Chapter 26: Intense competition, narrowing gap
[Please note that the monsters in advanced areas will become more powerful, so survivors should choose carefully during exploration.]
"Higher level area?"
Han Xing looked around and found that there were indeed many more clouds of different sizes in the distant sky.
There are many more clouds in this area than in the area where he is currently.
"It turns out that I have been staying in the novice area. Only after defeating the most powerful monster in this area can I go to the advanced map."
Han Xing seemed to understand some of the operating mechanisms of this game and shook his head. "Forget it, that area is still far away from here. At the current speed, it will take at least four or five hours. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Thinking of this, Han Xing decided to deal with the spoils in front of him first.
He walked over to the body of the Graystone Wolf and started to disassemble it.
[Successfully decomposed the corpse of the giant gray wolf, recovered 13 fine iron arrows, obtained 1 one-star high-quality hide, obtained 104kg of thick wolf meat, obtained 1 beast heart, obtained 5 strong bloods...]
"High-quality hides?"
Han Xing looked at the thick fur on the ground and said, "I remember it can be used to make blue leather armor. What a good thing!"
As for the other beast's heart and the strong man's blood, he hadn't figured out their uses yet, so he put them all away for the time being.
There was nothing good in the territory of this giant gray rock wolf, but when Han Xing merged the sky island, he found some unexpected surprises.
In the moonlight, on the edge of the giant wolf territory, several rocky geological territories were sparkling with silver light.
"There's a treasure!" Han Xing's eyes lit up.
He walked over and squatted on the ground to observe.
Han Xing said uncertainly: "There should be some kind of ore in it."
“Would you like to try digging?”
Thinking of this, Han Xing took out a pickaxe from his backpack and started hammering hard.
Ding! Ding! Ding! The sound of metal hitting stone continued to ring out.
When Han Xing knocked off the surface stones of these pieces of ore, the silver dots of ore inside were finally revealed, and the system prompt appeared at this time.
[Mithril ore needs to be smelted to extract the mithril inside. ]
"Smelting?"
Han Xing was puzzled: "I don't have any equipment. Do I need to build a smelting workshop?"
Although Mithril is a good thing, it is also the main material for making other blue equipment.
But it seems that at the current stage, the survivors are unable to refine this metal.
Unless the territory construction function is enabled in later versions.
At that time, the survivors will be able to build various facilities in their own territories, such as smelting workshops, weapons research institutes, fortifications, and even taverns.
Currently, Mithril only has a small chance of being found in treasure chests.
Han Xing was able to receive more than 20 mithril ingots before, thanks to the efforts of some lucky players. Of course, the probability of this happening is very small.
Since it was impossible to refine mithril for the time being, Han Xing stuffed all the mithril ore into the storage box.
Then he looked at the standings.
First place: Xinghe, territory points 184.
Second place: Whisperer, territory points 162.
Third place: Black Hawk, territory points 123.
Fourth place: Papaya Star Spirit, territory points 115.
Fifth place…
"Hmm? That Whisperer is catching up? Black Hawk has also surpassed Papaya Protoss and taken the third place?"
Han Xing was a little surprised when he saw the standings.
The gap between him and the Whisperer was gradually narrowing, and the other party was also trying hard to catch up.
But after thinking about it, although he is now equipped with almost a full set of green equipment, the attribute gap between him and other survivors is actually not that big.
As the survivors continue to explore outward, they will also discover various equipment, skill books, etc. in other territories.
Even if you don't use it yourself, you can take it to the trading channel for exchange.
The strength of the survivors is steadily improving, especially the top few among them, which is improving rapidly.
Of course, there is also a corresponding price behind this.
Han Xing saw that the 10,000 survivors in Area 107 had been reduced to 9,632 people.
This means that over the past three days, more than 300 people have lost their lives here alone! According to this ratio, the current death toll of human survivors may have reached a terrifying number.
Although most of the people here died in accidents, as the difficulty of survival increases and the monsters they encounter become stronger, this number will continue to soar.
At this time, Cheng Jianyong said in the discussion group: "Brother Xing, that Whisperer is quite something, he is almost catching up with you!"
Ever since he knew that the Korean star was Xinghe, Cheng Jianyong has been paying attention to the rankings.
Han Xing replied: "Yeah, he is indeed very strong. If I am not mistaken, he should be a mage."
"Mage?"
"Yes."
Han Xing affirmed: "Four of the five skills of the mage in the early stage are lethal skills. As the captain of a team, the Whisperer probably has all of them with the help of his teammates. Coupled with the blessing of equipment, the mage's exploration speed is indeed much faster than other professions."
"I see." Cheng Jianyong suddenly realized and continued to ask, "Brother Xing, how do you know all this?"
"You can also find out by reading more game introductions."
Han Xing paused and continued, "By the way, what are your current rankings?"
"Huh?" Cheng Jianyong seemed a little confused. "Brother Xing, didn't you check the rankings? Brother Yun and I are both on the list!"
"You didn't tell me your virtual names, how would I know what they are?"
"You didn't ask."
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Han Xing: “…”
"Stop being naughty and tell me your name."
Cheng Jianyong laughed, "Okay, my name is 'Lonely Hero', and Brother Yun's name is 'Yun Tianming'."
“…”
Han Xing: "What a chuunibyou name..."
"Yeah, I also think the name Yun Tianming is very childish."
"I'm talking about you."
Cheng Jianyong: “???”
At this time, Shen Yun was still working all night to earn territory points and did not see the conversation between the two people in the discussion group, otherwise he would have argued with Cheng Jianyong for half an hour.
Han Xing opened the ranking list and saw that the name of 'Lonely Warrior' was ranked 65th and currently had 33 points.
And 'Yun Tianming', also known as Shen Yun, has actually made it into the top 40, ranking 37th with a score of 57 points.
Han Xing was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he realized it was within his expectations.
After all, I gave them almost a complete set of high-quality green equipment, so many skill books, and a large amount of spiritual spring water, so they can explore boldly without any scruples.
It is natural to have such a fast speed to rush to the top of the list.
After closing the chat, Han Xing continued to approach other clouds.
After reaching level 3, Sky Island's speed becomes 8 meters per second, equivalent to 28.8 kilometers per hour, which is quite fast.
While driving on the sky island, Han Xing also took the time to glance at the chat channel.
After a whole day of fighting and exploration, the survivors shared their experiences inside.
"Damn, my luck was really bad today. When I was exploring the territory, I encountered an elite jungle tiger and was almost bitten to death by it. If I didn't have the magical sliding tackle skill passed down from my ancestors, I would have died there."
"The guy upstairs, what you did is nothing. I ran into a huge bear today. It broke more than a dozen of my ribs with one slap. Luckily, I'm a sports student. I carried it for more than ten kilometers and tired the bear out before it let me go."
"You guys are awesome. Compared to you, the bite from a five-step snake seems like nothing."
"Brother, can you still speak after being bitten by a five-step snake?"
"Oh, because I pulled out its fangs. It's safe to bite it and it's very comfortable. I plan to keep it as a pet."
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"Dude, you're such a pervert..."
A silence symbol appeared in the chat channel.
At this time, someone said, "Stop joking, look, Papaya Star Spirit Boss has released another guide."
"The boss has released another guide? I read his post before and used the tips to avoid several clouds with monsters hidden in them."
"Me too. Thanks to Papaya Star Spirit's guide, I was able to open a bronze treasure chest easily."
"Look what it is this time?"
When everyone clicked on it, they saw that it was a strategy post released by Papaya Star Spirit, and it had hundreds of replies in a short period of time.
But the title of the post is different from the previous ones, and it reveals a serious style.
《Beware! Dark Elf Squad!》
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(End of this chapter)