After a long while, Wang Daquan finally stood up from the ground. The Lightning had hurt him for a full three minutes.
"Wow, this NPC is definitely a max-level Big Shot! I can't mess with him, I can't mess with him."
The Lightning was merely a punishment; it only caused pain and no harm. After all, if this thing died, it would be a waste of points to rebuild its Clone, which wasn't worth it.
"Dear player, are you ready to begin your adventure?" Ling Yi asked the guy again.
"Are you ready? Is there a mission?" Wang Daquan asked tentatively.
Ling Yi waved his hand, and a blue light screen appeared in front of everyone.
"The missions are all listed here; you can accept them yourselves." Ling Yi finished speaking and turned to leave.
All that remained was the screen displaying the blue cesium, Levitation aimlessly in mid-air.
Now, the players who had previously doubted that they had traveled to another world are basically convinced that this is a game world.
Beginner Task 1: Kill three Zombie Rat. It is recommended to complete this in a team. The task Sharing a team. Upon completion, you will receive beginner equipment, a +1 strength sword, and 10 experience points. Friendly reminder: the Zombie Rat are located in the abandoned warehouse southeast of the villa. The maximum team size is 5 people.
Newbie Task 2: Kill 5 ordinary zombies. It is recommended to complete this in a team. The task Sharing a team. Upon completion, you will receive newbie equipment, a +1 strength Bronze armor, and 15 experience points. Friendly reminder: the Zombie Rat are located in the abandoned warehouse southeast of the villa. The maximum team size is 5 people.
New Player Task Six: Probe Mission. A powerful Corpse Monster seems to have emerged in the northern mountains. Find it and return alive. Mission Reward: 50 experience points. Friendly Reminder: This is a unique mission, first come, first served. Please note that the target may have developed Wisdom, so don't underestimate it.
For most players, they don't care about the consequences; they just accept any quest and worry about whether they can complete it later.
Almost all players do this.
"Hey Old Tie, anyone want to team up? I'm super strong, can fight and tank!" Wang Daquan shouted after accepting the quest.
But no one responded to him; the players are currently unfamiliar with the game.
The common characteristic of these players is that if they can solo a game, they will absolutely not team up.
Since we're not familiar with each other, what if someone stabs us in the back while we're fighting monsters?
Even if no one sabotages the loot, how should the loot be distributed?
Wouldn't it be better to monopolize the experience and equipment all by yourself?
Therefore, no one teamed up with them.
After accepting the quest, the Wu Bai players scattered like birds and beasts, each busy with their own tasks.
At first, Ling Yi didn't limit the number of players, but as the number of players increased, it quickly became crowded. Moreover, these guys were too noisy, so he immediately asked Xiao Zhi to set a maximum limit on the number of players.
Judging from the direction, most players seem to be heading north.
"Tch, do you really think that Probe mission is that easy? It's definitely the hardest mission. 50 experience points? Is it really that easy to get? A bunch of newbies."
Wang Daquan decided to test the waters by killing a Zombie Rat first.
In reality, under normal circumstances, players have neither quests nor quest prompts.
In the early stages, Ling Yi is merely a decorative character and will not provide any assistance to the player.
But Ling Yi was cheating; with a casual sweep of his Divine Sense, he clearly understood the surrounding situation.
As for quests, in Ling Yi's opinion, how can a game be without quests?
" Xiao Zhi, do you think any of these players can complete the mission?"
"No!" Xiao Zhi answered decisively.
"Boss, they're just level 1 Clone, with the attributes of ordinary people. Zombie Rat are already level 2 enhanced creatures. These people are just asking for death."
Ling Yi, however, did not think so.
What are players? They are terrifying beings known as the Fourth Scourge. Have you ever seen a monster in a game that can't be killed by players?
But in the early stages...
Wang Daquan skipped and hopped towards the warehouse. His game Clone was a burly man who was 1.9 meters tall. He looked like a complete idiot.
" Zombie Rat, where are you? Come quickly into Uncle Wang's arms."
"Are the Zombie Rat all sleeping because it's daytime?"
Looking at the warehouse in front of him, Wang Daquan didn't have the courage to go in; the dark doorway looked rather eerie.
He picked up a Shitou from the ground and threw it in forcefully.
"Squeak, chirp..." A series of piercing cries rang out from inside the warehouse.
The next moment, rats the size of Xiaoniu rushed out of the warehouse and charged at Wang Daquan as soon as they saw him.
Wang Daquan only managed to utter "Wotefa" before being knocked down by a rat, and then...
The scene was so gruesome it was unbearable to watch; not even a trace of bone remained.
Ling Yi, who watched the whole scene, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"That's too cruel. Won't it leave the child with psychological trauma?"
But soon, Ling Yi realized he was overthinking it.
Far from being frightened, Wang Daquan, who had been " Resurrection," became completely interested.
"Damn it, is this a rat? What kind of feed did it eat to grow up like this? This definitely won't work."
He started wandering around the villa's yard, and soon he saw the security netting on the villa's windows, and his eyes lit up.
After wandering around and dismantling it for a while, they took down the entire barbed wire fence.
After testing the sturdiness of the barbed wire, he grinned, revealing his large front teeth.
"It's made of steel, perfect."
He then searched around again and found an iron pipe and a shovel in the garage.
He grabbed all his gear and ran off.
"What a talent!" Ling Yi couldn't help but exclaim.
Although Wang Daquan seems eccentric, his game strategy is far ahead of other players.
While other players discovered that the zombies and Zombie Rat were far more powerful than they had imagined and began trying to team up to fight them, he had already transcended the typical game mindset.
This thing ran to a spot 200 meters from the warehouse and started digging a trap.
Although the guy's idea was good, Ling Yi didn't think the trap he set would work.
Zombie Beast are not ordinary Beast; their strength, agility, speed, and defense far surpass those of ordinary Beast.
Using methods for dealing with ordinary Beast against Zombie Beast will only lead to predictable results.
However, just as Wang Daquan was diligently digging the trap...
Players began dying in large numbers; almost simultaneously, nearly three hundred players died and entered Clone regeneration state.
"This feels like a rip-off. I don't know what the original Protagonist was thinking; it's clearly a losing proposition."
Recreating Clone requires points, and this one time, over three thousand points were gone.
However, Ling Yi is the Protagonist now, and he's Protagonist with a cheat code, so he has no shortage of points.
"Holy crap, that boss was way too overpowered! A poisonous fog thousands of meters high, instant death! Who could withstand that?" A female player who had just Resurrection looked utterly bewildered.
"If it weren't for the fact that it's a virtual reality game, I would have quit the game immediately."
Ling Yi's expression was a little strange. Why did this female player's speaking style seem familiar? Could her surname be Zhou?
"Waaaaah, this is too tragic, too terrifying! Da Zhou, let's go farm Zombie Rat instead!" Another female player Resurrection, immediately bursting into tears.
"Don't call me Da Zhou, call me by my game name, the Lich King."
"Sis, is it really okay for you to let yourself go like this? This virtual world is so damn real! I just tried out the little pigtails, wow, they feel so real!"
"Damn it, I usually just talk a lot of nonsense, but you actually went straight for it, and even did it to yourself? You're such a 'driving Xiao Qiuqiu' (a nickname implying someone who makes suggestive remarks), I give up, I'm outta here..."
"Shall we go do the Zombie Rat quest?"
"Why bother farming Zombie Rat? Haven't you heard that everyone who tries to farm Zombie Rat dies? Go find that incredibly handsome NPC!"
"What do you want with him?"
"Do what you do best in your live stream."
"Sellpig?" Xiao Qiuqiu asked.
Da Zhou gave a thumbs up, "When it comes to driving, who else but you?"
Ling Yi was actually standing not far from them, and he was completely dumbfounded by what he heard.
"This is a serious game, I refuse to make any inappropriate comments," Ling Yi couldn't help but say.
"Wow, this NPC can speak human language! Is it a real person in disguise?" Xiao Qiuqiu exclaimed in surprise.
What do you mean by "speaking like a human being"? What kind of talk is this? These two people's thought processes are really abnormal.
"Handsome, could you make an exception?" Da Zhou ignored Xiao Qiuqiu and ran straight to Ling Yi, cupping her face in her hands as she asked.
"Sure," Ling Yi Ling Yi said with a smile, which startled the two of them.
"Wow, it's confirmed! It's a staff member in disguise! My god, you made this NPC look so handsome, is the real person even one-thousandth as handsome?"
This is what I really look like.
"Nobody believes that. If you were really that handsome, you would have debuted long ago. What's the difference between you and those middle-aged women using beauty filters on live streams? Disgusting."
Ling Yi grinned, "Do you know the consequences of offending an NPC?"
Da Zhou and Xiao Qiuqiu, who had just run over, suddenly froze. They couldn't help but recall the terrifying image of Wang Daquan, charred black by Lightning, lying on the ground trembling for three minutes.
But was the Da Zhou afraid? Of course not, if it were afraid, it wouldn't be the Da Zhou.
"Tch, trying to fool me? Do you think I'm easily scared? Since you're playing an NPC now, you have to follow the NPC's rules. I don't believe you dare to punish players arbitrarily."
"Want to give it a try?" Ling Yi asked, a few arcs of electricity crackling Daodao fingers as he glanced at her sideways.
"Really? Are NPCs really this capricious? I'll report you if you're not careful." Although Da Zhou said this, his voice was noticeably weaker.
"Sorry, there's no reporting system in this game. Also, I'm the one in charge here. I am the only NPC in this game now and in the future."
"Ahem, just kidding, just kidding. You're the most handsome NPC I've ever seen, bar none. Um..."
"Handsome, I want experience points!" Xiao Qiuqiu suddenly said.
"Don't refuse yet, let me explain..."
Ling Yi looked at her without saying anything, but was quite curious about how she was making things up.
Is Mission Six about Probe the northern mountains?
Ling Yi nodded.
Have we Probe?
Before Ling Yi nod, Xiao Qiuqiu quickly said, "Now that the purpose of the Probe has been achieved, does that mean the mission is complete?"
Ling Yi shook his head. "The mission requirement is that you have to come back alive."