Ancient Ark: A Dark-Themed Historical Survival Game

Lu Dahai.

My former college roommate.

I graduated from university a year ago.

Xiao Yu got a job through campus recruitment.

Lu Dahai chose to stay at the university to continue his postgraduate studies.

Lu Dahai laughed loudly: "Hahaha! It really is you! You actually got on this lousy ship too!"

Xiao Yu: "I never thought I'd see you again, you fatso!"

Lu Dahai is already at level 3.

That's really unexpected!

Xiao Yu spent a lot of time in the "Sage of War Chess Game", so his level is still stuck at level 3, but that doesn't mean that level 3 is everywhere.

At present, levels 1 and 2 still account for nearly 90%.

Only one in ten players are at level 3.

Absolutely top-notch!

Lu Dahai, a pampered fat otaku, shouldn't have been able to achieve this so quickly. Xiao Yu, through his all-knowing eye, discovered that his awakened talent was called "Blessing of Flame".

This talent increases fire damage and grants an attack skill called "Mental Fireball".

"Mental Fireball" has a powerful output effect.

It's a very strong talent in the early game.

The monsters in the Lost Forest generally have low fire resistance, and most can be eliminated with a single fireball. Under these circumstances, it takes almost ten days to reach level 3, which is actually quite slow.

"What? You're level 3 too!"

Lu Dahai originally wanted to show off.

Xiao Yu's level immediately surprised him.

"Alright, I was thinking of taking you along, but I didn't expect you to be so skilled. There aren't many people who can reach level 3 these days. How about we go and join a pro to challenge the Nightmare dungeon?"

"You want to fight Deep Sea Nightmare?"

"Yes, the Ruins of Yingdu, a level 3 Nightmare dungeon!"

Lu Dahai said, "The Nightmare dungeon is a main storyline dungeon, so there's no need to travel all over the map to activate it; we can teleport there directly from the main city!"

He paused and continued:

"However, the terrain near the ruins of Yingdu is complex, and it seems there are quite a few elite monsters guarding it. Wang Yang and our goddess Su, two top-tier level 4 players, are recruiting people to clear the monsters and challenge the Nightmare dungeon!"

It turned out to be the case.

Xiao Yu understood.

Wang Yang's awakened talent is not weak, and he is indeed very resourceful and courageous. By chance, he obtained the purple hero Helü, which naturally enabled him to quickly stand out and gain many followers.

The goddess mentioned by the fat man is Su Qingmeng.

She is also a very famous and influential figure.

Su Qingmeng is an academic genius with extremely high IQ. She has won numerous awards and honors. Her appearance, figure, and even family background are all top-notch. Naturally, she is regarded as a goddess, rich and beautiful by Lu Dahai and his group.

In her previous life, Su Qingmeng possessed a unique talent, but she failed to acquire any powerful heroic spirits in the early stages. Furthermore, due to her somewhat immature leadership skills, she was constantly suppressed by Wang Yang and ultimately lost in the competition for the captain's throne.

Su Qingmeng was proud and arrogant.

Unwilling to become Wang Yang's subordinate.

In the second Old World, she left with a group of trusted followers, and through a series of developments and adventures, she became the captain of another Old Ark.

Two years later.

Wang Yang's team was wiped out.

It did not leave many traces in the deep-sea era.

Su Qingmeng, on the contrary, lived to the middle and later stages of her life and achieved remarkable success, reaching the level of a first-rate figure at her peak.

"How about it? Want to come along?"

Lu Dahai looked on with anticipation.

Xiao Yu shook his head: "My talent isn't offensive, so it might not meet their recruitment standards. Besides, I haven't even left the forest yet, so I won't go this time."

Lu Dahai felt a little regretful but did not insist.

Wang Yang and Su Qingmeng's team are very strict in their recruitment. Level 3 or above is just the basic requirement. Without a powerful hero or strong talent, it is indeed very difficult to get in. Even he might not be able to get in.

"It's okay, I'll go check the situation first, and we can team up again next time!"

The two added each other as friends through their fingerprints.

There was a reason why Xiao Yu did not participate in the reclamation of the "Yingdu Ruins".

First of all, he hasn't reached the main city yet; he needs to get to Suiyang City as soon as possible.

Secondly, some players may have already challenged some low-level dungeons, but they have never entered a nightmare dungeon.

Obvious.

They all underestimated the difficulty of the nightmare.

Although the Yingdu Ruins are the lowest level of nightmares, there are still dozens or even hundreds of elite monsters. The three demonized bosses are all of lord strength, and the final boss, "King of Rot," King Chu Ping Xiong Ju, is an even stronger lord monster.

Such a lineup would be extremely difficult to deal with even in a normal environment, and the Deep Sea Nightmare not only presents a harsh environment for players, but also further enhances the strength of the monsters.

Wang Yang and Su Qingmeng are both quite capable.

However, the development period is too short.

If you don't know the types of monsters, the nightmare environment, or the boss combat mechanics, you have no chance of winning.

Xiao Yu can break through with his intelligence advantage and the spirit of Sun Tzu.

But now is not the time to make a move.

Wang Yang and Su Qingmeng are also contenders for the captaincy, and their current reputation far surpasses that of Xiao Yu. It would be wise to use the nightmare to dampen their arrogance, thus building reputation more quickly.

Xiao Yu returned to his room to rest.

Fifteen drops of spiritual dew were added.

The remaining supplies include twenty portions of dewdrops, dozens of portions of basic materials, about 100 soul stones, several white forging stones, one portion of white spirit essence, and one white warlock spirit.

The equipment includes a golden bow, a bloodstained sword, rhinoceros hide armor, a rotten fire ring, a fine iron sword, and old mandrill leather boots.

There are 13 points of Soul Essence remaining.

The Corruption Ring has been used multiple times and its durability is now down to only 2 points. Other equipment also has varying degrees of wear and tear, which can only be repaired by a weapon refiner.

White equipment has extremely high maintenance costs.

Money disappears so quickly!

As for the "Essence of White Heroic Spirits"?

This rare material can improve the quality of Servants of no more than white quality, and has a certain probability of allowing Gray Servants to break through to white quality.

However, cultivating heroic spirits requires special formations and spirit refiners.

A good spirit refiner is as rare as a weapon refiner, and perhaps even rarer.

There are indeed some players with talents in weapon crafting, spirit crafting, or alchemy, and their potential is likely to be very high, such as Zheng Liangping, who could become a weapon crafting master.

However, at this stage...

They are not yet proficient.

There are no corresponding tools either.

This is also the reason for heading to Suiyang City.

"I still have 13 points of vital energy left, and cultivating 'Precision' only requires 10 points of vital energy. I'll master this skill first!"

The "Golden Silk Bow" that Xiao Yu obtained is a powerful weapon at this stage. Once he masters the precision archery technique, he will be able to use it more effectively.

[Soul Essence - 10!]

You have learned the new skill "Precision" through the "Nameless Archer"!

【Precision】, gray skill, consumes 2 points of mental energy, comprehensively improves muscle control and focus for 10 seconds, and increases damage by 5% when a critical hit is dealt... Current level 1, maximum level 3, can be upgraded by consuming 20 points of mental energy.

Most gray-level skills are useless.

Fortunately, the learning cost is also low.

After a short rest period.

Xiao Yu has fully recovered his energy and physical strength.

The lives and spirits of the heroic spirits have been replenished.

He teleported to the nameless mountain village where he had hunted the Evil Eye Sorcerer, thus avoiding repeated map runs and saving time. From there, it would take about a day to reach Suiyang.

As the saying goes, sharpening your axe won't delay your woodcutting.

It took a lot of time to obtain Sun Tzu's spirit.

But after acquiring Sun Tzu's spirit, the leveling speed increases by more than ten times.

Xiao Yu ventured into a monster-infested area. He deliberately made noise to alert the nearby monsters, and soon thirty or forty level 1 Evil Eye Mountain Demons, plus several level 2 Evil Eye Giant Spiders, were lured to an open space.

The light of the heroic spirit flashed.

A figure in green robes holding a bamboo scroll appeared behind them.

"It's up to you now."

"Yes, sir!"

When faced with hordes of monsters.

Sun Tzu calmly opened the book of military strategy.

An incredibly powerful mental fluctuation erupted.

A cloud of blood mist surged out behind him, and hundreds and thousands of crimson energy arrows shot out like raindrops, instantly engulfing the monsters in front of him like machine gun fire.

-50!

-46!

-98 (Critical Hit!)

-51

……

In the blink of an eye.

There were no survivors.

Thirty or forty wild monsters were slaughtered!

Such a scene can only be described as exaggerated.

Xiao Yu activated the Ark Imprint to collect the spoils of war scattered everywhere.

[Soul Essence +1!]

[Soul Essence +1!]

【…】

[Soul Essence +1, Gray Soul Stone +1!]

【…】

[Soul Essence +2, Gray Soul Stone +1, Giant Spider Venom Gland +1!]

[Soul Essence +1, Mountain Demon Stone Hammer +1!]

【…】

The battle lasted only a few seconds, but the total gains were 46 essence, 14 gray soul stones, and 2 pieces of gray equipment... This is the power and terror of an epic-level hero!