Chapter 228 Forbidden Fruit Island
On the coast full of gravel and shells, in addition to the three Wang Zhifan, there are fifteen other players. They are both men and women. Judging from the weapons and equipment, it seems that they have various professions. have.
When these players who came to the dungeon gradually recovered from their mental trance, the goal of clearing this dungeon appeared in front of their eyes:
[Dungeon goal: to find the dungeon located deep in the ocean. The Forbidden Fruit Island and pick at least one Forbidden Fruit on the island. 】
“Please tell me your level of occupation. I am Lv21, a gunner.”
"Assassin, Lv20."
"Warrior, Lv22."
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As one person started, a total of eighteen players began to report themselves. Jiamen, in order to estimate the approximate difficulty level of this copy.
"Both of you apply for level 20."
This is not the first time that Wang Zhifan has encountered a situation where the dungeon level is much higher than his level, so he is quite calm at the moment, and lowered his voice to remind the Chen Ming brothers next to him to report a false level.
Chen Ming and Chen Can immediately nodded slightly to him, and it was obvious that he did not need to explain the purpose of doing so.
At the same time, in the initial stage of this dungeon, the players began to discuss. What others did not know was that several special notification messages appeared in front of Wang Zhifan:
【You have been detected. As a VIP player, start initializing your dungeon identity...]
[Your dungeon identity is set to: Rich. 】
[Rich: You have one million local high-value common currencies in the early stage of the instance. 】
【One million gold orchid coins have been stored in your portable space, and these currencies will not occupy your portable space. 】
【Note: These currencies are only available in this instance, and they will not be taken out simultaneously when you leave this instance. 】
“Give me one million at the beginning? This VIP player status seems really good.”
After reading these notification messages triggered by the newly obtained VIP player status, Wang Zhifan immediately I activated my thoughts and opened my own personal space. He checked, and found that a large pile of new or old small gold coins with certain patterns engraved on the surface had appeared in his portable space. Although it was the first time for him to see this kind of currency, through the previous From the information introduction, we know that they must be valuable existences in this copy world.
"Everyone! It seems that this dungeon can only be completed by going deep into the ocean! Does anyone have props like ships?"
While Wang Zhifan was obsessed with the charm of gold coins, one of the eighteen players on the beach The middle-aged man spoke loudly. At this time, everyone had already reported their professional levels, which were generally around L20, so the topic of discussion came to how to complete this copy.
“Who has a ship? What a beautiful idea you have!”
“This copy must ask us to take the NPC’s ship.”
“I don’t have a ship. But there is a fine boat, but if you want to take it into the ocean, it will be the same as death.”
"I feel like the instructions for this dungeon are not clear. Maybe the island I'm looking for is not on the sea, but on the bottom of the sea!"
"Haha, what if there is a ship? Is there anyone here who can drive it? "
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For a while, these players were talking a lot, meaning that if there is no ship, it is impossible to drive it.
"Brother Fan, there are some shadows in the distance that may be buildings! It should be a gathering place for NPCs!"
Chen Ming, who was dressed in high-end casual clothes, did not participate in the chatter of the people around him. Instead, he looked around and discovered that there were some vague man-made buildings in some directions away from the current coast.
"Well, let's go over and have a look later."
Wang Zhifan glanced at the distance, and then turned his attention back to the other players around him.
Beside him, Chen Can, who was playing a dungeon for the first time, behaved quite calmly. He didn't seem to be nervous at all. He held a black pistol firmly in his right hand while silently observing his surroundings.
"Everyone! Please be quiet! If we keep arguing like this, there will be no result! I suggest that everyone unite as one, form a team, and work together to clear this dungeon!"
The middle-aged player who had asked if anyone had a ship spoke loudly again now, as if he wanted to end this chaotic discussion.
"Form a team? Then who will be the leader of the team? You don't mean to say that you will be the leader, do you?"
After hearing this, a tall male player immediately asked He replied with a slightly provocative tone. There were several other players standing on the left and right of this player. These people had a vague feeling that he was the leader, which made people speculate that he should be the leader of a player team.
"Whoever has the ability to guide everyone through the level can be the leader. I think everyone has no objection to this, right?"
The middle-aged man then responded to the tall man in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. , turned around and looked at the other people around him.
However, he looked around and did not get anyone's verbal support. Instead, he elicited amazing words from a male player with messy long hair and a messy beard who looked a bit "artistic":
"Pass the level." ? Why do you have to clear the level? There is no time for the goal of this copy. Restrictions, why don’t we live in this dungeon? As long as we don’t go looking for that island, we can live freely forever! We don’t have to deal with these bullshit dungeons anymore!”
This slovenly man! As he spoke, he raised his arms, his expression obviously a little excited.
For a moment, all the surrounding players were silent. After a few seconds, someone mocked him:
"Haha, you think you can't be cured just by not doing the quest copy. ? I just want to say don’t be too naive.”
"We haven't even figured out what's going on in this dungeon yet, so you're just going to stay here. If other places are full of monsters, can you survive?"
"I heard that the players who are stranded in the dungeon are all Nothing good will happen.”
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But the words of these people. It didn't affect the slovenly long-haired and bearded man just now. He only saw a disdainful smile on his face, then turned around, opened his arms and jumped towards the distance like a child, shouting as he ran. :
“Oh! I’m free! I’m free! Hahaha!”
His laughter was so wanton and wild, and he looked like he didn't take the other teammates seriously at all, and just ran along the coastline into the distance.
“MD, this man must be sick!”
“Look at his ghostly appearance, he might have escaped from some lunatic asylum.”
Left When the players below saw this, they looked at me and I looked at you, and then some couldn't help but cursed. "I think it's better for everyone to leave that person alone. Maybe it's a good thing that he's gone. Our mission will definitely go more smoothly without him."
The middle-aged player who had performed well before went on to say that he seemed to want to restart the issue of teamwork.
“But if we let him go like this, wouldn’t it be an advantage for him? We are all trying to find ways to clear the dungeon, and we have gone through various difficulties and hardships. It would be better for him to just lie down and let us take him through the level? Isn’t this right? Fair! I can't accept it!"
Another female player said very angrily, and then the female player rushed towards the long-haired and bearded man who just left, as if she wanted to intercept him. .
"Tch...it's useless for you to chase him. Can you still catch him? This dungeon doesn't have the mechanism to cancel the punishment level!"
Someone immediately chased him out. the female player shouted.
"Hey, in the final analysis, this is a huge flaw in this game. Players like us who are serious about completing the dungeon will suffer the most. Maybe the rewards after working hard to complete the dungeon are not enough."
Also One player then sighed helplessly. It was obviously not the first time he had seen a situation like this.
"Yes, this extraordinary game is complete garbage! There is no place to complain!"
This discussion made everyone more depressed and irritable for a while, and the topic couldn't help but happen. Offset, and then some people began to lose the patience to continue the discussion and began to scatter in twos and threes.
"Bah! A bunch of trash! We can only rely on ourselves for this copy! Let's go!"
Upon seeing this, the tall player who had once provoked the middle-aged man quickly left with a few followers beside him, seemingly losing interest in leading this ragtag group of people.
Wang Zhifan and the other three also walked away from the beach and headed towards the buildings in the distance.
On the way, Chen Can, who was downloading the dungeon for the first time, looked at his brother next to him who still looked relaxed, and then at Wang Zhifan, who had no expression and didn’t know what he was thinking, and then asked:
"Brother Fan, these players are all level 20, why do I feel like most of them have no professional qualities?" How well-educated are they? It stands to reason that these players who have reached such a high level should all be elites.” level, maybe he just got lucky and stayed flat all the way.”
Wang Zhifan replied while leading the two of them on their way leisurely.
"Also, level 20 or above cannot actually be considered a high level in the true sense. Generally, only those who have reached level 50 are qualified to say so."
He then added to Chen Can .
"Well, it seems like what was said on the forum, the most important thing about this extraordinary game is actually luck."
Chen Can sighed after hearing this.
"Brother Fan! It's really a town over there! The style is very classical! There are many people inside! There's a port next to it!"
On the side, Chen Ming, whose myopia was completely cured after taking Tianyuan Dan, continued. They raised their fingers and pointed somewhere in front of them. They were now very close to the first NPC gathering place and could clearly see the situation inside.
"Well, you all are ready to fight, but don't show your hostility."
Wang Zhifan had naturally noticed all this, and he reminded the two people around him to be on guard, and then He covered his sight and his huge perception towards the NPC town ahead.
It seems to be a seaport town with a western ancient style. The streets are paved with gravel and cobblestones. Most of the houses are made of stones. Only a few taller buildings are made of flat marble. , the streets surrounding these buildings There are many human NPCs with different skin colors walking around on the road. There are not only yellow skin, white skin, black skin, but also strange skin colors such as red, green, blue, etc. There are even some NPCs with obvious inhuman characteristics. Like having sharp horns or having scales on the face.
"A Western classical fantasy background."
Wang Zhifan quickly mentally confirmed the world view setting of this copy. This confirmation is not because he is idle and bored, but it can help him to a certain extent. Anticipate the types of enemies that may be present here.
Not long after, the three of them really stepped into the scope of this seaport town. They walked on the gravel road towards the location where NPCs gathered most, passing many people with different skin colors and appearances along the way. NPCs were around, but these NPCs just looked at them curiously and looked away, without showing too much interest in them.
“The races in this place are very diverse, so we players don’t seem too strange to them.”
Wang Zhifan explained this phenomenon in his mind, and then left Arriving near an NPC stall that seemed to be selling fish, I listened carefully to the conversation between the stall owner and the customers.
"Oh my god! The fish you sell is too expensive! I would rather go out to sea to catch fish myself!"
"No! Look clearly! What I sell is ring fish! This is a very useful fish. Materials are not for eating!"
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"I can understand their language, but it feels a little strange, whether it is the accent or the sentence fragments."
Confirm. After language communication seemed to be no problem, Wang Zhifan then issued the task to the two followers.
"A Ming, A Can, let's inquire about the news separately now. You and I are each responsible for asking one side of the street, mainly asking for information about Forbidden Fruit Island. You must have a calm attitude and be careful to guard against attacks and thefts, and don't leave me too far away. , stay within one hundred meters of me ”
"Okay! Brother Fan!"
The two brothers knew that this approach was not only to improve the efficiency of gathering information but also to train them, so they immediately nodded in agreement. After all, they could not have him forever. It is necessary for senior players to bring it with them to train their ability to clear the dungeon.
So, the rest of the time was very procedural. Wang Zhifan, Chen Ming, and Chen Can worked on two sides and began to look for any street NPCs with whom they could communicate, including passers-by, stall owners, The customer even looks like an NPC with an unusual identity.
But more than half of these NPCs didn't really pay attention to them. As soon as they asked their questions, the other party turned away with weird eyes. Only a few of them had simple friendly exchanges with them, but almost all of them expressed their opinions. I have never heard of Forbidden Fruit Island.
In this way, almost an hour later, when the three people gathered on the street again, the intelligence they gathered was not very optimistic.
“Brother Fan, we asked more than a hundred NPCs, all kinds of questions, but no NPC has heard of the term Forbidden Fruit Island, let alone knows where it is. "
Chen Ming reported to Wang Zhifan first.
“It’s pretty much the same here.”
Wang Zhifan nodded after hearing this.
"But just now an NPC with a sly eyebrow told me that he knew where the Forbidden Fruit Island was and could take me there, but he asked me to pay him a sum of money first, but I refused."
Wang Zhifan then continued. smiled.
"Brother Fan, although this person sounds very suspicious, he might actually be able to provide some clues. We can find a way to get some money for him."
Chen Can then asked Wang Zhifan suggested.
"It is possible, but don't worry, he has not left, he is still waiting for me."
When Wang Zhifan said this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
(End of this chapter)