After a flash of white light, Xu Mu was teleported into the DNF copy.
What comes into view is a forest, with blue sky and white clouds reflected above your head. The vegetation here is extremely lush and the air is very fresh.
Xu Mu lowered his head and took a look at his attire.
Since he chose the Ghost Swordsman role at the start, his left wrist was now bound and sealed with a heavy iron chain.
The entire exposed arm was dark red, like muscle tissue without human skin.
The blue veins were like the tangled roots of an old tree, looking extremely hideous and ugly, and causing a dull pain.
Xu Mu knew very well that this was the legendary ghost hand.
It was Kazan, the former good friend of the eleventh apostle Ozma, who left a curse mark on the continent of Arad because of his resentment.
First open the copy system panel and check your own properties.
[Player: A]
[Level: Level 0 0%]
[Attack: 1~3]
[Defense: 0]
[HP: 100]
[Mana: 30]
[Fatigue value: 100/100]
[Skills: None]
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In addition, the four most important attributes in DNF, strength/intelligence/spirit/physical strength, are currently all 0.
"If I remember correctly, according to the previous version, the fourth dimension will be unlocked after changing jobs to level 18." Just as Xu Mu finished thinking to himself, the voices of other players rang in his ears.
"Why do we start directly in the forest? According to common logic, shouldn't it be a safe zone? I can see the goblin monster not far ahead."
Xu Mu glanced sideways and saw that players were being teleported into the DNF copy one after another.
This originally empty area suddenly became crowded.
After calling up the copy light screen to check, Xu Mu discovered that the area he was currently in was the 81627th Novice Village in Alvin Town.
There are currently 20,000 players in the novice village.
In addition, there is a player level ranking list.
At present, since everyone has not officially started to clear the map, the ranking list is in no particular order, and all of them are 0 level 0% experience progress bars.
The players who reacted first have already started walking towards the depths of the forest, holding sticks or other crude weapons of other professions, and are trying to challenge the lowest level monsters - goblins - in groups.
After all, everyone has played many monster-killing dungeons like this before.
Know fully how great the benefits of leading in level are.
Without saying too much, the equipment and props dropped by high-level monsters can be sold to low-level players, which is a considerable fortune.
Xu Mu was not in a hurry, but watched from the side for a while.
The purgatory mode he chose does not allow him to be resurrected.
Now that you are at level 0, your strength is at its weakest, so maintaining stability is the key.
After standing at the birth point and observing for a while, Xu Mu came to a rough conclusion.
The players' initial damage is between 1 and 3 points, while a level 1 goblin has 50 health points.
Now everyone has not learned any skills yet and can only rely on normal attacks.
Soon, some players figured out the experience.
The most stable approach is to form a team of three to four people, pull a goblin to the side to fight, and slowly reduce the health line.
In the early stages, killing a goblin can provide 20 experience points, which can be shared by three to four people.
You only need to kill a dozen goblins to successfully reach level 1 and learn the simplest skill - upward attack.
Of course, the settings of the Red Moon dungeon have always been very free, and players can release upward movements even if they don’t learn any skills.
However, this action will not have the effect of 'making the monster float in the air'.
"These low-level goblins are not very aggressive, except that their health is a little higher than in the game. Their agility is not high, and their only attack method is a single swing attack."
"It seems that it should be the product of the novice transition period."
"As long as you pay attention, you should be able to pull two or three at a time and fight them at the same time." Xu Mu summed up the experience of other players and estimated the monsters he could currently deal with.
He held the wooden stick in his hand, not in a hurry to upgrade like other players.
Instead, he bypassed the woods in front of him and went straight into the deeper part of Loran.
On the way, a player kindly called him.
"Hey, man, are you trying to kill yourself? There are level 1 to 3 monsters ahead! Calm down!"
"Thank you, I'm sure." Xu Mu responded politely.
Seeing that Xu Mu was determined, the other party looked at him with confusion, shook his head and said nothing more.
There are all kinds of weird people in this world.
This young man might be a fool who wants to try to kill monsters above his level.
He didn't want to live, and there was nothing he could do.
Let go of the desire to help others and respect their fate.
…
Soon, Xu Mu broke into the depths of Luolan with the help of his memory.
Not far away, you can even vaguely see a level 3 goblin thrower and a small goblin tribe behind it.
There are about 5 goblins here, all of which are around level 2 to 3.
At this moment, they were all digging the soil with their heads down, as if they were making a trap.
Xu Mu did not move forward, but chose to wait for a moment behind a thick tree trunk.
A few minutes later.
Nothing happened.
This couldn't help but make Xu Mu a little confused.
"Could it be that... the plot structure in the copy is different from that in the game?" Xu Mu pondered to himself.
Then I saw a figure hurriedly walking through the dense forest not far away.
She was a girl with long silver ponytail hair, a light green skirt, and two pointed elf ears.
There was an anxious look on her face, and she looked around as if she was looking for something.
She didn't notice Xu Mu behind several trees, but just walked forward on her own.
Xu Mu didn't say anything, but leaned against a tree with his arms folded across his chest, counting down in his mind.
“Plop!”
Xu Mu watched the girl step into the trap that the goblins had carefully set in advance.
She fell into the big pit that had been dug in advance.
Then.
A pleasant girl's voice swirled in the dense forest.
"Help... Is there anyone... help me..."
[You have triggered the D-level hidden mission: The elf girl's request for help! ]
[Task Description: Please help the girl escape and bring her back to Alvin Town.]
[Task Rewards: Experience Points*100, Gold Coins*10, Novice Adventurer's Sprout Set*1]
"As expected."
Xu Mu has done this task almost hundreds of times in the game, and it is a must-do task at the beginning of the game.
But after entering the copy, Xu Mu did not find any hints about the task.
Therefore, Xu Mu judged whether this might be a hidden mission.
I was careful and didn't kill any monsters at the beginning, but went straight to the depths of Loran, and he actually caught Celia on the spot!
To be honest, Xu Mu could have stopped Celia before she fell into the trap.
However, this girl who always said "70,000 a day" must have lost a lot of money in her previous life.
Watching her make a fool of herself, you know what, it feels great!
Faced with a gathering of five goblins, Xu Mu certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to rush straight up to them.
He might give normal mode a try.
But he checked the Purgatory mode, which is ten times more difficult than other players!
It would take three or four people more than ten hits to kill a level 1 goblin. If he kills five level 3 goblins, it may take until next New Year's Eve.
He picked up a stone from the ground and threw it in the opposite direction to attract the goblin's attention, then quickly walked into the trap where Celia had fallen.
He pulled her out of the trap by her wrist, and the two quickly left along the path that Celia had come from.
This path leads directly to the town of Alvin. Once in the town, it is a safe zone for players and monsters will not chase here.
"Hu...Hu..." After running for more than ten minutes, Celia finally arrived at the small town, then she put her hands on her hips, slightly bent her back and gasped for breath.
Xu Mu's eyes glanced at Celia's chest exposed when she bent down.
Don't tell me.
This elf chick is pretty rich.
"Thank you, adventurer, what should I call you?" After catching her breath, Celia gave Xu Mu an innocent smile, her voice sweet and pleasant.
"Linus." Xu Mu said.
"Ah?" Celia was completely stumped by Xu Mu's words .
Linus?
Isn't that the blacksmith's name?
"Take me to see Linus. I want to get my reward." Xu Mu said expressionlessly, "The reward for saving you."
"Uh..." Celia's two crescent-shaped eyebrows couldn't help but twitch.
To be honest, after living in the town of Elvin for so long, this was the first time she had seen such a utilitarian adventurer...
In the past, other people, after completing their tasks at the town’s mission office, would at least make excuses and be polite before happily leaving with their rewards.
"Okay, okay... This is indeed the reward you deserve. If it weren't for you, I would probably be trapped for the whole night." Celia has a pure and kind heart. Even though Xu Mu's words were very utilitarian, she still tried to smooth things over for Xu Mu.
However, Xu Mu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"One night?" Xu Mu shook his head and spread his hands, "You think too simply. These goblins are brutal by nature. If I don't show up in time, you might be killed by the goblins and your head might be kicked like a ball."
"Ah!" Celia was immediately frightened by Xu Mu's words. Her little face instantly tensed and turned pale.
It was as if he had imagined an extremely terrifying scene.
"So, I have to pay more." Xu Mu said seriously: "When I saved you, I was doing a big A-level mission. In order to save you, I even threw away the A-level mission. This also needs extra money."
"And, I just came across a precious herb. I didn't have time to pick it because I was saving you. You must also remember to reimburse me for this loss."
Haha, in the previous life, it was you, a stinky sister, who took advantage of me like crazy, right?
I am asked to open the box every day and buy the annual set.
In this life, it is Xu Mu's turn to take advantage of others, so naturally he will not be polite.
Is Celia innocent?
simple.
So it feels even more fun to pull Xu Mu.
After being teased and kissed by Xu Mu several times, Celia's face had turned red and her body was staggering as if she would fall down at any time.
Because the amount Xu Mu finally calculated was 100 gold coins.
It was all the salary she earned from working for Alvin Mission in one month.
"But no matter what, the adventurers in the past were all kind people who were willing to help others. He wouldn't lie to me. Maybe he really made a great sacrifice to save me."
"There are still many kind-hearted people in this world."
After thinking about it, Celia paid Xu Mu an extra 100 gold coins as compensation.
[You get a tenfold increase in gold coins! ]
【Gold coins: +1000! 】
Soon, the copy prompt sounded.
In just twenty minutes, Xu Mu earned his first huge sum of money!
Of course, don’t think that Xu Mu makes money easily.
But if other players were to do this, they really wouldn’t be able to do it.
At least, they didn't dare to speak carelessly before they understood Celia's personality.
They might have to live in the dungeon for a long time in the future. The NPCs here are still unfamiliar to them. They are afraid of missing out on some hidden tasks if they say something wrong, so they are naturally very law-abiding.
Xu Mu knew the personalities of these NPCs very well.
Celia's official character is a pure saint + sweet girl.
According to her personality, even if we take advantage of her, she will still thank us.
"No matter what, I still want to thank you, warrior." Celia lifted her skirt and bowed slightly to Xu Mu.
Look, what did we just say?
…
In addition to the start-up capital that was obtained from Celia.
Xu Mu also followed Celia and found the blacksmith Linus.
According to Celia, Linus was a friend and relative to her in the small town of Alvin.
It was Linus who brought her back from the depths of the Lorraine Forest after the unknown forest fire ten years ago.
Sure enough, after arriving at Linus's blacksmith shop.
He praised Xu Mu with great joy and took out a set of clothes.
"Warrior, I am just a rough blacksmith, and I don't know how to say polite words. I give you this set of adventure equipment, and I hope it will help you have smooth sailing in your future adventures."
"If your equipment is damaged in the future, you can come to me to repair it at any time. Since you are Celia's savior, I will give you a 20% discount if you repair your equipment here!"
Very good, not only can you get the money for a mission, but you can also get a set of initial equipment, and even get a 20% discount on repairing the equipment in the future.
You know, in DNF, repairing equipment is a huge expense.
In the absence of a repair exemption contract, if a high-level weapon is completely damaged, it will cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins to repair it. If it needs to be repaired urgently within the map, it will cost a huge amount of money of millions of gold coins!
A 20% discount is already a lot.
The benefits of being familiar with these NPC characters are slowly beginning to emerge.
[Congratulations on completing the D-level mission: The Elf Girl's Request for Help! ]
[You get the task reward: Exp*100, gold coins*10, budding suit for novice adventurers*1! ]
Xu Mu checked the rewards.
Under the influence of Purgatory Mode.
The gold coins obtained from the task will also enjoy a 10-fold increase, with +100 gold being credited to your account.
At this time, there was a huge sum of 1,100 gold in the backpack.
But the experience points are pitifully low.
For normal players, 100 Exp points are enough for them to level up from 0 to 1.
However, the actual Exp received by Xu Mu was only 10 points, and he still needed 90% of the experience to upgrade.
"Let's take a look at the suits."
Well, as expected, a standard white set for beginners.
It is called a suit, but it does not have any suit attributes.
However, in the early stage when everyone only has a wooden stick, having five pieces of equipment plus a rusty samurai sword is already a very good improvement.
After quickly changing it, he took a look at his own panel.
[Player: A]
[Level: Level 0 10%]
[Attack: 11~18]
[Defense: 22]
[HP: 264]
【Blue amount: 63】
[Fatigue value: 100/100]
[Skills: None]
[Weapon: Rusty Katana (click to view properties)]
…
very good!
This set of white clothes has doubled his attribute values.
Replacing the wooden stick with a rusty samurai sword directly increased his attack power by more than four times.
With these, you will have the confidence to level up.
Passing through the town of Elvin, Xu Mu once again headed towards the Loran Forest.
The Forest of Loran used to be where elves lived. The forest was full of spiritual energy, and the elves were kind by nature, living in harmony with humans.
Later, a bizarre fire destroyed the forest.
The elves had the ability to escape, but because they could not bear to see countless animals and creatures in the forest being burned to death, they joined forces to activate the power of the great magic circle.
Although countless animals were rescued, it also led to the destruction of the elves.
Now, this place has been occupied by countless monsters infected with an unknown plague. Even the forest king Sauta has become extremely violent and kills everyone he sees.
The plates that are well known to the general public, Roland Forest, are divided into three parts.
Mirkwood, Toxic Ruins, and Flamegraca.
Of course, there are dark ruins hidden in the deepest places.
Rumor has it that there is a dark frost zombie among them that was mutated from a warrior.
He was also infected with Kazan's curse and possessed extremely strong curse power, even able to turn the curse into ice.
Countless adventurers had lost their way in the forest, mistakenly entered the dark ruins and never came out again.
In response to this, Alvin Mission designated it as a restricted area and warned all adventurers not to enter.
Xu Mu was familiar with the route and arrived at the edge of the Roland Forest, the Dark Forest.
This is also the main active area for players in the Novice Village. There are endless people coming and going here, and sounds of fighting and shouting can often be heard in the forest.
Of course, there are also some extremely ecstatic voices.
“Holy crap!! I got it!! A level 1 white item dropped!”
"Hiss!! According to the market price, this can be sold for at least 10 gold coins, right?"
"Wow, if converted into cash, this is equivalent to 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. I'm so jealous..."
"Hey, that's not quite right. You earn it for the sake of the money, but now you can't even go out, so you're just thinking about the exchange... But 10 gold coins can really buy a luxurious meal in Arad, so today's food is settled."
"I have the money for tonight's high-end hotel. I heard that the best hotels can restore fatigue faster. Wouldn't I be able to get ahead of the rest of the group?" The player who got the equipment was complacent.
The other players' eyes turned red with envy.
Many people have been here for half an hour to kill goblins, but apart from a small amount of experience points and an occasional gold coin, they have not gained a penny.
You know, if you can't go back to reality, the copy will be your future life.
If you don't have anything to eat, you will be hungry.
Being hungry is just a small matter.
What’s worse is that if you don’t have money, you can’t even afford to stay in the poorest capsule hotel.
Not only does the recovery of fatigue in the wild take an extremely slow time, but you also have to worry about monster spawning all the time, making it difficult to sleep well.
As one gains while the other loses, the progress will be further and further apart.
The surrounding players were talking about it with great envy, saying that it would be great if they could also get a piece of white equipment.
No one noticed that a handsome man who had already collected the suit, carrying a samurai sword and a huge sum of 1,100 gold coins, passed by them quietly behind them.
While Xu Mu was on his way, he opened the ranking list and took a look.
Currently in the novice village, after half an hour of leveling.
The top-ranked player has reached level 3, 78%, and has explored the most toxic ruins.
The upgrade speed is relatively fast.
I think these are some wealthy players who came prepared and exchanged Red Moon Coins for a large amount of gold coins before entering the dungeon.
After entering the dungeon, just wait to sweep the auction house and that's it.
After half an hour of hard work by 20,000 players, there will always be a lucky guy who will drop some good equipment.
Once good equipment dropped by others is put on the shelves, I will buy it and wear it myself as soon as possible.
Then call a few younger brothers to help you pull the monsters so that you can do the final blow.
The typical way of playing is that, after five years of the dungeon era, the development mechanism of this kind of dungeon of killing monsters and upgrading has been figured out by many players.
Xu Mu's greatest reliance lies in his skillful techniques of killing monsters and his familiarity with the plot/NPCs.
Then I looked at my ranking.
Well, as expected, at the bottom.
Currently, with 10% of the experience value at level 0, it ranks 19987th.
"It seems that 13 unlucky souls have passed away."
Soon, Xu Mu passed through the crowded area and found a quiet leveling spot.
There is a small goblin tribe not far ahead, with an average level of around level 2.
First throw a stone to attract one and test the water.
"Bang." The stone fell at the feet of the Club Goblin. It looked around in confusion and soon found Xu Mu's figure. A deep red exclamation mark appeared above its head.
Immediately, it grabbed the stick at its feet and rushed towards Xu Mu while shouting "Ya Ya".
At the same time, a copy pops up a prompt.
[You have entered the Mirkwood area]
[Fatigue value consumption in this area: each monster/1 PL point]
[Rewards: Level 1~5 white equipment, trace gold coin drops, Goblin series material drops]
As soon as the prompt sounded, the goblin swung the stick in his hand towards Xu Mu!
Xu Mu dodged sideways and slashed with his sword at an angle.
Follow up with three consecutive normal attacks to stun the opponent! -
3!
5!
4!
…
The faint floating numbers made Xu Mu's eyelids twitch slightly.
The attribute increase is tenfold, but even if he is fully equipped, he can only achieve single-digit results.
The difficulty of this purgatory is really not to be underestimated.
"If it were normal mode, this level 2 goblin would only have 100 HP, so it would only take two hits to kill it. But now it will take at least 20 hits..."
"However, the ability to switch careers at will may bring more benefits than I imagined."
"Just grit your teeth." Xu Mu said through gritted teeth.
Although you can switch professions at will in Purgatory mode, once you enter the adventure area, your current profession will be locked and you will not be allowed to change it until you leave this area.
But after the subsequent buffs of various professions are added, Xu Mu can completely switch to the nurse profession before entering the map, give himself a blessing of courage, and then switch to 25C to continue to buff. The improvement is obviously not of the same order of magnitude. (Although it was later changed to 34C, 25C should be the most well-known among players, so the bonus of 25C is still used here.)
It’s just that things are a bit difficult right now and there’s almost no room for mistakes.
Of course, this goblin is not too difficult for Xu Mu.
It was only a matter of twenty hits, relying on dodging by moving and continuous three-hit normal attack to stun the opponent.
After finishing a set of attacks, draw your sword and retreat. Wait for its attack to miss and for it to enter a period of stiffness before attacking again!
After a few moves, the goblin was taken away in less than a minute!
Level 2 Goblins provide a generous 50 experience points.
But with the experience value debuff, Xu Mu can only get a pitiful 5 Exp points.
But soon, the regret caused by the scarce experience points was washed away by the spoils all over the ground.
Xu Mu looked at the spoils and fell into deep thought.
Goblin hand bone*3
Goblin Teeth*3
Rusty iron sheet*5
Destiny Coin*2
Gold*5
Wow, the drop rate is really high!
no.
Is this something that a goblin can drop?
Even Xu Mu's eyes widened.
The tenfold explosion rate in Purgatory Mode is too incredible!
He reached out and put all the spoils directly into his backpack. The gold coins increased by 10 times, and another 50 coins were added!
Just one item I picked up would be equivalent to the total value of equipment dropped by 20,000 players in the Novice Village in one minute.
and.
If I remember correctly, goblin materials can be exchanged for colorless small crystals from the NPC.
Colorless small crystals are a very important material that runs through DNF.
If skills and mana are like the relationship between a car and gasoline, then skills and colorless crystals are like the relationship between a car and its engine.
After reaching level 15, the skills learned will require colorless energy to be released.
Moreover, it has another crucial use.
strengthen!
The colorless energy consumed to enhance the equipment is really amazing!
In the early stages when all players are extremely short of equipment, small colorless crystals, as necessities, will be extremely scarce, and their prices will probably be driven up to sky-high prices.
It can be seen from this that the Goblin series materials can be exchanged for colorless materials, so their value is naturally high.
After sweeping the battlefield, Xu Mu's mood improved.
Although in Purgatory mode, the amount of experience points gained from killing monsters is really small.
But for the loot's sake.
Small and cute too!
"Swish~" Xu Mu whistled, this time attracting two goblins and continuing to fight!
…
About half an hour later.
“Swish!”
Finally, a white light rose.
After Xu Mu killed 20 level 2 goblins, he finally managed to reach level 1.
And gained 10 SP (skill points)
Finally, I am a person with skill points! No more suffering from the three consecutive games of migrant workers.
Another good news is that the ranking has risen from the initial 19,987 to more than 18,000.
Looking at the backpack again, it is even more exaggerated.
The gold coins have accumulated to nearly 2,000!
There are 80 Goblin series materials in total.
Even 3 pieces of level 1 white equipment were dropped.
However, what made Xu Mu most satisfied was the blue equipment lying quietly in the backpack.
[Katana +0]
【Quality: Blue】
【Wearing Level: Level 1】
[Attack: 39~55]
[Critical Hit Rate: +5%]
[Skill Cooldown Time: -5%]
[Mana consumption: -5%]
【Description: It has no rust, so it is stronger】