Global Mining.

Chapter 259: Gnoll Tribe

The leveling field was much farther than expected. Dachun turned on the lights along the way but it did not attract monsters as expected. Instead, wherever he went, birds were scared away and the surrounding monsters ran away!
The Fengxingcuo team exclaimed: "We are so superficial!"

"That's right. Monsters only dare to bully those who carry torches and mining lamps. Chun Ge's lamp is hard to look directly at. It's like a god descending from heaven. The monsters will be scared away no matter how far away they are!"

Dachun breathed a sigh of relief, thinking what they said made sense. After all, the wheelchair user was a frail old man with little fighting power and certainly didn't want to attract monsters, so the light was incredibly bright to scare them away.

I also have to admire Chifenda. Why didn't he come and report this achievement when he did? But he only designed it, didn't he say he built it? Now that the Evil Spirit Island has drifted away, I wonder when I can finally meet him and ask him questions...

At this moment, Feng Xingcuo became excited: "Brother Chun, the girl group is all online to welcome Brother Chun!"

The team members cheered: "Great, Chun Ge can lead us to defeat the big boss!"

Damn, there's no way to hide!
Dachun's scalp was tingling, but now that it was difficult to get off the bike, he had no choice but to trust in the power of the divine pet: "Can you guarantee the safety of the girl group?"

Feng Xingcuo said excitedly, "Don't worry, Chun Ge. Although the overall strategy is complicated, when broken down into pieces, each person only needs to do a few simple things. Chun Ge just needs to use his magic pet to automatically heal the enemy, and then we'll arrange for two team members to push the cart and move around..."

Dachun confirmed: "So, I don't actually have to do anything?"

"Yes, Chun Ge works so hard, how can I trouble him..."

Dachun finally felt relieved: "I'd better take a look at Boss's information."

"Send the information about the Jackal to Chun Ge immediately!"

During the public beta, Dachun had learned the main monsters in the three villages near Dark Iron City: the northern fishing port was dominated by murlocs, the western fortress was dominated by ogres and goblins, and the southern canyon village was dominated by gnolls lurking in the canyon mines far south of the village. These monsters were essentially the same throughout the three directions. The murlocs in the northern fishing port were the most powerful, not only occupying the northern coast but also spreading throughout the northern coastal waters.

The characteristics of Fizz are that he is amphibious and extremely cunning. As long as his health is low, he will run into the sea and is proficient in water battles. Players cannot catch up with him, and secondly, he is difficult to fight even in the water, so he is not suitable for leveling.

Ogres and Goblins are a powerful combination. The Ogres are large, powerful, and strong, making them suitable for frontal attacks, while the Goblins are responsible for flanking and grouping. These two are very brave and won't flee, making them ideal for leveling. It all depends on whether the player can handle them.

The most significant characteristic of the Gnoll is that it hides during the day and comes out at night, spawning three to four times more monsters than during the day. Like Murloc, the Gnoll is also cunning, escaping into darkness when its health is low, making it difficult for ordinary players to target it. Furthermore, the terrain is complex and there are many mines, making it less difficult than the Murloc.

Moreover, all three races can mine and have shamans who can cast runes.

Dachun now knows rune magic, and he's a bit interested in this shaman skill. However, the big boss Feng Xingcuo gave him was just a melee with high attack speed, so he basically just stood there dealing damage and healing well, and that was it. As for the small boss mentioned earlier, it was just a low-profile version... Overall, it wasn't a big problem.

But the current Dachun realm is not comparable to the public beta, and it doesn’t seem strange anymore.

For example, none of these three villages have a church patron saint, primarily because they're close to the city, where the main city patron saint can quickly fly over. However, the southern village has secretly appointed an underground tree monster as its patron saint, thus ruling out the possibility of worshipping a jackal god.

The Western Fortress is actually a direct legion force of Black Iron City, and it is impossible for it to worship wild gods.

What about the Northern Fishing Port? Without a meteorite, there shouldn't be any monsters from another dimension there, so could it just be a murloc? With the Mermaid Siren as his backer, is it possible to take over the Northern Fishing Port Village from the source?

Thinking of this, Dachun asked, "Captain, what's the difference between the Northern Fishing Port Village and our village?"

Feng Xingcuo was stunned for a moment. "Besides fish, there's basically no other local specialties. They've been hurt by the Baga Chamber of Commerce selling fish for free. Now there are dozens of batches of curry going there, tens of thousands of people. I wonder if there are any hidden new discoveries."

Dachun was surprised and asked, "Why don't we have any undercover agents going to their group?"

Feng Xingcuo was helpless: "Curry speaks bird language, there is no way we can get in, and we don't bother to do such a thing."

Ok.

If there really weren't any special products, they wouldn't have built the village for a century, right? Even if the river's estuary had strategic value, they haven't developed it inland. So the most likely scenario is that there's a wild deity nearby! Once things are settled here, I'll ask the mermaid...

While I was lost in thought, a dozen players came up to me: "Hello, Chun Ge, hello, team leader!"

Dachun was surprised and asked, "Who are they?"

Feng Xingcuo explained, "The monster-pulling logistics team, who get paid real money, consists of 200 people, all mid-level runners. The Jackals are fewer and more scattered during the day, but if a few dozen people each pull a monster and gather together for Goddess Ning to kill, that's a huge wave of experience. Two groups pulling monsters in batches can ensure continuous experience. They don't form groups or share experience. At night, when there are more monsters, they mainly lure away the monsters that appear near the Blood Rose AFK spot, and then run back and forth to the village to buy mana potions for Goddess Ning..."

It really is! This is how big teams level up, just AFK and force-feed! If the Chinese region is so good at playing, what about those foreign regions with big gift packs?

Then, in front of them, there were bright mining lights and figures running. Dachun and his group came to a large abandoned open-air mining area surrounded by trees and bushes.

From a distance, I could see the Blood Rose Girls huddled at the entrance of a mine, greeting in unison: "Welcome, Chun Ge!"

I felt like I was back in the day when a group of female classmates were watching me solve problems on the podium...

Dachun also greeted them warmly: "Hello, everyone!"

"Brother Chun, your light is too bright! It's illuminating the entire screen and we can't see."

Dachun smiled: "Then I'll turn off the lights!"

"No! That's the only way to look stylish!"

Holy shit! You guys are really… giving in to who? Then don’t give in at all, show off your old-school style…

Then Dachun swept the light to the side and suddenly saw a pile of corpses near the entrance of their cave. Goddess Ning, dressed in silver armor, was waving the Holy Light Hammer among the pile of corpses.

I have to say, this is the answer to the early and mid-game versions of the game, the Paladin! It can fight, carry, heal, and even cast spells and attack in groups. Weapon proficiency, shield proficiency, cavalry proficiency, and archery proficiency have also taken away the warrior's job.

The only downside is that training them is expensive, and each Paladin can only focus on one area in the early stages. Therefore, professional players in Silver City start out with a "fighter, tank, mage, and healer" combination to sweep the primary monster area.

As for the ordinary warriors in Black Iron City, they have no healers at the beginning and can only rely on shield blocking and automatic blood recovery. Of course, although it is difficult to kill monsters, they are not weak in PK...

Just as the bright spring light shone upon the goddess Ning, the monster-hunting team members exclaimed, "The monster has run away!"

Dachun was stunned: "My fault, I should have turned off the lights earlier!"

Feng Xingcuo hurriedly said, "Brother Chun, stop! We are here to fight the Boss. The light can drive away the monsters and clear the area. The Boss can't be driven away by the light!"

Dachun understood: "That's true!"

Goddess Ning said, "Then Brother Chun, the first mini-boss is the Gnoll Butcher. This monster is too fast to lure it out, so we have to go find it."

Dachun said, "You guys make the arrangements!"

Feng Xingcuo immediately began to give orders: "Attention, all groups..."

After a while, the entire 200-member monster-luring group surrounded a dozen Blood Rose sisters in the core, and a dozen scouts were dispersed on the outermost edge to stand guard. Dachun was pushed to the position of the first-line cadres to lead the way, and then the entire group began to move.

At this point, the entire group was in complete silence, and no one spoke. However, the Xuewei chat group was abuzz with chatter.

"I never thought that a man in a hospital gown and in a wheelchair could be so handsome!"

"What are you thinking? That's just your preconceived notion. You know Chun Ge is the 11th best in the world, so of course he looks handsome no matter how you look at him. What if you try it with someone else?"

"Exactly. If I didn't know he was Chun Ge, I would have died laughing just seeing him coming to the village on crutches."

"I don't have any ideas. I just want to see what the world's 11th-ranked player is like and how different it is from the world's 12th-ranked player."

"Yeah, that guy can lure away all the siege monsters outside the city. I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of them. So scary!"

"Brother Long, Ah San hasn't been active these past two days. What bad things is he up to?"

Ma Yinglong finally found an opportunity to speak: "I heard there was a big commotion in Beigang Fishing Village. He might have gone there."

"How about, since Chun Ge is here, Long Ge mobilizes the Chinese players in Black Iron City to launch a general attack and take over Beigang Fishing Village as well?"

Ma Yinglong was indeed tempted: "Let's wait until our level is 5 levels higher. It's a bit hard to be cannon fodder now..."

"Huh? The little boss ran away too!"

"Isn't it?"

……

At this time, when Dachun and his team just saw the small boss who was as big as an adult, the small boss actually turned around and ran away, and there were hundreds of werewolf monsters following him.

Even though the entire group had obeyed the order, everyone still couldn't help but exclaim: "How is this possible? Even the Boss is afraid of light?"

Dachun was stunned: "Are these monsters the ones that just ran away and gathered around it?"

Feng Xingcuo was completely confused: "It seems so. This little boss usually doesn't have many monsters around him. Now even if we turn off the lights, it won't help. Otherwise, the boss and hundreds of monsters will come together as soon as the fight starts. It will be difficult for us to withstand it."

Goddess Ning was also at a loss for words: "So what should we do now? Go straight to the big boss behind?"

Feng Xingcuo was in a dilemma: "What if all these monsters that escaped gather around the big boss? I'm afraid we'll have to—"

That’s right! I can’t even produce enough milk!
Xuewei Qiqi laughed and said, "Don't bother with us, we are just idle idiots, life or death doesn't matter to us!"

The girls agreed: "That's right! Just think of it as Chun Ge taking us on a trip, and we're just playing with flowers!"

"When the team is about to be wiped out, just push Chun Ge away."

Dachun's scalp tingled after hearing this. They are just watching the fun and not mind making trouble. I really don't have the ability to lead you!

Feng Xingcuo asked, "What does Chun Ge mean?"

Honestly, given Dachun's usual cautious style, he definitely wouldn't take risks just for fun.

But now I can only bite the bullet and pass on the blame: "Alas, it's a pity that I'm in this state. Okay, let's have some fun."

Anyway, if something goes wrong, it's just because I'm not in good shape, so it's not embarrassing. If I can still get it done in this state, then I'm awesome, and I won't lose anything anyway.

The whole group cheered: "Let's go!"

So the team continued to dig deeper.

Dachun looked at the densely packed pits along the way illuminated by the lights, and suddenly thought of something while feeling shocked - the distribution of monsters in this game is actually very meaningful. Who dug this mine?
If it was dug by the southern village, it means that the village’s territory was taken over by the gnolls.

However, the human settlement in this game only dates back a hundred years. When the Southern Village was first developed by the first generation of village chief Malgobi, it was likely all inhabited by the native gnolls. Therefore, these mines were likely dug by the gnolls, meaning they have been operating for at least a hundred years. This suggests that the strength of this gnoll tribe is probably more than just the two bosses that players can see on the surface...

If this is the case, we can't simply treat this place as a monster spawning and leveling point, but should treat it as a village, a faction tribe similar to Tuyan Village!
At this moment, there was a sudden loud bang and blazing fire behind the team!

There was an uproar at the rear of the team: "The road behind us is blocked by burning oil trees!"

"Lots of big gnolls!"

What?
The next moment, a shrill wolf howl echoed through the canyon night sky, and the moon in the sky shone brightly! Countless wolf howls roared out from the pit!

——System prompt: Warning! Your team is under the influence of Jackal's Terror and cannot move! Your high spirit successfully resisted the control of Jackal's Terror!
——System prompt: Warning! Your team has entered an ambush by the Jackal Legion. You must respond with all your strength!

The whole group was in an uproar: "I can't move!!"

"Gnolls are everywhere!"

Dachun was stunned. What on earth was this triggering? Had he encountered a gnoll with military skills? Even though I was the only one who could move, my retreat was blocked by the team's wooden planks. Where could I possibly get away in a wheelchair?

At this moment, Ailian suddenly woke up: "What's going on?"

Dachun didn't have time to explain: "Turn on the radar first!"

Wherever the radar went, there were thousands of them! The largest red dots suddenly showed the Gnoll Chieftain, the Gnoll Shaman, the Gnoll Thousand Captains...

Holy shit, this is definitely a faction situation!

Ailian said, "They're all playing with the moon! Take out the magic mirror and shine it at them! I'll tell Lao Liu to channel his divine power into the mirror. Hold on, Bilianna will be flying over soon!"

No!

If so many players see me and expose me, I might as well just die and save myself the trouble!

Although he thought so, Dachun was unwilling to sit there and wait for death and become a laughing stock, wasting his three meals a day, so he immediately took out the magic mirror and pointed it at the moon!

The next moment, Dachun only felt his arm shake, and the magic mirror suddenly burst out with a sound like a huge wave, instantly suppressing the jackal's scream!

At the same time, wherever the magic mirror's light spot swept across, the surrounding jackals' attacks instantly stopped, and rows of "Reflected Jackals Trembled" appeared above their heads!
The whole group was in an uproar: "Brother Chun!! We don't understand!"

Dachun couldn't understand it either. He'd only heard that the magic mirror could reflect light and magic, but now it was even reflecting sound! Light is a wave, and waves are light. Wave-particle duality?

(End of this chapter)