"Good brother, I'm a little late. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

The dusty He Daqing gave Lin Chen a hug as soon as he came up and laughed heartily.

"No, no, you are too polite."

Lin Chen was not used to his enthusiasm, so he politely replied, "Thank you for coming back, sir. I will be grateful to you."

"Why bother? I'm just a bit bored killing monsters by myself, and you coming to Hero City is just right to keep me company."

He Daqing explained: "You Blue Star Awakeners have not yet grown up. There is no one in the major cities except NPCs."

"Take Hero City for example. Apart from me, there is no Awakener. I can only kill monsters by myself. It's so boring."

"Oh, I remember you wanted to find the city lord, right? Come on, I'll go with you."

"I seldom go back to the city. I always stay in the wild to do dungeons. This time I can take you for a good walk."

He Daqing was very happy about Lin Chen's arrival, just like an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time, and talked a lot.

"Okay, thank you for your help, sir."

Lin Chen grinned and said something politely to He Daqing. Then the two of them walked and talked as they headed towards the City Lord's Mansion.

"The City Lord's Mansion is a restricted area, no one is allowed to enter!"

When they arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, the NPC guard at the door stopped them.

"I have something to ask the city lord. You can show this to him and he will know."

Lin Chen took out the recommendation letter from the novice village chief and handed it to the guard NPC.

"Wait here for a moment. I'll go and make the announcement."

After receiving the recommendation letter, the guard NPC's expression calmed down a little. After saying something, he turned and walked into the mansion.

"The city lord invites you."

Soon, the guard NPC came out of the City Lord's Mansion and politely invited Lin Chen and He Daqing in.

In the magnificent reception room of the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Chen met the Lord of Hero City:

【Hero City Lord-Zhou Ding】

Level: ??? Lin Chen cast a detection spell over it, but found a bunch of question marks and was unable to check.

The opponent's level is much higher than his, beyond the scope of detection.

"Are you the 'best in the world' recommended by Lao Bai? Not bad, young talent, welcome to the City of Heroes!"

The heroic city lord Zhou Ding stood up and gave a warm welcome.

I have to say that the NPCs in the game 'Awakening Online' are really smart, just like real people.

"You are too polite, City Lord!"

Lin Chen bowed slightly and replied: "This is my friend He Daqing, he is also in Hero City."

He Daqing smiled slightly and was not too respectful to the city lord. To him, he was just an NPC.

"Okay, okay, both of you are young talents."

City Lord Zhou Ding looked at the two men with appreciation, pondered for a moment, and said, "How about this, I will give you a position as captain of the guard army."

"You can recruit soldiers on your own and you don't need to take turns guarding the city, but if the Hero City needs you, you must serve the city lord."

"What do you two think?"

[Ding! Hero City Lord Zhou Ding offers you the position of 'Hero City Guard Captain'. Do you accept it? ]

As soon as Zhou Ding finished speaking, system prompts appeared in front of Lin Chen and He Daqing at the same time.

They looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

The position of a guard squad leader is worth 10,000 reputation in the reputation mall.

Even according to what the city lord said, they can recruit 50 soldiers on their own! Is there such a good thing?

"Don't worry, City Lord. When you need me, I will definitely help you."

Lin Chen chose to accept it immediately. It was a free position and he could save 10,000 reputation points. Why wouldn't he want it?

Some readers may say that there is no free lunch in the world, is there any conspiracy? Lin Chen laughed. Although he doesn't cause trouble, he is not afraid of it!

With the guild talent of 'unlimited resurrection', he is not afraid of anyone!

"Thank you, City Lord."

After He Daqing accepted the position, a smile appeared on his poker face.

After accepting the positions, a token appeared in the backpacks of both Lin Chen and He Daqing.

The all-black token is only the size of a palm, with the word "Hero" on the front and "Team Captain xx" on the back, which records the information of the owner of the token.

[Hero City Captain's Token]

Effect 1: With the Captain's Token, you are exempt from the city entrance fee, the city NPC's favorability towards you increases, and you can enjoy a 10% discount on shopping! Effect 2: You can recruit (50/50) soldiers on your own!

Effect 3: You can use reputation to upgrade your position: Captain 100,000 reputation, Lieutenant General 500,000 reputation, General 5 million reputation, City Lord 10 million reputation - this position of captain is not bad, in addition to free entrance fee, you can also enjoy a 10% discount on shopping in all stores in the city.

In addition, you can recruit 50 soldiers privately and do not have to take turns guarding the city, so you have a high degree of freedom.

Of course, since they do not need to take turns and are not part of the regular organization, they cannot enjoy the regular military's wages, barracks and other benefits.

After thanking the city lord, Lin Chen and He Daqing left the city lord's mansion.

"Boss, where are we going now?"

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Chen asked.

"There is no rush to recruit soldiers. We cannot recruit NPCs. We can only wait for the awakened ones to grow up."

He Daqing thought for a moment and replied, "Well, you just changed your job and haven't learned advanced skills yet, right? I'll take you to the job change hall to find instructors of various professions, and you can learn advanced skills for free."

"I bought eight advanced skills in the Contribution Mall before, but there is no need to learn advanced skills."

Lin Chen waved his hand and said, "Let's just go to the wild to play the dungeon."

"That's good, it saves a lot of effort."

He Daqing looked at him in surprise and nodded.

The two left the Hero City, walked ten kilometers, and saw the first copy of the wild area: the Bat Cave (Level 15)!

"I have never been to the Batcave dungeon before. This is my first time here."

When they arrived at the dungeon's light gate, He Daqing said, "Do you want me to take you to the dungeon?"

"I should be able to handle the level 15 dungeon, so there's no need to bother you, sir."

Lin Chen thought about it and although he couldn’t say about the nightmare level, the abyss level should be no problem.

Besides, He Daqing is already level 38, and there is no benefit in going to the level 15 copy, so there is no need to waste his time.

"Can you really do it? You don't have to force it!"

He Daqing didn't quite believe it.

"Really? My current combat power is 39,000. I think a level 15 dungeon won't be a problem for me!"

Lin Chen had no choice but to open the property panel and share it with He Daqing.

"Oh my god! Your fighting ability is almost catching up with mine!"

He Daqing widened his eyes and said in shock: "My combat power is only more than 40,000 points."

He was really shocked. Since entering the chat group, he has been working hard to practice "Basic Body Tempering Techniques for the Human Race".

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the courtyard world was thin, and it took him more than half a year to enter the third level of foundation building.

Converted to the game "National Awakening OL", the level becomes 37, and the combat power is about 40,000.

But what about Lin Chen? How long has he been in the chat group and the game? He is only level 12, but his combat power is catching up with this veteran group member? Damn, what's the point of playing this crappy game! "Ahem, because I have always been in the leading position, one step ahead, one step ahead, far ahead."

Lin Chen touched his nose a little embarrassedly and explained: "With the bonus of the VIP1 SSS talent 'Supreme God of Law', I have the strength I have now."

"By the way, Boss, what talent have you awakened?"

He also remembered that after all members of the time traveler chat group entered the game, they would receive a VIP level 1 bonus and automatically obtain an SSS level talent.

Lin Chen himself has the SSS-level talent 'Supreme God of Magic', and Boss Su Qing has the SSS-level talent 'Infinite Resurrection', but I have never heard of the others.

At this moment, he was still very curious about what talent He Daqing had awakened.

"For me, I have awakened the SSS-level talent 'God-level Anti-Injury', which is a passive talent that permanently increases the anti-injury effect by 1000%."

He Daqing grinned and said, "If someone hits me and loses 1 drop of blood, he will lose 10 drops."

"Holy crap, this talent is amazing!"

What an unreasonable talent! "You are already as strong as me. You can definitely complete the dungeon by yourself."

He Daqing waved his hand and said, "Okay, I won't waste your time."

"The boss is right. All of our team members have talents and are suitable for fighting alone. It is not cost-effective to form a team."

Lin Chen nodded in agreement and said, "Thank you for troubling me, sir."

"It's okay. I got the position of captain of the guard for free!"

He Daqing didn't care at all. He made a lot of money on this trip, so there was no point in losing or not.

"Haha, free sex is delicious!"

Lin Chen smiled happily when he heard that.

"Okay, I'm leaving now."

He Daqing waved his hand and walked deeper into the wild area.

There are higher-level dungeons deep in the wild area, level 25, level 35, level 45, level 55, level 65, level 75, level 85, and level 95, with one dungeon every ten levels.

When the awakener reaches level 100, the job transfer task will be triggered just like in the novice village.

After completing the job transfer, you can leave the Blue Star Continent and head to the higher second war zone.

Lin Chen watched He Daqing leave, and only withdrew his gaze after his figure disappeared.

Then, he clicked on the light door of the 'Bat Cave (Level 15)' copy and selected the 'Abyss' level difficulty.

[Ding! You have entered the 'Bat Cave (Level 15) - Abyss Level' instance! ]

In a flash, Lin Chen came to a dark cave.

The entire space was filled with black mist and visibility was less than 10 meters.

As far as the eye can see, the bumpy ground is full of bat droppings, which is disgusting.

Lin Chen waved his hand and threw out a fireball to illuminate the surroundings. There was a rapid sound of breaking air, and a group of densely packed bats attacked him above his head.

[Name]: Vampire Bat [Quality]: Iron-level monster

[Level]: 15

[Physical Attack]: 280 [Physical Defense]: 175 [HP]: 2000—— "Die!"

After checking the attributes of the bat monster, Lin Chen raised his staff, cast a spell, and began to clear out the monsters.

'-2000'

'-2000'

'-2000'

With Lin Chen's current attributes, these vampire bats are no match for him and he is still killed instantly.

With one skill, a large number of vampire bats were cleared out, and their corpses fell like raindrops.

The next moment, the remaining vampire bats let out sharp screams.

'-0'

'-0'

'-0'

This is the vampire bat's skill 'ultrasonic' attack. The silent waves came, but could not break Lin Chen's defense.

"Xiao Sa, come out to work!"

But he felt it was too noisy, so he immediately summoned the epic dragon Xiaosa.

After arriving at the Hero City of the Blue Star Continent, Lin Chen had forgotten about Xiao Sa before, but only remembered him now.

"Buzz"

A mini dragon emerged from the mount space and called out in a baby voice, "Master!"

"Xiao Sa, go and kill them!"

Lin Chen stretched out his hand and pointed at the densely packed vampire bats in the sky.

“Ouch.”

Xiao Sa opened his mouth wide and let out a majestic dragon roar.

A powerful pressure from a superior life form suddenly erupted, filling the entire cave.

'-2000'

'-2000'

'-2000'

'-2000'

"Clattery"

The next moment, vampire bats from the sky fell like raindrops and died.

“Well done!”

Seeing this, Lin Chen gave Xiao Sa a thumbs up and praised him.

"Hehe, thank you, Master."

Little Sa somersaulted with joy.

[Kill a level 15 'Vampire Bat' above its level, experience points +150]

[Kill a level 15 'Vampire Bat' above its level, experience points +150]

[Kill by leaps and bounds]

Ignoring the dense experience prompts in front of him, Lin Chen bent down to pick up the equipment and gold coins on the ground.

They were all ordinary equipment. He was too lazy to look at them, so he threw them into his backpack and strode forward.

After clearing out seven waves of monsters in a row, Lin Chen finally saw the big BOSS of the dungeon.

This is a bat that is many times larger than an ordinary vampire bat, and its body is black with a hint of red.

【Name】：Vampire Bat King

[Quality]: Dark Gold Final BOSS [Level]: Level 30

[Physical Attack]: 6800 [Physical Defense]: 3500 [HP]: 800,000—— " Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

A sharp cry was heard, and a strong sound wave swept over.

“Woo!”

A dragon roar was heard, and Xiao Sa bravely stood on Lin Chen's body, blocking the sonic attack.

"Well done, Xiaoza!"

Lin Chen patted its head, and Little Sa raised its head proudly.

Turning around, Lin Chen sneered, raised his staff high, and launched an attack.

'It's like a mountain falling down on our heads!'

Mountains fell from the sky and smashed towards the Vampire Bat King.

'Violent whirlwind!'

A strong wind gathered and formed into a tornado, sweeping away.

'Fiery meteor!'

One by one, fireballs with tails of flame fell, falling with the courage to burn everything.

'Ten miles of frost!'

After the fire, there was a ten-mile frost that froze everything.

'Thunder!'

Then thunder came from the sky, as if destroying the world.

To be honest, the attributes of this BOSS are weaker than the dragon 'Sardals' that Lin Chen killed before.

Not to mention, Lin Chen is now a completely different person than before. With Xiao Sa's help, it is no problem for him to fight.

After a set of skills, the vampire bat king with 800,000 HP was killed on the spot, and his HP bar was emptied. (End of this chapter)