Chapter 77 Is this the speed? !

[Server Announcement: Congratulations to the player "Yi Ye Zhi Qiu" for becoming the first player on this server to officially advance to the "Bronze Level"! I hope other players will continue to work hard...]

The resurrection point in the cemetery.

Looking at the pop-up window floating in front of them, Long Xing and his companions who had just been resurrected were stunned.

“Oh my god!”

“Is this even possible?!”

"Open it now!"

“…%￥#@!”

At the same time, in an office building on Earth.

Looking at the announcement floating on the official website forum on the computer screen, Qianli frowned slightly.

"I didn't expect that I was still a step behind..."

"Yeah... How did this pervert get the upgrade? Is it really an official internal account? What's the purpose?"

I've only heard of ways to motivate people to recharge, but I've never heard of ways to motivate people to upgrade.

And this is a closed beta game!

Is it really okay to be so frivolous?! Baili, holding the back of his head, sighed, glanced at the boss lying on the recliner not far away, and added a sentence as if in silence.

"My condolences."

At this moment, somewhere on the first level of the maze, someone with harpoons all over his body was making a crunching sound.

The weak monsters around retreated one after another.

Although I don’t understand what the strange sound means, the guy who can make such a sound is definitely not tasty and not to be trifled with.

“Hahahahahaha!”

"You are worthy of being my chosen opponent!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Long Xing Wanli raised his head and laughed, half of which was out of admiration from the bottom of his heart, and the other half was also intended to ease the awkwardness.

After all, until a minute ago, he still felt that taking the top spot in the entire server was a foregone conclusion.

Unexpectedly, he reached level 11 directly.

Looking at the boss who was hiding his embarrassment with laughter, the number one pig in the country didn't know how to comfort him and could only shut his mouth silently.

This guy is really evil.

While updating the guide intensively, I also kept leveling up myself...

How many livers does this guy have???

…

Although the guild leaders of Long Xing Tian Xia could not accept that their boss was surpassed by an individual player, the vast majority of individual players were not surprised by this result.

After all, every step this guy took was public on the forum, and after seeing it, they didn't have any other thoughts except admiration.

I can only say that this guy really understands this game.

At most, they hope that the development team can impose some restrictions on these hardcore gamers, such as setting up an anti-addiction system or a vitality value system or something like that.

To be honest, even Luo Yan had to admire that this guy did have some talent in figuring out the rules. He could even be said to be a one in a million genius.

He got almost all the contribution points that could be obtained, so that this guy reached the bronze level within less than a month after the server was launched.

However, in Luo Yan's original numerical design of the task system, this time should have been two months or even two and a half months.

If everyone upgraded according to the optimal solution like this guy, even if he borrowed another 100,000 faith points from Saint Sith and the Demon God, it would not be enough for these players to consume.

Besides, this thing can’t be borrowed.

Luo Yan suddenly understood why the gods, while setting complicated promotion rules, were so secretive about the rules themselves...

The quality square of the necropolis.

After completing the soul level promotion ceremony, Luo Yan opened Yi Ye Zhi Qiu's attribute panel and took a look.

【

ID: One Leaf Knows Autumn

Race: Skeleton

Soul Level: Bronze (Level Cap LV30)

Level: LV.11 Constitution: 9 (+3)

Strength: 9 (+3)

Agility: 6 (+3)

Intelligence: 4 (+3)

Spirit: 7 (+3)

】

After being promoted to Bronze, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu gained a +3 improvement in all attributes.

Not only have the bones throughout his body been further strengthened, making him look stronger and more solid, but the gap between his panel data and that of Arakdo has also become smaller and smaller.

Just as Luo Yan was looking at the attribute panel of this little player and thinking about whether to cut the contribution point income, Yi Ye Zhiqiu who was standing in front of him suddenly spoke somewhat embarrassedly.

"Dear Demon Lord, can we decide whether to open the server-wide announcement? Or add an anonymous person..."

He is not a person who likes to show off, he just enjoys the fun of the game purely. It would be too much of a nuisance if he did this every time.

The demon didn't respond, didn't even look at him.

Feeling that he was being left out, Yiye Zhiqiu sighed helplessly.

"Okay... just pretend I didn't say anything."

It seems that the NPC does not have the authority to modify the game process, and will not respond to dialogues that are not related to the game itself.

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu was thinking secretly.

However, he didn't know that this rule was originally added by the person in front of him, and the Demon King ignored him only because he had his own decision.

"...You level up pretty fast. It's been less than a month since you awakened your soul and you've already reached bronze. Do you have any secret?"

Unexpectedly, the conversation was triggered accidentally. Yi Ye Zhi Qiu thought that the Demon King was going to give him some hidden task, so he quickly said modestly.

“It’s mainly about bringing together the strengths of everyone.”

Luo Yan: “Oh?”

"We have a place called the official website forum where we can exchange strategies and experiences. Every time I post something, many people will reply to it. Occasionally, I will receive private messages from other players sharing their leveling tips... In the process of sharing with each other, I have also learned a lot."

Not sure whether the Demon King in front of him could understand the concept of the official website forum, Yiye Zhiqiu explained in a tentative tone.

After hearing his answer, the Demon King's reaction was very calm and he just spoke briefly.

"I'm not interested in your speech about your promotion, but since you've found a way to improve, keep it up."

Seeing that the pop-up window for the hidden task was not triggered, Yiye Zhiqiu felt a little disappointed, but still replied respectfully.

"I'll keep your teachings in mind!"

Luo Yan nodded and said casually.

"If there is nothing else, please leave first."

Luo Yan was just being polite, but he didn't expect that the player in front of him really wanted to trouble him.

"Yes..." Yi Ye Zhi Qiu nodded hurriedly, fearing that the Demon King would refuse, and said quickly, "I want to learn magic from you!"

"Learn magic?" Luo Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile, "Why don't you consider changing your race first?"

Yiyezhiqiu shook his head.

"I haven't found a suitable candidate yet. Besides, I'm used to the characteristics of skeleton soldiers. Instead of adapting to another system, I prefer to play my profession to the extreme before considering other things... Or is it that skeletons can't learn magic?"

"That's not the case." Luo Yan thought for a moment and continued, "Although spells can make casting easier and wands can speed up the conduction of magic power and reduce the loss of casting, it can be done even without these two things... like this."

As he spoke, Luo Yan spread out his right palm, and as his mind focused, a ball of fire the size of a ping-pong ball appeared on the palm of his hand.

"This is the power of the elements."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu stared at the flame in astonishment, the soul fire in his skull flickering with bright light.

"How... did you do that?!"

Luo Yan continued.

"The essence of elemental magic comes from the imagination of objective things. It is not easy to explain it specifically. You need to feel it with your heart... My suggestion is that you can start with meditation, such as imagining a ball of fire in your heart."

Not daring to miss a single word, Yiye Zhiqiu wrote down these words carefully.

“Is it enough to just imagine it?”

"Of course not. If you have learned ABCD, does that mean you have learned English? This is actually a truth." Luo Yan smiled faintly.

While it would be strange to hear the word "English" coming out of a game character's mouth, this is only an inappropriate metaphor.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

I believe that Yiye Zhiqiu is not the kind of person who would dwell on trivial matters.

Luo Yan still had certain expectations for this guy - since he was good at figuring out rules, he might be able to figure out something along his own lines.

"...The most basic spells are like the letters ABCD that I demonstrated to you. As for more advanced spells, they use these abstract elements to spell abstract words, and then connect the abstract words into sentences."

As he spoke, Luo Yan extinguished the fireball in his hand, took out a magic wand, and pointed it at the distant wall while chanting a spell.

A tongue of fire gushed out from the tip of his staff and rushed towards the stone wall not far away like a nimble python.

Sparks burst out on the wall! Players not far away saw it and couldn't help but applaud.

Luo Yan put away the wand in his hand, turned to Yi Ye Zhi Qiu who was listening attentively, and spoke concisely.

"Fire Snake Spell, a bronze-level spell, is cast in this way. Similar spells include imagining water condensing into a spear tip, imagining rock and soil transforming into a wall, and imagining dead life standing up again... Basically, magic is a technique that materializes the human spirit."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu pondered for a long time, then said with a wry smile.

"That sounds a bit hard to understand."

Luo Yan nodded.

"Of course. After all, magic is such a 'troublesome thing'."

In fact, the reason why Yiyezhiqiu felt difficult was also related to his teaching method.

Most magic apprentices start their studies with the history of magic when they first start learning, and this so-called history of magic is actually the teachings of the ancient elemental gods who fell at the end of the First Age.

And in the first practical class, the instructor or professor will place special emphasis on devotion to the elemental spirits.

This kind of piety is different from the piety to the devil or Saint Sith, but is a kind of piety similar to that to history and one's own heart.

At the beginning, a magic apprentice would start by prolonging the spell and using lengthy prayers to summon a fireball, until he can skillfully manipulate the fireball without chanting, and then he would be considered to have entered the field.

After learning that piety was not the only way to use supernatural powers, Luo Yan wanted to try whether he could let the players skip the self-brainwashing prayers and directly use the spirit to drive the supernatural powers to summon fireballs.

Although this means that magic will be more difficult to get started with, once they succeed, it will be of great benefit to their future growth.

Looking at Yi Ye Zhi Qiu who was lost in thought, Luo Yan continued.

"If you find it troublesome, you can always choose another way. The reason why I don't recommend my servants to learn magic is because this skill cannot be mastered overnight."

This is a provocative statement.

He knew that this guy would not give up so easily, but would continue to study in the direction he pointed out.

In this way, maybe I can learn some really useful experience from the official website forum of "Disaster OL".

After sending away Yi Ye Zhi Qiu who was lost in thought, Luo Yan was about to go about his own business when he saw a commotion at the entrance of the maze.

I saw a group of people with the ID "Longxing·XX" coming up from the basement with their heads held high.

What's eye-catching is not only their uniform ID prefixes, but also the spoils they carry on their backs, wrapped in spider silk! The larger items are harpoons, there are more than a hundred of them!

In addition, there were a large number of leather armor, leather boots, short knives and daggers, etc., from protective gear to cold weapons! From their arrogant posture, they obviously won a hearty victory. And from the spoils on their backs, Luo Yan almost guessed the identity of their opponents without even thinking about it. It must be the mermaids that the Earth Dragon Clan had lured in before!

What he didn't expect was that the combination of these dozen skeleton soldiers and three small spiders could actually wipe out the merman's generals? ! And how did they resist bragging on the official website forum? ! Luo Yan was surprised by more than just these.

What shocked him even more was that the leader of the skeleton soldiers named [Long Xing Wanli] was carrying a bronze-level magic item on his back! Although it was just a harpoon.

"Youyou, can you identify the effect of that magic item?"

Youyou: "No problem, Lord Demon... But compared to that magic item, don't you think there is something different about the little player himself?"

Luo Yan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and indeed he discovered the difference in that player.

I saw a trace of red and black energy wrapped around the gray-white skeleton, like the tentacles of a deep-sea jellyfish.

This scene seems familiar.

Luo Yan's heart moved slightly, and he immediately opened the player's attribute panel, and indeed found a clue from it.

【ID: Long Xing Wan Li

Race: Skeleton

Soul level: Black Iron (level cap LV10)

Level: LV.9Physique: 5Strength: 13Agility: 3Intelligence: 1Spirit: 2】

[Talent: Unyielding Courage LV1: In a life-and-death duel, face the steel with a body of black iron! Strength attribute +5]

"Is this... a blessing from the gods?!"

"That's right!" Youyou, who was floating beside Luo Yan, nodded vigorously and said with a look of surprise, "Although I don't know which god this blessing power comes from, this is indeed a blessing from the gods!"

Luo Yan couldn't help but fall into deep thought after hearing this.

Combined with his own experience, he now feels more and more that the so-called behavior of pleasing the gods may not really please a great consciousness, but simply trigger a pre-compiled program - the program will automatically reward those who practice a certain doctrine or creed.

Just like unlocking game achievements.

Challenge opponents of higher levels and win, and the final reward is the attribute of strength... This looks very much like the "God of War" among the ancient gods of the First Age.

Compared to the God of the Underworld and the God of Elements, the God of War is not very well-known and is one of the gods who disappeared in the middle of the First Era.

Today, only a few people remember him, but the code he left in this world is still playing a role.

So what is the meaning of the existence of gods?

Just as Luo Yan was thinking about the answer, Long Xing Wanli walked up to him, clasped his hands respectfully, and reported.

"Dear Demon King, we found a group of mermaid invaders in the maze, about 300 in number, and they have all been wiped out by our forces!"

It is not difficult to tell from the uncontrollable smile on this guy's face that he is quite proud, and he does have the right to be proud.

Luo Yan nodded appreciatively and spoke slowly.

"You did a good job, but next time you encounter this kind of situation, I hope you will report it to me or my servants first...if you hope to be rewarded."

What this means is that since you didn't report it immediately, don't even think about the reward.

As for the spoils, since you guys fought against them yourselves, you can just keep them... Luo Yan doesn't need so many harpoons anyway.

Although it was a pity that he did not gain any contribution points, Long Xing Wanli was not discouraged.

Originally, he didn't come here for the reward, he just wanted to show off in front of the Demon King and make his presence felt.

I saw someone on the forum saying that NPCs have a hidden parameter called favorability, so it definitely does no harm to show up in front of faction bosses more often.

After finishing his report, Long Xing Wanli took off the harpoon on his back.

"Could you please identify this equipment for me?"

Luo Yan glanced at the harpoon in his hand, but did not say anything. Instead, he pointed in the direction of the NPC shop.

"Go to the store to identify the equipment."

"Don't bother me with such trivial matters."

(End of this chapter)