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

Chapter 237 True veteran players all play with great flair!
"What's going on?"

"Can you really die from mining in this game? Wasn't this person already an advanced apprentice?"

"This guy is really unlucky. I told him long ago that the cave is not suitable for practicing the Railgun, but more suitable for practicing the Rock-Smashing Fist. It would be bad if the Railgun hit some flowers and plants. But he didn't listen, and now he's getting his comeuppance."

"He's the first person in the game to practice even a single railgun technique to the point of foaming at the mouth."

"But why do I feel a little flustered standing here?"

"It seems like winter is approaching in this game. The weather has been getting cooler lately, so it's normal for it to be a bit chilly inside the cave. Just practice your punches more and you'll warm up."

Players who rushed over because of the commotion looked curiously at the advanced apprentice lying in the rock wall space and couldn't help but discuss it among themselves.

Fang Zhen and the others who rushed over upon hearing the commotion also looked at the scene before them with astonishment.

Compared to the novice players whose five senses are not sharp and who are generally not even apprentices, Fang Zhen and others, who have already become martial artists, can clearly feel the terrifying energy emanating from the space inside the rock wall, as if they have opened something that should not have been opened.

"Could this brother have triggered a random event?" Ragnarok looked at the player who died inside the rock wall space and Lin Qi who was standing not far outside the rock wall, and couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Originally, I was assigned by Vice President Luo Wushang to guard the cave and protect other players mining, which I found a bit boring. Unexpectedly, I encountered a random event in the game, which is much better than doing the newbie protection mission in Death Valley.

As we all know, random events in games are hidden quests, and the rewards are much higher than those of regular quests.

Just like the group from the Dark Judgment, they discovered hidden quests while doing a newbie mining quest. Not only did they find a hidden dungeon, but they also got a free miniature energy vein. It was incredibly awesome.

If we're talking about who's the richest player in the game right now, it's definitely Dark Judgment. One person alone takes one-fifth of the profits, making a fortune overnight, while their entire team only gets one-fifth.

Thanks to the points and contributions he gained, as well as the large number of Type I and Type II energy potions in the dungeon, Dark Judgment became a martial artist in just a few days. It couldn't be more awesome.

On the other hand, he has only reached the level of a mid-level martial artist, and is still far from becoming a high-level martial artist. The reason why he cannot become a high-level martial artist is that he has too few Type II energy potions, and the martial arts school can only exchange for a limited number.

"Master, is there anything I can do to help you?" Fang Zhen stepped forward quickly and asked Lin Qi respectfully.

"Damn! Old Zhen, you're too fast!" Ragnarok looked at Fang Zhen, who licked without saying a word, and was full of contempt. However, he was already moving like the wind and appeared next to Fang Zhen in the blink of an eye. He said respectfully, "Master, I know this cave better than my own home. If there is anything that needs to be done, I will definitely be more efficient."

When the other players saw this, they all suddenly realized what was going on and wanted to learn from the two of them to compete for the quest.

However, whether they were new players or veteran players who had become apprentices, when they were about twenty meters away from Lin Qi, a strong sense of unease and mental shock caused the fastest players to fall to the ground and faint. This made the other players stop and dare not get any closer.

"Damn! Why are these random events level-restricted?!"

"As expected, veteran players have an advantage in this game. Looks like there's no chance for me."

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come to mine. I would have just focused on cultivation. I don't believe that I can't catch up with them even if I work 24 hours a day."

"Brother, don't you ever go to work?"

"Work? What kind of work? As soon as I got the qualifications for this game, I fired my boss immediately. Although the price of martial arts points in this game has dropped a lot, it is still maintained at one point to one credit. Selling some of the points in this game can earn me much more than working a regular job. You could say that mining in the game is much better than working a regular job."

Seeing that only martial arts level players could walk up to Lin Qi, the newcomers scattered and began their day of mining.

As the new players and those below the martial arts level dispersed, everyone present, including Fang Zhen and the others, watched with shining eyes.

Random events at the martial arts level!
They're going to be rich!

"Do you need any help?" Lin Qi looked at Fang Zhen and the others who had come to him, then at the arm inside the rock wall, and nodded. "Sure, in that case, you can go in and see what's inside, then come back and report to me."

He originally wanted to see the space inside the rock wall himself, but now it's even better with the players' help.

The withered arm gave him a great sense of danger. Although he didn't think an inanimate object could pose any threat to him, he certainly wouldn't hesitate to take the risk if a player was willing to do so.

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhen and the others were overjoyed, knowing that they had accepted this hidden mission. They then headed towards the space inside the rock wall to explore.

As Fang Zhen and the others got closer and closer to the space inside the rock wall, although they all felt increasingly terrified and their heads started to ache, they didn't care at all and still resolutely walked into the space inside the rock wall.

"Are you okay?"

Seeing that Fang Zhen and the others had all entered the space inside the rock wall and were all fine, Lin Qi realized that he had been overthinking things.

The spiritual fluctuations and blood energy emanating from the severed arm through the crack in the container were frightening, but not particularly strong. It was only capable of killing people below the level of a martial artist, and it might not even be able to deal with apprentices below the level of a martial artist who had learned the visualization method of stellar explosions and spiritual secret techniques.

Fang Zhen and the others, who had entered the space inside the rock wall, were able to see the entire space inside the rock wall clearly. The space inside the rock wall was only the size of three or four basketball courts, and it was filled with a lot of things, just like a large warehouse.

The most eye-catching item was the arm placed inside the space. Although the arm was somewhat similar to a human arm, it filled the transparent container that was more than three meters high, meaning that the arm was nearly three meters long, just like the arm of a giant.

"My God! These are the remains of a Lord-level monster!" Ragnarok stared wide-eyed at the enormous claws covered by plastic sheeting in the space.

Lord monster!
This is something they've always wanted. The Lord Monster is a treasure trove, but unfortunately, they haven't been able to kill a Lord Monster in the wilderness. They never expected that the warehouse would be filled with the remains of a Lord Monster.

“I feel like this is a biological testing ground.” Fang Zhen said, looking at the various instruments and monster flesh and blood in one corner of the space. “It seems that the White Feather Gang is playing quite a game. It seems like they are experimenting on monsters. I just saw the corpses of several Feather Clan members. Their bodies have all mutated. It is very likely that they fused with the genes of monsters, but the fusion failed.”

“Those should be background information to supplement the game.” Ragnarok thought to himself, completely unconcerned. “How could the fusion of monster genes be inferior to our own modification of body cell structure? The White Feather Gang’s technology is really outdated. No wonder it’s just a wild gang.”

Now that they have cultivated the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, their physical resilience has surpassed that of monsters of the same level. Rather than wasting time fusing with monster genes to strengthen their bodies, they would rather cultivate the Body Strengthening Secret Technique and increase their level.

Just as the two were talking, a scream suddenly echoed throughout the space, causing them to immediately turn to look in the direction from which the sound came.

For some unknown reason, the gunman from beyond the Great Wall died about ten meters away from the arm.

"You're going to die now?"

Fang Zhen and Twilight Gods were both shocked to see the mid-level martial artist, the border gunman, die suddenly.

What was supposed to be an easy reconnaissance mission turned into a silent death for the gunman from beyond the Great Wall.

"A mid-level martial artist can't even get within ten meters?" Lin Qi, watching this scene from outside the rock wall, was utterly shocked. It was just an inanimate object, yet the mere spiritual fluctuations emanating from that tiny crack were enough to kill a mid-level martial artist, and not just any ordinary mid-level martial artist.

As a player who entered this world a long time ago, the Frontier Gunner has already mastered both the Stellar Explosion Visualization Technique and the Mental Secret Technique. In terms of mental strength alone, he is probably stronger than those experts at the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm.

In other words, even a trace of spiritual energy emitted from an inanimate object can kill a beginner-level expert in the Bone Forging Realm.

He simply couldn't fathom how strong the owner of that arm must be.

Even Lin Qi suspected that city lord-level powerhouses would be nothing more than ants in front of such an existence.

Subsequently, Fang Zhen, Ragnarok, and the others dared not approach the severed arm any further, but instead carefully explored the surrounding area. Lin Qi patiently waited outside the rock wall for the players' investigation results, without any intention of stepping into the space inside the rock wall.

The death of the gunman from beyond the Great Wall made Lin Qi realize that there were far more things in this world that could kill him than he had imagined, and it was more suitable to let the players go on adventures.

The investigation was not completed until Fang Zhen and the others had been investigating for nearly two hours, when all the gunmen from beyond the Great Wall had revived and returned.

Just as Fang Zhen and the others were about to report all the detailed investigation results to Lin Qi, the resurrected Saiwai Gunman went berserk and rushed toward the severed arm without saying a word. Before Fang Zhen and Twilight Gods could react, the Saiwai Gunman screamed again and fell ten meters away from the severed arm.

"Old Zhen, what's he up to? Or has he forgotten to take his medicine lately?" Ragnarok looked at Fang Zhen with a puzzled expression as he watched the dead gunman from beyond the Great Wall.

The cost of 648 for resurrection after death is a small matter, but for players at their level, resurrection after death takes a lot of time, and even high-level martial artists need an hour to resurrect.

With that money and time, practicing the visualization technique of stellar explosions would be far better than needlessly courting death.

"This... I don't know either." Fang Zhen was also shocked by the action of the gunman from beyond the Great Wall who was deliberately courting death.

The gunmen from beyond the Great Wall usually cherish their lives. They will stay alive if they can, and even if they die, they will try to squeeze out every last bit of value from their lives.

But he never expected that the gunman from beyond the Great Wall would have such a taste, enjoying the mental stimulation of the severed arm. This was a hobby he had never known before.

"Should we wait for him to report on his mission?" Ragnarok asked.

"I'll log off and ask, please wait a moment." Fang Zhen sighed. As the team leader, he couldn't abandon his team members.

After saying that, Fang Zhen found a place and fell asleep.

After waiting for several minutes at Ragnarok, Fang Zhen also got up.

"How is it? What's going on?" Ragnarok asked Fang Zhen.

"This... wait a moment." Fang Zhen hesitated for a moment, then looked at the arm in the space inside the rock wall, took a step forward, and rushed over.

Ah!
Another scream echoed through the cave.

Is this disease contagious?

Ragnarok was stunned by what he saw.

Even Lin Qi, who was not far away, was full of surprise at this moment. He didn't understand what these players wanted to do. It was just a work report. Did they have to die for it?

After waiting for Ragnarok for a while, he gritted his teeth, found a corner to lie down and sleep, and went directly to make offline contact.

"Old Zhen! What's going on with you?" Ragnarok asked irritably from inside the game pod. "We're about to report our investigation results. Is it really necessary for you two to die like this? Do you even want to complete the mission?"

"I'm not sure about that either," Fang Zhen explained. "I just contacted the 'Saiwai Gunman,' who said that after his resurrection, his spirit improved significantly, and he was even able to cultivate mental techniques much faster. So I wanted to verify whether it was because of the mental stimulation he received from that severed arm. I'm not entirely convinced, so I'm just trying it out."

"By the way, don't turn in the mission yet. If we do, we might not be able to get close to that severed arm."

"Can dying from mental stimulation really enhance one's spirit and accelerate the cultivation of mental techniques?" Ragnarok felt that Fang Zhen was joking with him. There was no such thing as a free lunch. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Alright, I'll wait for you. Hurry up."

"Don't worry, we'll go there after we're resurrected," Fang Zhen nodded.

Then Ragnarok came back online, got up and looked at the severed arm inside the rock wall. Without saying a word, he rushed up and screamed once again throughout the cave.

After waiting for nearly two hours, Fang Zhen and his two companions returned to the cave once more, having sped all the way there.

After rushing into the cave, the three of them glanced at each other and, without any hesitation, charged towards the severed arm in the rock wall space once again. They even used their martial arts footwork as if they were afraid of being a step slower than the others.

However, the three of them collapsed to the ground the instant they got within ten meters of the severed arm, their deaths occurring with unusually swift and decisive action.

As Ragnarok and his companions died, the new players mining nearby were stunned by what they saw.

I've seen people eagerly fighting for monsters, but I've never seen anyone eager to die.

Lin Qi watched as the three men willingly offered themselves up for death once again, and he understood that they must have discovered some secret about the severed arm. He then walked to the rock wall and fully unleashed his suppressed mental domain.

"Can mentally confronting this severed arm enhance mental strength?" Lin Qi looked at the severed arm not far away with some surprise, never expecting that this severed arm could have such an effect.

Although he was quite far from the severed arm and the mental impact he felt was not strong, it did have a tempering effect on his spirit, even if the effect was negligible.

If his spirit, having undergone a qualitative change, has such an effect, one can imagine the effect it would have on the spirit of an ordinary martial artist.

A person's mental strength cannot be improved at will. Under normal circumstances, it can only be improved through visualization techniques, and the improvement is very, very slow. However, it is of great help to a martial artist. Therefore, even if the visualization technique improves very slowly, or even if one becomes a master of the Bone Forging Realm, one will still practice visualization techniques every day.

Just like his current spiritual transformation, which has even formed a spiritual domain, his various cultivation practices have improved much faster than before. In fact, his control over his body has reached the level of microscopic perception overnight, and he is not far from the middle stage of microscopic perception mentioned by the system. This is the effect brought about by the improvement of his spiritual strength.

If this arm can be used effectively, it would be an absolute treasure for any power, worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of energy crystals.

"This is... a heritage metal plate?"

Within a ten-meter radius, Lin Qi suddenly discovered a silver-black metal plate in a storage box in one corner of the space. It was very similar to the silver-white metal plate he had previously obtained from the deputy leader of the White Feather Gang, except for the color.

(End of this chapter)