I am the Arcane Archer, and all my skills are self-created.

"Only three days?"

Li Wu's pupils contracted slightly.

He sensed something unusual in Hua Zitong's unprecedentedly serious expression and solemn tone.

"Why?" he pressed. "What will happen in three days?"

Hua Zitong's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words back.

A complex emotion flashed in her eyes—a struggle, a hesitation, but more than anything, a deep sense of apprehension.

She couldn't say.

Her memories of the future are her greatest secret and her heaviest burden.

She could not reveal those "secrets" that were enough to overturn the entire world order to anyone, including Li Wu, whom she trusted most.

Because she didn't know what unpredictable "butterfly effect" would be triggered once she spoke out.

This world has changed so much because of her rebirth.

Especially Li Wu, the biggest variable, whose growth trajectory has completely exceeded her understanding in her previous life.

She didn't dare to gamble.

After a long silence, she took a deep breath and spoke in a tone as calm as possible, yet with undeniable authority:

"You don't need to know why. You just need to know that in three days, a massive change will occur in the entire newbie village area, affecting everyone."

"If we can't leave here and head to town before then, we'll miss a... a huge opportunity that could affect our entire gaming career."

Her voice wasn't loud, but every word struck Li Wu's heart like a heavy hammer.

Missed opportunities.

Li Wu's brows furrowed instantly.

He didn't know what Hua Zitong meant by "major change" and "opportunity".

But he believed that Hua Zitong would never joke with him about something like this.

If she says three days, then it must be three days.

but……

"Accumulating 20,000 experience points within three days is simply impossible," Li Wu thought, his mind racing with calculations.

At their current rate of farming Wailing Caverns, a level 20 elite monster can provide about 30 experience points.

20,000 experience points means they need to kill over 600 of these elite monsters.

Although the monsters in Wailing Caverns respawn at a decent rate, it's impossible for them to kill more than 600 of them within three days.

Moreover, they need rest and cannot work around the clock.

"Even if we push ourselves to the limit and take on every single monster in the Wailing Caverns, we still won't be able to raise 20,000," Li Wu explained his calculations.

This is a cold, despairing number.

An "impossible mission".

"I know." Hua Zitong nodded, a hint of anxiety on her face. "Normal monster grinding definitely won't work."

"Then what should we do?" Li Wu asked. "Is there any other way to gain a lot of experience in a short time?"

He racked his brains but couldn't come up with any way to break the deadlock.

task?

The experience gained from quests in the beginner village is already pitifully small after they reach level 15, and now that they've reached level 20, it's even less than a drop in the ocean.

A copy?

Dungeons are even worse!

The experience points it gives are less than what you get from grinding monsters in the wild!

Could it be that she's going to challenge that level 20 world boss, which she herself said she shouldn't even touch?

Yup!

They're already level 20. If we're at the same level, we should be able to grind against them!

Hua Zitong seemed to know what he was thinking and retorted:

"You can't fight the level 20 boss. Level 20 is a special point. Even if you get the first kill, you won't get a level up. You'll only get experience points."

For a moment, both of them fell silent.

The atmosphere became somewhat oppressive.

Inside the cave, only the crackling sound of the burning torches and the heavy breathing of the two men remained.

Time passed, second by second.

Li Wu's heart sank little by little.

Are they really going to be trapped here, watching helplessly as that so-called "great opportunity" slips away from them?

He was not reconciled.

From the moment he entered the game, he was always the one ahead of everyone else.

He was used to controlling his own destiny and to having all the initiative in his own hands.

This feeling of being driven to the brink by an invisible and intangible "time limit" made him feel extremely frustrated and irritable.

"There must be... there must be another way." Li Wu's eyes gleamed with an indomitable spirit.

He forced himself to calm down and mentally reviewed all the known information.

Level, experience, time, monsters, dungeons, bosses...

Keywords flashed through his mind, combining and colliding rapidly.

He was trying to find the one and only clue that led to "possibility" from these seemingly unrelated fragments of information.

However, just as his thoughts were stuck in a stalemate.

Hua Zitong, who had been silent all along, suddenly raised her head.

Her gaze pierced through the darkness of the cave, looking into the distance, and a strange light flashed in her beautiful eyes.

She looked at Li Wu, and a very subtle yet confident smile suddenly appeared on her lips.

"uncertain."

She uttered three words softly.

Li Wu was taken aback, not understanding what she meant.

uncertain?

What do you mean, "not necessarily"?

Is it possible that the task cannot be completed, or... is it possible that there is no other way?

However, before he could even ask a question...

An unexpected change occurred!

Rumbling--

The entire Wailing Caverns, no, the entire Blackrock Mountain Range, and even the entire starting area, began to shake violently!

From the top of the cave, loose stones and dust kept falling down.

Li Wu and Hua Zitong's expressions changed, and they immediately rushed out of the cave.

They stood on the edge of the cliff outside the cave, horrified, watching the apocalyptic scene unfold before them.

In the distance, the eternal, dark red sun was completely swallowed up by an even deeper, more ominous darkness, as dark as ink!

The entire world was instantly plunged into complete darkness.

Immediately afterwards, a massive, blood-red lightning bolt, brimming with an aura of violence and destruction, tore through the dark sky!

Accompanied by that crimson lightning, a voice, more magnificent, more majestic, and more chilling than any previous announcement, descended upon every corner of District 21 like a divine decree.