Chapter 61: Lin's Dance (First Update)

  With a resolute mind, he directly chose the third option!

  "Ding! You have entered the 100x Proficiency Trial Space. Within one hour, collect 3,000 herbs and excavate 3,000 minerals. Your gathering proficiency and mining proficiency will increase by 1 million points. Remaining task time: 59 minutes 52 seconds!"

  "Wow!"

  I entered a plain, and at a glance, the plain was full of four-leaf clover and grass fruit, and there were some protruding stone blocks, which were the lowest-grade copper ore!

  Immediately started mining, and summoned out Xiao Zi, asking: "Xiao Zi, can you collect and mine?"

  Xiao Zi immediately transformed into a human form and said: "I can, but all skills are at the beginner level!"

  I nodded: "Then help me dig for ore, 3000 pieces of ore in an hour!"

  Xiao Zi was shocked: "Oh my god, it's so much?! Alright, I'll give it a try!"

  It's a good thing I have Xiao Zi, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to finish it by myself!

  "Ding! You've collected a four-leaf clover, gathering proficiency +1!"

  "Ding! You've collected a four-leaf clover, gathering proficiency +1!"

  "Ding! You've collected a grass fruit, gathering proficiency +1!"

  "Ding! You've collected a grass fruit, gathering proficiency +1!"

  The system keeps popping up reminders, and seeing the proficiency of the collection technique suddenly feels helpless. 10 million points are needed to upgrade, but I only have over 1,000 points now. When can I upgrade to intermediate level? Even if I don't do anything else and just practice the collection technique all day, it's estimated that I'll get at most 10,000 points in a day. That means it will take 100 days to upgrade. This game is really too ruthless, the upgrade requirements are set so high that it doesn't even want players to upgrade!

  If it were just me, the time would not be enough. It takes 1 second to collect a plant and I can't do anything else during that time. In an hour, there are 3600 seconds, which is only enough for me to dig out 3600 pieces. The task requires 3000 pieces of herbs and minerals each, it's impossible for one person to complete! Fortunately, I have Xiao Zi, with two people working together, there is still plenty of time. This plain is really full of herbs and minerals everywhere, as long as Xiao Zi and I seize the time, completing the task is no problem at all!

  What a pity that the proficiency of the things collected by Xiaozi is not added to my head, otherwise it would be great!

  It took a whole 50 minutes, and by this time the copper ore in the package had reached 3000 pieces. Xiaozi's efficiency was indeed higher than mine. No way, NPPC, forever unknown to fatigue, but I couldn't possibly concentrate for 50 minutes straight, or I would collapse. Immediately let Xiaozi switch to picking herbs! Just like that, another five minutes passed, and the herbs and minerals in the backpack finally reached 3000 pieces. Suddenly, a system prompt sounded:

  "Ding! You have completed the 100x Proficiency Trial, Collecting Skill proficiency +1,000,000, Mining Skill proficiency +1,000,000! At the same time, you obtain the title "100x Master" and permanently increase your Luck value by 10 points!"

  "Ding! Your gathering skill has been upgraded to intermediate!"

  "Ding! Your Mining skill has been upgraded to Intermediate!"

  NND, I finally completed it. The title of Hundredfold Expert doesn't look that great, but it's much better than the Apprentice Swordsman. However, this title actually has another effect. When I opened it to take a look, I got this piece of information: Anyone who possesses this title will have their drop rate increased by 2% when killing monsters!

  The one behind is actually better, 2% may not be much, but it's still better than nothing! And with a lucky value of 10 points, the drop rate for killing monsters should also increase, right?

  After the gathering skill is upgraded to intermediate level, the materials needed for intermediate potions can also be collected by myself. If I make them, they will definitely be in short supply. Now, except for me, no one else should be making intermediate potions, right?

  As for mining, since this has been upgraded to intermediate level, it seems necessary to upgrade blacksmithing as well. It's not difficult to upgrade, just collect some blacksmithing guidebooks and materials, and if the equipment attributes are decent after production, they can be mass-produced, who knows, maybe even make a profit! After upgrading blacksmithing, more money can be made!

  But after completing the task, it just wouldn't send me out, could the GM have forgotten about me?

  But just at this moment, a soft white light suddenly appeared in front of him, and a sweet voice like heavenly music sounded: "Congratulations, Heartless Swordsman, on completing your mission!"

  I was taken aback for a moment, who is this, could it be that there really is a GM?

  The white light gradually dissipated, and a female player in full plate armor appeared before me. She looked to be about the same size as Xiao Yu, with an exquisite face, but somehow seemed familiar! However, I couldn't see any of her information!

  I hastily asked: "Who are you? Are you really a GM?"

  That person smiled faintly and replied: "I am a staff member of Creation in the Chinese district, but I'm not a GM. This game itself doesn't have a GM!"

  "Creation's staff, you came looking for me on purpose?"

  "That girl said: 'Right, because you completed this task, I'm very curious. The rewards for the first two tasks of this Hundredfold Trial were so tempting, yet you didn't choose them. Can you tell me why?'"

  I shrugged: "Because I guess the first two are basically impossible tasks, Creation won't let players do that!"

  "Brilliant! If you chose the first two, you would definitely fail. The first task, even if you killed all the monsters inside, wouldn't give you that much experience. As for the second one, the gold coins dropped by the monsters inside only add up to a hundred or two, and as for the third one, normal players wouldn't be able to complete it either. But your pet is really unexpected!"

  I looked at Little Purple beside me: "I'm also very surprised!"

  "Actually, I've been paying attention to you. You're currently the second-ranked player on the Heavenly Rankings. I've observed your leveling and BOSS-killing methods, and I feel that you have a natural talent for playing games. So, I really want to get to know you! My name is Lin Zhi Wu!"

  "Ah, hello!" Since this girl is a staff member of Creation, I should try to get on her good side. Once our relationship is better, I'll ask her for the set of divine equipment!

  "The staff of Creation are not allowed to play games, their accounts have been blacklisted, and this character is actually a war correspondent, each server has two or three, specifically used for recording large-scale battle videos!"

  I nodded in agreement. This was only right, after all these staff members had a lot of information at their disposal and if they were to play games with us players, we would definitely be no match for them!

  "Didn't you have anything you wanted to ask?" Lin's Dance laughed and asked.

  "I thought for a moment and asked: 'Is there a bug in this game?'"

  "Bugs, every game has them. Some are intentionally left by designers for players to find, some are naturally generated by the system, and some are design mistakes. As long as bugs don't excessively enhance player abilities or affect the gameplay process, we usually ignore them!"

  "Does this task count for today?" I asked hastily.

  "This? We originally thought that this task was impossible for anyone to complete. Although you've completed it, the little gain you got is not enough to warrant our attention!"

  I get it now, she means they don't care about small bugs, only big ones will be fixed!

  "But you have life skills that are far superior to those of ordinary players. If utilized properly, it's also possible to make a lot of money!"

  I understand this, I did make a fortune from selling medicine earlier!

  "What level is the second turn?"

  "Level 60!"

  "What's the use of luck values?"

  "Players with high luck values will have a higher drop rate for killing monsters, a lower drop rate for death equipment, and a higher probability of getting good equipment from quests!"

  This lucky value is really something!

  "What's the level cap for that game?"

  "Let's cap it at level 200 for now, just temporarily!"

  I nodded, I understood, by the time players reach level 200, the new level cap will probably be opened!

  Lin's dance laughed and said: "These are probably not any important news, but you can't leak the news that you've seen me, otherwise our old friends will scold me!"

  "This I understand!" Just kidding, if others knew that I bumped into game staff in the game, wouldn't they make a big fuss on the forum?

  "Ah, I'm out of time, gotta go!"

  I hastily asked: "Then how can I find you next time when I have a question for you?"

  "Hehe, figure it out yourself!" Lin Zhiwu then smiled mysteriously: "But we'll meet again soon!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished before my eyes, and at the same time I was also transmitted out of the trial space!

  Not only did I level up two skills by completing a task, but I also got to know a game staff member. This time, it was a big win!

  She said they would meet again soon, but didn't know where or in what situation. Anyway, she's a staff member, so she should have some special abilities. Who knows, maybe she can even help me out in the game sometime!

  After all, I met a noble person today!

  Forget it, I won't think about those things for now. Xiaoyu and the others couldn't wait any longer, so they went back to Tianfeng City to continue making trouble. Then, in the Mercenary Guild channel, she shouted loudly: "Beautiful women, my mission is complete!"

  "Is it a reward for your skills?"

  Yiru Xue said: "I originally thought it was experience, but it seems like we didn't level up, so I'm guessing it's equipment. Dashen Lang, quickly show us what kind of equipment it is!"

  Qiao's face was filled with suspicion: "Why are you called a big pervert? I think brother is not perverted at all!"

  "Hum, a four-year-old knows how to touch a beauty's butt, who's perverted if not him?"

  "What? Four years old..."

  Several black lines crawled onto my brain, and it was clearly a discussion about my task, how did it get to that point? I hurriedly stopped her: "Depend on it, Yiru Xue, if you talk nonsense again, I'll expose the fact that you forcibly kissed a four-year-old boy!"

  Yiru Xue's face turned red with anger: "You've already made it public!"

  At this time, Yun Qing couldn't help but say: "Hey, stop arguing, Wu Xin and Xue Er. Wu Xin, what reward did you actually get?"

  (Next update at 7pm tonight)