Trial Competition

This Brother Yang is like a mother hen, but I have to say, aside from being a bit of a daughter-con, this brother is actually quite nice. He conscientiously told him a lot of information.

He definitely needs to exchange resources and information like this.

Although his pockets are currently empty and he has nothing, he can still prepare in advance.

"As for migrating to a Safe City, that's completely unnecessary."

Migrating to a Safe City is just living under someone else's roof. Perhaps in Brother Yang's eyes it's very safe, but he feels that in a place where strong people are everywhere, a weakling can never be considered safe no matter what.

The Eternal Continent is a place where the strong prey on the weak.

Compared to that, staying in his own territory, within the range he controls, is more reassuring.

However, you never know.

If there are monsters near his territory that are too powerful to resist, and he definitely can't pass the Novice Trial, then... strategic retreat is necessary.

"Brother Yang also mentioned that Xuan Country has certain resource support for newcomers who are determined to pass the Novice Trial? This makes me not sleepy anymore."

Mu Yuan loves to freeload the most!

However, now is not the time.

With just the Undead Bone General, a single Skeleton Soldier, the potential shown is definitely not enough. He is indeed too weak.

Besides, he doesn't know the situation of the Player Association, but it is said to be located in the City Center, so he can go and see it when he has time.

He glanced at the situation in the game again, poured some Chicken Soup into the Undead Bone, and then Mu Yuan used the invitation code given by Yang Kong.

Countless pixel blocks burst out from the screen, finally outlining a forum interface.

There's something to this.

Ding dong! Verification passed.

Ding dong! Player identity detected, automatically transferred to the Newbie Zone.

Ding dong! Since you have not yet registered your identity, you will not be able to speak, purchase information, etc. on the forum, and the trial permission will only last for 72 hours. Please complete your identity registration at the local association as soon as possible.

Mu Yuan: "..."

He just thought, what if a player ignores the official personnel and doesn't register? So the bait is here.

Who can lose the convenience of forum information after experiencing it?

A player who doesn't frequent the forum is not a proper player.

He currently only has trial permission, and the only section he can enter is the Newbie Zone. And here, the players are unexpectedly active, with messages in the public chat channel constantly refreshing.

"Logically speaking, there should be very few people who get game qualifications. Even if this forum gathers all the newcomers from Xuan Country, how many newcomers are there in a year? The liveliness seems like every newcomer is on the forum."

"Oh, playing a transcendent game and frequenting the official forum don't seem to conflict? Then it's fine."

Just like him now, he occasionally switches to the game to take a look, and if there's nothing major, he switches back to the forum, with no impact.

There's no need to worry about the computer lagging either.

The operation of the transcendent game doesn't occupy the computer's CPU at all, it just needs a medium or carrier. And the Tai Xuan Forum... uh, it doesn't seem to occupy any memory either. This forum is also a bit metaphysical.

It was also fortunate that he was into metaphysics, otherwise his old antique laptop might not have held up.

Mu Yuan first looked at the High-Quality Posts. Compared to the external forums, the information provided here was undoubtedly more comprehensive and detailed.

Everything he could think of, and couldn't think of, was here.

"The Best Cultivation Methods and Combat Strategies for Skeleton Troop Types."

"How to Conquer Wild Goblin Camps."

"Speculations on the Eternal Continent and Filth."

"Eighteen Details Worth Noting in the Novice Trial."

Mu Yuan slowly looked at the fourth one, and lightly clicked the mouse.

"Ding—"

"Your balance is insufficient, please recharge. Redirecting to the recharge interface."

"Ding! You have not yet registered your identity and cannot recharge. Please register your identity as soon as possible."

Mu Yuan: "..." He wanted to flip the table (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!

But Mu Yuan didn't want to register yet. Don't misunderstand, he just didn't want to go out.

Besides, it was already six in the evening, and the civil servants had long since gotten off work.

"Before I got the game, I thought the real world was very safe, but now I've glimpsed the tip of the iceberg beneath reality... In any case, it's better to be careful and try not to go out at night."

"After all, with a large player base, some people will inevitably want to take risks, and there are definitely wanted players. Furthermore, occasionally monsters will fall into Blue Star through world rifts, and these monsters from the Eternal Continent are often more interested in players."

Monsters' noses aren't that sensitive, but if there are dozens of people in front of a monster, and one of them is a player, then these irrational monsters will inevitably rush towards the player first.

Players are naturally a taunt magnet for monsters.

This chance is very low, but it's something to guard against.

"I still need to strengthen my troops as soon as possible. Once my territory's strength is sufficient, I will incorporate a few Skeleton Soldiers into the Lord's Mark so that I can summon them at critical moments."

Since he couldn't get High-Quality Posts for free, Mu Yuan could only turn to other posts, hoping to dig out some valuable clues from the comments of the Sand Sculpture players.

Especially clues related to the Novice Trial.

More clues came than expected. Eight out of ten of these newcomers were talking about the trial, and the other two were asking.

Mu Yuan noticed that there were many pure newbies like him, and it seemed they were all concentrated in this period of intense eruption.

Someone asked the same question for him.

"Don't you know? The extraordinary game has a concentrated period for selecting new players, which is about every six months. Some areas are a few days earlier, and some are a few days later."

"Therefore, the time for the Novice Trial in each area is not exactly the same. The trial will appear about a month after you obtain the game qualification. During the Novice Trial, Heaven and Earth will briefly enter the Red Mist Frenzy Moon, and monsters will become abnormally frenzied, constantly attacking your territory. This is the most dangerous tribulation for new lords."

"Of course, commensurate with the danger are huge benefits. After passing the Novice Trial, players will receive the Heaven and Earth Gift, including a large amount of Soul Sand, troop upgrades, random recruitment of a batch of troops, etc. Players who perform well can also obtain special buildings, special blueprints, or even troop buildings."

"However, the number of special reward slots is small. To obtain them, it's not just about surviving the trial; you also have to kill a large number of enemies... In simple terms, you have to perform better than other newcomers in the same area to gain the favor of the Great Will of the Eternal World."

This player is called 'First-Hand Intelligence Dealer - No Middleman Making a Difference'. He doesn't seem like a newbie, but rather an old hand who has infiltrated the newbie zone.

His purpose is self-evident.

Mu Yuan stroked his chin. "So there's a ranking in the Novice Trial? While most players don't dare to face the trial and can only make a strategic retreat, there are actually newbies preparing to compete for rankings."

The gap between people is indeed incredibly vast!

But are other newbies that awesome? Didn't they say that newbies can at most randomly get Common Two-Star or Common Three-Star troops?

Player Not a Rich Second Generation said, "It's true that newbies can only recruit up to Three-Star troops initially, but the star level of the troop doesn't represent everything. The player's own commanding ability, micro-management level, ability to command troops, as well as their own talent, luck, and so on, are equally important."

"Like me, although I only randomly got Common One-Star Porcupines, I've killed more than 10 Three-Star monsters in the three days since I started playing."

Hiss—

Many players below gasped in amazement and asked this expert for strategies.

Not a Rich Second Generation said, "It's very simple. As long as we buy a large number of Remnant Souls that can recruit Three-Star troops in the real world, and then, through the connection between reality and the Eternal Continent, reverse-materialize them into the game world, wouldn't it be very simple to surround and kill monsters of the same grade?"

"It's a pity, we newbies can't reverse-materialize War Souls that can recruit Rare troops yet. As for having family members transport War Souls through the Eternal Continent, we're worried that interfering in the game world will affect the trial score. Forget it, let's just leave it at that for now."

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