Chapter 221: Chapter 202: Wilderness Encounter
In the game, heading south from Black Tortoise City, after passing through the Rainforest Wetland and the Ghost Valley, lies a muddy Gobi Shallow Beach.
This area is mainly populated by Level 28 or so Demonized Poison Scorpions and the elusive Demonized King Snakes.
Standing at the edge of the Gobi, Lin Yi said:
"Okay, everyone, be careful from here on out. The monsters here can be a bit tricky."
Then he said to Zhang Xinying:
"Buff everyone up."
"Okay."
Zhang Xinying, having heard him, skillfully waved the magic staff in her hands and applied buffs to everyone one by one.
"Holy Light Lv2" increases teammates’ healing effects by 20%, lasting for 10 minutes.
"Heart of Guardian Lv2" increases teammates’ physical/magic defense by 16%, lasting for 10 minutes.
"Divine Strike Lv2" increases teammates’ physical/magic attack by 10%, lasting for 10 minutes.
"Shadow of Holy Light Lv2" increases teammates’ movement speed by 15%, lasting for 10 minutes.
"Order-Defending Array Lv1" grants teammates 5% immunity to incoming damage, lasting for 30 minutes.
After a series of splendid lights, Lin Yi began to assign tasks:
"Tianzhi, go ahead and scout the path, Red Eyes, cover the rear."
"Lost for Words and Steady Uncle, you cover the left and right flanks. That person..."
Lin Yi pointed at Dongfang Jing, still a bit uncomfortable, and said:
"Xiao Jing, your level is low, stay in the middle to avoid getting one-shot."
"Okay."
Dongfang Jing sweetly smiled and said:
"Thank you, brother."
Hearing this, Lin Yi shivered inexplicably: Why does that sound so strange?
Actually, without mentioning other things, Dongfang Jing is only nineteen years old, here besides the little sprout Wang Zixin, Dongfang Jing is the same age as Red Eyes Wang Sijie.
So calling Lin Yi, who is over twenty, "brother", doesn’t feel out of place.
At least for Tianzhi and the others, it didn’t sound inappropriate.
But for some reason, hearing her call him brother always felt odd to Lin Yi.
Perhaps it’s because Lin Yi is the only one who has seen her other ’mature’ personality.
Shaking his head to clear away these messy thoughts, Lin Yi continued:
"Everyone else, pay attention, don’t let the monsters get close to her. With her current low life value, a touch from a monster would KO her instantly."
Zhang Xinying stepped forward and pulled Dongfang Jing to her side:
"Let’s stand together, the three of us."
Wang Zixin happily held Dongfang Jing’s hand, excitedly saying:
"I can protect sister too."
While speaking, Wang Zixin raised her tender little hand, and a small vine was wriggling on it as if it had a life of its own.
Seeing this, Dongfang Jing looked at Wang Zixin in awe:
"You can already control Wood Magic freely?"
The others weren’t surprised by this at all.
After all, everyone has witnessed Wang Zixin’s ’abnormal’ talent.
Compared to the powerful magic control Wang Zixin occasionally exhibited, this ability was merely child’s play.
At this moment, Zhang Xinying, perhaps deliberately or unintentionally, grabbed Wang Zixin’s small hand and said:
"Little Sprout, stop messing around."
Being caught by Zhang Xinying, Wang Zixin immediately withdrew her magic and lowered her head, saying ’oh’.
Zhang Xinying smiled at Dongfang Jing:
"Kids just love to play."
Dongfang Jing didn’t mind:
"I can tell she is very smart."
And by that time, the team had started moving forward, Lin Yi said:
"Once we’re through this Gobi, we’ll reach our destination. Everyone, be careful."
After a while, Tianzhi’s voice came from the front:
"There’s a Scorpion King BOSS not far ahead, should we take it on?"
Everyone heard: BOSS?
"Hell yeah, take it down!" Handsome shouted excitedly.
Tianzhi looked towards Lin Yi, but Lin Yi said:
"Let me check it out first before making a decision."
In a place where grotesque stones stood, a dark green Scorpion King was ’leisurely’ eating something.
Scorpion King Lv31
Rare Boss
Life Value: 250000/250000
Lin Yi looked at the equipment shadow on the Scorpion King. Aside from some rare materials, there was only an epic-level magic staff that seemed somewhat valuable; the rest were just ordinary equipment.
It was evident that fighting this would just be a waste of time.
Lin Yi directly said:
"Let’s not fight it, we’ll bypass it."
Tianzhi was taken aback:
"Ah, we’re not fighting it?"
"This BOSS is only level 30, we should be able to handle it, right?"
There were things Lin Yi couldn’t say directly, so he just said:
"It’s too much of a time waste, let someone else handle it."
Lin Yi thought for a moment and then contacted Proud Gaze Lord.
Feng Hua (Private Chat): "Coordinates [Black Tortoise City/Gobi Shallow Beach: 3245:124], there’s a Level 31 BOSS here, see if you have time to come and deal with it."
This BOSS was of no use to Lin Yi and the others, but for Lord and his team, it was worthwhile.
Because the rare materials on it were used for building bases, and these things weren’t easy to find just anywhere.
Proud Gaze Lord soon replied.
Proud Gaze Lord (Private Chat): "Alright, I’ll arrange for someone to come over right away!"
After receiving the response, Lin Yi said:
"Let’s bypass it and keep going."
No one ever opposed Lin Yi’s decisions.
Even Handsome, who loved taking on BOSS fights, only regretted missing this one and said nothing else.
As the group fought monsters along the way, Dongfang Jing leveled up once.
By the time they left the Gobi Desert, Dongfang Jing had reached level 14.
Standing at the edge of the Gobi Desert, under the gloomy sky, a village faintly appeared in the mist in the distance.
Everyone looked at the desolate scene in the distance with uncertainty.
"Is that a village over there?"
"It looks creepy!"
At this moment, Zhang Xinying subconsciously moved next to Lin Yi, and Lin Yi smiled and said:
"It’s okay, it’s just a game."
Right now, Red Eyes was standing beside Wang Zixin, asking:
"Could this be our destination this time?"
Tian Ci glanced at Lin Yi, saying seriously:
"I think that’s highly likely."
Just then, the Werewolf Prophet, who had been silent, suddenly spoke:
"Is this the Lizardmen tribe?"
Lin Yi took out the "Morgan’s Bone" from his backpack, which was the token given by the Lizardman they saved during the guild war.
Shuai Diaozha immediately recognized the Morgan’s Bone in Lin Yi’s hand:
"Isn’t that from the Lizardman back then?"
Shiyu instantly connected the dots, coming to a realization:
"Could our current quest be related to that Lizardman?"
Lin Yi put Morgan’s Bone back into the backpack, smiled, and said:
"We’ll find out soon, let’s go."
Before them now was an overgrown, abandoned farmland.
Now, everyone had to pass through this wasteland to reach the dilapidated village hidden in the mist in the distance.
However, just after a few steps, Lin Yi raised his hand and cast a Magic Arcane Missile at a spot:
"Boom!"
"-979"
A huge damage number floated from that void.
Suddenly, a floating figure appeared, shocking everyone:
"What kind of ghost is this?"
Wilderness Ghost Lv33
Life Value: 2621/3500
Red Eyes teased:
"It is truly a ghost."
Shiyu, at this point, had already moved forward with a shield:
"Charge"
"-211"
System: Passive not triggered.
Shiyu quickly followed up with a:
"Shield Strike"
"-187"
System: Passive triggered, target stunned for 1 second.
Tian Ci had already circled behind it. Even though it was his first time facing this ’strange’ creature, he unhesitatingly pierced its back with his dagger:
"Bloodthirsty Blade"
"-601" Critical Strike~
System: Passive bleeding triggered.
"Throat Slit"
"-593"
"Life-taking Stab"
"-615"
...
At the same time, a Wind Arrow penetrated the ghost’s body.
"Wind Arrow"
"-710" Piercing damage~
A massive meteor fell from the sky.
"Meteor Shower"
"-556"
A ghastly scream emanated from the ghost’s mouth.
The ghost, barely appearing, didn’t even have time to leave a ’harsh word’ before it turned into white light and vanished: practically a one-hit kill!
Tian Ci picked up the loot on the ground, his heart still pounding wildly:
"Why are there such ghostly things in this game too?"
Everyone seemed used to what just happened, and no one cared.
But if this scene were witnessed by others, no one would probably not be shocked by the tacit understanding they displayed, right?
Shuai Diaozha sighed:
"I never thought you could personally experience things unseen in reality within a game."
Lin Yi, however, remained unfazed and said:
"In the future, there will only be more things that surprise you, just treat them with a normal mind."
Shiyu couldn’t help but ask at this point:
"Why couldn’t we see that ghost just now?"
Everyone was curious, and Lin Yi explained:
"When the Priest reaches the third transformation (level 30), they’ll learn a new skill called Eye of Truth, and through this skill, they can see them."
Nobody doubted Lin Yi’s explanation, as he was like a walking ’encyclopedia,’ and they hadn’t found anything Lin Yi couldn’t explain so far.
Shuai Diaozha sighed on the side:
"Having a connection is indeed beneficial."
To them, Lin Yi’s knowledge was credited to Babylon, the City Lord.
As everyone chatted and laughed, only Dongfang Jing showed a deep sadness in her eyes upon seeing the ghost being instantly killed.
And this scene was coincidentally witnessed by the Werewolf Prophet, who was puzzled, but suddenly noticed Dongfang Jing looking over.
When their eyes met, the Werewolf Prophet Yidra was taken aback: ...