"Shanshan..."
"Hmm?"
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No!"
"Very good."
"What's very good?"
"Nothing, I just like to say 'very good'…"
…The exact same conversation echoed in KFC. Murong Shanshan, holding a straw, playfully stirred the ice in her cup with a smile, then looked at a couple nearby and said, "Lin Fan, I mean, what if, if Kuang Zhan had ambushed someone else that day instead of me, would you have offended Kuang Zhan for us like that?"
"Damn, that kind of question?" I frowned, then continued, "I was paid that day, so of course I had to do my job for the employer. There's nothing more to say about it."
"Idiot!" Murong Shanshan said with a huff.
I chuckled, then walked to the counter again and bought a cup of coffee. I brought it to Murong Shanshan and said, "Today's my unlucky day, running into someone like you who doesn't carry money when going out. You were just talking about treating me to an ice cream, and now, I even have to pay for the bus fare home…"
"Hmph hmph~ I just forgot my money, that's all. You should feel honored to treat me to food, you know~"
"Cut it out. It's already four o'clock, time to go back. I should have already reached level 23."
Murong Shanshan nodded, holding her coffee, and followed me back.
Murong Shanshan's school was on the way back. Students were coming and going at the school gate, and it was clear that many people knew her. Quite a few people greeted us, but the way the boys looked at me always made me feel strange.
"What, aren't you going to walk me to the dorm building?"
"Please, I'm not your real boyfriend. Stop wasting my precious time!"
"Alright then, see you in the game!"
…By the time I got back to my place, it was already 5 PM. Everyone was logging off to prepare for dinner. Lu Xuehan was also walking out of her room, rubbing her eyes.
"Back from dinner with Murong Shanshan?" Xu Lin adjusted the clothes on her chest, revealing a patch of white skin underneath.
I sat down, picked up a cup of tea from the table, and took a sip. "Don't even mention it. For one meal, that crazy girl dragged me around the city all afternoon. I'm practically dead from exhaustion!"
"Did you bring enough money to get a room?"
"Uh, it hasn't gotten to that point yet…"
Lu Xuehan knocked over a cup while pouring tea, and Xin Yu also let out a sigh of relief, patting her full chest without saying anything.
Although I had eaten something at KFC, I was still a bit hungry. I didn't hesitate to grab chopsticks and eat a little, then greeted everyone and prepared to go back to leveling. At this moment, Lu Xuehan stopped me:
"Lin Fan, do you know that two groups of people fought for nearly half an hour at our city gate this afternoon? So many people died! I heard the leaders were the second and third-ranked experts~! But they each dropped two levels, and now they can't even make it into the top ten…"
I was greatly surprised and turned back to ask, "Was it Kuang Zhan and Little Ant on the Leaf?"
"Yes." Lu Xuehan nodded, a look of surprise flashing across her pretty face. Clearly, she hadn't expected me to be interested in this matter.
"Xue Han, do you know why they fought so fiercely?"
Lu Xuehan shook her head, but Xin Yu chimed in, "It seems it was over a quarrel between their subordinates, I think. Well, at least dozens of high-level players died at the city gate. The scene was truly spectacular, so many white pieces of equipment dropped!"
I was rather speechless, said "I'm going to level up," and went into my room.
When I logged in, I appeared in the city. First, I opened the leaderboard and found that Ye Qiu and Kuang Zhan had both dropped out of the top ten. The second and third positions were already occupied by Lu Xuehan and Murong Shanshan, and Murong Shanshan, because she hadn't logged in for half a day, had been pushed to third by Lu Xuehan. Xu Lin and Xin Yu occupied sixth and seventh, with the two spots in between taken by two mages.
Most of the available quests in the city had been completed. I was quite lucky, having at least received a few unique quests. Currently, nearly 90% of players could only get public quests, and there were even quite a few strong noobs who didn't even know how to accept quests.
My two blue pieces of equipment were given by quests, which shows how powerful quests can be. Most players now haven't gotten equipment from quests. Without good equipment, they can't kill monsters above their level. If they can't kill monsters above their level, the chance of equipment dropping is even lower. This vicious cycle makes most players now feel like dying.
According to the official forum, the highest level of monsters in each beginner town is around level 40, meaning players can level up to at least level 40 in beginner towns. After some time, when the four main cities are opened, even higher-level monsters will spawn in beginner towns. At that time, if you like the bustling main city, you can stay in the main city; if you want to stay in the beginner town, you can stay in the beginner town. This can also appropriately relieve pressure on servers in various regions, otherwise, with the continuously increasing number of players, there's a high possibility of server collapse.
To the west of Plague Graveyard, there seemed to be an unexplored map. There should be monsters there that I need to level on. Currently, level 24 Skeleton Warriors no longer meet my leveling needs. Although I can definitely kill one in two hits now, with my current level 23, the experience gained from killing one Skeleton is less than half of what it used to be. If I don't find higher-level monsters, I probably won't be able to maintain my first place in this town for long.
I bought some more red potions at the Exchange and then realized that everything I had put up for consignment had sold out again. Besides the Ghost Dagger, which genuinely sold for 10,000 RMB, the other white and low-level green equipment also sold for over 2,000 in total. This means that my efforts over these two days earned the studio nearly 12,000 yuan, and I will receive 1/3 of that money.
After repairing my equipment, it was time for me to go out and level up. Players were coming and going through the massive city gates of Hurricane City, a scene of peaceful harmony.
"Hey, there's excitement ahead, hurry up and check it out!" A few players rushed past me out of the city gates. Something seemed to be happening up ahead.
I jogged over and found that quite a crowd had gathered in the open area outside the city gate. Among them, a dozen or so people were in a tense standoff, and one of them was an old acquaintance of mine—Kuang Zhan. He had now changed into a bright silver armor, and the green greatsword in his hand shimmered in the moonlight.
Standing opposite Kuang Zhan was a male mage holding a withered staff. Above his head, the words "Little Ant on the Leaf" floated prominently. It was at this moment that I realized Ye Qiu had become a mage!
Players nearby were discussing, "Wow, these two groups are going at it again! Didn't they fight enough this afternoon?"
I gripped the sword in my hand. It seemed that if possible, I could still help Ye Qiu out!
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