Chapter 18: Let's start grinding, brothers!
The other two people were not greedy for attacks either, maintaining a 3-meter distance from the Raider and starting to circle around.
The Raider pulled out its spiked club, momentarily losing sight of its target. Its big head turned 60 degrees before spotting that agile human.
The previous hit was insignificant to its tough skin.
Roaring, it charged towards African Thin Dog again.
African Thin Dog timed it perfectly, dodging to the side and avoiding the spiked club's smash.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Two crowbars struck the Raider from behind, with one hitting its head, dealing critical damage.
[Critical hit! HP -39!]
[HP -21]
"Roar!"
The Raider cried out in pain, pulling out its spiked club and sweeping it backwards.
Lin Tang and Ghost Face Fox, after landing their hits, immediately jumped back, avoiding the swing.
However, this backward sweep of the spiked club was too forceful. Missing its target, the Raider lost balance, leaving its back wide open!
African Thin Dog, who hadn't had a chance to attack yet, raised his "Rusty Spiked Club" and slammed it down on the Raider's head with a powerful strike!
[Hit weak point! Defense broken!]
[Golden critical hit! HP -209!]
[Weapon bleeding effect triggered, target will continuously lose 50 HP over 10 seconds.]
This hit dealt a severe blow to the Raider. Blood gushed from its green skin on its head, spilling radioactive blood. The grass on the ground quickly turned yellow and black from the radiation.
After landing the hit, the three once again circled around with small steps, never getting greedy for attacks.
The Raider, with all its brute strength, was helpless against the three players toying with it.
From then on, whenever the Raider attacked, it would get hit.
If it didn't attack, the person in its blind spot would strike from behind.
The damage from the two crowbars was moderate, but it added up, leaving the Raider's body covered in bruises.
The Raider's health regeneration was also quite fast, about 2 points per second, but it was a drop in the bucket against the attacks of 3 players.
5 minutes later, the extremely enraged Raider left this malicious world with a furious expression.
Until its death, it couldn't understand why it just couldn't hit these seemingly weak humans.
At this moment, the watches on all three people lit up simultaneously, displaying a message.
[Jointly killed Raider, experience +8.]
All three people gained 8 experience points.
A red energy, visible only to players, flowed from the Raider's corpse to the three of them.
"Holy shit!? We really did it! African Thin Dog, you're fucking awesome!" Lin Tang shouted.
From his gaming perspective, this level of monster was meant for players to grind after reaching higher levels. Being able to kill it while underleveled truly showed that players understood the game better than the designers.
Ghost Face Fox also showed a pleased expression: "This game is getting more and more interesting."
African Thin Dog wiped his sweat and counted the loot.
"We got an unidentified spiked club and a Raider corpse. This big guy should be enough for one biological material."
"If we kill two more, we'll have enough biological materials for all three of us!"
"We're still close to the base, let's carry the corpse back first so it doesn't get stolen."
The three worked together to carry the Raider's corpse back to the base, casually throwing it into the [Clone Manufacturing Warehouse]. They quickly went to the [Attribute Conversion Tower] to identify the spiked club, then hurried back down the mountain.
As they walked, they kept muttering:
"After we turn in the biological materials needed for the quest, we can dismantle the loot from the Raiders we kill next. Once we upgrade our equipment a bit, we should be able to solo these things."
"Grind, grind, grind! Let's get grinding, brothers!"
"My genes are tingling!"
Cheng Shaofeng, ignored on the side: ∑(O_O;)
"What... just happened?"
"Zero, if I'm not mistaken, they just threw in a Raider corpse, right?"
Zero: "Yes! It can be extracted for 1.5 portions of biological material."
"But the Raider's combat power... even three players working together would have a hard time... Did they find an abandoned Raider corpse down there?"
"No, that's not right either!"
Because he had clearly heard the three players clamoring about going to grind Raiders, obviously treating these powerful mutants as resource-dropping mobs.
"Hmm... Although I don't know what method they used... the players' combat power might be much stronger than I imagined!"
If it were him, he certainly wouldn't dare to confront a Raider head-on. After all, he wasn't a clone; he only had one life. Even if there was a potentially winning strategy, he wouldn't casually try it. What if things went wrong and he got himself killed?
Players didn't have this concern!
As long as they had a decent chance, they could go for it. Worst case scenario, they'd just respawn!
"So! In practice, even if players aren't as strong as me in terms of equipment and skills, because they have room for error, they can actually unleash greater power than me and defeat enemies stronger than themselves!"
Cheng Shaofeng didn't consider himself the protagonist from those cultivation novels, always risking his life for immortal opportunities. He believed staying alive was the most important thing. Avoid fights if possible, stay away from trouble, and wait until you're strong enough to overwhelm any challenges before facing them. As long as I don't make a move, no one can defeat me!
Being cautious is the true way to survive in the wasteland!
"Since players are so strong, I might as well summon more players to work for me. Once they get me fully equipped with legendary gear and max-level skills, then I'll venture out."
Cheng Shaofeng had nothing to do at the moment, so he connected to [Quantum Surfing], planning to scout for a few more players on the forum.
Meanwhile, the three players who had tasted success had just come down the mountain. They encountered another green-skinned muscle giant over 2 meters tall, wielding a spiked club, wandering around where they had just fought.
"Eh? Is our doorstep a monster spawning ground?"
"That's great news, we can grind to level 2 today! Learn some skills!"
"Let's do this, brothers!"
The Raider saw the two spiked clubs in the hands of the three humans and charged towards them with a roar.
It was shouting something the three couldn't understand.
20 minutes later, the three carried a Raider corpse and threw it into the [Clone Manufacturing Warehouse], identified another spiked club, and happily jogged down the mountain.
Cheng Shaofeng, who was [Quantum Surfing] over there, saw this and his lips trembled slightly.
"Impressive."
In less than an hour, the three of them had obtained 3 portions of biological material.
Yesterday, he had traveled a long distance, spent a fortune, faced robbery, engaged in a battle of wits and bravery, just to buy 3 portions of biological material from hunters in Salt Well Town and transport them here. Compared to the players, it was hard not to feel frustrated.
The next second, the three ran up again, extending their three hands.
"Lord Commander, please back up our body data. We've gained some experience with difficulty."
Cheng Shaofeng: "...Alright, soldiers."
Indeed, this batch of players... not only fierce but also stable.
At the bottom of the small hill.
The three players wandered around for a while but couldn't find a third Raider.
"Huh? Why aren't monsters respawning? Are we still in the monster respawn cooldown period?"
"Should we try logging out and back in to see if we can reset the cooldown?"
"Let's try it!"
The three found a safe corner and collectively logged out.
After 3 minutes, the three logged back in, walked around, but still didn't see any trace of Raiders.
Ghost Face Fox pointed at a gash on a tree: "I casually hit this tree when I passed by earlier. The mark is still there, which proves the map hasn't refreshed. Perhaps we'll have to wait until tomorrow for it to refresh. Waiting here won't work, let's stick to the original plan and circle around the previous Raider camp. That should be a fixed Raider spawn point."
African Thin Dog: "It's also a good opportunity for us to explore the surrounding map. The [Electronic Components] and energy source the Lord Commander mentioned are probably hard to find in the wild. We might need to search in cities or human settlements."
Lin Tang nodded: "Following the designer's logic, for quests that require collecting multiple materials, we definitely need to go to different places to find them. They're forcing us to uncover the map fog. Otherwise, how would they advance the plot? Right?"
"Makes sense."
The three who had thoroughly understood the game headed towards the Raider camp while exploring the four mountain areas along the way. Their smartwatches recorded all the map information.
Baidu Diablo 3 Forum.
The Sentinel posted again.
"Still buying graphics cards to play traditional games? If you don't buy, I don't buy, it'll drop another 200 tomorrow! Come and sign up for the 100% virtual reality game beta test! The sub-moderator who played it says it's great!"
Comments below quickly multiplied.
"Upvoting the OP! Whether it's a virtual reality game beta test or not isn't important, but everyone must hold on at this time! Don't buy graphics cards no matter what. We're about to see miners perform aerial acrobatics!"
"Inside information: foreign mining cards are starting to flood into the domestic second-hand market in bulk. If you buy now, it's 10,000% certain to be a mining card! I almost died laughing yesterday when I saw someone on Xianyu selling 300 'personally used' graphics cards."
"You poor bastards, are you sick? What's it to you whether others buy or not? I went down the mountain yesterday and bought a second-hand 3060ti for 2500. It works great. Stop being sour, okay? You've been yelling about price drops for a year, but you're only fit to use graphics cards that have been obsolete for years. How can you compare with our 30 series? Huh?"
-- Forgiveness Hat Wholesaler replied: "You spent a fortune on a graphics card, used the best power supply, put it in the case with the best airflow, changed its thermal paste, added cooling, and when playing AAA games, you don't even dare to turn up the graphics settings for fear of tiring it out. But you don't know that when it was in the miner's hands, that was when it screamed the loudest."
-- Shadow Night God replied: "I hope you're talking about graphics cards #crying#crying"
"Wait! Did I just see someone mention a 100% virtual reality game?"
Sentinel: "I'm moved to tears! Can everyone please stop focusing on graphics cards... [Apocalypse Online] is waiting for you to fight! We will release 2 more beta test spots this time! Priority given to players with strong overall gaming skills!"
(End of chapter)
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