Chapter 18 Rose Lychee Ice Jelly (Contains a lot of forums...
[Extreme Cold Disaster: Day 10, Temperature: -45℃, Number of Players: 7982/10000]
Zhu Yu's life these past two days was the same as usual. He continued to fight monsters, then went to the hot pot restaurant, and finally returned to the shelter to rest, strolled around the trading hall to see if there were any props or potions he needed to buy, and then lay down to check the group chat.
I have to say that this large group of thousands of people is really lively, with endless chat content. Before you know it, there are more than 99 messages.
Of course, in addition to those trivial gossips and advertising information, Zhu Yu pays more attention to the useful information occasionally shared by players in the group chat.
Sometimes, even if it was just a few scattered sentences, she would carefully copy and organize the messages.
That night, Zhu Yu finished her shower early, a rare occasion. She walked out of the steamy bathroom in her nightgown, her wet hair wrapped in a towel.
It was still some time before her usual bedtime, so she decided to forgo the blow dryer for now and let her hair dry naturally.
She hugged a soft pillow, sat on the comfortable sofa, and pulled the small white coffee table that she had just bought yesterday closer to herself.
On the coffee table was a cup of iced cola and a small bowl of rose and lychee ice jelly. The crystal clear ice jelly was dotted with a few bright red rose petals, exuding an enticing sweet fragrance.
The wind was howling outside, but the heating and floor heating in the tent were turned on high, and it was as warm as spring inside.
Zhu Yu opened the player group chat and ate his midnight snack while scrolling through the chat history.
She scooped up a spoonful of ice jelly with lychee pulp and put it into her mouth. The cool touch melted on the tip of her tongue, instantly bringing a sense of refreshment to her who had just taken a shower and felt a little hot.
"Tsk," Zhu Yu saw another advertisement: "For 5 gold coins, you can get top-secret information about killing monsters in three days and upgrading to A-level in five days!"
She couldn't help but complain in her heart: I was a little tempted to buy it and have a look, but the promotion to A level is too exaggerated, it's obviously a scam at first glance.
Just as she was about to ignore this content and continue scrolling down, the player sent another message in the group:
[Player 5725]: This information is compiled from interviews with several big players, including the heartfelt words of player 996, who is my good friend!
"puff--"
If not, who are you?
Zhu Yu sprayed out the Coke in his mouth.
She stood up and wiped the table with a rag, sighing helplessly.
Apart from sharing the map of the hot pot restaurant in the group at the beginning, she never made any comments since then.
She has been lurking in the group, no wonder some players dare to make money in her name unscrupulously.
However, looking at the responses from other players below, she felt that there shouldn't be so many fools who would be fooled.
I didn’t expect that her reputation among players was quite good, and that so many players took the initiative to speak up for her.
Hey, the numbers of the players who helped her criticize [Player 5725] seem familiar.
Except for a player with a cat avatar, the remaining dozens of players seemed to have applied to add her as a friend.
It’s just that Zhu Yu doesn’t want to add too many strangers for the time being, so the application has not been approved.
Seeing so many people calling him a liar, [Player 5725] seemed anxious and sent another message:
[Player 5725]: Don't disbelieve me! Let me tell you another piece of gossip. A few days ago, when I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, I encountered a B-level monster in the jungle!
As soon as this was said, a player immediately responded:
[Player 3354]: Who are you kidding? Who knows if you had a nightmare in the middle of the night? It's only been a few days since the start of the game, how could a B-level monster appear?
[Player 2223]: +1 for disbelief. There is no truth without a picture.
[Player 0037]: 9494, you were able to survive and escape from a B-level monster? Shouldn't you have been eaten by it as a snack long ago?
[Player 5725]: Who are you cursing? I have an item that can temporarily conceal my presence. When I looked up at it, its level bar immediately ran away. How could I have time to take a photo to show you!
[Player 1988]: Wait a minute, are you the scammer who posted a scam message in the group last time saying "Surprise! The black giant shadow I saw when I woke up in the middle of the night is it a B-level monster or an unknown official hidden mission?" and asked people to add you as a friend and chat with you privately?
[Player 9331]: Turns out he’s a repeat offender!
[Player 7455]: Damn it, I almost got fooled by him again.
【Player 4666】: Player 5752 you are a **&#*@*! ! !
[Player 9001]: Is there a mute function in the game group chat? Every day there are scammers like this wasting everyone's time in the group. Instead of wasting their time, they might as well post some gossip...monster-killing strategies.
[Player 1239]: Agree +1
【Player 8345】: Agree +1
…
[Player 6771]: Wait everyone, I was the one who sent that message last time, don’t misunderstand Player 5752.
[Player 2542]:?
【Player 9723】：? ?
[Player 2849]: ???
…
[Player 4879]: Ah, is that okay? Actually... I think I've encountered that B-rank monster before?
[Player 1976]: Uh, I was the same way. I was chasing an E-level rabbit monster that day, but it cut me off. When I saw its level, I was as scared as player 5725 and ran away. When I got back, I thought it was an illusion because I was too nervous, so I didn't say anything.
[Player 4607]: I feel the same way as the one above. I'm afraid of being accused of being a liar who is trying to deceive people. After all, D-level monsters are very rare and hard to find nowadays, so how could there be a B-level monster?
[Player 2658]: Stop, stop, stop. Let me take a moment. You are not telling me this is true.
[Player 2223]: +1 for disbelief. There is no truth without a picture.
[Player 2685]: Aren't all the people above hired by player 5752? They are here to sell his exclusive information of "killing monsters in three days and reaching A-level in five days" which costs five gold coins?
[Player 4576]: @Player 4879, @Player 1976, @Player 4607, if you are threatened by Player 5752, just blink.
[Player 5725]: It's not that you are sick. It's just five gold coins. If you can't afford it, then you can't afford it. Why are you putting the blame on me?
Player 5725, seeing that he had not sold any information and was being mocked by others, suddenly broke down and started to express his anger to other players in the group.
Seeing that the chat content in the group was gradually deviating from the topic and was about to get out of control, at this moment, a player sent a video in the group.
After clicking on the video, Zhu Yu's smiling face suddenly froze.
【Player 0973】：【Click to view shared video】
[Player 0973]: I was also a victim of a B-level monster. At the time, I was taking pictures of nearby herbs for my herbalist friend, hoping to ask him to identify the species. Unexpectedly, I took this picture by accident.
I don’t know if it was because the light was dim at the time, and the content in the picture was not very clear, but all the players present could still see half a leg flashing by in the picture.
The smile on Zhu Yu's face completely disappeared. She put down the spoon in her hand, sat up straight, pressed the pause button, and enlarged the picture to identify it carefully.
The leg was covered with thick scales, which shone with a cold luster, as if it was made of frost.
The edges of the scales are sharp and hard, like a blade, and can cut through any object with a random strike.
At the bottom of the legs, huge claws were deeply embedded in the ground, with a few drops of water hanging on the tips of the claws that had not yet evaporated, revealing the traces that the monster had just passed by.
Although it was only a brief moment, the pressure brought by this half leg made all the players feel a chill in their hearts.
[Player 0973]: I have no other intention in posting this video, I just want everyone to take a look. Have any players encountered F, E, or D-level monsters with similar appearances?
[Player 9835]: Damn it. I've fought so many monsters, but I've only encountered rabbit monsters, bleating monsters, and at most wolf monsters and bear monsters. I've never seen a monster with these four limbs.
[Player 1755]: What on earth is this thing? I have never encountered it before. Are there any players with rich combat experience who can share some opinions?
[Player 3689]: I used to work at a reptile research institute in Northeast China. Some of the limbs in this picture look very familiar to me, like some kind of mutant reptile.
[Player 4127]: I am a good friend of the person above in real life. Sister Lin has indeed conducted relevant scientific research and protection work.
[Player 0088]: Shit, so this can’t really be a B-level monster?
[Player 1023]: It's over, it's over. My luck is so bad. If I encounter this, I will definitely not be able to escape.
[Player 5725]: Hahaha, now I wonder who dares to slander me as a liar. Those people who were shouting the loudest just now, why don’t you come out and apologize to me! Of course, if you are willing to buy my notebook, I don’t mind forgiving you reluctantly.
Almost no players paid any attention to player 5725. At this moment, all the players with a bit of brains felt that something was wrong, just like Zhu Yu, and started discussing it.
Several players who are usually willing to share useful information and seem to be more reliable are also popping up in the group chat at this moment.
[Player 7623]: I counted the number of players who claimed to have encountered B-level monsters, and there are about 13 of them.
[Player 2991]: You are right, the number is not large, so don’t panic. This means that this monster has not appeared for long.
[Player 8588]: Wait a minute, what if other players who have encountered it were just unlucky and got eaten? Then they won't be able to speak here, right?
[Player 2991]: ...Okay, that makes sense. Let's not speak for now and let the dozen or so players who just heard this tell us the time and specific location when they encountered B-level monsters.
[Player 0973]: Sure, I'll go first. I met him on the evening of the eighth day. The specific location is here [click the link to view the shared map]
As the first player steps forward to release details, other players begin racking their brains to recall and provide as much information as possible.
Zhu Yu stared at the messages closely, his lips slightly tightened, and the uneasiness in his heart grew.
Her attention was not on when the B-level monster would appear, but on deducing the B-level monster's movement route based on the map shared by the players.
After the simulation, she stared at the draft route map in front of her and felt dizzy.
In this direction, if she didn't suddenly change lanes, the B-level monster would definitely pass by her camp!
Although Zhu Yu's camp had an invisible barrier, the B-level monster could not enter the camp and harm her without her permission. As long as she did not go out, she would be absolutely safe in the camp.
But if the B-level monster finds that it cannot enter the camp, will it choose to take a detour?
In that case, other players camped nearby are likely to be affected.
According to her incomplete statistics, there are about a thousand players near the camp, and almost half of them are life-oriented players with no combat power.
The game is only on its tenth day now. If a large number of players are lost at this critical juncture, not to mention how difficult her task of ensuring a 30% survival rate of players will be, I'm afraid not many players will dare to approach her hot pot restaurant in the future.
Zhu Yu's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and he called out in his heart:
"996."
"I am here."
"What do you know about the monsters in the game?"
System 996's light ball appeared on the small white coffee table: "Monsters above level C have both magical and physical attack power, and their threat level is not on the same level as low-level monsters."
After hearing the 996 reminder, Zhu Yu fell silent.
If it is so dangerous for her, then other players will have no room to resist.
However, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.
Zhu Yu glanced at her own experience value, which was currently only 344/1000. The time until the 15th was getting shorter and shorter, and she didn't have much time left to improve her abilities.
If you want to break through as quickly as possible, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Zhu Yu looked up at System 996 and said calmly:
"996, please go out and help me find out how far the B-rank monster is from here."
"good."
System 996 heard the host's command and flew out of the tent with a "swoosh".
Not long after, it sent back the message.
"Zhu Yu, that B-level monster is heading towards your hot pot restaurant and is currently wandering in the snow forest where you often went to fight monsters."
Hearing this, Zhu Yu stood up immediately.
The snowy forest was only one or two kilometers away from her camp. Beyond the forest was the players' residential area.
So, should she go or not?
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