Survival in the apocalypse, teammate Xia Shiyu at the start

call out!

A blood-red blade of light shot out from the hilt of the sword.

He leaped forward, passed through the window, and landed on the lawn. After getting up, he rushed towards one of them with the speed of a gust of wind.

buzz-

The player, who was holding a machine gun and pulling the trigger to suppress the enemy, only saw a flash of red light coming towards him.

Before he could even realize what was happening, the plasma blade suddenly slashed across his neck.

Flying through the air, he saw his headless corpse fall backward, and then it dawned on him: "My head has been cut off?"

Then they were plunged into endless darkness.

Shen Zhao, wielding a lightsaber, moved like a ghost among the player squad.

As the red light flashed, the gunshots grew fainter and sparser.

By the time the squad leader realized what had happened, he was the only one left standing around.

boom!

The squad leader was struck hard on the back of the head, and he collapsed to the ground, seeing stars.

He then felt his back being stepped on and pressed to the ground, and a section of a blood-red beam of light was pressed against the side of his face.

"I ask, you answer, understand?"

The squad leader shouted urgently, "I'm a captain-level player from the Crimson Blood Guild! If you kill me, our guild leader won't let you get away with it!"

"wrong answer."

A cold voice came from behind.

The squad leader felt a burning sensation in his waist, as if a red-hot iron skewer had pierced his kidney.

He couldn't help but scream, "Ah!"

Shen Zhao was somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected his lightsaber to destroy the enhanced suit so easily.

To be precise, the player standing beneath him was wearing the same enhanced suit as him.

In fact, this enhanced suit can block lightsabers, but the problem is that the process consumes a lot of energy.

The ten high-energy batteries were almost instantly depleted of their power, and the blue light went out.

The then-ineffective enhanced suit was pierced by the lightsaber.

If there were more high-energy batteries, or some more powerful energy source to power it.

I'm afraid a lightsaber won't be able to break through the enhanced suit's defenses so easily.

Shen Zhao secretly made a mental note of this.

Advanced players may have similar modified equipment, and in future battles with other players, they should prioritize attacking the head.

He cleared his mind and continued interrogating the prisoner: "What are you doing here?"

The squad leader gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Shen Zhaoguang swung his sword and severed his left arm.

“Next time, it’ll be your leg that gets broken,” he added coldly. “Your third leg.”

The squad leader couldn't take it anymore. He gritted his teeth and endured the excruciating pain of his severed arm, saying, "A player killed our teammate and then fled here. We've come to get revenge."

Shen Zhao raised his lightsaber and stabbed it between his legs, precisely burning an egg into charcoal.

"If you try to fool me again, I'll cut you into a human stick and use you to fish for monsters!"

Deceiving his Force perception is not something an ordinary person can do.

Feeling the intense, magma-like heat emanating from the third leg, the squad leader was terrified.

He quickly and honestly confessed, "We are here on orders from our minister to arrest a blonde rookie female player."

Before Shen Zhao could ask any further questions, he continued, "That female player was one of the top performers in the previous batch of newcomer trials; she has great potential."

“Our minister believes she was specially trained as a human killing weapon and wants to capture her and train her into his own personal weapon.”

"So they sent me to lead a squad to track down and capture them in this game scene."

"Brother, I wasn't lying to you. Our minister values ​​this female player highly. He went to great lengths to track down and pinpoint her game location; you could say he's determined to win her over."

"Besides, he's always been vengeful. If you kill me and ruin his plans, he'll definitely not let you off the hook!"

Shen Zhao raised an eyebrow.

The player's minister here really knows how to play the game, actually sending his subordinates to capture promising newcomers, wanting to train them into personal weapons.

When he put collars on Kasumigaoka Utaha and Busujima Saeko, both girls agreed to it themselves!

Now that Violet is his, no one can make him let go.

As for the minister's revenge, he killed all the people the other side sent, so what else was there to worry about?

"How many of you are there? You're not all new level 1 players, are you? How did you get into this game?"

These people were all wearing enhanced suits that were only available in the intermediate-level store.

After killing the other four people, he received a notification that he had obtained some items from their personal space.

Several of these items are high-level and definitely not something new players can obtain.

Can't all of them be overpowered rookie kings like him?

Chapter Fifty-Six: Game Difficulty Levels and Guild Invitations!

When Shen Zhao inquired about the members of their team, the team leader made no attempt to conceal anything.

"Our team has five members. I am an elite player with a level 3 access level, and the other team members are experienced players with a level 2 access level."

"We were able to enter this low-difficulty game scenario because each of us had remaining sessions in the low-difficulty game scenario."

"The minister used special tracking equipment to teleport us into the game scene where the target was located."

This passage contains a lot of information.

Shen Zhao didn't hide his novice status and asked, "Explain the low-risk difficulty and the remaining sessions."

This problem made the squad leader realize something.

Aside from their squad, everyone else in the current game scene is probably a newbie player from the second game.

He, a dignified level 3 elite player, led four level 2 veteran players, yet he was wiped out by a mere level 1 newbie!

He himself was captured and subjected to torture and forced confession!

Upon realizing this, the squad leader's expression became incredibly interesting.

"I have a question," the squad leader said, not answering immediately, but instead asking, "Are you the Rookie of the Year?"

There was a hint of expectation in his tone.

Shen Zhao said calmly, "Yes. Now answer my question."

"Okay, boss!" The squad leader perked up and even changed his way of addressing him. "It's like this, the currently known game scenarios are divided into three difficulty levels: low, medium, and high."

“其中低危难度主要是lv1萌新玩家进行的游戏场景，中危难度以lv2资深玩家和lv3精英玩家为主，高危难度则是lv4大佬玩家和lv5领主玩家的专属。”

"It is said that there is an extremely difficult survival game above this, designed for legendary level 6 players. However, this has not yet been confirmed."

The game has difficulty levels, which is reasonable.

But as a level 2 player, why didn't he receive a game notification to enter the medium difficulty level?

Could it be because he has the bonus effect of the Rookie King title in level 2, and is therefore not recognized by the game space as qualified to enter the medium difficulty?

The prisoners at his feet quickly provided the answer to this question.

"Each player has ten sessions of game scenarios of corresponding difficulty at each access level."

"But since you've won the Rookie King title, you must be at the top of the trial scenario, so you must have three points of authority level experience by now."

"So you should understand that ordinary players need to complete ten games to level up. But for a pro like you, three or four games are enough!"

Shen Zhao nodded slightly.

Indeed, a newbie like him, who's practically cheating, can level up to level 3 in just four games.

"When a player's access level increases from lv1 to lv2, the game space will prompt them whether to proceed to the next difficulty level."

"If you choose to increase the difficulty and you did not complete ten survival games in the previous level, the remaining games will be retained."

Players can use their reserved sessions at any time to enter lower difficulty game scenarios. Two low-difficulty game sessions can be converted into one medium-difficulty game session, which can be saved for use when facing high-difficulty challenges.

"If you don't actively increase the difficulty, you will be forced to enter the medium difficulty after playing ten games on the low difficulty."

"However, those who can increase the difficulty in advance usually do so. It's both a source of pride for the strong and because keeping the game sessions is more useful."

"After all, the frequency of entering survival games is fixed."

"If you're not confident about completing the next game, you can use a lower difficulty game you've saved to fill in the gaps and give yourself more time to prepare."

After a long speech, the squad leader enthusiastically added another sentence.

"By the way, the increased authority level of your Rookie King title won't affect your promotion in normal difficulty."

It turned out to be the case.

Shen Zhao didn't care whether or not he entered the mid-risk area; what he cared about was whether he could get in.

This is a matter of dignity!

Having resolved his initial reservations, he then asked another question that interested him.

"What's this guild all about? And what's the deal with this Crimson Guild you're talking about?"

The squad leader answered promptly, "Once a player's privilege level reaches lv3, they will unlock the ability to form a team. They can enter the same game scene as their squad members and will not be separated during teleportation."

"Each team is limited to a maximum of 10 members."

"Upgrade to level 5 and you can create a guild with no limit on the number of members."

"Our Crimson Guild was founded by a level 5 lord player and has more than one level 5 player, as well as more than ten level 4 veteran players."

"Hey bro, wanna join our guild? I can introduce you."

"Big Brother, you've won the title of Rookie King, so you'll definitely be highly valued by our guild leader and become the guild's top priority for development."

Shen Zhao said with a playful expression, "I killed four of you and ruined the plans of your vindictive minister. No problem?"

"That's no problem!" the squad leader declared confidently. "Boss, you're the new king! A future level 5 lord player in the making."

"If you're willing to join our guild, we'd even have our minister apologize to you!"

"There are more than a dozen ministers in the guild, but the Rookie King only has one guild leader."

Chapter 57 News of Esdeath!

Hearing the words of the guild players at his feet, Shen Zhao's heart stirred: "Is your guild leader also the Rookie King?"

Aside from players who cheat like him, are there really any players who can kill the final boss in the newbie trial?

The squad leader said with a face full of admiration, "That's right! Our guild leader once single-handedly defeated the final BOSS in the rookie trial and won the title of Rookie King!"

"After that, he rose through the ranks to become a level 5 player, became the guild leader of the Crimson Blood Guild, and developed the guild into one of the top ten guilds today."

That sounds impressive.

Shen Zhao asked, "What's your president's name?"

The squad leader hesitated for a moment before saying, "I wouldn't have said that to someone else."

"However, you are also a rookie king, someone with the same potential as the president. I can tell you the president's name."

Shen Zhao was getting impatient.

It's just a name, but it's being made to sound like "the name of a god cannot be spoken directly."

The next moment, his expression suddenly froze.