Meow-Meow-chan's slingshot

But Xin Jiu wasn't going to remind him.

People like him were a waste of resources alive. If he died, so be it.

Seeing Xin Jiu move out, the other players also went looking for goblins, because they all wanted to survive.

In the end, only twenty-odd players remained in the safe zone.

The deeper Xin Jiu went, the better her surroundings became. She even spotted a subway station.

When she had played another full-dive game before, goblins had liked staying in places like subway stations and caves. Maybe they would spawn here?

Before entering the subway station, she used her attribute points.

[Strength: 16 → 18]

[Agility: 21]

[Perception: 29 → 30]

[Stamina: 95%]

She split her attribute points between strength and perception.

Increasing her strength would leave her less hampered when facing goblins, while adding to perception would make her more alert once she entered the subway station.

Xin Jiu held her military bayonet in a reverse grip.

She headed down into the subway station.

Inside the safe zone, the players who hadn't left sat in a circle.

"Bro Yu, are we really not going to look for goblins? Each of us only needs to get two hearts."

Sauce-Pressed Duck's real name was Wang Yu. In this short time, he had already gotten friendly with the players who remained in the safe zone, and there were even signs of him becoming their leader.

"What, isn't the safe zone comfortable enough for you?"

"I just think it would be pretty safe if so many of us went together."

In the previous two rounds, the goblins had come in groups.

This round, however, the players had to search for them themselves.

If they were lucky and only found lone goblins, everyone could get a little closer to the goal of 2,000 hearts.

Wang Yu clicked his tongue twice. "Never would've guessed you were so selfless. Go on, then. I won't stop you. Anyone who wants to go with him can leave the safe zone now."

That player looked at everyone expectantly.

Unfortunately.

Not a single person backed him up.

He was a little disappointed. Finally, he gritted his teeth and chose to pick up his weapon and head out of the safe zone anyway.

He couldn't be as cold-blooded and selfish as they were, because he had a family. He needed to clear the game and get out.

Wang Yu spat and called him an idiot.

The others all chimed in.

By now, Xin Jiu was already inside the subway station.

The subway station in the game was no different from one in reality. The only difference was that it was quieter here.

She walked quietly forward, trying not to make a sound. After going a few hundred meters, she heard a series of chattering noises, so she pressed against the wall and peeked around it.

A group of goblins had gathered in an open area ahead.

The chattering she had just heard had been them talking.

Every goblin wore a red hat.

So all the goblins in this stage were the minibosses from the second stage?!

The difficulty really did ramp up with every stage.

At a rough glance, there were around thirty to forty goblins.

Unlike ordinary goblins, goblin minibosses could sense emotions and fight as a group. Their intelligence was roughly equivalent to that of an eight-year-old human child.

Taking them head-on... probably wouldn't work.

Then how about splitting them up?

Thinking of the slingshot she had gotten from Meow-Meow-chan, Xin Jiu's lips curved into a smile.

The livestream viewers' hearts had leaped into their throats at the sight of so many goblin minibosses. Seeing Xin Jiu turn and leave without hesitation, they breathed a sigh of relief.

[That scared me to death. I was really afraid Jiujiu would charge straight in.]

[They're all minibosses. Even Jiujiu couldn't handle that.]

[This is the expert player you've been talking about? She doesn't look all that impressive to me. It's all just hype from you fans.]

[Ignore him. He's just looking for attention!]

[If you don't like her, can't you go to another channel? Nobody's forcing you to stay in this stream.]

[Wait, look! What's Jiujiu doing?]

Xin Jiu walked over to some rubble, picked up a broken stone, and weighed it in her hand. Then she took out the slingshot and tested its power.

A slingshot's maximum range could reach 300 meters.

But this one was from Meow-Meow-chan's collection, so it couldn't be very good. It could only reach fifty meters at most.

[Tsk, never mind not killing goblins. She even has time to play with a slingshot. I'm speechless.]

[Reported.]

Xin Jiu found another pile of small stones, put them away, and headed back toward the subway station.

A few minutes later, the viewers finally understood what she intended to do.

Standing over forty meters away from the goblins, Xin Jiu pulled back the slingshot, aimed at one particular goblin's backside, and let go.

The small stone flew with a "pew," slamming hard into the goblin's backside!

"Wah-la, wah-la! Wah-wah!"

The goblin cried out in pain, waving its spiked club and turning its head this way and that, trying to find whoever had ambushed it.

It found nothing out of the ordinary.

It scratched its head and turned back.

Xin Jiu: It actually isn't coming over?

She picked out a larger stone and fired again, still targeting the same goblin.

The goblin yelled even louder. This one must have really hurt.

Because it clutched its backside!

"Wah-la-la! Woo-woo! Wah-ya, wah-ya!!"

The other goblins hadn't been attacked or sensed any danger, so they thought it was making a fuss over nothing and stopped paying attention to it.

But it was simply too noisy.

The goblins beside it shoved it out of the circle in irritation. It hopped angrily from side to side, constantly waving the spiked club in its hand!

Xin Jiu raised her slingshot again, still targeting it.

"Wah-ya-ya! Ka-ka!"

This time, it truly couldn't take any more. Raising its spiked club, it ran toward Xin Jiu.

Xin Jiu: Finally took the bait.

The goblin's features twisted, making its already ugly face even more hideous. Clearly, it was very angry.

Xin Jiu held her breath and waited.

When the goblin reached the corner, Xin Jiu raised her bayonet and drove it through its skull, fast, precise, and ruthless!

The corpse dissipated. No bead appeared.

She repeated the same trick.

Using this method, she lured another six goblins over. Unfortunately, only two hearts dropped. Was the drop rate really 75%?

Xin Jiu was a little angry, but at least killing a goblin earned her 50 points.

By now, the other goblins finally realized something was wrong, because none of the goblins that had left the group had returned.

Baring their teeth and raising their spiked clubs, they headed toward Xin Jiu.

Xin Jiu took off running, her legs pumping furiously!

The goblins yelled and shrieked, chasing her like mad!

Gradually, Xin Jiu noticed something very interesting: these goblins had different physical capabilities. Some were very fast, while others were very slow.

Her lips curved into a smile.

In that case, this would be easy.

Seeing Xin Jiu suddenly stop, the goblin at the very front froze.

Before it could figure out why this human was no longer afraid of them, Xin Jiu pierced its skull, and its body vanished into specks of light.

She turned and stabbed at another goblin.

After killing these two goblins, Xin Jiu continued running. Once she had covered some distance, she stopped again.

After this repeated two or three times, the remaining goblins caught on.

They thought the human female before them was terrifying, because she was smiling as she killed their companions!

The goblins turned and ran in the opposite direction. The tables had turned.

Now, it was Xin Jiu's turn to chase them!