The Skill Necklace isn't actually very useful for other people.
After all, the skill cap in the game is only 9 levels, so it only gives you a slight advantage in the early game.
But for Ling Yi and Lin Kai, this Skill Necklace was a divine artifact.
Finding a city in the Boundless Area is not easy, given its Boundless Area, but now Ling Yi can fly.
Ling Yi silently chanted " Levitation," and the next moment, his figure soared into the sky, instantly turning into a Little Hei.
"This, this is Levitation? My god, I really flew!" Linglong Cat exclaimed.
He knew that Ling Yi had learned " Levitation " and that it was a flying skill, but he had never actually seen it.
Linglong Cat's eyes were filled with envy. Flying—it was one of humanity's ultimate dreams.
She quickly bent down and began searching the ground, hoping to find any skill books among the monsters Ling Yi had just defeated.
Compared to equipment, skill books are clearly more valuable.
According to Ling Yi, the skill books that drop here are all high-level items, which are not sold by NPCs.
At this moment, Ling Yi had already flown to an altitude of 1,000 meters.
I must say, the feeling of flying is really exhilarating. When you're suspended high in the sky and look down at the earth below, you feel a sense of pride that you have the world in your hands, and it seems that your whole body and mind are elevated.
If you look down, all you'll see is an endless Wasteland.
But from the air, the Field of Vision is naturally much wider.
Around the Wasteland, Yinyin see mountains, endless stretches of primeval forest, and also very conspicuous pale white cesium bubbles.
These bubbles are individual NPC cities.
After locking onto the nearest one, Ling Yi Teleportation back to Linglong Cat's side.
Linglong Cat was startled to see Ling Yi suddenly appear beside her.
Ling Yi looked at the first green cesium skill book in her hand and asked, "You got a skill book?"
"Hmm!" Linglong Cat reluctantly handed the skill book to Ling Yi.
Ling Yi took it and glanced at it, his eyes lighting up immediately. The skill book " Steal "—wasn't that Linglong Cat's signature skill? How come it's already out now?
Isn't it a bit early?
Ling Yi shook his head and said, "Just use it!"
This is not a universal skill book; only assassins or assassin-related classes can use it.
In the original novel, Ling Yi did not explain in detail how Linglong Cat acquired her " Steal " skill or when she learned it.
His encounter with Linglong Cat was itself a butterfly effect; whether it would be Gale or a gentle drizzle later was another matter.
The Linglong Cat happily learned the skill book before asking, " Big Shot, you mentioned entering a city? Which city? Are there any cities nearby?"
There were so many problems. Ling Yi simply put his hand on her shoulder, said "Let's go," and the next moment, the two of them disappeared.
By the time Linglong Cat came to her senses, the two of them had already appeared outside a semi-transparent light barrier.
Through the light shield, one can clearly see the mountains and rivers, towering peaks, and...
The huge, majestic city in the middle.
Seeing Ling Yi step into the light barrier, Linglong Cat immediately followed.
Before she could react, Ling Yi Teleportation her again, directly from the Teleportation to the city gate.
Two rows of NPC guards stood in front of the city gate. Upon seeing Ling Yi and Linglong Cat suddenly appear, they tensed up and instantly raised their spears.
" Heavenly People?" one of the soldiers exclaimed.
"Truly Heavenly People being!" another person echoed.
"It appeared too early!"
"It's definitely too early!"
Should we question them?
"The laws of Heavenly Dao dictate that Heavenly People, as long as they follow the rules, need not concern themselves with anything else!"
"There's really no need to pay attention to it!"
Linglong Cat didn't take the NPC guards' conversation too seriously, but Ling Yi seemed to be deep in thought.
Although he wrote the novel, he didn't clearly explain what the " Heaven " actually is. After all, it's only 660,000 words long, and it's not time to unravel the mystery yet.
However, I had a general idea in mind at the time, and what these NPC guards said happened to correspond to my idea.
That's very interesting.
Right now, Ling Yi couldn't tell whether these fictional worlds were real or illusory.
Suddenly, I had the illusion that it was all just a dream.
In the previous novel world, Ling Yi Ling Yi didn't have this feeling. After all, although he knew he had transmigrated, he never thought he could return to the real world.
He thought he would settle down permanently in the world of the novel, which is why Ling Yi married Song Jingya and worked hard to build a career.
But now, Ling Yi is once again questioning the reality of these fictional worlds.
Or rather, what exactly was the purpose of this nameless system that sent him into his own novel's world?
A simple time travel? Just going through a plot segment? Ling Yi absolutely refused to believe it.
"For now, there's no point in thinking about these things. For the time being, we should focus on improving our strength. Only with sufficient strength can we deal with all kinds of conspiracies and schemes."
Ling Yi murmured.
"What did you say?" Linglong Cat didn't hear Ling Yi's words clearly and asked curiously.
"It's nothing. Let's go to the auction house first, sell the equipment, and then do a quest."
Players can only leave the starting village after reaching level 10, so apart from NPCs, the only players in this city are Ling Yi and another person.
This city is Black Tortoise City, one of the hundred cities in World No. 81.
The " Heaven " comprises eighty-one worlds, each with one hundred starting villages and one hundred major cities.
Of course, if players obtain City-Building Writ Token, they can also build their own player city in the Boundless Area.
However, building a city is extremely difficult for players.
Without absolute strength and financial resources, the average player can't afford to play this game; forget about it in the early stages.
Players must reach at least level 30 before they are eligible to consider building a city.
However, regarding the City-Building Writ Token...
Ling Yi glanced at the three City-Building Writ Token in his backpack and couldn't help but smile slightly. He figured some people were going to have to spend a lot of money.
The auction house is right next to the city lord's mansion, and the auction process is quite gamified.
After confirming the auction with the NPC, a dialog window will pop up. Simply place the equipment there, set the starting price and auction duration.
"How do we set the price?" Linglong Cat asked Ling Yi after becoming familiar with the auction process.
"Starting at 1000 gold coins, duration 72 hours!"
"Is it... so expensive?"
Currently, 1 gold coin is worth 100 yuan. 1,000 gold coins would be worth 100,000 yuan? That's outrageous!
"Don't worry, there's never a shortage of rich players in the game, and these items are definitely worth the money."
These are all equipment of Heaven Grade Orange quality or higher, ranging from level 30 to 50.
This does not mean that players can obtain level 30 equipment once they reach level 30.
In this game's design, players can only ever fight monsters of a lower level than themselves. At the same level, monsters are always significantly stronger than players, even ordinary monsters.
Elite monsters or bosses go without saying.
Players need to cooperate in teams when fighting monsters, as it is too difficult to fight monsters alone.
Once most players reach level 30, if they want to solo, they can only farm monsters around level 15; otherwise, the rewards are not worthwhile in the same amount of time.
Most importantly, the game has an extremely severe death penalty, causing players to drop a level immediately.
Once you drop below level 10, you'll be kicked back to the starting village and have to start all over again.
Therefore, players become more cautious as the game progresses, because the cost of dying even once is too high.
Just as Ling Yi put the equipment up for auction, all the players received a series of game notifications.
"Note: The Earth Grade Gold-quality equipment [ Earth Bear Armor ] has been put up for auction. Click to view details!"
Note: The Heaven Grade Orange-quality equipment [ Demon Transformation Lifesteal Ring - Right ] has been put up for auction. Click to view details!
"Hint..."
A series of auction notifications left all the players completely bewildered.
When people opened the auction interface and checked the equipment data, they were once again amazed by the magnificent attributes of these items.
The World Channel suddenly became very lively.
"This is the equipment players can wear right now? Are Big Shot kidding me?"
"Bro, who dropped this? I don't need the gear, I just want to be carried by a pro."
"Upstairs, did a mouse eat your brain while you were sleeping? At this stage, besides the two Big Shot, Reincarnation and Linglong Cat, who else could possibly have equipment like this?"
"We're still stuck in the newbie zone, while these Big Shot are already decked out in god-tier gear. Are we even playing the same game?"
"Your players from the Ancient Country are definitely cheating! Report them!"
"Are you from the Qiu Ba Country upstairs? Go ahead and report them! Report as many as you can, see if the authorities even care."
"I smelled sourness!"
"Seriously, isn't this equipment priced way too high? A minimum of 1,000 gold coins, that's 100,000 yuan! Once we reach level 30, we can farm this equipment ourselves. Only a fool would bid on it."
"That makes sense, the leather item will definitely not sell!"
"The person upstairs and the person upstairs, brains are a good thing, it's a pity you don't have them."
Who are you talking about upstairs?
"Hey upstairs, I've got your ID. Next time I see you, I'll beat you to a pulp."
"I am from World #27, Demon Cultivation City. I Am the Wildest Under Heaven, I am the most arrogant in the world, come on over."
"What are you all dawdling about? Go check out the auction! A tycoon has already made a bid. Good heavens, this has shocked my great-grandmother for a whole year!"
"My god, are they treating money like dirt? What the hell is that City-Building Writ Token? It's already Kung Fu Hustle 20,000 gold in such a short time?"
" City-Building Writ Token, does that mean with this, players can build their own city? Become a city lord instantly? Isn't that awesome?"
"Thirty thousand gold coins, three million for a single game item? I don't understand the world of these Big Shot."
"Heh, a bunch of poor wretches. The value of a player's city far exceeds your imagination. Three million? Just watch, three million is just the beginning."