Li Wu walked out of the respawn point with a dark expression.
Even though his arm and shoulder were as good as new, it felt like he was missing a couple of pieces of flesh.
It was just a beginner monster, yet it left a psychological shadow!
Who was the idiot that came up with 100% real pain sensation?
No wonder a week after the server opened, there were still players with attack power over 60 forming parties to hunt bunnies. They probably had their own psychological shadows too.
Even though Li Wu was fairly resilient, just thinking about the giant bunny's two big front teeth made his scalp tingle.
This wasn't just about defeating one monster. If you wanted to level up or earn money, you had to keep fighting and keep getting bitten. Who could stand that?
Unless he formed a party himself.
After some thought, Li Wu opened the chat channel.
Invincible Cute Tuan: "New player looking for a giant bunny party!"
Just one second after he sent the message, several responses came in.
Lang Li Ge Lang: "Girl?"
Xi Huanbo: "Any D? Free carry for D and above!"
"Join my party, C will carry!"
"Don't you guys care about looks?"
"Bro, you don't get it. You can't wear makeup in the game. Natural beauties are rarer than pandas, and such beauties wouldn't need to post in the public screen to find a party, would they?"
"Yeah, yeah, we accept all kinds, even with a face mask!"
"Stop talking nonsense, it might be a kid!"
"..."
Li Wu didn't expect his request to attract so many wanderers.
Because of Tuantuan, he thought about her in everything he did these past two years, so he subconsciously wanted to include his little niece when naming his character.
He didn't expect the game to be this difficult, nor did he expect the name to become a problem.
Invincible Cute Tuan: "I'm a real man! New player looking for a giant bunny party."
As soon as Li Wu sent the message, the chat channel returned to normal, and no one paid attention to him.
Since the public channel could only be used once every 30 seconds, Li Wu sent the message several times but still got no response.
Thinking of the giant bunny's teeth, Li Wu patiently continued to send messages. Finally, after sending it more than twenty times, someone applied to add him as a friend.
Li Wu's eyes lit up, and he quickly clicked agree.
Spicy Rabbit: "I'm also a new player, can we team up?"
"How many people do you have on your side?"
"Just me."
"Uh, I only have one person too. Why don't you come to the south village gate, and we'll call for more people together."
"Okay."
Finally, someone responded. Although it was just one person, Li Wu didn't mind. He continued to look for a party while waiting for the first teammate to arrive.
A few minutes later, a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old with twin ponytails, wearing beginner's cloth armor and holding a wooden sword, was looking around at the village entrance.
Although there were many players coming and going at the village entrance, there were hardly any dressed like this.
Spicy Rabbit: "Where are you?"
Li Wu saw the private message but didn't reply. Instead, he walked directly in front of the girl.
"Spicy Rabbit?"
"Huh?" The girl was startled, then quickly reacted, looking at Li Wu with a strange expression: "You're Invincible Cute Tuan? How come you're a guy?"
"Hmm? Didn't I say I was a real man?" Li Wu replied, a black line forming on his forehead.
"Oh! Sorry, the public channel was scrolling too fast, I didn't notice."
"Okay. So, are we still forming a party?"
It wasn't easy to find a new player. Although she looked young and unreliable, attack power wouldn't decrease because of age, and as a fellow new player, Li Wu couldn't afford to be picky.
"Yes!" Spicy Rabbit nodded her little head repeatedly.
"Alright, then let's call for more people together."
Public Channel:
Invincible Cute Tuan: "I'm a real man, looking for a giant bunny party, 2 need 4."
Spicy Rabbit: "I'm a real man, looking for a giant bunny party, 2 need 4."
"......"
Li Wu glanced at the focused little lolita.
Although Spicy Rabbit was young, she was very cute, and with her long twin ponytails, she was sure to attract a lot of interest. Recruiting team members should be easy.
He shook his head, dismissing the thought.
He wasn't willing to resort to such tactics.
Even with one more person calling for a party, it didn't make much of a difference. There were too few new players!
Seeing Spicy Rabbit also getting a bit impatient, Li Wu couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have family or classmates with high levels? Why are you alone?"
"My family isn't in the same beginner village as me, and I'm currently in a detention center, so I can't contact my classmates." The girl pouted with a face full of grievance, tears almost falling.
Looking at the still-innocent girl, Li Wu sighed inwardly.
Playing a game in a detention center, and still at level 0, it was obvious she was detained for not playing Blue Star Online.
The girl seemed afraid that Li Wu would misunderstand her as a bad person, so she explained indignantly before he could ask.
She was about to start high school, busy with practice tests, and her parents didn't take the national game seriously and played on their own. As a result, the police came knocking.
Considering she was only 15, she and her guardian were detained for three days as a warning.
What a tragedy! Thanks, Officer Zhou!
After calling out more than a dozen times without attracting anyone, Li Wu finally lost his patience.
This week, he needed to ensure 12 hours of online time every day, leaving him almost no time to work.
Thinking about sitting idle and inevitably losing a job in a week, Li Wu's eyes turned red.
"We'll go fight with just the two of us. I'll draw the aggro."
Li Wu couldn't let an underage little lolita tank the monster, so he had to bite the bullet himself.
Pain was pain, but at least the rewards from the giant bunny would be split between two people.
Li Wu led Spicy Rabbit back to the giant bunny area.
"I'll go first."
Li Wu positioned Spicy Rabbit to stand offset behind him, then cast a Fireball at a distant giant bunny.
-27
Worried about messing up the aggro, Li Wu didn't kite but switched weapons directly.
-54
Spicy Rabbit's Fireball also hit the giant bunny, and to Li Wu's surprise, the little lolita's damage was as high as 54 points.
The giant bunny's aggro was instantly disrupted, and it turned to charge at Spicy Rabbit.
Li Wu quickly moved forward, using the Power Strike skill to slash at the giant bunny.
Power Strike seemed to have a slight knockback effect, stopping the giant bunny's movement.
-15
The giant bunny's aggro shifted to Li Wu, biting down on his blocking left arm.
Prepared for the pain, Li Wu gritted his teeth and swung his sword again.
-21
-15
Li Wu and the giant bunny exchanged blows again, and the timid little lolita finally reacted, switching weapons and cautiously stepping forward to slash the giant bunny.
Thankfully, this was a game, so even a glancing blow didn't affect the damage.
-42
The high damage shocked Li Wu, and he quickly slashed the giant bunny's face to regain the precarious aggro.
-21
-15
-42
The giant bunny fell, turning into a white light, leaving nothing on the ground.
"Killed a giant bunny, gained 20 experience."
Li Wu didn't have time to lament the lack of loot, turning to look in surprise at Spicy Rabbit, who was also wearing cloth armor and holding a wooden sword: "How is your attack so high?"
"Ah! I don't know."
Li Wu glanced at the little lolita's empty, tender white hands and bare neck, puzzled.
"Are you wearing any other equipment?"
"No! Just the beginner weapon and the cloth armor with no attributes."
"Hmm. Then why is your attack so high? What's your talent?"
"I think it's 100% critical hit, but I'm not sure what that means."
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