Even though Lin Mo had been buying and selling potions and flipping equipment, wasting almost half an hour in total, his level was still firmly ranked number one on Yunbian Town's level leaderboard.
Second place [Hero of Troubled Times] was catching up quite closely.
His level had already reached level 4, 73%.
From third place onward, they were all level 3 players.
"Looks like the 100,000 prize money for first place in the level-rush event is in the bag."
Lin Mo opened the official event page and took a look, and discovered that this newbie village level-rush event, besides the big cash prize, also had lottery rewards.
First place could get 3 lottery chances.
Second to fourth place could get 2 lottery chances.
Fifth to tenth place could get 1 lottery chance.
According to the prize list, through the lottery, you could win top-tier equipment, high-level skill books, rare magic scrolls and other rewards.
In the early stage of the game, every single one of these things was a priceless treasure.
Even if Lin Mo did not use them himself, converting them into cash would still be a huge profit.
"After I get the reward from this hidden quest, I should be able to jump straight to about level 7 or 8. Then I just casually grind a few more quests, and I can easily hit level 10."
Thinking this, just as Lin Mo was about to leave the town, a voice suddenly sounded behind him, "Rulebound!"
Lin Mo's heart suddenly shook.
Because ever since he entered the game, he had always deliberately hidden his ID and had never exposed it. How could anyone know his in-game ID?
Lin Mo turned his head and saw that the one calling out his ID was actually a familiar face…
"Jade Burning?", Lin Mo had no impression of his ID, he only remembered his talent.
Wind Whistling seemed to have been staring at Lin Mo for a long time.
He walked over together with Skinny Monkey and Fat Dahai.
Good news: this time there were finally none of those stupid and annoying college girls.
"The Card Master draw requirement has to reach level 5, and in all of Yunbian Town, there is only one person who has hit level 5."
"You really are Rulebound!"
After confirming that Lin Mo was the one ranked first on Yunbian Town's Heaven Leaderboard, the look in Wind Whistling's eyes changed slightly.
No longer the previous look of killing intent.
Instead, it was filled with awe.
Lin Mo said gloomily, "What, you want to fight?"
"Come on, let's go out and fight."
"Use that A-rank talent of yours to blow me up again, come on!"
Wind Whistling's gaze inadvertently swept over Lin Mo's gear, which was still dazzlingly eye-catching even with the glow effects hidden.
A trace of fear flashed through his eyes.
"Let's talk about a cooperation! You power-level me!"
Wind Whistling did not beat around the bush at all, he went straight to the point, "Pros: As long as you power-level me so I'm the first to reach level 10, the 100,000 prize money for first place in the level-rush event, plus all the lottery rewards, all of it goes to you, I don't want a single cent."
Lin Mo laughed, "Are you joking?"
"I can get first place rewards myself, why would I need you?"
"You do need me," Wind Whistling looked completely serious, "If I'm first and you're second, you can get both the first and second place level-rush rewards at the same time."
"190,000 in prize money, plus five lottery chances."
As soon as he finished speaking, Skinny Monkey and Fat Dahai also voiced their stance, "I'll be third!"
"I'll be fourth!"
"But can we each give you half of our rewards and keep half for ourselves?"
"Thirty percent works too."
They really had that abacus clacking.
Before Lin Mo could speak, Wind Whistling continued, "Cons: If you don't agree, I'll tell the people from the Chaotic World Guild that you have a hidden quest on you."
"You should know the Chaotic World Guild, right? Their guild leader Hero of Troubled Times is a rich second generation, filthy rich. Just in Yunbian Town, this newbie village, the guild already has more than 500 members."
"Even if you're first on the Heaven Leaderboard, if you provoke them, the end result definitely won't be good."
Wind Whistling's thinking was actually quite clear, he laid out all the pros and cons.
He was obviously prepared.
If this were his previous life, Lin Mo might have hesitated, might have been afraid.
But in this life, with an SSS-rank talent in his hand and a full body of golden divine gear, Lin Mo did not buy this at all.
Just as Lin Mo took one step out of the newbie village's boundary and stood outside the safe zone, he said to Wind Whistling, "What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."
"Come on, you come out here and say it to me again!"
Wind Whistling's feet froze in place.
"If I go out, you'll definitely kill me."
"I'm not going out."
Lin Mo shrugged, "Not a shred of sincerity. How are we supposed to talk cooperation like this?"
"It was reckless of me before, I apologize to you, but this time, I'm serious about cooperating with you."
Lin Mo knew: him admitting his mistake was fake, seeing that Lin Mo was strong and wanting to cozy up to him was real.
So he just casually said, "I'm serious too."
After hesitating for a moment, Wind Whistling asked, "If I go out, can you really talk properly with me?"
Lin Mo: "Guaranteed."
"All right."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wind Whistling no longer hesitated and stepped out of the safe zone boundary.
The next second.
Puchi!
Lin Mo raised his sword and brought it down, stabbing clean through Wind Whistling's chest without the slightest hesitation.
-230!
The insanely high damage instantly emptied his HP bar.
[Ding～You have maliciously killed white-name player Wind Whistling, Sin Value +100! Please note: You are now Red Name!]
Whoosh!
Watching Wind Whistling turn into a beam of white light on the spot and fly away, Lin Mo could not help shaking his head and sighed lightly, "You really believed that?"
"A gentleman takes revenge, ten minutes is not too late. I told you, don't you f*cking let me run into you out in the wild."
Skinny Monkey and Fat Dahai were both dumbfounded.
They remained stunned for a long time before finally coming back to their senses, pointing at Lin Mo and raging in whispers, "You mother, you ****"
"****"
Lin Mo: "What are you saying? I didn't hear that clearly?"
"Come on, you two come out here and say it to me!"
Their faces flushed red, but they were terrified of the blood-red ID above Lin Mo's head, [Lv5 Golden Gear War God · Rulebound] (Number One on the Level Leaderboard), and did not dare step out of the safe zone even half a step.
"Boring," Lin Mo clicked his tongue, then, with his red name, swaggered off.
To be honest, this cooperation proposal of Wind Whistling's was actually pretty good, it could greatly increase Lin Mo's profits.
But...
"The one who makes me unhappy, I kill," this principle's priority ranking was far above everything else.
As for Chaotic World?
Lin Mo was not worried at all.
He was instead looking forward to Wind Whistling calling the people from Chaotic World over for him.
Because in his previous life, the first person to bully and torment Lin Mo in the Oracle world was the Chaotic World Guild.
From the newbie village all the way to the tier-three main city, for several months, Lin Mo had been barely scraping by in Hero of Troubled Times's shadow.
Even though his talent was mediocre, he relied on being a rich second generation, on his money and power, acting like he was all that, and loved to find a sense of existence by picking on weak players like Lin Mo.
Lin Mo even knew Hero of Troubled Times's real name.
"Wang Junjie! I swear, in this life, every time I see you, I'll hack you once."
"I'll beat your c*ck crooked!"
On the way, the red ID above Lin Mo's head drew a lot of attention.
Because red-name death had a massively increased drop rate.
But as soon as passing players saw Lin Mo's ID name, they instantly lost any desire to kill him.
Golden Gear War God.
Number one on the Heaven Leaderboard.
Who the hell would dare mess with that?
Instead, quite a few players came over to try to cozy up to Lin Mo, claiming they could protect him.
Following the map's guidance, only after more than twenty minutes did Lin Mo finally reach his destination: Wild Wolf Ridge.
As a wild area with levels as high as 8–10, this place was naturally devoid of people.
"Awooo!"
Only the continuous wolf howls that sent chills down people's backs echoed through the night.
The quest objective was to kill thirty wild wolves and one Howling Moon Wolf King.
If there were no surprises, the Howling Moon Wolf King should be an elite boss.
Swish!
In the darkness, Lin Mo drew his sword, "Time to get to work!"
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