Chapter 24: Team
Li Feng returned home and eagerly opened his attribute panel.
Player: Li Feng.
Class: Unclassed.
Life Level: Beginner Level.
Strength: 9.
Intelligence: 18.
Speed: 18.
Stamina: 9.
Breathing Technique: Mechanical Heart, Assassin’s Creed.
Skills: Rx Pursuer, Flash Arrow.
Looking at the attribute panel, Li Feng felt an indescribable joy. His Strength and Stamina had reached the minimum requirements for class transfer, while his Speed and Intelligence had reached an unprecedented 18 points, 3 points higher than the official limit of 15 points.
“Perhaps, I should prepare for the class transfer in advance.” Li Feng murmured, but he could only get information about class transfers at an academy.
Most ordinary players who didn’t get into an academy would spend their entire lives at the Beginner Level. Those who were luckier could join the army and, with enough merit, might be able to exchange it for information about class transfers.
If you wanted a good future, you had to go to a top academy. Li Feng murmured, “I wonder if that old man will keep his word?”
These days, he had also been searching for detailed information about Jianye Academy. It was said that Jianye Academy occupied a place called Sky City, which was the best place to transition from Beginner Level to Professional Level.
Even exchange students from the three top academies of Great Xia Nation often went to Sky City, which made Li Feng excited. However, Jianye Academy’s annual tuition fee of nearly 500,000 was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head.
“Forget it, there’s still some time before the Gaokao. The most important thing now is to level up, extract skills, and then achieve excellent results in the Gaokao.”
Li Feng shook his head. There was no use in thinking too much. It was better to level up first and see if there were any new skills. Maybe there would be a pleasant surprise.
Soon, he returned to the game. This time, Li Feng chose to grind in the Thunderbolt Gobzan Dungeon because although the evolved goblins there had stronger attacks, they were also clumsier and liked to gather in groups. One robot explosion could take out a large group, and the experience points would skyrocket, which was very satisfying.
“Stealth!”
Li Feng activated the Assassin’s Creed breathing technique, and his entire body entered Stealth Mode. In this state, he became more agile.
He summoned several Rx Pursuers, which surrounded him. After walking for a while, he found thirty to forty ordinary goblins in a certain canyon.
Li Feng felt a little emotional when he saw these goblins, which he had spent a year practicing to kill. Then, with a wave of his hand, three Rx Pursuers rushed into the goblins and self-destructed.
In less than a minute, this group of goblins was directly slaughtered by Li Feng. He glanced at his experience bar and saw that it had increased by a visible amount, which made him very happy.
He continued to level up like this until midnight. The experience bar from level 14 to 15 had already passed the one-third mark.
“I’m a little hungry. I should eat something first.” Li Feng was planning to play all night, but his stomach suddenly started growling. He got up and opened the refrigerator, only to find that there was only one cup of instant noodles left.
This made him feel a little down. He went to his room to look for some savings and found three yuan and fifty cents by his bedside table.
“That’s only enough for one more box of instant noodles. I need to find a way to make money tomorrow.” This harsh reality shattered Li Feng’s fantasy of staying at home and leveling up in peace.
He was only eighteen years old and in his prime. One bowl of instant noodles barely filled his stomach. After eating, Li Feng went straight to sleep because he wouldn’t feel hungry when he was asleep.
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He got up early the next morning and used his last three yuan and fifty cents to buy a few steamed buns for breakfast.
“Which dungeon should I take people through?”
After eating the steamed buns, Li Feng began to think. After a while, he made a decision, “Go to the Dark Cat Forest!”
First, the Dark Cat Forest was relatively close to Chengde County. With Li Feng’s current penniless state, it would be difficult for him to even take a taxi. Second, the Gaokao content was also the Dark Cat Forest, and there were many students hanging around the Dark Cat Forest.
About an hour later, Li Feng arrived at the Dark Cat Forest Dungeon. This time, he was alone.
Because of the Gaokao, the Dark Cat Forest was very lively. Students were constantly coming and going. Some had excited expressions, while others looked dejected, obviously feeling hopeless about the Gaokao content.
Chengde County was not very wealthy. Most of the student players were ordinary, with low basic stats and practicing the widely circulated Pi Xie Breathing Technique. Not to mention mastering Beginner Level skills, most of them couldn’t even handle a single cat demon.
Therefore, the business of taking people through dungeons was very popular in Chengde County. Even among high-level players, many people made extra money this way.
“The Global Digitization Age is truly a good era, but also a bad era.” Li Feng sighed slightly. Those with ability could make money quickly, while those without ability would be stuck at the bottom for their entire lives, making it even harder to turn their lives around than in the peaceful era.
“Taking people through the Dark Cat Forest Dungeon. Listen to instructions. 3,000 per person, not including the boss. Need two more. Experienced team.”
“Need one more, three spots filled. We’ll go as soon as we have four people. 5,000 per person, safety guaranteed. The team leader is the third-ranked student in Yude No. 1 High School’s senior year.”
“. . .”
“It’s so easy to make money taking people through dungeons!” Hearing the shouts of the people nearby, Li Feng’s eyes lit up. You know, his parents’ previous jobs only paid 3,000 a month.
And now, in just one day, he could earn more than his family used to make in a month.
A middle-aged man nearby heard Li Feng’s words and said disdainfully, “Easy? To take people through a dungeon, you need to have strong abilities yourself. Do you really think it’s easy? Every year, countless people die at the hands of cat demons. You, young man, probably haven’t even been inside the Dark Cat Forest!”
Li Feng rubbed his nose and said, “I’ve been there a few times. It wasn’t that difficult.”
“Not that difficult? What big words. You. . .”
The middle-aged man was about to say something when he suddenly saw the Basic Armor on Li Feng’s body. He paused and said, “Why don’t you take off that Basic Armor and go in again?”
He was puzzled. This damn Rich Person, no wonder he said it wasn’t dangerous inside. With Basic Armor, he wouldn’t be afraid of the cat demons’ sneak attacks.
Li Feng smiled slightly and didn’t pay any more attention to him. This Basic Armor was left to him by Yang Wei. He then started shouting, “Taking people through the Dark Cat Forest Dungeon, not fighting the boss, need three more, 3,000 per person, safety guaranteed.”
His pricing was reasonable, and with the experience he had gained with Yang Wei and the others, he was confident in his ability to protect novice players.
However, after an hour and a half, Li Feng became depressed. Other teams were quickly filling up and entering the dungeon, but his team was still empty.
If this continued, it would be lunchtime again, and he hadn’t even earned enough money for today’s meal.
