The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

Bowen is going crazy.

Isn't this supposed to be the starting area? How come the NPCs are so ridiculously strong in the early stages?

The pressure he felt from any single soldier was comparable to the pressure he felt from a useless player at the start of the game facing a giant tree guardian, and there were ten of them at once.

Unfortunately, the two sides could not understand each other's languages.

"To attack one's own kind is a crime deserving of death!"

With a youthful face, the soldier roared, strode forward, and swept his spear horizontally.

Bowen flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into two trees by the roadside before finally coming to a stop.

Players nearby could clearly hear the sickening sound of bones cracking coming from Bowen's body.

Bowen, who actually took the hit, didn't even realize what was happening. He only felt a blur before his eyes, as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding train, followed by a dizzying spin.

Lying on his back under the half-tree stump, his mind was blank, and he didn't even have the strength to move a finger.

In reality, the young soldiers actually held back.

If it were a full-force attack, Bowen wouldn't survive.

The young soldier stood with his rifle at the ready, his eyes sweeping over the players around him. Seeing that they were obediently staying in place, he sneered, "A little punishment to teach you a lesson."

The soldier's fierce performance completely dispelled the other players' thoughts of killing and robbing.

Players are not afraid of death, but the death penalty in this game is quite severe, so they would not intentionally throw their lives away.

Of course, the players don't feel any fear or apprehension right now; instead, they are more excited.

"That's awesome! This NPC's attack module must have been designed by a master."

"It has to be a rifleman, a real man has to handle a gun."

"You'd better be talking about guns."

"Didn't you guys notice the speed and power of that attack? Will we become this powerful after we level up? That's incredible!"

"I get it. These NPCs are actually cutscenes, specifically designed to showcase the later combat system."

The excitement spread among the players, filling them with the motivation to level up.

The human warriors, naturally unable to understand what the players were exclaiming about, could only record everything that was happening here in complete bewilderment and return to the tribe to report.

The players dared not stop them any longer, and gathered at the village entrance to watch the human warriors depart.

"never mind."

After hesitating for a while, Dog Brother gave up the idea of ​​following them.

Given the performance of these human warriors, he wasn't confident he could track them without alerting them.

Although they dared not provoke this group of human warriors, they had the courage, and a great deal of courage, to kill monsters and become stronger.

He clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention to himself: "Brothers who have already upgraded, raise your hands so I can see."

As soon as he finished speaking, all thirteen players raised their hands in unison.

Aside from the player "天下布武" (Tianxia Buwu), the rest of the players only joined the game because of his call to action, so he's certainly willing to give them that much face.

After counting the players who raised their hands, Dog Bro figured there should be enough people, and then called out, "Brothers, follow me, let's level up!"

Seeing that no one objected, he then looked at Brother Niu and his companion standing at the back of the crowd: "Brother Niu, why don't you and this guy come along too? Don't you want to settle scores with that leopard?"

Playing this kind of game always involves combat, and teamwork is obviously safer.

Brother Niu had no reason to refuse, so he pulled his brother-in-law into the group, bringing the total number of players in the team to sixteen.

As for the remaining dozen or so players...

Even though he wanted to join the battle for fun, he knew that going there without leveling up would be pointless. He wouldn't be selfish enough to make Dog Brother and the others wait any longer, so he hurriedly ran back to the open space and started training like crazy.

Dog Brother led the player team out, and in the blink of an eye, the village entrance returned to peace.

Only faint cries for help could be heard coming from under the broken tree stump.

Without a doubt, everyone has forgotten about Bowen.

Perhaps it's a stereotype formed from past gaming experiences that makes people never imagine that players could experience such injuries in a game.

Bowen was barely breathing, staring blankly at the sky. He had been severely wounded by a bullet fired by a soldier and was now unable to even shout.

"Someone save me! Hey, I'm not dead yet!"

……

"The game map is very large, so be careful not to get separated."

Dog looked at the seemingly endless green ocean before him, his expression slightly stiff.

He had been leading his team for more than half an hour since they entered the dense forest.

"Hey Dog Bro, are you lost?"

"I feel like I've been here before."

"Enough with the nonsense," Dog Bro said, embarrassed and annoyed. "The map navigation is terrible. I don't know where to give feedback. If it's still like this after the open beta, some players will definitely be turned away."

Brother Niu offered a comforting remark: "In the pursuit of realism, such drawbacks are inevitable."

To be honest, he couldn't find the route they had taken before either; it all looked the same from every direction.

They seriously doubted they'd find the leopard if they just wandered around the entire area, and complained somewhat irritably, "Since they don't provide an in-game map, they might as well set up some invisible walls."

Listening to their conversation, Tenka Fubu realized that these guys who had lived in the city all their lives were completely unreliable in this kind of environment.

He then offered a suggestion: "If you can't find the places you've been, then use normal hunting methods and explore the surrounding area along the water source."

"Brother Bu is right, let's not wander around aimlessly."

"Exactly, if we keep walking like this with our heads down, I'm afraid I won't be able to find my way back."

Many players have expressed their approval of the proposal to unify the world.

Before they could reach a consensus, Campus Spring Colors, who was at the back of the line, suddenly covered her nose with her hand.

The meat pie, not far from him, quickly smelled the stench and muttered, "Damn, what's that smell?"

The smell was like someone with a stomach problem waking up in the morning without brushing their teeth, eating a salted duck egg, and then breathing on your face – it was so pungent it made you want to vomit.

"Everyone be careful, gather around, don't stand alone."

Tenka Fubu was the first to react, shouting to warn everyone.

The stench emanating from the air reminded him of the pack of wolves he encountered when he was young, crossing a no-man's-land. If a large truck hadn't happened to be passing by on the highway, he probably would have been killed by the wolves long ago.

His heart pounded wildly, and he instinctively tensed all the muscles in his body.

Everything around him was so real that in his haste, he completely forgot they were just playing a game.

rustling~

The dense bushes, nearly as tall as a person, began to sway strangely, clearly indicating that something was hidden inside.

Most importantly, there are more than one such place.

"What the hell? We're surrounded?!"