"Leveling up only gives one attribute point… and no class. As a normal human, I'm really weak…"
Liang Chuan sighed and placed the point into Constitution.
His Constitution rose from 15 to 16.
A human in Teyvat who couldn't use elemental power…
Facing monsters or Abyss creatures meant certain death.
"Fortunately, I have the Fourth Calamity System.
Not only do I get 99% growth siphoned from players…
I can also access any player's special abilities at any time.
One player kills monsters, I take 99% of the EXP.
In the future, ten players, a hundred players, thousands…
I'll skyrocket in power."
Taking a deep breath, he dragged the dead Electro Slime to the Bio-Energy Terminal.
A flash of light—
the slime vanished.
Bio-energy rose from 9 all the way to 24.
Liang Chuan stared in shock.
As expected of a Large Slime—
fifteen points of bio-energy in one go.
One Large Slime equaled fifteen Hilichurls.
He tossed the six dead Hilichurls inside as well.
Bio-energy climbed to 30.
With thirty bio-energy, he could summon three players through the Fourth Calamity System.
"It's late at night. Summoning players now won't be useful. I'll wait for morning."
He turned to head back to sleep—
when a crackling sound came again from the forest.
"Seriously… more?"
He frowned.
"Did I wipe out their entire nest or something?"
Without hesitating, he opened the system interface and selected Summon Player.
Bio-energy −10.
A rough human model began forming inside the Bio-Energy Terminal.
Its height, figure, facial features, hair, and details kept shifting—
changing over ten times before settling.
Liang Chuan's fist tightened.
"How long do you need to customize your face?! At this rate, the slimes will get here first!"
Finally, after five minutes, the player's appearance stabilized.
He slowly opened his eyes—
and was instantly stunned.
"Whoa—! This is the world of Genshin: Ignite?
This game is insane!
I've played tons of hyper-realistic games from big studios,
all claiming 90% realism—
but compared to this? Trash!
The tactile sense!
The smell!
The—wow…"
While the player marveled at the realism, Liang Chuan checked his stats.
Name: Huoyanyan
Race: Human
Level: 1 (0%)
Class: Fire Elemental Mage
Constitution: 5
Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Spirit: 20
Unassigned Points: 0
"Fire elemental mage? Players can choose classes immediately?
Makes sense. Otherwise, why would the system say I can use their abilities?"
Liang Chuan looked at him eagerly.
"Huoyanyan, what skills do you have?"
"Skills? Let me check… Fire Mage skills… ah—"
Huoyanyan made a lighter-igniting motion with his fingers.
A tiny flame appeared.
"Condense Small Flame! Boss, want a smoke?"
"???"
Liang Chuan was speechless.
"Condense a small flame… and you expect to burn down Large Electro Slimes with that?"
He covered his face with one hand—
then suddenly paused.
"Wait. Actually… why not?
Fire + Electro = Overload.
That might work."
He activated Huoyanyan's ability.
At once, he felt a surge of fire-element energy respond to him.
"Huh?! Boss, you're a Fire Mage too?!"
Huoyanyan stared at the flame floating above Liang Chuan's palm.
In the players' vision, Liang Chuan had a BOSS title above his head.
Players couldn't attack the BOSS,
and had to protect him.
If the BOSS died, the entire game collapsed.
In other words—
Liang Chuan was the main crystal, the central base, the core objective.
Naturally, the Fourth Calamity System could revive him using bio-energy,
but he wasn't about to tell players that.
If he didn't pressure them, they'd run wild without any "employee discipline."
Ignoring Huoyanyan's confusion, Liang Chuan used the small flame to light the tip of an arrow.
Whizz—!
The flaming arrow shot out.
BOOM!!!
It struck a Large Electro Slime and triggered Overload.
A massive explosion erupted.
"It works! Their HP dropped a ton! And it's AoE!"
Huoyanyan shouted excitedly.
"As expected of the Boss—using elemental reactions to kill monsters!"
Whizz!
Whizz!
Whizz!
Liang Chuan fired volley after volley.
Every flaming arrow triggered Overload, blowing Slimes apart.
The remaining Slimes, now terrified, immediately scattered and attempted to flee.
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