After spending over an hour, Wu Shaochen killed 38 wild boars, leveling up to Level 4. He gained 20 Health points and 10 Mana points, allocating all his attribute points to Agility. During this time, he finally got another piece of equipment, a helmet.
[Boar Leather Helmet]
Quality: Blank Slate
Health +30
Defense +3
Requirements: None
In Oracle, clothes, pants, belts, and helmets are considered defensive gear, mainly adding to health and defense. Weapons, rings, bracelets, and necklaces are offensive gear, mainly adding to attack and critical hits. Shoes primarily increase speed. Of course, this is relative, not absolute.
He equipped it immediately. Although selling these items could bring him a fortune, he thought about the Boar King and decided to arm himself first, hoping to take it down soon for a big reward.
After equipping, Wu Shaochen's Health reached 200, Defense 12, and Agility 25. With the shoes, his speed reached 28.
"One more level and my speed will reach 33, higher than the Boar King. Then I can consider taking it on," Wu Shaochen muttered to himself.
With these attributes, should he go after the wild wolves? He could farm talents. If there's a chance, he shouldn't give up on farming talents, as it's the key to reaching the pinnacle of life.
He thought about it but shook his head. The wild wolves' skills have 150% attack, causing 172 damage, which, after subtracting his defense, still deals 160 damage. The bleeding effect of their skills deals 50 damage, which could kill him. Better to get more gear first.
He glanced at his experience, 4/2000. Killing Level 6 wild boars as a Level 4 gives a 20% experience bonus, meaning each boar gives 24 experience. He needs to kill 84 boars to level up. If he can get two more pieces of defensive gear before leveling up, he might be able to take on the wild wolves. So, Wu Shaochen continued farming wild boars.
Meanwhile, in the Level 2 Goat Area, several groups of players were farming goats.
"Nanfeng, fall back and heal. Haoran, take the front. Everyone else, keep attacking," Junlin calmly commanded the battle. Soon, the goat was defeated by their combined efforts.
"Junlin, we got a drop!" Haoran, a sunny and handsome young man, excitedly held up a helmet.
"Phew... finally got a piece of equipment," Junlin sighed. This was the thirtieth goat they had killed. Despite their years of dominating various online games, they had never been so embarrassed. The game's difficulty made even gaming legends like them question their skills.
"Why are the attributes so poor?" Haoran looked at the helmet in frustration.
"What are the attributes?" Junlin asked.
"10 Health, 1 Defense," Haoran replied, speechless.
"Maybe it's just a low-attribute helmet. Since it adds health and defense, Haoran, equip it. Let's keep going. As long as we get drops, we'll eventually have everything," Junlin said calmly.
Other teams were faring much worse than Junlin's group. Their skills and awareness were lacking, and fighting Level 2 goats was a struggle, with frequent flashes of death.
Wu Shaochen spent over an hour killing 32 wild boars, finally getting another equipment drop.
[Boar Belt]
Quality: Blank Slate
Health +30
Defense +3
Requirements: None
After equipping the belt, his Health reached 230, and Defense 15. Not bad. Just one more piece of defensive gear, and he could take on the wild wolves.
He looked at the three small red potions in his backpack, each restoring 10 Health per second for 10 seconds. If necessary, he would use potions to farm more talents. Otherwise, at Level 5, he'd have to find Level 10 monsters, which would be much harder. He realized that the higher the monster level, the greater the attribute gap per level.
So, he continued farming...
After about an hour, he killed 28 wild boars and got another equipment drop. But when he picked it up, he was disappointed—it was another Boar Leather Armor he already had.
Sigh, he could only put it up for auction. But thinking about the money he'd soon make, his frustration vanished.
He listed the Boar Leather Armor in the Auction House, using the usual bidding mode, with a 10-minute anonymous bidding period to avoid being spammed with private messages. It was best to stay low-key and quietly make a fortune.
With Wu Shaochen's Boar Leather Armor on the auction, the Novice Village buzzed with activity as various factions began bidding.
Junlin looked at the auctioned Boar Leather Armor's attributes, frowning.
"What's wrong, Junlin? Is there a problem with this equipment?" Haoran asked.
"What are the attributes of your helmet?" Junlin asked.
"Health +10, Defense +1," Haoran replied.
"Little Bei, what are the attributes of the shoes we just got?" Junlin asked Little Bei.
As he spoke, the others realized it too. As gaming legends, their understanding of the game far surpassed ordinary players.
"Our equipment attributes total 2 points, but the auctioned equipment attributes total 6 points, including the previous Butcher's Cleaver, equivalent to 6 Strength. These two pieces of equipment must have been dropped by the same type of monster, likely put up by the same person. And this attribute equipment couldn't have been dropped by rabbits. If we calculate, it's likely dropped by Level 6 monsters," Junlin said seriously.
"Are you kidding? Level 6 monsters? We're struggling with Level 2 monsters, and you're telling me someone can kill Level 6 monsters?" Haoran exclaimed incredulously.
"Exactly, unless they're cheating, how could anyone kill Level 6 monsters? Given this game's nature, Level 6 monsters could probably kill us easily," Linzi chimed in.
"This game shouldn't have cheats. Little Bei, check if there are any wild boars and their attributes. Judging by the equipment name, it should be dropped by wild boars. Head left at the fork ahead and check the forest," Nanfeng suggested.
"Okay."
Meanwhile, a veiled woman looked at the newly dropped clothes in her hand and then at the auctioned clothes, deep in thought. She had assumed early-stage white gear had similar attributes, but now realized she underestimated the person who listed the auctioned gear. This person's white gear wasn't dropped by Level 1-2 monsters.
"Uncle Liu, can you help me find any wild boar monsters and check their attributes?" the woman asked a middle-aged man beside her.
"Sure, Young Miss."
Little Bei quickly returned to the group, sharing the wild boar attributes he found using Insight.
"Damn, 2000 Health, 70 Attack, 30 Defense. You're telling me someone can kill this right now?" Haoran exclaimed in disbelief.
Junlin was silent. If someone could kill this, even he would suspect cheating. This attribute overwhelm couldn't be overcome by skill and awareness alone.
"Forget it, we'll meet them eventually since we're in the same Novice Village. Then we'll see what cards they hold. If this equipment is indeed dropped by Level 6 monsters, we can't get it yet. Let's see if we can acquire it; a six-point attribute boost is significant," Junlin said seriously.
Meanwhile, the woman looked at the wild boar attributes shared by the middle-aged man, silent for a long time before saying, "Try to get this equipment."
At that moment, Young Master Huang, who had raised the bid to 20,000, saw no one else bidding and sneered, "Hmph, only 20,000 and no one else bids? Bunch of paupers."
As the bidding time was about to end, Young Master Huang calmly awaited the transaction success notification. Suddenly, in the last second, two bids appeared simultaneously, one for 25,000 and another for 30,000. The 30,000 bidder won.
"Damn, got sniped!" Young Master Huang cursed.
Holding the Boar Leather Armor, Haoran admired, "Junlin, you're smart. You anticipated others would think like us. I was going to bid 21,000, and if I had, I might not have gotten it."
"Ding, auction failed. Amount refunded to your linked bank account."
Hearing the system notification, the veiled woman frowned. She thought her last-second bid of 5,000 more would secure it, but someone anticipated her move.
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