According to the official Oracle settings, every newbie village has two huge opportunities buried within it.
Besides the hidden quest, the other one is the big BOSS lurking within the newbie village's territory.
"If I remember right, the BOSS in each newbie village should be level 15, tier 2."
"Killing the newbie village BOSS not only gives you a huge killing reward, you also get a very precious item: Heart of Shadow."
Recalling his memories from his previous life, Lin Mo said excitedly, "If you can collect three Hearts of Shadow, you can activate a very valuable hidden dungeon over in the tier 3 main city."
Having been reborn, Lin Mo had to tread carefully and make sure every step he took was on the right track.
So, taking down the newbie village BOSS was Lin Mo's ultimate goal in Yunbian Town.
And getting the Heart of Shadow along the way would also lay early groundwork for his upcoming trip to the tier 3 main city.
Lin Mo rubbed his chin and muttered, "If I remember right, the BOSS in Yunbian Town is a Spider Queen, but I'm a bit fuzzy on the exact location."
After all, in his previous life, as a weakling, Lin Mo could only look for a sense of existence on low-level monsters.
BOSS-level monsters like that were not things a small fry like him could ever easily come into contact with.
He only remembered that in his last life, the one who finally killed the Spider Queen was Hero of Troubled Times.
And to kill this level 15 tier 2 big BOSS, nearly a thousand players from the Chaotic World Guild almost all died more than ten times each.
The total battle time lasted a full day and night.
You could say the fight made heaven and earth go dim.
Because within the newbie village domain, players' level caps were limited to level 10.
But the newbie village BOSS was as high as level 15.
So in his previous life, it wasn't just in Yunbian Town, all newbie village BOSS fights were extremely difficult.
According to the later official stats: out of over a thousand newbie villages in Dragon Nation, less than 10% successfully killed their BOSS.
But that did not stop Lin Mo from shaking his head and roasting, "Wang Junjie, you're way too weak."
"This time, watch me solo that Spider Queen."
Saying that, Lin Mo opened the map and searched the keyword "spider."
Very soon, three coordinates popped up on the map.
Lv3 Spider Cave.
Lv5 Spider Paradise.
Lv10 Shadow Nest.
Lin Mo quickly locked onto his target: Shadow Nest!
After all, a level 10 BOSS was not going to be hiding in a level 3 or level 5 area, right?
Relying on his full golden gear and a tier 2 weapon in hand, Lin Mo did not feel the slightest bit of fear. Once he decided, he acted.
He immediately followed the map marker and headed toward [Shadow Nest].
On the way, wanting to get a sense of Yunbian Town's current situation, Lin Mo casually opened the level leaderboard.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
[NO.1]: Rulebound (Male, Level 8, 43.15%)
[NO.2]: Hero of Troubled Times (Male, Level 5, 71.13%)
[NO.3]: Wind Whistling (Male, Level 4, 45.11%)
[NO.4]: Chaotic World-Hero (Male, Level 4, 44.44%)
[NO.5]: Chaotic World-World (Male, Level 4, 42.96%)
[NO....]
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The situation in Yunbian Town was clear at a glance.
Even though Wang Junjie's talent was trash, his gaming skills were garbage, and he didn't have much brainpower either, in the end, one "rich" covered all shortcomings.
He had money, and at any time there'd be a bunch of underlings chunking down monsters and then bringing them to his mouth to feed him.
How could he not level up fast like that?
And his underlings followed him, drinking oil and eating meat, and their leveling speed was also far faster than normal.
Of the top ten on the level leaderboard, six were from Chaotic World.
As for Wind Whistling, with that poor-scholar look, in real life he was definitely like Lin Mo in his previous life, without power or status.
But he was lucky and had a one-in-ten-thousand A-rank talent.
This Jade Shattering talent, you could say it was trash, but it had still blown up Lin Mo once when he had several pieces of golden gear on him.
And you could say it was awesome, but every time he used it, he himself got backlash.
It all depended on how you used it.
Obviously, Wind Whistling was a college student with at least a bit of brain.
"He should be taking advantage of the newbie protection period before level 10, where dying only loses 10% EXP, to keep exploding on leader monsters and achieve rapid leveling."
"After all, compared to the big chunk of EXP from a leader monster, losing 10% EXP once is nothing at all."
"Otherwise, without power or backing, there's no way he'd level this fast."
At the same time, Lin Mo thought of another question.
"Why are both this Jade Shattering guy and Wang Junjie so obsessed with being the first to hit level 10?"
"Jade Shattering was willing to offer me all the prize money as a condition for me to power-level him to be first to level 10. Although that's definitely just a front, he's definitely in it for the 100,000 prize money. That part makes sense."
"But someone like Wang Junjie who throws money around, 100,000 is probably less than what he spends on a midnight snack. The lottery chances mean even less to him. So why did he threaten me earlier, telling me to slow down and let him reach level 10 first?"
No matter how he thought about it, Lin Mo could not figure it out.
"Could it be that there's some special reward, something I don't know about and money can't buy, for being the first to reach level 10 in the newbie village?"
'Don't say, that really might be it.'
After all, Oracle as a game was inherently impossible to fully see through. Many hidden opportunities were things ordinary players could not even imagine.
"And with Wang Junjie's status and position in real life, it's very possible he could know some insider information that regular players don't through certain special channels."
Lin Mo suddenly felt a little excited.
"Whatever, once I'm the first to hit level 10, the answer will reveal itself."
Following the map's guidance, before long, Lin Mo reached his destination.
Looking ahead, he saw a deep and massive cave mouth appear before his eyes.
Above it, dark clouds covered the moonlight.
Under the shroud of darkness, the cave entrance, filled with a sinister aura, was like a giant maw of the abyss.
Even from a distance, it could not help but send chills down a person's spine.
This place was exactly the Lv10 Shadow Nest!
If there were no surprises, the Spider Queen should be inside this cave.
Whoosh!
Lin Mo reached back and took the Hero's Golden Bow off his back, then pressed forward toward the Shadow Nest.
Just then—
Buzz!
From the darkness ahead, pairs of green lights suddenly flared to life.
At first glance, they looked like fireflies.
On closer look…
"A spider swarm?"
Swishn! Swish! Swish! Swish!
In an instant, a large swarm of spiders crawled toward Lin Mo.
Their bodies were about the size of small drones, a bit different from what Lin Mo had imagined.
Each one was tiny, they looked like they did not have much killing power.
Lin Mo casually tossed a Reconnaissance at one of them.
He had not even seen the spider's stats clearly yet.
Suddenly—
Splat!
A spider leaped at him, latching onto Lin Mo's face like a facehugger.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Along with a series of rapid beeping sounds—
Boom!
The spider suddenly exploded.
Lin Mo's entire head was blasted into a bloody mess in an instant.
[Ding～You have been hit by Exploding Spider's self-detonation skill, losing 9800 HP. You are dead!]
Whoosh!
Before Lin Mo could even react, he turned into a beam of white light.
Only a single "Holy sh*t" was left echoing through the night.
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
[email protected]/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining P@treon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through P@treon.