Chapter 109 What a Painful Realization
Shen Jufeng felt a little regretful that he was confident that Lu Jiu could handle it herself and didn't pay much attention to the situation on her side.
"It seems that the increase in wild monster level not only increases their health and attacks, but they may also think about how to deal with us."
The human race has always dominated the top of the food chain with its intelligence, so we naturally understand how important and terrifying it is to have a smart brain.
Zhuang Yun hesitantly said, "Back then on Earth, there were many animals that were quite intelligent, but not as smart as humans."
He was not very willing to face smart wild monsters. Now the wild monsters attacking in groups were not difficult to deal with. If they learned to cooperate to deal with them, they would be under great pressure.
Lu Jiu thought what he said made sense. "That's right. Back then, there were still smart apes on Earth."
Shen Jufeng didn't say much, but just remained vigilant about the matter and paid more attention when encountering higher-level monsters in the future.
Lu Jiu added, "I'm being overly fussy. It's normal for wild beasts to be cooperative. It's unlikely that you'd upgrade a wild monster by focusing solely on its attributes."
The atmosphere calmed down a lot after that, and they continued to focus on the new props.
Zhuang Yun was most curious about this item. "They say you can combine it into a mount if you collect 20 of them, but how do you do it? There's no control panel."
He was also a non-mainstream teenager when he was young and had some knowledge of games.
Lu Jiu: "There should be a hint. Anyway, I haven't collected enough monsters yet, so I might as well find more Brown Iron mutant monsters."
However, there were very few wild monsters at the brown iron mutation level. They continued to search for a long time and only encountered a group. In the end, the harvest was pretty good. Zhuang Yun got one, and Shen Jufeng, who had the European Emperor physique, got four.
Lu Jiu did not attack the monsters. He used the excuse that he had already obtained two items and let the two of them make the final attack to get the reward.
Looking at her teammates holding items, she said, "Maybe I was overthinking it before. Look, the monsters we encountered this time didn't show much cooperation, but you still managed to get the items."
Zhuang Yun nodded, "Maybe."
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They were not the only ones who got this item. Almost all the other teams leaving the city had some people who got this new item.
After disbanding the city-state, Li Aoting also set out for Xuantian City. After walking for two days, they finally saw the city-state in the distance.
There are a lot of wild monsters in the wild in autumn. They could have come earlier, but they had to deal with the monsters.
It just so happened that they wanted to collect more materials, so it took some time.
After they dealt with a group of wild monsters, they rested on the spot and looked at the reward they had obtained after killing the brown iron mutant level wild monsters with great effort. It was also a vehicle model.
"Captain, does it mean that your luck will improve when you come to Xuantian City? This kind of item simply didn't appear in our place, but you can get it right away here."
The complaints of her teammates were also Li Aoting's inner complaints. She had seen this thing before. She bought it for 25 yuan each in the Lingdong game before. She thought it was quite expensive at the time.
After all, 20 of them add up to 500 yuan, and the synthesized mount is not the best-looking one, it's just a basic model.
She wasn't a big spender, but she felt that if she started, she would probably be tempted to combine a better-looking mount, so she didn't spend money to buy the item to combine the mount.
"The mount synthesized from this item is a basic model. There are also better-looking mounts based on this model. However, what is needed at that time is the sacrifice of that basic mount plus 30 mount models."
Everyone in the team knew that Li Aoting was an advanced player, but she also said that she was not a pay-to-win player and her equipment was just slightly better than theirs.
"That's pretty good, at least it's a flying mount, but it requires some hard work."
The drop rate of this item is really not high, and you have to kill wild monsters at the Brown Iron mutation level to have a chance. Not every monster will drop it.
It will take a lot of time and a lot of hunting to collect them all.
Li Aoting sighed slightly. If she had been more intelligent and spent money to buy props, she would have a flying mount now.
The atmosphere was relaxed at this moment. The female members of the team sat next to Li Aoting and asked about the appearance of the mount Mengxi Qianqiu.
"Captain, does Mengxi Qianqiu look good? I think the mounts sold in the mall are all very nice. I saw a player with an advanced skill sitting on a mount before I even arrived at the city-state."
That mount was not available in the mall. It was probably a non-saleable item in the game, but it was much higher-end than those with a marked price. She was extremely envious at that time.
Li Ao Ting thought back to the mount's design. "Actually, I'd already retired a year ago, so I don't remember it very clearly. It was probably a swing with vines on either side, like a chair."
She pointed at the miniature prop, and the girls imagined what the mount would look like.
"Those aren't for sale, are they?"
Li Aoting frowned. "Hmm... not quite complete. This item used to sell for 25 yuan each in the game, which is equivalent to 500 yuan for a mount."
When the other teammates heard the price, they covered their chests with their hands. They regretted it so much. They should have played this game in the first place, otherwise they wouldn’t be drooling over this prop now.
Li Aoting found that mounts became much more expensive, or more difficult to obtain, after the world was gamified.
For example, the mounts sold in the mall are actually the ones that could be purchased with real money in the game before the apocalypse, but the price has increased many times.
The cheapest mount, which costs 420 gold coins, would be 420 yuan before Doomsday, which is cheaper than the Mengxi Qianqiu mount.
The more I think about her, the more my heart aches. I should have become a pay-to-win player earlier.
After walking and stopping for a while, the group finally arrived at Xuantian City, where they would settle down in the future.
The city was bustling with activity, and outside the city, people lived in harmony in the fields, each collecting food.
The residents here did not have that worried and fearful expression on their faces. At least the several city-states they were familiar with were in dispute between two groups of residents.
"It's definitely better than ours." One team member couldn't help but sigh.
Li Ao Ting admitted that this was indeed the case. "It seems that my decision was correct. If I had continued to work hard for the entire winter, I think I would have been depressed."
She was just an ordinary girl, a little smart. Before the apocalypse, she was even reluctant to spend a lot of money. Now that she was suddenly in charge of a city, it was impossible for her not to care about the feelings of the residents.
Such a depressing environment would have a profound impact on her.
Several female team members patted her shoulders and silently comforted her. They all knew that although Li Aoting was serious, she was also very responsible.
"It's all in the past. Luckily we came here. It feels like we've returned to the past two months. Life was peaceful and stable then."
They came to the hostel with great enthusiasm, and when they registered, they received an email, which was the occupational census questionnaire set up by Lujiu.
A group of people were stunned. Why were they asking this here?
"Fill it out. Now that you're here, you should abide by the rules. It's no big deal to know your profession."
After Li Aoting said this, the other teammates filled in the blanks.
After paying the accommodation fee, they began to wander around the city. The last time they came, the game had not been updated yet, but now Xuantian City has been upgraded to a third-level city-state.
(End of this chapter)
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