Bai Ye said, "No need for experts, just call anyone over. We'll get the reward by filling the quota, and we don't have to wait for him. Once he arrives, he can enter the virtual game by himself."
Gao Ming asked, "Is that appropriate?"
Bai Ye replied, "What's inappropriate about it? I don't expect you guys to do anything anyway. Sorry, I accidentally spoke my mind."
Gao Ming: "..."
Why had he never realized Bai Ye was so annoying before?
Bai Ye continued, "Anyway, I don't care. It's up to you whether you call someone or not. If there's a loss, it's your Evil Spirit team, not me!"
As Bai Ye spoke, he put on his helmet and went ahead.
Almost the instant he put on the helmet, Bai Ye felt his consciousness blur. Immediately after, his body tilted and he slumped onto the bed.
The surrounding space turned pitch black. Soon, colorful stripes appeared in the blackness, constantly flashing past Bai Ye.
Upon closer inspection, these colorful stripes were like puzzle pieces. Within the light were various scenes, and as more stripes appeared, the surrounding scenery was pieced together.
The surrounding space also took shape at this moment.
A vast town, in a medieval retro European style. Behind Bai Ye was a huge fountain, with pedestrians walking around.
Bai Ye glanced around, a smile on his lips. It was exactly as he remembered, and he felt a sense of nostalgia.
Bai Ye could sell this place to the Evil Spirit team and knew everything about it because he had been here in his previous life.
This virtual game restricted zone adopted a dungeon mode, with a total of seven layers. Bai Ye had already explained the general rules to Gao Ming.
Items produced from the third layer onwards were red. The fourth layer was still predominantly red, but there was a small chance of golden items appearing, though limited to golden-tier equipment.
The fifth and sixth layers would yield genuine golden-quality items. After defeating the bosses, players could take three items with them. The seventh layer, being the highest, offered super-quality items.
Of course, the rewards were very tempting, but the difficulty was also very high.
Bai Ye believed he could only linger between the third and fourth layers at present, and the fifth layer was definitely out of the question.
The strength of the fifth layer's boss could be directly compared to the Dragon form of Kaneki Ken in the Ghoul area. It was not something an ordinary person could easily defeat; it belonged to the high-end areas of the world's battlefield progression in the mid to late stages.
Speaking of which, the Ghoul area's large-scale restricted zone, which produced a large number of golden-quality items, was itself an accident.
At the same time, each background had its unique characteristics.
The first layer was a fantasy world, which could also be understood as a magic background. The items obtainable here were generally corresponding.
The second layer was a steampunk background, a retro mechanical era. Although the items appeared ancient, they could be compared to genuine technological products.
For instance, Bai Ye had once obtained an airship there. It was made of wood but was in no way inferior to the aircraft in the technology zone.
The third layer was a Japanese-style background, with a "good life" aesthetic, but more accurately, it was based on Japanese yokai culture – the Hundred Demons.
The fourth layer was a supernatural zone, incorporating both Eastern and Western elements: zombies, ghosts, vampires, Frankenstein's monsters, and so on.
The fifth layer was an Eastern Xianxia background. The entire layer was suspended in the air, composed of countless floating mountains.
The sixth layer had an electronic background. The overall structure was that of the modern world, but the entire world was in a pixelated electronic style, which was very distinctive.
The seventh layer...
Bai Ye had never been to the seventh layer.
In his previous life, this place was completely occupied by three major powers.
After all, the boss攻略 for each layer of the virtual game restricted zone was conducted in teams. In essence, the virtual game restricted zone was a multi-player restricted zone.
The bosses that needed to be攻略 on each layer were not meant for a single person but required different teams. The minimum team size was two people, and the maximum was twenty people on the fifth layer.
From this, it could be seen that, under normal circumstances, one person could not defeat those bosses.
Of course, as long as one was strong enough, there would be no problem.
At this moment, others also began to enter, appearing near the fountain in the plaza.
Bai Ye glanced at Gao Ming and asked, "The first and second layers don't concern me anymore, right?"
Gao Ming nodded and replied, "We've cleared the first and second layers. Currently, we're mainly collecting red-quality items on the third layer. The Hidden Dragon Society is also here, and conflicts have occurred several times. We've also been deliberately killing their people."
Bai Ye asked, "How many people have they sent in?"
Gao Ming answered, "More than twelve, but likely not exceeding twenty. They probably don't have much intelligence and don't know the team size limits for boss攻略s. In the first and second layers, they were in an exploratory phase, so we had an advantage."
Bai Ye retorted, "And then they figured things out, and you got beaten?"
Gao Ming: "..."
As expected, that guy's mouth was really annoying.
Bai Ye pressed on, "So, how many people from the Hidden Dragon Society have died?"
Gao Ming looked up at the sky and chuckled evasively.
Bai Ye was speechless. He understood. They had been beaten unilaterally, and not a single one of the enemy had been taken down.
Bai Ye then asked, "Then you've established your base camp, right?"
"We have," Gao Ming replied. "It's on the first layer."
Bai Ye questioned, "Why not on the second or third layer? Wouldn't it be more convenient to collect items there?"
Gao Ming pondered for a moment and said, "The Hidden Dragon Society has established bases on both the second and third layers."
Bai Ye was speechless. Although he had anticipated that the Evil Spirit team would definitely not be able to defeat the Hidden Dragon Society and would suffer greatly, Bai Ye truly hadn't expected them to be so miserable.
Being beaten unilaterally, and even not daring to freely enter and exit the upper layers – they had lost face to an extreme degree.
"Alright, alright," Bai Ye said helplessly. "Let's go check the items first, and then head to the third layer."
Gao Ming nodded. "Okay, let's go."
Gao Ming led the way.
He had actually entered this place before, but Gao Ming's main task was to scout the situation, assign tasks, and deploy troops.
Therefore, Gao Ming had only cleared the first layer, established a base camp, given instructions, and then left. He was now re-entering, but the boss of the first layer had already been攻略d, so he could move freely on the first layer and also go to the second layer.
Gao Ming said as they walked, "But the four of you need to攻略 the boss of the first layer. To go to the third layer, you still need to攻略 the second layer. Those who have completed the攻略 cannot help."
"I know the rules," Bai Ye said with a smile. "Are you worried I can't defeat the boss?"
Gao Ming nodded. He really wasn't too worried about that.
The first layer produced blue-quality items, and the boss's strength wasn't very high, so Bai Ye could easily handle it.
The second layer started producing black-quality items, and Gao Ming felt it was still a bit challenging.
But for Bai Ye...
Gao Ming felt he shouldn't measure it by his own standards.
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