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Chapter 445 Does he like to do fancy tricks?
The ghoul player was slightly taken aback, then couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Haha, bro, how did you come up with this name?!"

The skeleton player retorted irritably, "Same to you, Matcha Cat Bro!"

The ghoul player didn't seem to mind at all, and still smiled as he said, "At least I can call myself Matcha with this name, what about you?"

"Greedy Brother or Pig Brother?"

"..."

The skeleton player was a little annoyed. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll stick with Gluttony Bro... Sigh, if I had known that 'Underworld Online' was really as realistic as the official website said, I would have changed to a more normal name!"

Players do not have floating names above their heads; they must introduce themselves to get to know each other.

In this way, the name that was originally meant to be read aloud by others has become a source of embarrassment for oneself.

"Sigh, whatever. I just hope the game will release a name change card in the future, or give veteran players a chance to change their names in the next round of testing..."

Just as the gluttonous brother was feeling depressed, a shadow suddenly loomed over him from behind.

At the same time, the matcha guy opposite him froze, stiffly raised his neck, and stared wide-eyed at the gluttonous guy's back.

The gluttonous man snapped out of his daze and quickly turned around to look.

A five-meter-tall, pale white skeleton crawled out of the pool and stood not far behind him, looking around with considerable excitement.

"Holy shit, shit!"

"It turned out to be true!"

"This wind, this scenery, this city—"

"Holy crap, a skeleton?!"

More than ten astonished voices rang out in unison.

The five-meter-tall skeleton player was slightly taken aback. He quickly looked in the direction of the sound, lowered his head, and then saw a number of short ghouls and skeletons at his feet.

"Wait, buddy!"

"How come you're so big?!"

"Didn't the official website only list skeleton soldiers and ghoul soldiers as the initial characters?"

"It's only been one test, and bro's already playing a hacked version?!"

"Could it be someone from Future Technology?"

A series of exclamations rang out, finally making the giant skeleton realize the identities of these skeletons and ghouls.

"So you guys are gamers too!"

The giant skeleton scratched his head and said in a muffled voice, "My mom called me to dinner just now, and I accidentally logged on a few minutes late. I shouldn't have missed any important plot points, right?"

"no!"

Matcha Bro answered quickly, then looked at him excitedly and said, "Brother, tell me first, why is your starting character different from ours?"

The giant skeleton thought for a moment, then shook its head and said, "I don't know either, it seems to be an Easter egg character!"

"What?!" The players were all shocked, then gritted their teeth and said, "Damn lucky guy!"

"Take my advice, brother. Log off now and have something good to eat. You might not be able to eat this again!"

The giant skeleton quickly said, "No way, I'm not the only Easter egg character. There's another skeleton over there with black bones!"

"There's even a lucky one?"

Upon hearing this, many players were startled again and quickly looked in the direction the giant skeleton was pointing. Sure enough, they saw a charred skeleton surrounded by many players.

The same scenario is playing out in other areas as well.

With fewer than 3,000 test players, a total of thirteen Easter egg characters appeared, each with a unique appearance, making ordinary players who didn't win the prize extremely envious.

Seeing this, Yan Chixia on the high platform had a strange expression.

He really couldn't understand why characters with special bonuses, like the giant skeleton, were so popular, but why were charred skeletons with naturally weaker bones and drowned corpses with no attribute bonuses also sought after?

...Is this what they call a player?
Yan Chixia pondered to himself, vaguely understanding the significance of Zhang Chulan's decision to retain his special role.

Just then, the last player with a helmet finally logged in. Yan Chixia glanced at the screen panel in front of him, which only he could see, and immediately coughed lightly, his expression serious:
"quiet!"

A majestic and chilling voice rolled out, spreading rapidly throughout the entire Huasheng Tomb Pool.

The players, who had been making a ruckus just moments before, fell silent instantly, turning their heads one by one to stare intently at the majestic and towering figure on the high platform.

So disciplined?
Yan Chixia was somewhat surprised, but he maintained his previous solemn expression.

His gaze slowly swept over the thousands of young players below, and he solemnly recited the lines he had memorized:
"Raise your heads, new recruit!"

"Look carefully at the world before you. This is not the underworld you remember. The Buddha's light in the Western Paradise has long since disappeared, and the decrees of the Heavenly Court have long been severed."

"Without the manifestation of gods and Buddhas, the Three Realms are in chaos, the Underworld is out of order, and evil spirits reign supreme!"

"Countless souls who died unjustly wail in the darkness, with nowhere to seek justice and nowhere to be reborn!"

"As the lord of the City of the Wrongfully Dead, I, Yan, am ordered by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to sweep away the netherworld and restore order..."

The authoritative and solemn voice still echoed in their ears, and every new player pricked up their ears, carefully digesting every piece of information in the opening remarks.

Unfortunately, Yan Chixia did not reveal any useful information.

Putting aside the lines that fit the character's identity, it is basically completely consistent with the official website's setting.

This has left many players who enjoy delving into the storyline feeling extremely disappointed.

However, this disappointment did not last long, because after the 'opening animation' ended, the then Lord of the City of the Wrongfully Dead waved his hand and removed the air wall of the Transformation Tomb Pool, announcing that people could move freely.

Of course, there are restrictions on freedom of movement here.

In the game's terms, only three maps were available in the first closed beta test. Players weren't surprised by this; in fact, they were quite pleased to have three maps.

Apart from the Transformation Tomb Pool, the remaining two maps each have a huge area with a diameter of more than ten miles.

One of them is the newly built outer city in the eastern part of the City of the Dead, which is the starting village for players. The other is the initial dungeon that players have been looking forward to for a long time - Black Mountain Ruins!
According to Yan Chixia, the Black Mountain Ruins were the site he left behind after his great battle with the Black Mountain Demon.

Although the Black Mountain Demon has been completely eliminated by Yan Chixia, many of his ghostly soldiers still harbor resentment and lingering vengeful spirits, thus entrenched in the ruins and forming monsters such as remnant souls and vengeful spirits.

This was, of course, fabricated by Yan Chixia.

In fact, the vengeful spirits and remnants of the Black Mountain Ruins were all temporarily released by him from the prison of the City of the Dead, specifically to cultivate newly joined players.

Since these vengeful spirits and remnants of the soul have no intelligence and only instinct, they are not afraid of revealing any truth.

Upon hearing this, many players immediately became restless. Some of them received the map from the system panel and immediately headed towards the marker for the Black Mountain Ruins.

Some stayed behind, either calling out to form teams at the Huasheng Tomb Pool or planning to first enter the eastern outer city to scout out the situation of the newbie village and NPCs.

Naturally, Yan Chixia, He Jingfeng, and the others on the high platform were not spared by the players either.

Many players who were close to the platform immediately ran over, intending to talk to these NPCs who were clearly of high status.

Unfortunately, Yan Chixia and his group had anticipated this, so they deployed heavy troops to guard the area in front of the platform, stopping all players who tried to approach it.

Even so, some players were still unwilling to give up and actually tried to pull off some fancy tricks right under Yan Chixia's nose and the others' noses.

It's like that one Skeleton player, who clearly studied the official website's character profile, actually set his nickname to "Ning Caichen" and shamelessly shouted from below the platform:

"Master Yan, wait a moment, it's me, Ning Caichen!"

"Don't you remember me?"

The skeleton player next to him was startled upon hearing this and couldn't help but say:

"Brother, you're Ning Caichen?!"

"Exactly!"

"No wonder I couldn't register this name, you're quick!"

"Uh, could it be that you are..., brother..."

"Indeed, I am Ning Caiji!"

"Could this person next to you be...?"

"Nie Xiaoqian!"

"..."

Clearly, he is not the only player with similar thoughts.

Zhang Chulan and his team were well-prepared to deal with such players.

Yan Chixia glanced expressionlessly at the numerous players below, then turned and left, disappearing from their sight in a short while.

The players below the platform were clearly getting anxious.

Just as they were about to call out to Yan Chixia, the eye-shaped marks on their bodies suddenly popped up with system notifications.

"Faction Leader [Yan Chixia]'s favorability -10"

"Faction [City of the Dead] Area Reputation -2"

"camp……"

what? !

There's even a system for affection and reputation?!

Many players froze, then exchanged glances, their faces ashen.

"It's over, it's over!"

"You shouldn't have tried anything fancy!"

"Now the whole account is ruined!"

Nearby players, hearing their cries of pain, couldn't help but gloat after inquiring about their plight.

"That'll teach you to play by your own rules!"

"This is supposed to be a 100% realistic game, and you guys came out pretending to be Yan Chixia's friends from the beginning. You really don't take this Lord of the City of the Wrongfully Dead seriously!"

Some players took the opportunity to speak up, threatening to buy their accounts.

"Since the account is useless, why not sell it to me? I'll offer 10,000."

"dream!"

The player named 'Ning Caichen' refused without hesitation, then immediately perked up and said, "It's just a little bit of favorability and reputation, watch how I start against all odds and dominate the land—ouch!"

Ning Caichen cried out in pain, looking in horror at the ghost soldiers clad in bronze armor behind him.

"What are you going to do?"

"..."

The ghost soldier carefully recalled his lines and said expressionlessly:
"Player's reputation in the area has been detected to be too low. Immediately expel them from the city!"

At the same time, a notification popped up on the system panel, indicating that his reputation was negative and he had to leave the City of the Dead. He could only re-enter when his reputation returned to zero.

Ning Caichen: “…”

Good grief, this is like kicking someone out of the beginner village!

How many tasks and rewards will I miss if I go back and forth like this!
The surrounding players couldn't help but gloat as they watched helplessly as the ghost soldiers swarmed around them and they walked dejectedly toward the city gate of the City of the Unjustly Dead.

(End of this chapter)