"Shall I take you guys through the dungeons?"

Upon hearing Cao Cao's words, Wang Ming was momentarily stunned. Wang Ming's original intention was simply to sell the equipment and skills to a few people, but he never expected Cao Cao to say something like that.

"Yes, they'll take us through the dungeons! To be precise, we'll team up and conquer the dungeons together."

“Young brother, you have been to the secret realm before, so you naturally know that this secret realm not only has an extra drop rate but also an extra experience bonus. We certainly don’t want to miss such an opportunity.”

"Our mission has failed, so we can't enter again. We can only trouble you, young man, to team up with us and take us into the secret realm one more time."

"Of course, I won't let you help me for nothing. As long as you're willing to take us into the secret realm, I'm willing to pay you 1 million Chinese yuan. Also, if we manage to clear the secret realm, I'll pay you an additional 2 million Chinese yuan."

Upon hearing Cao Cao's words from the Three Kingdoms period, Wang Ming's eyes lit up.

Wang Ming then carefully examined the group. Apart from Cao Cao from the Three Kingdoms period, who was level 8, the rest of them were all level 7.

Their equipment was also quite good. Although not all of their weapons were 3-star purple equipment, each of them wore 2 or 3 pieces of purple equipment. Xiahou Dun, the commander of the Three Kingdoms, even had 4 pieces of purple equipment.

They are arguably the top players in this beginner village.

The monsters in this secret realm are much stronger than the wild monsters outside. Even if Wang Ming clears the first level of the secret realm, it is unlikely that he can clear the second, third, or fourth level at this stage.

Therefore, Wang Ming's original plan was to leave after clearing one level and then challenge the later levels after his level and attributes improved.

But with their help, it might actually be possible to clear this secret realm now.

What's more, you can also get Huaxia coins. Even if you don't finish the game in the end, you can still get 1 million Huaxia coins!

"Alright, I'm willing to lead you into the secret realm, but Boss Cao, I have a few questions that I hope you can answer for me."

"No problem. As long as you're willing to lead us into the secret realm, please feel free to ask us any questions you may have."

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony."

"The first question is, spending 3 million Huaxia coins to buy an entry opportunity to a newbie village secret realm seems very unworthy to me. I want to know why you would spend such a high price to enter this secret realm."

"Hehe, young brother, it's certainly not worth 3 million Chinese coins to buy an entry opportunity to a secret realm. However, I have an additional condition that I haven't had a chance to tell you yet. Since you asked, I'll just tell you my requirements."

"So, everything that drops from this secret realm will belong to us. Hehe, what do you think, young brother?"

We've booked the entire venue!

Upon hearing Cao Cao's words from the Three Kingdoms period, Wang Ming immediately understood.

This secret realm has a large number of monsters, and the drop rate is increased by an additional 50%. Now that it's being explored for the first time, it's bound to drop a lot of good items. If that's the case, 3 million Huaxia coins is reasonable.

"Okay, no problem."

"So, the second question, hehe, actually this question has nothing to do with this secret realm. I've just been curious that when players enter the Yuanyu newbie village, they are all randomly assigned, but you guys look like a team, and a standard 7-person team at that. I want to know, how did you manage to do that?"

Wang Ming had been curious about this question since his first encounter with the group from the Three Kingdoms, but out of politeness, he didn't ask. Now that he had the chance, he naturally wanted to find out.

"Haha, it's not difficult at all, because the gaming pods we're using are all top-of-the-line, and they're among the first 10 officially released top-of-the-line gaming pods. Mine is number 1, theirs is number 2... all the way up to number 7."

"And these top 10 gaming pods are guaranteed to be assigned to the same starting village when randomly assigned, which is why we are able to be together."

"What? You can do that? But isn't that unfair to the other players...?"

Wang Ming paused abruptly at this point.

Yes, there is no absolute fairness in this world. While others are still forming teams and getting used to each other, a few people are able to get the first kill of the boss multiple times because they are assigned to the same newbie village and know each other well.

When I was selecting the cultivation technique level, because I was using a top-tier gaming pod, the system directly excluded the lowest-grade talents...

"Alright, I have no more questions. Now I'll add you to the team, but the maximum number of people in a team is 7, so I can't add you all."

"Young man, Dian Wei from the Three Kingdoms doesn't farm dungeons. You can just add the rest of us to your party." After saying that, Cao Cao and the others from the Three Kingdoms left the party.

“Okay.” Wang Ming then pulled the group into his team.

"System notification: Cao Cao from the Three Kingdoms period has joined your team."

"System notification: Xiahou Dun from the Three Kingdoms period has joined your team."

......

At this moment, in the upper left corner of Wang Ming's vision, the character information was no longer just his own, but six other characters' information appeared below him.

The information about these six figures is that of Cao Cao and others from the Three Kingdoms period. In front of Wang Ming's figure, there is a golden flag, indicating that Wang Ming is the captain of this team.

"Is this what teaming up is like?" This was Wang Ming's first time teaming up since entering the game, and looking at his teammates, Wang Ming was actually a little excited.

"Young man, I've already transferred 1 million Huaxia coins to your account. Also, I'll buy your equipment and skill books for 200,000 Huaxia coins. Let's go back to the newbie village to trade first, so we'll have some security when we go into the dungeon later."

"Okay, no problem."

The group then returned to the starting village, and only after the transaction was completed did they return to the entrance of the secret realm.

After defeating the corrupted treant at the entrance, the seven entered the secret realm.

After entering the secret realm, Wang Ming handed over the captaincy to Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms period.

"Boss Cao, the team leader has given it to you. You can just pick it up after the shipment is completed."

"OK."

"Guo Jia, bring bUFF."

Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms responded and then instructed Guo Jia of the Three Kingdoms to use buffs.

As Guo Jia from the Three Kingdoms period plucked the strings of his zither, beams of blue light enveloped the crowd.

"System notification: You have been inspired, increasing your attack by 10% for 5 minutes."

Upon hearing the system notification, Wang Ming looked at his character attributes and saw that his attack had changed from 148 to 148 (+15).

This "Encouragement" is Lingyin's initial skill, which increases attack power by a certain percentage. It may seem insignificant at first, but in the mid-to-late game, as the character's attack power increases, this skill becomes terrifying.