Continuing along the forest path, there were far fewer players. It turned out that Jiang Hao had entered the territory of the level 2 monster, the little squirrel.

Monsters at levels 1-5 are all neutral; they will not attack players unless attacked first. This can be considered a protective mechanism for new players in the Lingxu game.

Jiang Hao saw a large group of people standing by the roadside ahead. Further into the forest, five-person teams were fighting monsters, with flashes of white light appearing from time to time. Clearly, the little squirrel was not someone to be trifled with.

"Recruiting! Recruiting! Our team is recruiting, we need one more member, a warrior is needed."

"We have a powerful female priestess in charge, but we're missing a warrior."

"A team of four pretty girls, please protect them, soldier brothers."

......

From afar, I could hear the shouts and cheers of the crowd.

When Jiang Hao got closer and saw his profession, those people stopped trying to hawk their wares.

"This game is fucking difficult; you can't do anything without a warrior."

"Who can argue with that? Our team has been wiped out three times in a row."

"As expected, only the soldiers are the developers' favorites."

"Then what are we?"

A delicate girl's voice rang out, clearly indicating she had no gaming experience.

"Us? We're the grandsons of the planners."

Jiang Hao looked at the two people talking. The girl was sweet-looking and appeared to be a priest. The man next to her was quite handsome, but he was currently spreading his hands, looking helpless. Behind them was an archer with a short bow and a mage carrying a staff.

If there were one more soldier, it would be a standard combat squad.

With their objective clear, Jiang Hao continued forward, seeing several four-person squads along the way. Unsurprisingly, they all had the same goal: to recruit soldiers!

Warriors are tough and resilient; even without armor, a level 1 warrior has 90 HP and an armor rating of 2.8. No other class can withstand the attacks of the level 2 squirrel monster. Jiang Hao spotted a team in the woods, their tank being an assassin with 60 HP. Facing the squirrel with 220 HP and a 36 attack power, the assassin was instantly killed in just two hits—a flash of white light—before even surviving to be healed by the priest behind him.

Then the little squirrel chased after the remaining players, wiping them off one by one with its claws, sending them on their way.

Afterwards, the little squirrel happily ran back, hugged the pine nuts and gnawed on them, looking completely harmless.

Hiss~

This scene before his eyes made Jiang Hao realize just how precious soldiers are!

Suddenly, Jiang Hao spotted a very unusual group further into the woods.

The team was well-coordinated, with the warrior directly confronting the squirrel, the assassin and archer dealing damage, and a priest in white robes at the back healing the warrior. They were clearly an experienced team.

Jiang Hao's heart stirred.

Joining this team would definitely be much better than joining those independent teams outside.

Seeing the little squirrel fall down, Jiang Hao walked over.

"Is your team still short of members? Do you need a necromancer?"

The soldier turned around and looked Jiang Hao up and down.

Seeing that there was a chance, Jiang Hao glanced at the name above the soldier's head and immediately emphasized it.

"Brother Junlin, I am a necromancer, a rare class!"

"Oh, I've never seen that before. What can you do?"

The level 1 warrior named Junlintianxia clearly became interested and asked with a smile.

"Me? I can be resurrected. Big brother, watch closely, I'll give you guys a performance."

Jiang Hao walked quickly to the little squirrel that had just fallen, and the four people opposite him looked at him curiously.

Jiang Hao was somewhat excited, thinking that if it worked out, he might be able to stay in their team.

"Sorry, the target you are trying to revive is of a higher level than you. The target was detected, but you did not kill it yourself. The target cannot be revived."

A sudden system announcement rang out: Resurrection failed.

What does that mean?

Does this mean that to revive a monster of a higher level than oneself, one must kill it oneself?

Jiang Hao was somewhat dazed, while the other three looked on with amusement at his lack of movement.

"Ahem, why don't you try again later, brother? We brothers are busy leveling up."

Junlintianxia cleared his throat, his tone extremely polite.

"I really can resurrect, it's just that I didn't kill this monster. Why don't you add me to your party, and we'll kill another monster? I'm sure I can..."

"Big brother, let's hurry up and stop dawdling."

Jiang Hao was interrupted by an archer in the group before he could finish speaking.

Junlintianxia could only shrug and shake his head at Su Hao, indicating his helplessness. He then led his team toward the next squirrel.

Jiang Hao had no choice; the level 2 squirrel was far beyond his ability to handle alone. He had no choice but to return to the original path.

Along the way, Jiang Hao stopped frequently and saw several teams with warriors, all of them hunting squirrels. Some teams had better coordination and finished them off faster, while others were less coordinated and finished them off slower. Although it was still somewhat strenuous, it was much better than fighting for squirrels in a level 1 monster zone.

Jiang Hao also noticed that several well-trained teams had a common yellow name below their names above their heads, clearly belonging to the same guild. Along the way, besides a few guilds whose names he had never heard of, he even encountered the "Chenxing" guild, the "Tianfa" guild, the "Shenmie" guild, and the "Shengshi Tianxia" guild.

The four major gaming guilds of Shanghai have all appeared in the game Lingxu!

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if it's because their guild has a large number of members, resulting in them being present in every newbie village.

Further ahead lies the territory of the level 3 ferocious beast, the wild rabbit. Teams from several major guilds are all hunting squirrels here, clearly planning to level up to level 2 and then directly engage the wild rabbits.

Jiang Hao knew that these guilds would never hire him. The four major guilds have always been powerful in the gaming world. Each of them has at least tens of thousands of members, and their presence can be seen in almost every currently popular game. Their core members are all professional players or former professional players. Even when recruiting new members, it's through internal referrals; they would never recruit unemployed individuals from the general public.

Jiang Hao then continued walking forward.

"Hey kid, hurry back, you can't beat the monsters up ahead."

A priest from one of the Chenxing Guild's teams saw Jiang Hao about to leave the dense forest and offered a word of advice.

"Thanks, brother, I was just browsing. I can't beat a level 1 mouse anyway."

Jiang Hao's words caused the members of several major guilds to burst into laughter.

The leader of the Heavenly Punishment Guild was a man named Shadow Demon King, who simply smiled and shook his head.

"Let's all work harder and try to reach level 3 today. I won't log off at noon, and I'll treat everyone to barbecue tonight."

The members of the Heavenly Punishment Guild immediately became enthusiastic.

Jiang Hao knew that joining a team to gain experience and level up was clearly impossible for someone with his profession.

That leaves only one path.

Fight high-level monsters yourself to level up your talents!

That's why he keeps moving forward.

Since the system requires him to fight monsters higher than level 5, he should at least go and see what level 6 monsters look like.