Chapter 62: Amy's Strength Test

  With the stimulation of guild points, the members of Dàmò Gū Yān (Deserted Smoke) began to take guild tasks seriously, and one by one they were mobilized to level up! Zhang Yang had already made an announcement: whoever reaches level 20 first will be taken to the lair of the dragon Mazhavi, a 20-man instance with equipment rewards. Instantly, a leveling craze was formed within the guild.

  Who wouldn't want to pioneer the death mode with Zhang Yang and top the first-clear list? Seeing one's name floating in the server announcement is thrilling! Even if you don't have a chance to join the pioneering team, points can be exchanged for good equipment, which is practical! Most people play games just to get a set of good equipment, right?

  Of course, the level is not something that can be practiced in one day. To gather 20 players above level 20, it would take at least three or four days! Before then, Zhang Yang could only wait.

  After the forty-four thieves failed to ambush and were beaten, Zhang Yang was no longer attacked by those "inferior goods", and Han Paozi and others also reduced their solo actions under Zhang Yang's care, not giving people the opportunity to ambush and plot.

  The next day, Zhang Yang's five-man team cleared two Mazawi nests and then came to a village under Zhang Yang's leadership - Lu Jiao Village.

  "Anaemic warrior, what did you bring us here for?" Water Smoke couldn't help but ask.

  With a loud laugh, he said: "I thought you could tolerate more!"

  After losing to Zhang Yang yesterday, Shui Yan'er got angry with Zhang Yang and said she wanted to break off all relations. Today after going online, Xiao Ya Tou indeed didn't speak to Zhang Yang, and during the dungeon run, she remained silent all the way, but Xiao Ya Tou had a big forgetfulness, and soon she threw away her vow to one side.

  Shui Yan'er was furious and said: "You sneaky guy, let's have another match today!"

  "Alright, but today we're going to make it interesting, whoever loses has to pay 1000 gold!"

  The little girl suddenly showed a painful expression, give her money and she would naturally smile without hesitation, but taking her money was harder than climbing to the sky! She hummed and pouted, looking bitter on her small face, saying: "No money!"

  "Didn't you just get 8,000 gold this morning?" Zhang Yang bluntly exposed her lie.

  The tyrant, Ling Tian, made a bet with Zhang Yang for the first clearance of the deputy book yesterday. One copy is 10,000 gold coins, and two copies are 20,000 gold coins. They all arrived by mail this morning. The five people shared 40,000 gold coins, which means each person got 8,000!

  "I, I gave it to my sister!" Shui Yan'er quickly came up with a plan and pushed Qiao Xue'er out.

  "Haha!" Zhang Yang laughed loudly and looked up at the sky, but didn't plan to dwell on this topic anymore. "There's a task to be done here!"

  "What's the task?" Han Piaozi had left the Blazing Heaven City, but he still couldn't forget those "foot-washing girls", and at this moment, he was thinking of discussing life and ideals with them together!

  "Main quest!" Zhang Yang intentionally paused for a moment with an air of mystery before uttering the four words.

  "Main Quest!" Qiao Xue and the others exclaimed in unison, "What's the reward?"

  Everyone knows that the mainline task will give very good rewards, but so far no player has completed the mainline task. The game officials are also mysterious and secretive, shrouding the mainline task in a layer of mystery.

  "A whole bunch of good stuff!" Lin Luo said, which was equivalent to not saying anything at all, and immediately received the angry gaze of Qiao Xue'er and others. He hastily raised his hands in surrender, but even he himself didn't know what reward this main quest would ultimately give, only knowing that it was the starting point for the Undead Invasion questline.

  But if I don't say something more, it's likely to cause public outrage!

  "Must be skill points, golden equipment... maybe even a super combo finishing move!"

  "Let's go!"

  Everyone was in high spirits and entered Lu Jiao Village together.

  "How can there be no one?" They walked into the village for a while, but everywhere was desolate, the cold wind blew up, and it had a somewhat eerie feeling. Xiaoxue shivered with fear, involuntarily leaning towards Shuiyan'er.

  "Hmm, our mission is to investigate the source of all this!" Zhang Yang racked his brain to recall the post he saw "back then". Time had passed and he only remembered that there was a main quest that started from this village, but how it was triggered, he had long forgotten. After all, he wouldn't have known back then that he would be reborn five years ago!

  Five people turned a circle in the village, turning over every room, even searched the well and cellar, but still didn't find anyone.

  "Holmes, there's not a ghost in sight here, where are we going to get the mission?" Qiao Xue'er gave Zhang Yang a white eye, but it hit Bai Fa and Han Baozi at the same time, causing them both to go weak all over.

  Zhang Yang was frowning and didn't respond to Qiao Xue'er. After a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Say it again?"

  "Say it again? Are you calling me a blockhead?" Qiaoxue'er smiled with pursed lips.

  "Right!" Zhang Yang finally thought of the key point and said, "Take off your clothes!"

  Xue'er was taken aback and said, "Colored eggshell, our relationship isn't that good yet, is it? Besides, even if sister fancied you, there are so many people..."

  "Han Yinxue, shut up!" Shui Yaner was already furious.

  "Ahahahaha! Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! I said take off your clothes, it's to prepare for everyone to commit suicide! Take off the equipment, no need to pay for repairs!"

  "Why commit suicide?"

  "Because the NPC who gave me the task is a ghost!"

  "Pffft——" The water smoke immediately laughed out, but seeing Zhang Yang's serious expression didn't seem to be joking, couldn't help but say, "Really?"

  "Hmm!" Zhang Yang was the first to take off his equipment. Fortunately, in "God's Miracle", all males had a pair of shorts to cover themselves, while females had bras and panties, which were not considered as equipment and were non-consumable items.

  Bai Fa Yizhong and Han Baozi were like two peas in a pod, and immediately followed suit, stripping down to just one large underpants.

  Seeing three men's eyes scanning over, Shui Yan'er couldn't help but cover her chest and said: "You... what do you want to do!"

  "Little girl, don't worry, with your figure, there won't be any man interested in you within ten years!" Zhang Yang sighed.

  "What!" Water Smoke suddenly jumped up, "Where is Miss's figure bad? Hmm, how are your eyes grown, look at this waist, this proportion!"

  Xue'er pulled on her water pipe and said: "We'd rather die than be separated. Let's go, where can we go to kill ourselves?"

  "Outside the village, just find a monster and let it bite you to death!" Zhang Yang rushed out of the village first, followed closely by others.

  "Little girl, your equipment is broken, but you'll have to pay for the repair fees!" Zhang Yang started teasing Shui Yan'er.

  As expected, Shui Yan'er and Guai Xue'er both twitched their faces at the same time, but immediately stood firm, as the saying goes: "Money is trivial, reputation is important!"

  Out of the village, both sides of the main road are full of wild beasts above level 20. The five of them rushed in and instantly entered the monster's hatred and were attacked. Without resisting or adding blood, they quickly turned into five souls and appeared in the village cemetery.

  "Huh, there's a little girl up ahead!" In their spiritual state, the five of them immediately discovered that at the entrance to the graveyard, there was a young girl around ten years old wandering back and forth with a yellow exclamation mark hovering above her head.

  Amy's Soul (Normal)

  Level: 1

  Health: 0/50

  Zhang Yang hurriedly ran up and stopped beside Amy, saying: "Little girl, why are you alone here?"

  "Big brother, I'm scared!" The little girl said in a trembling voice.

  "Little girl, don't be afraid, tell big brother, where are your parents and those neighbors?" Zhang Yang asked, triggering the plot.

  "They're all dead! Waaahhh...!" Amy sobbed sorrowfully, but in her spiritual state, not a single tear fell from her eyes.

  Xue'er suddenly had a strong maternal instinct and hugged Amy, saying: "Little girl, don't cry!"

  "Who killed your parents and the people in the village?" Zhang Yang then leads out the plot.

  Amy buried her head in Qiaoxue's arms and shook it, saying: "Amy can't tell you, it's too dangerous, you'll die!"

  "Don't worry, we are soldiers of White Jade City!" Zhang Yang shouted loudly.

  "Really?"

  "Really!"

  Amy raised her head, still looking uncertain, and after a while, she said: "Then you have to prove your strength first, I can't let you go die in vain!"

  "Ding! Amy has assigned you a task: Strength Test (1), accept?"

  Five people nodded in agreement, and the yellow exclamation mark above Amy's head immediately turned into a white question mark, indicating that it was an NPC for task exchange, but the task had not been completed. If the task is completed, the white question mark will turn yellow.

  After receiving the task, Zhang Yang and his team naturally resurrected from their deaths and then looked at the task description.

  【Power Test (1)】（Task Difficulty: C-level）

  Task Description: Amy asks you to bring back ten skull fingers to prove your strength! You can obtain skull fingers from pale skeletons, which should be found in the Withered Bone Plain north of the village.

  Completion: Collecting Skull Fingers 0/10

  "Departure, Wasteland of Bones!" Zhang Yang changed into his equipment and ate his fill to recover his status.

  Five people left the village and headed north. After walking for about ten minutes, the scenery in front of them suddenly changed. The green grassland turned into barren wasteland, the air also became gray and hazy, with extremely poor visibility, as if shrouded in a layer of fog.

  In the fog, a skull monster can be vaguely seen slowly floating around everywhere.

  "Ding! You have entered the Withered Bone Plain!"

  "What an ugly place!" Water Smoke frowned incessantly.

  "Let's get to work!" Zhang Yang thought for a moment, saying, "They're all ordinary monsters, not hard to kill at all! And it's a treasure hunt mission, everyone will be more efficient if we split up and fight separately!"

  Pale Skull (Normal)

  Level: 25

  Health: 1250

  The five of them dispersed to hunt monsters, although the monster's level was higher than theirs. With Zhang Yang and his current equipment, it wasn't difficult at all to hunt monsters that were three or four levels higher. The real challenge lay in the drop rate of the quest items - on average, they had to kill five monsters to get one finger bone.

  About 20 minutes later, the five people all collected the task items and returned to the village to gather. However, in order to hand over the task, they had to kill themselves again before they could see Amy.

  The task was handed over, but Amy still refused to believe in their strength and released a new task.

  Zhang Yang and his team saw that the first task came with (1), so they knew it wouldn't be finished in one go. They honestly accepted it, then went to revive and do the task again.

  【Strength Test (2) 】 (Task Difficulty: C-level)

  Mission Description: Amy asks you to continue proving your strength, kill 20 weak zombies! You can find these monsters in the Withered Bone Plain north of the village.

  Completion: Kill 0/20 weak zombies

  "What a hassle! Every time I take on a task, I have to die first. The task location and the NPC are so far apart, who's the idiot that designed this!" Water Smoke cursed nonstop.

  "If it weren't for this, someone might have already completed this main quest!"