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Chapter 300 New World Online

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In the white world, Zhang Shan scrolled through the career interface in front of him.

Before logging in, everyone had already decided on their respective professions. However, once they actually entered the game, Zhang Shan was also amazed by the technology.

"A strange feeling~"

After choosing the assassin class, Zhang Shan entered the game.

Welcome to the 678 Beginner Village. Once you reach level 10, you can head to the main city.

Please feel free to explore this world!

The two paragraphs of text disappeared, and there were no further prompts.

"This is an open-world game; the rest is up to me to explore."

Looking at his own equipment, he saw a tattered cloth robe and an iron sword in his hand—that was all he had.

"Alright! Let's begin our exploration!" Zhang Shan excitedly walked out of the village.

He held an iron sword in his hand, and he would go up and chop down any living thing he saw!

As Zhang Shan leveled up by killing rabbits and sprites along the way, the monsters he encountered also became increasingly powerful.

"Luckily, I trained with Lucoa for a while, otherwise I wouldn't have made it out of the newbie village today," Zhang Shan said half-jokingly.

Unbeknownst to him, Zhang Shan had already arrived deep in the forest.

"What's going on? Why do I always feel like my attack power is insufficient?" Zhang Shan frowned. At first, he didn't feel this strongly, but as his level increased, Zhang Shan clearly felt that his attack power was not enough.

After thinking for two and a half seconds, Zhang Shan suddenly clapped his hands: "That's right! I didn't add any points!"

Opening the character information interface and seeing his single-digit attribute values, Zhang Shan scratched his head and allocated several hundred points of free attribute points.

"A little bit of defense is fine, the main thing is attack and speed."

After adding points, Zhang Shan couldn't wait to try it out. His body kept moving through the forest until, at a certain moment, Zhang Shan's speed reached a certain limit. Each high-speed movement left a phantom shadow in the place.

[Master the skill, move at high speed.]

After the system notification appeared, Zhang Shan immediately felt his body become lighter and his speed increased dramatically!

"You've already mastered the skill?" Zhang Shan was pleasantly surprised, because the skill consumed very little mana, only five points, and had no cooldown.

"emmm"

Zhang Shan looked at the skill, moved swiftly, leaving an afterimage in his original position, and appeared next to a tree, even slashing at it.

After trying more than ten times, Zhang Shan mastered a new skill: Instant Slash.

"Not bad, that's a good skill!"

Just as Zhang Shan was playing, a dark figure suddenly emerged from the dense forest and rushed straight towards him!

"Perfect timing! Let me test the power of my new skill!"

Instantaneous Slash!

Whoosh!

Zhang Shan's figure vanished instantly, reappearing behind the shadowy figure.

After a pause of one second, a large amount of blood gushed from the black bear's body!

Pfft!

The black bear's body fell to the ground, turning into countless specks of light and disappearing from sight.

Zhang Shan's level also jumped to level ten because he killed monsters of a higher level than himself.

However, he was still immersed in the thrill of instantly killing the black bear.

"He killed him in one hit! This feeling is amazing!"

After his initial excitement, Zhang Shan began researching how to get to the main city so he could reunite with Gabriel and the others.

Upon opening the character panel, a new option to return to town appeared. After clicking it, a blue light rose from Zhang Shan's body, enveloping him.

When Zhang Shan opened his eyes again, he found himself on a huge teleportation array.

The surrounding buildings were no longer the newbie village full of bungalows that we had arrived at, but rather ancient buildings and a large number of vendors hawking their wares on the street.

Zhang Shan stared blankly at the scene, then asked the crucial question: "Did you just mess with me? Is this still in China?"

"Hey, hey, hey, can you not block the way?" Gabriel's disgruntled voice came from behind Zhang Shan. He immediately turned around and was puzzled to see that Gabriel and her group were all there.

"I'm wondering why we're all together?" Seeing Zhang Shan's confusion, Raphael chuckled, "Because we're all in the same starting village! We're both from starting village 678. We were looking for you, Zhang Shan, but we couldn't find you. But now that we're all in the main city, it means you're working hard to level up too!"

Zhang Shan's eye twitched. It turned out that everyone came from the same newbie village. If he had waited a little longer or wandered around the village a couple of times, he wouldn't have missed them.

But now that we're in the main city, there's no point in talking about this anymore.

Zhang Shan cleared his throat and said, "Then! Let's go level up together!"

"What an awkward way to change the subject," Raphael complained.

Vinette said, "We've already explored the main city. This game doesn't have a clear main storyline. What we players have to do every day is freely explore this world! No need to grind or spend money, this game is amazing!"

After watching Gabriel play browser games for a while, Vinette's understanding of games remained at the stage of spending a lot of money on in-game purchases.

This game is now not only free to play, but also not very grindy. It truly lives up to its reputation as a masterpiece of the gods!

Zhang Shan said with some disdain, "If only I could pay to have it, I would have a full set of divine gear by now, and maybe I could even get a set for each of you."

"Damn rich guy!" Gabriel gritted her teeth, her hatred for the rich burning again.

"Hehehe~ I tested it before. The freedom of this world is so great that I can even use the magic I learned in reality!" Lily looked at everyone with an excited smile on her face.

"So, there's a super dark magician among us?" Zhang Shan asked hesitantly.

“Not bad!” Lily nodded: “Although I’m still limited by my mana, it won’t be long before I increase my mana and can use many large spells. There’s an explosion spell that I’ve wanted to use for a long time, but I didn’t dare to go too far on Earth. Here, I don’t have so many concerns!”

Zhang Shan looked at Lucoa, who was still smiling and did not say anything.

"Well, it seems the only purpose of this game is war..." Zhang Shan looked disappointed. Sure enough, he shouldn't have had any expectations of the gods.

"The affairs of the gods are none of our business. We little minions should just enjoy the game." Gabriel saw things clearly, waved her hand, and said, "Let's go! I'll show you what the strongest mage is all about!"

"Wait! God of Magic?!" Zhang Shan grabbed Gabriel: "Didn't you say you were going to play with a healer? Why the sudden change of heart?"

“This…” Gabriel’s eyes darted around. She had indeed wanted to play the healer class before, but last night, while surfing the internet, she saw a video of a nuclear explosion mage. So, the angel shamelessly changed her mind and chose the mage class instead.

"You bastard..." Zhang Shan didn't know how to complain.

Fortunately, there is still Shiyu.

Seeing Zhang Shan looking at her, Shi Yu smiled and waved, saying, "Don't worry! I've already mastered two damage-increasing buff skills!"

"As expected! Shiyu is more reliable!" Zhang Shan was deeply moved!

Zhang Shan spent the rest of the day playing games, and because it was a game pod, he didn't have to worry about getting hungry.

Zhang Shan didn't log out of the game until 8 p.m., and sat on his balcony thinking about other things.

"What's wrong? You seem a little disappointed with this new world online?" Lucoa walked over to him and asked.

"Yes, I am a little disappointed." Zhang Shan nodded: "The technology itself is of epoch-making significance, but the fact that it can bring real-world capabilities into it is obviously not for doing anything worthwhile."

After listening to Zhang Shan's words, Lucoa smiled faintly and said, "Is it possible that for the gods, that is the real matter? And it's abnormal that humans only treat the new world as an ordinary game?"

"That makes sense~"

The two sat on the balcony looking at the stars when Zhang Shan suddenly asked, "Lucoya, why do the gods fight?"

Lucoa looked at Zhang Shan with a puzzled expression, not understanding why he asked that question.

“Think about it,” Zhang Shan said. “The gods are almost all immortal beings, and their power is at the pinnacle of the world. What do they want to gain by waging war? It can’t be territory, can it?”

Looking at the fifteen-year-old high school student in front of him, Lucoa answered his question.

"Initially, the gods waged war to compete for resources. After all, no one starts out on a high position, not even the gods. We all fought our way up little by little."

"And the fighting after reaching the top is entirely due to old grudges from back then."

"Today, the gods at the pinnacle are actually tired of war, but their subordinates are already mired in a quagmire and unable to extricate themselves."

"So, when you ask me why they are still waging war, I can only say that they've gotten used to it."

“I’m used to it…” Zhang Shan was speechless for a moment. Although he hadn’t experienced much, he understood some things after listening to Lucoa’s explanation.

Those who stand at the top don't seem to have it as easy as they appear.

Late at night, Zhang Shan lay in bed, pondering for a long time before his consciousness gradually became hazy.

……

Today is Pirate Zhang Shan's turn to be on duty. He has been wandering in space for a long time. From initial anticipation to utter boredom, Pirate Zhang Shan has only spent twenty years.

Unlike the scientist Zhang Shan, the pirate Zhang Shan's universe doesn't have many life-bearing planets.

He had traveled through three or four solar systems, but had not encountered a decent civilization. On one of the life-bearing planets that was very similar to Earth, giant creatures still ruled, and he had not yet seen any humans.

Now, pirate Zhang Shan is planning to leave this galaxy and head to his next destination.

After Zhang Shan from the crossover anime arrived in the space, it was time for Zhang Shan from One Piece and Ying Shan from Qin Shi to switch shifts.

"I didn't expect Gai Nie to still come to Qin. Ying Zheng trusts him a lot," said Zhang Shan, the pirate.

"Indeed, he truly lives up to his reputation as the First Emperor; his judgment of people is spot on!" Ying Shan said. "The next few years here probably won't be peaceful, so I'm planning to travel around and find myself a wife!"

"On a?"

"That's impossible!"

The two exchanged a smile, but then heard a soft cough behind them.

"Um, you two, could you tell me where this place is?" Zhang Shan from the anime crossover asked.

Pirates Zhang Shan and Ying Shan looked at the newcomers with expressions of astonishment.

"So young?"

"He was also wearing modern clothes."