Seeing that Zhao Can and his group still weren't leaving,
Song Gua held up the instant chicken leg in his hand and asked, "The moonlight is just right. Do you guys also have the elegant mood to stay here with me and have a midnight snack together?"
The expression on Hua Xiangrong's face showed unconcealed disgust as she said, "Brother Can, let's go. There are too many mosquitoes here, not to mention there are no more monsters."
Zhao Can brought up the map function and took a look.
"Further ahead is the level 10 leveling zone."
"Let's just go to the level 10 leveling zone. Aren't your power levelers all wearing level 15 equipment? They are more than capable of handling level 10 monsters."
Among Zhao Can's power levelers, there was Baldy, wearing a full set of heavy armor.
Baldy looked a bit troubled and said, "When night falls, wild monsters enter an active state, and all their attributes increase by 100 percent. These level 10 monsters will be even harder to fight than level 15 monsters during the day, yet the loot remains the same. It's not worth it."
Zhao Can frowned. "Then let's continue farming level 5 monsters. We'll head back."
Before leaving, Hua Xiangrong glanced at Song Gua, hesitating to speak, but ultimately said nothing.
Seeing that this group of people had finally left, Song Gua relaxed and lay down.
He did not let his guard down, however, and summoned a clone.
Night Shadow Assassin, a B-rank class in the Assassin sequence.
The effect of its class talent was that when using stealth-type skills at night, it could ignore the duration and remain in stealth indefinitely, unless it encountered a stealth-breaking skill or effect.
Hmm... This was truly a talent that easily gave rise to bold ideas.
But right now, there was serious business to attend to.
"Go follow them. Make sure to keep your footsteps light and don't let them spot you. If anything happens, communicate through the local network."
"Got it... Boss, if I do this job well, can you give me a spot on the main team?"
Song Gua took a glance at him.
This guy was still level 0.
"Alright, your class talent is somewhat useful."
The Night Shadow Assassin, wearing a pitch-black Eight of Circles mahjong mask, eagerly scurried after them.
Zhao Can, Hua Xiangrong, and their group returned the way they came.
On the way, Hua Xiangrong was still wondering how Song Gua had managed to reach level five.
"It's too weird. When we saw him at the gate of the Fifth High School this morning, he was still level 0 just like us. Even if he had a team of power levelers, he shouldn't be leveling up faster than us..."
Zhao Can said,
"Don't forget, although Song Gua's family background is poor, your Fifth High School sponsored him for two years. No one knows exactly how much that sponsorship fee was.
Or, it's also unknown if some other wealthy person invested in him.
It's highly likely that this guy didn't just hire one team of power levelers, but many teams."
Hua Xiangrong wore an expression that was seven parts shock and three parts regret. "He's that rich?"
Baldy, one of the power levelers beside them, thought of something and said, "Some equipment has the effect of boosting experience gain. Could it be..."
Zhao Can immediately rejected the idea. "Impossible, absolutely impossible! That's a rare affix that would only appear on epic-grade accessories that are dozens of levels high."
Baldy added, "But what if this accessory also has the 'Unfettered' affix?"
Equipment with the Unfettered effect would have its level requirement lowered, allowing lower-level professionals to equip it.
Zhao Can stopped in his tracks.
"If such a thing really exists, it would be priceless..."
For a wealthy second-generation heir like Zhao Can to call it priceless meant it truly was priceless.
An unspoken understanding spread among the few of them.
Baldy volunteered, "How about I go and check it out?"
Zhao Can asked, "Together?"
"Young Master Can, doesn't Miss Hua dislike the mosquitoes in that swamp? You guys just wait here. I'll be back in a jiffy."
Baldy obviously had his own selfish motives.
Everyone could see it too.
However, they still let him go alone.
After all, it wasn't exactly an honorable deed. Going over in a large group might alert the target.
Baldy walked excitedly toward the swamp.
From a distance, he saw that the campfire on the shore was still lit. He rejoiced inwardly; Song Gua hadn't left.
Getting closer for a look, it was indeed that handsome bastard Song Gua.
"Student Song Gua, you haven't left yet."
Baldy took out a shield and a one-handed sword from his inventory, weighing them in his hands.
Undoubtedly, his class was of the Defense sequence, probably some kind of knight.
Song Gua glanced at Baldy and smiled. "I'm waiting for the monsters here to respawn."
"Did you really kill all the monsters in this area?"
"Of course."
"By yourself?"
"You're joking. I have a team."
Baldy suddenly understood. As expected, he had power levelers.
It made sense. How could a newbie solo level five monsters and kill them so fast that the respawn rate couldn't keep up?
"Where are your power levelers?"
"They went home. We work nine-to-five here, very humane. Interested?"
Hearing that Song Gua's power levelers had all left, Baldy's expression visibly relaxed a bit.
"Haha, maybe we can cooperate if there's a chance... I heard from Young Master Can that you leveled up to level five in just one afternoon. That's truly incredibly fast. Besides power levelers, do you perhaps have a little secret?"
"A little secret? Like what?"
"Equipment that can boost experience gain?"
"How could I have such a good thing."
"Stop hiding your personal information. Take everything out of your inventory and let me see!"
Baldy's tone suddenly changed, and his expression became slightly sinister.
Song Gua still maintained a calm and breezy demeanor.
"And what if I don't show you?"
"Then don't blame my sword and shield for being ruthless. I originally didn't want to bully a newbie, but you only have yourself to blame for refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"
Song Gua waved his hand and said in a normal volume, "This damn Baldy stopped acting. Brothers, come out and get him!"
Rustling sounds came from the surrounding tall grass and swamp.
Baldy thought to himself that this was bad. Could it be that his power levelers hadn't left, but were lying in ambush nearby?
How did he know I would come back?
He couldn't care less about that now.
Baldy directly activated a skill: Knight's Charge!
His movement speed skyrocketed. Holding up his large shield with the wind howling and leaving afterimages in his wake, he closed the distance to Song Gua in the blink of an eye.
His one-handed sword was placed against Song Gua's neck.
"Tell your people not to make any rash moves, or I'll finish you off with one strike! I'm level 16 with a full set of level 15 equipment. One-shotting you is easy!"
Song Gua looked at him with extreme contempt.
"Bro, I'm not Song Gua. You've got the wrong person."
"Bullshit! Your face is so handsome, I could never forget it!"
"Why don't you look at my level?"
"What?"
Baldy looked up and used the information viewing function, only to be shocked to see a huge Lv0 floating above this Song Gua's head!
Song Gua spread his hands. "I'm just a scroll maker, bro. Do you want to place an order?"
"You... what is going on? How is your level..."
Before Baldy could react, the weeds beneath his feet twitched.
"Mother's Entanglement!"
A large patch of thorns suddenly grew wildly, coiling up Baldy's legs and wrapping him up tightly like a rice dumpling.
Carefree voices rang out from all around.
"Yi Wan, stop shouting random skill names! Take this seriously, us brothers are trying to pull off a cross-level counter-kill right now!"
"Yi Wan! What kind of trash skill are you using? Isn't your class A-rank? Why can it only control him for half a second? What use is that?"
"No shit! I'm only Level 2. His resistance is way higher than my sealing strength, so of course the crowd control duration was drastically reduced."
"Next up in the CC chain, go! Stun-lock him to death!"
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
