January 4, 795 in the New Calendar, the weather was sunny.
Although it was a cloudless sunny day, the team led by Duan Qing was facing darkness - they had gone too deep into the forest, and the towering giant trees almost covered the entire sky.
No player has ever been able to reach such a far place - the width of the brown-black tree trunks can no longer be described by a few people hugging each other. They are like tall buildings in modern cities, with a width of more than ten meters on both sides. It is as far as the eye can see. Duan Qing, who has played many virtual online games, has never seen such tall trees. As for their names and varieties, it is impossible to know.
Because the light was too dim, everyone had begun to use torches and other tools as lighting tools. Duan Qing lit the small oil lamp he extorted from the blacksmith and hung it on his waist. As for Xue Ling Huan Bing, she probably didn't expect that the trees behind her were no longer like trees but like walls, so she didn't make any corresponding preparations. When they saw Duan Qing and the others taking out all kinds of high-tech lighting equipment, they were slightly shocked. Later, when they learned that this was actually the idea of the little girl Mengzhu, the first thing that arose was a trace of doubt.
"Has Miss Mengzhu been to such a deep place before?"
"No, but I also heard about the situation here." Seeing the admiration in the eyes of the others, the little girl felt a little excited, and her golden ponytail also jumped around: "I used to do it with the old lady in the herbal shop. business, and then chatted with her and heard her talk about what the forest looked like..."
Listening to the little girl proudly boasting about her contribution to the team, Xue Ling Huan Bing was filled with admiration and suddenly felt resentful in her heart.
When they were preparing before, they did not have such information. Fortunately, they were given such a long preparation time, and they did not even mention this kind of information. If their previous team was lucky enough to rush here, they would probably be groping in the dark. I was attacked by monsters and then sent back to my hometown...
What's even more irritating is that the person in front of me used to be a member of their guild, but was later angry away by them...
So this debt was once again placed on Wuji Huan Shen's head.
A little light source did not bring enough comfort to Duan Qing and the others - to this extent, the harsh environment was already secondary. After all, it is a virgin forest, and all kinds of strange creatures are the source of danger that everyone is more worried about. But so far on today's journey, I haven't seen a creature bigger than that giant snake. Instead, the team encountered smaller creatures.
If these creatures could be called "little creatures", maybe they wouldn't scare a few people so much.
First they encountered a spider. It is eight-legged, black, has compound eyes in front, and is covered with downy hairs. It looks like an ordinary spider in every aspect, except for its size - it is almost as big as a human being.
Duan Qing, who was walking in front to explore the path, bumped into the giant web it weaved - even if there was light, the spider silk on the giant web was so transparent that it was almost invisible. Duan Qing's limbs were immediately stuck tightly, unable to move, and the vibrations of the spider web quickly attracted him from the high tree trunk. Although the light was dim and it was difficult to turn his head, Duan Qing could still clearly see the eight red eyes above the spider's terrifying mouthparts, which were emitting a flashing red light.
Later, the spider was frozen into ice by Christine, but Mengzhu was so frightened that he screamed repeatedly. Even Duan Qing himself lived up to his name, with a green face.
Liu Qingniu, who boasts that he is as brave as an ox, is still laughing at everyone, and claims that he has never been afraid of these small animals that are just "models" that have been enlarged. However, not long after, he was frightened by a group of ants and ran away.
The black ants are as big as mice, and the ant colony can be seen as far as the eye can see, like an ocean.
The crowd, who were also scared to death, were chased by the ants for a long distance. They did not stop until they crossed a creek and confirmed that the ants did not dare to wade into the water. Duan Qing was breathing heavily, listening to Ah Niu's fierce cry of "I'm just afraid we can't defeat them" over there. While he was reconsidering whether the choice he made last night was correct, he also secretly made a vow.
Labor and management will never come here again. This is really not a place for people to come...
In fact, after Duan Qing heard Xue Ling Huan Bing's introduction last night, his previous determination was somewhat shaken. Because Christine's sister is also not an ordinary person.
Freya Ocellus, the biological sister of the water mage Christine, one of the members of the Mage Council - the Seven-person Council, and the great fire magician. Because she is good at using fire magic and is very powerful, she was even freed Mainland China is recognized as the spokesperson of the fire element nowadays.
Jianghu people gave the gangster the nickname "Bingling Flame".
Looking at the behavior of Freya's sister in front of him, and hearing the name, Duan Qing could probably deduce this person's strength and her character.
So here comes the question: For the ruins deep in the Emerald Forest, the Mages Council actually sent two of the seven-member Council to help. Is this just because of the danger of the Emerald Forest itself?
Are there other enemies? Hostile force? Are they as powerful as these two great magicians? So how strong do they have to be? Could it be that what we are about to face are enemies at the same level as these two sisters?
How to play this game?
When Duan Qingyi asked the question righteously, the other party admitted casually - the sisters had indeed heard rumors that some people were also coveting the things in the ruins, and wanted to use these things to do more evil things. matter.
In fact, they did find some "traces" on their way into the forest, so they split into two groups. As the younger sister, Freya followed the traces, while she continued to move towards the established goal, trying to get there early. Later, by chance, he saved many adventurers, including Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing. Duan Qing and others probably knew what happened after that.
As for the progress of their sisters now and the degree of danger in the future, this woman did not mention it.
Reason reminded Duan Qing that a contest on this level is definitely not something that players like them can get involved in, not even Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice. So after the meeting ended and several people took turns to take a break, Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing had another private exchange.
After reaching the consensus that "if we don't do it well, we will die miserably," they exchanged information with each other to prepare for possible wars in the future.
Duan Qing knew all the information about himself and the other two people - in fact, there wasn't much to know. We were all newcomers, and they only had so many skills and equipment, so there really wasn't much to mention. Only as the current highest combat power in the player team, Duan Qing needs to know the strength of the advanced player Xue Ling Huan Bing. Otherwise, it will be difficult for everyone to make appropriate cooperation in the fierce battle that may follow.
After Duan Qing sincerely proposed this point, Xue Ling Huanbing graciously agreed. Not only because everyone is now a real teammate, not only because Duan Qing defeated her once and then made a series of agreements, but also because of these things, Duan Qing's character was temporarily recognized by her. However, there is no chat system in the free world, and it is even less possible to have such a virtual thing as an observation system. Only you can see the attributes of equipment and descriptions of skills. Xueling Huanbing couldn't hand over the equipment directly to Duan Qing, so she had no choice but to read out the description of her equipment one by one so that Duan Qing would know - As for what the person involved was hiding, Duan Qing also There is no good solution.
【Shirley's Hug (Exquisite)(Upper Body)】
[Protective ability: strong]
[Strength +2, Agility +2]
["No matter how rigorous the method of keeping warm is, nothing can warm the heart as much as a hug."]
[Shirley's Tenacity (Exquisite) (Lower Body)]
[Protective ability: General]
[Strength +2, Agility +1]
["Those who have walked in the ice and snow countless times will eventually stand like ice and snow for eternity."]
【Shirley's Footprints (Exquisite)(Feet)】
[Protective ability: strong]
[Strength +1, Agility +2]
["No matter how heavy the wind and snow are, it can't cover up the traces of her walking."]
Duan Qing's eyes widened when he heard it. Yes, he did listen, but his eyes were really wide open - he expected Xue Ling Huan Bing's equipment to be very good, but he really didn't expect it to be so good.
These equipment actually have increased attributes!
"Looking at your expression, I guess you've never seen equipment with added attributes, right?" Xue Ling Huan Bing smiled slightly, but unfortunately the light was too dark, and that beautiful smile was hidden in the dark night.
"Equipments are all of different quality. Generally, if they are more sophisticated, they will have bonus attribute points, or they will have very good special effects..."
Xue Ling Huan Bing raised a finger and acted like a science popularizer. Duan Qing on the side also followed the rules of a good student and began to ask questions proactively: "These... of yours don't have any suit bonuses." Bar......"
He looked at the other party seriously, then covered his face: "This world is really scary..."
"The outside world is very exciting." Xueling Huanbing said with a smile: "So upgrade quickly, then leave the Novice Village and go to the world to continue your adventure."
Then she announced her final attributes, although there was only one audience.
[Shirley's Roar (Set Attribute)]
[Special Effect: Your slashing skills have a certain chance of knocking the target away. 】
What are the odds, related to what, level? Attributes? Or luck? A lot of questions instantly appeared in Duan Qing's mind, but he didn't want to ask them that much.
Sure enough, this game is not that simple.
"This set of equipment was obtained when I completed the mission in the Andachel Mountains. It should be considered a very good equipment now." Xue Ling Huan Bing's expression was quite proud, but then her face fell: "But this monster in the forest is so perverted that I can't help it..."
She was stunned for a while, then stretched, and suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, there is this."
She took out her sword.
[Holy Light Sword (Epic)]
[Weapon power: strong]
[Strength requirement: 30 Agility requirement: 10]
【Strength +3】
[Special Effect: There is a certain chance that your attack can produce the light of punishment. 】
["The Holy Light will punish you!"]
Duan Qing was stunned.
"So...that huge lightsaber that day..." After a long time, Duan Qingcai asked, and Xue Ling Huanbing smiled and said, "Yes, but that was my research. The result, or... is an advanced usage."
"What a pervert..." Duan Qing gritted his teeth for a long time and finally squeezed out a sentence: "Such a powerful skill is actually attached to a weapon... Wait a minute." He suddenly realized What? He looked at the face hidden under the black cloak: "Your attributes...you actually have 30 points of strength?"
"Yeah, plus the various bonuses on the equipment, I barely made up more than 30 points... I should have said this before, right?" Xue Ling Huanbing flipped her hair: "I am a strength type Player, but in order to use this sword, I added some agility, although agility is still very useful..."
Under her explanation, Duan Qing also gained some systematic understanding of the role of character attributes - this is first-hand information from the first echelon in the game Free World.
"The design of the free world is actually very simple. The functions of each of these attributes can be understood in their literal meaning. If you are powerful, your attack power will naturally be strong, and the burst of power will naturally increase your instant speed. advantages, as well as physical advantages, etc. Of course, the system will not explain these hidden things to you. These are all summed up by ourselves after trying for a long time..."
"Agility is naturally related to skills. Your skills will be more flexible, your control over the body will be stronger, the time for launching and closing moves in attack and defense will be shorter, that is, the stiffness will be shorter, and the moves will be shorter. There’s going to be more variation, and of course the most important thing…your shooting percentage will go up.”
"Of course, we advanced players have enough reasons to believe that if these things meet certain conditions in actual combat, your attacks will become skills, and then be recognized by the system, and then... you will understand them. "
"But there must be something else in it, which may be related to the state of attack or defense, the degree of completion of the move, the result of the move, etc., and even the mood, environment, maybe when you attack, you start from dozens Jumping down from a meter high place, you can understand the palm technique of a move falling from the sky..."
"Pfft, has anyone learned this... palm technique that falls from the sky?"
"How do I know, no one has tried it..." Xue Ling Huan Bing curled her lips: "As for intelligence and spirit, you are a melee player, so it is probably useless to tell you... ."
"Hey, don't. Maybe I'll have a brain attack and play the role of mage in the future..."
"You have added so much power, aren't you blind in the gameplay department... Okay, okay, intelligence is related to the power of spells, the ability to comprehend spells, and spirit is probably related to the control of spells, and The speed and state of casting spells..." Xue Ling Huan Bing suddenly thought of something and her voice gradually dropped. She hesitated for a while: "By the way, before you...you..."
"Huh? What's wrong with me?"
"How did you...defeat me..."
Although the night was dark, Duan Qing could still imagine the red face of this woman. He hummed twice: "I told you that you are weak..."
"ah?"
"For a ten-level player to defeat a thirty-level player is probably a fantasy in most games, but according to my observation, the game Free World does not fall into this category." Duan Qing also laughed: "And you are very weak......"
Just as Xueling Huanbing was about to retort, Duan Qing reached out and pressed her: "Don't worry, I'm not saying your character is weak, I'm saying... you are weak."
"Not only do you have good attributes, you are very strong. Combat skills, combat awareness, on-the-spot experience, and even some detailed habits are all factors that determine victory or defeat. I can see that in these aspects of you... ....very weak.”
"The battle in the virtual world is very deep."
Duan Qing looked up at the sky with deep eyes, as if he could see the beautiful stars above the green sea through the layers of branches. He subconsciously touched the pocket of his coat, but found nothing. Then he suddenly realized that he was in the game world, and his confused eyes regained consciousness in the next moment.
He shook his head and looked at the cloaked figure who was looking at him intently. Perhaps because he was caught peeking, he hurriedly lowered his head: "That..."
"What?"
"Ahem, no, it's nothing..." Xue Ling Huan Bing hesitated, and finally said nothing.
"Hey, woman..." Duan Qing curled his lips, and then said solemnly: "No matter what, thank you."
"Ah?" The other party was obviously confused by Duan Qing's sudden thanks.
"What was your reaction..." Duan Qing said happily: "Thank you for teaching me so much. These things... most people will not explain so much to others."
"Oh..." There was silence for a while, and then he said hesitantly: "Yes... yes, I... I am, should, should... ....”
"Um?"
"No, no, nothing..."
I can't resist your arrogance... Duan Qing looked up helplessly, then turned to whisper: "I always feel that that woman Christine didn't tell the truth... "
"Huh? Oh, I think too..." The topic was changed, and the woman felt a little lucky in her heart. However, facing Duan Qing's question, she had not yet converted, so she just responded perfunctorily.
"At least they didn't tell us everything...but forget it." Finding that the other party had no intention of continuing, Duan Qing reluctantly ended the discussion.
"Ahem, it would be too far off topic. Let's continue to introduce each other's strengths... By the way, I learned the skill [Boxing] during the previous battle with you..."
"That..." Finding that the other party had returned to normal, the black cloak did not continue to delve deeper: "I have also learned that. I probably will learn it when my strength reaches a certain level..."
"Ah? Then my attributes..."
"How do I know this..."
In the deeper night, Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing talked like this all night. Although they were a little tired mentally, they felt that there was still a lot that could be summarized and planned.
But in the daytime, at this moment, they felt that these things were of no use now - if they were stung to death by a swarm of large bees, they would die without any mention of the future.
Facing such a horde of monsters, even Christine would find it difficult. Moreover, the future situation is unknown, so conserving strength is a reasonable method. So the last option left was to run away.
After a few water magics blocked it for a while, several people started to escape again for an unknown number of times. Duan Qing even maliciously guessed that the great magician probably didn't expect that their group would already be like this before they reached their destination - the dangers they encountered now were definitely not the ones she mentioned before. Something within the danger zone.
The Emerald Forest is indeed a place that only a few people can come to.
There was another round of twists and turns, but the swarm was still not shaken off. These monsters are different from the previous ant colonies. They are all flying creatures, and it is still difficult to escape from their tracking. While they were racking their brains to think of a solution, a figure suddenly jumped out from the side in front of them.
"Wait... wait a minute!"
