……
One hour earlier.
Chu Fu logged in.
[System Notification: Syncing the player’s real-world data.]
[System Notification: Synchronization complete.]
Data withdrawn from the game to the real world required gold coins.
However, syncing data from the real world into the game was free.
Over the past few days, Chu Fu had accumulated an additional 10,000 points of poison damage and defense, along with 100 points each in Spirit and Constitution.
It was a tremendous improvement.
The defense of Server 017’s Guguan Town was about to begin. Chu Fu had logged in early to make some preparations.
First, if Guguan Town fell, they could charge in while the goblins were still being sent through the spatial rift and complete a counterattack.
Chu Fu had also prepared a backup plan.
In the mayor’s name, she drafted a quest.
[Quest: Reinforce Guguan Town!
Issuer: Mayor of Thornbriar Town: WhoWantsToBeAVegetable
Quest Details: Guguan Town is facing a goblin invasion, but there are too few Awakened defending the town. Other Awakened are needed to provide support. After accepting the quest, proceed to Guguan Town and resist the goblin invasion.
Quest Reward: A certain amount of experience.]
Chu Fu tried to publish the quest.
[System Notification: This quest is in accordance with the current situation, but the reward is insufficient. The system will provide a quest subsidy.
A large amount of experience!
Due to the emergency, a temporary teleportation array will be opened. Its spatial stability will be enhanced, allowing teleportation from Thornbriar Town to break through the Goblin God’s blockade and reach Guguan Town directly.
Teleportation is free.
Upon completing the quest, you will receive the system reward “Reinforcement Medal” (Silver Grade).
Publish the quest now?]
“No!”
It wasn’t time yet.
Chu Fu sent the information to her own people, as well as Laoji Fuli and the others, and explained her plan.
Then she issued a guild announcement.
[Guild Announcement] [Guild Master] [WhoWantsToBeAVegetable] has announced: “All members must be online two hours from now and return to the Thornbriar Town guild territory. Attendance is mandatory; players who cannot participate will bear the consequences themselves.
“Today, we will be holding a joint event with the players of the Warspirit Guild. Everyone is to gather at the central plaza and await orders.”
This was the first time Chu Fu had announced a major operation in advance. Many players had no idea what was going on, but Feng Huimin issued a strict order that everyone had to attend. Thus, they could only wait there.
Chu Fu also found time to return to Linjiang City.
Her Calamity Seed class had reached Level 30. After hunting ten bosses, her Spirit of the Forest class had rapidly risen from Level 1 to Level 20 as well.
Because of withdrawing funds and devouring poisons in the real world, she had not been logging into the game.
Even when devouring poisons in reality, Chu Fu wore her gaming helmet so she could log in at any time.
As a result, under Feng Huimin’s management, the entire guild had continued developing normally. A large number of players had even reached Level 30 and begun their class advancement quests.
Now that they were about to enter another Origin-level dungeon, Chu Fu naturally had to maximize her strength.
Chu Fu opened the guild territory interface.
There were three guild territories: Thornbriar Town, Fengdu Town, and Linjiang City.
She selected the Linjiang City territory and returned there.
The next moment, Chu Fu arrived at the territory near Linjiang City.
She took out the Poison Dragon Cloak, switched it to its demonic wings form, and flew into Linjiang City, entering the Grand Hall of Skill Instructors.
It was packed with people!
Chu Fu even had to retract her demonic wings, worried that she might poke someone.
However, her equipment was simply too eye-catching. Her pure-white bridal skin looked like a beacon in the darkness to the players around her, who were dressed in all kinds of mismatched outfits because they could not assemble complete sets.
The crowd immediately began to stir.
“It’s WhoWantsToBeAVegetable!”
“The boss is here to learn skills too? Boss, come to my line! I’ll go back and queue again!”
“Boss, I’m farther ahead!”
“Guild Master, Guild Master, we’re almost there!”
Countless players gave way to her.
This was genuine celebrity treatment.
For a moment, Chu Fu even felt like a socially anxious person!
Darn it. If she had known this would happen, she would have changed clothes and used a Disguise Mask.
But the advantage of celebrity treatment was that countless people quickly invited Chu Fu to the front. She had no choice but to go. If she refused, everyone would keep urging her, and she simply couldn’t queue properly.
Otherwise, the entire line would fall into chaos.
A crowd gathered around her to take screenshots and group photos.
Chu Fu could only squeeze through the crowd and reach the front.
The class advancement instructor looked at Chu Fu, his eyes shining, and said, “250 gold.”
Chu Fu froze. “Shouldn’t it be 50 gold?”
Something was wrong. She wasn’t learning just one skill, but according to the level restrictions, skills at Levels 5 and 10 cost 50 silver, while skills at Levels 10 and 20 cost 500 silver.
No matter how she calculated it, it shouldn’t be 250 gold!
Just because she had plenty of money didn’t mean he could cheat her!
The class advancement instructor smiled like a greedy merchant who had spotted a huge fat sheep.
“You’re learning skills for a second class. How could that cost the same as skills for your first class? The experience required for your second class is doubled as well! I’m already being generous by not charging you double for the skills!”
Chu Fu had no choice but to pay.
Then she placed both hands on the enormous Orb of Wisdom.
She had no idea what skills she would comprehend. The Calamity Seed class was one skill short of Level 30, while her new plant class was four skills short.
She was now far stronger than she had been the first time she entered an Origin-level dungeon. She almost didn’t know what she was lacking anymore.
Just as she was thinking this, a green-robed figure suddenly appeared in her mind. A pair of enormous green wings, seemingly filled with deadly poison, spread behind him.
After that came a scene of countless plants hunting monsters.
What was this…?
[System Notification: You have learned Poison God’s Wings: Manipulate the poison within your body to form enormous wings, allowing you to fly. Wherever you fly, residual poison will form a poisonous disaster.
Note: The poisonous disaster can be actively controlled and prevented from spreading.]
[System Notification: You have learned Forest Spirit: Fell the Enemy (Level 5 Skill): Issue an order to fell enemies. Contracted plants will automatically attack enemies in the surrounding area, ignoring their distance from the contract master, until they die.]
[System Notification: You have learned Forest Spirit Passage (Level 10 Skill): Sense the locations of contracted plants and establish a plant passage that automatically teleports you to a plant’s location.]
[System Notification: You have learned Forest Spirit Gathering (Level 15 Skill): Issue a gathering order. Contracted plants can automatically collect dropped items, explore the map, and have a chance to open treasure chests. Items will automatically be sent through the Forest Spirit Passage into the contractor’s spatial inventory. If the spatial inventory is full, the items will drop nearby.]
[System Notification: You have learned Forest Spirit Follower (Level 20 Skill): Designate a target for contracted plants to follow. You can issue the Forest Spirit: Fell the Enemy and Forest Spirit Gathering commands at the same time!
Note: Contracted plants may lose track of a target moving too quickly. Once lost, they will become directionless.]
Chu Fu stared at the skills of the Spirit of the Forest. Only one thought remained in her mind.
Could she level up while lying down now?
They were far too powerful.
With these skills, Chu Fu felt even more confident about the defense of Guguan Town at dawn!
