Chapter 130 With such perseverance in a beast-fighting performance, what can't one accomplish...?
Even the lone wolf, who hates dealing with other people the most, won't act alone at sea like the players. He'll always hire a few crew members, and the bigger the ship, the more crew members he'll need.
So this was the first time the engineer had ever made a weapon that combined all the precious materials in one piece, but his experience made up for it all.
Many seemingly unsuitable materials are actually used to enhance the strength of components and make them more resistant to subsequent modifications.
Chen Dixin stroked the □□. This number was quite interesting, and she didn't plan to rename it.
After saying goodbye and returning to the ship, she immediately took out the remaining Wisdom Dew. Unlike living things, it reacted instantly.
Its progress bar rose rapidly, and soon Shen Dixin felt a thread appear on her soul, connecting her to her body, and she could receive some simple commands.
Is this considered magic? Or perhaps it's an evil wizard who has imprisoned a soul.
She watched as the creature floated up automatically, even consciously shooting down a bird's dart, and sighed.
Before leaving, Shen Dixin hugged the still-sleeping jellyfish, hesitated when looking at the heavy turtle shell, and only patted it reassuringly.
During this time, Lu Mingang looked in her direction with an ambiguous expression, seemingly lost in thought.
"Dixin, do you think I can go?"
He suddenly spoke, surprising Shen Dixin, but she still refused him, saying, "Your strength is not enough; it's too dangerous for you to go to the arena."
Lu Mingang couldn't go, but someone else came to his door.
Qi Mu: Sister Chen, are you going into the inner arena?
After learning about the arena from Shen Dixin, he visited it quite often. Upon hearing that she was going to disappear for such a long time, he immediately made the connection.
AAA Materials Wholesaler Lao Shen: What?
Qi Mu: Hehe, I'm also planning to go. I'll ask Sister Chen about your goals so we don't clash.
Shen Dixin smiled and shook her head. Qi Mu had never been to the arena. In fact, as long as you only accept "beast fighting" when signing the contract, you will not have any conflicts with the other fighters in the arena.
Different arenas may face each other as opponents in the league. The league allows for independent registration, and players can choose whichever track they want. Chen Dixin plans to pursue both.
If only she had known this in her past life, Shen Dixin would have said.
Qi Mu then decided to go with her and very considerately shared two green scrolls.
[The player read the dusty green scroll and received a slight boost, with movement speed increased from 5% to 6%.]
[The player read the Dusty Scroll (Green) and gained a slight boost, increasing their critical hit rate from 2% to 3%.]
[Congratulations, player! You have triggered the talent effect! Critical hit rate increased by 4!]
There weren't many blue scrolls; Shen Dixin only received four in a short period. The majority were green scrolls, which didn't show obvious effects and were quite expensive.
Her current bonuses are as follows: movement speed bonus 6%, critical hit rate 6%, dodge bonus 2%, attack speed bonus 7%, base attack power bonus 10%, base stamina 1% (3%), base resistance 2% (3%), health bonus 40, and stamina bonus 80.
However, for Shen Dixin, whose talent is critical strike, it would be a win if even one of the three books triggered a critical strike!
She took this operation very seriously. All the supplies that had been piled up on the ship were completely cleared away. She didn't even dare to look closely when she passed by, and her breath was filled with heartache.
Almost the instant she returned to the ship, Hanming flapped its wings and returned to the ship, landing on her arm with a small bundle of paper wrapped around its feet.
Upon opening it, I found the captain's powerful handwriting, which the system thoughtfully translated.
—Win a gold medal.
The gold medal is the highest honor for a gladiator in the Colosseum; in her previous life, she only won a bronze medal and left the arena in a sorry state.
Shen Dixin smiled brightly. Even without the captain's instructions, she would have done her best, not only for the reward, but also to dispel her worries.
She pulled out a large stack of unused star cards and used the prop.
【Twinkling Stars: Ignores cooldown time, allowing the use of multiple star cards simultaneously.】
Then I used all the Star Cards at once, and set up dozens of quests. Luckily, half of them were combat-type quests, which were easy to complete in the arena.
Three of the cards displayed intricate patterns, making them instantly recognizable as unusual.
This was planned in advance. After getting the Star Chart Card from the professional item box, she never used it again. She used one card at a time, which is very different from completing them all at once!
After all, completing the Star Chart Card process itself incurs a cost, and if the random tasks are not good, it can take a long time.
The ship docked at the Sky Sea Colosseum, and everyone was present at the most. Qi Mu didn't feel awkward at all and chatted with Lu Mingang.
Shen Dixin waved his hand and walked straight in. He even ran into the one-eyed captain at the door, who lit his homemade tobacco and exhaled a large cloud of smoke.
The two nodded and passed each other.
Qi Mu quickly followed, "Sister Chen, where do we register?"
It may seem like a pointless remark, but it got us started.
They chatted casually, and after learning about Shen Dixin's true strength, he no longer acted as frivolous as before, and his serious demeanor made him seem much more reliable.
Shen Dixin found the person in charge of the arena with practiced ease.
"As for the type of opponent, I only accept beasts."
The pale-faced man paused, then looked up. "Are you sure? Voluntarily reducing the number of matches might lead to encountering more dangerous enemies, and the treatment we can offer will decrease by 20%."
Shen Dixin was certain. Seeing this, the pale-faced man didn't say anything more, but simply picked up his pen and added this sentence, thus finalizing the contract.
"Honorable guest, please follow me."
The pale-faced man stepped forward and gestured for Shen Dixin to follow him to find her assigned single room.
When it was Qi Mu's turn, his humble attitude suddenly changed completely.
He was speechless and choked with anger, staring at the pale-faced person in charge who was clearly impatient. He was just about to shout, "How dare you look down on people like this?"
He mentally humiliated the person in charge, but outwardly he smiled honestly and simple-mindedly, though there was absolutely no credibility to his flamboyant and ostentatious face.
He pointed to Shen Dixin, who was leaving, and said, "Me too."
The pale-faced man said in a cold, hard tone, "Half the treatment."
No matter what he said, Qi Mu wouldn't budge, and even tried to kick him out. Qi Mu surrendered and accepted reality.
Is this the difference in treatment between top players and ordinary players? He thought to himself, but the problem is, we're not even in the same league! You idiot, what does a pale-faced guy have to do with players? You've tried to suck up to the wrong system!
But since she's willing to spend a month or two, even with only half the pay, the gains should be considerable, right?
Qi Mu tried to comfort himself, hurriedly confirmed that the contract was correct, and then chased after Chen Dixin, completely ignoring the other pale-faced man who was reaching out his hand.
White-faced man: ...Silly boy, how could you get into your room without me leading you?
He really is capable!
As soon as Qi Mu caught up with him, he chatted with Shen Dixing like an old friend, occasionally exchanging a few words with the pale-faced man as if he were entertaining a guest.
He winked at Chen Dixin when the pale-faced man couldn't see him, and she chuckled and gave him a no-problem gesture.
So much so that when he casually asked where his room was, the pale-faced man hesitated only for a moment before pointing to the door at the end and handing him the key.
Qi Mu pushed open the door and saw that the strategy of "borrowing the tiger's power" had succeeded!
Although it can't compare to the luxuriousness of Chen Dixin's place, it's still quite complete.
Shen Dixin was also very satisfied. She was somewhat surprised when she learned the inside story. Generally, new players entering the arena could only live in a ten-square-meter prison with no light on all four sides. Such a comfortable big house had to be exchanged for battle points.
She noticed early on that the pale-faced man's affection for her was unusually strong; normally he would just treat her with some preferential treatment, but once they entered the arena, he practically worshipped her.
I was initially disappointed that the skill that increases favorability was still on cooldown and I couldn't get any benefits from it, but I didn't expect to have an unexpected surprise.
If you calm your mind and think carefully, you might realize that activating a skill title is not just about gaining another skill, but also about enhancing the title's effects to some extent.
After a short rest, she volunteered to have an extra match. There was a fixed number of matches each day, and newcomers like her would often only get a number the next day.
Furthermore, they won't schedule too many matches until they've gauged the players' true strength before forcing them to push their limits.
The arena does not intentionally kill its fighters, because what the audience likes to see is not a fight that ends in a few seconds, but the wounds that are torn apart and the blood that is splattered in a life-or-death duel.
But with such an arrangement, even if you win 8 out of 10 matches, can you keep winning indefinitely? Therefore, very few fighters in the Colosseum survive for more than two weeks.
You may win many times, but if you lose just once, you'll inevitably be seriously injured and forced to leave the field. Even if you don't die, tomorrow's match will still proceed as scheduled, and you'll face an even worse situation.
However, all of this no longer seems like a big deal to Shen Dixin now.
The overall ability to survive at sea is determined by the average level of the players, and the system restricts all creatures that exceed the limit.
In this situation, the highest level of combat power she would face would only be 10 points higher in average attribute value than him, and Shen Dixin did not believe that any enemy could truly threaten her life.
And indeed, the next morning, as soon as the arena opened, while the players were probably still asleep, the arena was already packed.
Generally, this time in the underworld is reserved for newcomers, and Chen Dixin is not required to participate in the beast fighting performance during this time.
Unable to resist her own request for additional matches, and even those were the highest level matches, she played from morning till night, as many matches as she could.
So, Shen Dixin and Qi Mu, who had also participated in the beast fighting, met in the corridor and looked at each other.
Qi Mu's handsome face was even dripping blood, which shattered his usual effeminate demeanor and made him look somewhat terrifying.
Shen Dixin: He was a bit embarrassed.
Qi Mu: How can she be so elegant?!
However, he quickly realized that Shen Dixin's dignified appearance clearly meant that the fight hadn't started yet.
Qi Mu made way for her and politely asked, "Are you going on stage?"
However, he would soon regret that he couldn't stop talking and had to chatter on whenever he met someone.
"I'm done playing, time to get some exercise." Shen Dixin stood a short distance away, stretching her body.
The Colosseum was built very spacious. Even the dormitories for the athletes had long corridors that were not narrow, and their length of thirty or forty meters was perfect for doing some high-intensity exercises.
The man's eyes widened, somewhat disbelieving what he had heard. He looked her up and down carefully before discovering a tiny bloodstain on the hem of her clothes.
Qi Mu's impression of her was that her martial arts skills were not particularly outstanding, but she could slightly surpass him in terms of her own stats.
I didn't think Shen Dixin had killed the game with his own strength at all. It can only be said that he knew nothing about the numbers and was completely clueless about the mechanics.
He just felt lucky and fortunate. He didn't see any pale-faced people fawning over her, and their attitude was so respectful. He figured the enemies they arranged wouldn't push her to her death.
Qi Mu sighed softly and drifted into his room like a ghost.
This is the norm for the contestants; when there are no animal fight performances, they stay in their rooms to recover from their injuries. There are eight rooms along the entire corridor, but it is rare to see anyone coming or going.
The arena contestants, especially those with white faces, are not just players; the other rooms are also occupied by white-faced people. It is still quite rare for players to come to the arena as contestants.
What he didn't expect was that the monsters Shen Dixin was facing were about the same strength as him, also 15 ordinary gray wolves, all of whom died in less than five minutes.
In order to kill the gray wolf as soon as possible, Shen Dixin also used the combat tools she brought in.
With a full 19 compartments, she was able to bring in almost all the combat items she could carry, and for the smaller ones, she clipped them to her belt.
Once inside the arena, it's impossible to communicate with other players, just like on the chessboard in Cangyue.
The purpose of doing this is not to add unnecessary details; on the contrary, Chen Dixin needs to demonstrate his strength more quickly and efficiently in order to face stronger opponents.
Although she has high combat power, she lacks area-of-effect attacks. To quickly eliminate a pack of wolves, she needs the help of items.
When she came last time, she discovered that killing a beast in the arena could trigger a survival shadow as long as it possessed the qualities of a tribal leader.
A single wild beast only provides a 0.1% bonus to all attributes! What's the difference between rounding up and half a green scroll?
If her schedule is full, and if she gets another critical hit, and if the opposing team isn't 15 ordinary gray wolves, but 15 gray wolf leaders...
Shen Dixin dared not calculate it in detail, for fear that she would become addicted to sweet fantasies of a bright future.
Otherwise, given her terrifying ability to amass wealth like a snowball, she wouldn't have needed to go back to the Colosseum.
Resources can be earned anytime, but improving attributes only becomes more difficult as time goes on. This is the true purpose of purifying the mind.
This need was not mentioned to other players, and they would not understand Shen Dixin's urgent desire to improve his own strength.
Because surviving at sea doesn't require a high level of combat strength.
Even in Monster Hunter, the strength of each wave of sea monsters is limited. No matter how quickly you kill them, there won't be any more or stronger sea monsters.
But Shen Dixin did not want to face another encirclement and suppression without being able to resist, which fueled his strong desire for force.
It even subtly influences those around him; apart from Xingtu Wanli, who has absolutely no desire for fighting, the combat skills of the others are at least above average.
At this moment, everyone outside was so busy that they didn't have time to worry about whether their boss would get hurt or suffer a loss in the arena.
"Sis, why did you include this one? I didn't see anything special about her resume."
When I looked closer, I saw it was the eleventh resume she had posted in the group.
Recruiting players as soon as possible is essential for building strongholds and fleets. However, there are simply too many players who want to join, and Coffee can't handle it all by himself. So, he mobilized everyone to help with the initial screening.
“I forgot to add a note, but this guy is well-informed and has a lot of friends. Don’t you remember? Of the books I bought for Sister Chen, three were purchased by her as a middleman. I think they were quite valuable.”
"At least it's better than those guys who can't beat Xingtu in a fight, can't outfarm you, and are even poorer than Xiaoming," Luck commented.
She was fed up with this screening process. After looking at just a few resumes, she understood why the coffee shop needed their help.
Many of the messages I received were simply attempts to get something for nothing! They had nothing but overconfidence.
"If I had half their confidence, my life would be much easier," Tao Ling said, deeply agreeing.
However, those who are completely unaware of their own limitations are in the minority. Most players know their own strengths and weaknesses, either possessing a special skill or offering to contribute to the game by giving up most of their winnings.
The idea of recruiting fleet members from the vast number of players came from Coffee. Since everyone was in the top 200 of the leaderboard, it was very easy to find a dozen or so people to join the fleet.
Without a calm and focused mind, facing so many players with higher rankings but lower status, they might easily harbor resentment, causing their fleet to fall apart.
Moreover, strong individuals are actually less suitable to join their fleet.
From the moment the formation of the fleet was announced, the tone was already tacitly set by everyone.
That means pooling everyone's resources to primarily support Shen Dixin, giving her meat first while the others drink soup.
This is a matter of course; any ambitious and powerful individual would not want to join an organization that clearly offers no path to advancement.
What? Does climbing from the twentieth lackey to the number one fan mean you can get a piece of the action?
Those with weaknesses actually love this kind of place. The people on the world channel were right. Chen Dixin's role is perfect for finding a group of support players.
As for the battle, the original team plus herself is enough to handle it.
Every day in the arena was a period of improvement, the only downside being that it was incredibly boring. Apart from Qi Mu, Chen Dixin had no one else to talk to.
The other party was in a similar situation. After a month of getting to know each other, they became quite familiar with each other and could even be considered friends without any exchange of benefits or contractual guarantees.
Qi Mu felt that Shen Dixin was genuine, skilled, and had a resolute and goal-oriented personality. He had long recognized her worth because she herself had become strong.
Moreover... Qi Mu had never seen anyone who would continue training after leaving the arena, without stopping for an entire day! With such perseverance, what couldn't she accomplish?
Shen Dixin also thought Qi Mu was good. His fighting style had many ingenious aspects, and he was disciplined and had martial ethics. Although he often acted like a jerk, he could be considered a good person.
The two developed a subtle mutual appreciation and became training partners.
Although he was reluctant to have an even more intense workout interspersed after a satisfying battle, Qi Mu would pull up a stool, sit down, and chat about random things.
Thanks to him, Shen Dixin now knows all the love, hate and grudges of all the relatives and aunts of the Qi Mu family. She has heard all sorts of bizarre gossip from the martial arts school where he works, and her ears are tired of hearing it.
She even learned that Qi Mu's dog was named Mimi.
After completing a set of difficult moves, Chen Dixin asked while catching her breath, "Isn't it called Wangcai?"
“That’s my cat. You can tell you weren’t listening to me,” Qi Mu said casually.
"You've done so much now, you'll have to go on stage later."
"It's alright, it only took a third of my strength."
Qi Mu squinted at her. This guy always brought up Versailles in the middle of a conversation, and he always felt that Shen Dixin was doing it on purpose.
"We still don't know exactly how long this humanoid boss's health and stamina bars are," he muttered enviously.
Having been in the Colosseum for so long, Qi Mu didn't just lie there from beginning to end. This is no joke. If someone is constantly loitering at your doorstep, can you sit still?
After trying it once, he realized that he had really dug a hole for himself!
Shen Dixin has a lot of stamina. The stamina she recovers after sleeping is enough to support a whole day of fighting. Naturally, she recovers even more stamina, so she can do as much training as she wants without any problem.
Qi Mu is different. His physique is only half that of Chen Dixin's, and his stamina bar is naturally the same. In fact, due to the bonus from the books, it is less than half!
After finishing his daily animal fighting performance, all he wanted to do was lie in bed and rest. It wasn't that he was mentally exhausted, but that his body wouldn't allow it; fighting was very physically demanding.
Lu Mingang worked overtime to prepare about a hundred dishes to restore stamina, and half of them had already gone into Qi Mu's stomach. Shen Dixin didn't want to run out of people to talk to halfway through, and she was worried that the dishes she had given him on credit might actually die on the stage.
In response, Qi Mu could only say with grief and indignation that the gap between people is sometimes greater than the gap between people and pigs!
Amidst the banter, a pale-faced man came to inform Shen Dixin that the competition had begun.
This time, the opponent was exactly what Shen Di wanted: the leader of the nine bats.
Since she displayed extraordinary strength, the opponents she faced the next day were all at the level of tribal leaders.
Sometimes it's a beast like a bear, tiger, or cheetah that's strong individually, so only one or two of them are used.
Fewer enemies mean fewer attribute bonuses, so she prefers packs of wild beasts.
No… Shen Dixin glanced at the bats, and her gold-rimmed glasses told her that these bats were not ordinary.
If we do the math, it's like a battle that originally involved only one bear has now increased to involve three bears.
Today is the 29th day since she arrived at the Colosseum. According to the white-faced man's timeline, she has been here for a month. It seems she can't sit still any longer and is preparing to increase the difficulty.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com