Absolute Destiny Game-Chapter 425 - 42 Acting

"Eh, this thing’s not bad at all."

Xiao Jie looked at the BUFF that appeared above his head and was rather pleasantly surprised. As expected, all effort paid off, feeding more ’Dog Food’ could always reap some unexpected surprises.

However, it wasn’t really strong, after all, the money dropped by monsters was limited, generally just tens of cents. Relying on this to get rich was still wishful thinking.

Unfortunately, if the effect of the BUFF was to increase the equipment drop rate of the BOSS by 30%, that would have been awesome.

The people beside him were stunned. Could you really play like this?

Especially for Haomie Jiu Jianxian and the others, their way of playing the game was always just going somewhere and killing a few, so this mysterious operation was still quite novel to them.

"Let’s go, it’s time for us to fight the BOSS—thanks to the old man’s help, I am eternally grateful."

Old Man Li chuckled, "Hehe, no problem at all, if you really want to thank me, send over some more wine in the future."

"Definitely, definitely."

After leaving the dilapidated fishing village, the group turned and walked in the direction pointed out by the carp. However, Flipped Cake looked back frequently, seemingly reluctant to leave.

"I think that old man might drop some good items, shall we go explode him?"

Xiao Jie felt a tingle in his scalp and thought, could you please not be so ruthless.

This game, because of its high degree of freedom, allowed NPCs to be killed, and sometimes they even dropped good items, but Xiao Jie had almost never attacked NPCs before.

For one, these NPCs often had hidden plots or missions to explore, or by maxing out favorability, one could learn special skills, especially the powerful and mysterious NPCs.

Secondly, this game was so realistic that, given the high intelligence of NPCs, they often felt just like real people, which gave Xiao Jie a bit of moral pressure when killing NPCs.

However, seeing the reactions of these few, he suddenly realized that this might be the most common operation among game players.

Ordinary players were too weak and didn’t dare to randomly attack NPCs. Players like him, who liked to dig into plots and find missions, also wouldn’t easily strike NPCs.

Whenever he encountered such mysterious NPCs, his first thought was always to dig out any special plot from the old man, or to find a way to max out the favorability first.

But for players like these, who were skilled, high-leveled, and without much pressure, and who were indifferent to exploring hidden plots, nothing was off-limits.

It’s a good thing there weren’t many of such players, otherwise, the NPCs in the wilds of the game would probably all be slaughtered.

Although he felt this didn’t really concern him much, Xiao Jie still said, "I advise you not to mess around; that old man is clearly not ordinary."

"Pfft, he’s just level 20. What’s so great about that? His blood volume is just at the level of an elite monster."

Xiao Jie sighed, as he couldn’t really stop them, since everyone was just allies, but he still advised,

"Just level doesn’t tell everything, maybe that’s just a disguise.

Moreover, this type of superior elder NPC often unveils hidden quests. If favorability is maxed out, there might even be unexpected surprises. The gains from these could be far greater than simply killing him for equipment. I’ve said my piece, if you really want to kill him, I won’t stop you, but please wait until our cooperation is over to avoid any complications."

Flipped Cake was momentarily hesitating after being persuaded by Xiao Jie, thinking, is that true? So mystical?

In the meantime, a few people had already arrived at the lakeshore of the giant sinkhole.

At Zhuoyu River, the river had made a huge turn here, and the impact of the river water had gradually formed a buffering lake. In this lake, the water was very calm, and the depth was considerably deep—clearly the type of area that would spawn elite monsters and BOSSes. novelbuddy-cσ๓

A few people stood by the lake but didn’t rush into action; instead, they were looking around.

After wandering around the lake for a bit, they didn’t find anything special, meaning the monsters were most likely underneath the water.

"Speaking of which, who’s going down to scout this time?" Flipped Cake asked hesitantly.

"An Ran, can you turn into a fish?" Hao Mie suddenly asked.

An Ran sighed, "No, we usually fight monsters and level up on land, where would I have spare money to learn such a niche skill as turning into a fish? Actually, I’d quite like to learn it, could go diving at the seaside later, but, well, money has to be spent where it’s needed, I don’t have a budget for this yet."

"I’ll go scout," I Want to Be Immortal suddenly volunteered.

He was naturally eager for a reason.

In yesterday’s activity, if anyone had performed the worst in battle, it probably would have been Ye Luo, who only chopped a few little monsters from beginning to end, but still equally shared all the gold, mainly because, at the start, she had taken on the scouting mission and had figured out the layout of the stronghold, which was considered a good performance.

Today, I Want to Be Immortal naturally wanted to show some initiative as well. He was quite aware of his own strength; if he didn’t actively partake in such miscellaneous tasks, solely relying on his combat abilities, it would have been easy to end up not getting full gold.

Hao Mie asked in surprise, "You? Can you handle it?"

Looking at I Want to Be Immortal dressed in heavy armor, the others were also somewhat skeptical, as he didn’t quite seem like someone who could swim well.

But I Want to Be Immortal confidently said, "Hehe, just watch."

Saying this, he walked directly into the water, dove in with a splash, and disappeared.

The others looked at the lake surface somewhat worriedly, but Xiao Jie was not concerned. I Want to Be Immortal’s Angry Sea Tide, with the special effect—Wave Dance—allowed movement speed in the water to stay unhindered, equivalent to running in the water. Swimming like that was extremely fast, so scouting underwater was naturally an easy job for him.