Your secret game is absolutely poisonous!

Chapter 196 Arad

Adventurer code name: Lucky Grass.

This is a seventeen-year-old adventurer from Huangcao Town.

There are 60,000 to 70,000 active adventurers in Huangcao Town on a daily basis, most of whom are newbies around 20 years old. There are only one or two third-level adventurers, and it is not as popular as the Blackrock Town in the past.

And now Blackrock Town.

It is thriving because of the miracle collar.

The transformation from Blackrock Town to Blackrock City is just around the corner.

Huangcao Town also has a history of a hundred years.

Why is the population never increasing?

The competitiveness of an adventurer town depends on the number and quality of dungeons. The higher the quality of the dungeons, the more adventurers it can retain and attract!
How to evaluate the quality of dungeons?
Adventurers explore dungeons and secret realms, either to pursue cultivation or to seek rewards, so the core evaluation criteria for dungeon quality revolve around these two points.

One is the content of the secret realm, such as whether the monsters are abundant, whether the gameplay is fresh, and whether there are any innovations or gimmicks.

The second is the output of secret realms. If a dungeon has high-value or unique resource output, even if the content is mediocre and boring and cannot bring happiness and improvement, it can still attract a lot of people to challenge it.

The biggest problem with Wasteland Town is that most of its dungeons are mediocre and unremarkable.

Adventurers with a little pursuit or ambition, whether seeking personal growth or the joy of adventure, or to gain more material rewards to supplement their family income, will eventually leave Wasteland Town and go to a more promising town.

And so on.

It became a novice village.

It is naturally difficult for the population to grow.

Lucky Grass also yearns for a bigger world.

He plans to spend one to two years accumulating resources and funds.

Then, like several outstanding seniors, he left the small town to venture into the outside world.

The world is so big!
There are tens of millions of dungeons in this world!
As an adventurer, how can I be willing not to go and take a look?

It is difficult to grow into a great adventurer in a small town, and you can't experience the truly top-notch secret realms of masterpieces. Naturally, the sooner you get out, the better!

to this end!

Must work harder!
A new day of adventure begins.

Dungeon teleportation has been opened on time.

"Alas, I didn't get it again..."

Several of the town's relatively best, interesting, or high-yield dungeons are full.

Because other dungeons lack competitiveness, any dungeon with a little bit of shine is in great demand. This happens frequently, forcing him to turn his attention to other dungeons.

Open the dungeon list.

More than 500 underground cities appear before your eyes.

Lucky Grass finally chose Jinxi City.

This city has some fame in the town. After all, it was once popular for a while. Although Lord Pang Dahai is a junior lord, he has some talent in creating secret realms and managing territories.

But the good times didn't last long.

In recent months, the country has been seriously threatened by the dark species and is in imminent danger.

This kind of thing is common in dungeons, and it can even be said to be the fate of most dungeons. Adventurers are afraid of being implicated and naturally run away.

To retain adventurers.

Lord Pang increased the drop rate of loot.

It was during this period that Lucky Grass entered Jinxi City.

I've made a lot of money in Jinxi City in the past couple of months... Now I heard that the crisis in Jinxi City has been resolved and it has been annexed by a more powerful territory. I don't know if I can continue to make money.

The transmission was initiated.

Arrived in Jinxi City.

"what's going on?"

"So many people?"

Jinxi City currently receives about 500 adventurers.

At this moment, nearly a hundred adventurers have gathered at the entrance of the dungeon.

"Xiaocao, you're here too!"

An adventurer codenamed "Wind-Chasing Old Boy" came over.

This person is Lucky Grass's friend.

The two had fought together in Jinxi City many times.

Lucky Grass asked, "Has Jinxi City overcome its difficulties?"

The old boy chasing the wind nodded. "Although we've overcome the difficulties, I heard that the Fat Lord's territory was annexed and he's now been demoted from Lord to City Lord. Fortunately, the drop rate in the secret realm has increased instead of decreased, so his popularity has increased instead of decreased recently."

Lucky Grass: "No wonder nearly a hundred adventurers gathered here right after the city opened. This grand occasion is comparable to the peak period of Jinxi City."

You'd be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunity.

Moreover, although the Secret Realm of Jinxi City cannot be called a masterpiece, it is still quite good. At least it is very attractive among the adventurers in Huangcao Town.

Without further ado.

The dungeon is open.

Lucky Grass, Wind Chasing Old Boy and others came to the secret hall.

When the old boy chasing the wind activated the crystal and prepared to continue challenging the secret realm, the information presented before him stunned him.

"Where's the Dark Mine?!"

"Why is the darkness I wanted to brush gone?"

"What the hell is this thing called 'Arad Continent'?!"

"Fat Lord? Come out! Explain to us why you changed the secret realm without any warning!"

"..."

For an underground city.

It is a taboo to change or replace the secret realm without authorization.

This can easily damage the dungeon's reputation among adventurers.

Pang Dahai anticipated that the adventurers would have such a reaction, so he did not put on airs and immediately stood up to explain.

"Everyone, from today onwards, the Dark Mine will cease operation. This city will be operated by the masterpiece personally crafted by Lord Qi Ji, the Lord of Miracle City. This is not only a blessing for Jinxi City, but also a great opportunity for all of you present here."

The adventurers obviously didn't believe it.

"real or fake?"

"Is this secret realm more fun than the 'Dark Mine'?!"

"I do not believe!"

"Everyone, please disperse!"

"Although 'Dark Mine' isn't a masterpiece, it was at least polished by the Fat Lord for over a year, carefully managing it as a secret realm for the Territory Lord."

"Now that Jinxi City has become a secondary city, the secret realm has become a secondary secret realm. Nine out of ten of these secret realms are huge pitfalls and are not worth wasting time on."

"..."

Many adventurers were disappointed and wanted to leave.

Pang Dahai also didn't know what the new secret realm "Arad Continent" was about.

However, he had absolute confidence in Lord Qi Ji and Miracle City, and managing the secret realm of Jinxi City was his responsibility, so he immediately calmed the people and continued:
"You all don't know that Lord Qi Ji is not an ordinary lord, but a rare genius that appears only once in a thousand years. My little talent compared to him is like a dying candle trying to compete with the blazing sun!"

Pang Dahai said with a firm expression, "Miracle City is the greatest dungeon I've ever seen. Any work created in this secret realm has the potential to become a masterpiece that will live forever. What lies before you now could very well be an opportunity to change your destiny!"

Listen to him.

Some adventurers became interested.

But more adventurers looked skeptical and waited and watched.

Lucky Grass asked, "What do you think?"

Chasing the Wind Old Boy: "I've never been to Miracle City, so I don't know what the secret realm of Miracle City is like. But I have seen the troops of Miracle City, and they have some strange mecha vehicles with unusual designs."

Lucky Grass made a quick decision: "If that's the case, then let's give it a try. The worst that can happen is that we'll just lose some energy."

Chasing Wind Old Boy: "Agreed!"

The two of them were the first to activate the crystal.

Lucky Xiaocao entered the secret realm of "Arad Continent". The first thing that appeared in front of him was the character creation column, and four initial character identity templates were presented in front of him for selection.

The adventurers watching outside all had their eyes lit up when they saw this.

"There are several character identities to choose from? This secret realm has quite a lot of materials. At least for a secondary secret realm, it's quite conscientious!"

"not only that!"

"Please read the character introduction carefully."

“Each character can develop in different directions in the future.”

"For example, this Ghost Swordsman can transform into Sword Soul, Devil May Cry, Berserker, and Ashura!"

"Four new identities again?"

"Each character has four possible evolutionary directions. Doesn't that mean there are at least sixteen different forms or identities?"

"The amount of materials here can't be described as ample. This is truly a rare secret realm with a lot of materials. Just based on these characters that can grow, I feel that this secret realm is at least playable!"

"..."

After understanding the basic settings.

Lucky Grass created the first character.

Why choose this identity? The adventurer from Huangcao Town had never been to Miracle City before, so when he saw the sharpshooter combat demonstration on the character creation interface, his eyes lit up.

Although we haven't officially experienced the secret realm yet, the addictive character settings, creativity, and richness alone make us realize that this is most likely not a crudely made secret realm.

【You have selected a character.】

[Do you want to land on Arad immediately? Yes/No!]

"Log in!"

Lucky Grass as a sharpshooter.

Landed in the world of Arad for the first time.

The first thing presented is a plot performance with the characteristics of Miracle City.

The four identities of the Arad Secret Realm, as well as other identities and characters that will appear in the future, each have their own background and story.

What the adventurers saw at this moment.

That’s naturally the sharpshooter’s background story.

The background story of the sharpshooter takes place in a very special place.

This is not the continent of Arad, but a base of the celestial terrorist organization Kallet. It is located in a desolate and vast lawless area with yellow sand all over the sky.

A tall man with white hair and a dark red windbreaker killed the commander of the base with his elusive stealth skills and amazing marksmanship.

"Commander Mozer has been assassinated! Everyone, alert! Alert!"

A Kalet guard raised the alarm.

The entire base was in an uproar.

Countless Kallet gunmen were dispatched to search for the assassin. The sharpshooter was well prepared and detonated the arsenal with explosives placed in advance, and then he broke out of the encirclement with his unerring and almost gorgeous marksmanship.

A dazzling burst of gunfire and explosions.

During this process, the sharpshooter demonstrated various gun skills and combat techniques, which amazed all the adventurers present. They had never expected that archery, physical skills and various explosive traps could be combined so cleverly.

But finally.

The sharpshooter was eventually forced to the edge of the cliff.

When Kallet organized his soldiers to try to capture him alive, he thought that if he was caught, he would die anyway, so he might as well take a chance and jumped off a cliff hundreds of meters high.
thump!
The sharpshooter quickly sank into the sea.

Ten meters, one hundred meters, two hundred meters...

"Strange, we've already gone deep enough, but why haven't we hit the bottom yet... What a rotten day!"

The sharpshooter's consciousness became blurred and his body was stretched to its limit, but just when he was in a trance, he suddenly found a glowing surface of water appearing before his eyes.

No time to think too much.

Rush out of the water quickly.

Something happened that surprised the sharpshooters and adventurers.

When they emerged from the water, what they saw before their eyes was not the sky, but a vast and fertile land. Five huge subtitles appeared in their field of vision - [Arad Continent]!
The adventurers all widened their eyes when they saw this.

"Arad Continent?"

"This is the continent of Arad!"

"Holy crap, this is no way, it really is a continent!"

"How is this possible? How could a secondary secret realm possibly create a complete continent?"

"..."

All the adventurers present were dumbfounded!
Although the name of this secret realm is Arad Continent.

But who could have thought that the lord would actually create a continent!
At this moment, not only the inexperienced adventurers of Wild Grass Town, but even Pang Dahai, upon seeing this, had his pupils suddenly shrink, his face filled with disbelief and ecstatic joy. Powerful!
too strong!
Although I knew that none of the secret realms created by Lord Qi were simple, I didn't expect it to be so exaggerated that he could create an entire continent with a second-level secret realm core and a budget of 5000 mental power.

This not only requires secret realm materials that have been optimized to the extreme.

It also requires very strong design ingenuity and creativity.

Everyone was shocked and looked more carefully at the continent in front of them. It was undoubtedly a vast and fertile land. The area in front of the sharpshooter was exactly where the Principality of Huttonmar was located.

From the densely forested Elwynn Line, to the bustling urban area of ​​Hutton Marr, the vibrant west coast, and even the eternal snow-capped mountains in the north, all are presented clearly and in full detail.

This is not the entire picture of the continent of Arad.

The farther away, the less clear it is due to the angle and cloud cover.

However, there is no doubt that this continent is quite large, and there must be many areas worth exploring, which is enough to arouse the curiosity and passion for adventure of any adventurer!
Soon after.

The sharpshooter landed using an airborne device.

The place where he landed was in the eastern part of the Alvin Line, in a forest called Loran. This was also where the game officially began, and Lucky Grass officially took over this body.

Various muscle memories.

Various information emerged rapidly.

Lucky Grass touched his body and found that the sharpshooter had lost all his equipment during the escape, and only found a spare, worn-out pistol.

"awesome!"

"It's incredible!"

“I’ve never experienced such a secret place!”

"Also, this body is not weak either. Its overall quality should be around level two, four stars!"

"However, this secret world has a unique level system, and level is also one of the important criteria for determining strength!"

"If your level is too far behind the monster or map level, you will be suppressed, and the power you can exert may be even worse than that of a level one, three, or five-star monster."

"And the same goes for the other way around."

"If the level is very high, far beyond the map and monsters, it will also cause suppression."

"In addition, your level is also related to the equipment you can use and the skills you can master. The higher your level, the more skills you can learn and the better the equipment you can wear, and your strength will further grow."

"..."

Lucky Grass, Wind-Chasing Old Boy and several other adventurers who entered the continent of Arad immediately learned about the many unique designs and mechanisms of this world, which could not be produced in other secret realms.

Through these mechanisms.

The adventurers learned.

This secret place is different from others.

There is no real concept of completing this secret realm. It consumes a fixed amount of energy according to the duration, and you can never reach the final outcome. All secret realm achievements and secret realm gains will not disappear and can be accumulated.

Lucky Grass didn't wait to think about it.

Encountered a goblin attack.

Bang, bang, bang! -
4!
-
5!
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8 (Critical Hit)!

……

Lucky Grass shot and hit the goblin.

Each shot deals damage and knockback.

However, after the goblin was shot, a stream of red energy surged out from the wound, automatically repairing the wound at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, the red life bar above the goblin's head was rapidly shrinking.

The red bar has bottomed out.

The injury cannot be repaired.

He was blown to pieces while screaming.

Green blood and minced meat were scattered all over the ground!
"Cool!"

Lucky Grass used a pistol with unlimited bullets and relied on his agility to create distance and emptied the health bars of more than a dozen goblins and blew them up on the spot.

"Hahaha!"

“It’s fun!”

"This weapon is fun!"

“The mechanics are interesting too!”

Lucky Grass was having a great time killing.

A unique goblin appeared.

This goblin carries a large basket filled with black stones, and his name is purple, which is completely different from other goblins.

[Boss: Goblin Thrower], Level 2, HP 120/120.

"Be careful, little grass!"

"This goblin is probably not simple!"

After the Goblin Thrower discovered the Lucky Grass, he immediately launched a throwing attack. A black stone came at him quickly and hit the Lucky Grass's chest in an instant.
-
4!

Lucky Grass was injured.

But the wound healed quickly.

He could feel his health bar dropping a lot.

"I see. As long as your health bar isn't depleted, no matter how badly you're injured, it won't affect your movements. What a convenient and interesting setting!"

Lucky Grass then started a duel with the Goblin Thrower.

This Goblin Thrower is of average strength, probably only about three or four stars at the first level. However, due to the higher level of the secret realm, its attack and defense capabilities have been significantly increased, enough to pose some threat.

of course.

This is a threat.

It's nothing.

"Look at my floating bomb!"

Lucky Grass fired a shot, knocking the throwing goblin away, and then fired several consecutive shots in the air, emptying the latter's remaining health bar on the spot. Without the protection of life energy, the bullets mercilessly penetrated its body and blew it into pieces on the spot.

【You have cleared Loran! 】

"Won!"

"The secret realm is indeed interesting."

"But aren't there too few monsters?"

"No, you see, the secret realm challenge isn't over yet. There's no such thing as a complete level in this secret realm unless you actively end the challenge or reach the time limit for a single challenge!"

"I see!"

"..."

Lucky grass flips.

Obtained a level 1 broken ring.

This ring can increase 1 point of defense.

at the same time.

【Your level has been upgraded! 】

Lucky Grass directly upgraded to level 2.

So after every battle, you can definitely get the spoils in the secret realm?
and.

Killing monsters gives you experience.

There are also experience points for clearing levels.

These experience points can be used to increase the level of the secret realm.

This timely and rapid positive reward mechanism, where spoils can be permanently preserved, become virtual assets, and can be freely bought and sold, is undoubtedly something that most secret realms do not have!

Adventurers realize!
Once the "Continent of Arad" becomes popular in the future.

The equipment and props in these secret realms may be very valuable.

End the battle.

Exit the instance.

Lucky Grass came to a village.

This village is the original Alvin Line.

Although this place is small in size, it is full of life and details.

The Alwyn Line is surrounded by a rough stone wall with a drawbridge and a moat. A lift bridge is installed at the entrance, connecting the outside world with the interior of the line. Burning torches and torn flags are inserted on the wall, suggesting that it is in a state of constant combat readiness. The towering watchtower is equipped with an archer platform.

As for the interior, it is in the medieval style of the Earth. The most distinctive building is the tree house, which is a natural house transformed from the middle of a large tree. It is equipped with simple wooden ladders, windows and other facilities, full of fantasy colors.

Although it is a small village on the edge, due to its key geographical location, it has formed a market with a commercial atmosphere. There are various shops and stalls on both sides of the street, such as hotels, blacksmith shops, pharmacy groceries, jar shops, etc.

People come and go.

It looks very lively.

The adventurers were surprised when faced with all this.

They just felt that they had come to a real world.

As an adventurer, Lucky Grass has his own system interface. When the system interface is summoned, there is a very eye-catching chat channel, which is divided into "surrounding channel", "regional channel" and "world channel".

Turn on the ambient channels.

Various information emerged.

Black Stone Hammer King: "Not bad! Not bad! This secret realm has something special!"

Wang Chuan San Ren: "I chose the Sharpshooter. I saw the whole picture of Arad. This world is much bigger than I imagined. It is definitely a very playable new world worth exploring!"

Mingyue Zhaoxue: "It seems the gameplay in this secret realm is completely different from the others. This is a true adventurer's world. And just as the announcement said, there are both guns and magic. It's really interesting!"

Feng Zhongmian: "I think the most interesting setting of the Arad continent is the 'copy battlefields'!"

Baihe Jushi: "Hahaha, I find it very interesting too. The setting of this 'copy' is like a secret place within a secret place. Even if millions or tens of millions of people challenge the same place at the same time, it won't be crowded."

"One person, one world? How is this possible?!"

"That's amazing! It allows us to socialize and interact while minimizing interference with the world, thus increasing our immersion in the adventure!"

"it is good!"

"As expected of old thief Qi!"

“Perform at a high level as always!”

"..."

Cranky Chicken: "Brother Hammer, Old Pig, and Er Gouzi, where are you? Why can't I find you?"

Blackrock Hammer King: "I'm at the Elwynn Line blacksmith Linus's place, everyone come over here!"

Lone Wolf: "I arrived and didn't see anyone."

Pig King: "The spaces each of us is in are independent of each other. We only appear at the same time in certain areas. We can usually intersect by forming teams."

"It seems to be true!"

"Fuck, this is amazing!"

"This is definitely a brand new secret realm design that I've never seen before. I don't know how that old thief Qi did it!"

"That's great! I can adventure and fight with my brothers and sisters, and share and trade the equipment and spoils I've won. I feel like this secret realm has a lot of potential and is incredibly exciting!
"..."

All the adventurers realized it.

This secret realm probably has infinite potential.

Everyone was full of energy and took action immediately.

Lucky Grass was no exception. He soon received a task from the blacksmith Linus and went to the dark forest of Gran Forest to rescue a beautiful girl named Celia from the monster.

Next.

Around Celia's guidance.

The adventurers began a series of investigations into the Gran Forest.

This Gran Forest is a large area with many dungeon battlefields to explore.

For example, there are many areas such as "Mirkwood", "Thundering Ruins", "Toxic Thundering Ruins", "Frost Mirkwood", "Glakka", "Fire Grakka" and so on.

There are battles in every area.

Each area has a main storyline.

Each area has repeatable challenges.

Each area is comparable to a well-made secret level.

Adventurers are all shocked by such a production. Just the Green Forest has such rich level content. How many "secret"-like dungeon battlefields can be challenged in the entire Arad continent?
However, if this Gran Forest is split up and placed in other dungeons, its rich content is enough to become the core main secret realm!

There are thousands of secret levels.

Aggregated into a secondary secret realm.

Who has ever seen such a conscientious dungeon and such a conscientious secret realm?
Anyway, the adventurers were deeply shocked and couldn't believe that there was such a conscientious lord in the world!

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(End of this chapter)