Seraphina Sullivan was prepared.
In keeping with her established persona as a healing and support Player.
She extended her right hand, palm up. A slender Silver Needle, glinting coldly, materialized at her fingertips.
Seraphina Sullivan made the Silver Needle levitate and said in a slightly uncertain tone, "I think... it’s an Ability related to stitching? I feel like... I can stitch a lot of things. Not just clothes... I can even stitch up wounds."
She spoke vaguely on purpose, establishing the image of a Talent that was primarily for utility but seemed to have a little potential.
A flicker of disappointment, almost imperceptible, flashed in Dexter Luther’s eyes.
But he quickly concealed it and offered a reassuring smile.
"So it’s a support-type Talent... That’s not bad, very practical! With Chandler on the front lines, the two of you—one for combat and one for support—will complement each other perfectly. Your chances of survival will definitely be much higher!"
Upon hearing that her Talent was "stitching"—a seemingly weak support type with little combat application—most of the people who had been secretly watching lost interest. They looked away and went back to their own business.
Seeing the unwanted attention die down, she knew she’d muddled through.
After browsing the trading area for a while longer and finding nothing else worth acquiring, Seraphina Sullivan and Sean Chandler decided to return to their RV.
You could clearly get good things at the Player trading area, but you needed to have something valuable to offer in return.
Seraphina Sullivan planned to go back and prepare, transferring some items out of her personal Space. In the future, she would let Sean Chandler come here to trade for goods.
’It would be best to collect more Skill Upgrade Cards.’
However, just as they were about to leave the trading area, they unexpectedly ran into two acquaintances.
Justin Brooks and Philip Jensen.
Justin Brooks and Philip Jensen had apparently also heard that an item allowing ordinary people to gain Player status had appeared in the trading area, so they had rushed over to investigate.
Their motive was simple.
If they could figure out the origin of such items and how to acquire them.
They could perhaps collect them in dungeons in the future, allowing more loyal and reliable comrades to gain Player status and thereby strengthen the safe zone’s overall defenses and development.
"Miss Sullivan! Mr. Chandler! What a coincidence, you’ve made it to the safe zone too!"
Seeing Seraphina Sullivan and Sean Chandler, Justin Brooks broke into a sincere smile, clearly pleased to run into them again.
"Captain Brooks, Comrade Jensen," Seraphina Sullivan replied with a smile.
"Yes, the temperature outside kept dropping, and I just couldn’t take it anymore. Even though Sean is a Player and can find ways to stay warm, an ordinary person like me can’t last long in the wild. So, we joined an evacuation team and came to the safe zone."
After a few pleasantries, Justin Brooks got straight to the point and asked about the "item that grants Player status."
Seraphina Sullivan told him what she knew without holding back.
Although Justin Brooks was a little disappointed that he hadn’t been able to see or acquire the card himself, he was invigorated by the knowledge that a safe path for ordinary people to gain Player status truly existed.
At the very least, it proved his idea was feasible and pointed toward a possible direction for the safe zone’s future development.
「Back inside the privacy of the RV.」
Seraphina Sullivan picked up the *Vorlag City Safe Zone Survival Guide* again.
Her eyes scanned the articles meant to maintain order, but inwardly, she was far from as calm as she appeared.
The clamor from outside was shut out.
"I hope the natural disasters on Azure Star itself don’t get any worse..."
Seraphina Sullivan murmured.
Her voice carried a hint of imperceptible worry.
If the environment in the real world continued to worsen, holing up in a safe zone just to cling to life was by no means a long-term solution.
Resources and Space were both finite, and passive defense would eventually reach its limit.
’If I want to truly change the situation, I need to have the kind of power Yana Yates has—enough to handle any contingency, maybe even... influence the rules themselves.’
’But with my current power, I probably can’t make contact with beings on that level yet.’
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