T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 281, page 280: Boss!

As the game progresses, the first level of the Clarifier is repeatedly challenged, and much information about the Frog-Headed Stitches has been discovered and posted online by enthusiastic players.

Continuous illumination with a lantern can disrupt the transformation of magical states.

Light and ice elemental enchantments can deal effective damage.

The demonic scales on its neck are its weak points; hitting them repeatedly will render it unable to move.

The third point is particularly important: most guides do not recommend forcing a fight against the second phase of the Stitches monster.

The power of Word of Power is extremely overpowered; chanting is magic itself, making the player's casting animation seem like a joke in comparison.

In the early stages of the game, unless a player is possessed by a monster that manipulates the boundaries between reality and illusion, a single touch will result in an instant death.

With a relatively mature gameplay strategy in place, a guide for beginners to quickly transition through the early stages began to circulate in the community.

That is, obtain some materials in the early stages, and take advantage of the low level and the relatively favorable price of Starry Sky Gem location coordinates to enter the underground temple in advance.

The recommended level is 6 to 8.

By relying on the two wolves guarding the gate, we can accumulate the first wave of materials. If there is a Little Tea God in the team, there is a high chance that we can earn the travel expenses for free.

The game offers a variety of potions to challenge the Stitches of Frying Monsters, and player-built gathering points at the entrance to the Temple of the Clarity.

After the two gatekeeper wolves drop their loot, it's enough for players to challenge the Stitches monster 2 to 3 times.

If the attempt succeeds, the massive experience bonus from the Stitches, combined with the experience bonus selected by the guild blessing, could very well allow the player to level up by 1 to 2 levels.

As a wildly popular game, Proof of the Stars generates a massive amount of information in the community every day, most of which is useless and redundant. Therefore, even though Liu Jinhong was paying attention to it, he was unfamiliar with this novel and practical beginner's guide.

He was a little confused as the team leader, who was also a newcomer, patiently explained to the curious kids.

Fortunately, Liu Jinhong has amazing off-court support!

"Potato, can you check if this guide is reliable?"

Asking about potatoes is worse than asking about fries; the two have reached a consensus.

"It looks alright, but we'll need a little luck during the execution phase."

"The Frog-Headed Stitches is a boss that records players' habits and learns to evolve. Failed challenges multiple times may significantly increase the difficulty of the next challenge."

Many people with poor hand skills got stuck back then, and learning and evolution played a crucial role in that.

The guide is quite thoughtful, clearly stating that if you fail, you should leave after a maximum of 3 attempts and wait until you have all the necessary equipment and skills before trying again.

Jiang Heyi seemed very curious: "You want to take on the challenge?"

"Several teams of newbies want to try it out, and the strategy guide is spreading quite widely."

The recruitment process focused on experience rather than challenges, which revealed the newcomers' nervousness and lack of confidence, thus lowering expectations for the team prematurely.

Their primary goal was to set the coordinates as soon as possible, before the cost of Starry Sky Jade increased with the level upgrade.

Two wolves are basically a free kill, so you have to fight them.

As for Frankenstein's monsters, the general mentality among newcomers is: give it a try, and if you can beat them, then go for it.

Players like those at the top of the game, like those at the boundary between reality and illusion, are a minority. More than three months have passed since the server opened, and more than half a year has passed in the game. Among the players who challenged the Temple of the Clarity, 50% are stuck on the Slime King.

Two out of ten are stuck in the black cat, unable to move.

Two-tenths of them were blocked by Freya and could not move an inch.

Only a very small number of people reached the higher floors.

As for clearing the level, across the entire server, there is only a virtual-real boundary.

The current situation is that, to this day, there are countless players who are not yet at the required level. Many have already given up on the temple and are waiting to rely on their equipment and skills to crush others before returning to withdraw their loot.

If it weren't for the incredibly tempting reward of an avatar upon completion, many players stuck on the middle floors would have given up after seeing the terrifyingly difficult 11th floor.

"Aren't you busy?" Liu Jinhong asked.

"I've got some free time now, so I'm playing the base management mode. Feel free to contact me anytime if you need anything."

This made the couple smile, muttering strange things like "Xiaofei, oh Xiaofei".

Recruiting is in full swing.

"No noobs allowed. Noobs, please. Only those who have read the guide for the first level of the Clarity Realm are welcome. My goal is to get the minimum reward."

Liu Jinhong decisively led Lu Xinxin on a detour.

Team selection is an art; often, you can tell whether a team is suitable to join just by looking at the wording used in the recruitment process.

"Berserkers and magic users are not allowed to enter. Strict screening will be conducted, and any mistakes will be immediately addressed."

This also needs to be avoided; the pressure mode starts as early as the recruitment stage.

"Trial card, trial card, the goal is to get the double wolf reward, slowly explore the wilderness, if you don't know the strategy, I can teach you, although I don't know much about it either."

Liu Jinhong stopped.

A human mage player named [Twilight Bookstore] was diligently sending messages, but he was still the only one in the team.

The application was approved immediately.

"We're saved, players who want to change jobs!"

As soon as I joined the team, the staff at Twilight Bookstore greeted me warmly.

"My skills are just average."

Although they were stubborn in the face of potatoes and fries, Liu Jinhong and his wife were quite honest with random players.

"It's okay, it's okay. Take it slow with the team. If it really doesn't work, just take the werewolf reward. It's not optimized."

pretty good.

Newcomers to this hobby seem to have picked up some kind of trend, starting from scratch with an unusually pragmatic approach.

Still completely ignorant of the game world and still figuring things out, they've already begun a process of mutual elimination and intense competition.

Proof of the Stars isn't a fast-paced game, why rush to play it?

Because of different gaming mindsets, Liu Jinhong usually chooses teams that don't seem aggressive when recruiting and appear patient.

"Your IDs are a bit similar. Are you friends in real life?" Twilight Bookstore asked when they were recruiting.

Liu Jinhong: [I want to go with you to the end of the stars]

Lu Xinxin: [May a sky full of stars accompany you]

French Fries had been grumbling to Jiang Heyi.

"The names are so disgusting and stupid that you can smell them just by looking at them. Standing in front of the two IDs gives me goosebumps."

Upon learning that they were indeed a "young couple," the Twilight Bookstore was delighted.

"They're a perfectly compatible young couple, now we're even more saved!"

He is really funny.

Liu Jinhong likes to play games with people like this. No matter what, there's always someone to keep things in order, so it won't be too bad.

Perhaps because there were already 3 people in the team, recruiting became much easier.

Two warriors, a male and a female, joined the party one after the other; they were a troll and a fox spirit, respectively.

The troll brother even deliberately maximized his size stat.

Liu Jinhong vaguely remembered that doing so would increase the risk of him being attacked.

The five-person team was officially formed.

Apart from Liu Jinhong, all of them were complete newbies who had only been in the game for 3 to 4 days, and their equipment varied greatly, with more white equipment than green equipment.

In contrast, the couple, dressed in a mix of purple and green, clearly seemed to be the eldest members of the group.

The newlyweds stared intently, as if they had spotted a thick, strong thigh.

The entrance to the temple has been turned into an open-air trading market, where a large number of players have made this place, which has no main city, their gathering place for buying and selling.

"Newbie Challenge Temple Level 1 Gift Pack: 30 Magic Stones/Crystals, Magic Potion Supplement Gift Pack: 16."

"More detailed strategy guide complete, 2 magic stones!"

"Experienced guides will mentor newcomers. 60 tickets available. No operational assistance, just explanation of the mechanism. An external brain will provide command. You deserve it."

Seeing that the troll brother was about to go buy a magic potion supplement pack in a silly manner, Liu Jinhong quickly stopped him.

"No, it's cheaper to buy them separately." Troll [Hibernating Orange Cat]: "Huh?"

Seeing Liu Jinhong speak, the player who was promoting the gift pack immediately left dejectedly.

This person knows what they're doing; they can't profit from information asymmetry anymore.

"They call it a gift pack, but they're just making money off newbies who want to save time. If you buy the potions in the gift pack separately at the market, you can save about 6 magic stones."

Demon Fox [Withered Realm]: "I understand. It's similar to a snack gift pack. It mixes the worthless and the valuable. It looks like a lot, but it's not as profitable as buying them individually."

Even if new players follow game updates and information closely every day, they can still be taken advantage of by experienced players when they first enter the game.

Lu Xinxin pouted and muttered softly, "You've been fooled so many times, haven't you~~~"

Liu Jinhong forced himself to remain calm: "The experience of being scammed that I accumulated early on in the game is not just for show!"

You could say that long illness makes one a good doctor.

Selling potions in bulk was indeed as cheap as Liu Jinhong had said, and the other three members of the team thanked the expert for his advice.

"Boss, is it me?"

I've finally been called a "big shot" one day?
Liu Jinhong was both amused and exasperated.

French fries witnessed his heroic performance on the battlefield once.

His actions were so "heroic" that French Fries was too jealous to comment on them and never watched the game again.

"If I'm a pro, what would it be like if Potato and the others came out to guide newbies?" he couldn't help but wonder.

Pressure and a sense of responsibility surged up!
Although he knew his performance wasn't great, he still wanted to try and get a little bit of attention.

He secretly chatted with them privately.

"Potato, the two wolves on the surface, do you have any tips for skipping class? I'm in a real hurry!"

"Two wolves?"

Jiang Heyi was stunned for a moment before he remembered the two invisible gatekeeper monsters.

It's like being invincible and then suddenly being asked, "How did you beat those two big dogs at the village entrance back then?"

What skills are required for this?
They could easily beat the game when they were newbies.

Knowing that Liu Jinhong was preparing to enter the instance, and considering the potential relationships that might need to be dealt with in the future...

Jiang Heyi takes it very seriously.

Just then, the members of the Orange Sky strategy team were all training in PVP, so he went to Crimson Music Box to ask them a question.

"Ah, two wolves... Do they even need a strategy guide?"

Of those present, apart from the one who cleared the Temple of the Boundary between the Real and the Illusory, the other three guilds were stuck on floors 9 and 10. They cleared the surface floors on their first try and never even considered that they needed a strategy guide for this part.

Scarlet Music Box asked her group members, and surprisingly, some had actually researched it and shared their findings in the group, but...

This is similar to getting a 10 yuan voucher as a gift when you buy a Rolls-Royce.

A group of people who were busy pushing through the difficult storylines and challenging the temples wouldn't care about this.

"If players dig up Alna's body before entering the temple, a dialogue will be triggered in advance, and they will obtain the lantern."

"Shining a lantern on the two wolves can inflict one of the following effects: slowed movement, dizziness, or blindness."

Upon receiving the news, Liu Jinhong was overjoyed.

Wow, those are some clever tricks for skipping class!

Just as everyone was ready and poised to go, he decisively called a halt and led the group, who had just entered the instance, into a "digging pits and finding corpses" mode.

Trigger the Alna spirit event early to obtain [Anti-Magic Dust].

Since everyone belongs to different guilds, the dust system is distributed equally by default, with each person receiving only a small amount.

The storyline is no different from those who have experienced the boundary between reality and illusion, but the details are easy to overlook.

Newlyweds generally believe that they need to trigger the two wolves to return and retrieve the lantern, but they didn't expect that it can be done in one step.

"Still saying you're not a big shot? You're a star-studded big shot!"

The troll [Hibernating Orange Cat] is outspoken.

Lu Xinxin knew he had applied for off-site assistance, but she still couldn't help but show an expectant and admiring expression to encourage him.

Liu Jinhong suddenly felt comfortable all over... So this is what it feels like?
That's great.

That being the case...

"May I use the lantern?"

"You're the boss, you call the shots!"

Amidst the constant calls of "big boss," Liu Jinhong was losing himself.

Lu Xinxin was the most considerate; she grabbed his arm just in time, helping him regain his sense of self.

Slowly probing into the surface, everyone began applying enchantments.

The guide says that light-attribute enchantments are particularly effective against twin wolves.

"No need for enchantment. Be careful later, just start driving the test pile."

Apart from Liu Jinhong and his wife, the other three were all newbies who couldn't find a team and were constantly being screened.

In order to be a good team leader, Twilight Bookstore did a lot of homework before publishing the book.

Between the strategy guide and the advice of the experts, he chose the latter.

The surface was silent as the five people carrying torches ventured deeper, constantly looking around.

The two wolves can launch an attack from the shadows, and it must be stopped before the attack begins; otherwise, a single blow can result in a loss of one of their members.

All monsters in the Temple of the Clarity are significantly stronger than those in the main world.

"Don't worry about this or that. Just hold the lantern and shine it along the way, and the wolves' stalking will be exposed naturally," Jiang Heyi instructed from the sidelines.

The temple entrance requires a guide service costing 60 magic stones, and the guide will most likely only defeat the Slime King.

Standing behind Liu Jinhong is the top guild in the Chinese server!
Just as the remaining four people were on edge, the lantern in Liu Jinhong's hand acted like a lighthouse guiding a ship in the thick fog, causing the darkness to recede and revealing the evil creature.

Two cunning shadow wolves were hiding in the ceiling and on the ground along the five people's route.

If Liu Jinhong didn't look carefully with his lantern and only noticed the anomaly beneath the ground, a surprise would instantly arrive above him.

"This, this..." The hibernating orange cat was very excited.

The guide says that finding the Shadow Wolf is the biggest challenge.

It doesn't seem that difficult!

Illuminated by the lantern, the Shadow Wolf's magical power vanished instantly, forcing it to materialize.

Everyone was on high alert, and then they discovered... why were these two shadow wolves so slow?
"What are you standing there for? They're being distracted by the lanterns. Drive the stakes in!"

"oh oh!"

It was truly a wooden stake, imbued with the strange magic of the Clarity One, and the light of the lantern connected to the magic circle completely restricted the movements of the two wolves.

Enveloped in light, they could barely move, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

The four men surrounded them and started beating them wildly. Wolf blood splattered everywhere. The wolves howled incessantly, going berserk and trying to escape. Just as they rushed out of the lantern's beam, Liu Jinhong swung his gun, and they fell from the sky again.

Not long after, Shadow Wolf died with resentment in his heart.

The unharmed team members looked at Liu Jinhong with even more intense gaze.

"Big guy!"

This nickname sounds like the Cantonese expression "handsome guy," which has a certain charm.

Liu Jinhong smiled, he loved to listen!

Please be sure to say more.

When watching the training, Jiang Heyi often got distracted, and French Fries couldn't help but ask.

"what are you busy with?"

Jiang Heyi said seriously, "Of course it's a very important matter."

(End of this chapter)