Gu Hao: Anything with a health bar can be fought; as long as it loses health, victory is assured
Guan Xiaoxiao is already in place in the beginner village.
At this moment, she stood in the starting village, dressed in a deep blue women's armor with a red cloak on her back and holding a Greatsword, looking incredibly dashing.
Guan Xiaoxiao is very satisfied with her look.
Before her was a quest panel, which was specifically for issuing main quests to players.
There's nothing there right now; players need to trigger certain events to activate the main storyline.
Therefore, Guan Xiaoxiao is currently the mascot of the newbie village.
In addition, she gains 5000 experience points every five seconds, a special AFK leveling privilege granted to her by Ling Yi for this NPC.
Other NPCs do not receive this treatment.
The starting village wasn't dilapidated; on the contrary, it was quite neat and clean.
The roads are wide, the houses are neat, and various peach trees are planted along the roadside. The peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the fragrance of the flowers fills the air.
Various NPCs, disguised as ordinary people and played by various Heavenly Soldier, kept appearing in the newbie village, and soon the originally deserted streets became lively.
The pharmacy owner is played by the Star of Longevity, the weapons shop owner by Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and the clothing shop owner by the Jade Rabbit...
Each character has their own script and beginner tasks, each connected by a different storyline.
Guan Xiaoxiao looked around curiously. Unlike the players, everyone who saw Guan Xiaoxiao showed extreme respect, chanting "Holy Maiden!"
Meanwhile, the Jade Emperor, playing the role of an old man in a beginner village, was standing under a big tree, looking at the bustling village, and couldn't help but laugh.
Thinking about the script Ling Yi had arranged for her, she felt even more excited.
Chen Chao, Gu Hao, Luo Pengyu, Zhao Zhe, and the others were like country bumpkins in the city, looking around curiously at everything.
" Old Zhao, what's the next step?" Chen Chao asked Zhao Zhe.
"Leave a few people in the starting village to gather information, the rest of you go out and grind monsters. Ling Yi said that the strength we gain here can be taken out with us, so everything should focus on improving our own strength."
Chen Chao glanced at the rusty iron sword in his hand and the extremely simple coarse cloth shirt. Was he really going to take this thing out to fight monsters?
Although it feels a bit impractical, I still have to keep farming the monsters.
After discussion, Luo Pengyu and two other members of the Heavenly Guard stayed behind to familiarize themselves with the NPCs, while the rest of them went out to grind monsters and level up.
"Let me tell you, the monsters in the beginner village are generally quite easy to defeat!" Gu Hao said with a hint of excitement.
"That's hard to say!" Chen Chao said. "Don't forget, this game was designed by the Big Shot Ling Yi. Do you think a game created by the Big Shot Ling Yi would be the same as traditional games?"
"Furthermore, the Big Shot said this is the real world, not just data."
"Tch, no matter how difficult it is, it's just a beginner monster. You old folks don't understand games as well as we young people."
"Hey, that's going too far! What do you mean by 'old man'? I'm still a young heartthrob!"
"A 40-year-old young heartthrob?"
"Let's not talk about age, we're still friends!"
Zhao Zhe ignored Chen Chao and Gu Hao's bickering and instead instructed his Heavenly Guard subordinates, "I've created a team. Join the team. Same rules as before: Fengzi will command the Combat, Dayong will be responsible for recording the data."
They are the Heavenly Guard, and they have their own unique Combat style.
Soon, the group left the starting village.
"Holy crap, what's going on?" As the group stepped out of the south gate of the beginner village, the scene immediately underwent Tilling Changes.
The bright sunshine was gone, replaced by a gloomy, overcast sky.
What was once a grove of peach blossoms has now turned into a forest of black, withered trees. Within Lin Zhong withered trees stand rows of tombstones, and amidst the mist, Daodao can be Yinyin seen wandering about.
A series of hoarse roars rose and fell, adding to the eeriness of the scene.
Looking back at the starting village, it was now completely hidden within a semi-transparent light barrier.
"Could it be that we're Combat ghosts and Ghost?" Chen Chao couldn't help but take two steps back.
"You're afraid of ghosts? How did you survive Bunshinsaba 8?"
"Ahem, let's not bring up things that are already in the past."
"I sense you're trying to hide something. It's just a newbie monster; I'm going first."
Gu Hao's mind is currently focused on slaying monsters and leveling up. Although Ling Yi said that this is a real world, in his mind, he still treats it as a game.
Seeing Gu Hao rush into the miasma, the others were all startled. Zhao Zhe immediately waved his hand and said, "Follow him!"
Dozens of people formed a Combat formation with perfect coordination and charged in after Gu Hao.
In the end, Super Saiyan was left. He looked around, shuddered, and then reluctantly rushed into the miasma.
Shouts could be heard from ahead.
When he caught up with the group, he saw Gu Hao fly over from the sky and land right at his feet like a tattered sack.
Gu Hao's health bar had already appeared above his head, and it was down to a tiny bit!
"Damn it, this is a mob? This is supposed to be a boss!" Gu Hao got up from the ground, cursing as he charged forward.
"Hey, your health bar is almost empty."
"We must not give up as long as the health bar isn't empty!"
At this moment, Chen Chao finally saw the monster's appearance clearly.
At that moment, a skeleton soldier dressed in tattered clothes appeared, holding a rusty broken sword and a shield riddled with holes.
A long health bar appeared above the skeleton soldier's head, indicating its level was lv3!
In the minds of normal people, monsters of this level are simply beyond their ability to defeat.
For example, Zhao Zhe and the others attacked with their iron swords for a long time, but only saw their health bars drop by a tiny bit. They realized that this monster was beyond their current strength and decided to retreat.
In the player's eyes, any monster with a visible health bar can be killed; as long as the monster's health bar drops, even by a tiny bit, victory is assured.
Gu Hao is a veteran gamer who has even founded several large online game guilds.
" Old Zhao, what the hell are you guys retreating for? Didn't you see the boss's health bar is dropping?" Gu Hao shouted, disregarding Zhao Zhe and the others' identities, as he saw them fighting and retreating.
"The strength is not equal, how can we fight?" Zhao Zhe was not angry, but explained while parrying the skeleton monster's attacks.
"Damn it, this is a game, we're players. Do you know what the biggest characteristic of players is? It's that they can Resurrection! We're only level 0 right now, so even if we die, there's no loss."
"We're already losing blood, what are we afraid of? Let's get this!"
As he spoke, Gu Hao charged up from the side and stabbed the Gulou Monster in the shoulder with his sword.
-6
A single-digit damage number appeared above the monster's head.
But the next moment, he was shoved away by the monster's swung shield, and before he even hit the ground, he turned into a white light and went back to town to Resurrection.
"Is this kid crazy? What's the point of this?"
With Gu Hao dead, the skeleton monster's aggro shifted back to Zhao Zhe and his group.
Although Zhao Zhe and his team cooperated well, their attack speed and strength were far inferior to the skeleton monster. They could only take turns defending and retreating.
The group was speechless. How could they possibly fight such a powerful monster? They had absolutely no chance.
But just then, Gu Hao, who had just died, charged forward again, howling. To Zhao Zhe and the others' surprise, he chose to fight the skeleton monster head-on.
With absolutely no skill involved, Gu Hao only managed to strike the monster twice before being slashed away by the monster's sword, leaving him with only a sliver of health.
But Gu Hao seemed to be in a killing frenzy, shouting and yelling as he got up again, slashed at the skeleton monster, and then, satisfied, was cut into a white light by the skeleton monster's broken sword.
Zhao Zhe and the others couldn't understand Gu Hao's behavior at all, and thought that Gu Hao had gone crazy.
But Chen Chao, who was behind him, saw through Gu Hao's thoughts.
He also plays games, although he's terrible at them, but at least he understands them.
"It's just a game, what am Laozi afraid of? Damn it!"
He mustered his courage and charged forward with a roar, but he only had time to strike once before the skeleton monster unleashed a double attack—one sword and one shield—before turning him into a white flash.
A few minutes later, Gu Hao and Chen Chao rushed out of the village at the same time.
Gu Hao shouted, "Brother Chen, you're doing that lazy donkey roll, that's disgusting!"
"What?"
"Watch my demonstration!" This time, Gu Hao didn't fight head-on. Instead, he rolled on the ground and slashed at the skeleton monster's legs with his iron sword.
This completely caught the skeleton monster off guard, causing it to freeze for a moment.
The skeleton monster was, after all, just a magical creature with low intelligence. It instinctively bent over and stabbed downwards, but the sword in its hand was broken and couldn't hit Gu Hao at all.
Furthermore, since the attacks are not based on a pre-set pattern, the movements are mechanical and slow.
After being slashed more than a dozen times by Gu Hao, he finally came up with a countermeasure and slammed his shield hard into the ground.
"Bang!"
A shockwave exploded instantly, sending Zhao Zhe and Gu Hao, who were nearby, flying away.
However, this shockwave didn't cause much damage; it only had a slight stun effect.
"Haha, he's losing health, a lot, a tenth of it! Hehe, here I come!" Chen Chao laughed loudly when he saw Gu Hao enter a dazed state, and followed suit, slashing at the skeleton monster's legs.
Upon seeing the skeleton monster raise its shield to strike again, it scrambled and crawled away from the attack range.
"Bang!"
This shockwave attack had no effect whatsoever.
Having recovered Gu Hao laughed loudly, "Brother Chen, you did well! Go for it!"
"First kill of the boss, the rewards are definitely amazing!"
"Brother Chen, you can't hog all the benefits, I'm telling you, or I'll challenge you to a duel every day!"
"Let's team up and split the profits 50/50!" Chen Chao said.
"Okay, Shield Bash has a stun effect, and the skill has a 10-second cooldown. If this boss doesn't have any other powerful attacks, it can be taken down without taking any damage."
"I understand, I'll get out, I'll chop..."
"Damn it, get over there! Why did you bump into me?!"
"Sorry, my mistake! Watch out, shield raised! Dodge!"
"Sixty percent health left, keep going, we'll finish this in twenty minutes at most!" Gu Hao shouted excitedly.
"Receive!"
This skeleton monster isn't a boss at all, so its attack patterns are limited. Once you figure them out, it no longer poses any threat.
Zhao Zhe and the others felt somewhat ashamed. They were Heavenly Guard, very proud, but they never expected to be taught a lesson by two ordinary people.
Gu Hao, in particular, is just a high school student, yet he possesses exceptional observation and judgment skills.
He was basically in charge of the Combat, with Chen Chao only providing support.
"There are still monsters over there. Let's go give it a try. We can't let two ordinary people outdo us, can we?" Zhao Zhe said, pointing in another direction.
" Old Zhao, the monsters over there are too dense. If you can't handle them, and when you're running away, don't lure the monsters this way!" Gu Hao reminded Zhao Zhe and the others as he saw them heading in that direction.
"Don't worry, we're not ordinary people," Zhao Zhe said confidently, waving his hand.