Chapter 80: Seeking Help
The nearly 2000 attack power left Zane dumbfounded.
The attribute gap between hidden professions and normal professions was simply too vast.
If it were a swordsman with full power allocation, under the condition of having top-tier Black Iron equipment at level 20, the attack might reach around seven or eight hundred.
But that would be the limit.
In fact, if some points weren’t allocated to health, one could easily die in actual PK combat.
Moreover, the Qiu Yue Sword was a Gold Tier weapon! It far exceeded the current standard, making such attributes somewhat acceptable.
Now, if that Specially Treating All Dissent dared to come, Zane was confident he could take him out with a single Frenzied Sword Strike as he charged.
That being said, he never expected Starry’s drunkenness would affect his original body…
He had no idea what happened yesterday, as he inexplicably turned into a chaotic swordsman, and Xieu was also nowhere to be found.
What was even more absurd was that he fell asleep in the game.
However, the sleep quality was decent; he had no dreams and genuinely rested.
Except for the occasional sharp pain in his head, Zane felt very energetic.
But the hunger in his stomach couldn’t be ignored; after all, he hadn’t eaten anything from noon to night yesterday and had drunk a lot on an empty stomach.
Although he didn’t know if the alcohol in the game affected reality, that discomfort was definitely real.
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After taking away the small cup of Holy Spring Brew that Zen left for him, he logged off.
Taking off the helmet brought a feeling of displacement; he realized he had been online for nearly 20 hours, but his limbs surprisingly didn’t feel stiff.
His head still hurt a bit; it was probably because he dozed off while sitting.
Did Brother Shiu not call for him?
There was a plate of cold late-night snacks left in the living room.
Walking to his room, he found that Brother Shiu was already sound asleep.
So hungry…
It had only been three or four hours; he could manage to eat something.
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He had been at Brother Shiu’s house for a month.
Brother Shiu’s real name was Hong Shui.
Since that name didn’t sound great, Zane preferred to call him Brother Shiu, which had a better ring to it.
At first, he was just sulking because of family issues, with nowhere else to go, so he stayed.
The whole house belonged to Brother Shiu; he was very wealthy.
However, he didn’t place much importance on money or women, but rather valued helping friends.
That’s how Zane felt because, during this past month, Brother Shiu had lent him 200,000 yuan bit by bit.
While it was an undeniable fact that he was rich, being so generous in taking him in and lending money still moved Zane greatly.
As for where the money went…
He had to start from further back.
Zane had a younger sister, of course not Zimei.
Her name was Qi Ziyu, and from birth, she suffered from a rare disease.
Every month, her hair would completely age, turning into grayish strands that looked morbid, not beautiful like in animations, which instead provided a sense of horror; just imagine how frightening it would be for a young child to have hair that looked like they were at the end of their life.
However, it wasn’t without a cure. After extensive searching, they discovered a medication that could suppress this aging phenomenon when Ziyu was 3 years old.
This medicine wasn’t expensive, just a folk remedy; after spending a few thousand yuan, they got the recipe.
Since then, aside from taking the medicine once a month, Ziyu was basically like a normal girl.
But that was only temporary; long-term medication made her body very weak, reducing her immunity to other minor or major illnesses.
Because of this, the family could never save enough money; the parents were just ordinary office workers, earning only four to five thousand a month; combined, their salaries barely covered medication and living expenses.
Zane once thought of his sister as a bottomless money pit, but when he saw her pale face enduring the pain of her illness, he felt that he didn’t understand anything.
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Is it 5 o’clock…?
Looking at the clock’s hands pointing to 5, Zane suddenly realized he had eaten for this long.
At this hour, everyone should be resting.
After tidying up, he logged back online to grind.
Two figures reappeared in Oceanview Village.
Crushing the return scroll, he noticed that there were hardly any players left in the city.
The functional NPC shops were surprisingly open 24 hours, as if they knew no fatigue.
Checking the current gold price, it was 172, with a slight upward trend.
It seemed that after the gold coin wash in the Murloc Cave, the merchants were secretly gearing up.
However, it wouldn’t be long before these gold coins would fall to a new low again; the main reason was that the current mainstream player levels had reached 18 or 19, making acquiring gold much easier.
Perhaps today, players from the first and second tiers would reach level 20, and they would become the main force on the battlefield.
Let’s go to Maple Flower Forest and continue collecting Vitality Grass; I’m still stuck as a level 2 Alchemist.
It was quite convenient with few people around, and he easily found a secluded spot. Starry sat sideways on Gray Wolf and ran out.
Five minutes later, a dense patch of herbs appeared in front of him. It looked freshly spawned and hadn’t yet been affected by players.
This is it!
Zane eagerly rushed over, it’s all mine!
And Starry cleared the surrounding tree monsters for Star Cat to level up.
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There was no need for any skills; the tree monster was taken down with a simple regular hit.
Black Iron grade monsters had long fallen behind in their evolution.
Due to the tree monster’s ability to disguise itself and its slow movement speed, the harvesting efficiency was not high, as you couldn’t tell which was a tree and which was a tree monster without careful observation; before a tree monster was exposed, checking its properties revealed it to be just an ordinary maple tree.
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After collecting over 200 Vitality Grasses, a communication request suddenly popped up.
It was from Mingxiao.
Still playing at 6 o’clock? Grinding so hard? “What’s up?” Zane asked.
“Brother封尘, do you have time right now?” His voice was urgent, and out of politeness, he still asked.
Besides harvesting herbs, he truly had nothing else to do. “Yes, what’s the matter?”
“According to plan, we were supposed to sleep around three o’clock, but a brother in the guild triggered a hidden secret realm! It was supposed to be good news, but once this map is completed, it can’t be re-entered!”
He lamented, “Someone accidentally triggered a trap earlier, causing most of the people to drop a level, and the small monsters here are no pushovers. After we cleaned up these monsters, only three of us were left, and now we can only watch the boss helplessly.”
Zane immediately understood his meaning and asked, “What is the boss’s attribute?”
“…Actually, we previously had five people, but two were taken out by the boss, and we had to flee too hurriedly to see his stats.”
“…”
“However, the skills should be similar to the small monsters; I can’t explain it well. I’ll broadcast it to you directly!” After that, the chat interface transformed into a video feed.
In the footage, a massive stone statue shot purple lasers into the sky, and moments later, two lasers accurately hit two Mingxiao players.
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Is this… real damage?
