Who is the Black Hand?

If he had entered with his real body like other players, with only one life, he certainly wouldn't have been so selfless.

By befriending these few people now, he would still need their help for leveling up later.

"Alright, thank you, brother!" Zheng Shan said, his face full of emotion, though a hint of shame flashed in his eyes.

Gao Linzhi noticed this and his heart stirred.

But the words were already out, so he directly used his level 28 Basic Lightness Skill and jumped off the rock.

This jump indeed attracted the Crown Snake's attention. It suddenly sprang, its body coiling towards Gao Linzhi, opening its terrifying maw to bite fiercely.

Meanwhile, the other few people took this opportunity to quickly jump off the rock and scatter in the direction away from the snake's den!

After attracting the Crown Snake's attention, Gao Linzhi ran off quickly.

He activated his level 28 Basic Lightness Skill, moving very fast, his figure like a streak of smoke.

He wasn't wearing armor, so he had no burden and ran quite quickly.

At the same time, he summoned his pet, the Corpse Vine.

The Crown Snake, however, did not give up.

It coiled its thick body and pursued Gao Linzhi relentlessly.

One ran, the other chased.

Just then, the Corpse Vine entangled the Crown Snake.

The Crown Snake fiercely sprayed a massive amount of venom onto the Corpse Vine.

It was poisonous and abundant.

But this was completely like "winking at a blind man."

This Corpse Vine was afraid of fire, not poison. It was a vine that fed on corpses, so how could it be afraid of poison?

However, the Crown Snake's stats were too high. With just biting and coiling, it was already giving the Corpse Vine a hard time.

This forced the Corpse Vine to burrow underground to hide.

Relying on its pet, the Corpse Vine, to entangle the snake, Gao Linzhi finally managed to pull away a certain distance.

He then discovered the benefits of playing a game character at this moment.

If he were here in his real body, even if he wasn't tired, he would be terrified by the pursuit of the fearsome giant snake and his legs would turn to jelly.

But now, he was completely fearless, merely controlling his game character and running.

As he ran, he subconsciously ran towards Foxy Slope, which he had been grinding yesterday.

And at this moment, the Corpse Vine was already severely injured and couldn't keep up with the Crown Snake.

Gao Linzhi looked up and saw that Xu Clan Team Two was still there, fighting Foxy, with more than ten people.

When they saw the dust trail behind Gao Linzhi, everyone immediately became vigilant.

"Damn, it's a level 15 Crown Snake!" someone exclaimed first.

"Team One isn't here, we can't grind it without taking damage!"

"Quick, call Team One over!"

"Damn it, I knew Rogue Players didn't want to come out and grind monsters for a reason!"

"Yeah, we were properly grinding small monsters, and suddenly someone pulls a BOSS. Everyone only has one life!"

The members of Xu Clan Team Two were all tense and fearful at this moment. They quickly formed a formation, ready to face the challenge.

Because everyone was wearing steel armor, their defense was very strong, but their mobility was practically zero.

It was a level 15 BOSS. Although most of them were close to level ten and there were many of them, they could kill this BOSS.

But once the fight started, someone would definitely fall!

And it definitely wouldn't be just one person.

At this moment, someone shouted at Gao Linzhi, "Brother, please, don't bring disaster here!"

"Yeah, we're all poor people. Why should the poor trouble the poor!"

"Please, brother, we're all forced to be Corporate Players. We didn't want this, it's unavoidable!"

At this moment, these people showed pleading expressions.

No one cursed Gao Linzhi, who had lured the BOSS.

Because they weren't idiots. They understood that if they really angered Gao Linzhi, he would run away quickly, and they, in their steel armor, would only be cannon fodder!

This steel armor was very useful against sharp weapon attacks, but against venom, it was suicidal.

However, more people looked on with despair.

They knew that facing this desperate situation, the other party was bound to drag them down!

It was inevitable.

Gao Linzhi looked up at them.

At this moment, he had no intention of shifting the blame.

These people were, after all, just tool players for the Xu Clan, here today, gone tomorrow.

They had no grudge against him, and he wasn't in a life-or-death situation.

Ultimately, he was a real player, capable of infinite respawns.

Under these circumstances, he still had his principles.

Of course, if these people dared to mock or insult him mindlessly in this situation, he wouldn't hold back.

He wasn't a saint.

So, under the surprised and delighted gazes of Xu Clan Team Two, the player who had lured the BOSS actually made a circle and led the BOSS away from them.

Seeing this, these tool players from the Xu Corporation players shouted loudly one by one:

"Alright, buddy, you're a stand-up guy. I'll buy you a drink sometime!"

"Here's some intel for you, you've been set up!"

"Rogue players rarely grind monsters; they don't even know this at first."

"In this game world, once enough small monsters are spawned, the monster boss will detect a threat and come out to attack!"

Gao Linzhi listened and suddenly understood.

Right, this wasn't a real game, but a real world that had been gamified.

These bosses were essentially leaders of monsters.

Beast leaders had the instinct to eliminate threats in their territory.

Just like tigers and lions, they would regularly patrol their territory and try to kill or drive away any hunters that posed a threat within their domain!

Gao Linzhi quickly ran far away.

The Crown Snake was still chasing him, but its speed was slowing down, and it was clear it wouldn't catch up.

Its stamina was indeed powerful; it truly lived up to being a BOSS.

Gao Linzhi looked back and tried to log out again.

He found that he could log out now.

Of course, his game character couldn't log out in the wild; he still had to return to the village first.

After logging out, his game character would disappear like everyone else, but there was a chance of being ambushed upon logging back in.

As expected, prioritizing the Basic Lightness Skill was the right choice.

He walked towards the village.

As he walked, he pondered one thing: did Zheng Shan know about this?

Zheng Dong knew, so how could Zheng Shan not know about the Crown Snake's characteristic?

Zheng Shan had long determined that he attracted the most aggro, and if he spawned too many Crown Snakes, it would attract the BOSS.

Why didn't a BOSS appear at Foxy Slope yesterday?

Right, it must have been killed by people from the Xu Corporation.

Now the problem was focused on one thing: did Zheng Shan know the Crown Snake BOSS was still around?

It was obvious that if he asked the other party, they would definitely say they didn't know the BOSS was still around, thinking the players from the Xu Corporation had already defeated it.

Thinking of this, Gao Linzhi's eyes turned cold.

If Zheng Shan had deliberately done this, he deserved to die!

Because the other party didn't know he could respawn; they only knew he had just one life. To still scheme against him under these circumstances...

That meant they intended to kill him!

What was the other party's motive?

The Xu Corporation?

The Tianxia Guild?

Or were other factions in the village, upon realizing his rapid growth, trying to eliminate him immediately?

This was the real game.