Chapter 4: We come to the dungeon to challenge the levels, and you come to the dungeon to purchase goods?

In the arcade version of "Three Kingdoms", there are three hidden characters: Zhuge Liang, Diao Chan, and Zhang Liao.

When he was a child, Xu Mu always charged his classmates to adjust hidden characters, and he knew the instructions by heart.

I didn't expect that this trick would also work in dungeons.

After quickly locking onto Zhuge Liang's lineup, the countdown above his head also began.

A flash of intense incandescence.

The scene changed again, and Xu Mu appeared on a wooden boat.

The game background of "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" begins with the Battle of Red Cliffs in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. There is a certain degree of tampering with history, but the general plot direction still refers to many historical documents.

As Xu Mu looked around, he saw a continuous stretch of ships behind him where he was standing!

The iron chain stretches for eight hundred miles!

Unfortunately, this is not a story-based game copy.

Otherwise, Xu Mu would have been the first to suggest burning down Chibi, and he would have directly created a speedrun record!

From the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of the ripples on the water beside the boat and saw his image as a soldier in soft armor.

However, apart from Xu Mu himself, there were no other players around.

I guess the spawn point is random.

The arrival of the player quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the ship.

Some soldiers directly blew the defense horn.

A soldier shouted.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Damn it! How did he get up here ??"

"What are you doing here, Sentinel? If you can't blow the horn, you can just throw it away! And throw away your fucking pig brain too, thank you!"

Suddenly, the deck of the ship was in chaos.

Countless soldiers drew their weapons and prepared to fight the enemy.

Xu Mu looked at these extremely real people in front of him and felt a little dazed for a moment.

Having played the arcade game thousands of times, he now entered the world of the game, as if he had really traveled back to the Three Kingdoms period.

Calming himself down, Xu Mu drew out the rapier in his hand and began to fight in this copy that he had practiced hundreds of times in his childhood.

Pull and lure monsters smoothly.

Then use the copper lion mechanism at the door to spray fire and kill them all in one go!

Move quickly and look cool!

After quickly clearing the soldiers on the deck, Xu Mu quickly went around behind the bronze lion on the right.

Strike the bronze lion in the order of 3, 3, 4.

Snap!

As if some mechanism had been unlocked, the bronze lion cracked.

A rapier with a green handle appeared.

Zhang Ling Sword!

[Tip: Player ATC54671 obtained the item - Zhang Ling Sword! ]

"Any more hints?" This made Xu Mu a little unhappy.

But thinking about it the other way around, you can also judge other players' current dungeon progress by watching their prompts on how they obtain rare items.

If everyone knows it, it is equivalent to no one knowing it.

Well, that makes sense.

Picking up Zhang Ling's sword, Xu Mu did not stop and rushed directly into the dock.

The rapier in his hand flew repeatedly, and the extra 50% damage from Zhuge Liang's camp made him more adept at clearing out monsters.

In just a few minutes, all the monsters in several rooms of the dock were cleared out.

After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, the spoils were some small props like gold beads, poison gas bombs, and iron lotus.

It can be sold for three or five dollars, which is just a drop in the ocean.

Then, Xu Mu looked around the room.

On the wooden floor in the upper right corner, we see planks with the grain facing in opposite directions.

"This is it." He stepped forward quickly and stabbed the wooden board several times with his rapier.

boom!!

Suddenly, the wooden board cracked and he slid down the secret passage under the board.

Xu Mu, who has completed the level hundreds of times, knows this place very well. It is a secret room. The treasure chest inside contains a strange book - the Book of Heavenly Escape!

As one of the six great books in "Three Kingdoms", its effect is to summon dozens of lightning bolts to cause powerful damage.

If used properly when fighting a boss, even a book can instantly kill a full-health boss!

However, opportunities also come with risks.

There is a beast tamer and three black panthers stationed here.

The attack power of the black panther is extremely high in the early stage. If several panthers surround the player, they can almost instantly kill half of the player's health!

If a newbie comes here by accident, he or she may pay a heavy price because of the narrow terrain and cannot make a detour.

Xu Mu was familiar with the route. He blew a whistle to attract the hatred of the man and three leopards, then quickly moved away and hid in the corner.

Make use of the unique skill of Zhuge Liang's camp, Fire in the Sleeve!

A flame can be ejected from the sleeves to burn and repel enemies.

This small skill does not deal much damage and has a reading time, so it takes quite a while, and is not even as fast as normal attacking.

But the main thing is that the repulse effect is very significant.

After pulling and pulling repeatedly, add one or two swords to quickly clear the secret room.

Xu Mu raised his sword and pried open the treasure chest.

An ancient book with a dark green color lay quietly in the treasure chest.

Lightning and thunder can be faintly seen above it.

"Huh?" After picking it up, Xu Mu unexpectedly found another book inside.

[Skill: Thunderous Thunder]

"Is this... Zhuge Liang's skill book?" Xu Mu was stunned for a moment before reacting, a hint of joy in his eyes.

In the arcade game, skills are inherent in the character and can be released as long as the energy bar is full.

However, in the dungeon, since players cannot directly select the character, they can only choose the character's camp.

Skills become something that needs to be learned in order to be understood.

With skills, you can complete dungeons twice as fast with half the effort.

Don't hesitate, just learn.

Soon, a strange feeling appeared in Xu Mu's mind.

As long as he thinks about it, the skill can be successfully released.

"With these two things, I can go directly to fight the BOSS and try to get the reward by completing the task quickly." Xu Mu didn't want to waste time on trivial matters.

After leaving the secret room, relying on the memory of the map in his mind, he quickly rushed to the final BOSS of the first level.

…

"Oh my god! Can I spawn monsters infinitely here?"

"I'm already level two!"

"Wow! It's level three! Brother Ba is awesome!"

On the deck of another ship, three figures emerged.

There was continuous cheering.

After the small group of three entered the dungeon, they did not choose to quickly clear the minions.

There is a hidden mechanism in the dungeon - monster spawning.

If the system detects that a player continues to stay in one place without moving, it will be judged as the player resting in place to restore health.

This location will constantly spawn monsters to interfere with players and increase the difficulty.

Wang Ba cleverly took advantage of this. When the difficulty was not high in the early stage, he constantly refreshed the enemy soldiers, and then frantically killed monsters to increase his own level.

"Ha, that's just the beginning. These experiences were told to me by my cousin on the second floor of the World Tree. If you follow me, you will have a good time." Wang Ba felt a little flattered by his companions' flattery.

"I guess so. The second floor of the World Tree? Brother Ba, is your cousin a big shot who can play C-level dungeons?" The two younger brothers were even more shocked when they heard this.

If you want to go up to the second level and enter the C-level copy, you need to climb at least 100 steps.

An ordinary person can only advance 10 levels after completing a D-level copy.

Once you have completed a level, you cannot enter the level again.

This means that an ordinary newbie who wants to reach the second level needs to fight at least 10 different D-level copies.

Not to mention, sometimes you may fail to clear a copy and the number of steps will be deducted.

If a player has less talent and luck, he may have to play in D-level dungeons for several years before he has a chance to climb up.

Wang Ba has a cousin who is at the second level and can give him guidance quickly. How can one not envy him?

"The three of us are definitely far ahead of everyone else now." The younger brother said happily.

Wang Ba said proudly: "Need I say more? One step faster, every step faster."

"I just don't know what the current progress of that Zhuge Liang player is. He didn't say a word in the waiting room and was very cool. He must be good at something." Another younger brother continued.

Wang Ba immediately snorted, "There is something, but not much. Just pretending."

Just as he finished speaking.

A system prompt sounded.

[Zhuge Camp: Player ATC54671 obtained the item - Zhang Ling Sword! ]

"Oh my god, Zhang Ling Sword! A powerful weapon for beating BOSSes, one sword costs at least 2,000 yuan! He found it just a few minutes after the game started?" One of the younger brothers immediately showed an envious look.

"It's just luck. Yesterday I saw a newbie on the forum who knew nothing and accidentally touched the Zhang Ling Sword. But he died right away and didn't even get to bring out the Zhang Ling Sword." Wang Ba said disdainfully, "Players with luck won't go far."

But soon, another prompt popped up.

[Zhuge Camp: Player ATC54671 obtained the item - Heavenly Escape Book! ]

"Fuck! E-book! This thing is worth at least 5,000 yuan! Where did he find it?" The younger brother's eyes turned red with envy.

Are there so many treasures in the first level?

Wang Ba was a little envious at this time.

It’s only been ten minutes since the game started, and this guy has already earned props worth 7,000 yuan?

If it's luck, then this luck is too good, right?

Before he could finish his envy.

The third hint followed.

[Zhuge Camp: Player ATC54671 obtains the skill book - Thunderous Power! ]

Wang Ba: “???”

Younger brother: “???”