The eighth copy

The rain kept falling with no sign of letting up.

Finally, Du Ming borrowed an umbrella from the old lady in the shop. After sending Ma Lin home, he turned around and went to the home of the construction team leader.

He took the old man's words to heart.

Beast Tide? Just the sound of it sounded a bit troublesome. However, Du Ming didn't plan to go directly to Hu Ying. After all, in the eyes of others, he was now considered an NPC.

As a result, he just walked to the captain's house and happened to meet him going out.

Seeing that he was still a little dazed, Risli said blankly: "Mutu, why are you here?"

Du Ming directly stated his intention.

Risli's eyes softened instantly. "I also happen to be going to the meeting hall for this matter. Let's go together."

After saying that, he took Du Ming to the conference room.

The meeting hall is located in the west center of the entire camp, only ten minutes away from the captain's home.

When the two arrived, there were already quite a few people there, many of whom were familiar to Du Ming.

The opening of Awakening Day not only brought a large amount of manpower, but also injected new vitality into this copy.

Many players showed their talents in it, and naturally some of them became members of the leadership of the entire camp.

Qi Qiang is one of them.

He received a message from the leadership as soon as the rain started falling, saying that they were going to the meeting hall.

After all the agreed people arrived, the meeting officially began. The speaker was the camp's caretaker - Al.

"The main reason we called everyone here this time is to discuss the beast tide after the rainy season."

A strong man in his forties, with a square face and a mellow voice, Al exuded righteousness and leadership. "The rainy season has a fixed period, with a thirty-day cycle. This means that in a month, we will face the next wave of beast attacks."

"There are many new friends here who have never experienced the beast tide."

"I'll just give you a brief introduction."

"We've divided ice beasts into five levels: weak, ordinary, elite, powerful, and finally, the king. So far, no king-level ice beast has appeared, so you can rest assured."

Although Al's words were meant to reassure people, Du Ming and many others present knew in their hearts that if Bran entered this dungeon, he would definitely become a king-level player.

Therefore, the best defense for them is to kill Bran before he becomes king.

Al paused for a moment and continued the introduction.

"Due to the current level of the camp, the level of the ice beast leading the beast tide will not exceed the ordinary level. Under normal circumstances, to deal with ordinary ice beasts, you only need to have an arrow tower and a defense shield."

At this point, a look of regret appeared on Al's face. "Unfortunately, the arrow tower and defense shield can only be unlocked after the camp level is raised to village."

"Now I want to ask what everyone thinks."

Al raised the question, and for a moment, a quiet discussion was heard from below.

Risli is not part of the camp's leadership. He is here simply because the construction team, patrol team and other teams will be needed when the time comes.

Therefore, the two of them are positioned relatively far back.

Du Ming sat next to the captain, listening to him muttering to himself, "What else can I think of? It's just about upgrading the camp level."

There was some truth in what he said. Du Ming nodded in agreement, but he added something in his mind.

Or should the players use props to resist the wave first?

Then he rejected his own idea.

This was still early in the construction process, and it would be inappropriate to reveal their cards too early. Not to mention that there were still people with ill intentions in the camp, the fact that they hadn't found Bran yet was inappropriate.

Due to time constraints, the meeting only lasted half an hour, and the final conclusion was to upgrade the camp level as soon as possible during the rainy season.

As mentioned before, to upgrade the camp level, there must be enough population and enough buildings.

The former is enough, but the latter requires the cooperation of players.

As the player level increases, the materials will be upgraded, so the most important thing is that the players need to upgrade.

The leadership divides different players into teams, with players who mainly produce materials heading out to hunt wild beasts and collect supplies during the rainy season.

While relying on collecting supplies and hunting wild animals to gain experience points, it also provides food for the entire camp.

What they are trying to do now is to collect as much supplies as possible and kill as many wild animals as possible.

Du Ming was assigned to the starting team because of his high level. He was accompanied by ten people including Risli, five of whom were collectors and five were responsible for guarding. Risli was still the team leader.

He briefly explained the precautions and distributed rain gear to everyone.

There are two pieces of rain gear in total, a raincoat and a pair of rain boots.

After Du Ming took over and put on his own suit, the cold feeling of the rain invading his body immediately subsided a lot.

He checked his clothes and saw that the words on them had changed.

[Obtain rain gear, clothing damage progress slows down, current progress is 150%.]

I didn’t expect that a small raincoat could have such a big effect. This is quite unexpected.

After making sure everyone was dressed, Risli said, "Let's go."

The small team marched out of the camp like a group of hardworking worker ants.

Risli walked at the front of the team, holding a broken fog lamp in his hand, with a wick of radiant grass inside.

The wanderers who came to the camp before broke through the thick fog and came here relying on fog lights.

However, while breaking through the fog, the fog lights will also attract some wild animals, just like the red-eyed angora rabbit standing in front of everyone.

The red-eyed angora rabbit is a level five beast with limbs that can stretch up to two meters long. It is named after its ruby-like eyes and long fur.

Several guards protected the collectors in the center and attacked the rabbits with their weapons.

Du Ming was also assigned as a member of the gathering team and stood in the center. However, unlike the other gathering members, he did not shrink back. Instead, he stood at the back and carefully observed the attack method of the red-eyed angora rabbit.

After a few times, he discovered that the rabbits' usual method of attack was to kick with great force, leaving a deep mark on the ground.

But isn’t the weakness obvious?

Du Ming immediately seized the opportunity and used his vine magic.

The emerald green vines successfully tied up the legs of the rabbit that jumped high. At the moment of success, the red-eyed angora rabbit fell heavily from mid-air, splashing a lot of mud and water.

Risli and others were stunned for a second, then picked up their weapons and stabbed forward in surprise.

With Du Ming's cooperation, the situation instantly turned to everyone's favor.

In less than ten minutes, the group killed all the red-eyed angora rabbits.

The system allocated experience points based on contribution points. Although Du Ming only tied the rabbit's legs with vines, the role it played was very significant, so he gained a lot of experience points at once.

And Risli and others were not jealous at all. Mainly because of Du Ming's help, the battle ended extremely quickly.

Nowadays, time is life.

The group's journey went smoothly and they even discovered a sweet potato field during the journey.

Several members of the guard team took turns on guard, while the rest of the people quickly collected the sweet potatoes. The harvested sweet potatoes were thrown into the first-level backpacks they carried with them.

This was just an ordinary harvest. Later, the group also encountered Lai Ji grass, one of the main ingredients of blood tonic.

Just walking and stopping here and there, I really gained a lot.

After defeating the third batch of beasts, Risli took a look at the damage value of his clothes and announced that he would go home.

On the way back, their team happened to meet another team.

The leader knew Risli, and after they patted each other's shoulders, they began to talk about their respective gains.

"How was your harvest?"

The other party said, "It's okay. Someone was accidentally hit by a Guji Beast and was injured. Fortunately, the injury is not serious and has been temporarily controlled with hemostatic drugs. Just go back and drink a dose of soup and you'll be fine."

Risli followed the other person's gaze, looked at the wounded man, and nodded.

The other team leader asked back: "What do you say?"

This successfully opened up Risli's chatterbox. When he got excited, he even pulled Du Ming over and said to him, "It's mainly because we have Wood and Earth in our team."

After telling what had just happened, Du Ming immediately felt a burning gaze from the side.

He turned his head and saw only a black head.

There were teams that performed well, and naturally there were also teams that did not. Most of the reasons were because the rain blocked their vision and because of lack of coordination, but there were also very few reasons that were caused by individuals.

Wu Yan's luck is not very good.

He is not affiliated with any party, but just a player who entered the game because the copy was opened.

He has been running around in various dungeons since the game first appeared, and he has plenty of dungeon experience and is quite strong.

Since Wu Yan doesn't like to team up with others, he has always acted alone, and gradually became a high-level player.

He had heard about the undercurrents in the real world recently, but he didn't want to get involved with any camp.

Although our living space is restricted, we can still survive as long as we live according to the rules.

It's just that some time ago, an elderly person in my family suddenly fell ill and needed to exchange for a cure potion urgently. To exchange for a cure potion, you need a lot of game clearance points.

Wu Yan doesn't have enough points.

Just as the 'Cassia Continent' was opened, he wanted to enter the game and give it a try.

'Cassia Continent' is worthy of being the top game copy. Not only is it highly playable, but you can also easily gain experience points by completing certain infrastructure tasks.

At 12 o'clock every night, the copy will give players clearance points as rewards based on the experience points of the day.

The number is considerable.

This not only made Wu Yan happy, but also made him more motivated to work.

However, all this was hindered by a rain. Fortunately, the camp came up with a plan in time, and because of his high level, he was included in the starting team as a guard.

At first their team was doing fine, but when they were halfway there, a group of cattle and horses suddenly appeared in front of the road.

The Ox-Horse Beast is three meters tall, has metal-sharp horns, and has extremely strong attack power.

Fortunately, the guards of the entire team are of high level and can withstand it.

Just at this moment, someone extended his evil hand to the fellow team members.

There were heavy casualties at one time, and Wu Yan only managed to survive thanks to the props in the game.

When we returned to the camp and wanted to expose that person, we found that he had disappeared.

It's really bad luck.

There are many similar things, and Al and others did not expect that things would get stuck here.

Qi Qiang and the others were not surprised.

Although Bran did not contact the players, it does not mean that all players who entered the dungeon had the same idea.

Especially those who defected at the beginning, they probably wanted to see Du Ming and his team fail the most.

So, what should we do now?

The beast tide is coming, we have to go out.