Ordinary players will not be chased by these ghosts, nor will they attract them; only contracted players like the original owner can.
The labels above the heads of contract players are in red, making them very eye-catching; the labels for regular players are in green, which are also quite noticeable!
The tags above the heads of NPCs such as demons and monsters are also green, just like those of ordinary players. This makes it impossible for players to distinguish between human players and system-controlled NPCs.
However, since players generally appear in their own appearance after entering the game, monsters and other supernatural beings are usually not targets for hunting: as mentioned earlier, hunting them does not allow ordinary players to level up.
Chu Nian's situation is rather special; she was able to level up by fighting monsters because she absorbed their electromagnetic waves.
Chu Nian encountered nothing but monsters and ghosts along her journey, but she absorbed them all using the same method she had used to absorb evil spirits. This caused her level to continuously increase, but the level displayed on the tag would drop after she hid her electromagnetic waves.
After crossing three mountain peaks, Chu Nian was intercepted by a beautiful, transformed little fox demon. Chu Nian noticed that this fox demon's electrical fluctuations were somewhat peculiar, like those of a living soul.
Since it's a demon, it naturally has the characteristics of a demon. For example, the label on this little fox demon's head clearly indicates that she is a demon.
In the game's mechanics, after hunting down demons, monsters, and other NPCs, players don't gain points, level up, acquire their abilities, or even receive equipment drops. However, they can transform into them. Therefore, some players are hidden among these monsters—essentially, undetected players!
They won't be recognized as opponents by other players, making them one-sided hunters.
This is a level three fox, but Chu Nian herself doesn't know what level she is; the label above her head still shows level two.
Because it is still in the early stages, the level 3 stealth player, Little Fox Demon, only needs to hunt down two level 2 players to level up to level 4.
So, she jumped out when she saw Chu Nian arrive, having been lying in wait in the shadows. She probably thought that as a level three hidden player, killing a level two player should be easy for her.
Chu Nian was quite excited when she saw her, and decided to try out the interesting idea she had thought of earlier: she shot the radio waves at the little fox demon.
The little fox demon was shocked to find that she was rapidly losing levels before she even made a move, dropping to level one in the blink of an eye.
Chu Nian knew her method would work, so she left happily, leaving the little fox demon standing there dumbfounded and heartbroken.
I won't kill anyone, but the original owner never said I couldn't let others drop levels!
Chu Nian arrived at a small village near the city. There were more people here, but not many strong individuals. Those wandering around were mostly newcomers to the game; people above level ten were rare, and even those at level one or two were few and far between.
Chu Nian discovered that most of the people here were at level three or above, so he adjusted his own level to level four.
Sure enough, just as she was seemingly wandering aimlessly, she was stopped by a level-four man carrying an axe...
As if nothing had happened, Chu Nian walked past him, but the level display above his head was rapidly changing. By the time Chu Nian passed him, he had plummeted from level four to level one.
Some people noticed the situation and thought that Chu Nian might have acquired some special skill. They wondered if they would become very powerful if they acquired it. As a result, some high-level people set their sights on Chu Nian.
Chu Nian proved the success of her experiment time and time again.
The level of her chosen targets naturally increased accordingly. She particularly liked these few guys who had surrounded her.
Not only were they all above level six, but they were also in a team. She could absorb a significant amount of electromagnetic waves from this...
Chu Nian arrived in Pompeii, the nearest metropolis, two days later. Almost all the small villages she had passed through had become beginner villages, filled entirely with level one players!
However, it seems that the game administrators have not yet discovered this major bug, but some players are already speculating that she has been given special skills or rights because she is a contract player.
Chu Nian had no interest in caring about the players' thoughts. Anyway, she hadn't killed anyone, so she hadn't violated the conditions set by the original owner. Those players were able to level up because they killed people, and absorbing their energy was equivalent to acting on behalf of heaven.
Chu Nian entered Pompeii. As expected of an international metropolis, it was incredibly crowded. However, not all of them were players; there were also many NPCs. Unlike the monsters and demons of the mountains and forests, there were many professional assassin NPCs here.
Chu Nian didn't even bother to check the color of the tag above the other person's head. Anyone who dared to stop her was fair game. Given her special tag as a contracted player, anyone who stopped her wasn't there to team up with her; they were just there to kill her.
To attract higher-level players, she is currently displaying a level of 35.
Level 35 was much higher than her level 2 when she first arrived, but it was really nothing in Pompeii. There were quite a few veteran players here who were level 80 or 90, but not everyone could see them.
Pompeii was not only crowded, but also teeming with hotels, restaurants, casinos, nightclubs, and countless other entertainment venues. Because it was a virtual world, all consumption here required in-game currency earned through gameplay, such as defeating opponents or leveling up.
Chu Nian was busy absorbing her opponents' energy waves the whole way, and didn't kill a single one. Fortunately, she used the energy waves to level up quite a few times, so she did have a certain amount of game currency.
However, when she entered a hotel to book a room, she realized that she didn't have enough game coins to book even the cheapest room.
What to do? Was she going to have to sleep on the streets? Chu Nian left the hotel feeling very depressed.
The hotel staff looked at her with some puzzlement: Level 35, how come you don't even have the money to book a room? This isn't some high-end hotel.
As soon as Chu Nian stepped out of the hotel, she heard the hotel staff behind her contacting the switchboard to inform them that there was a strange contract player on the other end.
It seems her unusual behavior eventually caught the attention of the game administrators.
Chu Nian wandered around Pompeii for half a day, then rented a basement room with the money in his pocket. The owner was a woman with red curly hair, dressed somewhat provocatively. In the middle of the night, Chu Nian even heard various strange noises overhead, a mixture of men's and women's laughter and moans.
Unfortunately, their good fortune didn't last long. The couple above them were interrupted halfway through by loud knocking on the door. It turned out that the police had arrived and wanted to check the tenants' identification.
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