[Please note, monsters in the advanced area will become more powerful, so survivors should choose cautiously during exploration.]
"Advanced area?"
Han Xing looked around and noticed that indeed, there were many more clouds in the distant sky, varying in size.
The number is significantly higher than that in the current area.
"So I was always in the novice area before, and only after defeating the strongest monster in this area can I move to the advanced map."
Han Xing seemed to understand some of the mechanics of this game, shook his head, "Never mind, that area is still far away from me, at the current pace, it would take at least four to five hours, let's talk about it tomorrow."
With this thought, Han Xing decided to deal with the loot in front of him first.
He walked over to the body of the Gray Rock Giant Wolf and directly disassembled it.
[Successfully disassembled Gray Rock Giant Wolf's body, recovered Fine Iron Arrow*13, obtained One-star High-quality Beast Hide*1, obtained Thick Wolf Meat 104kg, obtained Beast Heart*1, obtained Strong Blood*5...]
"High-quality Beast Hide?"
Han Xing looked at the thick fur on the ground, "I remember it can be used to make Blue Leather Armor, good stuff!"
As for the Beast Heart and Strong Blood, he hadn't figured out their usage yet, so he put them all away for now.
There wasn't much good stuff in the territory of this Gray Rock Giant Wolf, but after Han Xing merged the Sky Island, he found some unexpected surprises.
Under the moonlight, at the edge of the giant wolf's territory, a few rock geological territories were glittering with silver light.
"Treasure!" Han Xing's eyes lit up.
He walked over, squatted down, and observed for a moment.
Han Xing said somewhat uncertainly, "There should be some kind of ore in here."
"Should I dig?"
Thinking of this, Han Xing took out an iron pick from his backpack and began to strike vigorously.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of metal striking stone constantly rang out.
When Han Xing chipped off the stone blocks covering these ores, finally revealing the silver-glimmering ore inside, the system prompt appeared at this time.
[Secret Silver Ore, requires smelting, can extract Secret Silver from inside.]
"Smelting?"
Han Xing was puzzled, "I don't have the equipment, do I have to build a smelting workshop?"
Although Secret Silver is a good material, it's also the main material for making other Blue Equipment.
But it seems that at the current stage of survivors, they still can't refine this metal.
Unless a future version update opens territory construction functions.
At that time, survivors can construct various facilities in their territories, such as smelting workshops, weapon research institutes, fortifications, even including taverns, etc.
Currently, Secret Silver is only obtainable with a small chance from treasure chests.
Han Xing previously received over twenty Secret Silver Ingots, also thanks to the efforts of those players known as the Emperor of Luck, of course, this chance is very small.
Since it's temporarily impossible to refine Secret Silver, Han Xing stuffed all these Secret Silver Ores into the Storage Box.
Then, he looked at the Points Ranking.
First place: Star River, Territory Points 184.
Second place: Whisperer, Territory Points 162.
Third place: Black Eagle, Territory Points 123.
Fourth place: Papaya Star Spirit, Territory Points 115.
Fifth place…
"Hmm? That Whisperer is catching up? Black Eagle also surpassed Papaya Star Spirit, taking third place?"
Seeing the points ranking, Han Xing was somewhat surprised.
The gap between him and Whisperer has been gradually narrowing, the opponent is also working hard to catch up.
But thinking about it, it makes sense, although he is equipped with nearly a full set of Green Armor, in reality, the attribute gap between him and other survivors is not significant.
As survivors continue to explore outward, they will also find various equipment, skill books, etc., in other territories.
Even if not for their own use, it can be exchanged on the trading channel.
The strength of survivors is steadily increasing, especially among those few top players, who are improving rapidly.
Of course, there are corresponding costs behind this as well.
Han Xing noticed that the 10,000 survivors in Area 107 have already decreased to 9,632 people.
This means that over three days, just in this area, more than 300 people have lost their lives!
According to this ratio, the current death toll of human survivors could have reached a terrifying number.
Although most of these people died due to accidents, as survival difficulty increases later, encountering more powerful monsters, this number will continue to soar.
At this moment, Cheng Jianyong in the discussion group said, "Brother Xing, that Whisperer has something, he's about to catch up with you!"
Ever since knowing Han Xing is indeed Star River, Cheng Jianyong has been closely following the leaderboard.
Han Xing replied, "Yes, very strong indeed, if I'm not mistaken, he should be a Mage profession."
"Mage?"
"Yes."
Han Xing affirmed, "The Mage's first five skills, four of them are offensive skills, Whisperer as a team's captain, probably gathered all of them with the help of his team members, plus the equipment's enhancement, Mage's exploration speed is indeed faster than other professions."
"I see." Cheng Jianyong realized and asked further, "Brother Xing, how do you know all this?"
"Read more of the game introductions, you can know this too."
Han Xing paused, continued, "By the way, what's your ranking now?"
"Huh?" Cheng Jianyong seemed a bit puzzled, "Brother Xing, didn't you look at the leaderboard? Both I and Brother Yun are on the list now!"
"You didn't tell me your virtual names, how would I know what you are called?"
"You didn't ask either."
Han Xing: "..."
"Stop joking, quickly tell me what you're called."
Cheng Jianyong laughed, "Alright, I am called 'Lone Brave', Brother Yun is called 'Yun Tianming'."
"..."
Han Xing: "Such cheesy names..."
"Right? I think Yun Tianming sounds very cheesy too."
"I'm talking about you."
Cheng Jianyong: "???"
At this moment, Shen Yun was still working hard on territory points overnight, not seeing the conversation between the two in the discussion group, otherwise, he would certainly quarrel with Cheng Jianyong for at least half an hour.
Han Xing opened the leaderboard and saw the name 'Lone Brave' ranked at 65th with 33 points.
And 'Yun Tianming', who is Shen Yun, surprisingly had rushed into the top forty, occupying the 37th with 57 points.
Han Xing was somewhat surprised but upon thinking, it was within expectation.
After all, he had given them almost a complete set of high-quality green armor, and so many skill books, along with a large amount of Spiritual Spring Water, they could explore boldly without much worry.
Having such a fast leaderboard climb speed is only natural.
After closing the chat, Han Xing continued to approach other clouds.
After leveling up to level 3, the speed of the Sky Island increased to 8 meters/second, which is equivalent to a speed of 28.8 km/h, already quite fast.
During the process of the Sky Island moving, Han Xing also glanced at the chat channel.
After a whole day of fighting and exploration, survivors shared their experiences inside.
"Damn, my luck was really bad today, encountered an elite-level jungle tiger while exploring a territory, almost got bitten to death, if it weren't for using an ancestral Divine Skill slide tackle, I would have been done there."
"What you faced is nothing, today I ran into a huge bear, it slapped and broke over a dozen ribs, fortunately, I'm a sports student, ran about ten kilometers carrying it until the bear got exhausted and let me go."
"You guys are awesome, compared to you, getting bitten by a Five-Step Snake seems trivial."
"Bro, can you still talk after being bitten by a Five-Step Snake?"
"Oh, because I pulled out its venomous fangs, a bite doesn't hurt, actually feels comfortable, planning to keep it as a pet."
"..."
"..."
"Bro, you're really twisted..."
The chat channel filled with speechless symbols.
At this moment, someone said, "Stop joking, check it out, Papaya Star Spirit has released another strategy."
"The expert released another strategy? I followed his posts before and avoided several monster-hidden clouds based on the tips."
"Me too, thanks to Papaya Star Spirit's strategy, I easily opened a Bronze Treasure Chest."
"Quick, see what it is this time?"
Everyone clicked to see it, prominently recognizing Papaya Star Spirit's strategy post, and already had hundreds of replies in a short time.
But the post title was different from before, revealing a serious tone.
"Alert! Dark Elf Squad!"
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