought of Lancelot from the Knights of the Round Table world and Yasuke whom she had met in the Dynasty Warriors 7 world.
She neither disliked nor liked knights.
[Do you wish to name the Survival Squad 'Gatherers'?]
[Yes.]
[Survival Squad naming successful. The Survival Squad is named 'Gatherers'.]
[Current Survival Squad members: 2 survivors, 1 servant. Obtained All Attributes +2 squad bonus.]
[Note: The squad bonus does not increase Charm attribute.]
[Note: A Survival Squad can have a maximum of 4 survivors. The maximum squad bonus is All Attributes +3. This bonus effect is only effective for survivors, followers, and servants.]
After Cyan confirmed the squad name, Asuka received a notification from the Survival Brand. Even Nishi's incomplete brand received a notification.
"Survival Squads even have squad bonus effects!"
Asuka looked in surprise at her attributes that had all increased by 2 points (except Charm). This was the first time she learned that Survival Squads had bonus effects. After all, before meeting Cyan she had never thought of forming a team with other survivors. Mainly, after experiencing the previous incident, she held great wariness toward survivors.
As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes. Moreover, Asuka was originally an extremely intelligent person—someone once called a genius child.
Mm. Now she should be called a genius oversized child?
After all, because of the EVA curse, her appearance had been fixed at 14 years old.
"Even I have the squad bonus. The Survival Space is pretty humane." Nishi looked at her attributes that had all increased by 2 points and smiled so widely she could not close her mouth.
"Sophie, want to join?"
Cyan looked at Erni and stretched out a hand toward her.
"No. When I become stronger, I'll join you then. Right now I'm still too weak…" Erni subconsciously wanted to grip Cyan's hand. The moment she thought that with her current strength joining Cyan's Survival Squad would hold her back, she no longer wanted to join.
She wanted to become Cyan's support, not a burden. This point would not change, no matter how much suffering she endured!
Hearing Erni's words, Nishi and Asuka could not help being moved. Thinking of her a few days ago lying in Cyan's arms and refusing to get up, it was hard to imagine that after experiencing such arduous combat she could still insist on her own idea instead of relying on the stronger and more reliable Cyan.
"Mm. I understand."
Cyan knew that even if she continued to persuade her, Erni would not join. She had her own thoughts.
[Gatherers Squad, please enter the Survival Space within 10 minutes to begin the Survival Game.]
The Survival Brand on her chest grew slightly hot. Cyan received the message from the Survival Brand, looked at Erni, and said, "Sophie, we're about to begin the Survival Game."
"Mm. Be extra careful."
Erni hesitated for a moment, hugged Cyan once, wanted to kiss her lips but was afraid of being punched flying, and settled for second best by kissing her cheek.
"Hey! Don't sneak-attack Master at a time like this!" Nishi looked at Erni unhappily.
"If you've got the guts, you kiss her too!"
Erni completely did not care about Nishi's reaction.
"I'll kiss if I want to! Who's afraid of who!"
Nishi was a bit worked up by Erni's words and kissed Cyan's other cheek.
This is really rough…
Asuka looked at Cyan sandwiched between Nishi and Erni, then glanced at Unabi who looked eager to try as well.
"Time to go."
Cyan wiped the saliva from her face and concentrated her spirit on the Survival Brand.
They entered the Survival Space and returned to the private room.
However, this time the private room had undergone a slight change. A door had appeared on the wall on the other side. After Cyan and Nishi put on their equipment, that door opened. Asuka, wearing a black windbreaker, walked over with a trace of wariness on her face. After seeing Cyan and the others, she relaxed her guard.
"I was wondering why there was an extra door on this side. So it's for convenient communication between survivors in the squad."
Nishi looked at Asuka walking over and suddenly understood. "So that door connects to your private room!"
For convenient communication?
Cyan glanced at the door leading to Asuka's private room.
"By the way, since we're now people of the same team, shouldn't you let me look at your attributes?" Asuka looked expectantly at Cyan and Nishi.
"Do you need to look at Little Black's too? However, Unabi's can't be looked at. Unabi has no attribute panel." Cyan pointed at Little Black who skillfully hid in the fluff of her collar, then pointed at Unabi.
"No need. Just let me look at yours and Nishi's. Then you can also look at my attributes~!"
Asuka said as she displayed her attributes, skill panel, and the equipment on her body to Cyan and Nishi.
[Survivor Number 9731. The following are base attributes.]
[STR: 23 AGI: 20 CON: 14 INT: 20 SPI: 25 PER: 13 CHA: 11]
[EVA Unit-02 Pilot (Special Passive): Due to the Entry Plug excessively penetrating the EVA core, Asuka's body underwent abnormal changes. All Attributes +7.]
[EVA's Curse (Special Passive): Appearance is fixed at 14 years old until death of old age.]
[Apostle Erosion (Special Passive): Asuka's left eye retains traces of Apostle erosion. SPI +10.]
[EVA Power (Special Active): The Entry Plug once excessively penetrated the EVA core, allowing Asuka to use a portion of EVA Unit-02's power with her physical body. Continuous consumption of HP, Stamina, and Spirit while activated.]
[Note: Skills carried by the survivor themselves cannot be upgraded with Skill Points.]
[Finger Lightning (Active) – Skill Level: LV3]
[Consumes 25 Spirit. Fires lightning from the fingertips dealing INT +100 lightning damage to the enemy. 50% chance to cause paralysis lasting 2 seconds. Cooldown: 5 minutes.]
[Charge Impact (Active) – Skill Level: LV2]
[Consumes 10 Spirit. After activating the skill, increases own movement speed by 20%. Impacts the enemy with a shield, dealing STR ×3 +15 damage. Cooldown: 10 minutes.]
[Note: This skill can only be used while equipped with a shield.]
Weapons:
[Demon Bone Lance]
[Type: Weapon]
[Attributes: Attack 54~68, STR +2, AGI +3.]
[Special ①: A lance forged from monster bones and metal. Has the special effect of enhancing stamina and reducing stamina consumption.]
[Special ②: When charging with the lance raised, temporarily increases movement speed by 20%. While holding a shield, reduces damage taken by 30%.]
[Equip Requirements: STR 15, AGI 15, CON 15.]
[Remark: This is a weapon knights dream of.]
Equipment:
[Knight's Greatshield]
[Type: Greatshield]
[Attributes: Defense +50, CON +2, Movement Speed -20%.]
[Skill: Shield Counter – When defending an attack with the greatshield, consumes 5 Spirit to return 60% of the enemy's attack damage and cause the enemy to enter 0.5 seconds of stiffness. Cooldown: 2 minutes.]
[Equip Requirements: STR 15, CON 15.]
[Remark: Don't think raising a shield makes you invincible!]
[EVA Plug Suit]
[Type: Special Plot Character Equipment]
[Enhancement Level: 7]
[Attributes: Defense +48, reduces damage taken by 24%, All Attributes +5.]
[Special ①: Special material plug suit increases synchronization rate with EVA.]
[Special ②: Immune to damage caused by high temperature changes.]
[Special ③: When the heart stops beating, performs heart massage and forcibly restores 24% HP. This special effect can only activate once per Survival Game round.]
[Special ④: The switch on the left wrist can adjust the plug suit size according to the wearer's figure.]
[Equip Requirements: EVA Pilot. Note: Once equipped, this item is soul-bound to the wearer and cannot be traded. If the wearer dies, this item disappears!]
[Remark: Plug suit made of special materials. Form-fitting! Comfortable! Shows off the figure!]
[Note: While equipped with this item, upper body, lower body, handguard, shoe, and underwear type equipment cannot be equipped!]
[Black Eyepatch Contaminated with Apostle Aura]
[Type: Plot Character Facial Equipment]
[Attributes: INT +2, SPI +2.]
[Special ①: The eyepatch Asuka uses to cover her left eye that retains traces of Apostle erosion. Has the effect of increasing Spirit recovery speed.]
[Special ②: The eyepatch has absorbed the weak Apostle aura emitted by the left eye. When HP falls below 20%, automatically forms a weakened A.T. Field that grants immunity to single attacks below 150 damage lasting 3 seconds. Cooldown: 24 hours.]
[Equip Requirements: Shikinami Asuka Langley. Note: Once equipped, this item is soul-bound to the wearer and cannot be traded. If the wearer dies, this item disappears!]
[Remark: The eyepatch Asuka uses to cover her left eye.]
[Nerve Connection Enhancement Device]
[Type: Plot Character Head Equipment]
[Enhancement Level: 4]
[Attributes: SPI +6, Spirit +10.]
[Special: When activating the special active skill EVA Power, reduces consumption by 31%.]
[Equip Requirements: Shikinami Asuka Langley. Note: Once equipped, this item is soul-bound to the wearer and cannot be traded. If the wearer dies, this item disappears!]
[Remark: Looks like cat ears in appearance, but is actually a device used to enhance the nerve connection with EVA.]
Cyan and Nishi looked at Asuka's information and also displayed their own attributes, skills, and equipment information.
Asuka looked at Cyan's attributes and felt nothing but absurdity—complete absurdity. What was with these high attributes?
Even the base attributes were absurdly high, and then there were those skills…
Just looking at the long list of skills arrayed before her eyes left Asuka unable to even complain.
This piece of equipment…
Unabi and Little Black must have turned into humans because of this equipment's skill!
Asuka looked at the attributes of the Super Crown. Apart from the Demon Blade, this was the most absurd piece of equipment on Cyan.
After looking at Cyan's and then looking at Nishi's, Asuka had originally thought Nishi's attributes would be a bit more normal. The attributes were normal, but the skills were too absurd. Not only could she steal things from others, she could also clean up the battlefield and obtain spoils of war.
Was she a thief before?
Asuka stared at Nishi with a strange gaze.
"What is it? Is there something wrong with my attributes?"
Nishi noticed Asuka's strange gaze.
"Nothing wrong."
Asuka smiled awkwardly yet politely and shook her head.
[Transferring…]
[Target World: The Avengers 1. Survival Difficulty: B-rank.]
[This round of the Survival Game is a multi-person Survival Game.]
[The exiled Loki has reached a cooperation with a mysterious force in the universe.
The Chitauri army helps Loki occupy Earth, while Loki uses the Tesseract as exchange to consolidate his royal power.
Eric Selvig, controlled by Loki using the Mind Scepter, uses the Stark Tower and the power of the Tesseract to open a portal. The Chitauri army crosses the portal and launches an attack on New York!
Smoke and the flames of war!
The disaster-ridden New York once again faces catastrophe.
Will the Avengers' indomitable fight be able to expel the invasion of the Chitauri army?
At this moment of crisis, a nuclear bomb is dropped on New York…]
…
The sound of car horns entered her ears. Cyan instantly sprang up from the hard seat, looking around warily.
This time there were many more unfamiliar faces around her. However, they had not yet woken up.
A dancer wearing a ballet costume?
An actor wearing gorgeous clothing as if performing on stage?
A worker with cement dust and grime on his clothes, wearing a safety helmet on his head?
A company executive in a suit and leather shoes, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with hair combed very neatly?
A trendy youth wearing street fashion brands, with a black mechanical watch on his wrist?
Cyan silently sized them up. She did not sense any change in these people's heartbeats, meaning they had not yet awakened.
Newcomers?
"Why are there newcomers here? This is a B-rank difficulty mission. There shouldn't be newcomers." Asuka walked over from a bench on the other side and sized up the five people lying on the ground, her brows slightly furrowed.
"It couldn't be that we're supposed to protect them, right?"
Nishi walked over next to Cyan and hugged her arm. After looking past the five people lying on the ground, she walked over next to the trendy youth, kicked him once, and said, "Stop pretending. I saw your finger move."
"Where is this?"
The trendy youth sat up and looked around. Seeing the transparent barrier that seemed to separate this place from the outside world, he stood up, walked over, and cautiously touched it with the 1-centimeter-long fingernail on his thumb. After discovering nothing was wrong, he patted it with his hand.