The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 205 The Correct Strategy for High-Level Wilderness Dungeons (Combined Chapter)
Death Valley.

Large numbers of Asian demons dressed in Wanxing City miner uniforms disembarked from the large transport vehicles, and in less than a minute, more than two thousand people gathered in front of the valley.

Most of the two thousand-plus sub-demons were at the apprentice level. Under the command of more than two hundred members of the Wanxing City garrison, they orderly took their tools and began to enter the mountains.

"Lord Lucius, the life detectors have detected someone on this mountain."

A sub-demon captain, clad in B6-level armor, nearly four meters tall, with four arms and four eyes, respectfully reported to a sub-demon man who was only two meters tall and had crimson skin.

The demon man, whose entire body was crimson red, looked up directly at Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang on the mountain. Although there was a distance of nearly a kilometer between them, Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang, who were hidden in the forest, seemed to be standing right in front of the demon man, with nowhere to hide.

"This demon is so strong!" Xiao Yuan stared frantically at Lucis, who was looking directly down the mountain. Just one glance was enough to send a death warning through her brain.

"Judging from this feeling, this sub-demon is probably at the Bone Forging Realm." Fang Zhen looked at Lucis and felt a great sense of pressure. Even though they only exchanged a glance, it felt like being stared at by a monster right next to him.

Before Xiao Yuan and Fang Zhen could recover from the oppressive feeling, Lucius, who was down the mountain, casually picked up a long spear made of blue bones from his back and threw it up the mountain.

boom!
The sound of the bone spear piercing the air echoed outwards, and at the same time, Xiao Yuan and Fang Zhen saw a streak of green light shooting over from less than a hundred meters away.

"Can they launch an attack from this far away?"

Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan were also terrified as they watched the approaching blue bone spear.

At a distance of nearly one kilometer, even with a B2-class composite heavy bow, they couldn't shoot that far or that fast, let alone throw a long spear weighing at least a hundred kilograms.

Faced with this supersonic, precise throw, Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan reacted quickly, grabbing their B2-grade alloy shovels and joining forces to blast the blue bone spear.

Reverse Star Hand, First Stage: Star Rotation!
Cloud and Mist Hand, First Level: Thousand Transformations!
With Fang Zhen's original strength plus the buff, his strength reached 2000 kilograms. The Reverse Star Hand, which quadrupled his strength, directly made the force of the alloy shovel he swung reach ten tons. Xiao Yuan's crazy attack, although it did not reach ten tons, still had more than eight tons. The two of them joined forces and, although they lost a considerable amount of strength, their combined force was still about fourteen tons.

boom!
The moment the bone spear and the alloy shovels made contact, both alloy shovels were pierced through. The powerful force was like a mountain, pressing directly down on Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Kuang. The force of about fourteen tons seemed to be useless under this attack. The bone spear passed through the middle of Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Kuang without any hindrance.

Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan went crazy. The moment the bone gun pierced through them, they felt as if they had been hit by a truck. They were sent flying more than a hundred meters away, crashing into one tree after another, and were immediately disconnected from the game.

As for the blue bone spear, when it struck the rocks, it directly created a crater with a radius of over thirty meters.

"Lord Lucis, the investigation of those two has been completed. They should be martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts School in the City of Light," the garrison captain reported as he ran over, carrying a cyan bone spear.

"The Obsidian Martial Arts School that's planning to build a town on Red Moon Mountain?" Lucius, sitting in the transport vehicle, took the bone spear and asked.

"It should be them." The garrison commander nodded.

"Looks like I've actually helped Igor and his group a bit," Lucius said nonchalantly. "Alright, you guys keep working. This mithril mine needs to be mined as soon as possible. Right now, other cities are consuming a lot of B4-level and above armor to deal with those monsters, and the price of B4-level and above armor has increased significantly in major cities. We, Wanxing City, can't let this opportunity slip by."

"Lord Lucis, two martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy died here. They will definitely send people to search for them afterward. If the master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy comes, how should we respond?" the captain of the garrison asked cautiously.

Although Lucius had only recently joined the Wanxing City Garrison, he was one of the top ten graduates from the Genius Training Camp this year and was very likely to compete for the position of Garrison Commander in the future. He usually acted with impunity in Wanxing City, but as his subordinates, they had to consider many things.

Martial artists are important to any force, especially a force like the Obsidian Martial Arts School that has only recently entered the city's upper echelons. The death of two of them will definitely bring trouble to the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

If it were just the Refining Viscera Realm martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, it would be fine. But if the academy master, who is at the Bone Forging Realm, were to come in person, these captains who are just high-level martial artists would be in serious trouble.

“That newly promoted Bone Forging Realm cultivator from the City of Light?” Lucius couldn’t help but laugh. “He still dares to come looking for me? Igor is already being kind by not causing him any trouble. Does he think he can just build a town whenever he wants? Does he think he’s the city lord? If he really comes, I’ll give him an answer myself.”

"Yes." The garrison captain bowed and left.

With Lucius's words, his subordinates felt reassured.

Meanwhile, on the other side, on Earth.

"Is this the power of the Bone Forging Realm?"

Fang Zhen, who woke up in the virtual pod, was still deeply shocked.

A casual shot thrown from nearly a kilometer away was enough to kill both of them. Such strength was simply on a completely different level from that of martial artists at the Internal Organ Refinement Realm.

Moreover, that shot was less a thrown spear and more a missile.

Especially when that force pressed down, it was truly overwhelming, impossible to avoid or block, giving Fang Zhen the feeling of opening up a new world.

Just as Fang Zhen was savoring the memory of that shot, the virtual pod's communication request rang. The person contacting him was none other than Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang.

"Team Leader, are you still going to that Death Mine later?" Xiao Yuan asked frantically.

"Go! Why wouldn't we go! That's a B3-level primordial mithril mine. If we take it, even if we cultivate to the Bone Forging Realm, it'll be a piece of cake. How could we possibly give it to those NPCs in Wanxing City?" Fang Zhen said without hesitation.

After becoming martial artists, they realized that the high-level martial arts advancement required a lot of effort to level up.

That's a game that requires both grinding and spending money!
The second level of the training method improves proficiency at an incredibly slow pace, and the improvement becomes even slower as you progress. To this day, he often can't even improve his proficiency by 3% in a day, which is the result of him practicing for more than ten hours every day.

Although he could still dedicate more time to improving his proficiency in the second level of the training method, he couldn't neglect the accompanying martial arts skills either. He had to raise them to a proficient level as soon as possible, otherwise he wouldn't be able to engage in prolonged battles at the same level.

The training methods and martial arts techniques are one thing, but what's even more terrifying is the expense involved.

After becoming a martial artist, improving the proficiency of training methods is not like when you are below the level of a martial artist, where you can simply absorb energy from the air and circulate it throughout your body. Those methods require energy minerals.

The problem of energy ore is easy to solve; the points earned can be directly exchanged. Even if one becomes a martial artist, the energy ore consumption for each cultivation session is several times higher than when a quasi-martial artist attempts to become a martial artist, but the points earned by martial artists from hunting wild monsters are sufficient.

However, after experiencing the cultivation enhancement effects brought by the Type II energy potion, it would be difficult for him or anyone else to use energy ore for cultivation enhancement.

If you use energy ore to cultivate for a whole day, you can only increase your proficiency by a maximum of 6%. But if you use type 2 energy potions, you can use two bottles a day and it won't even take a whole day. You can increase your proficiency by at least 15%, and you won't die easily. This increase in cultivation efficiency is not just a little bit.

In addition, there is the Type II healing potion that everyone previously overlooked; it is practically a miracle drug for practicing and improving martial arts skills.

After they become martial artists, the resurrection time after each death ranges from forty minutes to an hour. If they die once, the cost of 648 is a small matter, but the wasted time is a big deal.

If you die a few times a day, several hours will pass. If you used that much time to train and improve, your improvement speed would definitely be much faster.

The martial arts training that accompanies the job change has an exceptionally high rate of injury. Even if you learn a body-strengthening technique, it takes a long time to recover from such injuries. It would be easier to die and be resurrected than to spend that much time doing so.

However, if you use type II treatment agents for training, and train carefully during the drug's effects, you can almost continue training indefinitely.

For this reason, his current cultivation and improvement are inseparable from Type II energy potions and Type II healing potions. Although these two items can now be exchanged directly at the martial arts hall, there are not only quantity limits, but also a large number of points and martial artist contribution points required for such exchanges.

That's right!

Both Type II Energy Potions and Type II Healing Potions consume Martial Arts School Contribution Points, with each bottle costing 2,000 Contribution Points. If a player's Contribution Points are reduced to less than 10,000, they will drop from Elite Disciple to Inner Disciple.

Inner disciples can only exchange for fifteen bottles a month, while elite disciples are better off, able to exchange for thirty bottles a month. As for the points spent, that's a minor issue; one bottle costs only 300,000 points, which can be easily earned by killing a mid-level monster.

Because exchanging for Type II potions requires martial arts school contribution points and a large number of points, without a large amount of contribution points and points as a safety net, it would be difficult for these martial artists to cultivate quickly.

The martial arts school not only rewards points and contributions for acquiring A6-level ancient bronze ore, but also for acquiring all A6-level and above primordial ores.

For every ten kilograms of B1-grade primordial ore purchased, the martial arts school will be rewarded with one thousand points and twenty contribution points.

For every ten kilograms of B2-grade primordial ore purchased, the martial arts school will be rewarded with two thousand points and thirty contribution points.

Upon reaching B3 grade primary ore, there will be a significant improvement.

The martial arts school will be rewarded with 10,000 points and 100 contribution points for every 10 kilograms purchased.

For every ten kilograms of B4 grade primordial ore purchased, the martial arts school will be rewarded with 20,000 points and 200 contribution points.

As for the B5 grade primary ore, there was a significant upgrade.

For every ten kilograms of B5 grade primordial ore purchased, the martial arts school will be rewarded with 100,000 points and 1,000 contribution points.

For every ten kilograms of B6 grade primordial ore purchased, the martial arts school will be rewarded with 200,000 points and 2,000 contribution points.

The mithril mine is currently a B3 grade primordial ore. A single mine vein contains hundreds of tons of mithril ore. Such a large fortune is enough to support a team of core disciples to cultivate to the Bone Forging Realm, let alone a single person. So how could he possibly give it up?

With Fang Zhen's affirmative reply, Xiao Yuan also went crazy and made another appointment with Fang Zhen to go to Death Valley together.

Death Valley, which is more than 60 kilometers away from Red Moon Mountain, is actually more than 60 kilometers away as the crow flies. Even people with strength and speed close to that of a mid-level martial artist, like Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang, would take three hours to run there, having to avoid the mid-level monsters along the way.

Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan went crazy and came to a place not far from Death Valley again, only to find that the entire Death Valley had changed quite a bit.

Every road leading up the mountain was guarded by sentry posts. Squads of Wanxing City garrison members, wearing armor of B4 level or higher, patrolled the sentry posts. Anyone within two kilometers of Death Valley was easily spotted.

"No way! This is turning into a high-level wilderness dungeon?" Fang Zhen stared in astonishment at the watchtowers and large patrol teams in Death Valley.

This place is clearly not a place that players can approach at will. In addition, the patrolling squads are all fully armed warriors of intermediate level or above, making it a very high-level dungeon.

"It's not normal for it to become a dungeon. This is a mithril mine. Have you ever seen a game where there are only treasures and no dangers or powerful monsters guarding it?" Xiao Yuan said madly. "I guess it's because the two of us triggered the game mechanics that the game system quickly created a high-level dungeon to prevent us from getting this mithril mine."

"What do we do now? This dungeon is exceptionally difficult. With so many fully armed mid-level or higher martial artists and B4-level heavy archers, we'd probably be done for if we got too close." Fang Zhen glanced at the B4-level heavy archers set up on the watchtower and started to feel a headache coming on.

If a B4-level heavy bow were used by a martial artist of intermediate or higher rank, its attack range would be at least one kilometer. Moreover, martial artist-level NPCs generally have very high combat skills, and their archery accuracy is professional-level.

A single volley from twenty B4-class heavy bows from a single surveillance post could kill both of them; it was practically impossible to even get close.

“We can’t get close.” Xiao Yuan also observed carefully for a while and smiled slightly. “But fortunately, this game is realistic enough, and the dungeons don’t have regional barriers.”

"You mean to lure monsters?" Fang Zhen immediately understood Xiao Yuan's crazy idea. "Will this work?"

This game is so realistic that it often leaves him speechless. Whether fighting against other people or monsters, not only are the character models different, but the fighting styles are also different. Fighting against each person and each monster is no different from fighting against new people and new monsters.

He had no idea how much computing power the game developer had invested in this aspect; it was so realistic it was practically insane.

However, this also made them realize that all people and monsters in the game are independent AIs, each with its own operating logic.

Monsters are everywhere in the wild now, and monsters and humans are hostile to each other. Without area barriers, they can easily lure the monsters there and make them fight with the NPCs.

However, there is a small problem with doing this: whether the monsters' aggro can be sustained until they attract enough monsters.

If it's just a matter of attracting a dozen or so mid-level monsters to attack Death Valley, those monsters wouldn't even be enough to satisfy the NPCs of Wanxing City.

But if the other monsters stop chasing them halfway before they gather more monsters, then their method of using monsters to deal with the NPCs of Wanxing City will be useless.

“It should work,” Xiao Yuan explained frantically. “I experimented with those monsters when I was exploring in the wild before. Unless I run far out of their tracking range, they can chase me for dozens of kilometers.”

"You've done experiments like this before?" Fang Zhen looked at Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang in surprise, not understanding what Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang usually thought about.

Even a normal person who enters the "Advanced Martial Arts" realm and grinds for 24 hours a day still feels like there's not enough time.

If you encounter a monster in the wild, fight if you can, run if you can't. If a monster chases you for dozens of kilometers, you're just wasting your time and your life.

Xiaoyuan also said wildly and without a care, "I just want to test where the monsters in this game have their physical limits, and whether they will really be too tired to move. If a monster can't move, even a newbie who has mastered the Lightning Palm should be able to kill it easily."

"What was the result?" Fang Zhen asked curiously.

"My tests revealed that the monsters in these games really do get just as tired as we do," Xiaoyuan exclaimed. "These games are so realistic! I was almost exhausted. Luckily, I learned a body-strengthening technique, which makes my stamina recovery faster than the monsters'. In the end, I finally exhausted that mid-level monster to the point where it couldn't move. Even when I kicked it, it didn't fight back. I originally wanted to do some other experiments, but I attracted too many monsters along the way and was killed by other monsters before I could finish them off. That monster also became food for the other monsters."

Fang Zhen was greatly shocked, never expecting that wild monsters could be tormented to death in such a way.

"I'm not saying anything more, I'm going to lure the monsters, you stay here and see the final result." Xiao Yuan said frantically, then turned and left to attract other monsters.

Fang Zhen, watching from afar as Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Feng attracted monsters, realized that Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Feng was indeed very skilled at attracting monsters. She could accurately know the perception range of those mid-level monsters, and as soon as they entered the range, she would immediately run towards other places where there were monsters, causing the mid-level monsters that sensed her to catch up immediately. However, she could not know Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Feng's exact location.

Every time these mid-level monsters were about to give up, Xiao Yuan would frantically create some noise to make them chase after her.

The speed of the mid-level monster was much faster than Xiaoyuan Ye Kuang Feng without using the Cloud Mist Step, but because it did not know Xiaoyuan Ye Kuang Feng's exact location, its pursuit speed was very slow, and it always maintained a considerable distance from Xiaoyuan Ye Kuang Feng.

In less than half an hour, Xiao Yuan attracted hundreds of mid-level monsters from the surrounding area, and even one high-level monster.

"That's the limit I can attract right now."

Xiao Yuan glanced frantically at the movement running in the woods behind her. The distance was getting closer and closer, and she couldn't shake it off. She realized that she was being watched and it was only a matter of time before she was caught. She then ran wildly toward a surveillance post in Death Valley.

(End of this chapter)