Chapter 37. The Two Realms of Yan Yan (Part 7): Endurance...
From the moment they realized what kind of monster had launched the night attack, the expressions of all the professionals present instantly turned extremely ugly.
The monster that came this time is called the [Dara Flame Rat].
The largest of them are no more than 1.2 meters long. They have big, round eyes, round ears, and two long, steel-like incisors that protrude from their three-lobed mouths. Their fur is orange-yellow, and they leave sparks when they walk. There is a ball of flame at the tip of their tails. They look like cute and cuddly elves.
The Dala Flame Rat is a cute monster, and its habits are just as famous as its appearance.
Their steel teeth are extremely hard, and they are omnivorous monsters that will eat anything they can see, such as: flowers, trees, steel bones, energy...
They love to devour anything with flesh and blood, and they like to travel in large groups, with each group consisting of no fewer than 30,000 members. The maximum number of members may depend on how many monsters are in the group.
However, the Dara Flame Rats are petty and united monsters. If they cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop, then the North District will face endless troubles until one side is completely defeated.
Normally, fire-type monsters are weak to water and ice types; the special feature of the Dalara Rat is that its weakness is to attacks with earth-type energy.
Even the simplest thorns can easily pierce their fur and cause them fatal damage.
Xiao Weizhi reached out and tidied Lin Xiaoxiao's hair, which was messy from the wind. With a serious expression, he lowered his voice and instructed his companions surrounding him: "Listen carefully, when the battle starts, use the lowest level earth-type energy skills for all your abilities. Try not to use area-of-effect skills if possible."
Although the team members didn't understand why this arrangement was made, they trusted their captain implicitly and nodded silently.
Soon, led by thirteen S-class squads, the battle horn sounded.
Earth spikes, earth balls, earth pits... Earth-based skills are scattered everywhere, mixed with a few skills of other colors.
Longya found a relatively secluded spot and 'quickly' unleashed his skills, making a great 'effort' to clear out the frantically surging monsters.
Xiao Weizhi's right hand held a staff that kept flashing with light. With each flash, more than a dozen earth spikes would appear. On average, it would take seven skills to kill a Dara Flame Rat.
Wang Hao switched to a bronze-level gun that looked like a withered branch and could fire earth-elemental energy bullets. He attacked the monsters with a very serious expression, but each time he fired a skill, it would strangely deviate slightly to avoid fatal damage.
Li Junxuan wore an ugly shield that looked like a large piece of land ripped off from the ground. He would occasionally use the shield to knock away a dozen or so demonic beasts that pounced on him at the same time, and sometimes he could even kill one or two demonic beasts.
Liu Huihui, Chen Feng, Jiang Tao, and Chen Yijin stood guard on both sides, moving swiftly but extremely slowly to patch up the gaps left by the charging monsters.
Cheng Cheng held the holy book with a very serious expression, but a closer look would reveal that no skill light ever shone from her hand.
Lin Xiaoxiao's expression was somewhat strange, because Xiao Weizhi, with his free left hand, using the cover of his wide robe, had reached behind him and was holding her hand the whole time.
Is this just slacking off? Don't they want the team contribution points? (In large-scale battles, contribution points can be exchanged at a certain ratio based on the team's kill count information in the backend.)
Congratulations on defeating the level 66 Dara Flame Rat! Experience gained: 52035
...
The kill notification appears every two or three minutes, in a very regular and rhythmic manner.
As the heavy night faded, the sky gradually turned blue and white.
It was already five in the morning, and the ground was littered with the corpses of monsters. Along with the crimson mess were gold coins and equipment, but no one dared to collect the loot.
The battle, which lasted for several hours, left many teams feeling overwhelmed. Their mana was constantly in danger, and many priests and amplifiers were swaying, pale-faced, and dazed.
Cheng Cheng, who was hiding in the corner of the Dragon Fang Squad, was also leaning on Lin Xiaoxiao for support.
Unlike the other squads' support players, Cheng Cheng was only pretending after Xiao Weizhi reminded him.
If you're still flushed and standing ramrod straight after five hours of continuous fighting, wouldn't it be obvious to everyone that you're just slacking off?
Cheng Cheng rested his head on Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder, looking like a weak pastor who was trying to be strong even though he was about to collapse, but he kept saying, "When can we eat? I'm so hungry, so hungry."
Lin Xiaoxiao, who knew the inside story, smiled helplessly: "Let's wait a little longer, the logistics team will be here to distribute the food soon."
She didn't understand why Xiao Weizhi made such an arrangement, which was not at all like the brave and fierce Longya of the past.
When she asked Xiao Weizhi, he just smiled mysteriously and told her to observe carefully.
After a few hours, Lin Xiaoxiao also figured out a bit of the trick.
First: the more aggressive the attacking squad, the more numerous the Dara Flame Rats swarming in front of them are, one wave after another, with no time to stop. If they are not careful, they will be devoured by the monsters that pounce on them, leaving only bone fragments.
Secondly, according to Lin Xiaoxiao's observation, it wasn't just Longya who was slacking off; she saw two or three other small teams nearby who were also conserving their strength.
Finally: More than five hours have passed, and the army of monsters in front of us seems to be just as numerous as we were a few hours ago. No one knows how long this battle will last.
It is said that this is not the first time such a monster attack has been encountered in this secret realm. The longest one was said to have lasted for almost half a month, almost exhausting the professional players in those teams.
"Ah, get away! Don't bite me! It hurts! Help me! Help me!!" The screams echoed around.
A dozen seconds later, the screams stopped. It was another poor professional who, due to overexertion, had been caught off guard and pounced on by a dozen monsters, who devoured him to pieces.
Such screams would occur every now and then.
The blood flowing on the ground was from both monsters and humans; it was impossible to tell which was which.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked in the direction of the scream and watched helplessly as the professional disappeared, her eyes filled with sympathy and reluctance.
Her lips were pressed into a straight line when suddenly, a warm, large hand covered her eyes.
In the darkness, Xiao Weizhi's deep voice rang out: "Don't look. Nothing is strange in the secret realm. Our priority should be our own survival."
Lin Xiaoxiao knew that what Xiao Weizhi said made sense.
The profession of pioneer is one of danger accompanied by extremely high rewards; otherwise, countless people would not be willing to become pioneers.
Lin Xiaoxiao responded softly, "Mmm."
Her fluttering eyelashes slid across his palm, like feathers gently brushing against the lines of his hand. A light, ticklish sensation seemed to travel along the nerve endings in his palm to his heart, causing his heart to beat faster.
A moment later, Xiao Weizhi withdrew his hand, turned around nonchalantly, and continued to unleash his skills to kill the monsters. No one saw the hint of pink on the tip of his ear hidden under his hair.
Cheng Cheng watched the whole thing, then leaned his head on Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder and, in a voice only the two of them could hear, teased with a mischievous grin, "Oh, don't look."
Lin Xiaoxiao's face flushed slightly. She reached out and patted Cheng Cheng's hand on her shoulder, lowering her voice helplessly, "Sister Cheng Cheng, stop fooling around."
Cheng Cheng knew Lin Xiaoxiao was shy, so he didn't continue to tease her. Instead, he smoothly changed the subject and continued to say he was hungry.
Hearing Cheng Cheng keep saying he was hungry, Chen Feng, who was not far away, became so anxious that he swung his sword much faster and complained in his heart about the slow logistics of the operations department.
The battle situation on the ground was dire, so they couldn't easily take anything out of their spatial storage to eat.
Everyone knows that people are just going through the motions, but they still have to put on a good show, otherwise it will be hard to explain later if someone finds out.
At 7 a.m., the logistics team delivered breakfast, and all the squads on the battlefield took turns resting and eating breakfast.
Longya, as the third group to go to breakfast, wasn't very far ahead in line. Along with them was the familiar A-level team, Yanhuo.
During the rest area meal break, the two teams were not far apart, and the entire Dragon Fang team could clearly hear the Flame Squad's frustrated complaints:
The burly man with dark skin and a full beard said in a rough voice, "Damn it, what's been going on these past few days? Why are we so unlucky? A few days ago, I was hunting in the wild and didn't get a single thing, but I even lost two mountain bikes."
A skinny man with a face full of acne and shoulder-length hair tied in a small bun on top of his head chimed in: "Alright, it's good that no one was hurt. There's always a harvest to be made."
A fat man squatted to the side, a steamed bun in his left hand and a bowl of soup in his right, drinking and complaining: "My luck has been terrible lately, like I've been robbed."
Another person said, "Superstition is unacceptable. Whether luck is good or bad, just accept it if you're unlucky."
"That's right, stop talking so much nonsense, hurry up and eat, rest for a bit after you finish, and then go back and continue. Make up for the losses you made before here."
...
When Xiao Weizhi heard this, a dark glint flashed in his eyes. The familiar experience... Could it be that he had encountered them?
He gently patted Lin Xiaoxiao's head, who was listening intently to the gossip, but holding a steamed bun without taking a bite, and reminded her helplessly, "Eat."
"Oh." Lin Xiaoxiao stuffed a bun into her mouth, chewing as she continued to listen intently to the gossip.
She stopped chewing again, and Xiao Weizhi had to remind her again to continue eating.
The other team members also used gossip to entertain themselves while eating, whispering complaints in their ears.
Wang Hao barely suppressed a laugh: "These guys are really unlucky. When we get back to the capital, should we go find a temple to burn some incense?"
Jiang Tao's lips curled into an exaggerated smile: "We really should go burn some incense. We've already got everything, and now we've lost it all because of some monster that suddenly appeared out of nowhere."
Li Junxuan's thoughts wandered: "Which temple in the capital is good? I'll go burn some incense when I get back?"
Liu Huihui's lips twitched: "We're not unlucky, why should we go burn incense?"
Li Junxuan rolled his eyes at Liu Huihui: "No wonder you're single. You can only go when you're unlucky? Can't you bring your girlfriend along?"
Cheng Cheng nodded: "That's right, Ah Feng, let's go back and find a temple to have a date, killing two birds with one stone."
Cold sweat trickled down Chen Feng's forehead: "Chengcheng (Cheng Cheng's nickname), you don't like the smell of incense, so isn't it inappropriate for you to go to a temple?"
Seeing that Lin Xiaoxiao seemed very interested, Xiao Weizhi tentatively asked, "Do you want to go?"
Lin Xiaoxiao quickly shook her head, indicating that she was not interested and had no intention of going.
As someone who had transmigrated into a book and even seen deities, she was quite wary of such things. Who knew if the consciousness of a true god might reside in those temples?
Moreover, she's labeled as the goddess of fortune. What if those gods exist and she enters their territory, gets discovered, and gets blasted to smithereens?
Xiao Weizhi silently made a mental note of it; she didn't believe in such things and would avoid this area in the future.
It must be said that their thought processes were completely unrelated, but their final decision was the same: to stay away from anything or anyone related to the gods.
An hour later, during breakfast time, a new shift of soldiers returned from the front lines.
The Dragon Fang Squad and the Rising Sun Squad, which consisted of the male and female protagonists, passed each other by.
Xiao Weizhi and Lin Xiaoxiao keenly sensed that something was off about the atmosphere between them. How to describe it? It was like someone who had stolen a treasure and was desperately trying to act nonchalant, but was actually overdoing it and feeling guilty.
Liu Duoxin, who used to launch into a tirade of sarcasm whenever she saw Xiao Weizhi, didn't do it today. Instead, she subconsciously restrained her emotions, walked forward with her head held high and chest out, as if she were hiding something.
Chen Zhuoran's face was full of a relaxed and triumphant smile, and the arrogance in his eyes was almost impossible to conceal. He looked like he had gained a great deal and was in a very good mood.
Based on Xiao Weizhi's understanding of Liu Duoxin and Lin Xiaoxiao's understanding of Chen Zhuoran, they must have known that something had happened behind the scenes.
But in the brief moment of passing by, you can't see much more.
Xiao Weizhi decided that after this battle was over, he would find someone to investigate what Xu Ri had done recently.
Returning to the front lines, the Dragon Fang Squad resumed their slacking off, appearing quite relaxed compared to the fatigue of other squads.
As time passed, the sun rose and set, and night soon returned.
The teams present realized that this was a protracted battle. Skills that were previously used carelessly as if they didn't need mana were now being used as basic skills to control mana. There were no more large explosions, and the field was no longer filled with smoke and dust.
Unexpectedly, this action actually calmed down the [Dara Flame Rat] monsters considerably.
Six earth spikes pierced an 88-level Darafire Rat, turning it into a hedgehog and ending its life. The kill notification sounded again:
Congratulations on defeating the level 88 Dara Flame Rat! Experience gained: 66035
Lin Xiaoxiao closed her eyes and rested her head on Xiao Weizhi's broad back, yawning constantly. She was exhausted. Hongwei had already fallen asleep on Xiao Weizhi's shoulder, turning into a red blanket.
Lin Xiaoxiao is a life skill user, so her energy level is naturally lower than that of combat or support classes. She also has a [-20% energy] buff. She has only managed to hold on until now by leveling up twice and barely maintaining her energy.
Lin Xiaoxiao's current panel information is:
Name: Lin Xiaoxiao
Age: 21
Occupations: Treasure Chest Merchant [Hidden Occupation], [Divine Agent]
Destined Bound Person: Xiao Weizhi [Effect: Shared Life and Death]
Level: LV47 (...) [Currently retained experience points: 43,945,475]
Job Skills: Daily Treasure Chest [10/10] (10,000 Gold/chest), Luck Treasure Chest (refreshes daily), Experience Treasure Chest [0/3] (100,000 Gold/chest), Sacrifice to the Goddess of Fortune (once every six months)
Other skills: Appraisal (Beginner), Gathering (Intermediate), Listening to the Sounds of All Things
Talents: Extra-large storage space, Lucky Libra, [Negative Buff: Experience Points -50% (Permanent)], [Negative Buff: Stamina -20% (Permanent)], [Identity Concealment Buff (Permanent)]
Task Module: [Task Two (Please expand to view details)]
Xiao Wei remained motionless, letting Lin Xiaoxiao use him as a cushion. He turned his head again and asked her in a low voice, "Shall I hold you and let you sleep for a while?"
He was worried about letting her go back to rest alone.
However, given the current situation, the team members cannot leave the front line, and setting up a small bed for her to sleep on would be too conspicuous.
Lin Xiaoxiao yawned and refused again: "It's okay, I'm fine. You focus on killing monsters, I'll be okay."
Not long after, Lin Xiaoxiao's consciousness blurred and she fell into darkness (she fainted from exhaustion).
In a daze, she vaguely felt a sense of floating, and then a warm, large hand supported her buttocks.
A few hours later, at 3 a.m.
Lin Xiaoxiao opened her eyes groggily and found Xiao Weizhi holding her in one arm as if she were a child. A blush rose uncontrollably on her face as she leaned on his shoulder, and she whispered, "Put me down."
Xiao Weizhi caught a glimpse of her red dress out of the corner of his eye and chuckled softly, "Have you rested enough? Do you want to sleep a little longer? It's dark, no one will see you."
Lin Xiaoxiao blushed even more when she heard this. Her teammates surrounded them in the center. Who could see them in the dark except for their own people?
As soon as she landed, she heard a deafening roar: "Roar!"
Then came a series of angry roars: "Roar!", "Roar!", "Roar!"...
The friends who had originally planned to tease Lin Xiaoxiao stopped making fun of her and their smiles faded, replaced by serious expressions.
The bosses have appeared, and there's more than one; judging by appearances, there are at least thirty bosses on the field.
The BOSS looks the same as the ordinary [Dara Flame Rats], only much larger, each one being over ten meters tall, and with a more ferocious aura.
The battle was about to break out, and all the teams that had been slacking off, including the S-class teams that had been casually clearing monsters, perked up and cautiously focused their attention on the BOSSes.
After hearing the contents of those angry shouts clearly, Lin Xiaoxiao's expression became very strange:
'Damn humans!' 'Return the King's treasure!' 'Crush Mount Doudou and reclaim the King's treasure!' 'Kill!' 'Crush them!'...
From the fragmented information, Lin Xiaoxiao pieced together a brief account of what happened.
A few days ago, some humans entered the underground lair of these monsters, stole their clan's treasures, and stole the child (beast egg) of the Dala Flame Rat King. They followed the thief's scent to the northern residential area, thus triggering this monster siege.
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