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Chapter 652: Aoko Can Sit at the Same Table as the Azure Star
[Dungeon import complete.]
[As a wild land full of unknowns, inhabited by countless creatures, and overgrown with countless plants, the New World, already full of various mysteries, has once again undergone uncontrollable changes due to an irresistible factor. This has led to the entire continent's food chain and ecological environment spiraling in unpredictable directions.
As a part of the ecosystem, the members of the first four Hunter's Guild investigation teams, who arrived in the New World earlier, have also been affected to varying degrees.
And you will travel to the New World as elites of the "Fifth Investigation Team" to investigate the recently occurring phenomena of the "Elder Dragon Crossing" and the "Elder Dragon Calamity."]
[Dungeon Blueprint: Monster Hunter + Soul Sacrifice]
[Dungeon Modifiers: Single Faction Multiple Factions — All players belong to the "Hunter's Guild" faction. There are factional differences internally, but overall, they stand on the side of humanity. Within the Guild's territory, players are strictly forbidden from fighting each other, and no bloody treasure chests will be dropped. Player infighting will trigger the Hunter's Guild's internal disciplinary mechanism; depending on the faction chosen, players belonging to different factions may experience conflicts in their mission objectives.
Elder Dragon Calamity — (Omitted)
Evil Sacrifice — (Omitted)
Light of Linkage — The collaborative linkage of internal and external IPs has provided more possibilities for this world. You will have a high chance of encountering NPCs and monster units that originally do not belong to this world.]
[Dungeon Difficulty: B ~ ?]
[Main Quest: "Walking Calamity" — Team Quest. Investigate and confirm the Elder Dragon individual causing the ecological changes in the surrounding environment, and deliver the corresponding report back to the "Astera" outpost.
Basic Reward — 1W, 2 free attribute points, 1 free skill point. This reward will increase based on potential future subjugation quests.
Side Quests: Can be accepted voluntarily based on subjugation, investigation, capture, and other quests issued by the Guild.]
[Your additional skill "Holy Grail Mission" has been triggered —]
[Holy Grail Mission: "Do Elder Dragons Bleed Too?" — Team Quest. Attempt to collect materials from species tagged as "Elder Dragon." For each successful collection, your genetic collection capacity +1, and you and your team members will gain 10% Elder Dragon attack resistance.
"Redemption or Sacrifice? I Want Both!" — Team Quest. Redeem or sacrifice as many elite-level or higher corrupted dragon beasts as possible. For each dragon beast redeemed, your capture material drop rate +10%; for each dragon beast sacrificed, your dissection material drop rate +10%.]
[Achievement list has been opened. You can check it at any time.]
As the light dissipated, Cheng Tian felt a sway, not too different from being on an airplane.
However, the scene before him was vastly different from an airplane.
This was a wooden tavern filled with warm tones. A considerable number of people could be seen gathered in twos and threes at different tables, eating, drinking, and chatting.
About half of the people were dressed in standard Hunter attire from the Monster Hunter worldview, but at the same time, many were wearing equipment from other worlds, just like Cheng Tian, which looked out of place.
Clearly, these people were players, and there were more than imagined, dozens of them.
However, while these seemingly out-of-place pieces of equipment would be conspicuous in other worlds, they weren't at all jarring in a Monster Hunter-centric world. Due to the Light of Linkage, this world frequently saw intrusions of beings that didn't belong, and any such visit inevitably left traces, mostly in the form of equipment.
Monster Hunter is a very inclusive world. Even if you wore nothing but a speedo and a Shamos helmet here, no one would bat an eye... unless you were a pure slacker.
This was the exclusive airship for the Fifth Investigation Team, currently en route to the New World.
The skill points in the Monster Hunter world were skewed; while everyone had MAX fall resistance, aerial travel mainly relied on balloon airships. If not for the influence of other flying dragon beasts, it was quite stable on its own.
Feeling the swaying brought by the airflow, Cheng Tian, with his Tai Chi True Eyes subtly rotating beneath his mask, silently scanned the area. At least for now, the NPC hunters of the Fifth Investigation Team in the tavern did not seem to be affected by the Soul Sacrifice system.
Because of his Heart Priest profession, Cheng Tian had extremely high sensitivity to the detection of sacred and evil energies. Once someone was tainted by the Soul Sacrifice system, whether they followed the redemption path or the sacrifice path, they would basically not escape Cheng Tian's perception.
He casually opened his panel and glanced at it, but Cheng Tian did not find the temporary skill "Redemption and Sacrifice."
It seemed he would only gain this skill once he officially set foot on the New World.
Other players generally behaved similarly to Cheng Tian. Some observed silently in the shadows, while others tried to order a beer and blend in with the local hunter community. In short, players at this stage had largely passed the "survival of the fittest" phase, and classic brain-dead scenarios were unlikely to occur.
Bang!
A wooden mug full of liquid suddenly slammed down in front of Cheng Tian.
"Here! My treat!"
A young man with blond hair, clad in a full set of hunter armor, enthusiastically invited Cheng Tian to drink with him.
Cheng Tian, wearing his mask, paused and made a gesture pointing to himself.
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Though a bit puzzled, Cheng Tian still took the mug and chugged it down.
Then Cheng Tian began to regret his actions, because after seeing the blond man succeed, many hunters immediately surrounded him, eagerly wanting to ply Cheng Tian with drinks.
A few players who saw this scene quietly approached other NPC hunters and whispered.
"Is there anything special about that person?"
"You don't know?"
This question, in turn, made the queried NPC hunter look incredulous, then he began to explain, spitting as he spoke.
"This is the famous Aoko! The legendary hunter who once slew the Elder Dragon Yamata no Orochi that destroyed the ecosystem!"
Among Cheng Tian's five legendary titles, "Enemy of the Great Serpent" was clearly the title that best fit the current worldview.
The conditions for obtaining legendary status were quite special, but with such a large player base, Cheng Tian wasn't the only one who could achieve it; there were a few in the current player group.
But precisely because of this, they were even more surprised by the treatment Cheng Tian was receiving—
How much legendary fame must one have to achieve such popularity?
With the attribute bonuses from various equipment abilities, Cheng Tian, possessing near-maximum strength, accepted all challenges. He lifted his mask and drank with them without hesitation.
But suddenly, Cheng Tian couldn't help but frown, and his Tai Chi True Eyes emitted a faint orange glow.
At the same time, in a certain area of the New World, filled with high-temperature magma, a pair of large feline husband and wife were startled awake from their sleep and began to arch their backs and hiss at each other.
And on each of their foreheads, a crimson gem was embedded.
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