Looking back down at the page, she says: “Liu Yong, 27 years old. Lives in Hangzhou. Joined [Conquest] in 2014. ID: “Glass Fox”. Highest rank: 3479. He has yet to enter [Destiny]. I can’t see how that middle-aged man Fox…… actually ranked 3000+. Yeah, the original Zhan Long Studio can be considered a crouching tiger, hidden dragon…..”
TL: Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon = lots of potential or power but not well known
I cringe: “How’s he middle-aged? Fox is only 27 years old.”
“He looks like he’s at least 40…..”
“Fine, you win. Lin Wan Er, you aren’t allowed to use your Mind Reading on me or I’ll fight you ……”
“Okay, okay, do you think I want to go through your wretched inner thoughts?”
“……”
……
“Xiao Yao, I heard you didn’t sleep last night. How are you not tired?” Dong Cheng Yue asks.
Fighting to keep my eyelids up, I say: “How could I not be sleepy….”
“Then go back to bed, and sleep until tomorrow morning ……” Dong Cheng Yue seems to say be sorry for me and pouts her lips: “Look. Your eyes are already red, ah…..”
Lin Wan Er couldn’t take it anymore. She coughs while standing up and re-adjusts her skirt: “Enough, Dong Cheng, don’t be like that……”
“Why?” Dong Cheng Yue says with puppy eyes.
Miss Wan Er bites her lip, and clenches her fist: “Idiot …… you’re so nice to my bodyguard. How can I endure that!”
Dong Cheng Yue giggles: “Oh, I understand. I’ll show more restraint in the future ……”
Lin Wan Er looks my way: “Are you going to tomorrow’s class?”
“Can’t…….” I shake my head: “When I go back, I’ll sleep until midnight. Then I’ll get up and level online until tomorrow around noon. I can accompany you to dinner once I go offline…”
“Why live like this?” Lin Wan Er puzzles.
I stretch my hands and grin: “I need to get to Lv 45 as fast as I can, in order to equip the Fire Beacon Helmet. When I get to Lv 45, Song Han and Ran Min will have gotten to Lv 10, left the Novice Village and have made it to Ba Huang City. When they get there, I’ll take them to go power-leveling. Truthfully, I need to equip the Fire Beacon Helmet because I have so many enemies. If I equip it, only the boldest will try to do anything to me……”
“Alright, sounds exhausting…..”
“It’s for the sake of becoming invincible……”
“What idealistic thoughts. But within the three main cities at least 100 players can crush you…..”
“Ah, even though honesty is a virtue, you could be a little more tactful, Miss…… ”
“Next time, I’ll try to……”
“……”
……
Out of the cafeteria, we take a trip to the supermarket, where Lin Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue buy a bunch of snacks. It seems that they have no intention to go to class tomorrow morning, and like me, plan to level instead.
Returning to my dorm room, my roommate’s still fighting. God only knows what level he’s at now.
I adjust the alarm on my bed. It’s not long until the murky dark night passes into dusk, and the alarm sounds. I must up before the sunrise. Being responsible for Zhan Ling Studio, I need to climb up to Lv 45. Only when I’m strong will I be able to protect Song Han, Ran Min, and Fox while they’re getting vital levels.
I enter the game!
“Shua!”
Appearing in Ba Huang City, I repair my equipment and resupply. Then, without saying a word to anyone, I get my Jade City Sword and leave straight to Dragon City. Damn, while Dragon City is my second main city, it doesn’t give me any special benefits, I even have to walk about an hour to get there!
Arriving at Dragon City, at about1:00AM, I enter the Dragon’s Tomb. As expected, Karl happily gives me a lot of quests since I had not been here for a day. The first quest is about chopping through Mystery Beetles that had slipped into the Dragon’s Tomb. In general, these Lv 47 insects had high defense and attack. I have to kill 1000, which suited the leveling I needed to do. The second quest is a little more difficult. Deep in the Dragon’s Tomb, excavate dragon bones buried underground and then put together the remains to soothe the departed dragon’s soul. This feels like work for an archeologist.
After being a scavenger cleaning scraps in Dragon City’s territory, I would’ve thought I’d be doing such high-end work. Who would’ve thought that I’d go from collecting excrement to hunting down thieves that steal from tombs.
……
Still, these Lv 47 elite Mystery Beetles give a lot of experience. Although Karl asked me to slay only a 1000 to complete the quest, I relentlessly hunt them until 9 AM in the morning. Honestly, I don’t know how many I killed, but my experience bar soared to Lv 43 with 47% filled. On finishing the quest, it jumps to Lv 43 with 79%, and I’m one step closer to hitting Lv 44.
Continuing on, with my Jade City Sword, I cruise through the Dragon’s Tomb. Gazing at the gloomy resting ground, I finally find traces of blood red dragon energy seeping through the ground, it means that there may be dragon bones buried beneath. Immediately, I use my Jade City Sword to excavate!
After digging for a full five minutes, finally with a “keng” and sparks, my Jade City Sword hits something. I have a look after I wipe it clean. It’s a dragon’s skull, laboriously dug up from the earth. A sudden burst of sound comes from the system——
“Ding!“
System Notification: Congratulation on finding a dragon’s bone. 4000 experience gained!
……
As I continued digging, I discover that this quest causes me to gain experience extremely fast. Before 12:00, I already rose to lv 44 with 67%. Following this pace, I should absolutely be able to rise to Lv 45 today with no problem. Of course, all the players were leveling at an overall fast speed. With the Heavenly Plan Sword, Jian Feng Han already rose to Lv 47. Yan Zhao Warrior was also Lv 47. Everyone’s leveling like madmen!
“Di!”
System Notification: Player [Wolf Totem] wishes to join your friends list. Accept?
……
I recognize Little Wolf’s avatar in my friends list. He seems very excited and laughs: “90%+ virtual reality games are fun, brother Xiao Yao. Fox, Old K, and I have been leveling together. Our IDs have not changed but the Newbie Town is relatively far from you! ”
I nod: “Ah, go go, get to Lv 10 within 10 hours and enter Ba Huang City. Then, I’ll take you leveling!”
“Okay!”