Chapter 67: Forbidden Land of Ghost Forest (1)
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[Level Name: Ghost Forest Forbidden Land (Three Stars Special)]
[Number of players: Undetermined]
[Level Description: This scene is specially built for the infamous players who killed their teammates in the past games. It is a punishment copy for players whose character value is less than 0. Please accept labor reform with these players and evil spirits who have done many evil things like you, actively plant trees, water and kill insects, and help each other. You can leave this level only after you accumulate your character value back to a positive number. ]
[Clearance Reward: Leave the Level]
[Failure penalty: continue working]
"Because this is already a three-star level, most of the bad guys have been locked up when they were at one or two stars. Those who can hold on until now are either very good at disguise, or suddenly turn evil in an emergency... Overall, there are not too many people." a27 sent a message.
a27 has been nagging him these past two days, saying that you are a good person but you have to come here for labor reform, which is really unfair! Then, just before Yi Han entered the level, a27 suddenly had an idea and applied for communication within the level with the system, and then secretly told Yi Han that he had obtained the game map and monster distribution map, and this time he must help him successfully brush up his character value and pass the level as soon as possible.
"So the task of this level is to plant trees and eliminate insects in the woods...? Then what are the monsters you are talking about?" Yi Han was quite happy to suddenly have a golden finger with a God's perspective. However, from the level description, this doesn't seem to be an environment like the madhouse where humans and evil spirits fight each other. Here, not only do the two not fight, but they seem to help each other and work together... In this case, the "monster distribution map" mentioned by a27 before must not refer to the location of the ghost NPCs. In this forest, there should be a third party force besides humans and ghosts?
"Wait, let me see." A27 probably went to check the background information, and came back after a while, also a little surprised, "The monsters here are alien creatures that have leaked from another dimension... It seems that the players in this level only need to plant trees part-time, and they mainly have to fight against these creatures and eliminate them in the woods to prevent them from running out and endangering ordinary people outside."
"Wait, ordinary people outside?" Yi Han was stunned, and suddenly realized, "Could it be that this level is not a scene built in the game, but a real world?"
"Right... According to the introduction in the background, it should be like this. The level description says that this is also a scene built by the game, which is probably a lie to the players... But there should be restrictions at the edge of the forest. In most cases, players and monsters will not escape, but if there are monsters, they still need to be killed as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very unsafe."
Yi Han understood this time.
When signing the contract with the company, a27 mentioned that for some players who are capable but have low character values, the game will choose to use them as waste (?).
For example, these three-star players are probably because they have already left the category of novices and have their own special abilities and props. If they are simply imprisoned, it is a bit of a waste - so the system simply puts them into a world with a bad environment and haunted, and arranges some rough and tiring work that they are reluctant to let regular employees do. This not only achieves the purpose of punishment, but also fills job vacancies, killing two birds with one stone.
"The background shows that there will be heavy rain in two hours. The weather in this place seems to be very bad. I don't know if it will be dangerous on a rainy night. You should find a place to stay as soon as possible, take a night's rest, and start to improve your character value tomorrow morning." said a27.
At this time, Yi Han was in a small open space among the woods. It was 20:00 in the evening, the sky was dark, and there was no moon.
Even if a27 didn't say anything, he could already feel the humidity around him. The smell of soil filled his nose, the wind was cool, and his skin felt sticky, as if a heavy rain would come soon.
It was really dangerous to stay outside in the woods during a rainstorm, so Yi Han took out three portions of fried dumplings that he had prepared in advance and ate them with Jian Lin and Xiao Hei. Then, with the help of his night vision, he began to look for a suitable place to hide from the rain for the night.
Of course, this kind of work should be left to the European emperor. Although there is a monster distribution map on the a27 map, there are no suitable places to rest.
"Be careful, there are three monsters ahead." A27 gave a warning before we had walked far.
Yi Han nodded, but did not avoid it. He picked up the pot and went forward.
After leaving the prison dungeon, his weapon finally regained its original power. Although the forest in this real world was rated three stars by the system, the monsters in it still couldn't withstand the S+ iron pot.
Especially with the bonus of fighting skills, Yi Han's combat effectiveness was improved more than a little. Even with a God's perspective, a27 felt that he couldn't see anything clearly. In the blink of an eye, the three monsters were lying on the ground.
"Wow..." a27 clapped his hands twice. "The monster in this forest is three-star. Brother is awesome."
Yi Han didn't reply. He squatted down and observed the monster that had just been killed.
Maybe because this is the real world, after the monster died, its corpse was not refreshed by the system.
This ghost thing has long arms and legs, but no neck. Its entire body looks like a fish. Its body is covered with scales, wet and slippery. Yi Han glanced at his iron pot and found that the bottom of the pot was stained with some broken scales, and there was a hint of fishy smell on it.
Xiao Hei beside him snorted, and Leopard's face was full of disgust. This thing was really ugly.
"Where did they come from? Is there a lake in the woods?" Yi Han suddenly asked.
After the death of the three monsters just now, each provided him with 10 points and 1 point of character value. This is a bit low for a three-star monster, probably because Yi Han is infamous at this time.
The game system is obviously much stingier to notorious players than normal players. Yi Han feels that he should increase his character value as soon as possible to facilitate his subsequent score increase.
"Looking at the map, there are no big lakes, just a few small ponds, very small." a27 said, "There is a larger one deep in the woods, but that should be a forbidden area, and many places are swamps."
Yi Han nodded thoughtfully. Although he wanted to find the birthplace of the monster, it was too dark at this time and a rainstorm was about to come, so it was better to find a place to shelter from the rain first.
After confirming with a27 that their group was heading from the edge of the woods toward the inside, Jian Lin continued to lead the way.
There really weren't many players at this level, although there were always small paths between the trees that had been made by players, making it not too difficult for them to move forward. But after walking for nearly an hour, I didn't encounter any other people or ghosts.
I encountered several waves of those fishmen. In the dark woods, the short and disgusting fishmen appeared in groups of three or five. If you were not careful, you might be ambushed. But Yi Han had the monster radar A27, so he killed all the way here, and his character value had accumulated more than 30 points.
a27 held the map in his hand and said in amazement, "I really don't know if you guys are lucky or not. Any player with normal luck would not encounter all the monsters along the way..."
By 21:50, the sky was pitch black, without even a star, and thick dark clouds seemed to be rolling in the night. The air was getting more humid, and a rainstorm was about to come.
Yi Han walked through a bush and finally found a small open space not far ahead, with a small wooden house next to it.
At this time, four or five people were sitting in a small shed at the door of the wooden house, making a fire and grilling meat. I didn't know if they were human or ghost.
"Ah, someone already lives in this house..." Jian Lin, who was originally happy to see the wooden house, immediately turned his expression into regret.
The hut was too small. Four or five people sleeping on the floor would be crowded inside. There would definitely not be enough space if the three of them were added.
"It's okay, they will all be ours later." Yi Han did the opposite of him. He picked up his weapon with a satisfied look on his face.
Xiao Hei beside him obviously held the same view as Yi Han. The leopard laughed and took a few steps forward, ready to drive away these unfortunate guys.
"Slow down, be careful of traps." Yi Han said.
"?" Xiao Hei stopped hurriedly.
Yi Han came to it, squatted down, and peeled away the grass. Sure enough, he saw some hidden barbs on the ground and a noose in front. It was probably the common trap in TV dramas that would hang people up if they stepped on it.
The little black panther's face turned dark and he felt a little scared.
Yi Han touched it, and with his two companions, carefully bypassed the trap and approached the cabin from the side.
When I got closer, I could hear the players chatting casually.
They should all be ghosts, but they are not familiar with each other. They even grill themselves when they are barbecuing, as if they are afraid that others will poison them.
This situation was similar to what Yi Han had imagined. After all, they were all three-star players. Even if they formed gangs like gangsters, they would probably be on guard against each other. Looking at the appearance of these people, if it wasn't for hiding from the rain, they would never live together.
After listening to a few sentences and not hearing any useful information from them, Yi Han stood up without saying a word.
"Who?" The one facing Yi Han among the ghost players reacted quite quickly. The moment he saw his figure, he threw the iron stick in his hand over to him.
It was unknown whether this man had any ability to throw hidden weapons, but as soon as Yi Han moved away, the stick was deeply nailed into the tree behind him, piercing through the trunk.
He didn't hold back at all. It seems that in this level, even if humans and ghosts fight each other, it won't deduct any character points.
Yi Han understood, and with a wave of his hand, the two men and the leopard came forward together. Jian Lin was weaker, so they fought one man each. Yi Han and Black Leopard fought two men each, and the battle was over in less than 2 minutes.
Because they didn't kill the player, the life-saving items on the players wouldn't be triggered unless they detected fatal damage. Yi Han searched the five people and then pushed them into the noose trap they had set up.
So the five people were hung high on the tree amidst the curses.
Yi Han’s character value is not high enough now, so it is not cost-effective to knock them down now. He decides to leave it alone for one night and save up enough money tomorrow before knocking them down again.
"It's going to rain soon." Jian Lin looked at the sky and said.
"No rush." Yi Han thought for a moment, then dismantled all the traps at the edge of the open space and placed them all outside the cabin.
Although there are fewer plants and trees here, under the cover of darkness, if someone attacks in the middle of the night, it is likely that they will not be able to see clearly.
After the arrangement was completed, rumbling thunder was heard in the sky.
Yi Han put out the fire at the door, thought for a while, and put out his newly activated kitchen utensils: a small oven.
The recipe I got in the last level is called "Crispy Grilled Fish". After returning home, I integrated it into the recipe book and activated this new kitchenware. The effect of "Crispy Grilled Fish" is to "increase the hardness of a certain part of the body."
Yi Han was stunned when he saw this description. After trying it, he realized that this was a buff that needed to be set actively. For example, if it was set on the elbow, Yi Han's elbow would be as hard as steel. Its duration is also 2 hours. During these 2 hours, the buff location can be changed at any time. If used in battle, it will indeed greatly improve combat effectiveness.
In front of several players hanging on the tree, Yi Han roasted three pieces of small fish in a small oven and ate them with Jian Lin and Xiao Hei.
If someone who is not the owner of the kitchenware consumes it, the effect will be greatly weakened, but it is better than nothing. They will be trapped in this small room by the heavy rain for the next night. They will definitely encounter people like Yi Han who come to rob the house, so they have to be on guard.
When they were halfway through their meal, heavy rain began to fall.
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