Ling Yi, who had Resurrection, laughed loudly, though he only lasted five seconds before collapsing again. However, Song Zhexuan and the other two nearby could still hear the joy and exuberance in his laughter.
"What's going on?" Song Zhexuan was speechless. "Has this guy gone mad?"
"It's not impossible, but their tolerance is probably too low."
Ling Yi, meanwhile, was absolutely thrilled listening to the game's prompts.
"Player Reincarnation was killed by a level 2 hare, level decreased by 16, current level 1, number of deaths 5!"
"Congratulations to player Reincarnation! Your Collision Scam Physique has been activated. Upon death, you have successfully Plunder 1 point of Strength, 3 points of Agility, 1 point of Constitution, and 1 point of Spirit from a wild rabbit."
However, after Ling Yi Resurrection the next time, apart from the level 2 Tiger being able to break through his defenses, the other wild monsters could no longer break through his defenses, and could only forcibly lose 1 point of health each time.
The level 2 tiger has an attack power of only 9 points, and each attack on Ling Yi only reduces his health by 2 points.
However, after activating his "Collision Scam Physique five times, Ling Yi's health has now reached 70 points.
Ling Yi managed to survive for a full 6 seconds in the monster horde before finally dying.
After Ling Yi Resurrection for the seventh time, even the attack power of a level 2 tiger could not break through his defenses.
Not only is it impossible to break through their defenses, but due to the increased agility, the evasion rate is also significantly improved.
Out of ten attacks, more than six resulted in a "miss".
Ling Yi managed to survive for two minutes amidst the horde of monsters before finally succumbing.
After Resurrection, Ling Yi was speechless to see that 90% of his attacks had missed.
"This speed is a bit lacking."
With his current defense and health, dying once in a low-level monster area is too difficult, so Ling Yi simply waded through the monster horde and headed deeper into the forest.
Ling Yi didn't attack any of the monsters. Since he'd died so many times already, and leveling up would just mean losing everything, why bother leveling up at all?
If you die after Leveling Up by Killing Monsters, will your attributes be retained?
That's overthinking it. Only attributes Plunder from the talent of "Collision Scam Physique" will be retained; attributes gained from leveling up will be completely wiped out upon death.
But that no longer matters; Ling Yi is destined to become a man who cannot advance.
With his strength already at 13 points, he swung left and kicked right, swaggering out of the monster horde Wuji, and then strode away.
This left Song Zhexuan and the others in disbelief.
"This guy must have acquired some kind of extraordinary talent."
"The more they die, the stronger they become?"
"More or less, there are probably some restrictions, otherwise he wouldn't have left."
"Could this guy be Ling Yi?"
Song Zhexuan had a bad feeling. If it really was this kid, how was he supposed to handle it?
There are countless talents in games, all sorts of things, and no one can guarantee that there isn't a talent that makes you stronger the more you die.
With such talent, who would dare to mess with him?
"Impossible! How could that poor kid possibly have such talent? Absolutely impossible!"
" Young Master, shall we go and make some connections?"
"It would be good to find out more, at least to find out what their talents are."
"Let's kill the monsters first. It'll take at least ten minutes for them to completely disperse."
Although Song Zhexuan's two guards were both level 7, their attributes were not strong.
In the online game "Myriad Worlds," each level up does not directly increase attributes, but instead gives 3 Free Attribute Points. Most people will focus on a certain attribute, such as strength, speed, spirit, or constitution.
Both of these level 7 players used a 2-Strength, 1-Constitution stat allocation, with Agility as their initial 1 point.
Ling Yi could walk through the monster horde because 90% of their attacks missed. These two level 7 players, however, dared not. Even if their defenses weren't broken, the forced loss of 1 point of health wouldn't last them long.
Forced health deduction and missing are two completely different concepts.
Although level 10 and above is considered an expert, in reality, anyone below level 30 is just trash.
Below level 30, it is impossible to form an absolutely overwhelming Battle Power.
Ten minutes later, Song Zhexuan had successfully leveled up to level 4. In the game, having someone to guide you and not having one makes a huge difference. Level 4 is definitely considered top-tier among these newbies.
In the other game world, Ran Ran is only level 2 at this moment.
The drop rate in this game is incredibly low, ridiculously low. Song Zhexuan and his group have only managed to farm a few thousand copper coins so far. And Song Zhexuan is not short of money; he doesn't even care about these few copper coins.
Just as the three were preparing to head into town to resupply, a game announcement suddenly sounded.
"Congratulations, player! You have triggered a main storyline quest Reincarnation. Your current world story progress has increased. You are rewarded with 1000 Reincarnation Reputation points and your level has increased by 10!"
Song Zhexuan was dumbfounded. "Holy crap, what's this 'main storyline mission' thing? And what's this 'story progress' nonsense?"
Immediately afterwards, the three of them felt the scene before them flicker, and then day turned into night.
What they didn't know was that time in this world jumped over a week in the blink of an eye; it wasn't just a simple matter of day turning into night—it was merely a "transition."
Three kilometers west of Song Zhexuan and his companions, Ling Yi was squatting in front of a cave entrance, deep in thought.
The main storyline quest was triggered by him; when he found the cave entrance, the main storyline quest was essentially activated.
This cave is where the Protagonist Andrew, Steve, Matt gained their Telekinesis.
The movie Chronicle didn't provide much information about the Crystal in the cave.
Ling Yi was worried about the potential side effects of acquiring Telekinesis in this way.
For example, one's personality might be affected, leading to uncontrollable descent into darkness or something similar.
Although this ability seems perfect in the movie, who knows the truth?
Just then, footsteps sounded behind Ling Yi, followed by a beam of light shining on him.
"Wow, I never expected the Chosen One to discover this place." An exaggerated voice rang out.
Ling Yi shielded his eyes with his hand and looked behind him; there stood the Protagonist from the movie.
Leading the group is Steve, the unlucky guy who was accidentally struck by Lightning and killed in the movie. Behind him are Matt and Andrew, who is holding a camera.
That light is emitted by the camera's lighting system.
The natives in the game world know the player, but they call him by different names; they generally refer to the player as the Chosen One.
"Hello, I feel this cave is very mysterious, and I'm debating whether or not to go down and explore it."
Ling Yi speaks Chinese, but it doesn't hinder communication at all, just as Ling Yi can understand their English.
The game automatically translates any language into a understandable language or script, so there are no communication problems as long as you are in the game.
"Why are you making a fuss? Don't you think this is cool? Hello, we are all high school students from Slew High School. My name is Steve, this is Matt, and this is his cousin Andrew."
"You can call me Reincarnation. You're right, that's a really cool thing."
Ling Yi ultimately decided to follow the Protagonist down to take a look. After all, he had Collision Scam Physique, so at worst he could just Resurrection on the spot.
Having made his decision, Ling Yi didn't hesitate any longer and was the first to jump.
"Cool!" Steve shouted second, Matt cheered, and the third jumped down. Only Andrew hesitated for a long time before climbing down into the hole.
The cave wasn't very deep. After walking a few steps, Ling Yi discovered the Crystal that emitted an eerie blue light.
The Crystal is very large, three meters high, and covers an area of more than ten square meters.
The bottom of the Crystal is buried in the soil, making it look as if it grew out of the ground.
As Ling Yi approached, the Crystal began to flash rapidly. Ling Yi instantly felt a strange power affecting his brain, and a series of piercing buzzing sounds seemed to appear deep within his mind.
Ling Yi was certain that the sound was not coming from the outside world, but rather echoing in his mind. This feeling was unpleasant, as if his brain was being forcibly stretched outwards.
Fortunately, Ling Yi's current attribute is nearly ten times that of an ordinary person, so he can still endure it.
But things weren't so good for Steve and his two companions. With one more person in their group, the power within the Crystal seemed to be fully unleashed, and the entire cave began to shake slightly.
" Steve, Matt, I feel really unwell, we have to leave," Andrew cried out, his voice trembling with tears.
"This is incredible! I guarantee this thing is definitely not from our world."
Although Steve was also in pain, he was even more excited, tapping his head as he spoke excitedly.
" Steve, Andrew is right, we have to leave, this cave is about to collapse."
The cave was indeed about to collapse. The Crystal, seemingly having released all its energy, had begun to weather away, gradually turning into powder starting from the top.
Because of the collapse of the Crystal, the force supporting the top has disappeared, and this cave probably won't last much longer.
"Hurry up, go go go!" Ling Yi urged as well.
He didn't want to be buried underground.
The four men fled in a disheveled state. The cave shook more and more violently, with large amounts of rocks falling from above. Amidst shouts and screams, they ran frantically.
Fortunately, the cave wasn't deep, and the four of them quickly escaped. Then, the entire cave collapsed downwards...
The four of them stared at the giant crater before them, still shaken by the sight, and couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.
Especially Matt, who was the last to climb out, had trembling hands.
"Oh no, my camera is broken, it's stopped working."
Just then, a wail rang out from beside them.
" Andrew!" Matt frowned and snapped.
"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I promise you, I'll send you a new one tomorrow," Steve said quickly.
Ling Yi glanced at Andrew speechlessly. This guy was crying like that; it was just too frustrating.
Is this the "apex predator" from the movie? It probably hasn't evolved yet.
"Should we call the police?" Matt asked.
"No!" Andrew and Steve said at the same time.
"Okay, I doubt anyone would believe us even if we called the police. But I think we should dig out that Crystal; it's definitely worth a fortune," Steve said.
"I don't think that's a good idea," Matt shook his head.
Andrew remained silent, still grieving over his camera.
"I think we should go home," Matt said, glancing at his watch.
" Reincarnation, would you like to come to my house as a guest?" Steve looked at Ling Yi.
Ling Yi thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I have some things to take care of. We'll meet again in the future."
"Alright!" Steve was very curious about the Chosen One, but Ling Yi refused, he wouldn't force him.
The group went their separate ways, but this was only the beginning of the story, or rather, the real story was just getting on track.
The other players in the instance were also completely bewildered.
Main storyline quests? They've never heard of them, and the teachers haven't talked about the story progression either.
Even players from powerful families like Song Zhexuan don't understand this, let alone ordinary players like them.
But without a doubt, the rewards from the main storyline are outrageous. Putting aside everything else, the direct +10 level bonus is enough to make new players extremely envious.
As for reputation, according to the teachers, it becomes very important in dungeons of level 10 and above, but they did not specify exactly what that effect was.
The students only learn some basic common sense, but game information such as reputation is controlled by the official authorities and a few families, and it is impossible for it to be easily leaked.