Chapter 33: An Alternative Theory of a Round Earth
After taking off the helmet, Wen Yu discovered that it was already 1:30 PM.
Hearing the clanging and banging coming from the garden downstairs, Wen Yu craned his neck to look down.
He saw the newly hired Aunt Huang standing in the garden, directing a group of people moving things inside.
"Aunt Huang, what is all this?" Wen Yu shouted down from upstairs.
"Hmm? You're done playing games, Xiao Wen? Didn't you say you felt the garden and the rooftop were empty? I bought some green plants. They haven't finished delivering them yet. The tree delivery is coming later." Wen Yu had told Aunt Huang that he earned money by playing games.
"Your garden is quite large. I'm planning to plant a ginkgo tree right here. Ginkgo trees are great for attracting wealth! They also symbolize health and longevity. The garden downstairs is mainly for outsiders to see! It lets people know at a glance what kind of taste the owner of this house has. It's the facade of the home, so it must be well-maintained!" Aunt Huang continued.
"For the small rooftop garden, we'll plant some ornamental and edible plants, like strawberries, bougainvillea, and the like. Then, we'll transplant a small cherry tree. It'll be vibrant and flourishing! When you get married and have children in the future, the cherry tree will bless you with many children and much happiness!"
"What do you think, Xiao Wen?"
What do I think? I don't understand...
"Aunt Huang, you decide. I don't really understand these things. Is the money still enough? You bought so many things." Wen Yu didn't understand; he just wanted to know if a cherry tree could really survive being planted in September.
"It's enough, more than enough. How much could a few plants and trees cost?"
"Wait a moment, I'll go heat up some dishes for you. Today is my first day, so Aunt Huang made you one of my specialties. Spicy braised rabbit heads!"
"..." This Person Wen will not eat rabbit for a year starting tomorrow.
You have to admit, Aunt Huang's cooking skills were truly superb; Wen Yu couldn't stop eating.
While eating, Wen Yu also browsed the "Toilet Forum".
"After Tomorrow Talent Strength Ranking!"
"'Time' Teaches You How to Clear the White Wolf King"
"[Minotaur Castle] hell difficulty Monster Stats — Free"
"[Minotaur Castle] hell difficulty Monster Stats!"
...As expected, pirated stuff is just better.
Not bothering with the fact that the Minotaur Castle stats were being plagiarized, Wen Yu first tried clicking on " 'Time' Teaches You How to Clear the White Wolf King".
As soon as he clicked it, it jumped straight to a payment page.
"...I actually have to pay to watch my own video." Although he thought that, Wen Yu still paid decisively. Anyway, it would end up back in his own hands eventually.
OP: Today, I had the honor of clearing the White Wolf King with the big shot "Time". Without further ado, let's see what the White Wolf King looks like in the big shot's world —————— (Video)
Wen Yu decisively opened the video and watched it all the way through. The content was indeed the video of Wen Yu taking Li Jue to fight the White Wolf King. However, when he saw the end of the video, where he stood still and let the White Wolf King attack him while Li Jue was awkwardly praising him from afar, Wen Yu blushed a little.
"I think I might have overdone the showing off..."
1st Floor: Teaching? What the hell am I supposed to learn from this?
These few short words had over 300,000 likes.
5th Floor: Learned it! Thanks, big shot!
6th Floor: What did you learn? Tell me, I'm listening.
7th Floor: Learned how to record the screen, thanks big shot I Can Fly.
8th Floor: Not bad, at least you learned something.
24th Floor:...Is this even human? Standing still and letting the White Wolf King hit him. It attacked for ages and couldn't even break his shield...
45th Floor: Just how fierce is big shot Time? I originally thought he was only a little bit stronger than Emperor and the others.
46th Floor: That's correct, just a few hundred million points stronger!
102nd Floor: What's up with Time? Charging for a video? Making dirty money? Boycott!
103rd Floor: The person above is just super jealous.
285th Floor: This is the Normal difficulty White Wolf King, I was there.
286th Floor: Ah, yes, yes, yes. Have you seen the boss stats for [Minotaur Castle]?
...
Scrolling down continuously, Wen Yu wanted to see the players' reactions after seeing his damage. Some said he was hacking, but most were curious about what Wen Yu's Talent actually was.
Wen Yu scrolled back to the top and took a look; the number of viewers for the video had already reached a full 670,000! And the number was still rising!
"Not bad. At this rate, if the view count reaches 2 million within 24 hours, that's a full 10 million yuan!"
As for how much he could earn from the other one, [Minotaur Castle], by charging 10 yuan per person, Wen Yu didn't know. He had to wait for Li Jue to report back.
Wen Yu didn't doubt Li Jue; if you use someone, don't doubt them. Since he had decided to trust Li Jue, he wouldn't suspect him, at least not during this collaboration. Besides, Wen Yu estimated that there wouldn't be much money from [Minotaur Castle] anyway.
Full of anticipation!
Wen Yu exited the video and continued browsing the forum while eating his meal.
Suddenly! A video titled "Conjectures About the Earth" caught Wen Yu's attention.
"Conjectures About the Earth?" After listening to Lin Sirong, Wen Yu had been quite sensitive to these kinds of questions. He urgently wanted to know everything about the game.
OP: Everyone, watch the video first, we can debate in the comments later —————— (Video)
Wen Yu clicked on the video and found nothing special—just an unremarkable expanse of ocean with a ship slowly approaching on the surface. The entire 3-minute video consisted only of this, and Wen Yu felt his intelligence had been insulted.
1st Floor: Finished watching. OP, come debate. What does it mean? I didn't understand. Is this a video just looking to get roasted?
2nd Floor: Where's the OP? Come out and defend your point!
3rd Floor (OP): Everyone needs to pay close attention to the beginning of the video. Did you notice that when the ship is very far away, you can clearly see the stern, and the stern is actually positioned higher than the bow?
4th Floor: What do you mean? What does this prove?
5th Floor (OP): It means that [After Tomorrow] is a sphere!
6th Floor: Isn't that obvious? Did you watch the cutscenes for nothing? If it's not a sphere, what the hell is it?
7th Floor (OP): Think about it again. The sailing ship theorem clearly states: Because the mast is a certain distance higher than the hull, and light travels in a straight line—meaning your line of sight is straight—the fact that the mast appears in your line of sight first proves that Blue Star is round.
8th Floor: Good grief, am I playing a game?
9th Floor: So you're trying to say [After Tomorrow] is the opposite of Blue Star?
10th Floor (OP): Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I suspect that [After Tomorrow] is the opposite of Blue Star.
11th Floor: What do you mean? How come I still don't understand?
12th Floor: He means that right now, while we can see the bow, we can also see the stern at a higher position. This proves [After Tomorrow] is an inverted sphere.
13th Floor: Are you speaking Chinese? I seem to understand every word.
14th Floor: Are you guys idiots? They mean: for example, if Blue Star is a sphere and we are walking on the outside of this sphere, then in [After Tomorrow], we are walking on the inside of this sphere!
15th Floor (OP): That's exactly what I mean. At least, that's how I see the ocean in Binhai City.
16th Floor: What about gravity? If it's a sphere and we're standing inside, shouldn't everyone fall toward the center?
Seeing this, Wen Yu played the video again and watched the first minute repeatedly several Times.
"It really is just as he said; you can clearly see the stern. But that doesn't seem right either..."
And the person on the 18th floor voiced Wen Yu's confusion.
18th Floor: You're wrong. If it's the kind of sphere you're talking about and we're walking on the inside, then we should be able to see the entire ocean just by slowly looking up. Even if you look straight up at the sky, you should be able to see the opposite side of the planet directly!
19th Floor: Indeed. So you can only imagine it as a natural phenomenon similar to a large wave raising the stern, because in this ocean, you can eventually see the horizon.
20th Floor: Where are there waves in this video? I think you're the one being wavy.
21st Floor: A similar natural phenomenon. After all, it's a game, anything is possible.
Wen Yu felt that this matter wasn't that simple. Such an alternative theory of a round Earth being attributed to waves or similar explanations didn't make sense to him.
"But right now, there's no way to figure out what's actually going on." Wen Yu kept this matter in his mind; when there were more clues in the future, there would surely come a day when he could piece it all together.
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Chapter 34: Rapid Rescue!
Since he wasn't in a hurry to log in anyway, Wen Yu continued browsing the "Toilet Forum" after finishing his meal.
He actually discovered quite a few interesting things.
Some players posted videos complaining that wild monsters were too hard to kill, especially after the addition of mechanics like active aggression, which often resulted in them being chased around everywhere.
Wen Yu also learned what the penalty for death actually was. Current level experience is halved, and one piece of equipped gear is dropped at random, along with one random item from the backpack. Since there is no such thing as items dropping on the ground, the dropped equipment simply vanishes, much like the Ginseng Fruit.
[After Tomorrow] has no level-loss mechanic; it only involves losing equipment. Even if your experience points drop to 0, you won't lose a level. It's considered quite user-friendly.
Some players complained that the penalty was too severe, as not only did their equipped weapon drop, but even the gear they were preparing to wear at level 15 also dropped. As for the respawn point after death, it was the location of the main city teleportation array that every player was familiar with.
Meanwhile, some players were just watching the spectacle, joking that when they died, they lost their super divine artifact, the [wooden sword], from their backpack.
Wen Yu also saw news about the War God Guild. The War God Guild ultimately chose Tomorrow City as their guild's base of operations, but they clashed with the Fengyun Guild, which had also chosen Tomorrow City as its base.
Fengyun Guild was also a large guild, but because they arrived slightly later, they currently didn't have any extremely powerful players making a name for themselves.
The clash between the two major guilds created a chaotic situation in Tomorrow City where fighting could break out at any time; one side would attack, and the other would retaliate. Although War God Guild was stronger than Fengyun Guild, they couldn't withstand the many enemies they had accumulated over the years, and every time a fight broke out, random individual players would inexplicably show up in small groups to attack War God Guild. In the end, both sides had their share of wins and losses.
However, it was fortunate that there was no "red name" mechanic in the game, so no matter how indiscriminately you killed, you wouldn't lose all your equipment upon being killed once due to having a red name.
But Wen Yu remembered that his [enforcer mask] explicitly stated that killing while wearing the mask would be defined as "enforcement." Wen Yu had always assumed "enforcement" just meant not getting a red name, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
"I'll only know for sure after I kill a few more people later."
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By the time Wen Yu put on his helmet again, it was already past 3:00 PM. He checked his quest list and saw that there was only one hidden quest left to complete.
There were only a little over 4 hours of time remaining. As for why he hadn't done it for so long, it was simply because Wen Yu had forgotten.
If it hadn't been for Wen Yu suddenly thinking of the dreamless Ruan Yuming while browsing videos earlier, he wouldn't have even remembered there was a hidden quest left to do.
He checked the details of the hidden quest again:
[Rapid Rescue]
Details: The 10-member squad led by Fang Yuyan, having accepted the mission, was ordered to head to the Gale Forest to investigate the cause of the strange noises, but squad member Li Ziyu returned severely injured to seek reinforcements!
"Destroy the Cannibal Tribe village and rescue Fang Yuyan's squad (Not Completed)."
Quest Reward: Unknown
Quest Failure Penalty: Unknown
"..." A Cannibal Tribe village...
"If I go now, will it be a little too late...? They haven't been eaten yet, right?" Wen Yu thought to himself.
"Forget it, I'll save as many as I can!"
Rapid Rescue! Initiate!
He passed through the level 20 monster territory and continued moving forward.
A grassland appeared before Wen Yu's eyes, and looking further ahead was an area covered by a forest.
"That must be the Gale Forest!" Although he hadn't entered the forest yet, he could already feel the howling cold wind. Perhaps that was how the Gale Forest got its name.
Walking on the grassland, Wen Yu felt refreshed and invigorated.
"The air is so fresh! And there are no monsters; this place is a pure land!" Wen Yu exclaimed.
Suddenly! Wen Yu felt a pain in his body!
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Startled, Wen Yu immediately activated his Magic Shield and turned his gaze toward the grass. He saw that, without him even noticing, three small snakes less than a meter long were surrounding him.
[Mutated Green Snake]
Level: 8
Description: A venomous snake raised by the Cannibal Tribe priest, possessing extremely strong attack power!
Health Points: 100
Magic Attack Power: 500
Defense: 50
Skill: Venom (Sprays venom at the target, dealing 100% magic damage and causing 50% magic damage per second for 10 seconds).
"Damn it! What are you things? Your health and defense are so low, but your magic attack power is so high!"
Wen Yu remembered that Green Snakes seemed to be level 8 wild monsters; he had passed by them when he was looking for the location of the White Wolf, though he couldn't remember their stats. Why did he encounter them here again, and how had they suddenly become so strong?
Wen Yu hurriedly cast Ice Shard on the spot to clear the area.
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Damage numbers popped up all over the place for over 20 consecutive hits. Wen Yu now knew exactly how many snakes were surrounding him. However, what shocked Wen Yu even more was the system notification.
"Killed Mutated Green Snake, Experience Points +1."
"..." What's the situation with only giving 1 experience point? Is this worth all the health I lost?
Looking at Wen Yu's health again, thanks to the health recovery effect of the dawn set, Wen Yu's health was also increasing.
+2 +2 +2
"..."
"I have to leave quickly. My health isn't regenerating fast enough; if I keep getting hit like this, my Magic Shield won't hold up."
Regardless of how many monsters were around, Wen Yu took off running toward the Gale Forest.
By the time Wen Yu stopped again, the Gale Forest was right before his eyes.
He looked back with lingering fear.
"Scared the hell out of me. This Person Wen has been roaming the world for several days, and I almost wiped out because of you puny green snakes." Wen Yu took a deep breath and refreshed his Magic Shield. He prepared to enjoy the forest scenery; after all, on Blue Star, few people were fortunate enough to enter a large forest.
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Damage numbers popped up, and in just two seconds, Wen Yu's newly refreshed shield dropped by 900 points! That was almost half of Wen Yu's total health!
"Damn it! Again!"
[Mutated Spider]
Level: 9
Description: A venomous spider raised by the Cannibal Tribe priest, possessing extremely strong attack power!
Health Points: 100
Magic Attack Power: 600
Defense: 50
Skill: Venom (Sprays venom at the target, dealing 100% magic damage and causing 50% magic damage per second for 10 seconds).
Wen Yu couldn't think about enjoying the scenery anymore. He continued sprinting deep into the forest!
Along the way, Wen Yu experienced various harassment from Brother Snake, Brother Spider, Brother Toad, and Brother Centipede, all of which were mutated venomous insects.
"Good thing This Person Wen has a thick enough Magic Shield! Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to mess with you bunch of things."
After sprinting for over 10 minutes, Wen Yu didn't even know exactly where he had run to.
Fortunately, there were no more venomous insects around. No more damage numbers were popping up either.
Walking forward for a few more minutes, a camp appeared before Wen Yu. A group of masked people were circling a campfire like zombies, muttering words Wen Yu couldn't understand.
[Cannibal Tribe Mage]
Level: 30
Description: A lost soul bewitched by the Demon Race, having received the devil's blessing, their attributes are greatly increased!
Health Points: 6000
Magic Attack Power: 800
Defense: 600
Skills:
Magic Missile (Deals 100% magic damage).
Magic Shield (Provides a shield for oneself equal to 100% magic damage).
Teleport (Instantly moves to any position within a 10x10 meter range).
Ice Shard (Deals 50% magic damage per second to enemy units within a 20x20 meter range and reduces enemy movement speed by 20%).
Elfs Blessing (Summons an elf to sprinkle Holy Spring of Blessing on oneself, reducing damage taken by 5%).
Chain Lightning (Strikes an enemy unit in front with lightning, dealing 100% magic damage; subsequent lightning will bounce among enemy units, up to 8 times (maximum 2 times per individual unit). Each bounce deals 50% magic damage).
"Level 30 monster! The skills are actually all Mage first-turn skills; I don't even have Chain Lightning and Elfs Blessing yet!"
Besides that, there were also [Cannibal Tribe Warrior], [Cannibal Tribe Archer], and [Cannibal Tribe Assassin], each with their own skills. Wen Yu felt that these class skills were probably the same as the first-turn skills that players could learn. But the description for them was surprisingly consistent.
"Demon Race?!"
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"How is the Demon Race involved in this? Didn't the eight major cities just reinforce their seals?" Regarding the Demon Race, Wen Yu was already exceptionally cautious.
"This might be the race that truly invades Earth Star. I must play it safe. I need to find a way to reach level 20 first!"
"And what are these stats?... How did they suddenly jump to level 30? What happened to the monsters in front?" Wen Yu decisively realized that something was wrong; these stats were absolutely not something players could defeat at this stage. The HP of the [Cannibal Tribe Warrior] was even as high as 10,000 points.
Their various stats even far exceeded the Minotaur Warriors in the Hell-level dungeon!
"Time to get the hell out of here!" Wen Yu had already made plans to retreat.
Just as he was about to tear the town portal scroll, Wen Yu thought, "What if I bypass them and keep moving forward? Will higher-level monsters appear later?"
Action followed thought. After noting the location of the Cannibal Tribe, Wen Yu slowly retreated. Then, he found a direction and took a wide detour.
He bypassed Gale Forest and arrived at a cliff. Wen Yu looked up.
The monsters were so dense that Wen Yu's trypophobia was almost triggered.
He used Insight Technique. Monsters from level 21 to 26 were all here.
"So, you were all driven out of the forest?"
He started grinding immediately. Ice Shard was unleashed instantly!
All monsters within range were killed, and more monsters kept pushing in like mad.
Wen Yu's EXP was rising rapidly. As the monsters respawned, Wen Yu finally figured it out.
This cliff was the territory of the level 26 monster [Giant Horned Deer]. The other level 21 to 25 monsters would not respawn once killed. Wen Yu guessed he had kindly sent them back to the forest to keep the poisonous insects company.
After grinding intensely for an hour, Wen Yu finally leveled up.
There was no system notification as Wen Yu had expected. No update announcement, and no system announcement.
"It seems level 20 isn't such a major hurdle after all!"
Dismissing these thoughts, Wen Yu decisively took out the three-piece phoenix breath set from his backpack and swapped out his original equipment.
The [plea bracelet] and [desolate bracelet] were officially retired. Only the [shining ring] remained steadfast!
"The value of the [shining ring] continues to rise!"
Wen Yu also hurriedly looked at the set attributes.
phoenix breath set (3/5):
Burns the target, dealing 5% magic damage continuously for 10 seconds. While in the burning state, the target's healing effect is reduced by 50%
...
After reading the attributes of the phoenix breath set, Wen Yu was greatly disappointed. His current magic attack had already reached 54,470 points.
His critical hit rate was as high as 59%. And a 5% burn, totaling over 27,000 HP over 10 seconds, was completely dispensable to Wen Yu.
As for the healing reduction, Wen Yu hadn't encountered any monsters that could heal yet. To summarize in four words: "Utterly useless!"
He took out two unlearned skill books from his inventory and used them. He instantly learned [Chain Lightning] and [Elfs Blessing] and began upgrading them.
[Chain Lightning] (Platinum)
Effect: Strikes a unit in front with lightning, dealing 150% magic damage. Subsequent lightning will bounce between enemy units, with a maximum of 8 bounces (up to 2 times per individual unit). Each bounce deals 100% magic damage.
Upgrade requirement: skill upgrade card * 32
Cooldown: 24 seconds
Mana cost: 100
[Elfs Blessing] (Platinum)
Effect: Summons an elf to sprinkle holy water of blessing upon himself, reducing damage taken by 12%.
Upgrade requirement: skill upgrade card * 32
Duration: 1 minute
Cooldown: 8 minutes
Mana cost: 400
Spending a total of 62 skill upgrade cards, he brought both skills up to Platinum. He only had 54 cards left.
Wen Yu prepared to raise the Golden-quality Magic Shield a bit higher.
He decisively used 48 skill upgrade cards to bring the Magic Shield quality up to (Diamond) in one go.
And the effect became a shield equal to 160% of his magic damage.
Wen Yu first tested the effect of [Chain Lightning].
A bolt of wild lightning struck down, killing a wild monster instantly, and the subsequent lightning bounces claimed the lives of 8 more monsters.
However, Wen Yu was quite speechless after seeing it.
"Apart from the short cooldown, you're not even as good as Ice Shard, baby."
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Checking the time, there were only 2 hours left before the [Rapid Rescue] mission ended, forcing Wen Yu, who had originally wanted to return to the Novice Village to grind some rabbits, to bite the bullet and proceed.
Arriving at Gale Forest again, he returned to the position where he had previously lurked. There were far fewer Cannibal Tribe members than before. Only the last thirty or so were patrolling around.
Wen Yu didn't care about that. He activated his Magic Shield, flashed directly into the crowd, and unleashed Ice Shard combined with [Chain Lightning]. As massive amounts of damage stacked up, a dozen surrounding Cannibal Tribe members instantly fell to the ground.
"Ding!~"
"Killed Cannibal Tribe Mage, EXP +1"
"Congratulations, you obtained Gold Coins * 2592"
...
"Damn, you guys are actually quite rich!"
Seeing this, the other Cannibal Tribe members unleashed various skills at Wen Yu. Almost every skill could deplete a few hundred points of Wen Yu's shield.
However, it was ultimately limited. Except for the assassin's stealth which took Wen Yu a little effort, the other Cannibal Tribe members were still being cut down like melons and vegetables.
In the end, it only took Wen Yu 3 minutes to kill all the Cannibal Tribe members present.
Seeing that no more monsters appeared, Wen Yu refreshed his shield and walked toward the camp.
He strolled around the camp but didn't find a single Cannibal Tribe member; instead, he found 8 people tied up in one of the tents.
[Fang Yuyan]
Profile: Captain of the 3rd Scout Team of Glory City. He secretly likes his neighbor, Hua Rou, but has never shown it.
"...Can you give some useful information at a time like this, hey!" Wen Yu complained in his heart, but his hands didn't stop. He removed the foot binding cloth from Fang Yuyan's mouth and untied the ropes on his body.
And the mission prompt changed to (Completed) status.
"Your team has 10 people, 1 was heavily injured and returned to the city to report, so there should be 9 left, right? Why are there only 8 here? Was 1 eaten by the Cannibal Tribe?" Wen Yu asked.
"It's a disaster, My Lord! They are traitors! Traitors of the Demon Race!" Fang Yuyan shouted excitedly.
"..." This guy was also brainless; he wasn't even afraid of attracting the Cannibal Tribe by shouting so loudly.
"Stop shouting, tell me in detail what happened."
"My Lord, after we were captured, we were brought here. Just a moment ago, they took away one of our teammates. According to what that priest said! They are to be offered to the Demon King!"
"My Lord! We must not sit and wait for death! We must stop them! Otherwise, the Demon Race will descend! It will be a catastrophe for all living beings!" Fang Yuyan said excitedly.
"Stop shouting. If you keep shouting and attract the Cannibal Tribe, I will definitely throw you over there," Wen Yu thought.
Wen Yu pondered for a moment. Since the mission was already completed, the subsequent exploration could be considered a free bonus. However, these 8 people had to return first. Otherwise, they would just be in the way here. And they were weak!
"Leave this place to me, you all hurry back to the city! I will scout around first, then report to the City Lord."
He handed the Glory City town portal scrolls to them. With a flash of white light, they disappeared from the spot.
"Phew. Finally completed. Isn't it a bit too simple?" Wen Yu felt that all the preparations he made to complete the mission were in vain. He had rescued them so easily, except for the one who was taken away.
Bad luck... being selected out of 9...
"Where is that damn priest? Didn't he just take one away? Where did he go?"
Wen Yu searched through the tents one by one.
Finally, in one of the tents, an accident occurred!
The moment Wen Yu pulled open the curtain, a huge vortex appeared before his eyes. It seemed as if it wanted to swallow Wen Yu whole.
At the same time.
The system notification sound also rang out instantly!
"Congratulations, you have discovered a special dungeon!"
"Dungeon teleportation in progress!!!"
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Chapter 36: Demon Race Altar
"Ding! ~"
"You have entered a special dungeon: Demon Race Altar!"
"..."
"So arrogant, not even asking for my consent before dragging me in." Wen Yu thought to himself.
"It seems this must be the base camp of the Cannibal Tribe."
A staircase extended downwards, and at the end of the stairs, there seemed to be a door emitting a scarlet cold light, as if intending to devour all intruders.
Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it.
Wen Yu refreshed his Magic Shield; the shield amount of 87,000 gave him plenty of peace of mind.
Now, Wen Yu feared no challenge.
Walking slowly downwards, the stairs alone took a full two minutes.
"Bang!" A Magic Missile blasted out, and the door shattered upon impact!
Wen Yu finally saw the situation inside.
It was like a massive, artificially excavated cave, and at this moment, the cave was packed with over a hundred masked members of the Cannibal Tribe.
With the shattering of the door, the Cannibal Tribe members rushed over.
"Damn, I've poked a hornet's nest!"
The Cannibal Tribe members reacted faster than Wen Yu expected.
In less than two seconds, light flickered inside, and various skills were being frantically prepared.
"Magic Shield, you must hold on! Let's go!" After Wen Yu finished speaking, various skills had already reached him!
"Teleport!"
"Ice Shard!"
But this group of Cannibal Tribe members was clearly not comparable to the mindless wild monsters outside.
Upon seeing the Ice Shard, those who could teleport did so, and those who could block, blocked. In the end, only about ten people died at the feet of the Ice Shard.
"Ding! ~"
"Killed Cannibal Tribe Assassin, EXP +1"
"Congratulations, you obtained Gold Coins * 3842"
"Ding! ~"
"Killed Cannibal Tribe Mage, EXP +1"
"Congratulations, you obtained Gold Coins * 1925"
"Ding! ~"
"Killed Cannibal Tribe Warrior, EXP +1"
"Congratulations, you obtained Gold Coins * 6291"
...
"Good, good, good! So this is actually a gold coin dungeon!"
Seeing their damage pop up above his head, Wen Yu felt a bit panicked.
The number of Ice Shards on the ground alone exceeded ten. Although each one didn't hurt when hitting his shield, the sheer number was overwhelming.
There were Archers shooting from afar, and Assassins hiding in the void, waiting for an opportunity.
Forced to do so, Wen Yu had no choice but to activate Elfs Blessing. The 12% damage reduction greatly slowed the rate at which Wen Yu's shield was depleting.
Fortunately, the cooldown of Magic Shield was only 48 seconds, and Wen Yu managed to hold on in the end.
It took a full 15 minutes to clear out the surrounding Cannibal Tribe members!
"It really is a gold coin dungeon!" Looking at the more than 850,000 gold coins in his backpack, Wen Yu felt this trip was worth it.
"A dungeon gave me 300,000 yuan! Thank you!"
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After killing all the Cannibal Tribe members, Wen Yu finally saw the thing hidden behind them.
A strange altar, engraved with runes Wen Yu didn't understand, surrounded by scarlet light.
Around it, hundreds of corpses of all sizes were piled up.
Wen Yu sighed, "Sigh, that remaining person probably won't be coming back."
"What should I do next? Attack the altar?"
A Magic Missile blasted onto the altar, but no effect was seen.
"Who is it! What kind of brat is causing trouble here!"
With a huge roar, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the altar. He carefully checked the altar and said: "Fortunately, fortunately."
Wen Yu took this opportunity to use Insight Technique!
[Cannibal Tribe Priest — Cai Yu]
Introduction: Formerly a member of the First-Tier Main City 'Sun City' priesthood, he turned to darkness due to his longing for greater power! He deceived many people in the Tier 3 Main City to prepare for the arrival of the Demon Race. Cannibalism is your lie!
Level:???
HP:???
MP:???
Skills:???
"..."
"So this is the truth about the Cannibal Tribe?" Capturing people to offer to the Demon Race, while spreading the illusion that they were cannibals.
But...
Wait, in a Tier 3 Main City! Seeing a big shot from a First-Tier Main City!
What's the point of fighting this? I can't see anything.
"Level 20? Interesting, how did you defeat my puppets?" Cai Yu turned his head to look at Wen Yu.
"Forget it, whatever. If the puppets are gone, I'll just find more. You just die, kid!" After Cai Yu finished speaking, he raised his staff, and at the same time, a holy light descended from above Wen Yu's head.
"Holy Judgment!"
Wen Yu was startled. He didn't think anything good would happen if this holy light shone on him, but he couldn't dodge it anymore.
He decisively activated Elfs Blessing! Prepared to take the hit!
- 13000
A terrifying amount of damage floated above Wen Yu's head, and Wen Yu roughly understood the Priest's strength.
"Damage is around 15,000, can't tank it! Really can't tank it!" After saying that, Wen Yu tentatively threw a [Chain Lightning].
- 160410 (Critical)!
- 51470
- 2724 (Burn)
- 2724 (Burn)
Having instantly dealt 210,000 HP worth of damage, Wen Yu looked up again; the BOSS's HP had decreased by 1/3!
"Total HP is about 600,000, magic damage is 15,000, but defense is only 3,000!"
There's a chance! After calculating the approximate attributes of the Cannibal Tribe Priest, he directly released an Ice Shard. And the Cannibal Tribe Priest also blasted a Holy Light Sword.
- 10200
Wen Yu finally saw the weakness of Ice Shard; besides catching enemies off guard, most people could dodge the skill range of Ice Shard.
He threw a Magic Missile, hitting the Cannibal Tribe Priest for another 78,705 HP.
Magic Shield refreshed, and Wen Yu immediately used it. The duration of Elfs Blessing had passed, and it entered a cooldown state.
"Fortunately, he has also lost quite a bit of HP." Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly noticed the Priest opposite him raising his staff!
"Holy Healing!"
+ 100000
Watching the BOSS's HP instantly recover, Wen Yu was stunned!
Damn, I really can't tank this anymore! How are you supposed to play when he heals like this?
"Healing?" Wen Yu was taken aback, then looked at the phoenix breath set on his body.
"Dad! You are my dear dad! 50% healing reduction, you are simply my savior!"
Without this 50% healing reduction, wouldn't this bastard be able to heal 200,000 HP at once?
Wen Yu was silent, even wanting to run away!
"Stop healing! Brother!"
Chain Lightning!
- 160410 (Critical)!
- 51470
"Chain Lightning! Baby! You are more useful than Ice Shard! Why do you love landing critical hits so much!" Seeing the damage of Chain Lightning, Wen Yu was almost crying.
At critical moments, it has to be you!
"Magic Missile!"
- 160410 (Critical)!
"Good, good, good! Magic Missile, you are also Dad's good son!"
Watching the BOSS's remaining HP at about one-tenth, Wen Yu was preparing to press the attack. However, the 8-second cooldown gap of the Magic Missile skill was something no one could change. The BOSS used a healing spell again to raise his HP line!
Wen Yu finally understood.
"So, is Priest a third-tier advancement for Cleric? Low output but all healing?"
After figuring this out, Wen Yu was no longer anxious. As long as his output wasn't enough to kill him, then winning was just a matter of time.
About 2 minutes later, the BOSS had used his healing skills round after round, and Wen Yu's output had never been interrupted. The moment all healing skills entered cooldown! Wen Yu finally successfully killed the Cannibal Tribe Priest.
"Chen Jia! Forgive me, I didn't want to! But I have no way back..." After saying this, the BOSS turned into dust and dissipated in the air.
Perhaps at the last moment of his life, he had regretted it?
"Ding! ~"
"Killed Cannibal Tribe Priest — Cai Yu, EXP +1"
"Congratulations, you obtained Gold Coins * 283152"
"Congratulations, you obtained [guild founding token] * 1"
"Congratulations, you obtained [White Day Battle Sword]"
"Congratulations, you obtained..."
...
Wen Yu first opened his backpack to take a look; 2 of the obtained equipment were Silver quality, and 2 were Bronze quality.
"Are you kidding me? Boss? Forcibly nerfing your Brother Wen? Are you a Silver BOSS? What's the meaning of carrying so many Silver equipment on you? I think the staff you used was very good! Why didn't you drop it for me?" The only good news was that another [guild founding token] dropped, which could be sold for quite a bit of money.
...
"Damn, you didn't kill the Silver BOSS of Gale Forest and pick up the drops yourself, did you."
After killing the Cannibal Tribe Priest, no one could threaten Wen Yu anymore. Afterwards, he destroyed the Demon Race Altar in two hits!
"Ding! ~"
"Congratulations on successfully clearing the special dungeon: Demon Race Altar!"
"Teleporting!!!"
"?..." Is that it? I risked my life to fight this dungeon! It's a special dungeon! No rewards at all?
"I said it was a gold coin dungeon, so it really is just a gold coin dungeon? Such a difficult dungeon and it just dismisses me with 600,000 gold coins?!"
Accompanied by Wen Yu's roar, the Demon Race Altar fell into silence again. Perhaps no one would visit this place in the future...
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When Wen Yu opened his eyes again, he was back in Gale Forest - Cannibal Tribe Camp.
And the vortex representing the special dungeon was right in front of Wen Yu, slowly getting smaller, and finally disappearing.
"Ding! ~"
"Killed the Cannibal Tribe Priest, returning peace to Gale Forest. Achievement [Friend of the Forest] reached!"
[Friend of the Forest]
Introduction: Save Gale Forest, eliminate the Cannibal Tribe causing trouble here, and return peace to the forest's flora and fauna!
Poison Resistance + 50%
"Poison Resistance, that's alright. Maybe it will have miraculous effects in the future?" After all, having experienced the Cannibal Tribe Priest's massive healing, Wen Yu no longer dared to underestimate any attribute bonus.
"Let's test it out, see how much HP mutant spiders, mutant snakes, etc., can take from me." But after walking for a while, he didn't see a single mutant poisonous creature. Everywhere he passed, they were all level 21 to 25 monsters.
It was like a dream, all the poisonous creatures had disappeared without a trace.
"This is perhaps what is called returning peace to the forest?"