"You have passed the Orc line and successfully reached the main battlefield, receiving the reward: All Attributes +3, Shard of God's Stone x1."
Seeing the light screen appear, reminding him that the mission was complete, Bai Ye couldn't help but grin.
As he had guessed, reaching the plains meant the mission was complete. However, how to get through the sentries of the Orcs along the way was a problem.
Secondly, Rimuru had not arrived yet, and currently, only Orcs were on the plains.
The scene was quite shocking and also a bit silly. If the whole army was assembled, why not attack directly into the Jura Great Forest?
This was clearly waiting for Rimuru to arrive, and Rimuru's arrival time was the time limit.
As for the mission itself, Bai Ye didn't care much about it at the moment.
Was it just three attribute points? It wasn't even enough to charge the Five Spirit Disc once, which now increased by 5 points per charge.
As for a Shard of God's Stone...
This was always a thrilling reward, but after killing Jin Xiangchuan and obtaining six Shards of God's Stone, Bai Ye suddenly felt that one shard wasn't so appealing anymore.
However...
When Bai Ye looked at the light screen...
He was shocked!
His Intelligence attribute reached 15 points!
Hiss!
Bai Ye couldn't help but gasp. He hadn't looked closely when he saw the mission. All Attributes +3 actually included Intelligence!
Many people might not know what an increase in Intelligence represents, and Bai Ye didn't feel any change from the 3-point increase in Intelligence himself.
But in reality, this was an extremely rare thing. Among all attributes, Intelligence was the hardest to increase, with very few methods available.
The reason was easy to understand. Intelligence could be understood as IQ, with a large proportion of innate factors. While it could be developed postnatally, it was limited, and if it wasn't incredibly exceptional, the difference was hard to perceive.
A normal person's Intelligence standard was 10, and Bai Ye's initial Intelligence was 12, which was only slightly above average. With normal fluctuations, reaching 15 should be considered intelligent.
But what constituted an intelligent person?
Most people had no concept of this. The so-called geniuses and ordinary people were often judged by their achievements, without much direct comparison.
However, with his past life experience, Bai Ye knew that an increase in Intelligence had many, and terrifying, implications.
For example, memory and logical thinking ability would improve with the increase in Intelligence, and continuous improvement was also the development of the brain. Combined with spiritual power, it could even produce unbelievable mutations.
In his previous life, such individuals were called superhumans, who were very difficult to deal with and extremely powerful.
However, those who could become superhumans were usually people with exceptionally high initial Intelligence, the so-called high-IQ geniuses. They were already highly intelligent, and then by continuously increasing their Intelligence attribute in the world battlefield, they developed their brain and finally evolved into superhumans.
Therefore, it required both high innate intelligence and a chance to increase Intelligence, as the Intelligence attribute was too difficult to improve, and brain development was a long-term process.
This made the conditions for becoming a superhuman quite harsh, resulting in a scarcity of superhumans. Occasionally, accidents would occur, and they would perish before their brain development was complete. Thus, in Bai Ye's memory, there were no superhumans among the top powerhouses who survived to the end in his previous life.
Thinking about it this way, Bai Ye felt it wasn't a big deal.
Was it just three points of Intelligence?
He was surprised earlier because the increase in Intelligence was very rare, but now, thinking about it carefully, it was just a small improvement. The Intelligence attribute was actually the least useful, and Bai Ye didn't think he could become a superhuman. Even if he used all the methods he remembered to increase Intelligence, it would still be very difficult, requiring innate advantages.
Bai Ye closed the light screen, no longer pondering the matter, and continued to observe the Orc army.
However, it was regrettable.
Bai Ye saw neither the Orc Emperor nor the Demonoid Krumit.
Since that was the case, he could only wait.
Bai Ye was likely the first Chosen One to arrive, and others were still on their way. However, the level of the Jura Great Forest was not low. Those who could enter this area and receive hidden missions were relatively outstanding in strength.
Because those who were not outstanding and entered the Jura Great Forest might be killed before encountering anyone from the Monster Country.
Therefore, Bai Ye did not wait long. About half an hour later, other Chosen Ones arrived.
This marked a beginning. After the first batch arrived, the Chosen Ones began to appear one after another.
"Bai Ye, you're here?" Jemas greeted Bai Ye with a smile after arriving. "You're too fast!"
Bai Ye shrugged. "You guys are too slow."
Jemas said, "I've already come very fast. There are still many people behind me."
There were about a hundred Chosen Ones who accepted the hidden mission in the Monster Country. Currently, only twenty to thirty had arrived. Excluding those who died on the way, Jemas's arrival was indeed not late.
"But..." Jemas said, "many people probably won't make it."
Bai Ye asked curiously, "Why?"
Jemas explained, "Rimuru's subordinates are very fast. He is traveling alone with the Oni, and his subordinates, the Direwolves, Goblins, and Lizardmen, are advancing on three routes. Their speed is terrifying. I took the swamp route, and by the time I left the territory of the Gugu Birds, the Lizardmen had already reached the swamp."
Bai Ye nodded. "The battle will begin in at most an hour."
Jemas rubbed his hands excitedly. "I can't wait. The rewards for the first two missions were good, but the final mission is the main event."
Jemas's Mission Three was different from Bai Ye's, but it also followed the rule of hidden missions yielding treasures, allowing him to obtain Shards of God's Stone and magical weapons.
Of course, the most important point was that the mission content did not require mutual killing, but rather cooperation with others and participation in the battle against the Orcs. Overall, the Orc General was strong and not easy to kill, and the Orc Elites were far stronger than ordinary Orcs, but they were just difficult, not impossible to complete, and the rewards were also excellent.
However, Bai Ye wasn't worried about this matter; he didn't have that mission.
What Bai Ye was worried about now was the whereabouts of the Orc Emperor and Demonoid Krumit.
Of course, Li Jiayi, that troublemaker, would also show up with a high probability.