"After killing two more monsters, I should be able to reach the first stage of the martial arts realm!"
Cao Hong looked at his own attributes. The progress bar for his main cultivation technique was almost full.
He had already been in the game for more than a day, yet he hadn't even advanced a single stage. This made him feel that the leveling speed in this game was the slowest out of all the games.
However, he was deeply infatuated with the world of this game.
Because everything here was so real.
Apart from the fact that players could continuously revive, everything here was no different from the real world.
This included names.
This game didn't have any nicknames. Everyone entered the game with their real names.
In other words, whatever you are called in the real world, you are still called in the game.
Cao Hong had played many games over the years and had accumulated a wealth of experience. Therefore, after entering the game, the first thing he did was find a martial arts school and become an apprentice.
He was confident that in Novice Village 10021, there wouldn't be more than ten people who could reach the first stage of the martial arts realm faster than him.
One had to know.
Just the 10021 Novice Village alone had tens of thousands of players.
However —
The difficulty of this game was indeed high.
Because it was so close to the real world, the monsters here were much harder to deal with than the monsters they had fought before.
With so many players continuously exploring, they only had a rough understanding of the situation within ten miles of Novice Village 10021.
As for areas further away, there was nothing they could do.
Cao Hong crouched down and took out a small dagger from his equipment slot. Then, he started to cut the wild deer in front of him.
This game didn't have a one-click collection function.
Apart from some equipment that would automatically drop, if one wanted to obtain the materials from these monsters, they had to cut them themselves.
Before entering the wilderness, Cao Hong had already prepared a strategy.
He knew clearly which parts of the wild deer were valuable and which weren't.
After spending a lot of effort, he cut off most of the valuable parts of the wild deer.
Without waiting for Cao Hong to continue, the wild deer suddenly disappeared.
He knew that it was because the time was up.
There was another disadvantage of this game. The spawn time of the monsters was too fast.
The system didn't care if you had finished collecting. When the time was up, it wouldn't stop for even a second.
"But if I take it back and sell it, I should be able to get dozens of copper coins!" Looking at the materials in the package, Cao Hong's face showed a satisfied expression.
A few dozen copper coins were enough to buy a decent weapon.
The iron sword he bought while traveling through the wilderness only cost him thirty copper coins.
Standing up, Cao Hong looked at the sky and had some plans in his heart.
"It's only noon now. Killing two more monsters shouldn't be a problem. Looks like I can reach the first stage of the Basic Realm today!"
The wilderness at night was even more dangerous.
Although players could continuously revive, there was a price to pay for each revival.
Cao Hong didn't want to be beaten back to his original state just as he was about to reach the first stage of the Basic Realm.
— —
The iron sword was pulled out and blood splattered everywhere.
A wild deer half the height of a man lay on the ground, motionless.
Cao Hong's body shook slightly, and a carefree smile appeared on his face.
The first stage of the Basic Martial Arts Realm!
After spending nearly two days, he finally crossed the initial threshold and walked in front of the majority of the players.
After collecting the spoils of war, Cao Hong planned to return.
Although his realm had increased, he still didn't want to act rashly.
But — —
Just as Cao Hong was about to turn around, his sharp eyes caught sight of a figure.
The figure held a large saber and wore tattered clothes.
This was!
A humanoid NPC!
Cao Hong immediately reacted.
After traveling in the wilderness for so long, he had only encountered wild beasts. This was the first time he had encountered a humanoid NPC.
Seeing the weapon in the other party's hand, the other party's expression seemed to be somewhat fierce.
If it was half an hour ago, Cao Hong's main thought would be to retreat.
But now that his realm had increased to the first stage of the Basic Realm, his sudden increase in strength filled his heart with confidence.
In addition, the humanoid monster in front of him didn't look like a powerful character.
"A humanoid NPC. If I kill it, it might drop some good stuff." Cao Hong thought to himself. Looking at the humanoid NPC in front of him, he slowly walked over.
The other party seemed to have noticed him and immediately rushed toward him with a large saber in hand.
"Good timing!"
Cao Hong thought to himself. He immediately got into position and prepared to fight the humanoid monster in front of him.
But — —
Without waiting for Cao Hong to show his skills, he saw similar humanoid monsters swarming in from all directions.
One, two … … ten … … twenty!
They were densely packed and in the blink of an eye, they had surrounded him.
Cao Hong's face turned ashen. He couldn't even hold the iron sword in his hand steadily.
He didn't expect that the one-on-one situation he had originally envisioned would turn into a group fight in the blink of an eye.
Cao Hong swallowed his saliva as he looked at the gleaming sabers and the eyes that were glaring at him covetously.
"Run!"
That was Cao Hong's first reaction.
But — —
He was already surrounded. Before he could run more than a few steps, he was slashed to the ground by a flurry of sabers.
The intense pain caused his face to turn pale.
Before he could let out a scream, several more large sabers occupied his line of sight.
"F * ck … …"
Cao Hong only had time for this thought to flash through his mind before his vision fell into darkness.
In the blink of an eye, the white light dissipated.
Only the iron sword was left.
Qin Shujian walked forward. Zhao Shanlin picked up the iron sword at the right time and handed it over.
"Chief, this is something dropped by the mutants."
"Mm!"
After receiving the iron sword, Qin Shujian checked its attributes. It was no different from the large sabers of ordinary bandits. Then, he tossed it to a bandit who used a wooden stick as a weapon.
"Pass down my order. Any mutants who step out of the range of Novice Village 10021 are to be killed without mercy."
"Yes!"
Zhao Shanlin immediately accepted the order.
Then, he and the other bandits spread out into the wilderness to search.
Although he didn't know why Qin Shujian wanted to kill all these mutants, he didn't have the intention to ask.
Since he had joined the Cold Mountain Stronghold, Zhao Shanlin knew what to ask and what not to ask.
Especially in his opinion. These mutants looked similar to them.
But in the end, there were still some differences.
He couldn't help but think of something Zheng Fang had said before.
Those who were not of the same race had different intentions.
So, if they were killed, then so be it.
After Zhao Shanlin and the others all left, Qin Shujian was the only one left.
Seeing the other party's respectful expression from beginning to end, he was quite satisfied.
Some things didn't need to be investigated too much.
As long as they were obedient and could be used by him, that was enough.
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