Volume 1: The Beginner's First Cry Chapter 37 Zombies
Little Chili is about to go back to school, so she will be online less in the future. I heard that it is the Black Iron Tower's request for her not to skip school to play games. She can only use her spare time to play for a while every day and say hello and chat with everyone. My days as a "three-companion" are finally over, and I can return to the "Dead Soul Space" with peace of mind to continue my military expansion. I bid farewell to Xue Wuxia and the others again, and I embarked on a lonely journey again. This is the only way for me to become stronger. If I don't lay a good foundation, it will be difficult to develop in the future.
I collected eight bear skins as labor fees, and went to the store to sell all the spoils I had. They were all animal skins, animal teeth, and the most valuable one was a tiger whip, which was dropped by a tiger when I killed it during a mission. What do you think the designers of "Tianxia" were thinking? They actually designed this thing in. The little pepper next to me was smiling, but I blushed and felt embarrassed. I sold so many things, but only got three gold coins. If I didn't have to spend money to play "Tianxia", I would have lost a lot. There was no other way. There were no equipment or props dropped in the "Dead Space". I stayed there most of the time, so how could I make money?
I was a little frustrated. I entered Tianxia to help Afeng with revenge and to earn some living expenses. But it has been almost a month and there is no effect at all. I only got three gold coins. Now my daily expenses are all paid by Afeng. If this continues, I don’t know how to live, let alone make money from the game. I can’t always rely on Afeng. Facing my worries, Afeng didn’t care. He comforted me by saying that it is like this in the early stage of the game. You have to invest first, and then you will get output. Valuable items are generally only dropped by monsters above the level of Warcraft. Now challenging them is just to die. The current focus is to improve your strength as soon as possible. There will be bread and opportunities! When he said the word "opportunity", he gritted his teeth and looked vicious. I am sure that he must be thinking of ways to ravage that "playboy" in his mind.
Although Afeng is usually playful and not serious, he is very serious when fighting. Xiao Lajiao relayed Xue Wuxia's evaluation of him that he is not outstanding in other aspects, but his fighting skills are excellent, and he can be called a PK master. Xin Zhihuo thinks he is experienced and has good skills. He has had friendly competitions with him, but he lost more than he won, losing four out of five games, and was depressed for several days. Afeng used to claim that he played games because of interest and wanted to profit from it. I thought so too, but the sudden appearance of "Playboy" made me gradually peek into his inner pain. I have been through a lot and cannot forget it. I understand his feelings. We don't have any power and want to take revenge on "Playboy". Assassination or challenge with our own strength is the most feasible way.
I stood in the "Dead Space", surrounded by Taotao and a bunch of skeleton warriors. I hadn't seen Taotao for a few days and I really missed it. It was also very affectionate to me and rubbed its head against my body from time to time. It had grown a little bigger than before and its strength had also increased. It seemed that I should be able to ride it soon.
As my strength grows, the skeleton warriors can no longer meet my requirements. I need stronger minions, and a higher-level zombie is a good choice. Although zombies move slowly, their attack and defense are much stronger than skeletons, and they also have corpse poison attacks. The only thing that is not ideal is that the appearance of zombies is too disgusting, with rotten meat hanging on their bodies, and they are not as beautiful as the well-proportioned skeletons. Fortunately, I have experienced the test of "courage trial" and am no longer surprised by these small scenes. I just have to pay attention to the occasion when summoning them, so as not to scare the beautiful girls and affect my image.
This is an endless swamp, with countless zombies wandering around. According to the introduction of "The Encyclopedia of Undead Creatures", they are still low-level undead without intelligence, and will not actively attack me. I didn't bother with them. I arranged most of the skeleton warriors to guard the perimeter, and rushed in with Taotao and the carefully selected guards, looking for stronger zombies to attack.
This zombie was indeed stronger than the others. It was not afraid of the skeleton warriors' encirclement at all. It waved its arms and beat down a large number of my skeleton brothers. I wanted to take a chance, so I risked rushing forward and forcibly used the "Soul Contract". I failed four times in a row. Not only did I get poisoned by the zombie's claw, but I also made it go crazy. It rushed towards me and chased me relentlessly.
After his self-promotion, due to the great increase in mental power, the success rate of his "Soul Contract" on skeleton warriors also increased a lot, and it is now close to 50%. This time, he was eager to succeed in dealing with the zombies, and forgot the painful lessons he learned in the past. He did not fly away after a missed attack, but just kept on fighting recklessly in close combat, and finally suffered the consequences.
I hurriedly used the "One Ride Away from the Dust" to distance myself from the zombie, and ordered my brothers to rush forward to entangle it tightly, beating it half to death. Then I used the same trick again, adopting guerrilla tactics, constantly harassing it, and cast the "Soul Contract" three more times before I subdued the first zombie in my undead army.
Seeing my mental strength decreasing due to the corpse poison, I smiled bitterly and waited helplessly for my condition to recover. I didn't know how long the corpse poison would last and what its effect would be, so I didn't dare to be careless. It would be safer to wait until my body recovered before taking any action.
With the first experience, things became easier in the future. Because the zombies had a relatively high attack power and the corpse poison was also very annoying, I dared not take risks again. I always let the skeleton warriors surround me and beat them up first. I hid in the distance and released "Corrupted Bone Arrows" to beat the zombies to death. Then I carefully rushed up to perform "Soul Contract". Even so, the success rate was only 30%. My skeleton warriors were also injured in the battle. Some were beaten to pieces and some were killed by the corpse poison. The fact that they could still fight back under the attacks of so many skeleton warriors made me admire the zombies' strength. I was no longer picky about their disgusting appearance. I used them to fight, not to participate in a beauty pageant. In Afeng's words, beauties love heroes. As long as I can win the battle, can't I have everything I want, including money and beauty?
In the short time after I was resurrected, I put most of my energy into practicing "stealing". Although this first-level skill of a thief is not very useful to me, it is related to my promotion to the thief profession. My qualifications are already enough. However, although I have used all my time to practice on Afeng and the beasts, the skill proficiency of "stealing" is still only more than one star, far from reaching the promotion standard. "A Rider in the Dust" has shown its value in actual combat. I am eager to learn more thief skills to better protect my fragile life.
I found a lone wolf in the wilderness, withstood its counterattack, and used "stealing" to steal wolf fangs. Then I killed it and looked for the next target. Most players now have been promoted and don't care much about wild wolves. No one disturbs me, which allows me to concentrate on practicing skills. I repeat this cycle until my health is exhausted. Fortunately, I was promoted to a necromancer, and my health and agility have increased to a certain extent. I can persist for a little longer. After a few days, my skill proficiency has increased to the level of two stars. I got a lot of wolf fangs, but unfortunately most of them are low-quality goods and cannot be exchanged for money. Only sharp fang shops will purchase them. Otherwise, hundreds of wolf fangs can make me a small profit.
