The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 154 The Newbie's Fear of Insufficient Firepower

Obsidian Martial Arts Training Grounds.

"It's actually a team transport and supply mission, the contribution reward is huge."

"This newbie is really lucky. They can run around in the wild to earn points and contribution points right away, and there are veterans to guide them. Why didn't I get this kind of treatment back then?"

"Elite disciples are the most awesome. If you can bring five new disciples, you can earn two thousand contribution points for completing a transport and supply mission. This is several times faster than earning contribution points at Crimson Moon Mountain. Moreover, this time you can also go to the new map Maple Forest Town to take a look. It's just too awesome."

Everyone was incredibly excited as they looked at the latest announcement posted by Lin Qi, whether they were newcomers or veteran players.

The limited-time event has ended, and there are no longer any ways to earn a lot of points and contributions. You can only accumulate them slowly by completing daily tasks.

However, even veteran players are lucky to earn 200 contribution points a day from daily tasks, and most veteran players only earn a little over 100 contribution points a day. As for points, although they are important, they are still much less than contribution points.

In particular, the new version has introduced a new core disciple identity, and anyone who isn't a fool understands the importance of this identity.

Once you obtain the status of a core disciple, you can not only buy larger private land in Crimson Moon Mountain, but also gain first-level wilderness exploration privileges, allowing you to freely explore within a radius of 100 kilometers of Crimson Moon Mountain. The wealth and opportunities you gain at that time are incomparable to doing missions in Crimson Moon Mountain and the martial arts school.

However, the contribution required to become a core disciple is too high, a full 500,000 contribution points. Even the top five in the last version's event did not have that many contribution points.

If you only do daily tasks, you won't reach 500,000 contribution points even after ten years. But this team transport and supply mission is a great opportunity to earn a lot of contribution points. Although the reward points are small, the reward contribution points are more than ten times that of daily tasks.

"This team transport mission is so strange." Ragnarok, who was standing in front of the notice, rested his chin on his hand and stared intently at the notice that Lin Qi had posted.

"Is there anything strange about this?" The gunslinger from beyond the Great Wall carefully examined the notice but found nothing amiss; it was no different from any other mission he had issued before.

"I mean, this team mission has no limit on the number of participants or their strength," Ragnarok said, pointing to previous team mission notices. "Previously, almost all the team missions we accepted had limited numbers of participants or strength restrictions, but this team mission only mentions the extra rewards for having a certain status, and there are absolutely no other restrictions. Don't you find that strange?"

The gunslinger from beyond the Great Wall looked at the previous mission notices and found that Ragnarok had indeed said so.

"Could there be some trick to this team mission?" The gunslinger from beyond the Great Wall carefully read the mission notice again.

"I suspect this mission is not simple," Ragnarok explained. "The Martial Arts Association sent people here before, and then the Master issued a new announcement with such a high reward for contributions. I estimate that this mission will be quite difficult. This game company is unethical; they don't set any difficulty level for any of the missions they release, leaving us to guess entirely."

"The last night raid on the Great Ape Gang's headquarters was definitely the most difficult we've ever faced since we entered the game. We almost wiped out the whole team. But it was just like any other mission, with a level restriction. This team mission has no level restriction, so I guess it will be even more difficult. It's not just a simple matter of experienced players leading newbies."

"I think we should give feedback to the game developers next time and add a difficulty setting for the missions. This would give us players some preparation time and also increase the gameplay and challenge. Otherwise, all the missions are the same, and it gets boring after a while if we take on too many of them."

As Ragnarok spoke, Lin Qi, who was not far away and had not yet left, also heard what Ragnarok said.

"That's a really good suggestion. We'll add it in the next update." Lin Qi nodded, agreeing with Ragnarok's suggestion.

Moreover, Lin Qi not only plans to set the difficulty level of the tasks, but also to set different identities with different difficulty levels of tasks to accept, further increasing the importance of the martial arts school identity, so that players will work harder to contribute.

"So, does that mean this mission is going to be very difficult?" the gunman from beyond the Great Wall asked excitedly.

Originally, the Frontier Gunner wasn't very interested in this mission. Although he made a lot of contributions, it couldn't compare to the importance of advancing and changing jobs as soon as possible.

The top-tier martial arts masters are now desperately trying to change their professions within their martial arts schools. If they don't catch up now, the gap will only widen.

But now that I've heard about Ragnarok, I feel that this mission is definitely worth taking on.

In any game, difficulty and reward are directly proportional. The most difficult night raid by the Great Ape Gang almost wiped them out, but the rewards were also considerable. Thanks to those rewards, they acquired excellent weapons, which greatly reduced the difficulty of subsequent missions.

Now that there's a very challenging task ahead, I certainly can't miss it.

"I was just saying it should be, since this team mission has no restrictions and encourages us veteran players to participate, so the mission should be quite difficult," Ragnarok said, not entirely sure.

Having played this game so far, it's definitely the most brain-intensive, time-consuming, and free game he's ever played. At the beginning, you have to rely entirely on analysis and guesswork, and you have to explore everything yourself. It's incredibly hardcore.

"That's enough. I believe you!" The gunslinger from beyond the Great Wall patted Ragnarok on the shoulder and gave him an encouraging look.

The conversation between Ragnarok and the Frontier Gunner left many of the newlyweds around them stunned, exclaiming that Ragnarok was a god.

"Hey guys, anyone want to team up? I heard this mission is super hard, it's really difficult to complete solo."

"A wealthy boss is starting a team, inviting all kinds of experts. Newbies are ready, all equipped with A6-level armor. Newcomers who want to join will also receive A6-level armor for free, but they will have to share 80% of their loot during the mission."

"A team of near-martial arts masters is starting. We welcome all kinds of strong newbies, preferably those who have learned the Lightning Palm technique. We'll teach you for free all night long, so you can learn to wield the Railgun. If you don't have it, that's okay too. I'll provide a points loan service. Newbies only need to hand over 60% of what they earn during the mission."

……

In no time, the entire training ground of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was transformed into a trading market. Newcomers were looking for groups, while veteran players were recruiting. The lively scene left Lin Qi speechless.

I don't understand what these new recruits are thinking about this mission. They don't seem to be doing a transport mission at all; it's more like they're going to fight a world boss.

From the very beginning, a group of super-rich individuals not only equipped themselves with A6-level armor, but they also planned to equip other newcomers with A6-level armor as well. It was as if they intended to create a team of over a hundred people in A6-level armor to carry out transport missions.

If bandits in the wild saw this, they would definitely think that the caravan was transporting not supplies, but the king's travels.

And that's all.

Because of the advice from veteran players, these newbies went crazy borrowing money to learn Lightning Palm, and even stopped learning Rock Smash Fist and Leopard Shadow Step. Everyone was focused on playing the Railgun, afraid that their attack power would be insufficient to kill the enemy.

If Lin Qi hadn't forbidden players from destroying any buildings in the martial arts school, and all the players learning the Thunder Palm were practicing in the underground caves, Lin Qi would have suspected that the entire martial arts school would have been completely destroyed.

Two hundred people simultaneously assembling a super railgun—the scene was simply spectacular.

If the new players weren't so weak, none of them even being apprentices, and if each of them took a hit, half of the Obsidian Martial Arts School would probably be reduced to ruins.

However, thanks to the constant practice of these newbies, the cave beneath the martial arts school has become much brighter, saving on the need for electric lights.

A beam of light would occasionally flash from various underground locations, and players would often collapse, their bodies spurting blood. The blood would irrigate the soil, causing the Blood Essence Rice to grow exceptionally vigorously.

Beneath the Obsidian Martial Arts School, deep within a labyrinthine tunnel.

"Vice President, I've brought all the new members with me." Lin Xinyao approached Lu Fanchen, who had been cultivating deep inside the tunnel, and pointed to the guild members who had entered the High Martial Arts Descent this time, as well as some new members who had joined Mythical Paradise.

At this moment, Lu Fanchen's body was somewhat swollen, his size was significantly larger than before, and his height had reached over two meters, comparable to the natives of the high-martial world, but his blood aura was incredibly rich.

The aura was so intense that the seventeen newcomers present couldn't help but feel a sense of fear and wanted to back away, as if the person standing in front of them wasn't a human, but a demon king with slightly red skin.

"Hmm, not bad, there are quite a lot of people this time." Lu Fanchen looked at the seventeen newcomers present and said with great satisfaction, "Whether you were originally members of our Mythical Paradise or are newcomers who joined today, you are all very lucky. I will spend one night teaching you abilities that the other teams have not mastered. Once you master them, you will be one step ahead of other players in the future."

"Especially tomorrow's team transport mission, once you learn it, the effect will be much stronger than those common railguns."

The seventeen newcomers present were also excited upon hearing this, especially those who had just joined the game that day. They never expected that joining Mythical Paradise would allow them to learn skills even more powerful than the Railgun.

In an instant, all seventeen newcomers stood up straighter, and their gazes toward Lu Fanchen became much more serious.

"Very good. Next, you will practice the first level of the breathing technique and the Star Explosion visualization technique here. We will teach you step by step. As long as you learn according to our requirements, you will become the envy of all the newcomers tomorrow." Lu Fanchen nodded, giving the newcomers a pep talk to boost their morale.

Seeing that all the newcomers were ready, Lu Fanchen and the others began to formally instruct them.

Mastering the Thunderfire Self-Destruction Technique isn't difficult. Players only need to get started with the Star Explosion Visualization Method, allowing the violent energy in the tunnel to continuously wash over their entire body, and then master the control of the force. In no time, they can perish together with a quasi-martial artist.

This can be described as an invincible martial art below the level of a martial artist!

This is also the method that Lu Fanchen believes will allow Mythical Paradise to catch up with Heavenly Might.

The railgun is indeed a very versatile attack method, and its power increases with the strength of the lightning force, making it a divine skill for fighting beyond one's level.

However, the Thunderfire Self-Destruction Technique mastered by their Mythical Paradise is even more powerful, and it can also be enhanced as their own strength increases. Although it is not very useful for martial artists now, it can instantly kill enemies below the level of martial artists.

Once these seventeen newcomers master it, their Mythical Paradise will be far stronger than Heavenly Might in future team battles.

Time flies, and before we knew it, another night had passed.

The elite disciples' lounge on the second floor of the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

boom!

Like a volcano erupting with blood and energy, waves of heat continuously crashed against the surrounding walls, causing the entire lounge to tremble.

"It's done!"

Luo Wushang opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise. After spending most of the day and dying nine times, she had finally mastered the second level of the Shocking Breathing Technique and completed the final advancement of her martial arts.

(End of this chapter)