The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 44 The Third Batch of Newbies

"Is the cost of robbery so high in this world?"

After hearing Xia Ling's offer, Lin Qi couldn't help but be shocked.

Although I knew that shielding equipment was expensive, I didn’t expect it to be this expensive.

The most basic shielding equipment requires 200,000 bits. If it is a kind of blood-essence rice, it will probably take at least half a year to buy it. And a one-kilometer shielding device is completely useless. Ordinary people can run out of the range in minutes. At least a three-kilometer range is required.

Five hundred thousand bits!
Ordinary people can never even think about buying this price.

That's right, even if ordinary people work hard all their lives, they still don't even have the qualifications to be a robber...

"Three kilometers of shielding equipment, yeah. Oh, and a second-hand simple copy machine."

"Copier? Okay, I'll have someone prepare it right away. A simple copier is free. Do you need anything else? Not to mention our Phosphorus Fire Market, there aren't many markets in the suburbs that have a wider range of goods than we do."

"I don't need anything right now. If I need you next time, I'll come again."

"In that case, should the 360,000 bits still be settled in cash?"

"Well, all cash, that makes me feel at ease."

Seeing that Lin Qi really didn't have anything to buy, Xia Ling could only clapped her hands helplessly and asked the Half-Scale guards at the door to prepare shielding equipment and cash.

After a while, the Half-Scale Clan guard wearing A6-level armor came over with two metal boxes, one large and one small. Lin Qi also asked Fang Zhen and others to move the two metal boxes to the tricycle, and had no intention of staying in the trading market any longer.

As Lin Qi drove the tricycle out of the Phosphorus Fire Trading Market, Xia Ling, who was at the market entrance, took another look at Lin Qi and others who were leaving, and her pitch-black tail couldn't help but pat the ground.

"Miss, these people are very weak. The strongest ones are still several years away from becoming apprentices." An elderly Half-Scale guard, holding a tester, reported in a low voice, "This is the first time I've seen their clothing. They are likely a newly formed gang in the wild."

"Interesting, a small gang in the wild?" Xia Ling glanced at the large metal box behind her and couldn't help but sigh, "What a pity, it looks like this is all the crocodile rhino meat they have."

"Miss, do you need me to keep an eye on them? Since they are a small gang, they must have picked up the corpse of the crocodile-tooth rhinoceros. I think they should have some crocodile-tooth rhinoceros meat on hand to train their subordinates." The Half-Scale Clan guard said respectfully.

"No need. There's no need to offend a bunch of lunatics who roam the wild all year round just for a little bit of crocodile-tooth rhino meat." Xia Ling shook her head. "Besides, I have so much crocodile-tooth rhino meat this time, it should be enough for me to break through and become a quasi-warrior."

"Congratulations, Miss. Now you can dominate the entire junior year of Light Chasing City in the next semester!" After hearing this, the Half-Scale Clan guards became more respectful.

Xia Ling nodded and walked towards the big metal box happily.

"What's the best food today?"

……

It was already dark at the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

However, the basement of the martial arts gym was bustling with activity.

"Before, when you said the suburbs looked like a futuristic city, I didn't quite believe you. Now I truly believe it." Fang Zhen excitedly recalled the scenes in the Phosphorous Fire Market. "Those weapons! That equipment! They're so cool! But I wonder when we can buy them."

"Brother Zhen, that's not the point," the Saiwai Gunner said speechlessly. "Didn't I tell you before that we triggered a battle dungeon plot in the suburbs? That's a battle dungeon plot. When we went to the trading market today, you saw that the owner was clearly planning to attack the Baiyu Gang."

"I didn't expect the battle dungeon to arrive so soon. It seems the progress of this game really depends on the gym owner." Ragnarok said with some regret, "I'm not very prepared this time. I've been digging holes frantically lately and haven't really worked on improving my breathing techniques. My physical fitness is only at the level of a quasi-apprentice now. I don't know if I can get the mission."

"It should be possible. Judging from the plot, the enemy should have quite a few people. It's impossible to send just a few people." Fang Zhen analyzed, "And didn't the game add twenty spots specifically for this mission? These spots are probably for testing the upcoming team dungeon battles. Otherwise, there would be no need to create twenty of them at once."

"I guess so." Yiqiang Bajue nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "Finally, there will be new people coming this time. I won't be the weakest one anymore."

Among the ten players now, the first tier is undoubtedly Luo Wushang, Zhang Qingwei, and Yiye Fuyun, who have reached the physical fitness level of quasi-apprentices and have created martial arts skills of more than four levels.

As for the second echelon, it is Fang Zhen, who has just started to learn the stellar explosion visualization method. Coupled with the physical fitness of a quasi-apprentice, he is simply not comparable to players who have not yet started to learn the stellar explosion visualization method.

The third echelon consists of those who have reached the level of quasi-apprentice physical fitness, but have not developed any powerful martial arts and have not yet mastered the art of visualization.

The three people following Yiye Fuyun were obviously casual players. Although their strength was not weak, compared with these professional players, their reaction and combat skills were obviously much worse. But in essence, they were the same, all in the third echelon.

"I wonder if there are any good talents among the newcomers this time." Fang Zhen also looked towards the underground confinement room with some anticipation. "If our team can join a few good talents, maybe we can catch up with Luo Wushang and her team."

Among the three teams now, Luo Wushang's team is the strongest. With two top-tier masters, other teams cannot compete at all.

As Fang Zhen and the other elders chatted, a message was released from the official announcement of Gao Wu's arrival. "The quota for this round has been distributed. The next round of quotas will be announced in the announcement as soon as possible."

"It's gone? Where's my spot? Why can't I find it?"

"Sent it out? What's going on? I just got off work, what on earth did I miss?"

"Who has a spot willing to share? I'm willing to pay 24 and level up for hours. I'm sure I'll be ahead of everyone else!"

"This guy is awesome! He spent 24 hours grinding on one account. It's a shame the game manufacturer figured this out long ago. It seems the account is brain-wave bound, so anyone else can't access it at all."

"Hahaha, I won! I won! Go ahead and envy me!"

"Damn! Another one went crazy."

The official reviews were once again ignited by the system announcement, and every player who did not get a place was full of resentment.

Obsidian Martial Arts School, underground confinement room.

"Ahhh! This technology! How did this virtual engine do that?!"

"Holy crap! This game is real! Am I dreaming?"

"This wall is so strong, it can withstand my punch with twenty years of experience!"

"The texture of the metal is just like what I could touch in real life. And the dust on the ground is so clear, every grain is so distinct. I wonder how many kilobytes of resolution was used?"

……

The newly awakened players were all curious about everything in the confinement room. Some of them did stupid things, which made the old people standing outside the confinement room feel embarrassed.

"It seems that the newcomers this year are not very good." Ragnarok looked at the newcomers and found that there seemed to be no normal people. He couldn't help but worry whether he could recruit enough people by then.

"Fang Zhen!"

As a scream was heard in the confinement room, Fang Zhen immediately looked at the man who screamed.

"Captain Li? Why are you here?" Fang Zhen looked at the familiar figure and couldn't help but show surprise.

He remembered that the number of people who had purchased Gaowu Jianglin was almost 100,000, but no one had passed the test assessment yet. In other words, those who could come in were selected purely by luck.

A 2 in 10,000 chance!
What kind of luck is this!
Just when Fang Zhen was surprised at Li Ranxing's luck, a figure walked out from the stairs. He was wearing a black martial arts robe and had a determined look. Although he walked in casually, all the old people present made way for him.

When the other newbies saw this, they all stopped their strange behavior and looked at the man who was approaching.

Although the newbies didn't know much about Gao Wu's arrival, they knew from Fang Zhen's live broadcast that the man in front of them, Lin Qi, was the owner of the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

That's an NPC who can dominate the player's authority. If you make this NPC unhappy, you will be expelled from the martial arts gym in minutes. Then you won't be able to play even if you want to. You can only watch others happily digging holes like before. That's simply too painful.

"Finally, it's time for the test. It's worth it that I bought a shovel online and practiced at home every day."

"You newbies are doomed to fail. I'm the top newbie this time. To learn how to dig holes better, I even studied a lot of online materials and even went to the park to try it out."

"That's nothing. When I saw the first level of this game was digging a hole, I dug a two-story basement at home."

Many newcomers looked at Lin Qi who was approaching, and they were all full of confidence in the test that Lin Qi was about to announce.

"Newcomers! Welcome to the Obsidian Martial Arts School. I am your master, Lord Lin Qi. According to the rules, if you want to become a glorious disciple of the martial arts school, you must prove yourself."

Lin Qi looked at these eager newcomers and felt very satisfied. The newcomers this time were very young, and each of them was more motivated. It was obvious that they had made preparations to become qualified leeks.

"There's a registration book on the table. Write down your name and age. Then go over there and pick out your favorite shovel. Turn right and go upstairs. Over at the training ground, our treasured breathwork technique has been prepared for you. You need to learn it within twelve hours."

"Within twelve hours, the person with the highest entry-level proficiency will receive another of our treasured books, the Stellar Explosion Visualization Method. I hope you won't let me down. You can begin now!"

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