Chapter 284 Black Hole Deep in the Swamp
Generally speaking, killing monsters should not give experience.
It is the same as killing small animals.
Because although monsters have power comparable to that of superhumans, they do not actually have a clear superhuman level. Their level in the game is just to the extent of "what kind of superhuman their power is equivalent to".
Although Aiwass does not remember the setting of "experience" very clearly, he also roughly knows that "free experience" is actually related to the power of the Tao that is naturally dissipated when killing and expelling the opponent in a fierce battle. Because the power of the Tao will naturally flow from a higher place to a lower place, and the system only plays a role in opening up a receiving channel.
But basically, only by killing a superhuman who is stronger than oneself, or at least one level higher, can experience be obtained.
Therefore, this is essentially a "transcendence" ritual.
This is very consistent with the setting of the player "Son of the Snake Father" - gaining power through transcendence.
Therefore, the experience given by killing a superhuman is usually not as good as dispelling a phantom demon of the same level. Once the phantom demon is dispelled, the power on its body will disintegrate; however, when the extraordinary person dies, he may be transformed into a spirit, and if the spirit is dispelled, the power of the path obtained will usually be less.
These monsters are special creatures without consciousness and mind. They are inexperienced.
They are similar to some kind of phantom demon, but in fact they are not born in the dream world, but native creatures of the material world.
Just like the extraordinary person of the first energy level may not be able to beat wild wolves; the extraordinary person of the second energy level is mostly unable to beat beasts such as lions and bears; even for the extraordinary person of the third energy level, it is very dangerous to fight against an adult giant elephant with bare hands.
It is not until the fourth energy level that the extraordinary person can have a clear enough individual advantage.
And the monsters are a little more special - they do have the power of the path by nature, but they do not have enough intelligence, so they can only rely on instinct to use it.
Because of this, they cannot strengthen their power through means such as entering dreams or mysterious skills, and they are still beasts in essence.
It's just that on top of the dimensions of "teeth", "muscles" and "weight", it has gained the additional power of "path power".
In this world, whether or not to dream directly determines whether or not there is a possibility of becoming stronger - all creatures that can't dream mean that they can't connect to the dream world and can't get stronger path power.
If the beast master is still there, the situation is different. But now the beast master has left, and the controller of the path of love is the moon god Hengwo, and these beasts have lost the possibility of going further.
Therefore, even if the level is one energy level higher than them, the monster can still be hunted safely.
Transcendents, as well as griffins, demons and other extraordinary creatures, will consciously make up for their own weaknesses. But monsters are different.
Although monsters are very strong in a certain direction, they will also be very weak in other places.
Like the collision of the mud turtle, it is roughly equivalent to a lead-heart villa rushing over at a speed of about 120 miles; or equivalent to a 400-ton dump truck charging.
This basically only takes one hit to kill anyone except Haina on the spot.
This is undoubtedly the power that a fourth-level superhuman can exert.
But if you can directly hurt its inner core - penetrate the rock shell on its back, or bury a trap on the ground to attack from its relatively vulnerable abdomen, or shoot it from the "flesh" like Sherlock, it can be easily killed.
The hunters of Black Hawk make a living by doing this. A well-trained and well-equipped hunter can even kill monsters by leaping two or even three energy levels. And the materials on the monsters can be sold for a lot of money - biological materials with natural Tao characteristics, whether it is useful for alchemy or rituals.
Bullying these beasts is undoubtedly not an act of transcendence. Therefore, even if you challenge the monsters of higher levels, you will not get any experience - but you can improve the hunter's mysterious skills.
Aiwass is not sure whether he can gain experience from monsters because the monsters here are special, or because the times have changed and he can indeed gain experience from monsters.
In order to test his own ideas, Aiwass has started hunting -
It is very simple to hunt monsters, as long as you have enough information. Mud turtles feed on skeleton animals, undead, and mud. They usually disguise themselves as swamps, half asleep and half awake with their mouths open, waiting motionlessly for unconscious undead or animals to come over and fall in.
The earth elemental magic power condensed into a vortex will make the surrounding swamps extremely sticky, and it is difficult to get out once you fall into it.
- From this perspective, the reason why Sherlock disturbed a mud turtle is that his spell is equivalent to pulling out its tongue.
There are about four or five mud turtles in a nest. The reason they live in groups is that they need each other's power to form a large enough swamp area.
In this half-asleep state, they will not take the initiative to attack. Therefore, it is enough for Aiwas to arrange a complex curse ritual on their faces, and use the curse to kill them directly in their sleep without disturbing them.
[Kill the fourth-level monster and gain 26 free experience]
[Kill the fourth-level monster and gain 26 free experience]
[Kill the fourth-level monster and gain 26 free experience]
…
Is there really experience?
Aiwass raised his eyebrows.
Can experience be given to monsters that have not entered the battle?
Generally speaking, if a transcendent is killed before entering the battle, he will not provide experience to Aiwass. For example, the York lawyer who was assassinated by Aiwass, or President Tommy.
But these monsters not only provide experience, but the experience they provide is exactly the same. This is not quite right... Even if they are extraordinary people of the same energy level or even the same level, the experience given to them is random within a range.
——Only summoning creatures will give fixed experience.
This is a bit interesting.
Aiwass tentatively used the purifying fire to disperse a few passing headless skeletons. The result is that no experience is gained.
While they were in the swamp, the fog began to grow heavier and heavier around them. It's unclear how much time has passed, but the white mist has completely obscured the surrounding environment, and some undead that only appear at night have begun to appear in the swamp.
For example, Night Knight.
After carefully confirming that there were no other knights around, Aiwass quietly summoned the flame butterfly and used the purifying fire to easily disperse a lone night knight.
[Expel the Night Knight and gain 64 free experience]
This experience is normal. That shouldn't be a problem here.
It wasn't until Aiwass killed a third-level "swamp ghost" that he finally discovered the anomaly——
[Expel the ghosts in the swamp and gain 84 free experience]
Swamp ghosts are the undead souls of those killed by the swamp. Their bloated bodies are filled with poisonous sludge, and they can spit out disgusting and rancid mud like vomiting.
This is a very ordinary undead, not very powerful in combat. But the experience it gives is much higher than that of the Night Knight, a warrior of the same level...
"You said there's something wrong with the swamp?"
Sherlock frowned: "Isn't it because there's that thing inside...the mud turtle? You've already cleaned it out, haven't you?"
After seeing Aiwass kill all the mud turtles, Sherlock already wanted to leave. Because it is really unpleasant to move in the swamp, not to mention the white mist around it that makes you blinding and nauseating.
But Aiwass still dragged him and asked him to accompany him to kill three times in and three out. Killed all the undead that could be seen several times.
Now hearing Aiwass's words, Sherlock felt that it was outrageous: "Do you still want to chase him into the swamp and kill him? Are you killing him with red eyes?"
"This is called BUG recurrence."
Aiwass said confidently: "The reappearance means that we have caught the problem. Can you grab another elemental creature from the swamp to see? If we have killed all the mud turtles, you shouldn't You’ll feel resistance again, right?”
"Okay, okay..."
Sherlock couldn't resist Aiwass, so he could only respond helplessly: "Hurry up and leave as soon as you finish. I already feel like there is a layer of something on my face..."
He stretched out his hand again, pointed his fingers at the largest swamp, closed his eyes and prepared to summon the mud eagle again.
But Sherlock's expression soon changed. His hand bounced away as if he had been electrocuted, and a bolt of earth-yellow lightning crackled on Sherlock's right arm, causing his whole body to tremble violently.
——Spellcasting failed.
But in an instant, the surrounding fog dissipated.
I saw that the swamps suddenly started to move - like a flushing toilet, flowing suddenly towards the depression in the middle. The white mist around them was sucked in as well.
At that moment, the air became fresher, and the vision seemed to suddenly light up. Sherlock breathed in the fresh air and even felt a little moved.
Soon, these swamps "ebbed" completely.
All that was left was a huge black circular hole in the middle.
The hole was about ten meters in diameter and the edges were very smooth. Even the intersection between the ground and the hole is a sharp right angle.
The hole is lower than the terrain where Aiwass and the others are located, and is surrounded by a smooth plane that slopes downward like a funnel.
Lily asked Aiwass for advice: "Shall I go and take a look?"
She has "lies" that can pull her body, so she is not afraid of losing her footing and falling in.
"No, let's leave."
Aiwass cautiously rejected Lily's words: "This is not the place we should come now."
Because he already recognized what it was...
They first guessed that Yingjia Village was a fairy forest, so it could not be seen from the outside. Later, they discovered that it was a mystery formed by some special dusk power, which disrupted the time sequence of Yingjia Village.
——But now, the possibility of the first guess has changed again.
Because this kind of funnel-shaped black hole that suddenly appears in the depths of swamps, lakes, and snow is called the Fairy Hole—it is the portal to the Fairy Kingdom!