Rusty or cracked - again!

Huobai was the MC for the event, and Lili had to agree it was a perfect choice. He knew how to manipulate people and use his voice to his advantage. She wanted to listen to it more, but Yitian explained to her and to Lei what their role was in the second round while monitoring the first round.

A lot of people got through the first battle royal. And some of them Lili heard of already. But she was now focused on her task. She looked at the chosen equipment they had to make and front. There was a significant difference between the level of what they wanted.

Lili made some adjustments so it would be fairer and helped Chao to set up the traps according to the new quests.

"There were eighty players in one wave. Four waves. That means three hundred twenty in all. We wanted half, that's a hundred and sixty. But Yuzi and Meiren had killed nine and four more than we wanted. So in the end, the hundred and forty-seven players are advancing to the next step." Huobai had summarized to the viewers. Lili was really surprised at how many people wanted to join them.

"What is the next step you ask?" Huobai smirked and looked at her. She knew he was hinting at her to get ready to be shown. And as if she could ever get ready for that.

"As you may know, SoL is not only about combat but also non-combat professions are important. We in our team have a few amazing people…" He waved at Lili who got up and walked to him. She lowered herself and waved to the cam she found.

"Hello, I'm Blacklily. Zhu long's main weaponsmith," she introduced herself in Cantonese and her good pronunciation stunned the people in the stream, together with her beauty. The chat was silent for a while.

"The next round is overseen by Blacklily. So you might know what your goal is. We have divided you by your non-combat professions. The list of items will be sent to your mailbox. From that moment, you need to do everything in your power to finish and present your finished product to Blacklily. In the arena lobby. If you don't finish, you will be eliminated." Huobai said, mercilessly.

Lili was nodding, understanding Huobai's words. She herself added a few more while watching the comments being a mess.

"Mmm, but not only the speed and the finished product will be evaluated. It will be your ability to produce the best you can… So I had made this list as hard as possible," she said, and the streamers were laughing. It was actually playing in the lobby too, so the try-out players were told what to do.

"Beautiful sis. If I join the team, please marry me," one of the players said and Huobai read it out loud. Lili laughed and shook her head.

"Lil bro, I have to disappoint you. I'm already engaged," she said and showed off her ring in the stream. The commenters immediately started guessing who it was. Then one of them got out the old video of her kissing Lei in one of the games.

"So it's young CEO Jin. My dream of marrying him was crushed. Sis, I hate you!" Lili read those comments and only laughed. She looked at Chao, who nodded. He was ready to send out the list after the adjustments.

"Let's stop the chit-chat. We are ready for the second round. Keep in mind that all of you have only half an hour to find the ingredients and finish the product." Huobai repeated, afraid that someone would miss it. Lili waved to the viewers and went back to her place. She was ready in the lobby where everyone could talk to her and show her the finished quest. She was like an NPC appreciating and letting them go through.

"Get ready? Sent!" Huobai exclaimed and nodded to Chao. From that point on, everyone was stunned. No one moved for a few minutes. Just as Yuzi and Meiren ran away, others moved too.

"How many do you think will come through?" Lei asked Lili, and she looked at him and smiled. While letting her NPC sit down on the ground.

"I have been told that only eighty are coming through. But that depends on How good they are…" She chuckled and caressed Lei's face.

"I think I will puke. I need some girls on the team. The dog food I'm being fed every day is disgusting," Wuchen whined and went to his messages. He forgot that Meiren was busy… He really was a single dog.

Lili just chuckled and ignored him. Lei was sitting by her side, but only in the real world. In the game, her character was all alone in the room. But not for long. She got bored and played with emotes she had. Lei liked it so much that he logged into his account and joined her. Dancing together and running around in the game made them both giggle as if they were children.

"Lili… Someone is getting in," Yitian stated. Lili quickly sat on the ground again and Lei waited in front of her as her guard.

It was no one else but Meiren and Yuzi. Lili accepted what they sent her and laughed out loud. When she read the information, she noticed that it was something of a high level because the ingredients were high quality.

"They used the guild ingredients," Lili said to Lei, who immediately opened his building window to check it And Lili was right he saw the withdrawal log from a few minutes ago. He relayed this message to Chao.

"Those two idiots…!" Chao stood up from his chair and took his phone. He looked at Huobai and then walked away to the side. He was speaking quickly and angrily on the phone. Then his mouth opened and closed as if he was a fish. After that, nothing happened. Chao hung up on the call and closed his eyes, looking tired when he sat back in his chair. It was hilarious for Lili. So hilarious…

"What happened?" Yitian asked, concerned. But Chao only shook his head, gesturing towards Huobai. Bai nodded and turned off the mic after informing others they needed to talk a bit about internal things.

"Haha, they never thought someone would be that fast." One comment said that Huobai actually chucked. More like they never anticipated those two joining in.

"What did they do?" Yitian asked once more, and Chao sighed.

"Those two idiots were so fast because they only needed to forge the necklace and the helmet. He took all the resources from the guild inventory and they chose the recipe they knew from memory, so they were fast…" Chao explained. Yixing actually started laughing.

"You called Yuzi, right? What did he say?" Yixing asked, amused to the point of struggling to breathe.

"He said we never said they can't do it. And that we said they can do whatever as long as they are not eliminated…" Lili wanted to listen to more of the conversation because Yuzi sounded like a cool guy, but Yitian warned her again that someone was coming.

Lili inspected their products and found nothing bad with them. So she told them the password to the room the next round will be in.

Some more players were quick enough. And few were actually killed by Yitian at the door before coming into the arena. And they hated him for it.

Lili saw that few places were still free in the new room. But the time limit was nearing. They wanted to have 5v5 fights next, so they needed a specific number of people. But even now. Five minutes before the end. It didn't look like someone was getting in anytime soon.

She actually sent a few people back a few times. One guy was terrible and what he brought in was a rusty dagger. Lili was surprised that even at this level of quality ingredients, he could mess up something so much.

Yitian was instructed that once someone was approaching him at the last minute, he should be aiming to the side, not killing them. And actually, two people were trying to get in.

Yitian took an aim to the side, trying to not hit them. But one character dodged just right in the place Yitian was aiming and ended up jumping into the shot. Being instantly killed. The other went through. Arriving just in time to give his sword to Lili. It was the guy with a rusty dagger. Now it still had some leftover cracks, but Lili couldn't take it anymore since it was the fourth time she saw him, so she just let him in. Making him the last one to get in.