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Chapter 447 It still has to be the players!

"what?"

Both Matcha and Speed ​​is Unbreakable were stunned upon hearing this.

The former couldn't help but say, "Why didn't you tell me about something so important sooner?"

The gluttonous girl innocently replied, "You didn't ask!"

"..."

Matcha's lips twitched, and she sighed, "I was wondering why your damage was so high. Since it's a consumable item, it's not that overpowered..."

"and many more!"

Before he could finish speaking, Wei Kuai Bu Po suddenly spoke up, his eyes filled with two dark green flames as he stared ahead, saying with a hint of surprise, "Look at that tree trunk over there, isn't that your bone arrow on it?"

"..."

Gluttony and Matcha immediately shut up and turned to look. Sure enough, they saw half a bone arrow on a tree trunk not far away.

"Is this... the one that missed earlier?"

Glutton exclaimed with delight, "Not bad! It's quite realistic in this aspect!"

Is it true?
Matcha seemed to be deep in thought, and looking at Gluttony who stepped forward to pull out the arrow, she suddenly said, "If this game is really this realistic, then can we find a way to make our own bone arrows?"

"..."

Gluttony had just pulled out the bone arrow when he heard these words, and his heart stirred.

"But we don't have the blueprints for the bone arrows," Wei Kuai Bu Po asked in confusion.

Matcha rolled her eyes and said, "With a game this realistic, why would we need blueprints? Just create it ourselves, won't that be enough?"

The gluttonous one exclaimed, "That makes sense!"

"This is the Black Mountain Ruins. There might be quite a few skeletons and remains here. Let's look around and see if we can make arrows from those bones..."

As he spoke, he walked toward the two of them.

As he passed the spot where the wandering spirit had just died, a faint light suddenly flashed in his peripheral vision.

Greedy paused, then suddenly turned to look at the ground, where he saw a semi-transparent gray substance lying among the bushes and weeds.

……What's this?
Driven by greed and curiosity, he subconsciously reached out to explore.

The system panel displayed a notification the instant the gray substance came into contact with it.

Player 'Greedy Pig' has collected 'Low-Tier Soul Source'.

【Name: Low-Tier Soul Source】

[Description: The energy that transforms after a wandering soul dissipates]

[Use: Crushing this item grants 100 experience points. It can be sold to various shops in the City of the Dead for 300 Soul Coins.]

"Holy crap, it dropped something!"

The gluttonous child exclaimed with delight.

Matcha and Wei Kuai Bu Po were also invigorated and quickly stepped forward to ask for it.

"show me!"

"I want to see it too!"

Despite his gluttony, he immediately handed the [Soul Source] to the two of them.

After the two took turns looking at it, Matcha exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually an experience-boosting item?!"

"Fast and Unbreakable" pondered for a moment and said, "These Soul Coins must be the in-game currency, right?"

"It must be!" Gluttonous nodded confidently, excitedly. "I wonder how many soul coins it would cost to buy a bone arrow..."

"Still using bone arrows!"

Matcha rolled her eyes, then said confidently, "This is an experience-boosting item. Trust me, don't sell it to the shop. Sell it to those whales who want to level up quickly; it'll be worth much more!"

Makes sense!
The two exchanged a glance, then hesitated and asked, "So... how should we divide this?"

Matcha pondered for a moment and said, "Greedy used three bone arrows, which are the most expensive. You can keep them for now. We can discuss how to distribute them after we sell them."

After thinking for a moment, Wei Kuai Bu Po nodded and said, "I have no objection."

The gluttonous one said somewhat embarrassedly, "Then I'll accept it first?"

Matcha laughed and said, "Don't be so polite, this is just the beginning!"

"We're all beta testers, so we can definitely take a long-term view. If we seize the opportunity, we might just be able to reach the top of Underworld Online!"

Want to conquer the Underworld Online?
Gluttony and Speed ​​are both excited as they exchange a glance.

"Alright, enough talk, let's hurry up and grind monsters to level up and get some equipment!"

All three perked up. The gluttonous one pulled out the bone dagger he had just received and, together with the other two, excitedly and cautiously made their way into the depths of the forest.

……

……

In the City Lord's Mansion of the City of the Unjustly Dead, Yan Chixia, He Jingfeng, and Zhang Chulan stood in the hall, facing blue light screens floating in the air.

Upon closer inspection, each of the light screens revealed a group of players either grinding monsters or scavenging.

"...Is this what players are like?"

Looking at the players diligently working on the screen, Yan Chixia couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Zhang Chulan and the others always said that players were more useful than mercenaries.

The remains of weapons at the Black Mountain ruins have been piled up for a long time. It wasn't that he didn't want to send troops to clean them up, but the ghost soldiers of the City of the Dead didn't like doing these dirty and tiring jobs. They always slacked off and did a perfunctory job.

But it's different for players; all you need to do is give them some vague, intangible rewards.

For example, factors like favorability and regional reputation can motivate them to put in a lot of effort to read.

There are also external conquests, or what players call dungeons and monster hunting.

Although the current Black Mountain Ruins is a training ground he specially created for new players, the fact that this beginner-level dungeon is so challenging shows just how enthusiastic players are about fighting and leveling up.

In the past, when the City of the Undead was waging war against foreign enemies, it was necessary to boost morale and distribute soldiers' pay.

But players are willing to pay for their own participation in the battle. They are willing to spend their own money to buy any weapons, equipment, or even the most common arrows, and they even think it is only natural.

Yan Chixia had never seen such an easy soldier to serve.
In comparison, the ghost soldiers of the City of the Wrongfully Dead seem particularly lazy and are quite unpleasant to look at!
Thinking of this, Yan Chixia couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhang, three thousand players are still too few. When are we going to expand our army? We should at least have tens of thousands of slots, right?"

"Don't worry, wait a little longer!"

Zhang Chulan chuckled as he looked at the screen, "After all, it's only the first day. All aspects of the system need testing. I also need to consider the players' safety and gaming experience."

Yan Chixia thought for a moment and nodded, "That's true."

Hearing their conversation, He Jingfeng couldn't help but smile slightly.

He naturally understood what Zhang Chulan and Yan Chixia meant.

However, their worries were destined to be unnecessary.

Because the immortals next door had already tested this system to near perfection.

Both the resurrection system and the upgrade system have undergone countless upgrades and iterations.

Take the upgrade system as an example. To avoid players encountering bottlenecks during upgrades, this system specifically changed the original cultivation path to the weapon crafting path.

In other words, it means using the body as a tool to absorb various energies such as yin energy, soul power, and ghost energy to temper the body and thus achieve unlimited advancement.

In this way, there will be no bottleneck in the player's level progression.

As long as enough energy is absorbed, every player can easily advance in rank.

Of course, for the same reason, the individual strength of players will be greatly weakened.

Under the same cultivation level, a lone wolf player would definitely be no match for a ghost cultivator in this realm.

However, this is not surprising. It is common knowledge for players that they cannot defeat bosses of the same level. If a player can actually solo a boss, that would be somewhat abnormal.

Moreover, the player's advantage is not individual strength, but costless resurrection, swarms of numbers, and an indomitable fighting spirit!
Suddenly, Yan Chixia turned his gaze to a certain floating light screen.

On the screen, four players were seen besieging a massive vengeful spirit.

They were agile and coordinated perfectly. Although they only had basic weapons such as bone knives and bone swords, they still demonstrated extremely strong abilities.

Surrounded by four people, the mindless vengeful spirit was completely outmaneuvered.

Even until his death and disintegration, he didn't manage to touch any of the four players even once!
"Good skill!"

Yan Chixia's eyes gleamed with admiration as he exclaimed, "These must be the extraordinary individuals Brother Zhang spoke of?"

Zhang Chulan glanced at them and smiled, "Not bad!"

The players in the first round of testing were handpicked by them and were quite diverse in composition.

Roughly speaking, they can be divided into two types: superhumans and ordinary people. The former need no further explanation; they are all young superhumans from various sects and superhuman employees of the All-in-One Express Company.

The latter is more complex, including not only ordinary players, game streamers, and professional players, but also trained fighting experts and even active-duty soldiers.

The main reason for doing this was to see which type of person was more suited to the combat in "Underworld Online".

Currently, the "Outcast" is far ahead in the early stages of the battle, but the game players are not far behind, and their strategies are clearly more open-minded than the former.

Just like the team led by [Heterochromatic Matcha Cat], they have already started crafting bone arrows at the Black Mountain Ruins and using their past game experience to lure monsters and level up.

Of course, the most outstanding performers were the game players among the supernatural beings.

Just like the few extraordinary friends Zhang Chulan specially invited, such as Zhuge Qing, Canglong, and Lu Linglong, they are now all in the first tier...

"At this rate, the Black Mountain Ruins won't be enough for them in less than three days!"

Zhang Chulan frowned, and said with some concern, "Isn't this increase in strength a bit too fast?"

Yan Chixia didn't take it to heart and said with a smile, "Isn't speed a good thing?"

"I can't wait for them to reach max level immediately and join me in sweeping through the Netherworld!"

Oh?
Zhang Chulan raised an eyebrow and said, "Judging from what Brother Yan is saying, there's already some progress on the subsequent dungeons?"

Yan Chixia laughed and said, "Don't worry, Brother Zhang!"

"The Netherworld lacks everything these days, except for the dungeons you're talking about!"

"Not to mention far away, just 120 miles to the south, there is a Ghost Mountain, inhabited by more than 10,000 fierce ghosts. The leader calls himself the Ghost King of Dong Mountain, and his strength is comparable to the strongest ghost general under my command."

“Yan had planned to flatten this mountain several months ago.”

"It was only because of the sudden entry into the City of All Heavens that it was temporarily put on hold..."

"Even if we take a step back and say that the evil spirits of Dongshan have been completely eradicated by the players, there are still countless demons and monsters ruling as kings and ancestral figures on this Netherworld land, running rampant and tyrannical."

"I only wish for the players to be powerful enough to sweep through the Underworld, so that I can restore order and re-establish the Underworld. Why would I worry that they will kill too quickly?"

(End of this chapter)