Chapter 364: Chapter 364-don’t be greedy
The opening of the Asia server had undoubtedly pushed the popularity of the punitive expedition online to a new high.
As the continent with the largest population, Asia.
On the first day alone, the number of players had skyrocketed to 50 million, and it was still growing. The Black Sea company’s game cabins were selling like hotcakes again, to the point that they had to book in advance, and all the existing game cabins were sold out.
It was even crazier in the game, and the entire Brahma City was full of people in the first stage.
Fortunately, most players chose to level up outside, or the entire Brahma City would definitely be “stuck in traffic.”
For this, Lu Wu had already planned for a long time, which was why he chose the demon Phoenix continent, which was four times larger than Beiqi, as the first place for the players in the Asia server.
In the past two days, with the arrival of the players, the forces of demon Phoenix had naturally noticed that there were often crows made of energy hovering over Brahma City.
Lu Wu was very clear about why these crows came. Obviously, they were here to investigate the situation in Brahma City. After all, Brahma City had become the gathering place of the “rebels,” which was something that all the forces in demon Phoenix knew.
But they didn’t dare to attack because there were gods here!
The strongest person in the entire devil flame continent was only official Lord devil flame. Lu Wu had investigated official Lord devil flame with a divine artifact and found out that he had already reached the peak of the ghost emperor realm.
However, even he had no power to resist the true gods.
After the residents of Brahma City spread the news of the demonic God’s descent, all the forces in the entire demon nightmare continent were in a state of panic, fearing that the demonic god would also descend in the city they were in.
Therefore, they could only hope to protect themselves, let alone attack the city.
This was also the reason why Lu Wu sent evil king. With the deterrence of evil king, the early development of the players in the Asian server would be very smooth, and they would not have to worry about the suppression of demon Phoenix’s forces at all, unless the two sides were at war.
As for the early stages of development, the players from the Asia server had gathered their own experiences from the experience provided by the players from the three major servers. The early stages of the exploration could be said to be both painful and happy.
At this time, both inside and outside Brahma City were full of players who had formed parties.
As the monsters in the early stages were stronger, it was extremely difficult for players to kill monsters alone without forming teams. Killing a monster would tire them out.
Fortunately, the players in the European and Chinese servers provided many solo strategies and shared their original research on trap soloing and terrain killing strategies with the players in the Asian server, so that those players who insisted on playing alone would not be too embarrassed.
……
At this moment, at the West Gate of Brahma City, Yuan Zhi led four players out of the city gate and headed west.
His goal this time was still skeleton forest, but the difference was that he had teammates this time and was no longer alone.
However, these four teammates were not found in the game. They were friends who had played with him in the mechanical Revolution game and often exchanged technical skills on the forum.
He had no choice but to call the four of them to Yuanzhi.
This was because the early stages of the game were extremely unfriendly to new players. After dying three times and experiencing the nine-hour resurrection cooldown, he knew that he had to form a party. If he didn’t take advantage of the opening benefits to level up, he would definitely fall behind.
Therefore, he thought of his friends in the mechanical revolution and wanted to explore the land with them.
After all, everyone was familiar with each other, and they had a tacit understanding of each other. It would be more efficient to kill monsters and level up.
However, this process was bound to be tortuous.
Facing Yuanzhi’s invitation, other than disbelief, his friends almost treated him as a traitor and even almost deleted him from their friends list.
Knowing that these friends had the same thoughts as him, in order to trick them into entering the game to experience it, Yuanzhi could only say that he was writing a “game experience report”. The purpose was to pick out the flaws and bugs.
This was very effective. The four friends immediately decided to help Yuanzhi find the BUG and complete this bad review report.
And then … It was so fragrant!
Now, they didn’t even need Yuanzhi to say anything and they came online.
This time, seonji was having dinner in the skeleton forest when his friends called him and asked him to finish his meal and go online to farm monsters and level up.
It could be said that they were completely obsessed with the campaign online, and they couldn’t get rid of it without taking a few puffs every day.
In the past few days of gaming experience, what made Yuanzhi and his friends feel the most incredible was the physical strengthening that came with the upgrade. It was a wonderful feeling.
This was because the feeling of jumping several meters high and picking up a huge rock with ease was something that could not be experienced in reality.
Who didn’t have the dream of becoming a Superman?
Killing monsters and leveling up didn’t just bring them a sense of achievement after killing them. The strengthening of their bodies after leveling up was what they were most fascinated with.
This feeling was especially obvious every time he went offline.
In the game, his body was light and he walked as if he was flying. However, after going offline, the blessing would disappear and he would feel extremely weak.
Of course, the players would get used to this after getting used to it. Basically, the players in the other three servers were already able to switch between reality and the game.
However, in comparison, the game was definitely happier than in reality, especially for Japan, the birthplace of otaku culture. This game was simply heaven.
It was to the extent that the five-man team, who had originally come to look for bugs, ended up getting addicted to it, to the point that they couldn’t stop.
Right now, all they could think about was to hurry up and level up, and strive to make a name for themselves in the game.
They were not the only ones with such thoughts. The outskirts of skeleton forest were now packed with players forming parties to hunt monsters.
Although skeleton forest could accommodate all the players from the Asian server, the problem was that the monsters inside were too strong. Unless it was an organized Guild, small teams could not compete with them at all. This caused a large number of players to gather at the periphery and fight for monsters.
Therefore, after eating, the few people in Yuan Zhi’s team were so anxious to find a better respawn point as soon as possible and stand in a position.
After hurrying for more than an hour, they arrived at the outskirts of the skeleton forest. As expected, there was a sea of people outside the forest. However, aside from the player parties that entered the forest, there were also many players who came out of the forest.
This part was basically when most of their teammates had died, and before their teammates had resurrected, they would come to the forest entrance to find new teammates and go in to kill more.
It was like forming a party at the entrance of an instance dungeon.
Walking through the crowd, Yuanzhi led the five of them deeper into the forest. After exploring the outer area for two days, they found a few good farming spots that were very suitable for leveling up.
The fog on the map had disappeared for the areas that had been explored, so they could easily reach the previously marked farming point by using the map.
However, when they looked up, they saw more than a dozen players forming parties to kill monsters. When they saw them, they immediately revealed vigilant gazes.
After realizing that the place had been occupied, the five of them went deeper in from the side.
[The second farming spot … Occupied.]
[The third farming spot … Occupied.]
The fourth one …
Along the way, they discovered that the areas where the monsters were concentrated were all occupied by players. Other than the occasional monsters that were alone, they did not have a fixed area to respawn …
The sky was getting dark, and after walking around once more, Yuanzhi sighed,”
“Brothers, why don’t we explore the new area? it’s too slow to level up if we just kill the scattered monsters!”
“That’s too dangerous. The last time we went in, we encountered a blood demon that directly wiped us out. If we die, there’s a three-hour cooldown. This is no joke.” A toot-faced man in the team said.
“I agree. If we continue like this, we don’t know how long we’ll have to walk around for. If we kill our way in, we might be able to obtain some Lucky Chances!”
“I agree. There are beginner monsters in the team. We can’t be so unlucky every time!”
……
After a round of discussion, four votes in favor and one vote against. In the end, the five of them decided to go deeper into the forest of bones to explore.
As the sky was already dark, the risk of farming monsters under the hazy moonlight increased. The five of them could only bear the pain and spend some soul coins to buy a few lighting items before continuing deeper in.
The deeper they went into the skeleton forest, the stronger the smell of blood in the air became, constantly provoking their nerves.
Although they could block their sense of smell, in order to increase the sense of immersion in the game, and also the pride of the old players, they basically activated all the ‘special effects’ except for the ‘damage feedback’ that was lowered by half.
As the fog on the map was gradually pushed away, they began to enter the unknown area. The white bone trees around them grew lusher, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of broken bones. The scene was truly terrifying.
The five of them had been farming monsters here for a few days, so they had already gotten used to the situation. They did not panic and continued to move forward. However, they advanced very carefully. After all, if they attracted a large wave of monsters, they definitely wouldn’t be able to hold on. They could only advance slowly and observe their surroundings at all times.
Along the way, the Party of Five did find quite a number of low-level monsters. As they killed their way through, basically everyone had leveled up once. They also collected quite a number of bone essence materials, which made them feel fortunate for their decision.
After going a little deeper, the five-man team led by Genji stopped moving forward because they felt that this area was quite good to level up. They would feel unsafe if they went any deeper.
Thus, with their current location as the center, the five of them began their daily grinding.
Three of them were paragons, one was a destroyer, and one was a seer.
It was clear that the current fate creator was much stronger than the paragons and destroyers.
Although the early stages of the apocalypse didn’t have strong psychokinesis, lifting rocks and the like was relatively easy. They could cause damage from a long distance with a wave of their hands. They weren’t like the Dominators and destroyers, who had to run back and forth and take a beating from monsters.
As their levels increased, the heaven’s Messenger could even restrict monsters ‘movements, which made Genji and the others envious.
As the battle progressed, the five of them became more and more well-coordinated, and they became more and more skilled in killing monsters. Their efficiency also increased rapidly, and they quickly cleared the eight white skeletons in the area they were in. After that, they began to move to the right. After all, they did not dare to go any further.
They had just walked a hundred meters when they suddenly stopped in their tracks with serious expressions.
“Owuuu! OWW! Awooo!”
Hearing the clear call from the front right, Yuanzhi and the others ‘hearts tightened and they stopped.
They were extremely nervous about the monsters that had never appeared in their current illustrations, afraid that it would be a powerful elite monster.
Yuanzhi slowly pointed the flashlight in the direction of the sound, and his tense body was ready to escape.
The darkness was dispelled by the light, and what appeared in front of the five of them was a pitch-black hole. The sound had come from inside.
“Run! I suspect there’s a BOSS inside!” Chubby Harry, who was playing [fate] in the party, couldn’t help but ask.
“Don’t worry. Don’t you think it’s strange? the monsters we’ve encountered before didn’t make a sound. I think there might be an opportunity here!” One of the players in the team who had read many guides on the Chinese server forum said excitedly.
Genji’s heart skipped a beat when he heard that. These few days, he had also been studying the strategies that the strongest players in the central server had posted.
One of the guides that received a lot of likes said:
[You’ll jump down at the sight of a pit, climb a mountain, and jump off a cliff. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth is up to the heavens. How do you know if you’re not the next inheritor if you don’t try?] [Guide publisher: Crayon Shin-chan]
This strategy was highly recognized in the central server and even the European server. Many players benefited from it. Thus, when he saw this cave, Yuanzhi was instantly tempted.
“Don’t be afraid. We’ll just die. We’ve killed so many monsters today. Let’s see how it goes. I don’t think it’s a BOSS. Otherwise, we’d be dead!”
Then, Yuanzhi walked towards the cave and pointed the flashlight at the cave entrance.
However, after seeing the situation in the cave, Yuanzhi was stunned.
His reaction made his teammates a little confused. They couldn’t help but walk over and stick their heads out to look inside.
What appeared in his line of sight were Three Little Pigs that were completely red and shimmered with a red luster under the light.
[Rainbow Demon pig (Level 3)]:
[Monster description: one of the high-level monsters transformed from the scattered blood of the ancient Yin God “bone monk” after his death. It has extremely high growth potential and has developed initial intelligence. There is a chance that it will advance to the ghost Governor level when it reaches adulthood.]
[Monster notification: killing this monster has a chance of dropping high-grade materials such as blood cores. Its meat can be eaten with a chance of obtaining high genetic points. After being processed by the lifestyle class demon chef, the effect will be doubled.]
Seeing the three red pigs hiding in the pit, Genji and the others looked at each other and couldn’t help but laugh.
At first, they had been worried that they would encounter a BOSS. However, when they saw that it was a newly-born high-tier monster, they knew that they had struck it rich.
Recently, they often saw some players on the sub-server forum who had obtained good things by chance and posted to show off their superiority.
Regarding this kind of behavior, they were disdainful on the surface, but they were really envious in their hearts. They had always hoped that they would encounter this kind of opportunity, but they didn’t expect it to come so quickly.
Although the demand for materials in the early stages of the Asian server was not high, and he did not have the ability to deal with it himself, at most he would give soul coins to the NPCs to handle it. However, if such items were put up for sale in the “auction house”, they would be extremely popular.
It wasn’t just the ambitious big guilds that were willing to spend money to buy it. Players from other servers were even willing to pay a premium for cross-server purchases. Many high-level materials were basically sold in an instant at the auction house.
Therefore, after seeing the analysis panel, the five knew that their opportunity had come. These Three Little Pigs might be able to let each of them change into a good set of equipment.
After looking at each other again, their expressions gradually became ferocious. The leader, Genji, went into the hole and reached out to grab The Three Little Pigs.
Yuanzhi’s actions immediately shocked The Three Little Pigs, and they began to run into the cave.
The entire cave was actually not deep. The flashlight could only reach the end, so it was only about 20 meters deep. Seeing this, Genji immediately went into the cave.
The rest of the people also followed in excitedly.
The hole wasn’t big, but the space inside wasn’t small. It was enough for three people to walk in parallel.
Facing the approaching Genji and the others, the three frightened Little Pigs shrank in the corner and began to cry out. However, Genji and the others would not sympathize with these monsters. Each of them had a fierce expression and was ready to attack.
At this moment, a roar came from outside the cave. The few of them were shocked and quickly turned around to see a huge head deep in the cave, looking at them with a ferocious expression.
[Bone gnawing Wolf (level 56)]:
[Monster description: a high-level monster formed from the bone armor in the body of the ancient Yin God “bone monk.” It has extremely high growth potential and has gained initial intelligence. It likes to devour creatures of the same kind with potential. It has the potential of a ghost Governor.]
“F * ck!”
Looking at this bone-devouring Wolf, Yuanzhi and the others were dumbfounded.
The strongest monster they had encountered so far was the level 26 Gorefiend, and the analysis panel of the bone-eating Wolf had really frightened them.
However, because the hole was not big, only the head of the bone devouring Wolf could enter. Its body could not follow, so it could only roar at them.
After recovering from the shock, they realized that the bone devouring wolves could not get in at all. The few of them heaved a sigh of relief and quickly looked at the three little red pigs.
It didn’t matter if he died or not, he had to get the treasure first.
The five of them were ready to make their move, but at that moment, they heard a player’s “shout” from outside.
“Boss, there’s a BOSS here. It seems to be stuck in the hole!”
Soon after, there was the sound of footsteps as a group of players gathered around. When they realized that the level 56 monster was really stuck in the cave, they cheered.
The members of the Shimada Guild never thought that they would encounter such a lucky thing.
If they had encountered such a BOSS in the outer area, it would have been a devastating disaster. However, now that the BOSS was stuck in the hole in the wall, it was a free opportunity!
A large number of genetic points, a large number of soul coins, and high-grade materials. Thinking of this, every player’s face revealed a smile.
Hearing the conversation of the players outside, Genji and the others were stunned. They felt that the players outside seemed to have misunderstood something.
“What do we do?” The little fatty in the team asked helplessly.
When Yuanzhi and the others heard this, they all had an awkward expression on their faces. They obviously knew that the players from the guilds outside were probably going to be in trouble.
However, they still had to do what they had to do. They decisively turned around again and attacked The Three Little Pigs.
These Three Little Pigs ‘levels weren’t high, and after a few punches, all Three Little Pigs died.
Genji and the others immediately received a considerable amount of genetic points as rewards. Because they were high-level monsters, they had genetic points as a bonus. After comparing them, they found that it was equivalent to three level 18 monsters, which made them all smile.
However, after the three pigs died, three red crystals appeared on their bodies, as well as many red crystal fragments.
[Blood nucleus fragment (high crystal material)]:
[Item Introduction: it contains the weak power of the bone Monk’s Blood. It can be used to create runes and enchant items.]
When they saw the blood nucleus’s analysis panel, Yuanzhi and the others widened their eyes.
[Rainbow Demon pork]:
Item Introduction: high-grade cooking material. After consuming it, one can obtain 500 genetic points (the effect of similar foods will be reduced every time they are consumed). Can be given to a life profession player like a ‘demon chef’ to cook. The effect of the food will be greatly improved (demon chef is not available).
[Blood nucleus (high crystal material)]:
[Item description: it contains the weak power of the bone Monk’s Blood. It can be used to create runes and enchant items.]
[Item Note: This item is connected to the “skeleton forest”. After three hours, it will be transformed into a level 1 newborn Rainbow Demon pig by the bone monk’s remaining power. Placing it in the space will sever the connection between this item and the “skeleton forest”.]
Yuanzhi and the others looked at the items dropped by the rainbow Demon pig on the ground in disbelief, especially the blood core. It could actually turn back into a Rainbow Demon pig. Didn’t that mean that it could be farmed again?
The few of them immediately became excited. They picked up the ‘blood nucleus fragment’ and the three piglet corpses and threw them into the space, but they did not touch the blood nucleus.
It must be known that the price of high-grade materials was extremely high. Since the blood core had turned back into the rainbow Demon pig, then they had obtained a renewable resource.
As long as he could pick up the fragments and corpses of the rainbow Demon pig after it was killed, he could save enough soul coins to buy top quality equipment in the early stages.
“Don’t go, guard the spot!” Genji immediately said.
When his four teammates heard this, they nodded excitedly. It could be said that this was a pleasant surprise and a big opportunity.
Thus, the five of them sat around the three blood cores and waited for the next fortune.
……
Outside, more than 200 members of the Shimada Guild had formed a circle and began to attack the bone-gnawing Wolf.
At first, it was still fine because their attacks did not deal much damage. The bone devouring wolves continued to stare at the blood cores greedily, not caring about what was behind them.
However, one of the players picked up a bone spur from the ground and ruthlessly hit the Wolf’s anus, instantly infuriating the wolf.
A mournful wail scared the five people in the cave and their faces turned pale.
Then, the bone-eating Wolf pulled its head out of the hole and turned around to pounce on the players of the Shimada Guild.
The average level of the players was around level 10. How could they be a match for the bone-eating wolves? they could basically kill them with a single blow. The blood-colored flames that they spat out could even sweep through a large area. The players wailed in all sorts of ways as they were turned into black mist one by one and left the game.
At this moment, the members of the Shimada Guild were a little dumbfounded. They obviously couldn’t understand how the promised benefits had become a team wipe. They couldn’t understand how the bone-eating Wolf had appeared.
With doubts in their minds, the Shimada Guild was annihilated.
After doing all this, the bone devouring Wolf turned around and pounced into the hole. It stuffed its head back in and roared at Yuanzhi and the others.
Genji and the rest looked at the bone-devouring Wolf calmly and continued to chat. Now that they had renewable resources, they did not want to leave at all …
Hence, in the next few days, the players who gradually explored the inside of the forest of withered bones suffered.
After the number of unlucky players increased, a warning post appeared on the forum:
[Brothers, be careful. If you encounter a bone devouring Wolf stuck in the hole at coordinates xxxxx, xxxxx, don’t try to take advantage of it. This is a high-level monster and I think it has a high intelligence. I suspect that it is deliberately luring its prey. Many players have fallen for it. I hope that you can tell each other not to take advantage of it!]