A Game for Everyone: God-Level Talent is Achieved Through Rolling In.

While the world was buzzing about You Yuehan getting a physical-type pet, Nie Wan's proper pet, Xiao Yu, had just completed its first advancement.

[Pet Jade has completed its advancement, and its potential has increased to 21.5.]

Upon hearing the prompt, Nie Wan immediately summoned Xiao Yu. Sure enough, the previously flickering purple flames solidified considerably, and her slightly ethereal features became clearer.

Xiaoyu doesn't have the cute, big-eyed look; instead, her features are like those painted in a meticulous brushwork. When she stares intently at Nie Wan, she does indeed have a somewhat melancholic, ghostly air about her.

Nie Wan fed him the high-grade immortal spirit jade without hesitation.

The mid-grade Immortal Jade only increased its aptitude by 0.6; I wonder how much the high-grade Immortal Jade will increase it.

In her previous life, she had never raised a pet of the level of a magical treasure, nor had she ever fed a pet with immortal jade, so she didn't know exactly how much their attributes could be increased.

However, she once obtained a high-grade immortal jade and sold it to Liuguang Bugongwo, who ranked fourth on the Heavenly Ranking.

Liu Guangbu had a phoenix pet whose aptitude was about to break through to the Spirit Treasure level. After consuming a high-grade immortal spirit jade, it indeed broke through to the Spirit Treasure level, and it seems that its aptitude has increased by at least a little.

Now that she's using it for her pet, Nie Wan doesn't expect her luck to be particularly good, nor does she expect to break through the magic treasure's rank.

However, it's always better to go as high as possible.

If one's growth potential is high, and one then goes to the Heavenly Crystal Soul, it is possible to directly comprehend two water-type skills when awakening the water-type talent.

The skills that pets learn on their own are unique in the entire game.

As a pet's loyalty increases in the future, the owner will be able to borrow some of the pet's skills.

From this perspective, the more unique skills Xiaoyu has, the better.

Putting away Xiaoyu, Nie Wan looked up and examined the location she had been teleported to.

Jinzhou.

Of the eighteen prefectures in the land, Jinzhou was the one most plagued by hardship.

Although its territory is mostly desert and snow-capped mountains, it occupies an important gateway for trade between the East and the West, making it a strategic location fought over by military strategists since ancient times, with remnants of ancient battlefields everywhere.

In many legends and ancient records, it is said that it was a place where the ancient immortals and demons fought fiercely. Immortals and demons shed their blood here, and the fierce atmosphere and killing intent made it difficult for flowers and trees to grow and wild beasts to thrive. Ordinary people could not live in peace. Only a large army was stationed here to protect the official roads in the state and ensure that trade between the north, south and east was safe.

In recent decades, the once prosperous frontier tribes have been subjugated one by one, but the situation has not improved.

After the desert bandits disappeared, strange non-human monsters began to roam the desert, frequently attacking the army at night and causing the soldiers to live in fear.

After stepping out of the teleportation array, Nie Wan immediately sensed the difference in the environment.

The wind was much colder and more austere than elsewhere, and the landscape was a vast expanse of yellow sand.

Low-lying sand houses, sheltered huts built by vendors and travelers, sparse sea buckthorn, a vast expanse of bright poplar trees, and in the distance, the lone smoke rising from the desert, the sun blazing overhead, and in the smoke and dust, some animal bones can be vaguely seen protruding from the ground.

Not to mention comparing it to the bustling and romantic Huaiyang region, even the remote and winding mountain villages of Qiandong are much more livable than this place.

Even so, after reaching level 50, this place will still become a holy land for players, and many oases in the desert will become treasure troves that players will fight tooth and nail to obtain.

Because beneath the harsh sandstorms lie countless potential opportunities for career change.

Nie Wan also came for the opportunity to change jobs.

However, her opportunity was already firmly in her hands.

I received it in my past life, so there's no chance of anything happening in this one.

She headed straight for the city lord's mansion.

The city lord's mansion here is much simpler than the chieftain's residence in Qiandong Village, low and short, only a bit more grand and magnificent than the village head's house in the beginner village.

The guard stood ramrod straight, not even flinching as the cold wind blew in his face.

Xian Nie Wan rushed straight towards the gate, and the two soldiers couldn't help but tighten their grip on their spears.

But as Nie Wan approached, she turned a corner and stood in front of the wooden sign posted next to the gate.

The wooden sign was covered with task lists, new ones stacked on top of old ones, each one yellowed and dry.

Nie Wan glanced at it, found the one about "removing the filth from the dark river", and tore it off.

Hearing the commotion, the soldier on guard turned around, looked at Nie Wan, and couldn't help but remind her, "Miss, the monsters in the underground river are very strange. With your abilities, I'm afraid you can't complete it. You'd better think twice before you act."

Nie Wan smiled slightly: "Thank you for the reminder, brother. I will improve my strength first before completing the mission."

"Oh, I see. Hehe, I was being too talkative. Please, miss, please."

The soldier smiled sheepishly and scratched his head.

These thoughtful little details always made Nie Wan somewhat suspicious.

If the warning was a game system alert to Nie Wan's insufficient level, then what caused the soldier's silly grin after Nie Wan retorted?

Does it increase player immersion and experience?

This always makes it difficult for Nie Wan to treat NPCs as pure data.

Perhaps it's not pure data at all.

This game holds too many secrets; what she saw before her rebirth was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Nie Wan claimed she would level up, but in reality, she went straight to a small dungeon after leaving the state city.

Dark River Maze

This is a meticulously crafted nested maze-like mini-level dungeon, located at the foot of Danxia Mountain, 300 li north of Jinzhou City.

The only river in Jinzhou City is the underground river that originates from here.

The river meanders and carves countless tunnels into the rocks, forming a complex underground labyrinth.

The mission description states that many anomalies have recently appeared in this river, and soldiers who drink its water have fallen ill. It seems some kind of evil spirit is lurking in the river, polluting the water.

However, due to a monster uprising in the desert, the general was unable to mobilize manpower to clear it, so the city lord issued a notice inviting players to accept the mission.

These posted tasks are all reputation tasks, and the reputation points awarded for each task vary.

This quest only grants ten reputation points, yet requires clearing an entire instance, which most people wouldn't consider worthwhile.

Even if someone accepts the quest with the mindset that "even a mosquito bite is still meat," they often get confused by the dungeon.

The monsters inside aren't hard to fight, but the path is incredibly difficult to traverse.

Sometimes, even after defeating the monsters, you can't find the boss guarding the entrance. You can only wander around in the dark river until you get dizzy. Finally, you can't stand the quiet environment where the only sound is the flowing water, so you quit.

Furthermore, everyone discovered that the monsters in this dungeon were incredibly frustrating, as they didn't drop any equipment and didn't provide much experience.

It's not worth getting stuck in this maze just for ten reputation points.

Nie Wan brought Shao Wenjun and He Shuya with her to run the dungeon, but after running around for a whole day, the two gave up and decided not to continue.

Nie Wan is incapable of giving up, and she always believes that there must be something fishy about anything unusual.

A dungeon that doesn't drop equipment, yet with such high difficulty beyond the monsters, maze-like paths, hidden passages, and the sound of water—it creates a psychological pressure that feels like being trapped in a maze. It's clearly designed to mess with players' mentality and intentionally make them give up.

This situation is actually similar to those dungeons with extremely high monster difficulty, designed to discourage players from trying.

However, in dungeons with particularly high monster difficulty, the objective is very clear: kill the boss. No matter how difficult it is, there is still a direction to move forward.

The difficulty of this type of dungeon lies not in the monsters, but in finding the correct path to complete it.

But precisely because of this, Nie Wan was certain that opening it up must have brought some other benefits.

With patience, Nie Wan explored the dark underground river for two days before finally discovering the pattern to pass through.

Only after clearing the level did I discover the unique benefits of this dungeon.