Chapter 5: Starting to Hunt Monsters 7
Many players on the mga forum were already discussing "Gods and Demons Battlefield," and upon seeing the post, they immediately clicked on it excitedly and accepted the invitation.
Some of the first batch of beta testers who had just woken up after a night's sleep also logged in.
As a third-year college student with an independent source of income, Chen Yu usually slept until ten o'clock, but today he woke up early, ate a simple breakfast, and couldn't wait to lie down in the virtual reality pod to log in.
Touching his slightly sore arm, Chen Yu became even more curious about the virtual engine of "Gods and Demons Battlefield."
After all, games that can cause physical reactions in reality are rare.
After clicking to log in, he immediately felt a blackout, followed by a slight dizziness, as if his whole body had passed through a space tunnel. Then, the scene of the Divine Realm appeared before his eyes.
At this time, there were already more than seventy people in the Divine Realm, most of whom were players who had obtained beta testing qualifications in the second batch.
These players were curiously examining the surrounding environment, or gathered around veteran players listening to their explanations, all with excited expressions.
"Awesome, awesome! The realism of this game... it's absolutely amazing! It's so cool!"
"I just ran a lap and I'm already out of breath, it's just like really running. How did they achieve this physical sensation? Is it a virtual brain-computer interface? That's too unbelievable..."
"I've only heard you guys talking about Old Hei, what does Old Hei look like? I haven't seen Old Hei appear at all, I feel like I'm missing out..."
"Ah, it's Zaiwan Duoduo! Hello, teacher! Fortunately, I saw your sharing post and quickly grabbed a beta testing spot, otherwise I would have definitely missed out. Thank you, teacher!"
"..."
Several players immediately came to greet Zaiwan Duoduo's ID. Just then, a golden light suddenly appeared from the dim sky. Everyone looked up and saw the God of Darkness and Earth, wearing a black robe, with a divine red crystal on his forehead, and radiating a gentle divine radiance, slowly flying down from the dome. He circled above the crowd of new and old players, his divine power overwhelming.
"Old Black is here! That's Old Black!"
"Oh, so this is the legendary Old Black! This is so detailed, this sense of oppression is just like a real god!"
"Old Black is so cool! I love it!"
"Old Black, can you give me a thousand cash reward first? I promise I'll kill a lot of fish later."
A group of players shouted jokingly.
Ren Zha, looking down at these human player believers from the air, immediately noticed the differences in the old players.
In the divine realm, especially in the divine domains of the gods, the spiritual energy is far more abundant than on the native planets of the lower realm.
Staying in such a place for a long time naturally strengthens and transforms the human body.
The old players, coming from a place like Blue Star where spiritual energy is depleted, only spent one night in the divine realm, and their physical condition was already much better than before, noticeably stronger.
They even had a trace of spiritual energy flowing within them, although they hadn't noticed it themselves yet.
This is a good thing. The stronger these human believers are, the more advantageous they will be in the subsequent pioneering and divine wars.
However, in the divine realm, the combat power of believers below the gods is also divided into levels.
Level 1 combat power can already reach the strength of an elite warrior, Level 2 can already release unique abilities, and the higher the level, the stronger they become. Above Level 10, they can be called superhumans. It is said that the combat power of some saints under powerful main gods is even comparable to that of ordinary deities.
Now, the combat power of these believers is not even at a basic level.
However, once they reach level 1 or even higher, anomalies are likely to appear in their real lives.
To prevent these players from discovering the truth of this "game," Ren Zha prepared to temporarily seal the players' powers in reality.
After all, playing a game and gaining superpowers, or becoming a superman, would definitely cause chaos.
If they become real-life supermen or popular figures, how can they still work for him, the God of Darkness and Earth?
If they knew this was a real divine war, would these human players still be so fearless?
Many times, ignorance is bliss.
After scanning the players present and getting a sense of their strength, Ren Zha announced:
"My devout followers, the edge of the divine realm is endless darkness and mist, and also endless opportunities! Go and explore! Go and conquer! Your exploration will expand the territory of the divine realm, and prepare more fully before the next divine war!"
In other words: Go and work for me! Expand the divine realm quickly so I can quickly increase my divine power and become a star-level main god.
New task entries quickly appeared on the information panel next to the statue.
New Task: Expanding Territory
Go to the war fog at the edge of the divine realm to explore, expand the area of the divine realm, hunt monsters, and search for treasures.
Whether it's the monsters you hunt or the treasures you find, you can exchange them for rewards from the great God of Darkness and Earth. Task Reward: Honest Gold Coins x3
After posting the task, Ren Zha immediately flew back to the top of the dome, returning to the temple, and began to consider his next plan and the necessary facilities or "functions" that needed to be built or added.
The task board was quickly surrounded by bustling players, who began to eagerly read the newly posted tasks.
Instead of going to the task board, Zaiwan Duoduo directly carried the fire axe and cleaver he brought into the game and walked towards the forest at the edge of the divine realm.
He didn't even need to look at the task board; he could guess that the new daily task was definitely hunting or gathering.
Today, he clearly felt that his strength in the game seemed to have increased. Even though the axe and cleaver were much heavier than yesterday, he didn't feel tired.
This obviously couldn't be because his strength increased overnight; the game developers must have modified some settings.
After all, the level of realism yesterday was simply too tiring.
When he climbed out of the game pod last night, he was drenched in sweat and completely exhausted.
When Zaiwan Duoduo arrived in the forest, he saw several players; some had already arrived before him.
Judging from their IDs, Lanbai de Tian, Huo'er Gai, Guaimeng Ke'ai, etc., were all veteran players who fought together yesterday.
Especially Guaimeng Ke'ai, who seemed to have completely let loose. Today, he was only wearing a pair of red briefs, covered in body hair and muscles, paired with the briefs and a large hammer, looking incredibly free and unrestrained.
Looking around, everyone had clearly learned from yesterday's battle. Their equipment consisted of either two cleavers, or a claw hammer and a cleaver; basically, everyone had a knife.
There were also a few who were carrying samurai swords and daggers, obviously controlled weapons, and he wondered where they got them from. 15
"Brother D, you're here." Hua'er Gai greeted Zaiwan Duo D enthusiastically.
Zaiwan Duo D nodded and asked:
"Has everyone started farming monsters? Why don't I see any monsters?"
Guai Meng Ke'ai waved the hammer in his hand and said excitedly:
"I don't know what's going on, there's nothing in this forest. Do we have to walk into the fog of war? I'm getting impatient!"
Zaiwan Duo D said:
"Judging from what Lao Hei said, we should have to walk into the fog of war, similar to exploring a new map. Let's go together, so we can look out for each other. Guai... how about you be the tank in the front?"
"Just call me Xiao Guai." Guai Meng Ke'ai grinned and walked to the front, carrying his big hammer.
The others shivered, then followed behind Guai Meng Ke'ai into the depths of the forest.
The dark forest was eerily silent, without a single sound.
The trees were all pitch black, without a single leaf, as if they had been scorched by fire.
Bones were still scattered everywhere on the ground, some of them unusually large, almost the size of a tree.
There were also many metal fragments scattered on the ground, which had been there for so many years that they would shatter with a light touch.
The group walked forward for dozens of meters, and wherever they went, the fog of war seemed to recoil in fright, the visual effects were very impressive.
The surrounding environment made all the players nervous.
"There's nothing here, did the development team not finish this part of the map yet?" Hua'er Gai turned around and asked. "Don't speak yet," the player named "Chopping D" suddenly raised his hand and made a shushing gesture, "Listen, it sounds like... there are footsteps nearby..."
Everyone immediately listened carefully, and indeed heard a rustling sound, like footsteps, or like leaves rustling in the wind.
"Is it just the sound of leaves?" the player named "Workman" scratched his head and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge lizard, more than three meters long and resembling a crocodile, suddenly leaped out of the mist in front of them, directly pouncing and biting his shoulder. With a sudden tear, it ripped off half of his shoulder!
Workman, covered in blood, rolled on the ground, his internal organs spilling out, and with an excited expression, he shouted at the large lizard:
"It's out, it's out! Such a big lizard, how much equipment will it drop! Brothers, let's go!"
Then, his eyes rolled back, and he completely breathed his last. A light blue soul with a halo emerged from the corpse, shouting:
"I'll go back and resurrect first, brothers, hold onto my cleaver for me!"
"Hey, why is my blood green? Wow, the development team changed the settings!"