Chapter 1 Carol City

At the Carol City teleportation point, a team of more than twenty players were gathered, chatting.

"I think that guy is a total scam artist. How could he possibly know a strategy for the Fallen Warlock camp?"

"I don't think he's a scammer. Otherwise, how could he have guessed where we wiped? He must have an extremely detailed understanding of this dungeon to know where we'd fail."

Opinions differed, making it hard to reach a consensus.

"Shitou, how was it? Did he say anything?" a warrior next to him asked. He was the team leader, named Half-Awake Fox.

Shitou repeated what Nie Yan had said.

The Holy Word Priest pondered for a long time, then looked at his teammates and asked, "Do you think it's credible?"

"Hard to say," a player next to him said. The Fallen Warlock’s checkpoints were too difficult. They hadn't even seen the Fallen Priest before they were wiped.

"Maybe that Nie Yan has run the Fallen Warlock camp with a group before."

"He's definitely a pro. He's the one who told me about the monster spawn point outside the Fallen Warlock camp. He said he used to play a Warrior, but he deleted it and started a Thief. I think his Warrior must have been at least level four, otherwise, how would he know so much?" Fei Lai Shitou defended Nie Yan, deeply believing him.

"Should we try his method?"

"Everyone, get ready. We'll set off in ten minutes," the Holy Word Priest decided.

"Fox, are we really going?" another mage asked.

"I think there's some credibility to what he said, otherwise, he wouldn't know so much about the Fallen Warlock dungeon. Let's give it a try. If he's a scammer, I'll make him pay the price," Half-Awake Fox said confidently. He could still tell the difference between truth and lies. If they hadn't been wiped in the Fallen Warlock camp earlier, he wouldn't have asked Shitou to seek Nie Yan's help.

Nie Yan was still farming water spiders, collecting fine silk. The process was quite tedious.

He was fighting a water spider, about to kill it when, squeak, the water spider let out a sharp cry.

Six distant water spiders were alerted and surrounded him.

Dealing with two water spiders at the same time was his limit. If he encountered more than that, he wouldn't have a chance to win at all.

Nie Yan lunged forward, landing a vital strike and killing the water spider with low health. He grabbed the copper coin that the water spider dropped. The six water spiders were already upon him.

Nie Yan quickly dove into the water and swam to the bottom.

The six spiders crawled on the surface, searching for Nie Yan.

Nie Yan swam away. After more than a minute, he began to feel suffocated. He looked up at the surface, only to see that there were more and more water spiders on the water. Coming up now would be certain death.

To avoid drowning in the water, Nie Yan could only activate the Underwater Breathing skill on the Water Avoidance Pearl, preparing to find a place with fewer water spiders and swim back to the surface.

A ray of light shone down from the lake's surface, illuminating the deep, dark lake bottom. Nie Yan faintly saw a flash of gold in the lake bottom. His heart skipped a beat. Could it be some kind of treasure?

In any case, the Water Avoidance Pearl still had a long time left for underwater breathing, so Nie Yan dove deeper into the lake.

The bottom was unfathomable. The deeper he swam, the greater the pressure on Nie Yan's abdomen.

The lake bottom was full of strange rocks, and between the rocks, it was dark and narrow, with a visibility of only about two yards.

Nie Yan could see that the rocks at the bottom of the lake were covered with black iron crystals and other ores, but unfortunately, he didn't have the mining skill, so he could only give up.

Streams of cold water flowed out from between the strange rocks, impacting Nie Yan and making him feel chilly.

A huge golden eel suddenly swam out from between the strange rocks and passed by Nie Yan.

Nie Yan was startled. When he looked closely, he realized it was a golden electric eel!

The golden flash he had seen earlier was from this golden electric eel!

Golden electric eels were a rare type of monster, ranging in level from 0 to 20. They were gentle and never attacked players first. When players attacked them, they would retaliate, releasing a strong current from their tails, which was a powerful killing move in the water.

If you killed a golden electric eel, you would usually get some pretty good equipment, at least bronze-grade.

Golden Electric Eel: Level 0, Health 80.

Fortunately, it was only a level 0 golden electric eel. If it was a little higher, Nie Yan wouldn't be able to hurt it at all.

Nie Yan followed the golden electric eel, observing its body and looking for its weaknesses. This golden electric eel was three meters long.

The golden electric eel didn't seem to care about Nie Yan's presence, and even swam around him a few times.

It was said that the golden electric eel's weakness was in its neck. Nie Yan looked over there and saw a patch of red scales on the golden electric eel's neck.

That was the golden electric eel's weak spot!

Nie Yan followed the golden electric eel into a narrow crevice between the rocks. He raised his dagger and stabbed at the golden electric eel's neck. An assassination attack penetrated the golden electric eel's neck, and a stream of bright red blood gushed out.

-11.

The golden electric eel didn't expect the player next to it to attack it, and it struggled violently, trying to shake off Nie Yan.

Nie Yan held tightly to the golden electric eel's body, but the golden electric eel's body was covered in slippery mucus, making it difficult to hold on.

The golden electric eel swung its tail, and a powerful electric current slammed into Nie Yan.

-32.

The electric current hit Nie Yan, and his body felt as if it was being gnawed by ants, a tingling sensation that drained his strength.

The golden electric eel's electric attack had a paralyzing effect!

In a daze, Nie Yan felt the golden electric eel trying to escape. The dagger in his hand stabbed into the golden electric eel's body, and the dagger became stuck near the golden electric eel's spine.

Nie Yan held on to the dagger tightly.

The golden electric eel carried Nie Yan forward, and another electric current slammed into Nie Yan, causing 23 points of damage.

The golden electric eel was a special monster, even stronger than a leader-level monster. If it was a little higher level, Nie Yan would have died long ago.

Nie Yan's consciousness was a little hazy, but he forced himself to stay focused.

The golden electric eel swam very fast, weaving between the cracks in the strange rocks. Streams of blood gushed out from its body, dyeing the surrounding waters red.

After a while, the golden electric eel unleashed another electric shock, hitting Nie Yan and dealing 16 points of damage.

The amount of electricity in the golden electric eel's body was limited. The more it was used, the weaker it became.

The golden electric eel carried Nie Yan for five or six minutes, constantly attacking him. Nie Yan's health continued to decrease, leaving him with only twenty-three points. He struggled to use a bottle of low-level instant health potion.

The electric current paralyzed his whole body, making it very difficult to move.

The golden electric eel was exhausted and stopped. Nie Yan seized the opportunity and landed a vital strike with the dagger in his hand, stabbing it into the golden electric eel's neck.

The golden electric eel struggled constantly, wrapping its body tightly around Nie Yan, completely coiling around him. A strong feeling of suffocation came from his abdomen.

-5, -5, -5, damage numbers floated above Nie Yan's head, his health only 15%.

Seeing his health getting lower and lower, Nie Yan accelerated his attacks, constantly stabbing the golden electric eel's neck with the dagger in his hand.

-8, -8, -8, the golden electric eel's health finally bottomed out. It slowly loosened its grip, and its white belly turned upwards.

Nie Yan finally broke free from the golden electric eel's control. He reached out with his right hand and picked up the equipment dropped by the golden electric eel, a pair of gauntlets.

Soft Leather Gauntlets: Bronze Grade, attribute unidentified.

Equipment dropped by a level 0 golden electric eel should be level 0. The attributes had to be identified back in the city. Since it was leather armor, Thieves could definitely use it.

Nie Yan threw the Soft Leather Gauntlets into his backpack. The paralysis effect on his body gradually disappeared. He didn't know where the golden electric eel had taken him. Nie Yan swam upwards.

Weaving between the dark, strange rocks, Nie Yan noticed a small grass swaying in the distance.

It was a half-inch-long grass with three spindle-shaped green leaves, soft as silk.

Judging from its appearance, it was a Water Scale Grass!

Nie Yan's eyelids twitched. Low-level instant mana recovery potions had six formulas, and Water Scale Grass was one of the main ingredients in one of the formulas. A bottle of low-level instant mana recovery was worth thirty copper coins, so the price of Water Scale Grass was around twenty copper coins.

Two bright red water snakes swam past the Water Scale Grass.

Flowery Scale Water Snake: Level 3, Health 100/100.

Nie Yan waited for a while, and when the Flowery Scale Water Snakes swam away, he swam towards the place where the Water Scale Grass was growing. Like a gecko clinging to the rocks, he picked the Water Scale Grass and put it in his backpack.

This should be a Water Scale Grass growing area. Nie Yan searched nearby and found two more Water Scale Grasses. The harvest was not bad.

Nie Yan floated to the surface, breaking out of the water. After staying in the dark environment at the bottom of the water for so long, it was really depressing. He finally took a breath of fresh air.

This area was still a spawning area for water spiders. Nie Yan continued to farm water spiders. As the game was about to close, Nie Yan dropped a Holy Light Strike skill book for Holy Knights. Holy Light Strike was a basic skill for Holy Knights, and its current price should be around 30 copper coins.

His luck was good. In the water spider spawning area, the drop rate of Holy Light Strike was definitely no more than one in ten thousand. Some people might farm water spiders for several days without getting a single Holy Light Strike.

System: The game will be closed in three minutes. Please prepare to log off.

Nie Yan found a relatively safe place to hide. After three minutes, his vision darkened, and he quit the game.

At nine o'clock in the morning, a new day began. People went to work. Since the three-hour work system was implemented, one hour in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, their time was very flexible. Students began their summer vacation entertainment.

Nie Yan had breakfast and started his morning exercise. His father was a soldier and was very demanding of him. His foundation was still good. In order to assassinate Cao Xu, he had insisted on exercising for two years, using training methods from online special forces, which were very perverted. Because he was relatively old at the time, he missed the best training time, and the effect was not very strong, but he could easily take down two or three adults.

The concept of these two or three adults referred to adults who had done some training. The development of productivity freed people from heavy labor. Modern people paid more and more attention to elite education. In addition to basic courses, freestyle combat, taekwondo, boxing, etc., were listed as elective projects and started learning from an early age, making everyone's physical fitness good. At least they would know a little bit of fighting skills. Various large fighting events continued to flourish. To be precise, today was a martial society.

There was no equipment at home, so he could only do some simple training. When he had the financial strength in the future, buying equipment and some biological agents would have a more obvious effect.

After an hour of exercise and twenty minutes of combat training, Nie Yan began to review his lessons. In this era, the role of knowledge was very important. The knowledge in the textbooks was all-encompassing, from simple physics and chemistry to the production of various polymer compounds, aircraft, small nuclear batteries, etc. If the knowledge in the textbooks was thoroughly understood, making space shuttles and mechs would not be a problem.

People in this era, under the stimulation of drugs, bioelectricity, etc., could reach an average IQ of over 160, and some could reach 260, but their lives were still far from being able to integrate all the knowledge accumulated by their predecessors.

In high school, scoring fifty or sixty points on a hundred-point paper was already very good. There was no such thing as passing or failing on the exam, but each exam score would be recorded in the personal comprehensive evaluation.

When Nie Yan was in the first and second year of high school, his grades were in the top three, but after transferring to a noble school in the city, his grades could only be at the bottom. In this world, money might be able to solve many things, but knowledge determined a person's status. Nie Yan's father might be able to pave a smooth road for Nie Yan with money, but whether he could continue to walk it depended on Nie Yan himself.