Another day has passed, and the contestants who participated in the Sword Pointing to the Sky event have basically returned home. The avatars on the friend list that had been dim for nearly a day have also lit up one after another.
As soon as Zhang Yang logged in in the morning, he saw Wei Yan'er's profile picture was lit up again. He couldn't help sweating profusely and sent a secret message to her, "Little girl, why are you skipping class again?"
"Who's skipping classes? Tomorrow is New Year's Day. Today is the start of the school holiday, and it's three days!"
"You are so uneducated, are you planning to apply to a Miracle University next year?"
"Stupid, stupid, stupid. I majored in art and want to be a great designer in the future. Do I need to learn math, physics, or chemistry? The company can be handed over to professional managers. I just need to grasp the trend of the times and create the best designs!"
"… , if you want to be lazy, you don't have to find such a great excuse?"
"Hmph, you always hit me. I'm not going to pay attention to you anymore!"
Han Yingxue, Wei Yan'er and Narcissus were in the team, and Zhang Yang took them to the level 70 map of Oz.
Because Fatty Han, Baifa Yizhong and others are only at the calcium level, the only one who can level up to the level 70 map is Zhang Yang's Xizhi Cangtian competition champion team. They all received a level +3 reward. Except for Zhang Yang, Bie Xinyu is level 68, Han Yingxue, Wei Yaner, and Narcissus are all level 67, and can barely make it to the level 70 map.
Each region has six maps at level 70, but only three at level 80, and only one at level 90! The number of maps has decreased, but the area of each map has increased dramatically. The area of Oz is as large as six Danila forests combined!
The Land of Oz was founded by humans, but it has nothing to do with the Alliance. It is a neutral kingdom that maintains friendly relations with races such as centaurs, dryads, and half-elves, and jointly resists the invasion of the undead and demons, the two common enemies of the continent.
Zhang Yang and his three companions traveled through mountains and rivers and arrived at an ancient town. At the entrance of the town, there were several wanted posters, but one of them had a yellow exclamation mark on it, indicating that this was a wanted mission that players could take on.
[Wanted: Snow White] (Mission Difficulty: Level B)
Mission description: Snow White is the daughter of the late King. She is wanted by the Queen for murdering her father, the great Ontario III! Be careful, Snow White is extremely dangerous and good at moving people's hearts, so don't listen to her. Once you find her, immediately report to the local guards, or kill her! The Queen will reward you handsomely! Latest news: It is said that someone has seen someone who looks very similar to Snow White in Butterfly Valley!
The four of them looked at each other, and Han Yingxue asked, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?"
"Dream Technology is making a spoof again!" Zhang Yang nodded.
"Will you answer it?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Of course I took it! Didn't you see it says there's a big reward?"
"Anemic warrior, you are so heartless. Snow White is so pitiful. Her father was killed by her stepmother, and she was persecuted by her stepmother. It is so cruel and unfair. Yet you still accept the mission to kill her. I despise you!" Wei Yan'er has a clear distinction between love and hate, and says that she wants to cut ties with Zhang Yang.
"Silly girl, if we don't go to see Snow White, will anyone help her deal with the old witch, the Queen?"
"Oh, so are we going to Butterfly Valley now?"
"of course!"
The wanted notice did not specify where Butterfly Valley was, and the new map was completely dark, showing only areas that had been explored. But you can find out just by asking people!
Although the NPC residents in the town will not tell the player the exact coordinates of a certain place, the general directions of east, south, west and north can still be told.
After the four people left the town, they ran towards the east. After about twenty minutes, they came to a small valley with flowers blooming everywhere. On the green grass, deer were eating grass, and countless butterflies were flying in the sky, sometimes forming a C shape and sometimes forming a N shape.
"What a wonderful place! Is this where the seven dwarfs and Snow White live?" The three girls all had dreamy looks on their faces. Every girl had a dream of meeting a prince charming.
Fortunately, Fatty Han was not there, otherwise he would definitely jump out and say some crazy things like "80" to ruin the fantasies of these three beauties.
As we walked deeper into the valley, the terrain became narrower and narrower, like a V. When we reached the bottom of the valley, the mountain walls on both sides were only about 20 meters apart. At the bottom of the valley, there was a row of very low houses, one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven, a total of seven.
In front of the house was a large garden, surrounded by a fence made of bamboo poles. In the middle of the garden, a beautiful woman in her twenties was sitting on a lounge chair basking in the sun. She was wearing a snow-white skirt, with black hair down to her hips, and her fair skin was as smooth and white as milk!
[Snow White] (Elite, Humanoid)
Level: 76
HP: 152000
Armor value: 400
Note: The "evil" princess must be killed without mercy by order of Her Majesty the Queen!
As soon as Zhang Yang and the others entered Snow White's hateful field of vision, she immediately jumped up in fear and said, "Are you, are you also sent by that old witch to kill me? I won't let her succeed!"
Swish, Snow White rushed out immediately and launched the first attack.
Zhang Yang immediately charged forward, knocked Snow White unconscious, and started pulling in monsters.
Just an elite, even if she was at a higher level, under the powerful firepower of the team, Snow White was soon beaten to a small amount of health. But this last bit of health could not be reduced no matter what. It seemed that she had entered the story mode.
"Don't kill me! Please don't kill me!" Snow White looked at everyone pitifully. "I didn't murder my father. It was that old witch who did it! She wronged me and wanted to kill me to silence me. She also wanted to turn all the citizens of Oz into her slaves!"
"Ding! You now have two choices: First, kill Snow White and take her heart to the Queen of Oz to claim her reward! Second, let Snow White go, maybe she will ask you to do something!"
Zhang Yang and other three received a prompt from the system at the same time.
"I will definitely choose the second option. How can we help the evildoer!" Wei Yan'er said righteously.
"... , Silly Yu, if we kill the queen, can we get her magic mirror? Once we look in it, it will say Han Yingxue, Han Yingxue, you are the most beautiful woman in the world!"
Zhang Yang was sweating and said, "I'll teach you a simpler method. Just record this sentence and play it to yourself all the time!"
"What a romantic guy!"
"So everyone agrees to choose the second option?"
"Um!"
Zhang Yang nodded, took a step back, and said, "Snow White, we believe what you say!"
".Ding! You have made a choice on behalf of your team. Mission: Wanted: Snow White is automatically deleted from the mission list!"
Snow White was deeply moved and sobbed, "My father was a great king, but three years ago my mother died of illness, and my father married this witch. Not only did she kill my father and seize the throne, she also wants to kill me, the heir with royal blood, so that she can rest easy!"
"Adventurers, are you willing to help me get rid of the evil witch and restore a clear sky to the Land of Oz?"
Wei Yan'er rushed to say, "Princess Snow White, we will definitely help you! Don't worry, we will go and kill that old witch right now!"
"No! That witch has a mirror with infinite power that can easily kill anyone! Even the great gods would be afraid of the power of that mirror!" Snow White shook her head quickly, "If we want to deal with that witch, we must destroy the mirror first!"
"Okay, let's go destroy that mirror!" Wei Yan'er patted her chest and was about to leave.
Snow White hurriedly stopped them, saying, "Warriors of justice, don't be impulsive. That mirror is extremely strong and ordinary weapons cannot destroy it at all!"
"What should we do then?"
"You need to defeat the stone giant Herro first and get its heart. That is the hardest stone in the world, and even the lightning from the King of the Gods cannot break it! Use Herro's heart to bombard the mirror, and it will be completely destroyed!"
"Ding! Snow White has issued you a task: the hardest stone in the world. Do you accept it?"
The four of them immediately took up the task.
[The Hardest Stone in the World] (Mission Difficulty: Level A)
Mission description: Kill the stone giant Herlo, get its heart, and then you can destroy the mirror of the "evil" queen! Note that the stone giant Herlo is very powerful, so you'd better invite more friends to help you! You can find the stone giant Herlo in the Stone Valley south of Tianbeng Mountain.
Task limit: 5 people (shareable)
Completion: Get the heart of the stone giant Herlo 01
"Can five people do it? Then let's go find bossboss first, and when Ice Cube comes online, let her use the Acacia Talisman to teleport over so that we can do it together!" Zhang Yang said after reading the task description.
Han Yingxue snorted softly and said, "Silly Yu, you are so good to her. You can't forget her at all!"
"In that case, I'm better to you. Which boss or mission have you missed?" Zhang Yang counterattacked.
"You are clearly treating me as a laborer, keeping me by your side to replenish your blood!"
Chatting and laughing, the four of them rode their mounts out of the valley.
Wei Yan'er suddenly exclaimed, "I didn't even go into the house to see the seven dwarfs!"
Narcissus Kaize smiled and said, "Yan'er, the seven dwarfs must be from the dwarf race. There shouldn't be anything to see!"
"Oh--"
After returning to the town, Zhang Yang asked the NPCs about the location of Tianbeng Mountain. After asking seven or eight NPCs, he knew that Tianbeng Mountain was in the west, but he had no idea how far away it was!
The four of them could only run westward. It took them more than half an hour to reach the next town. They asked the NPC for information and finally found out the approximate location of Tianbeng Mountain.
"Anemic Warrior, why does it take you so long to find a monster?" Wei Yan'er was impatient and had been running around all day. She was annoyed.
"Don't worry, starting tomorrow the ratio of game time to real time will be 3:1!"
"Won't that mean the character's movements will turn into fast-forward shots?"
Zhang Yang laughed and said, "Human thinking ability is the speed of light. Even if you adjust it to 3, you won't feel any change in the game!"
"… , then wouldn't this kind of journey still take a lot of time?"
"Indeed, there will be no change in your feelings!" Zhang Yang nodded.
After more than an hour of traveling, the four finally arrived at Tianbeng Mountain. This is a mountain that reaches the sky, but the top is suddenly gone, as if it was cut in half by a sharp sword! Legend has it that this Tianbeng Mountain used to lead directly to the palace of the gods, but the gods did not want to be disturbed by mortals, so they used their divine power to split the Tianbeng Mountain in two, leaving it in its current state.
The crowd came to the southern foot of Tianbeng Mountain, found the entrance to the Stone Valley, and entered this quiet and deep valley.
"Humans, please leave immediately! This is where the great Herlo meditates, no one is allowed to disturb him!" A black native suddenly crawled out from a mud ball nearby and spoke in a low voice to the four people.
[Stone Valley Natives] (Elite, Elemental Creature)
Level: 72
HP: 144000
Armor value: 800
The monster's name was displayed in yellow font, which meant it would not actively attack the player. However, if Zhang Yang and his friends insisted on entering the valley, it might immediately turn into a red-named monster.
Wei Yan'er took out a large axe and shouted, "You idiot, look, I'm here to take care of you!"
She charged forward in a flash, and with this proactive attack, the names of the Stone Valley natives immediately turned from yellow to red.
Zhang Yang taunted and took over the monster. With his current strong defense, Han Yingxue only needed to cast a recovery spell on him and leave him alone. He could just play the role of output and have fun.
In just ten seconds, the native was beaten into a puddle of mud.
As the group continued to move forward, native monsters crawled out from the mud balls on the side one after another. Because they had entered the other party's territory, the native monsters no longer issued warnings, but launched an attack directly.
This native monster is a tragedy. Even a pile of mud didn't fall off after being killed. Han Yingxue and Wei Yan'er were so angry that they screamed and accused the system of being stingy.
After killing more than twenty monsters, a native monster finally dropped some equipment.
[Rock and Earth Helmet](Bronze, Armor)
Armor: +0
Stamina: +84
Strength: +42
Agility: +21
Required level: +70
Rock Set (15):
Geotechnical Helmet, (Geotechnical Breastplate), (Geotechnical Gauntlets), (Geotechnical Leggings), (Geotechnical Boots)
Three-piece set: Increases your armor by 200 points.
Five-piece set: Increases your health by 2000 points.
"The set of parts is very good!" Zhang Yang nodded repeatedly.
Narcissus was surprised and asked, "Bronze set, is the quality too low?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "After the second set of suits, no more suits will be dropped from Thunder Base. Only wild monsters will drop them! So, even though bronze equipment is of low quality, it is still mainstream equipment in the eyes of most players, at least before reaching level 80!"
Narcissus Kai understood and said, "After level 80, the purple gold boss appears and replaces the gold boss! The future silver boss is the current bronze boss, and silver items will gradually become common goods!").