On all four flying boats, all the Big Shot were staring at the images on the image stones.
The scene depicts Ling Yi's monster-slaying adventure, complete with impressive special effects.
"Is this supposed to be an insulator?"
On a crimson flying boat, a long-haired young man dressed in a fiery red robe stared in disbelief at the image on the image stone.
This man is called Jiang Yan, the city lord of Ling City, nicknamed Fire Demon, Magic Cultivation, and Mage Venerable Realm Ninth Stage.
Of course, he gave himself the nickname "Fire Demon," which is actually just a Magic Mage skill Fireball.
Even the Fireball was something he obtained after going through countless hardships.
It's a Magic Mage skill, after all.
"It's not just Ling Yi; the others have also improved rapidly. In just a few hours, their strength is already comparable to the late stage of the second realm. Old Jiang, we must take this place."
A bloated, armored fat man standing nearby spoke with burning eyes.
This is the deputy city lord of Ling City, Body Cultivation with the strength of the Fourth Lock Third Tier rank of the Locking Realm.
Other Body Cultivation gain weight due to side effects, but this guy is just Innate fat, purely fat, the kind that even the Purification crystal core can't adjust.
"Are you stupid? You want to have everything. Do you think we can even take this? If it were Third Pin or Fourth Pin, we could consider it, but this is Seventh Pin," Jiang Yan said, rolling his eyes.
"We probably won't even get a sip of soup. Just you wait, we're just the beginning; there will be many more coming later."
"It's estimated that people in the other eight cities, including the Capital City, have already received the news and are rushing over."
Jiang Yan's guess was correct; by noon, people from all twelve main cities of the Ancient Country had arrived.
A total of nineteen airships arrived, their enormous size almost completely obscuring the sky.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi's side had already finished clearing out this wave of Goblin.
The six people were sitting on the open ground, resting as they watched the Goblin corpses on the ground slowly disappear.
"Leveling up seems a bit difficult; we've only leveled up once," Liu Hang said, somewhat greedily.
"While our kill speed has improved considerably, it seems we need more experience points to level up. Initially, we only needed to kill fifty Goblin to level up, but now..."
Chai Zhiwei hadn't calculated the exact amount yet, but he'd been playing for almost five hours.
"I farmed 1,022, Lin Xiaoxiao farmed 2,679, Lao Liu farmed 1,051, Lao Chai farmed 1,250, and Lao Gao farmed 1,533."
Bai Hai calmly reported their respective kill counts.
After a pause, Bai Hai looked at Ling Yi with the eyes of someone looking at a god and said, "As for Boss Ling, he spent over 75,000."
"Awesome, incomparable!" Old Chai gave a thumbs up.
"It seems like Boss Ling has a new skill again, that Black Dragon. Its attack power is absolutely explosive; it wipes out a whole swath in one go," Liu Hang said enviously.
"It seems Ling Yi's skills have gotten stronger too. Not only are there more magic bullets, but they're also bigger, and Yan Se has turned into Lan Se." Gao Yuntian sighed.
"No way, Old Bai, how did you calculate all this so precisely? You have Kung Fu Hustle to calculate this while you're grinding monsters?"
Bai Hai laughed, "My Divine Power has increased several times over. Although I'm still only Mage Fifth Stage, my Divine Power is equivalent to a Ninth Tier Mage. If I level up again, I might be able to develop Telekinesis."
The enhancement of his Divine Power made Bai Hai's mind clearer, more intelligent, and his reaction speed faster.
Therefore, observing the situation of others while fighting monsters was a piece of cake for him.
"That's not right. Why don't I feel my Divine Power has increased? I only feel that my defense and strength have improved?" Chai Zhiwei asked, puzzled.
"My speed and reaction time have improved significantly," Lin Xiaoxiao said at this moment.
Everyone turned to look at Ling Yi, hoping to get an answer from Ling Yi.
But Ling Yi was staring blankly in the direction of the black hole.
Bai Hai thought for a moment and tried to analyze, "I think that after we upgrade, the direction of our improvement should be different, but currently, there are mainly three directions."
"One is a strength-based character, one is a mental-based character, and one is an agility-based character!"
Everyone nodded.
Among the five of them, Lin Xiaoxiao was able to kill monsters quickly precisely because she was more agile.
Ling Yi had just come to his senses and happened to hear Bai Hai's final analysis.
He nodded and said, " Bai Hai is right, this is a professional inclination."
"The world behind this black hole is a completely data-driven world, with a total of three professions: warrior, Magic Mage, and archer."
No one wanted to ask why Ling Yi knew these things anymore; he just knew them anyway. As for how he knew, Ling Yi's answer was always the same: he didn't know.
Whether they genuinely didn't know or were feigning ignorance, that remains to be seen.
Warriors Gravity and defense, Magic Mage on intelligence and Divine Power, and archers on agility and Summon.
In a data-driven world, there are generally different skills and equipment corresponding to different professions.
"Skills and equipment?" Everyone's eyes lit up.
"But how do I get skills and equipment?" Gao Yuntian asked.
"Logically speaking, it should drop from monsters!" Ling Yi said.
"As for why these monsters didn't drop anything, perhaps the data-driven rules inside the black hole were influenced by the World Rule."
"Perhaps as time goes on and the rules of invasion take over, these monsters will start dropping items!" Ling Yi speculated.
Although Ling Yi's statement was a guess, everyone felt that this was roughly the truth.
"So, as long as we keep grinding, we can get skills and equipment?" Bai Hai asked.
That should be the case.
Ling Yi had another guess in his mind, but it wasn't the right time to say it.
Ling Yi still needs to be verified.
I wonder if anyone in this world has noticed this. Probably not, otherwise we wouldn't have this hodgepodge of various Body Refining.
At this moment, Liu Hang suddenly asked, " Boss Ling, which university are you planning to apply to?"
Which university? It's Eastern Peak Taibian University, of course.
To be honest, if it weren't for the main storyline, Ling Yi would have loved to keep grinding here forever.
His foundation is the system, the external cheat code; whether he goes to university or not is of little significance.
I don't know why the main quest is to enter Taibian University, nor do I know what's so special about Taibian University.
" Taibian University!" Ling Yi didn't hide it; he was definitely going to Taibian University anyway.
" Taibian University? Is there such a school? I've never heard of it." Chai Zhiwei asked.
"I've heard of Taibian University, it's in Eastern Peak City, but Eastern Peak City has already fallen, so Taibian University should be gone by now, right?" Lin Xiaoxiao said.
" Taibian University used to be quite famous. It's said that our city lord graduated from Taibian University, but after Eastern Peak City fell a few years ago, we haven't heard anything about Taibian University since."
" Taibian University is still there!" Bai Hai said at this moment.
Everyone looked at Bai Hai. This guy was like an encyclopedia now, knowing a little bit about everything.
"Yes, but after the fall of Eastern Peak City, it's unclear where they moved to. I only saw a news item about it in a magazine a year ago."
"It's said that Taibian University has been downgraded and is now Taibian College. Since there's this news, Taibian College must still exist."
Ling Yi nodded, "As long as they're still here, that's good."
My homeroom teacher, Wu Hong, had also recommended Taibian College to me, so it seems that Taibian College must have something special about it.
"Do you know what kind of school Taibian College is?" Ling Yi asked Bai Hai.
Bai Hai shook his head and said, "I don't know. This school is very mysterious. It's said that they never look at the students' qualifications or grades when recruiting, and it's not even listed Central City the universities they apply to."
"Usually, you need someone's recommendation to get it done."
"Some say Taibian College is awesome, others say it's just a Taibian College, obscure academy; opinions vary."
Ling Yi nodded; none of this mattered to him.
At this point, the black hole started spawning monsters again.
The same monsters kept spawning, this time it was the Stone Giant.
It seems that the strange things that happen from black holes are not arranged in order of their level.
"Let's go, time to engage the monsters." The world is vast, but killing monsters is the most important thing.
At this moment, Ling Yi's level has reached level 2.
The system underwent a tiny Changes, and this tiny Changes was exactly the Changes Ling Yi liked the most, without exception.
Next to all passive skills, there is now a "[Click to Replace]" button.
The number of skill slots has been increased from ten to eleven.
His physical fitness level increased from 4 points to 40 points, a tenfold increase.
From this perspective, although leveling up is difficult, the Attribute Points gained with each level up are substantial.
Experience points are increased tenfold, but attributes are also boosted tenfold.
An average person's physical fitness level is around 1 to 2 points, so a level of 40 points is already quite high.
Take Lin Xiaoxiao for example, her current physical condition is only 17 points.
As his physical condition improved, Ling Yi's attacks also underwent Tilling Changes.
The stone giant could be instantly killed by magic bullets and Black Dragon Wave.
Therefore, although this wave of monsters was Golems, Ling Yi's monster-killing speed was actually faster than his Goblin- killing speed.
The falling of hordes of stone giants not only brought Ling Yi a massive amount of experience points but also yielded a large number of " Infinite Shield " skill books.
This is also Ling Yi's favorite skill at the moment.
Infinite Shield Lv6: Passive skill. There is a 6% chance to trigger when attacking or being attacked. Once triggered, an invincible Shield will be generated, lasting for 6 seconds!
The trigger rate is just too low.
No problem, this round should be enough to get my skills to level 100.
If one wave doesn't work, we'll wait for the next one; there's still a day and a half left.
Ling Yi and his group of six resumed their monster-hunting journey, grinding from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. before finally defeating this wave of Shitou monsters.
Before the new monsters spawned, the group ate some more food.
Around 3:30, a new monster spawned; it was the same monster again, this time it was Zakum...
Soon, night fell.
However, after this wave of monsters was defeated, Ling Yi and his companions waited for two whole hours without seeing any new monsters appear.
"What's going on? Are there no monsters left?" Gao Yuntian asked, puzzled.
"Didn't it refresh every hour before?"
It's impossible for a game world to be without monsters. How could a data-driven game world lack monsters? That's nonsense.
Are they planning to ship a large quantity of goods?
Just then, there was finally some movement from the other side of the black hole.
First, a giant eyeball slowly emerged from the black hole, followed by a gaping Dazui full of fangs.
Following that, four things resembling octopus tentacles popped out, and most importantly, each of these four tentacles had an eyeball at its tip.
That's not the point. The point is, this thing is freaking huge. Just this head alone takes up most of the black hole.