The dragon just wants to stay at home, but the players are frantically upgrading their technology.

Looking at the Hundred Herbs Garden waiting ahead, Copperhead Belt wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Indeed! The process of making stone tools is more realistic than the simulation games I play, it's like..."

Zhan Shuai stepped forward and handed a stone spear to Bai Cao Yuan. A thoughtful look flashed across his face, but for a moment he couldn't think of anything that resembled it.

After taking the stone spear, Baicaoyuan looked it over.

The tip of the wooden stick was carved into a groove, and a piece of emerald green vine was tied to a diamond-shaped stone with an exceptionally sharp end.

It's obvious that Zhan Shuai learned real skills from that realistic mini-game.

This is quite normal in today's Earth age.

Highly realistic virtual worlds, along with mind acceleration technology, speed up the flow of time in virtual worlds.

Human lifespan has not actually increased, but the thickness of the database has multiplied several times.

This allows everyone's interests to be fully developed, and almost everyone becomes a master in a certain field or an expert in multiple fields.

"I feel the same way. The wild boar's habits and tracks are very realistic and complex. The AI ​​computing power of the production team must be very high."

Baicaoyuan weighed the stone spear in his hand, then looked at the copper-headed leather belt and the warrior.

"It's like... the virtual world where I fought during my military service."

After thinking for a long time, Zhan Shuai finally came up with a description and suddenly raised his head.

"That can't be, right?"

Baicaoyuan was taken aback upon hearing this and couldn't help but question it.

"The AI ​​used in virtual warfare is a supercomputing matrix composed of giant quantum computers from various countries."

"Alright, alright, I know you're a veteran of many battles."

The man with the copper-headed belt patted Zhan Shuai on the shoulder, glanced at Bai Cao Yuan, and shrugged, interrupting their conversation.

"If you two want to talk, you should at least kill that wild boar first, right?"

Zhan Shuai and Bai Cao Yuan did not continue the topic.

After a moment's thought, Zhan Shuai looked up at Baicao Garden and asked, "None of us have played a realistic hunting game before. What ideas do you have?"

Baicaoyuan went over the plan he had been brewing in his mind before looking up at the two of them.

"Based on my observation, this game basically follows the logic of reality, so all we need to do is inflict a fatal wound and then hang it far away."

“Considering our weaker physical condition, I have two options.”

As she spoke, Baicaoyuan extended two long, slender fingers with claw-like appendages.

"First, during my tracking, I discovered some thick vines that could be used to make tripwires. Then, we sent people to lure the wild boars, trip them up, and then launch an attack."

"But the risk of overturning is very high. We don't know if the stone weapons can penetrate our defenses. If the wild boars react in time, they could kill us all."

"Second, find a pit or cave, sacrifice a person to trap the wild boar, and then launch an attack."

As he listened to Baicaoyuan's account, Zhan Shuai fell into deep thought.

Failure and death can waste three precious free resurrections, slowing down the squad's progress in the game.

"Why not try both? If you fail, it's just a matter of one or two lives."

The opening of the brass head belt is irrelevant.

Zhan Shuai and Bai Cao Yuan also nodded.

Although the game is quite hardcore, it's still just a game. If you die, you die; if you're a little slower, you're a little slower.

The experience is the most important thing.

Chapter 5 First Kill

The forest was quiet, and a gentle breeze carried the pungent smell of humus into the air.

"Tsk! This wild boar's AI is really something else; it's far more vigilant than you might think!"

Behind a huge tree that was so thick that it would take two people to hug it, Zhan Shuai looked through the sparse branches at a giant wild boar rubbing against the tree bark in the distance.

The wild boar twisted its body and rubbed against the tree trunk, sometimes squinting its eyes in enjoyment, but still keeping a wary look around.

"We can't get any closer! Although we're downwind, this is the limit of our distance."

Baicaoyuan stopped Tongtou Pizhi and Zhan Shuai, who were trying to keep their distance and move forward.

Upon hearing this, Zhan Shuai and Tong Tou Pi Dai stopped.

"Then you guys go back first. I'll take care of luring him over there according to the plan."

The copper-headed leather belt retracted its body and weighed the vines and the chopped stones in its hands.

The two are connected together to form a throwable and retrievable stone rope.

The three people spoke very softly, and because of the distance, the wild boar remained completely unaware.

"Ok!"

Bai Caoyuan and Zhan Shuai nodded, exchanged a trusting look, and then retreated together.

Watching the two figures disappear, Copperhead Leather turned around, gripping the stone and vines tightly in his hands.

Undeterred, the copper-headed leather belt lowered its body and slowed its pace, attempting to approach again.

Not far ahead, just as Baicaoyuan had predicted, the wild boar became alert, its tiny eyes, no bigger than mung beans, looking over.

The moment he felt the gaze, Copperhead Belt thought to himself, "Holy crap, the Hundred Herbs Garden really didn't lie to me!"

As the thought flashed through his mind, the man with the copper-headed leather belt suddenly exerted force in his calves, and his figure shot out rapidly.

"Hey! Take this brass-headed leather belt!"

He leaped out of the forest, copper-headed leather belt let out a loud shout, and threw the stone rope from his hand.

call out!

The stones tore through the air, tugged at the vines, and whistled as they hurtled toward the wild boar's head.

boom!

There was a muffled thud, and then... the wild boar was unharmed, standing there perfectly fine.

On the contrary, the tree next to the wild boar had its bark cracked, and green sap slowly flowed down.

It's obvious that the brass-tipped belt is bent crooked.

"Holy crap! It's off-center?"

Standing there, Copperhead's expression was stiff as he realized that this was a hardcore game.

It's normal to miss the first time you use the stone rope.

"Ow~"

The wild boar stared in terror at the mark on the tree with its tiny, beady eyes. It shuddered, let out a howl, tucked its tail between its legs, and darted away into the depths of the forest.

Their escape was so swift that it even stirred up a stench.

"Not a buddy? You're supposed to be an experienced player! Where's the ferocity you showed when you were chasing us?"

Watching the wild boar disappear into the distance, Copperhead Leather stood there, completely bewildered.

Wait a minute! Something's not right!

If the wild boar runs away, won't I be the one to blame for the mission's failure?

Watching the figure gradually disappear into the forest, Copperhead Belt suddenly realized what was happening and took off after it.

He doesn't want to be purged later!

And so, a strange scene unfolded in the forest.

A weak kobold was chasing after a Tier 1 magical beast, a long-tusked boar.

He chased, he fled, but he couldn't escape even if he had wings!

Oh no, no need to fly.

Because kobolds really can't outrun wild boars.

"Damn it! Stop right there! Stop right there!"

The man with the copper-headed leather belt chased after the wild boar, shouting as he tried to attract its attention, but could only watch as the boar ran further and further away.

"Brother Pig! Don't run away! I'll give you my dog ​​head to eat!"

Panting heavily, he stopped in place, the copper-headed leather belt reaching out his hand and shouting desperately.

His voice was shrill, filled with the humility and pleading of a sycophant begging his goddess to turn around.

But he left nothing behind...

wrong!

The wild boar in front seemed to have noticed something was wrong. It looked back in confusion and then slowly stopped.

At this moment, the wind stopped, and the trees became still.