Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

After this incident, the players, especially XB, became more restrained. No longer taking their guard down like before, they followed Zhou Ning obediently.

Half an hour later, Zhou Ning gradually entered the depths of the forest. Due to the strong breath of life, the trees here were particularly green and shrouded in mist. Occasionally, a strong wind blew, making it seem a little gloomy.

Zhou Ning also saw more traces along the way, and wild beasts of different levels appeared from time to time, but ordinary monsters had no room to fight back in front of Zhou Ning. Now his agility was close to 250 points, and even ordinary attacks were like blazing fire. In addition, the agility profession itself had a fast attack speed and an absurdly high damage output. Ordinary monsters could hardly touch Zhou Ning at all.

But what made Zhou Ning a little depressed was that his level cap removal task required killing 10 boss-level creatures above level 60, but he killed a lot of monsters along the way and didn't see a single boss-level one.

Little Deathwing, however, had gained a lot of experience, reaching level 15 before he knew it. He'd gained a new skill called Frenzy, allowing him to perform six consecutive basic attacks. He'd also grown slightly larger. If he kept at it, he might even learn the legendary Cataclysm skill, capable of destroying the world.

After a while, Zhou Ning paused and his eyes narrowed slightly. He keenly noticed a voice coming from the front.

Not long after, Zhou Ning saw a group of figures appearing in front of him. There were dozens of shadowy people wearing all kinds of exaggerated red and green clothes. They didn't look like an adventure group, but more like a... noble tour group?

"who?"

Zhou Ning's approach quickly attracted the attention of the group of people, and a figure passed through the crowd and walked towards him.

This is a man dressed like a typical adventurer, wearing a black coat suitable for combat, with a big sword on his back and a gun hidden in his chest. He looks like a meteorologist.

Zhou Ning raised his hat in a friendly manner and said with a smile, "Good afternoon. My name is Wayne Sternwell, and I'm just passing by."

"Wayne Stewell? I've heard of you. You're a formidable gunslinger." The man's expression softened slightly, and he nodded. "My name is Argus, a mercenary from Dockland. This time, I'm accompanying my employer to the Elsop Swamp."

He turned sideways and pointed at a group of people behind him.

Zhou Ning looked over and saw a dozen people gathered together. There were ten men and three women. The men were all young nobles dressed in feminine attire, while the women were more casually dressed. This reminded Zhou Ning of the Huashan Sect of Yue Buqun and Lin Pingzhi. The employers Argus mentioned were probably transgender people who were bored and seeking a miracle of life. This was a popular trend among the nobles of Braxton. According to Joshua's diary, the most sought-after socialite in Docklands was once a man.

"Argus, what's going on?" A handsome young noble came over and asked. His eyes lit up when he saw Zhou Ning. He extended his hand and smiled charmingly. "Spark Lambert. Second in line to the Lambert family. May I have the honor of knowing your name?"

Is this guy trying to flirt with me? Zhou Ning was startled by his smile. He didn't reach out to shake his hand. His expression remained unchanged as he said calmly, "Sorry, I'm not interested in meeting strangers."

"You're unromantic." Spark withdrew his hand in frustration and turned his gaze to Argus. "When can we set off again?"

"We have to wait a little longer. A strong acid rain is about to occur ahead." Argus said in a deep voice, "If it's not urgent, I suggest you wait a little longer." The latter sentence was said to Zhou Ning and the others.

"This NPC must be a very good meteorologist." Windchaser Thunderfury, who is also a meteorologist, could not predict anything and looked at Argus with admiration.

"Strong acid rain?" Zhou Ning couldn't help but blink. He had experienced so-called strong acid rain before. It was highly corrosive and quite deadly to those with weaker strength. It wasn't much of a threat to him, except that it ruined his clothes.

and many more……

Zhou Ning suddenly remembered that the Sword of Cortes he had just acquired had a special effect: after equipping it, it could control wind or rain within a certain range, and the range and scale increased with the increase of mental power. Since obtaining it, he hadn't tested it yet. Could this sword control acid rain?

At this thought, Zhou Ning couldn't resist the urge to test it out. According to the system description, this weapon had actually been significantly weakened compared to its heyday. It could create rainstorms, thunderstorms, gales, hurricanes...within a certain range. There were virtually no restrictions on the wind and rain it could create. However, the greater the intensity of the weather, the shorter its range and duration.

For Earth, where supernatural powers are not that strong, this weapon is really almost like a god. No wonder Cortes was able to conquer the Aztec Empire almost single-handedly with this weapon.

Even in the apocalyptic world where supernatural powers are everywhere, this power is very close to that of a demigod, because unlike meteorologists who need to rely on media and weather combos, this sword changes the weather simply by relying on black magic and the power of the sword itself.

Zhou Ning placed his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist and chose to use his ability. He suddenly felt dizzy, and the method of controlling the weather naturally emerged in his mind.

Simply put, he can control the local weather by consuming concentration, turning light rain into heavy rain, heavy rain into light rain, and even causing rainstorms and lightning strikes. It's so cool.

Zhou Ning made a decision quickly and waited calmly for the weather to change.

After a while, strong acid rain really began to fall in front as Argus had said. Suddenly, a continuous hissing sound came from the area ahead. Trees, flowers and plants were corroded everywhere, and small potholes appeared.

"Follow me."

Zhou Ning said calmly to the players, holding the hilt of the sword with his hand, and stepped into the acid rain area without hesitation.

"This..." Several players looked at each other, but based on their trust in the protagonist, they still chose to follow. Then they were surprised to find that although it was raining acid in the sky, there was not a drop of rain on their heads.

"He...what is he doing?"

Spark, who had just returned to his companions, heard his companions exclaim and immediately turned his head. Then, he was stunned...

Because he suddenly saw that the handsome man who made him feel very fond of him was walking calmly into the strong acid rain.

"Oh my God..." Spark was stunned - under everyone's dull gaze, a gust of wind suddenly blew up, and then the rain curtain made of strong acid was blown apart by the wind and neatly split into two halves. Wherever he walked, the rain curtain scattered. It didn't matter to him, the guys following him were also unharmed.

"What the hell is going on here?" Spark rubbed his eyes desperately, trying to prove that it was all just an illusion. What a joke! Even the best meteorologist couldn't do this, right?

Then Spark discovered that he was not dazzled. In a very short time, the group of uninvited guests had passed through the acid rain and continued to move forward.

"How about... we go over there too?" Spark asked Argus. But he got a look like he was crazy: "You can try..."

"Sure enough..."

Zhou Ning, who deliberately chose to control the strong wind, felt a surge of surprise in his heart. The power of the Sword of Cortes was even greater than he had imagined. It could undoubtedly be regarded as a powerful trump card of his.

But after testing, it was found that as a powerful unknown object, this sword inevitably had its own negative effects, and more than one.

The biggest negative effect at the moment is that when using this sword, Zhou Ning feels as if he will inevitably become greedy - just like Cortes in history.

The second negative effect is that when using this sword, one's concentration value drops rapidly and one's mental strength tends to be exhausted, which can easily cause a less powerful transcendent to collapse and lose control - just like Richard once did.

But if it is only used for a short period of time, these two negative effects are acceptable. With such powerful equipment, you can definitely win a crushing game. Besides, as a profiteer, what's wrong with being greedy?

A few minutes later, Zhou Ning led the players through the acid rain area. He had no intention of waiting for the group behind him and went straight forward. After more than two hours, everyone gradually entered a dark swamp.

System: You discovered Elsop Swamp.

"We're here." Looking at the misty Elsop Swamp ahead, Zhou Ning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.