The First Layer Ends

"Hah! Glacial Sword of the Icy Blade!"

With a loud roar from Old Wang, an ice blade shot out and struck the Demon Rat King squarely, freezing him in his Rampage state inside an iceberg.

Weak Point Critical Hit -39078, Freeze, Armor Break, Slow...

"No matter how many times I see Old Wang's skill, it's still this freakish!" Old Ma said, looking at the small iceberg in front of him. The others nodded in agreement.

"Stop sighing and come over here to focus fire on it! It won't stay frozen for long!" Old Wang shouted at the onlookers.

"Can't you guys even be a little more serious? Show some respect for this Lord Boss!"

"Coming! Coming!"

Although Old Wang verbally expressed respect, he secretly looked down on the Demon Rat Chief.

Compared to Ping Shen, the Black Shark Pirates Lord is two levels below him, this boss is practically a fraud.

Even his ultimate move, Darkness Veil, is just a skill of the Black Shark Pirate Group's Chief, which shows how weak this Lord.

"This boss is weak, and the loot is weak too. It's supposed to be a Lord Boss, yet it didn't drop a single piece of Perfect Equipment," Old Ma said, looking at the loot after the group killed the weak Demon Rat Chief.

The three pieces of equipment dropped by this boss are all Rare. Although their stats are excellent, they are not Perfect.

After the Demon Rat Chief was killed, the rat population in this area disappeared.

However, what Old Wang and the others didn't notice was that the blood they left on the ground after killing the Demon Rat didn't disappear; instead, it seeped into the ground.

The situation was basically the same throughout the entire Demon Rat Star Underworld; all 12 spawned Lord were killed by Player, and their blood seeped into the ground.

Someone did a count and found that none of these Lord Tier Demon Rat dropped a single Perfect Equipment.

This is not normal; there must be something hidden here.

However, this only attracted the attention of some people, because the first event was coming to an end in the following days.

Player are still quite concerned about who gets the Legendary Equipment, because the Legendary Equipment that Old Wang obtained has greatly excited everyone.

For them, this equipment was the first Legendary Equipment to appear in the game.

Player were just realizing that the stats of Legendary Equipment were so outrageous; a level 10 Legendary was almost as good as a level 30 Perfect, and even a level 20 Perfect couldn't compare.

But those who didn't follow the activities and chose to explore underground didn't find anything either.

After those quack Lord were killed, the entire Demon Rat Star returned to its former peace.

Apart from becoming much quieter because of that battle, the entire Underworld remained unchanged.

These Demon Rat should be refreshed or killed as they should be.

However, not everyone came away empty-handed. The team that had destroyed a rune that day returned to the spot where they had destroyed it.

They felt that the recent riot by the Demon Rat was inextricably linked to the thing they had destroyed.

"Brother, is this the place?"

"That's right, I located it before I died yesterday!"

"Look quickly, there's a hole here!"

"Let's go down and take a look..."

~~~

The next day

Eight o'clock!

The buzz surrounding the Demon Rat Star incident has been completely suppressed due to today's settlement.

Wang Qianduo topped the leaderboard with 6250 points. Thanks to Old Wang's intelligence, all ten members of his team made it into the top 1000, except for Old Ma, who was unfortunately eliminated due to answering questions incorrectly one day.

At this moment, Sister Hua was comforting Old Ma, who was almost withdrawn.

"It's alright, it's just that the question was too obscure, it's not your fault!" Sister Hua said gently to Old Ma was squatting there drawing circles.

"You don't hate me because I'm even worse than Night Owl, do you?" Old Ma said in a low voice.

Night Owl:"..."

You're a human being too!

"No! How could that be! I like you the most!" Sister Hua continued gently.

"You don't hate me because I'm uglier than Old Wang, do you?" Old Ma.

Wang Qianduo: "Personal attacks have gone too far!"

"Of course not, didn't I choose this look for you?" Sister Hua said gently.

"Then you wouldn't...?"

"Are you done yet? Get up! If you don't get up, I'll kill you!" Sister Hua roared, losing her patience.

"Okay!" Old Ma replied, immediately standing up and saying, his earlier withdrawn demeanor completely gone.

Then he got beaten. Old Wang pinned him down, and Night Owl stepped forward and whipped him with a leather whip dipped in cold water.

"According to Scarface's intelligence, tomorrow's Secret Realm area should be a Light Element Secret Realm."

My Master doesn't have any other information about the Secret Realm, so everyone should be extra careful.

"The first thing you should do upon entering the Secret Realm is to find me and I'll try to find a way to reunite with you. However, judging from the size of the Secret Realm on the first level, that seems unlikely..." Wang Qianduo.

After beating up Old Ma, everyone finally got down to business.

"I'll try my best! It would be best if we could have someone to look after us," Sister Hua said.

"If communication isn't blocked, we can use communication devices to send coordinates," Lin Qimeng said.

Everyone nodded in agreement, but they didn't really have much to discuss. After a brief discussion, they logged off.

After all, Old Wang was going to treat everyone, so how could they keep Old Wang waiting?

Wang Qianduo: "..."

You dogs are still dogs!

"It's so great that the transportation is so convenient! Friends can get together whenever they want!" Old Wang said, looking out at the bustling traffic after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill.

"When did you start taking this route?" Old Ma said, looking at Old Wang was sighing by the window.

"If I were you, I wouldn't have gone up and started talking to him. Is he being melancholic for your sake?" Sword of Miracles said with a smile, then glanced in Lin Qimeng's direction.

"Do you two want a real-life battle or Mecha battle?" Wang Qianduo, his melancholy completely gone, said angrily.

At the same time, his "depressed" temperament, which made him feel out of place in this world, disappeared, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Wang knew, of course, that they were trying to undermine him; they were probably worried he would become depressed.

However, they actually misunderstood. Old Wang was simply homesick, not for this world's home. He had gone back to this home a couple of days ago.

He was thinking of his home in that world, where he had lived for so many years and had family and loved ones.

This world is indeed technologically advanced, so advanced that interstellar travel is simpler than going abroad in that other world.

But he could never go back, and he could only keep those feelings in his heart.

Wang Qianduo has lived in this world for so many years, but he has never dared to get truly drunk, for fear that he would be unable to control himself.

The most drunk he's ever been is just talking loudly.

"Old Wang, can you tell us why your damage is so high?" Lin Qimeng asked earnestly as she approached Old Wang, who seemed somewhat downcast.

"You might not believe it, but it's because of the food!" Wang Qianduo said with a smile.

"Vegetable?!"

"That's right, my Novice Trial went awry, but I also gained the Minghong Blade and some other things as a result."

So during the beginner quests, I killed one Black Shark Pirates with a single arrow, but because I'm bad at the game, I couldn't kill the other two.

I followed them to their base and wiped them out, along with the Insectoid archetype.

..."

Old Wang had been preparing this lie for a long time because he knew that he would eventually be in the public eye and would need an explanation for everything he had done.

So he racked his brains and attributed everything to the Novice Trial. In fact, he wasn't entirely lying; he did indeed encounter an accident during the Novice Trial.

"So that's how it is!"

"Let's stop talking about me! Let's talk about something else!"

A lie is still a lie, and he was afraid he might let it slip.

The group chatted and laughed until late before dispersing. After they parted ways, Old Wang chose to walk home alone.

Since he's treating, of course he'd choose a place close to his home.

Walking alone along the street, looking at the city still brightly lit even at night, Wang Qianduo turned around and said:

"Come out!"

"How did you find me?" Lin Qimeng asked as she emerged from the shadows.

"I possess superhuman physical abilities, which naturally grant me superhuman senses!" Wang Qianduo

"Wow... that's amazing!" Lin Qimeng

"Why are you following me instead of going home? It's so late, it's dangerous for a girl like you to be out alone!" Wang Qianduo

Are you sure there's still danger with Mecha?

Wang Qianduo: "... I'll take you home!"

"Okay!"