On the coast full of gravel and shells, in addition to the three Wang Zhifan, there are fifteen other players, both male and female. Judging from the weapons and equipment, they seem to have various professions.
When the players who came to the dungeon gradually recovered from their mental trance, the goal of clearing the dungeon appeared before their eyes:
[Dungeon goal: Find Forbidden Fruit Island located deep in the ocean and pick up at least one Forbidden Fruit on the island.]
"Please tell me your level of occupation. I am Level 21, a gunner."
"Assassin, Lv20."
"Warrior, Level 22."
As one person started, a total of eighteen players began to report their homes one after another to estimate the approximate difficulty level of this instance.
"Both of you apply for level 20."
This is not the first time that Wang Zhifan has encountered a situation where the dungeon level is much higher than his level, so he is currently quite calm and lowered his voice to remind Chen Ming brothers next to him to report a false level.
Chen Ming and Chen Can immediately nodded slightly to him, obviously without him having to explain the purpose of doing so.
At the same time, in the initial stage of this dungeon, players began to discuss. What others didn't know was that several special notification messages appeared in front of Wang Zhifan:
[Detected that you are VIP Player, starting to initialize your copy identity...]
[Your dungeon identity is set to: Rich.]
[Rich: You have one million local high-value common currencies in the early stage of the instance.]
[One million Golden Orchid Coins has been stored in your pocket space, and these currencies will not occupy your pocket space.]
[Note: These currencies are only available in this instance. They will not be taken out simultaneously when you leave this instance.]
"Give me one million at the beginning? This VIP Player identity seems really good."
After reading the notification messages triggered by the newly obtained identity of VIP Player, Wang Zhifan immediately used his mind to open his personal space and checked it, and found that a large pile of new or old small gold coins with certain patterns engraved on the surface had appeared in his personal space. Although it was the first time for him to see this kind of currency, he knew from the introduction of the message that they must be valuable existences in this copy world.
"Everyone! It looks like this dungeon can only be completed by going deep into the ocean! Does anyone have props like ships?"
When Wang Zhifan was obsessed with the charm of gold coins, a middle-aged man among the eighteen players on the beach spoke loudly. At this time, everyone had already reported their professional levels, which were generally around L20, so the topic of discussion came to how to complete this copy.
"Who has a steamship? What a beautiful idea you have!"
"This copy must require us to take the NPC's ship."
"I don't have a ship, but I have a Fine Tier boat, but if I want to take it into the ocean, there is no difference between me and my death."
"I feel like the instructions for this dungeon are not clear. Maybe the island I'm looking for is not on the sea, but on the bottom of the sea!"
"Haha, what if there is a ship? Do we have anyone who can drive it?"
For a while, these players were talking a lot, meaning that even if there was no ship, it would be impossible to sail it.
"Brother Fan, there are some shadows in the distance that may be buildings! It should be a gathering place for NPCs!"
Chen Ming, who was dressed in high-end casual clothes, did not participate in the chatter of the people around him. Instead, he looked around and discovered that there were some vague man-made buildings in some directions away from the current coast.
"Well, we'll go over and take a look later."
Wang Zhifan glanced at the distance before turning his attention back to the other players around him.
Beside him, Chen Can, who was playing a dungeon for the first time, behaved quite calmly. He didn't seem to be nervous at all. He was holding a black pistol firmly in his right hand while silently observing his surroundings.
"Everyone! Please be quiet! If we keep arguing like this, there will be no results! I suggest that everyone unite as one, form a team, and work together to clear this dungeon!"
The middle-aged player who had asked if anyone had a ship spoke loudly again now, as if he wanted to end this chaotic discussion.
"Group into a team? Then who will be the team leader? You don't mean to say that you will be the leader, do you?"
A tall male player immediately replied in a slightly provocative tone. There were several other players standing on the left and right of this player. They had a vague feeling that he was the leader, which made people speculate that he should be the leader of the player team.
"Whoever has the ability to guide everyone through the level can be the leader. I think everyone has no objection to this, right?"
The middle-aged man then responded to the tall man in a neither humble nor condescending manner, then turned to look at the other people around him.
However, he looked around and received no verbal support from anyone. Instead, he elicited amazing words from a male player with messy long hair and a messy beard who looked a bit "artistic":
"Pass the level? Why do you have to clear it? There is no time limit for the goal of this dungeon. Isn't it good for us to live in this dungeon all the time? As long as we don't go looking for that island, we can live freely forever! We don't have to fight these bullshit dungeons anymore!"
The slovenly man raised his arms as he spoke, his expression obviously a little excited.
For a moment, all the surrounding players were silent. After several seconds, someone taunted him:
"Haha, you think you can't be cured just because you don't do the quest copy? I just want to say don't be too naive."
"We haven't even figured out what's going on in this dungeon yet, so you're just going to stay here. If other places are full of monsters, can you survive?"
"I heard that players who are stranded in the dungeon will not end well."
But the words of these people could not affect the slovenly long-haired and bearded man. A disdainful smile appeared on his face, and then he turned around, opened his arms and jumped like a child and ran towards the distance, shouting as he ran:
"Oh! I'm free! I'm free! Hahaha!"
His laughter was so wanton and wild, and he looked like he didn't take the other teammates seriously at all, and just ran along the coastline into the distance.
"MD, this man must be sick!"
"Looking at his ghostly appearance, he might have escaped from some lunatic asylum."
When the remaining players saw this, they looked at each other for a moment, and then someone couldn't help but curse.
"I think it's better for everyone to leave that person alone. Maybe it's a good thing that he's gone. Our mission will definitely go more smoothly without him."
The middle-aged player who had performed well before went on to say that he seemed to want to restart the issue of teamwork.
"But if we let him go like this, wouldn't it be an advantage for him? We are all trying to find ways to pass the dungeon, and we have gone through all kinds of difficulties and life and death. How about he just lie down and wait for us to take him through the level? This is unfair! I can't accept it!"
Another female player said very angrily at this time, and then the female player rushed towards the long-haired and bearded man who had just left, as if she wanted to intercept him.
"Tch... it's useless for you to chase him. Can you still catch him? This copy has not released the Punishment Instance mechanism!"
Someone immediately shouted to the female player chasing away.
"Hey, in the final analysis, this is a huge flaw in this game. Players like us who are serious about completing the dungeon will suffer the most. Maybe the rewards after working hard to complete the dungeon are not good enough."
The other player then sighed helplessly, obviously this was not the first time he had seen a situation like this.
"Yeah, this Supernatural Game is a complete rubbish! There's no place to complain!"
This discussion made everyone feel more depressed and irritable for a while, and the topic couldn't help but shift a little. Then some people began to lose the patience to continue the discussion and began to separate in twos and threes.
"Bah! A bunch of trash! We can only rely on ourselves in this copy! Let's go!"
Upon seeing this, the tall player who had once provoked the middle-aged man quickly left with a few followers beside him, seemingly losing interest in leading this ragtag group of people.
Wang Zhifan The three of them also walked away from the beach and headed towards the buildings in the distance.
On the way, Chen Can, who was downloading the dungeon for the first time, looked at his younger brother who still looked relaxed next to him, and then at Wang Zhifan, who had no expression and didn't know what he was thinking. Then he asked, "Brother Fan, these players are all level 20, why do you think most of them have no professionalism? Logically speaking, these players who can reach such a high level should be elites."
"It depends on the person whether they are well-educated or not. It doesn't mean that a high-level player is necessarily better than a low-level player. Maybe he is just lucky and has been flat all the way."
Wang Zhifan replied while leading the two of them on their way leisurely.
"Also, level 20 or above cannot actually be considered a high level in the true sense. Generally, only those who have reached level 50 are qualified to say so."
He then added to Chen Can.
"Okay, it seems like what was said on the forum, the most important thing about this Supernatural Game is actually luck."
Chen Can sighed quickly after hearing this.
"Brother Fan! It's really a town over there! The style is very classical! There are a lot of people there! There's a port next to it!"
On the side, Chen Ming, whose myopia was completely cured after taking Heavenly Origin Pill, then raised his finger and pointed somewhere in front of them. They were now very close to the first NPC gathering place and could clearly see the situation inside.
"Well, you all are ready to fight, but don't show your hostility."
Wang Zhifan naturally noticed all this a long time ago. He reminded the two people around him to be on guard, and then directed his sight and his huge perception towards the NPC town ahead.
It seemed to be a port town with an ancient Western style. The streets were paved with gravel and cobblestones, and the houses were mostly made of stones. Only a few taller buildings were made of flat marble. There were many human NPCs of different skin colors walking around in the streets around these buildings. There were not only yellow skin, white skin, black skin, but also strange skin colors such as red, green, and blue. There were even some NPCs with obvious inhuman features, such as sharp horns or scales on their faces.
"A Western classical fantasy setting."
Wang Zhifan quickly mentally confirmed the world view setting of this copy. This confirmation was not because he was idle and bored, but it could help him predict the types of enemies that might exist here to a certain extent.
Not long after, the three of them really stepped into the scope of this seaport town. They walked on the gravel road towards the location where NPCs gathered most. Along the way, they passed many NPCs with different skin colors and appearances. However, these NPCs just looked at them curiously and looked away, without showing too much interest in them.
"This place is very ethnically diverse, so we players don't seem too strange to them."
Wang Zhifan explained this phenomenon in his mind, then walked to an NPC stall that seemed to be selling fish, and listened carefully to the conversation between the stall owner and the customers.
"Oh my god! The fish you sell is too expensive! I would rather go out to sea and catch fish myself!"
"No! Look clearly! What I sell is Ring-striped Fish! This is a very useful material, not for eating!"
"I can understand their language, but it feels a little strange, whether it's the accent or the sentences."
After confirming that language communication should not be a big problem, Wang Zhifan then issued the task to the two followers.
"A Ming, A Can, let's inquire about the information separately now. You and I are each responsible for asking one side of the street, mainly asking for information related to Forbidden Fruit Island. You must have a calm attitude and be careful to guard against attacks and thefts. Don't leave me too far and stay within a hundred meters of me."
"Okay! Brother Fan!"
The two brothers knew that his approach was not only to improve the efficiency of gathering information but also to train them, so they immediately nodded in agreement. After all, they could not always have him as a senior player with them, so it was necessary to train their ability to clear the dungeon.
As a result, the next time was very routine. Wang Zhifan, Chen Ming, and Chen Can were divided into two sides and began to look for any street NPCs with whom they could communicate, including passers-by, stall owners, customers, and even NPCs who seemed to have some unusual identities.
But more than half of these NPCs didn't really pay attention to them. As soon as they asked their questions, the other party turned away with weird eyes. Only a few of them had simple friendly exchanges with them, but almost all said that they had never heard of Forbidden Fruit Island.
In this way, almost an hour later, when the three people gathered on the street again, the intelligence they gathered was not very optimistic.
"Brother Fan, we asked more than a hundred NPCs, all kinds of questions, but no NPC has heard of the term Forbidden Fruit Island, let alone knows where it is."
Chen Ming reported first to Wang Zhifan.
"It's pretty much the same here."
Wang Zhifan nodded after listening.
"But just now a sly NPC told me that he knew where Forbidden Fruit Island was and could take me there, but he asked me to pay him a sum of money first, but I refused."
Wang Zhifan then smiled again.
"Brother Fan, although this person sounds very suspicious, he might actually be able to provide some clues. We can find a way to get some money for him."
Chen Can then suggested to Wang Zhifan.
"It is possible, but don't worry, he has not left, he is still waiting for me."
Wang Zhifan Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.