Legend: One corpse-picking message per day

Chapter 362 World Situation

Refining a pet's skills costs 50 billion gold coins per attempt, a price that would drive most players crazy.

He Sheng felt that most players would only unlock one element at most and occasionally refine it.

They would definitely use the gold coins in more worthwhile ways, but of course, everyone's choices are different.

As for activating pet skills, that's not something the average player can do.

Players with a modest budget can't afford to refine skills.

According to Yu Jie and the others,
In the early stages, pet skills can be refined up to level 5. Once you reach level 5, you can use in-game currency to lock it at level 5, and then continue refining it based on level 5.

When refining skills, the skill level is usually 1.

Washing it hundreds of times without changing is the norm.

Every time I wash it, it's always level 1.

One time costs 50 billion gold coins, so a hundred times would be 5000 billion gold coins.

The chance of refining a skill to a higher level is very low.

The chance of getting a pet skill to level 5 in one go is ridiculously low.

Those who don't have a high-quality pet usually don't want to spend a lot of money to train it, because it's not worth it.

For example, if you have a Rank 7 pet, don't spend a lot of time refining it to get a high-level skill, only to find out later that there's a Rank 9 or Rank 10 pet. It would be a real pain to replace it then.

Even for those powerful figures, refining a item hundreds of times would cost trillions of gold coins. How many people play like that?
It's not that we can't afford to play the game, it's a question of whether it's worth it.

In top-tier forces like theirs, only pets of at least rank nine are worth refining for good skills.

For most pets, you'll usually try it once, and if you don't get any results after a few tries, you'll give up.

The odds are too low...

At this moment, He Sheng refined a level 2 Song of Life, which can increase health by 20% and last for 60 seconds.

This skill is absolutely awesome for him!

Keep in mind that his current health points have reached over five thousand!

Adding 20% health is more than 1000 health points!

For a mage, his health points far exceed those of a warrior at the same stage.

Unless the opponent is lucky enough to refine a level 5 Song of Life, then the 100% increase in health is uncertain.

And He Sheng even has a protective ring!

With the protective ring, when attacked, his mana is consumed first, and he has more mana than health.

The two together cost over 14,000.

To be honest, all of these are equivalent to the total amount of health!

Coupled with his terrifying defensive capabilities, his safety level is greatly enhanced.

Don't you see that even a level 60 character with top-tier gear only loses about 20 HP when attacking him?

In other words, to kill him in one hit, you would need at least 700 top-tier level 60 characters to hit him simultaneously.

Thinking of all this, He Sheng couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Super tanky!

After mastering this pet skill, He Sheng thought for a moment and asked:

"I seem to remember someone mentioning that pets have more than one skill."

Yu Jie nodded: "Yes, you can get more skills when you use gold ingots to refine them later, but there's only one for now."

More gold ingots...

He Sheng was overwhelmed when he heard this; there were just too many.

Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it too much. Luckily, my drop rate is high, and there are many hidden maps, so it should be easier to get gold ingots later.
Lost in thought, he waved his hand and summoned a small black tiger.

This little guy, with his chubby face, bounced around He Sheng, so Qing Hong simply picked him up.

As a result, the little guy kept rubbing against Qinghong, which almost made He Sheng want to strangle him.

How abominable!
He hasn't even tried it yet...

Just as he was feeling frustrated, the monsters respawned, and he saw the white light above the little black-striped tiger king's head rising up from time to time!

The upgrades are incredibly fast!

He gains more experience points, so his little black tiger levels up much faster.

After one round of monsters, everyone reached level 20.

After two more rounds of monsters, I reached level 30.

At this point, the little black tiger can no longer level up; to continue leveling up, you need to use ingots.

By this stage, the little black tiger had transformed into a majestic tiger king.

He Sheng opened the pet panel and saw that its attributes had indeed changed to:

魔法0-450，防御0-450，魔防0-450，准确＋90，敏捷＋90。

Health +200, Mana +300.

It added 450 to my attributes at once, and at level 30, it also added an extra 300 HP and 500 MP.

Yu Jie and the others said this was a perk for level 30.

This benefit is a bit too good for Mr. He.

With the added protection of the ring, it's like he gained an extra 500 health points, which is incredibly awesome.

No wonder it was so hard to kill Chizuru Kiichi back then, he was just too damn tough.

Looking at the tall and mighty Black-striped Tiger King, He Sheng had an idea, and in the next instant, he was already sitting on the tiger king's back.

"Hint: Black-striped Tiger King: Movement speed increased by 100%."

go!
With another thought, the Black-striped Tiger King immediately moved forward or ran according to his will!
Man and tiger in perfect harmony!

It hits exactly where you point!
Haha! Handsome, right?

He Sheng rode the Black-striped Tiger King, running around Yu Jie and the others.

"Wow, so cool! Come on, let me go up!" Qinghong screamed.

"How did you get up here?" He Sheng asked, puzzled.

"Idiot, just invite me to mount with your mind!" Qinghong laughed and scolded.

"Oh, that's interesting."

He Sheng chuckled, and with a thought, invited Qing Hong.

The next moment, Qinghong also sat down.

However, she sat in front of He Sheng.

Before she could react, He Sheng had already hugged her from behind.

"Be careful, don't fall."

"Let me go..."

Feeling the two restless paws, Qinghong's cheeks instantly turned red.

Instinctively, she wanted He Sheng to let go, but the words caught in her throat as she suddenly remembered that she had already made up her mind about him.

So this kind of close contact seems normal.

"Hahaha...ga ga ga..."

He Sheng laughed and led Qing Hong to run across the grass.

It has to be said that this pet is incredibly fast when it runs, carrying the two of them as they race back and forth across the surrounding fire walls.

The speed was so fast that Qinghong clung tightly to He Sheng and screamed loudly.

"Ah! Slow down, slow down!"

"too fast!"

"I can't take it anymore!"

……

Watching the two laughing and chatting happily, Yu Jie and the others were extremely envious, their eyes following them the whole time.

When He Sheng returned with Qing Hong, Bu Mie Qian Qian also clamored to sit down.

Her Rank 10 White-Striped Tiger King was actually already level 30, but she just wanted He Sheng to take her under his wing.

"Is there still room to sit?" He Sheng looked back in confusion; there seemed to be another seat available.

He tried it, and sure enough, the next moment, Qianqian was sitting behind him.

"Haha! Let's go!"

He Sheng sped off with the two of them again, this time with Qianqian hugging him tightly from behind.

For a time, He Sheng was surrounded by attendants, thoroughly enjoying himself...

After circling around twice, Yu Jie and Qing Feng wanted to do a lap as well.

Having no other choice, He Sheng had to replace the person, which finally brought smiles back to everyone's faces.

Yu Jie sat in front, and was equally shy when He Sheng put his arm around her...

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye, and He Sheng also managed to obtain several Rank 10 pets one after another.

Finally, each of the girls present got one.

But He Sheng felt that this method of grinding was giving him too many experience points.

"Then let's find a powerful monster to grind against?" Yu Jie suggested.

"Old monster?" He Sheng was taken aback; he had assumed this was the norm here.

"Yeah, it's all kinds of elite monsters and bosses, but they spawn randomly. The map is so big, who knows where they are?"

He Sheng was equally speechless; the map was simply too huge.

On a sudden thought, he asked, "How many monsters spawn at a time?" "One of each type of pet spawns at a time, every half hour."

He Sheng shook his head: "That won't work either. There are too few of them, and they're too hard to find. There are also too many people. They might get killed as soon as they appear on the screen."

"I see. Then we'll have to go to the Pet Canyon on the international route. There are more pets that spawn there each time, and there are also treasure-type pet monsters."

Take a good look at your treasure map; it should contain a map to the international route to Pet Canyon for treasure hunting.

Are there no treasure-type monsters here in the country?

"No."

"Okay, let's check the situation in the real world first."

It was already past midnight...

Just as He Sheng was thinking about continuing to grind monsters, Sweet Orange messaged him privately:
"Boss, the black rain has stopped!"

"Oh, is there anything else?" He Sheng asked in surprise.

"Not for now. The city lord has arranged for people to keep watch at night, and he wants the rest of us to come in and cultivate first."

"Great."

He Sheng waved his hand.

The real world has changed a lot, but as long as things are okay for now, that's fine.

He needs to seize the time to cultivate himself in order to face the future crisis.

Qinghong had already recounted her father's and the Black-Winged Monster's experiences, which all indicated that unknown changes had occurred in this world.

In short: It's getting increasingly dangerous...

Fortunately, Lao Zhou was there to support them; otherwise, if he could resurrect himself, things would be fine, but his family's situation would be much worse.

"Second brother! The black rain has stopped!"

"Honey! The black rain has stopped!!"

……

Just as he was lost in thought, Yu Jie and Qian Qian also received the news and cheered.

He Sheng didn't continue farming pets; instead, he returned to town, wanting to go home and check on things first.

Let's talk to Lao Zhou again; maybe he knows something.

call out!
Upon returning to Tucheng, He Sheng's eyes lit up.

The safe zone in the city was once again swarming with players, most of whom were discussing the Black Rain.

He Sheng listened for a few minutes but didn't hear anything useful. After saying goodbye to Yu Jie and the others, he returned to the real world.

He was still the same as always, putting on the invisibility ring before returning.

That way, others won't be able to see him.

Swish!
He Sheng opened his eyes.

Perception activated.
To his surprise, he discovered that those who had been hiding in his house had not left; in fact, there were even more people than before.

When He Sheng deactivated his invisibility and stepped out of the room, his parents, sister, Mu Shuiping, and others swarmed around him.

"Brother hug!"

Xiaoyun clung to He Sheng's leg affectionately.

"Ha ha……"

He Sheng smiled and put his arm around her shoulder, then chatted with the others.

As they were talking, Zhou Xiangbo's voice suddenly rang in his ears:

Come lie down here.

……

A few minutes later, He Sheng appeared on the top floor of the city lord's mansion.

Zhou Xiangbo, dressed in white, still stood by the window, looking down at Beixiong City below the tower.

"master."

He Sheng bowed respectfully forward.

Zhou Xiangbo turned around, and a strange look appeared on his handsome face as he looked at He Sheng.

"You're good."

"Thanks to my master."

"sit."

He Sheng handed Zhou Xiangbo a top-of-the-line cigarette and lit it for him.

The two took a deep breath and exhaled a smoke ring.

"Master, what do you need me for?" He Sheng then asked.

"What are your thoughts on today's black rain?" Zhou Xiangbo asked after a moment of silence.

He Sheng shook his head. "I don't know, but this doesn't look like a good thing."

Did the master find out something during the test?

"Ah."

Zhou Xiangbo nodded.

"There's no need for someone at your level to know this; knowing will only cause you more trouble."

"But I think it's good to let you know in advance so you won't be lazy."

"This disciple is all ears."

"You should know about Hen Chenshi, the guild leader of the Marfa Alliance, right?"

"Yes, he is Qinghong's father."

"He fought the Black-Winged Monster at sea today. Guess what we finally found?"

"What?" He Sheng's heart tightened.

"That area was blocked; even satellites couldn't see it. It was just a vast expanse of white."

The higher-ups sent people to that area today, but they didn't dare to go deep inside.

Because of a terrifying energy field.

"Oh no, really? Aliens?" He Sheng asked in shock.

"No, although we didn't go deep, we discovered something terrible."

Marine life mutated after the black rain.

"Become powerful and bloodthirsty..." At this point, Zhou Xiangbo rubbed his head, looking like he had a headache.

"Mutant and bloodthirsty? Isn't that a monster?" He Sheng was stunned.

"Not only that, now any animal that has been drenched in black rain is mutating."

He Sheng...

"What's even more terrifying is that marine life is mutating even more...and there are so many of them."

"But black rain cannot mutate us humans; on the contrary, it is harmful."

At this point, Zhou Xiangbo fell silent.

He Sheng also frowned.

In the past, legendary monsters only occasionally descended.

Now all the animals on the planet have mutated...

This is terrifying...

At this point, Zhou Xiangbo added, "The only good thing is that these mutated monsters can be killed with firearms, unlike legendary monsters which can only be killed by players."

Hearing this, He Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he asked in confusion:
"Master, with your strength, sweeping away all the marine life shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Of course, but there are black-winged monsters over there."

After discussion, we suspect they are also players, because they possess legendary skills, yet they are not human.

The player... He Sheng was stunned again.

"Didn't the people sent from above make any contact?" he asked curiously after a while.

"They fought, and both sides had their victories and defeats, but they obviously also had resurrection rings or something similar, so they couldn't be truly killed."

"So, don't be playful, seize the time to cultivate."

"I may not be able to protect you forever." As he said this, Zhou Xiangbo looked out the window.

"However, I still want to hold my level for three months and enter the level 45 treasure chest map again."

"I want to get the first kill title," He Sheng said hesitantly.

"Three months is nothing. Now that we've had a fight, those people don't dare to do anything reckless."

There shouldn't be any problems in the short term.

Besides, even if you work hard to level up for three months, it won't work if you don't have the skills.

We still need to focus on improving ourselves in a down-to-earth manner.

“Okay, I understand.” He Sheng nodded.

After exchanging a few more words, Zhou Xiangbo concluded by saying:

"Go find Elder Bai after you enter tomorrow, and he will give you some more things."

"Thank you, Master. Good night..."