Thanks to the opening of the Shadow World and the arrival of external worlds, players' survival environment had improved vastly compared to before.
Back then, Lone Wolf Players practically had no conditions to grow. Not only would Urban Management Officers steal their Wild Monsters, they did not even know about the most basic classes in the player system.
All the essential resources players needed to improve were firmly controlled by the major powers, monopolized right from the source.
But now, with the Shadow World fully open on one hand and external worlds moving in on the other, under the combined effect of these conditions, monopolies had become a thing of the past.
For players now, raising their Level and strength was no longer particularly difficult.
It was just that the difficulty of the System Mandated Quest was directly tied to a player's strength. Thus, unless they were exceptionally confident in themselves, novice players generally would not rashly choose to rapidly raise their Level within a short period of time.
It was precisely because of this that even now, little Chiyuki was still only Lv 1.
But unlike her, Mu Qiansè and the others had already left the novice stage behind, so they naturally had no such concerns. Not long after lunch, Bai Zhi headed into the Shadow World with them.
Unlike before, when Bai Zhi entered the Shadow World this time, he clearly sensed the drastic changes taking place within it.
Although the sky was still dim, it was no longer completely pitch-black as it had been before. The central area of the courtyard was noticeably brighter, as though something was being nurtured there.
Looking up at the sky, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
Ever since arriving in the Shadow World, he had been able to clearly feel the