Missing

The departure of Wind Snow Traveler left many players feeling down for several days.

Xiao Fan was also a little unaccustomed to it.

Although Wind Snow Traveler's strength is not high, he has always been the backbone of Zone 18.

His departure left behind many things. Xiao Fan has been busy creating skill books these days, so Blade Shadow can take over these tasks.

However, with a powerful figure like Xiao Fan in charge, everyone wasn't too panicked.

The only downside is that you can only participate in the Trial Secret Realm once per person.

Despite having the guide from Wind Snow Traveler, other veteran players still couldn't beat the game.

This is too difficult!

Many people have already set their sights on the fat guy and his group, waiting for them to reach level 10 so they can team up and fight together.

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"Skill book does not meet system requirements; creation failed."

"Skill book does not meet system requirements; creation failed."

"Damn, this damn system has such high requirements?"

Xiao Fan was furious when his attempt failed once again.

Creating a Heaven-Tier Skill book was more difficult than he had imagined.

I thought getting a Heaven-Tier Skill book after fifteen attempts was already a guaranteed minimum, but I never expected to be so incredibly lucky.

A week has passed, and Xiao Fan has only managed to create two Heaven-Tier Skill books.

He took out some of the successfully created Earth-Tier Skill and Mystic Rank skill books and sold them to players in Zone 18 at twice the cost price.

This price is already very reasonable. He would definitely make more money by putting it on the Trading House. He intends to improve the overall strength of the Zone 18, giving players more resources to find Evolution Fragment.

Xiao Fan has now become the father figure in the hearts of all players in Zone 18!

They work with great enthusiasm every day, going out to earn Core Power at dawn, and then waiting at Xiao Fan's doorstep upon returning to the village to process the skill books for the day.

With Xiao Fan's skill book, the players in Zone 18 experienced a qualitative leap in strength, and their levels rose rapidly.

The four members of Swift as Wind were almost at level nine, and Fatty and his group had reached level eight. The six of them planned to make a final push and try to reach level ten next month to challenge the Trial Secret Realm.

Although the veteran players who hadn't cleared the secret realm didn't level up, they replaced their previous Yellow Rank skills with skill books they bought from Xiao Fan, significantly increasing their strength.

They felt that it wouldn't be long before they could clear the Level 10 Trial Secret Realm.

New players are the poorest because their low strength means they can't earn enough Core Power to buy skill books.

After discussing it, they decided to borrow a Mystic Rank skill book from Xiao Fan first, and then return it to him once they had earned enough Core Power.

Xiao Fan wasn't worried that they wouldn't repay him; instead, he told them to choose suitable skills based on their team and earn enough Core Power to repay him as soon as possible.

Blade Shadow looked at the now powerful Zone 18 with a sense of awe.

"Wind Snow Traveler left too early. If he had stayed any longer, he could have become a player with a complete Earth-Tier Skill chain. What a pity."

He's been fighting the Vitality Tree Spirit these days, and tomorrow he plans to explore a new area.

With Wind Snow Traveler gone, the task of drawing the map of the Zone 18 fell to him.

In recent days, Blade Shadow discovered that the mountains in Zone 18 were larger than he had imagined, and the roars of beasts could be heard from the depths of the mountains from time to time, indicating that there should be many Fierce Beast inside.

His team is quite strong now, and they can advance a bit further in the standings.

The next day.

Xiao Fan continued to create his Heaven-Tier Skill.

With less than ten days left before his deal with Zhou He, he had just created two Heaven-Tier Skills.

Yesterday, he logged into the Taichu Data account again using his skill. Zhou He asked him about the transaction, and they both confirmed that they would go through with the transaction before they felt relieved.

"Congratulations, player! Skill book creation successful. Would you like to retrieve it?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Finally, one book was successfully published."

Seeing the familiar golden special effects, Xiao Fan collapsed onto the bed, feeling completely drained.

Just then, a message notification sounded.

Xiao Fan opened the message and found it was from Fatty.

"Brother Chen, have you checked the current channel in Zone 18?"

"Current channel? What happened?"

Xiao Fan quickly switched pages.

Garfield Without Fat: "Don't worry, Fatty already told Brother Chen. He probably just missed the creation skill book."

Qi Guoguo: "Blade Shadow is now the second best expert in our Zone 18, he should be fine. He probably just got lost; that mountain range is quite large."

"Blade Shadow? What happened to him??"

Xiao Fan glanced back a few times before realizing what had happened.

Blade Shadow led a team to explore a new area today, but went missing.

The player who called for help was his teammate. He went to the restroom in the middle of the game, and when he came back, his teammates were gone.

He called out for a long time in the neighborhood, but no one replied to his messages.

They had no other choice but to ask for help from others to find someone.

Jiu Chen: Has he replied to your message yet?

Upon seeing Xiao Fan appear, the group stopped their discussion.

Soccer Is Delicious: No! After I realized he was missing, I messaged all my teammates, but no one has replied yet.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Fan's heart sank.

This is not a good thing!

Replying to messages on the game page is very simple; it only requires the player to be conscious of it.

Blade Shadow and the others did not reply to the message; either they had lost consciousness, or they had been killed.

Jiu Chen: Where are you? I'm coming right now.

Soul Piercer: We're going too.

The Soccer Is Delicious, so Xiao Fan posted a location and immediately headed outside.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.

With his skill book, Blade Shadow and his companions were quite strong, and they shouldn't have encountered fatal danger in the Novice Zone.

Even if he were in danger, he wouldn't be so incapable of sending a distress signal.

When Xiao Fan arrived at the location where the Soccer Is Delicious, Qin Muyu and the Soccer Is Delicious were already waiting there.

"Where did they go missing?" Xiao Fan asked directly.

"Soccer Is Delicious," he said anxiously, pointing to a large tree not far away.

"When we got here, I said I was going to use the restroom over there, and when I came back in about three minutes, the captain and the others had already disappeared."

Qin Muyu also frowned and spoke.

"In three minutes, they shouldn't have gone very far. We searched the area carefully before you arrived, but there was no trace of them."

It's very strange that seven people disappeared into thin air.

Xiao Fan closed his eyes, sensing the movement around him; the others, seeing this, consciously quieted down.

After a while, Xiao Fan opened his eyes.

"How is it?" Qin Muyu asked.

Xiao Fan shook his head at her. "There's nothing there."

That's really strange.

"Seven people vanished in the blink of an eye, that's terrifying." The fat man stared wide-eyed at his surroundings, then shuddered in fright.

Xiao Fan ignored him; this matter needed to be clarified.

The Zone 18 has only had a few good days. If another supernatural event occurs, this place will probably be truly ruined.

As the last sanctuary in Xiao Fan's eyes, Zone 18 cannot afford to be damaged.

Xiao Fan carefully observed the ground. The terrain here was gradually becoming steeper, and there were no footprints or other creatures on the ground.

"Not on the ground."

He looked up and around again, but all he saw were some plants and strange rocks.

Strange rocks?

Xiao Fan frowned as he looked at a rock on the edge of the cliff.

After a moment, he said to Qin Muyu, "Give me a few punches."