Chapter 24 - Teams

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When Li Feng got home, he impatiently opened his attribute panel.

Player: Li Feng

Class: Unchanged Class

Life Rank: Primary Rank

Strength: 9

Intelligence: 18

Speed: 18

Stamina: 9

Breathing Technique: Mechanical Heart, Assassin’s Faith

Skills: RX Pursuer, Flash Arrow

Looking at his attribute panel, Li Feng felt an indescribable joy in his heart. After all, his strength and stamina had both reached the minimum requirement for changing Classes, while his speed and intelligence had reached an unprecedented 18 points. It was three points higher than the 15-point limit that was posted on the official website.

“Perhaps, I need to prepare for my Class Advancement in advance,” muttered Li Feng.. However, only in the institute could he obtain information about the Class Advancement.

Most ordinary players who did not get into an educational institution spent their entire lives at the Primary Rank. Those who were lucky enough to join the army and make contributions might be able to exchange for information about the Class Advancement.

If he wanted to have a good future, he would have to go to a top educational institute. Li Feng muttered, “I wonder if that old man keeps his word?”

During these past few days, he had also been searching for detailed information about Jianye College. It was said that Jianye College occupied a place called Sky City. This was also the best place to transition from the Primary Rank to the Class Advancement stage.

Even in the three top colleges of the Great Xia Kingdom, there would often be exchange students going to the Sky City. This made Li Feng’s heart burn with passion. However, the tuition and miscellaneous fees of Jianye College cost nearly five hundred thousand a year. This was like a bucket of cold water that was poured over his head.

“Forget it, there’s still some time before the college entrance examination. Right now, the most important thing is to level up, extract skills, and then achieve superior results in the college entrance examination.”

Li Feng shook his head. It was useless to think so much. He might as well raise his level first and see if there were any new skills. After all, there might be a small surprise.

Very quickly, he returned to the game again. This time, Li Feng chose to enter the Lightning Gobzan dungeon to farm monsters and earn experience. This was because although the evolved Goblins here had stronger attacks, they were also more stupid. Moreover, they liked to pile up. Once the robots exploded, a large group of them would be attacked. Thus, his experience points kept increasing and the effect was very delightful.

“Concealed state!”

Li Feng activated the Assassin’s Faith breathing technique and his entire body went into a concealed state. In this state, his entire body became even more agile.

He summoned his RX Pursuers and surrounded them. Before long, he discovered 30 to 40 normal Goblins in a canyon.

Li Feng felt a little emotional about the Goblins that he had trained hard for a year to kill. Then, he waved his hand and three RX pursuers charged into the Goblin Forest before self-destructing.

In less than a minute, this group of Goblins was slaughtered by Li Feng. He looked at his experience bar and saw that it had increased by a little. Thus, he was very happy.

This leveling up continued until midnight. More than one-third of the experience bar from Level 14 to Level 15 had been filled up.

“I’m a little hungry. I’ll fill my stomach first.” Li Feng was prepared to play games all night but his stomach suddenly growled. He got up and opened the fridge, only to find that there was only one cup of instant noodles left.

This made his mood somewhat heavy, so he went to his room to look for his savings. Finally, he found three fifty-cent coins on the bedside table.

“It’s only enough to buy one last box of instant noodles. I have to think of a way to get money tomorrow.” This naked reality shattered Li Feng’s fantasy of hiding at home and leveling up peacefully.

He was only 18 years old now. Thus, he was still young and strong. He could barely fill his stomach with a bowl of instant noodles. After he finished eating, Li Feng went straight to sleep. After all, he wouldn’t be hungry anymore when he was asleep.

He woke up early the next morning and bought a few steamed buns for breakfast with the last three fifty-cent coins.

“Which dungeon should I bring people into?”

After eating the steamed buns, Li Feng started thinking. After a while, he made a decision. “Let’s go to the Gloomy Cat Forest!”

Firstly, the Gloomy Cat Forest was relatively close to Chengde County. With Li Feng’s current penniless state, it was difficult for him to even hail a cab. Secondly, the college entrance examination was also based on the Gloomy Cat Forest. Currently, there were the most students lingering around the Gloomy Cat Forest.

About an hour later, Li Feng arrived at the Gloomy Cat Forest dungeon. This time, he was alone.

Due to the college entrance examination, the Gloomy Cat Forest was extremely lively. Students would enter and leave from time to time. Some people looked excited, while others looked dejected. It was obvious that they were desperate about the content of the college entrance examination.

Chengde County wasn’t considered very wealthy. Thus, most of the students and players were rather ordinary with low attribute values. They cultivated the Exorcism Breathing Technique that was passed down in the Great Xia Kingdom. Most of them couldn’t even handle a cat demon, let along master a Primary-Rank skill.

Hence, the profession of bringing people to clear dungeons was very popular in Chengde County. Even among the high-leveled players, there were many who earned extra money like this.

“The era of global digitization is really a good era, but it’s also a bad era.” Li Feng sighed slightly. Those who had the ability could earn money quickly. Meanwhile, those who didn’t have the ability would be stuck at the bottom for the rest of their lives. It was even harder to turn things around compared to the peaceful era.

“We will bring people to clear the Gloomy Cat Forest dungeon. You have to listen to our instructions. It will cost 3,000 yuan per person. That doesn’t include fighting the Boss. Quickly bring two people. We’re an experienced team.”

“Come quickly. We’re short of one person. After we have four people, we’ll set off. It will cost 5,000 yuan per person, but we’ll ensure your safety. The captain is ranked third among the third-year students in Yude No. 1 High School.”

“…”

“It’s so easy to earn money from bringing people to clear dungeons!” Li Feng’s eyes lit up when he heard quite a few people shouting nearby. His parents only earned 3,000 yuan a month from their previous jobs.

But now, in just one day, he could earn more than his family did in a month.

A middle-aged man at the side heard Li Feng’s words and said disdainfully, “Easy? If you want to bring people to clear dungeons, you have to be strong yourself. Do you really think you’re so relaxed that you don’t know how many people die under the hands of the cat demons every year? You’re young, so you probably haven’t entered the Gloomy Cat Forest before!”

Li Feng rubbed his nose and said, “I’ve been there a few times but I didn’t find it difficult.”

“You didn’t find it difficult? How arrogant… You…”

Just as this middle-aged man was about to say something, he suddenly saw the Elementary-Grade battle armor on Li Feng’s body. He paused and said, “If you have the guts, take off your Elementary-Grade battle armor and go in to take a look.”

However, he was puzzled. This damned nouveau riche. No wonder he said that there was no danger inside. With the Elementary-Grade battle armor, there was indeed no need for him to be afraid of the attacks from the cat demons.

Li Feng smiled and ignored him. After all, Yang Wei had given him the Elementary-Grade battle armor. Then, he shouted from the side, “I’m bringing people to clear the Gloomy Cat Forest dungeon. We won’t fight the Boss. We’re short of three people. It will cost 3,000 yuan per person. I’ll ensure your safety.”

His pricing was more reasonable. Moreover, with the experience he had with Yang Wei and the other two, he was still confident in protecting new players.

However, after one and a half hours, Li Feng started to feel depressed. This was because the other teams all had people quickly joining them and entering the dungeon. As for his own team, there wasn’t a single person.

If this continued, it would be lunchtime again, and he would not even be able to earn money for lunch.