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Clearly, ability-based steroid rage is the choice of those who prefer offense, while ability-based bodybuilding is prepared for those who prefer defense, such as summoners. System contractors must choose B. Fang Senyan thought about it and still felt that living meant everything was possible, especially after experiencing the metal storm of the Flying Magic Key, which made him feel this even more, so he chose B.

According to the Nightmare Imprint's prompt, Fang Senyan quickly arrived at the plaza in the Nightmare Space. He stood still after arriving at the designated area near the middle of the space. He suddenly felt a slight movement under his feet. The floor under his feet actually detached from the main body and quickly ascended straight up, while three red tentacles automatically stretched out from below the floor, quickly weaving a closed and wide shed around Fang Senyan, obviously to prevent people from falling. Fang Senyan touched it with his hand and felt that the texture was like a steel core wrapped in sponge, and it was slightly warm, and the shed was very strong.

Riding this simple "elevator," Fang Senyan ascended all the way to the top of the space. After arriving at the destination, the piece of floor under Fang Senyan's feet immediately dissolved into the adjacent wall and disappeared, and in front of him was a hexagonal metal passage. The metal passage gave people an indestructible feeling at a glance, as if even time could not damage it! After Fang Senyan walked into it, three dark green beams immediately appeared in front of him and scanned his body. If he made any abnormal movements, then he believed he would die immediately.

At the end of the passage, a metal chair appeared. The chair was inlaid with many large oval crystals. Fang Senyan sat down, and a holographic virtual screen popped up in front of him:

"Number 1018... Reading person..."

"Identity confirmation in progress..."

"Your current Nightmare Imprint level is Recruit."

"You currently have the rank to be promoted to the next level. Do you want to promote immediately?"

"Yes."

"Your current Nightmare Imprint level has been promoted to: Private First Class."

"You currently have the rank to be promoted to the next level. Do you want to promote immediately?"

"Yes."

Next, Fang Senyan skipped three levels in a row, directly crossing the three thresholds of Corporal, Sergeant, and Staff Sergeant.

Fifty points of merit is the threshold for promotion to Second Lieutenant. And Fang Senyan's merit value at this time was as high as 53 points, which also reached the standard for promotion. This time, the meaning from Staff Sergeant to Second Lieutenant was not as simple as a simple level increase. Even in the real world, Second Lieutenant is the lowest-ranking officer title among the lieutenant-level officers in most countries, which represents the transformation from soldier to officer! From then on, he was transformed from a follower to a leader!

Before, when the military rank was promoted, the holographic virtual screen in front of him simply read it out with a simple mechanical voice. But this time, chaotic interference began to appear on the holographic virtual screen. After a while, a somewhat hoarse voice came from the other side:

"Wow, another guy who passed the initial trial, cough cough. Very good, very good, let me see, Contractor 1018, congratulations on getting the Second Lieutenant rank."

Fang Senyan said in astonishment:

"Who are you?"

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, I'm not your enemy. In fact, I'm the same kind of human as you, but I'm from the future."

"Future?" Fang Senyan continued to be confused.

The hoarse voice coughed twice and said:

"That's right, in fact, strictly speaking, you can be regarded as mercenaries we hired from the past, but now your strength does not meet our requirements. When you grow to a certain level, we will naturally contact you again."

"Mercenaries?" Fang Senyan suddenly felt a surge of crazy anger in his heart. He thought of the various dangers he had experienced in the previous Nightmare World, on the line between life and death. "You make us struggle between life and death, treating our lives like ants! Is this also considered hiring?"

"Don't get excited, Second Lieutenant!" The voice on the other side had obviously encountered many such situations and said calmly:

"To get something, you must lose something. Most of the people who can enter the space are people with extremely strong obsessions or unwillingness in their hearts. They have long-term anger and nowhere to vent their repression. We can fulfill your wishes, so naturally we need you to fight for us. Isn't this a very fair deal? Take you as an example, has the Nightmare Space ever forced you to do anything?"

"But..." Fang Senyan was speechless for a moment.

The hoarse voice on the other side said lightly:

"If you still think our behavior is inappropriate, then I can give you a chance now: you can leave the space immediately, the imprint on your chest will be eliminated, and the memories here will be erased. You can still go back to living a normal life in the 21st century."

"No!" Fang Senyan was shocked and shouted subconsciously: "I haven't gotten the medicine to restore my Fourth Uncle's crippled arm! How can I leave?"

"Okay, okay." The hoarse voice said with a smile: "Look, look, the fair relationship between us remains."

"...Okay, I understand, I take back what I said at the beginning." Fang Senyan said dejectedly. "Give me my rank."

The hoarse voice said approvingly:

"Very good, next time I see you, I hope you have grown to the point where you can fight for us. You know, the place where you can get the most merit is on our battlefield."

"One last piece of advice, which is purely for you personally, Second Lieutenant, usually only a very small number of talented contractors can get this kind of preferential treatment."

Fang Senyan nodded seriously:

"I will keep it in my heart."

"Cherish your merit, allocate it as stingily as you would your lover's first night, treat it like that, otherwise... believe me, you will definitely regret your previous spending in the near future."

Fang Senyan suddenly thought of another thing and said:

"I have previously received a prompt that merit can be traded. Perhaps it would be a good choice for me to acquire some?" The hoarse voice said lightly:

"We do not encourage the behavior of trading merit. It's a stupid idea. Besides, you are already a Second Lieutenant and can no longer trade with others. Uh, let me put it this way, the reason why we open the permission to trade merit among soldiers is a measure to increase their initial chances of survival. Given your current permissions, I can only tell you that Second Lieutenants who are promoted through trading will not be recognized by us and personally awarded, and the increase in rights they receive is only a few, mainly for them to form teams... I've said enough, good luck, I hope to see you again, Second Lieutenant."

Immediately, a prompt sounded in Fang Senyan's ears:

"You have been promoted to: Second Lieutenant." "Your Nightmare Imprint has been granted the following permission upgrades." "You can purchase relevant rank items anytime, anywhere in the Nightmare Space."

"Your personal storage space capacity has increased by 100%."

"You can now form a minimum-level team, and the team's maximum number cannot exceed five people."

"You can appoint a deputy, but his rank must be at least Sergeant/Sergeant (Reserve), this operation will consume one point of merit."

"You have been granted a free right to purchase rank items from the space."

"You have been granted the right to actively enter the Nightmare Space once every two weeks in the real world. Each active entry will additionally increase your stay time by 180 minutes. You now have 48 hours of accumulated time in the space after each completion of the Nightmare World."

Warning: When your total number of merit points drops below 50, the permission upgrade effect you currently have will disappear, and the identity upgrade you have obtained will be removed.

Fang Senyan looked at this series of improvements and felt relatively satisfied. When he completed the Pirates of the Caribbean world, he received a prompt that "merit" could be traded, and it seemed that those teams established in the early stages were formed by trading merit. He suddenly thought of something again at this time, so he asked loudly:

"May I ask what determines the universal points, potential points, and basic attribute points during the reward after passing the level?"

At this time, the answer was changed back to the mechanical, cold voice of the Nightmare Space, obviously the guy who came to confer the rank on Fang Senyan earlier had left.

"Permission evaluation in progress..."

"Please pay 600 universal points, Contractor 1018."

"Your current rank is: Second Lieutenant, you only need to pay 500 universal points."

Fang Senyan was very speechless and still allocated 500 universal points. In this space, people feel efficiency, coldness, and a pursuit of extreme exploitation at all times. And what runs through it is the ruthless and realistic rule: you pay as much as you get, it's that simple, as precise as a machine, and as ruthless as a machine!

Soon Fang Senyan got the answer: "The universal point reward for passing the level is related to the theoretical development of the mission completed after passing the level. The Nightmare Space will use all the missions that you can theoretically take and complete as the evaluation standard for the theoretical development of the mission."

"The potential point reward for passing the level is somewhat related to the exploration of the entire world and the completion evaluation after you accept the mission."

"Only when you deeply explore the main plot, main characters, and special scenes during your adventure in the Nightmare World will you receive additional basic attribute point rewards.

Hint: You can't have both fish and bear's paw. In the early stage of the contractor, if there is no strong team support, then often while obtaining additional basic attribute point rewards, it may restrict the number of extra potential points/universal points you get."