You Definitely Have Cheats

Mop God of War was filled with shock. Her tiny head simply could not understand why a player with such high stats had appeared right after the server opened.

As Su Jiang dodged attacks, he also noticed Mop God of War standing behind him with a baffled look on her face.

"Big brother, are you selling your cheats?"

As he passed by her, a soft, adorable voice drifted over.

Su Jiang gave her a puzzled look.

How could Meta World possibly have cheats? This game was a purely idealistic existence. The only thing the material world could use to influence Meta World was currency transactions.

Mop God of War moved closer and looked around. Only after making sure no one was paying attention to them did she whisper, "I have money. I want to buy your cheats."

"I don't have cheats..."

Su Jiang was speechless. If there was anything like a cheat, it was his memories from his previous life. Even if he were an idiot, he would never sell those memories.

"Look into my eyes. I'm being completely sincere!" Mop God of War opened her large, doe-like eyes and looked at Su Jiang pitifully.

"The talent I drew is useless. I can't even steal monsters from others. I really need your cheat! Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you have cheats!"

Why had he never realized in his previous life that she was such a goofball? Su Jiang looked up at the sky.

Amid the massive boss raid, their exchange was nothing more than a tiny ripple.

The fierce boss battle continued. Even though every attack could instantly kill several players, it still could not dampen their enthusiasm. Rat King's health was steadily falling...

1,600 remaining...

1,400 remaining...

1,200 remaining...

When Rat King's health dropped to 1,000, every player went completely wild!

Crowds pressed against crowds like fanatical suicide squads. At the sound of the charge, they surged forward with excited eyes.

Everyone knew that this was the first gold boss to appear in the game. Killing it would definitely yield incredibly generous rewards!

For a time, all kinds of attacks came in wave after wave like a rising tide, turbulent and overwhelming.

At the same time, Su Jiang sped up his stone throwing.

The inconspicuous stones were utterly unnoticed amid the countless attacks, yet each was as deadly as a concealed weapon!

-21!

-21!

-21!

Perhaps to accommodate players at the start of the server, Rat King's defense was set to zero, allowing every player to deal effective damage before being swatted to death.

But no one dealt more damage than Su Jiang!

When Rat King's health fell to around 200, Su Jiang seized the moment and charged at Rat King, grabbing a wooden club and smashing it into its head!

"-70!"

Not dead. Another hit!

"-140!" (Critical Hit)

Boom.

Two enormous damage numbers appeared above Rat King's head, and its calf-sized body crashed to the ground.

Everyone was stunned, wondering who had dealt those damage numbers. This was way too absurd.

Mop God of War half-covered her big doe-like eyes as if to say, And you still claim you aren't using cheats?!

The system announcement rang out at just the right moment.

"Ding—Congratulations to No. 13 Novice Village for successfully killing the gold boss Rat King. Your courageous deed will be spread throughout the Empire!"

"System Announcement: Rat King has been killed. All players who participated in this mission will receive: 100 Carron Empire Reputation, 100 Adventurer's Guild Reputation, x10 Silver Coins, and +1 Experience Level."

"System Announcement: ..."

"System Announcement: ..."

The boss-kill notification appeared three times in a row, flooding the world chat channel.

Then, a notification appeared in Su Jiang's personal system interface as well.

"System Notification: Dear player, you dealt massive damage to Rat King and successfully killed it. You will receive a Talent Enhancement Chest as a reward from the Meta World system."

Talent Enhancement Chest

Item Quality: Unknown

Item Description: Opening it will definitely enhance your talent. You may gain a new talent skill, increase a talent skill's level, or obtain an item related to your talent. The chance to defy fate lies in this very moment!

Item Notes: A reward for the brave and the pioneers!

Su Jiang did not know whether anyone else had received this reward, but he was still stunned.

This thing was an item that could change one's fate. Players with low-level talents had a chance of advancing them to intermediate level, intermediate talents could advance to high level, and high-level talents could gain additional enhancement skills—or evolve a talent skill into a transcendent skill with unimaginable powers.

In his previous life, Kurumi Incarnation's Twelve Bullets (Yud) did not originally possess the effect of sending memories back into the past. He had spent several years opening thousands of Talent Enhancement Chests before obtaining that transcendent effect.

These chests were incredibly difficult to obtain. He had not expected the system to reward one so soon after the server opened.

It seemed that he had truly missed out on a lot in his previous life. This game definitely gave more benefits when there were fewer players, and fewer benefits once the player count grew.

The time Su Jiang had decided to enter the game in his previous life was when the most people were joining—and when the benefits were at their worst.

With all these early-game bonuses, it was no wonder those overlords had been able to hold their positions for so long.

One step ahead, always ahead.

The system announcements flooding the chat made all the players still suffering inside the novice villages boil with excitement.

"Damn it, I've been grinding forever without even gaining one level, but they killed a boss and everyone got a whole level!"

"Wait, can't we replicate the process that spawned this boss?"

"My tears of envy and jealousy are flowing out of the corner of my mouth."

"By the way, silver coins are being bought on the black market at a 1:20 rate right now. Doesn't that mean each of them made 200 bucks?"

"Players of Newbie Village No. 306, follow me to the fields outside the village and drive out the rats! We're going to fight Rat King too!"

No. 13 Novice Village.

Although most players had received a death debuff that weakened all their stats by 10% for an hour, the rewards made it worthwhile. Some of them had already been close to Level 2, and the system had directly added a level for them. They were now Level 2 with 98% experience, and after killing just a few more monsters, they could reach Level 3.

They were delighted.

"Awesome! That level came at the perfect time. I just need to do one more adventure quest to reach Level 3!"

"What adventure quest?"

"Check the forum. Someone posted a guide there."

Hearing that, the players present all went to the forums to see what the adventure quests were.

The moment they saw the quest interface posted by someone who had become an adventurer, their eyes turned red. They howled and charged toward the Adventurer's Guild.

Su Jiang quickly blended into the crowd and slipped away while no one was paying attention.

After all, those two damage numbers just now had been far too shocking. Everyone else was still dealing between 10 and 20 damage, while he had casually dealt 140. Who would not be scared after seeing that?

Su Jiang had no intention of drawing attention to himself yet.

"Don't leave, big brother! I want to buy your cheats!" Mop God of War followed behind Su Jiang, eager to keep pestering him.

Her resentful voice clung to him like a ghost at his back, making goosebumps rise all over Su Jiang's body.

"Stop, stop, stop. There are no cheats. The greatest cheat is talent. As long as you make good use of your talent, you can be like me too," Su Jiang hurriedly said.

"Ah, but my talent seems pretty useless. Other people's talents increase stats, reduce damage, or give them skills and stuff. I don't even know how to use mine."

Mop God of War's voice was full of grievance.

"Anyway, I really don't have cheats," Su Jiang said dismissively.

He turned to leave.

"Hey, hey, wait."

"What now?!"

"Um... I want to buy the silver coins you have. Is that okay?" Mop God of War asked cautiously, poking her fingers together.