[Eliminate the Black Shark Pirate Leader](Hidden Main Quest): Kill the Seventh Fleet's top leader of the Black Shark interstellar pirate group, who is lurking near the Homeworld. Take his Token and report to Yue Ming.
Quest Requirements: Kill Mark Bokuai, leader of the Black Shark Pirate Group's Seventh Fleet.
Rewards: Unknown
Player Limit: 1–8.
It was a simple, straightforward boss-killing quest. But why did the boss's name sound so familiar?
He didn't think much of it, though. He'd check the forums after logging off; he was sure he'd find something there.
After accepting the quest, Wang Qianduo went to meet up with Sword of Miracles and the others.
"Old Wang, did you get anything good?"
"Not bad, but I couldn't accept the follow-up quest because my level was too low!"
"That's a shame!"
"But I got a Hidden Main Quest to kill Mark Bokuai, the Black Shark Pirate Group boss."
Song in the Clouds: "..."
Could he hit him? He'd been about to comfort him.
But the moment Wang Qianduo shared the quest with them, Song in the Clouds immediately changed his tune. "That's amazing!"
"Mark Bokuai? Isn't he the World Boss in the Safe Zone? This quest is going to be tough!" Sister Cat said, frowning as she studied the quest details.
"The World Boss! Mark Bokuai! Oh!" Wang Qianduo finally remembered where he'd heard the name: on the game forums.
He'd actually forgotten such a notorious boss, the one associated with the famous saying, "Friendship ends over Mark Bokuai; when the Frostlight Halberd drops, brothers turn against each other." How could he have forgotten?
This boss was one of the most famous in the game. For a while, he'd even become famous outside the game.
It all started with a special weapon he dropped: a battle halberd that could fire laser beams.
Thanks to its unique stats and cool appearance, its price had remained sky-high even when it was low-level gear, back before the game took the world by storm.
After all, players could equip three pieces of gear, but only one piece could provide stat bonuses. The other two just needed to have unique functions or look cool.
The Frostlight Halberd dropped by this boss was the perfect fit for both criteria. Before the game's secrets had been uncovered, the halberd had once sold for the astronomical price of three million.
Then, one day, a group of players managed to claim the boss and were lucky enough to get the weapon.
But the six players, who had once shared a dorm room, couldn't agree on how to divide it. They ended up fighting to the death. Only one of the six survived, and he was sentenced to death.
The incident caused quite a stir at the time, and the weapon became famous as well.
Now, because of this weapon, World Boss Mark Bokuai was arguably the most popular boss in the game.
He respawned every three days, and almost every time he appeared, countless players took him down immediately.
He was by far the hardest boss in the game to get a shot at, and Wang Qianduo's quest had hit another roadblock.
"Don't overthink it. Let's go restock first. He won't respawn until tomorrow night. Old Wang, fill out your party first.
"If you don't have enough people, we can help. Every extra person means a better chance!" Sword of Miracles said.
Wang Qianduo replied, "I'll think about it. Let's call it a day for now. We'll meet at three tomorrow afternoon and plan together!"
"Sounds good. Let's call it a day!"
With the quest stalled, there was no need for them to keep forcing themselves to party up. Wang Qianduo wanted to head to the warehouse and get some materials so he could craft his gear first.
Then he could see if there were any special items that might help with the quest.
As for finding people to help with the quest, he'd need to think it over carefully. This was such an important opportunity; he didn't want to hand it over to anyone else lightly.
But he didn't know any experts. He also needed to level up later and practice flying. What a headache...
At the warehouse, Wang Qianduo took out the materials he could use for the two pieces of gear, but realized he didn't have everything he needed.
He had all the high-grade materials, but apparently none of the low-grade ones.
What else could he do? Head to the Trading Zone and buy them!
So Wang Qianduo went to the Trading Zone once more. In a hurry, he didn't bother shopping around and just bought the first ones he found.
The lack of an auction house was a serious flaw in this game.
[U4-Type Liquid Nitrogen Propulsion Device](Rare 85%) LV5 Bound Propulsion Device Usable by Mechas Level 5 and above Strength +11 Agility +14 Intelligence +5 Movement Speed +10% Flight Unlock Full-Speed Dash: Increases Movement Speed by 20% when activated Note: Take it slow when flying! [Special Alloy Steel Armor](Rare 40%) Armor Usable by Mechas Level 5 and above Strength +10 Agility +4 Intelligence +3 Defense +14 Damage Reduction +5% Note: You can fly faster if you want!
He equipped both pieces using the virtual interface. As soon as the Propulsion Device was equipped, Unit Zero's back changed, with four thrusters appearing in a neat row.
After combining the two pieces of gear, Wang Qianduo also evolved the Phoenix Blood Heart, raising it from Normal to Fine Grade.
Once it reached Fine Grade, the Phoenix Blood Heart's bonus changed from +5 to all stats to +10.
At the same time, the all-stat bonus from its Phoenix Mode skill increased from 5% to 10%, and its duration went from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
It also gained a new affix: Attack Power +10%.
Old Wang finally realized how terrifying this growth-type piece of gear was. This was only its first evolution. If it evolved two more times, it might become as powerful as his Epic Magic Energy Heart.
It looked like this would be another endgame piece of gear!
After equipping everything, Old Wang checked his Mecha's stats.
Zero-Type Starter Mech HP: 1610 MP: 1380 ATK: 211 DEF: 38 Strength: 111 Agility: 119 Intelligence: 88 Attack Speed: +2% Movement Speed: +10% Attack Power: +10% Damage Reduction: +5% HP Recovery: +100% MP Recovery: +200% All Skill Levels: +LV2 Skill Attack Power: +10% Skill Damage: +10% Critical Hit Rate: 30% Cooldown Reduction: 10% Defense Ignored: 15% Vision Range: +50% MP Recovery: 9/sec Trait: Universal User Equipment: Source of Magic, Phoenix Blood Heart, Fiery Golden Eyes, Special Alloy Steel Armor, U4-Type Liquid Nitrogen Propulsion Device Weapons Minghong, X1-Type Mechanical Crossbow Passive Skill: Armor Break (Legendary) Skills: Double Strike, Chain Lightning (Perfect), Rising Strike (Normal), Block (Normal), Charged Strike (Fine Grade), Instant Slash (Rare) Equipment Skills: Phoenix Mode, Magic Energy Burst, Insight, See Through, Weakness Attack, Full-Speed Dash
If he posted these stats on the forums, people would believe he was level 25. Even a level 30 Mecha might not have as many affixes as Unit Zero did now.
The bonuses from Epic and Legendary gear were terrifying. He hadn't heard of anyone on the forums owning weapons of this caliber yet.
After admiring his stats for a while, Wang Qianduo closed the panel. Next, he was heading to the Practice Arena to work on flying.
But he hadn't gone far when he ran into someone he'd rather not see.
"Good afternoon, Manager! What a coincidence! What are you up to?"
It was Lin Qimeng. Two people Wang Qianduo didn't recognize were with her. They weren't among the players he'd seen that morning.
Wang Qianduo stepped forward and greeted her first. He didn't particularly want to run into this woman, but a little courtesy was only proper.
"Nothing in particular. I've hit fatigue mode, so I'm just wandering around," Lin Qimeng said with a faint smile at Wang Qianduo's almost obsequious expression.
Lin Qimeng didn't know why she wasn't annoyed when this ordinary-looking man tried to curry favor with her, even though she usually disliked that sort of thing.
Maybe it was because his ingratiating expression clearly showed he was just going through the motions, or maybe it was because he really was capable.
Fatigue mode meant he'd reached his daily experience limit from killing monsters. Killing more wouldn't earn him any more experience. The game's fatigue limit was six hours.
Hearing Lin Qimeng mention it reminded Wang Qianduo of the feature.
He checked his status bar. Great, he had fifteen seconds until he became fatigued, which meant he could kill one or two more monsters.
Okay, no need to worry about it. He could go practice flying now.
"Would our Manager Wang like to come with us and look around? Maybe we'll find something others missed," Lin Qimeng continued.
Wang Qianduo might have been a lecher, but he wasn't particularly interested in the woman in front of him. Their positions were far too different.
He wasn't the sort who believed love could overcome anything. Besides, there was no love between them. He was just lusting after her body.
"No, no! I have something else to do, so I won't keep you."
Wang Qianduo was about to leave when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him:
"Hey, Old Wang! What a coincidence! Are these the teammates you found for the Hidden Quest?"
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