Chapter 46
◎ Exhausted ◎
Mao Yi walked away awkwardly.
Yu Chi also felt a little uncomfortable, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It was not a problem to have poor strength, but if she screamed when she was frightened, she really couldn’t stand it.
This was not really a game. If she was really dragged down and killed, wouldn’t she be a pure fool?
The group continued to walk deeper into the dense forest. After approaching the center of the forest, the number of contaminated creatures immediately increased. Everyone was scrambling to kill the monsters, afraid that others would get there first.
Some people were still paying attention to Yu Chi’s movements. After finding that she had not killed many contaminated creatures, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought she was so strong.
The light became dimmer and dimmer. Yu Chi quietly stared at the road in front of her, her wrist flipping, and she casually cut off a snake-shaped creature that had suddenly rushed out.
【Killed a level 2 contaminated creature, points +20】
It was not until a terrified scream was heard from the crowd again that it was clear that this was not an accident.
“What is that?!”
The players were in chaos.
Everyone looked up and saw a sky full of black flying insects in the distance. They passed through a huge ancient tree, and the ancient tree was immediately devoured without a trace, not even a single leaf was left.
All the players raised their weapons in panic. The black flying insects were getting closer and closer, and soon, screams were heard from the players.
“They eat human flesh! They eat human flesh!”
Weapons, skills, all kinds of moves were used in a dazzling display. Even if a level five or six contaminated creature appeared, they would have the strength to fight. And although these flying insects were only level one, they were very terrifying when combined.
The piercing buzzing sound lingered in everyone’s ears. Three people had already been bitten to death by the flying insects. They would probably have a psychological shadow after they went out.
Yu Chi couldn’t stand it after cutting a few with her Silver Moon Scimitar. Although she could have completely dodged them with her speed, it would have been too exhausting.
She turned [Smoke] into clothes that could cover her entire body, completely blocking these black flying insects from her body, and then treated these insects as countless points.
Her saber technique had already reached the intermediate stage, and her progress was slow now. She hoped to improve as soon as possible through actual combat.
The Silver Moon Scimitar drew an arc of light in the air. Wherever the blade went, countless insects were cut in half. Yu Chi was in the middle of a killing spree, not knowing that many people were secretly observing her.
The girl’s movements were clean and neat, without any sloppiness. The scimitar drew a beautiful flower in her hand, and she had absolute control over the weapon in her hand—compared to those skills that were thrown out randomly, she was even pleasing to the eye.
The bald and burly man smashed a pile of black flying insects with a hammer. The look in his eyes when he looked at Yu Chi’s side flashed with surprise. He had indeed seen that this person’s strength was not bad, but he had not expected her to be so strong.
There were a few lonely insects on his skin, and his clothes were bitten to shreds, but a closer look would reveal that there was not a single wound. Those insects could not break through the defense on his skin at all!
Yu Chi didn’t care about the others’ gazes. She glanced down. In just a short while, a thousand points had been added to her crystal card.
The black flying insects were indeed good for farming points, but they were a little disgusting. She could remain calm entirely because [Smoke] was quite effective. Otherwise, she would have been the first to run.
“Fuck!” The yellow-haired young man in the corner of the crowd spat and stared at Yu Chi with jealousy. “She definitely has a precious item in her hand!”
A thin young man was standing next to him, frantically resisting the swarm of insects. Upon hearing this, his expression immediately became greedy. “It’s a pity this isn’t reality. After killing her, she’ll only lose EXP, not items.”
He had taken a liking to that scimitar the moment she had taken it out. Its grade was definitely above excellent, and it might even be rare… thinking of this, his heart burned. If he could have a rare-grade weapon, wouldn’t it be easy to kill this group of insects?
The yellow-haired young man sneered: “Losing a level is enough for her to suffer.”
The higher the level, the more EXP needed to level up… a sinister thought flashed through his mind. The yellow-haired young man narrowed his eyes, already having a plan.
A dozen minutes later, the black flying insects slowly retreated.
The group was in a sorry state, without the high spirits they had when they first came in.
And in the mess, only Yu Chi was the most eye-catching. Not only was she not injured at all, but there were also no holes in her clothes. She was just quietly leaning against a tree, waiting for the others to rest.
If it weren’t for the fact that it was best for a multi-player mode to act as a group (more monsters), she would probably have wanted to leave long ago.
Yu Chi had not thought of disguising her strength. What was the point of being timid about snatching monsters? Except for the bald man, the others were not very good at fighting.
Yu Chi opened her eyes and saw Mao Yi approaching her timidly, her expression nervous and scared. “Yu Chi… you… why didn’t those insects touch you?”
“Did they ask you to ask me?” Yu Chi asked with a raised eyebrow.
Mao Yi was stunned for two seconds, then smiled and said, “No, I’m just curious. Everyone should be very curious, right?”
Yu Chi said “oh.” “I don’t want to say.”
She hadn’t expected her to be so direct. Mao Yi was frozen on the spot for a moment. Just as she was thinking of what to say to ease the situation, she heard the girl continue, “If you say another word, I’ll kill you.”
Mao Yi: “…”
Who the hell would dare to continue?
…Although it was true that someone else had asked her to ask, after all, Yu Chi had just saved her, and they were both girls. But Mao Yi knew very well that she would not be treated well, and she also had a lot of malice towards Yu Chi.
There was clearly a better solution, but the other party had made her lose face. If it weren’t for this, would others have looked down on her?
After hearing Yu Chi’s impolite words, she held her breath. For a moment, she didn’t know whether to go or not.
Yu Chi’s expression was a little puzzled. So I really hate inexplicable social interactions.
Thinking of Li Feng and Zuo He for the first day.
Not only the malicious gazes, but just now, they had even deliberately led the insects to her… both Mao Yi and that yellow-haired young man.
Do I really look so easy to bully?
“You’ve misunderstood me. I just…” Mao Yi put on a smile and explained awkwardly, but Yu Chi’s gaze had already passed her and fallen on the group of people behind her.
The yellow-haired young man grinned at her. They had already torn off all pretenses just now, and now the other party had a kind of arrogant and fearless attitude.
Yu Chi also smiled.
The figure that had been leaning against the tree disappeared in an instant. Before Mao Yi could react, she heard a scream from behind her.
Everyone who was chatting suddenly stopped, and the air instantly became extremely quiet.
Mao Yi realized something, turned around stiffly, and saw that the girl had already appeared in front of the yellow-haired young man. The Silver Moon Scimitar was pressed against the other party’s neck, and a bloody mark had already been made.
The sound of swallowing saliva in the crowd was particularly obvious.
“How dare you…!” The yellow-haired young man’s eyes were about to pop out. He wished he could eat the person in front of him alive. The thin young man next to him was so scared that his legs went weak, and he collapsed on the ground.
“Isn’t this what you were hoping for?” Yu Chi sighed.
Just as everyone thought she was just threatening him, she used force with her wrist and cleanly cut the person’s throat in front of her, then calmly took a step back.
Blood spurted out, and not a single drop stained her clothes.
The air was so quiet that even the sound of a pin dropping could be heard. They all knew that Yu Chi’s strength was not weak, but no one had expected her to be so decisive in killing someone, and her expression was so relaxed.
Although dying in the trial field did not mean real death, everything here was extremely real, and the sense of deterrence it brought was also strong.
Yu Chi let out the frustration in her heart, and her whole person was instantly refreshed.
“Let’s all be quiet from now on, okay?” Yu Chi asked the others gently, feeling that she was still polite.
The girl had a well-behaved and exquisite appearance, which easily made people look down on her. However, after she had killed someone with her own hands, when everyone looked at her dark eyes again, they only felt that it was extremely terrifying.
After all, the yellow-haired man was still lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, although his body had disappeared after a dozen seconds.
The rest of the way was very quiet. There was much less conversation. Everyone had no direct conflict in the first place. After there were fewer troublemakers, they were naturally at peace.
Mao Yi and the thin young man stood at the farthest place from Yu Chi, wishing they could shrink into a ball so that no one would notice them.
In fact, Yu Chi didn’t plan to kill them. Even in the trial field, she didn’t plan to kill people frequently. Otherwise, if something went wrong with her mind, could she find a psychologist?
An hour passed quickly. When Yu Chi came out of the first trial field, there were already more than 2000 points on her crystal card.
The bulk of this was from the batch of black flying insects. Except for the two unlucky people who had left the field, the others had more or less gotten a few hundred points.
She did not see her temporary teammates outside. The first floor of the white tower was very large, and players could enter the trial field from any position.
The purchasing power of points was much stronger than crystals.
Yu Chi opened the trial field’s points mall. The price of most excellent-grade items did not exceed 2000 points. If she was lucky, she might even be able to buy a rare-grade item.
Now was the second day of the merge. She opened the points ranking. The person currently ranked first had only 10,000 points, and his ID was [Chang’an].
Yu Chi did not delay much time. After coming out of the multi-player trial field, she directly spent 10 times the points to enter the single-player trial field next door.
Time was precious. In a multi-player trial field, not only did she have to compete for monsters, but she also had to guard against the people around her. Thinking about it this way, the 10 times more expensive price of the single-player trial field was actually acceptable.
Yu Chi chose the third floor of the trial field this time. The first floor of the trial field only had level 1-3 contaminated creatures, which was too low a challenge for her. She couldn’t even bring out the power of her elementary saber technique.
Unlike the multi-player trial field, as soon as she entered the single-player trial field, Yu Chi felt a killing intent rushing towards her.
The ability of [Danger Perception] made her subconsciously hold the Silver Moon Scimitar in front of her to block. The sound of claws and metal scraping was sharp and ear-piercing. Under the huge impact, Yu Chi’s whole person was sent flying back more than ten meters.
Unless it was a life-and-death crisis, she didn’t plan to transform into other forms. Yu Chi tried her best to adjust her posture in the air, which relieved a lot of the impact of landing.
However, the pain still made her grimace for a while. The behemoth in front of her was a lion that was seven or eight meters tall, even taller than many ordinary buildings.
Facing a creature that was dozens of times larger than herself, it was difficult for a person to control themselves from feeling timid. But Yu Chi had seen a larger creature on Cold Moon Island, so she adapted well at this moment.
At the same level, contaminated creatures were stronger than ordinary creatures.
The corrosive slime shot straight at Yu Chi’s face. Her pupils shrank, and she dodged at the fastest speed. But the next second she turned, she rushed towards the lion’s chest. However, before she could get close, she heard the lion roar at the sky, and the shockwave sent her back again.
Yu Chi barely steadied herself, gripped her Silver Moon Scimitar, and tried her best to recall the rhythm that the elementary saber technique had brought her.
The saber technique was just the simplest, most basic saber technique. It did not have any special saber skills, but every movement, every slash, was displayed in the most suitable way for her.
The Silver Moon Scimitar was too fast, as if the sound of the air being torn could be heard. Yu Chi rushed forward and stabbed at the lion’s lower jaw, but was blocked by its claws. Her wrist bone vibrated. Instead of retreating, she advanced, her body lowered, dodging the other party’s front claws, and used all her strength to stab at the vital point on the side of the lion’s leg!
Blood spurted out. After a successful hit, in the lion’s furious roar, Yu Chi rushed towards the lion’s throat again. She felt that her body was extremely refreshed. In this all-out battle, the outside world was completely blocked, and only her scimitar was in her eyes.
It was not until the lion’s body collapsed and turned into her points in the air that Yu Chi’s whole person relaxed. She knelt on one knee on the ground, her chest heaving violently.
Her wrist was almost shattered, and her body was in so much pain from the impact that she couldn’t stand. After a while, Yu Chi used the Light of Healing from her elf form to heal her body.
…This was the single-player trial field for a total of one hour. There were nine doors. This was the first door. The further back, the greater the difficulty.
For contaminated creatures of level 1-10, for every level up, the points would increase by 10. It was not until level 10 and above that there would be a quantitative change in the points.
She used her scimitar to support herself and stand up. Killing contaminated creatures in the trial field could not increase her EXP. Ordinary people would only treat the trial field as an opportunity to practice. The rest of the time, they still needed to go back to the sea to fight with contaminated creatures.
But Yu Chi was different. The bandages and adhesive bandages that were produced continuously every day were providing her with a steady stream of EXP. If it weren’t for the fact that she could only come to the central island once a week, she would have wanted to soak in here every day.
She opened her personal panel. These days, she had been continuously producing bandages and adhesive bandages. After selling them to the players in District 1, many people had sold them again at a high price.
Yu Chi didn’t care much about the profit from the bandages and adhesive bandages, but if the price was too high and affected her business, then she would not be happy.
So she was going to buy a few more plots of land later.
After leveling up from 12 to 13, she was rewarded with 7 attribute points. These 7 points were divided between attack and agility, 4 for the former and 3 for the latter.
In the battle with the lion just now, Yu Chi had noticed that her attack power was still too low. Otherwise, it would not have been so difficult just now.
However, she did not have the panel attributes of others as a reference. She did not know what the normal attributes were and could only increase them according to her own intuition.
【Name: DazedFish
Player Status: Official Player
Level: 13
HP: 1200 (Stamina x20)
Skills: First Aid (Excellent), Morph (Rare), Fine Forging (Common), Nature’s Guardian (Rare), Danger Perception (Excellent)
Stats: Strength (4→39) Agility (6→49) Stamina (5→60) Spirit (11→70) Luck (8) [Fixed]】
Yu Chi rested for a few minutes, then opened the second door.
The same killing intent. Yu Chi reacted faster this time and instantly dodged the contaminated creature’s attack. However, the other party’s speed was also faster. After one miss, it immediately launched the next attack. Yu Chi dodged in a very sorry state.
This time, it was a contaminated cheetah. Its body was also huge. Yu Chi ran quickly on the entire field, and her saber technique became more and more proficient under various crises.
When the cheetah also turned into points and disappeared into the air, Yu Chi’s whole person was as if she had just been pulled out of the water, covered in sweat. There was no one in the trial field. She took off her clothes, wiped her body with a towel and water, and then changed into clean clothes.
There were only a few minutes left in the single-player trial field. Yu Chi directly clicked to exit and returned to the hall, only to find that Li Feng had long been waiting for her outside.
“How was it?” Li Feng waved his hand.
Yu Chi ground her teeth: “The first trial wasted too much time. I’m never playing multi-player again.”
The trial field allowed for skipping levels, but not for skipping 2 levels in a row. If you passed the first floor of the trial field, you could go directly to the third floor, but not to the 4th floor.
So Li Feng had also just finished the trial on the third floor.
The two of them opened an arena and fought a battle without using any skills. Li Feng didn’t even take out his long spear and was waving an ugly little knife in his hand.
All his weapons had been sold. She didn’t know where he had gotten this little knife.
Yu Chi felt that she was being looked down on and was angry, but after a fight, she felt… it was right. Li Feng was really too kind to only use a small knife!
“…I was too hasty.”
Yu Chi lay on the ground in a large character shape, so tired that she was on the verge of collapse. Even her eyes became dull and lifeless.
Li Feng squatted down and poked her with the back of his knife. “It hasn’t even been half an hour. Get up.”
Yu Chi’s lips curled up tiredly, and she said in an unprecedentedly serious tone, “I’m a life-skill player, thank you.”
Li Feng gave her a thumbs up—before the fight, she had been eager to try, saying that she had a good grasp of both life and combat and wanted to be an all-round talent, telling him to come at her and not to go easy.
As a result, her conviction wavered after 1 minute, swayed after 3 minutes, disappeared after 10 minutes, and betrayed her after 20 minutes, vividly demonstrating what it meant to be able to bend and stretch.
Li Feng picked her up from the ground, held her shoulders, and directly clicked to exit.
The personal arena was charged by time. Li Feng was a poor man now, so of course, he couldn’t just stay inside and let his crystals flow away for nothing.
“Do you want to go and see the arena over there?” Li Feng asked.
Yu Chi waved her hand weakly. She was so sorry. She had no interest in these fighting scenes now.
A life-skill player should do what we life-skill players do. Her conviction became firmer. Yu Chi set a great goal for herself.
She wanted to earn all the money in the world!
As for combat →_→
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“Brother Yan, did these people provoke you?” The man threw the person from his back, then kicked him hard, sending him flying 3 meters.
There were still a dozen people lying in a mess in front of him, looking at him with fear. The man grinned, revealing a sinister smile.
Yu Yan lowered his eyes, his expression very cold. These people had dared to follow his daughter in front of him. With his past identity, he had noticed the tracking immediately.
He had left in a hurry, partly because he wanted to deal with this matter.
He did not answer, but said in a cold tone, “Help me deal with it.”
“No problem,” the man saluted, his smile instantly changing from sinister to sunny.
If Yu Chi were here, she would have been very surprised. In her eyes, her dad was definitely a person who rejected private punishment.
But all of a person’s concepts will change with the environment. Even if an official base appears in the future, it is impossible to continue to use the old set of rules.
Yu Yan knew very well what he was doing.
…
Yu Chi and Li Feng casually walked around the island teleportation area for a couple of laps, then went back to the land exchange.
The islands over there were only level 1 and 2. Neither of them was interested, so they didn’t observe much.
The auction in the morning had taken up a lot of time, followed by various things. It was now 6:30 in the afternoon, and there were less than 6 hours left before they returned to the small boat.
The second tier of land had already been sold out. Yu Chi checked the third tier and found that there were still two left.
When buying land, the minimum area was 10 square meters, with no upper limit. The land in the third district only cost 100,000 per square meter. Yu Chi thought for a moment and directly bought 100 square meters.
Then she bought two 200-square-meter plots of land in the fourth district, which cost a total of 14 million crystals.
There were not many coins left in her pocket again.
After buying, the two of them walked to the third district. They passed through the less lively core area and the second district. Yu Chi found that the number of shops and people in the third and fourth districts was significantly more.
Especially the fourth district, which had a daily purchase limit of 10,000, and the price was not expensive. The quota of 20,000 was almost full.
“This seems more suitable for doing business,” Yu Chi rubbed her chin thoughtfully.
But it was not a big problem. If she had money, she would naturally have to open a few shops in each district.
She temporarily set up the 100-square-meter plot of land in the third district as a rest area. Worried that she would need to change it in the future, she only put a sofa, a table and chairs, and a bed in a separate room.
The two plots of land in the fourth district were changed by her to a similar appearance to the core area. One sold fruits and the other sold vegetables. It was just that this side was not as convenient as the core area, and she couldn’t automatically replenish the stock. She had to come and replenish it once a week.
“I’m starving,” Yu Chi finally finished her work. “Let’s go, let’s go shopping!”