Nan Feng grilled a piece of Boar Meat for lunch and ate until his mouth glistened with grease.
But he noticed a problem.
"If I eat grilled meat every day, my body will definitely develop problems sooner or later. I need to find some fruits and vegetables to replenish vitamins A, B, C, D, E, F, G..."
"But my body is already semi-digitalized. Do I still need to replenish these trace elements?"
Was he a virtual lifeform, or a real living creature? Even Nan Feng himself did not know.
Shaking his head, Nan Feng stopped thinking about it. "Forget it. As long as my Health Points are full, there shouldn't be any problem."
After lunch, Nan Feng bought some more water to purify.
This large-scale purchase of Ironclaw Rat Claws had left Nan Feng short on wood and stone. He needed to sell more mana potions.
"Lower the price of mana potions to thirty units of materials per bottle. Small profits, quick turnover."
At this stage, the Chosen Ones did not consume much Mana Points.
Lowering the price appropriately would earn him more.
After finishing all that, Nan Feng checked his backpack. There were already 1,084 Ironclaw Rat Claws inside.
In the time it took him to eat lunch, Nan Feng had collected another 700-plus Ironclaw Rat Claws.
Sure enough, the power of the masses was limitless.
There were now 591 Chosen Ones remaining in Nan Feng's region.
On average, as long as every Chosen One killed three Ironclaw Rats, Nan Feng would be able to gather enough for ten iron ingots.
"Looking at it this way, it's actually pretty fast."
Wiping his mouth, Nan Feng left the Wooden Cabin.
That afternoon, Nan Feng planned to explore northwest and see whether he could reach the iron mine Su Ziran had mentioned.
Iron ingots would definitely be needed in large quantities later on. Nan Feng could not keep relying on dismantling Ironclaw Rat Claws forever, could he?
Besides, Nan Feng also wanted to meet some other Chosen Ones. Maybe he could get to know a few pretty girls—scratch that—maybe he could make a few like-minded teammates.
In this perilous world, every additional teammate meant a better chance of survival—provided that teammate did not stab him in the back.
After leaving the Wooden Cabin, Nan Feng headed west, casually taking out seven or eight Ironclaw Rats along the way and collecting several rat claws.
Before long, Nan Feng arrived at Chen Ping's Wooden Cabin, except Nan Feng had dismantled this cabin yesterday.
"I wonder whether Huang Peng's Wooden Cabin is in this direction too?"
As he continued onward, Nan Feng found that the ferocious beasts around here were all low-level. Most were level 1 or 2, with level 3 beasts being extremely rare.
This direction was quite safe, but it was not a good place to level up.
Nan Feng was already level 4. Killing level 2 ferocious beasts only gave him seven experience points, which was pitifully little.
Opening the map, Nan Feng saw that his current coordinates were 321:528.
"At this pace, I should reach the iron mine in a little over an hour."
To make it back to the Wooden Cabin before dark, Nan Feng quickened his pace.
At the boundary between the plains and the forest.
Su Ziran pointed at a distant cave and spoke calmly. "I've named this place Iron Mine Mountain. What do you think?"
Behind him, two Chosen Ones shrugged indifferently.
Wu Yuansheng said, "It's not my wife. Call it whatever you want."
Xu Ming said, "Is there really iron ore here? Don't lie to me. We're not easy to push around."
Xu Ming held a large shield half as tall as a person, watching Su Ziran cautiously. It was a wooden shield, clearly marked by worm-eaten holes and uneven pits.
Su Ziran's expression was cold. "Of course there's iron ore. But if you want a share, you first have to prove your strength."
Behind Xu Ming, Wu Yuansheng raised his bow and fired an arrow into the distance!
Whoosh!
-115!
The arrow struck a lone Cave Spider in the distance, dealing 115 damage.
All eight of the Cave Spider's eyes turned toward Wu Yuansheng as it charged over in a flash.
Wu Yuansheng remained unruffled. He drew his bow and fired a second arrow.
-115!
Two mana arrows were lodged in the Cave Spider's head, but they did not affect its speed in the slightest. It quickly closed in on Wu Yuansheng.
"Ha!" Xu Ming shouted lowly. As the Cave Spider approached, he suddenly slammed his large shield forward!
Shield Bash!
-65!
The Cave Spider froze in place, falling into a stunned state.
Whoosh!
Wu Yuansheng calmly fired a third arrow, easily finishing off the Cave Spider.
Xu Ming looked at Su Ziran with a proud expression. "So? Isn't our combo badass?"
Su Ziran nodded lightly. "But it consumes quite a lot of mana, doesn't it?"
"..." The smile on Xu Ming's face stiffened slightly.
Su Ziran had guessed right. Xu Ming only had enough Mana Points to use Shield Bash five times, while every one of Wu Yuansheng's arrows cost five Mana Points. He often ran out of mana halfway through shooting.
They could not fight a prolonged battle.
Xu Ming said, "Setting the facts aside, just tell me whether it's badass or not."
Su Ziran said, "Badass."
Su Ziran was acknowledging the strength of Wu Yuansheng and Xu Ming.
"Alright, let's wait off to the side for now. More people should arrive soon." Su Ziran found a shady spot and sat down to rest. "By the way, you got here awfully fast."
"Our Wooden Cabins are all on the plains, so we're close by. We came early to check things out." Wu Yuansheng and Xu Ming also found places to sit and rest, though they kept a certain distance from Su Ziran. "By the way, bro, what's your Destined Divine Weapon? How strong is it? What skills does it have?"
"I use a short blade. No skills." Su Ziran waved the somewhat rotten wooden blade in his hand. "As for my strength... without returning to the Wooden Cabin for supplies, my sister and I can kill seven to ten Cave Spiders in one round if we work together."
The seven to ten Cave Spiders Su Ziran mentioned did not mean facing seven to ten Cave Spiders at once. It meant hunting them one by one without replenishing supplies, for a total of seven to ten kills.
Wu Yuansheng thought to himself, Xu Ming can use Shield Bash five times. Working together, we can kill five Cave Spiders without taking damage. After that, we'll start losing Health Points... We can only kill around ten in one round too.
By comparison, the efficiency of Wu Yuansheng and Xu Ming was about the same as that of Su Ziran and his sister when hunting Cave Spiders.
Xu Ming did not think that much about it. His attention had been caught by the word "sister."
"You have a younger sister? Oh... I remember now. You mean Su Yihan, right?" Xu Ming looked around but did not see any other Chosen Ones. "Where is she? Why haven't I seen her?"
Su Ziran checked the chat messages on his panel. "She'll be here soon."
Sure enough, less than two minutes later, Su Yihan slowly approached on her long legs.
When Su Yihan reached them, Wu Yuansheng and Xu Ming both stared blankly.
The two exchanged a glance, and both shouted inwardly, Holy shit, they're huge!
Su Yihan coldly swept her gaze over the two perverts before turning to Su Ziran. "Brother, only two came? Where are the others?"
Su Ziran said calmly, "They're probably still on the way. Once around ten people arrive, we can get started."
For the Chosen Ones ranked in the top twenty, iron ore was tremendously tempting.
Su Ziran believed that few people would give up this chance to obtain iron ingots.
Sure enough, over the next hour, Chosen Ones arrived one after another.
They were all experts from the top twenty of the rankings. Only those ranked in the top twenty had received the coordinates from Su Ziran.
Nan Feng was the ninth to arrive.
"Hey, hey, hey! Hello, handsome guys and beautiful ladies!" The moment he arrived, Nan Feng cheerfully greeted everyone while secretly sizing them up.
Hmm, the one with the bow is Wu Yuansheng... the one with the shield is Xu Ming... why is there someone without a weapon... huh? There's even a pretty girl...
Nan Feng's gaze shifted to Su Yihan's chest. He immediately sucked in a cold breath and blurted out:
"Holy shit, they're huge!"
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