Since the system became my girlfriend

“I just observed that kid isn’t having an easy time killing monsters either. After they finish off a monster, his health drops to less than a quarter. Think about it, we’re all around the same level. Even if he has 200 health, if he only has a quarter left, that’s only about 50 or 60 health. At that moment, we can launch a sneak attack. You and I will be on the left and right, and if we hit him three times, he’ll be dead!” Gui Bai said to the boy.

"That makes sense!" The boy's eyes lit up after hearing Gui Bai's words.

"Let's not go in together later, it would be bad if we were discovered. Let's ambush from both sides, don't rush, wait for them to kill a few more monsters, then you watch my signal and we'll attack from both sides, we won't have to worry about not being able to take him down!" Gui Bai instructed the boy.

"Alright! Brother Gui, let's do it your way. If the puppet core falls, we'll split it in half!" the young man said with a loud laugh, completely unaware that he was just being used as a pawn.

"You sneak in first, I'll go in from the other side!" Gui Bai said to the boy.

"Alright, see you later!" The boy, without suspecting anything, turned and headed straight for the valley.

"What did you say to him?" Kai Li walked over at this moment.

"Let's trick that idiot into drawing our fire!" Gui Bai smiled slightly. He shared his plan with Kai Li again, but Kai Li was his real partner. Although the two had only met in the newbie village, they were kindred spirits and trusted each other quite a bit.

"Alright, as long as that kid can land a single blow, we can close this deal!" Kai Li's eyes lit up; Gui Bai's move was too clever!

"Then let's go over there too!" Gui Bai smiled slightly, and then walked towards the valley.

"Okay, I'll go in in a bit!" Kai Li nodded. He didn't go with Gui Bai, afraid of attracting Su Rui's attention. After Gui Bai entered the valley, two minutes later, Kai Li finally slipped into the valley.

Because there was a constant stream of people coming to do the quests, and because Su Rui was constantly killing monsters, he could create some short-term safe zones, causing many gold farmers who had given up on this place to return. So the small valley became lively again. Kai Li and the other two mingled in the crowd and did not attract the attention of Su Rui and his companion.

"Ding! You have killed the Rock Golem and gained 9 experience points!"

Because their level had increased to level six, Su Rui and Feng Lixi experienced a slight decrease in experience points when fighting monsters. However, this did not matter, as their main goal was to exchange for a puppet core that provided 100 experience points.

"How can this game be so unfair? The experience required to level up doubles every time. Who can stand this?" Su Rui started complaining again. After reaching level six, he found that the experience required to level up had increased from 1,600 to 3,200. This huge increase made him feel the pressure of leveling up even more.

"It's like this before level ten, but after level ten, the increase isn't as dramatic," Feng Lixi said with a smile.

"Are you sure?" Su Rui was taken aback.

"Don't you read the game description?" Feng Lixi retorted.

"Is this in the introduction?" Su Rui asked, puzzled.

"Of course there is. If you don't look at it yourself, who else can you blame?" Feng Lixi rolled her eyes at Su Rui, then quickly added some notes in small print on the official website.

"Okay, maybe I missed it..." Su Rui shrugged. As a professional gamer, he would never make such a mistake and miss such important information. He was almost certain that this content was not on the official website before, but arguing with his girlfriend about it would be a stupid thing to do.

"By the way, how many puppet cores have you obtained so far?" Feng Lixi changed the subject.

“One hundred and fifty in total…” Su Rui flipped through his backpack. He was shocked when he counted them. In just two or three hours, he and Feng Lixi had actually farmed so many rock golems!

Moreover, each of these rock golems drops a core, which is why Su Rui was able to collect so many!

One hundred and fifty puppet cores mean that they can be exchanged for 15,000 experience points. It sounds like a lot, but according to Feng Lixi, the experience required to level up will double before level ten. Su Rui is currently level six, and he needs 3,200 experience points to level up. When he reaches level seven, he will need 6,400 experience points to level up.

Based on this calculation, Su Rui alone would need nearly 48,000 experience points to reach level 10. Adding Feng Lixi, the two of them would need almost a thousand puppet cores to leave the beginner village...

"This is such a long monster-hunting process..." Su Rui sighed.

“If we level up at the normal pace, it would take players three to five days to leave the starting village. But if we grind monsters at this rate, we can reach level 10 in two days without any rush. What else could you possibly be dissatisfied with?” Feng Lixi asked.

"Hehe, of course I know our upgrade efficiency is very high, but people are always greedy..." Su Rui laughed.

"Are humans always greedy?" Feng Lixi nodded to herself, but didn't say anything more.

The two then continued to grind monsters. As before, Su Rui would sit down and rest for a while after finishing off one monster, and then continue to grind the next one after his health was fully restored.

But just as Su Rui had reduced the rock golem in front of him to only five percent of its health, Gui Bai, who was hiding behind the rubble not far away, suddenly nodded. Then, a kid suddenly darted out from behind Su Rui. This kid had obviously been hiding for a long time, waiting for this opportunity!

"Die!" the boy roared, then slashed at Su Rui with his sword. Su Rui was killing monsters at the time when he heard a strange, unpleasant wind behind him.

But at this moment, Su Rui didn't dare to dodge the blade coming from behind, because the rock golem in front of him had much higher output than the kid behind him!

-17!

A damage number appeared on the screen. Su Rui had taken a hit from the kid's sword, and then quickly cooperated with Feng Lixi to take down the monsters in front of them.

"Whoosh..." As soon as the rock golem fell, Su Rui swung his spiked club back and struck!

-85! (Critical Hit!)

As expected, it was another critical hit. Su Rui directly reduced the boy's health by more than half. The boy was dumbfounded because he had agreed with Gui Bai to attack at the same time. But now Gui Bai was gone, and he had to face Su Rui and Feng Lixi alone!

"Brother Gui..." The boy was completely bewildered. Even now, he still couldn't believe that he had been used.

-127! (Critical Hit! Explosive Hit!)

Su Rui's health was almost depleted, and he had no intention of engaging in a prolonged battle with this kid. He immediately activated his skill, instantly killing the half-grown boy on the spot!

But at that moment, Gui Bai and Kai Li made their move!