There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

This soldier looks rather dim-witted; it's best not to talk to him, Lu Qing thought to herself.

"I'll go first," Hao Meng said, raising the shield in her hand.

"Alright, you go first then."

Lu Qing nodded. Although this dream didn't allow the two of them to fight together, it was somewhat different from her original plan to work together with Hao Meng.

But since the game is already out, we can't just fudge it. Besides, this is also an opportunity to observe Hao Meng's combat abilities, so it's just acceptable.

"What are you all dawdling for? Hurry up and go!" the soldier urged.

"Then I'll go first," Hao Meng said to Lu Qing.

"Okay, be careful, just do your best," Lu Qing replied.

Hao Meng nodded without saying a word, and walked over wearing heavy armor. At the same time, a black-haired man also walked out from the other side.

The black-haired man wore glasses and his clothes looked like those of a wasteland ranger. Lu Qing used Eagle Eye to carefully scan him and found a dagger, two pistols, and three grenades.

He also had a backpack on his back, the contents of which were unknown.

Judging from his appearance, he should be a tech-savvy player?

However, they are not the kind of players who transform their bodies into machines, but rather those who only use technological weapons.

This type of player is very popular in the early stages of the game. After all, in the early stages when everyone is not very strong, there is a limit to how much attribute you can add. At this time, if a player with a submachine gun and a player with a greatsword were to fight, the player with the submachine gun would definitely be stronger.

Thinking about it, Lu Qing suddenly became worried about Hao Meng, wondering what level her armor was and whether it could withstand the attack from the young man opposite her.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the young man looked at the heavily armored player in front of him and couldn't help but mutter:

"Seriously? Is this some kind of exaggeration?"

He carefully observed the footprints left by the other person and the dust they kicked up as they walked, and could roughly guess the weight of the armor. The heavier the armor, the higher its defensive power.

Touching the grenade hanging on his waist, the young man felt that this thing probably wouldn't be able to blow up the turtle shell on the other side.

"boom!"

Hao Meng didn't say anything, but suddenly pushed off with her feet, raised her shield, and charged towards the young man!

Upon seeing this, the young man immediately dodged, then raised his pistol and fired a shot at Hao Meng's back. The bullet hit Hao Meng's armor and bounced off, leaving only a white mark.

"I knew it."

With practiced ease, the young man removed the magazine and replaced it with a new one, inserting it into the pistol.

"boom!"

Another bullet was fired, and Hao Meng raised his shield to block it. There was a loud bang, and the bullet exploded the moment it made contact with the shield.

"Holy crap, that's hard." The young man cursed as he watched Hao Meng emerge unscathed from the smoke.

"........."

Hao Meng didn't say a word, but silently raised her longsword and ran towards the young man.

"It's simply because they're being restrained," Lu Qing thought to herself as she watched this scene.

Hao Meng's armor was simply too tough; without a way to break through it, this young man was doomed to lose.

As expected, the young man was completely powerless to fight back against Hao Meng's pursuit and could only flee helplessly until Hao Meng caught up with him.

"Don't come any closer!"

In a moment of desperation, the young man raised the backpack behind him and used it to shield himself.

Seeing this, Hao Meng calmly raised the long sword in her hand and slashed down fiercely!

"laugh........"

Just then, an accident occurred. A large amount of pure white gas was suddenly released from the backpack that the young man used as a shield. Hao Meng, who was hit head-on by this gas, was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture!

"Hehe, fighting requires brains. Consider this a lesson learned." The young man chuckled, shook his backpack, and a bunch of small spider robots jumped out.

These spider robots quickly climbed onto Hao Meng's frozen body, and then...

"Beep beep beep.........Boom!!"

------------

Chapter 415: Physical Persuasion

"It's over... what?"

Before the young man could finish speaking, a long sword slashed through the dust and smoke. Noticing this, the young man immediately dodged backward, avoiding the powerful blow.

Hao Meng emerged from the dust unharmed, her once-shiny armor now somewhat dull, and nothing else could be discerned from it.

"May I ask what level of item this armor is?" the young man asked, his eyes twitching slightly.

"It should be purple," Lu Qing thought, touching the Altaïr sword at her waist as she watched the battle from afar.

Hao Meng has a purple-level forging skill that allows her to create weapons and equipment. The Altaïr Sword that was forged for her is a purple-level item, so there's no reason why her own armor and weapons shouldn't be purple-level.

"She's a genuine rich woman."

"Speaking of which, we're teammates now, right? Once we get to know each other better, could you help me forge weapons for free?" Lu Qing couldn't help but start making plans in her mind.

Well, that also depends on the cost of forging the weapon. If the cost is too high, even if Hao Meng offers to give it to her for free, she won't agree. After all, even close brothers should keep clear accounts. Even if you're close, you can't rely on relationships to take advantage of others, right?

Just as Lu Qing was thinking this, something unexpected happened in the battle on Hao Meng's side.

Having completely exhausted all options against Hao Meng, the young player could only resort to using his own card character.

A flash of light appeared on his body, revealing a complete set of light blue exoskeleton armor!

"boom!"

Hao Meng's longsword struck the young man's right shoulder, but failed to cut him in two. Instead, the young man swung his right fist and slammed it hard into Hao Meng's shield.

"boom!"

A loud metallic clang rang out, forcing Hao Meng to take several steps back.

Seeing that he had successfully created some distance, the young man immediately reached behind his back, pulled out a jet-black rifle, and opened fire on Hao Meng.

"Knock knock knock knock..."

The rifle made a dull thud, and the bullets it fired were actually spiral steel nails!

These steel nails weren't flying very fast, but they inexplicably carried extremely powerful kinetic energy, and they were firmly embedded in Hao Meng's shield, seemingly about to shatter it in no time.

Hao Meng was naturally aware of this, and as the young man was reloading, she threw her shield out and used it as a weapon to strike him.

The young man did not dodge at all. In his mind, with the protection of his exoskeleton, it was impossible for him to be injured by a shield.

That was indeed the case, but the shield blocked his view, preventing him from seeing Hao Meng draw the spear from behind him. No, even if he had seen it, what difference would a spear make?

In his view, Hao Meng, who was now only protected by armor and no shield, could not possibly pose a threat to him.

But what he didn't know was that Hao Meng possessed master-level marksmanship...

Hao Meng took a sudden step forward, concentrating all her strength on the tip of her spear.

"boom!"

The metal spear tip suddenly flicked upwards, slicing the rifle in the young man's hand in two. Then, with a sweep, it threw the young man to the ground. Hao Meng twirled the spear with both hands, strolled up to the young man, and then thrust it forward!

The sharp tip of the gun pierced the exoskeleton mask, revealing what Hao Meng had determined was the most vulnerable part of the opponent. She hoped the opponent wouldn't have nightmares after emerging from the dream...

The battle ended there. Until the young man died, Hao Meng did not use his card abilities.

Lu Qing expressed great satisfaction with this, saying that given Hao Meng's current performance, there was no need to worry about her holding the team back.

"Phew, it's finally over." Hao Meng breathed a sigh of relief as she returned to Lu Qing's side.

"Thanks for your hard work."

It's clear that Hao Meng is still very tired. Even if it doesn't show on the surface, she was still hit by a bomb, and when she used her shield to block the bullets, her arm couldn't have felt no impact.

Wearing such heavy armor for such explosive movements must have been exhausting.

"Next up is my turn."

After checking her equipment, Lu Qing glanced at the person opposite her and found that he was a middle-aged man with a dejected look, wearing a light blue vest, looking like he had just crawled out of a construction site.

"Hey, where are you going to work as a laborer?" Lu Qing asked, looking at the other person speechlessly.

"How dare you, a little girl, talk to me like that?" The middle-aged man pointed at Lu Qing's messy clothes, especially the tattered teddy bear hanging on her left waist.

"........"

Lu Qing felt that what the other person said made a lot of sense. Indeed, she already had so much equipment that it was almost impossible to carry it all. Although it wasn't to the extent that the other person was wasting it, it was just a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

"Aren't you going to make a move?" After waiting for a while, Lu Qing asked when she saw that the other party was not moving.

This guy didn't seem to have any weapons, and she didn't know what skills he had. Out of caution, Lu Qing didn't make a move, but she didn't expect that he would keep staring at her like that.

"I didn't bring any weapons, how can I make a move?" the middle-aged man said with a smile.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Lu Qing decided to ignore whatever tricks the other party might have up their sleeve and just go for it. With her strength, she didn't think she would lose.

"brush!"

A sharp dagger sliced ​​across the man's neck, and to his astonishment, Lu Qing severed his head.

"wrong........"

Lu Qing felt that the feeling of chopping down was not right; it didn't feel like the usual way she chopped meat.

Just as she was thinking this, a whooshing sound rang in her ears.

With a slight tilt of her head, Lu Qing dodged the arrow that was aimed at her from behind, and turned to look in the direction from which the arrow had come—there was nothing there.

"Is it invisibility, or an illusion?" Lu Qing frowned, looking at the empty space.

First, let's rule out hallucinations. She has fifty points in mental attribute, while the highest attribute for a player in the white rank is only fifty. Mental skills should not be effective against her.

That means they've become invisible, but other possibilities cannot be ruled out.

Lu Qing didn't activate Eagle Eye or Golden Vertical Pupil because she wanted to try and see if she could win this PVP match without using any active skills, including items.

"Whoosh!"