Taking What Came Along

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "So that's how it is."

"Then let's count the three of us. How many people do you think we'll need to complete this task?"

"We need at least five people, and to be on the safe side, a full team of ten would be best," said the Sword of the Fallen Angel. "I've encountered those demon snipers before and observed them for a while. Those demon snipers are all Priest of the God of Order, Karis, and they're at least level three. Don't even think about it with less than five people, and ten is definitely the best."

Level three? Xiao Yu thought to himself, no wonder he couldn't beat him. Logically speaking, a master like himself should be able to easily defeat an adventurer.

Then he added, somewhat puzzled, "This game has only been open for a short while, how come some players have already reached level three? Isn't it said that players level up very slowly in this game?"

The Sword of the Fallen Angel smiled mysteriously, "Who said those demon snipers were players?"

"What?" Xiao Yu was stunned. "But they're clearly adventurers, and judging from their tone of voice, they're obviously players."

"They are indeed adventurers, but not players." The Sword of the Fallen Angel explained with a hint of smugness. It turned out that after the Sky Group went bankrupt, online game companies in the industry had studied their bankruptcy process. After all, the self-destruction of a game was a huge threat to online game companies. As a result, these game industry professionals discovered that the key to the whole incident was that the NPCs in the game had discovered their true identities.

If these NPCs hadn't rioted, the game wouldn't have been destroyed.

A solution was quickly devised: some game companies began to reduce the intelligence of the NPCs in their games, turning them into simple, idiotic NPCs that reacted to fixed programs. However, this made the games less realistic.

Other game companies have come up with even better solutions, including Excellence Technology Excellence Technology, which went against the grain and directly changed the game's worldview.

Therefore, in the War of the Gods, the game company added many NPC adventurers. Just like the adventurers played by the players, they can be resurrected, kill monsters to level up, run dungeons to get equipment, and even team up with the players. Moreover, their words and actions are almost no different from those of ordinary players.

Furthermore, they added the concept of adventurers to the database of all NPCs, directly integrating adventurers into the world view. They also added a special filtering system when talking to NPCs. If someone tries to reveal something to an NPC, all sensitive words will be blocked. In this way, there is no need to worry about malicious people revealing the truth about their game characters to NPCs.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "That works too. Players play the monsters, while NPCs play the adventurers. Well, that's quite creative."

Having explained the identities of those demon hunters, the Sword of the Fallen Angel then asked, "What do we do now that we don't have enough people?"

Xiao Yu smiled slightly, "That's easy. Give me the team leader, and I'll assemble a team for you."

The Sword of the Fallen Angel was skeptical, thinking to himself, "I've been calling for so long and no one has come to help me. How can you be so confident?" But since he was alone, it was not his turn to be the captain, so he gave the captain's position to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu took over the captain's position and immediately began to speak.

[King's Return: Closed Beta Test Experts Lead Team to Explore the Death Wilderness, Looking for Highly Advanced Undead, No Unadvanced Undead Needed, Six Spots Available, Don't Miss Out!]

Upon hearing this, the Sword of the Fallen Angel was immediately stunned. "What's going on? Aren't we supposed to be doing an advancement quest? Why are we leveling up again? And they don't even want quests that don't advance. This isn't very nice."

Xiao Yu said nonchalantly, "What's the difference between an advancement quest and leveling up? It's all about killing monsters anyway. Besides, if you don't set some restrictions, how will they know how valuable this opportunity is?"

This actually involves a little psychological trick: if the announcement says "do advanced tasks," those who have already advanced often won't join because they feel like they're doing free work by forming a team.

However, if it's about leading a team to explore new areas and level up, that's a completely different story. Since everyone needs to level up anyway, it's naturally good to have a skilled player from the closed beta leading the team.

If we add a threshold like "those who haven't advanced don't need to join," then those who have advanced will have a feeling that this team is more advanced than the average team, and they have just met the standard. Joining such a team will give them a sense of self-affirmation.

Xiao Yu had played countless games before, so he was very familiar with these team-up techniques. Sure enough, after Xiao Yu had only called out twice, people came to join the team, and there was more than one person.

Sweet and Sour Ribs: "Count me in! I've already leveled up; I'm now a Skeleton Warrior."

Jun Moxiao: "Me too, me too! I've advanced to the Shadow realm, I can scout ahead for you for free."

Piercing a Willow at a Hundred Paces: "Level 2 Skeleton Archer, team up with one."

Wesker: "A freshly baked giant zombie, group group group group group."

Without hesitation, Xiao Yu accepted all comers and quickly assembled a group of ten people.

"See, it's all done now," he said to the Sword of the Fallen Angel beside him.

However, some members of the team started to question, "Hey, why haven't you guys advanced yet?"

"What do you know? We're all top-tier beta testers. There's a reason we don't advance. You know, our team's experience points are based on the overall strength of the team. By not advancing, we lower the team's overall strength rating, so we get more experience. Don't ask questions if you don't understand."

Xiao Yu was spouting nonsense, but what he said actually made some sense. The people who had asked the questions immediately fell silent, and someone nearby pretended to be knowledgeable and agreed, "That's right, that's right. Don't ask questions if you don't understand. Newbies always talk too much."

"Alright, if there are no problems, let's set off. Destination: Death Wilderness, attack!"

As Xiao Yu shouted, the procession marched out of the Great Graveyard.

In fact, many people have already started teaming up to level up.

There's no way to play without a team; you'll basically get wiped out if you go out alone.

Currently, Undead players in the Burying Ground only have two ways to level up: one is to work as Undead for the necromancers in the Great Graveyard, moving things and carrying corpses, with each task giving a pitiful amount of experience.

Another option is to go back to their old ways and fight monsters. There are still some human farmer huts left in the Death Wilderness, and killing these farmers will give you experience. The other option is to become an adventurer. Monsters need to level up, and so do adventurers. The Death Wilderness is now full of newly joined adventurers, most of whom are only level one or two, which is perfect for matching up with the Undead players pouring out of the Great Graveyard.

Xiao Yu didn't follow the main road, but instead picked a direction and kept going.

This Death Wilderness is vast, probably dozens of kilometers round trip, but fortunately there are enough new players to join the game, so there's no need to worry about not finding enemies.

As the group moved forward, the few zombies and walking corpses clearly slowed them down, but there was nothing they could do; they were counting on these guys to act as meat shields, so they could only proceed slowly.

Xiao Yu directly sent players who had advanced to the Shadow rank to scout ahead.

This shadow not only moves faster than a typical ghost, but also possesses the ability to become invisible, making it ideal for reconnaissance.

They had only gone out to explore for a short while when the shadow drifted back.

"Target spotted, not far ahead." As he spoke, he placed his hand on Xiao Yu's skull, and immediately, an image appeared in Xiao Yu's mind.

It wasn't the bearded bald man from before, nor even the demon sniper, but a leveling party of three adventurers: a Warrior wielding a sword and shield, a ranger in leather armor carrying a hunting bow and accompanied by a hunting dog, and a mage in a red robe.

But it doesn't matter, we've already done both at once.

Even if we reach the top ten, the advantage isn't that significant. We should make the most of our first-move advantage.

Xiao Yu glanced around at the surroundings, and an abandoned house caught his attention. "It's you."