Chapter 26: Intense Competition, Narrowing Gap

[Please note that the monsters in the advanced area will become more powerful. Survivors should choose carefully during the exploration process. ]

"Higher-level area?"

Han Xing looked around and found that there were indeed many more clouds in the distant sky, of different sizes.

There were many more clouds than in the area where he was now.

"It turns out that I have always stayed in the novice area. Only after defeating the most powerful monster in this area can I go to the advanced map."

Han Xing seemed to understand some of the operating mechanisms of this game and shook his head. "Forget it, that area is still far from me. At the current speed, it will take at least four or five hours. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Thinking of this, Han Xing decided to deal with the spoils in front of him first.

He walked to the body of the Graystone Giant Wolf and decomposed it directly.

[Successfully decomposed the body of the graystone giant wolf, recovered 13 fine iron arrows, obtained 1 star high-quality animal hide *1, obtained 104kg thick wolf meat, obtained a beast heart *1, obtained strong blood *5...]

"High-quality animal hide?"

Han Xing looked at the thick fur on the ground, "I remember it can be used to make blue leather armor equipment, good stuff!"

As for the other beast heart and strong blood, he hasn't figured out their uses yet, so he put them all away for the time being.

There is nothing good in the territory of this graystone giant wolf, but when Han Xing merged the sky island, he found some unexpected surprises.

In the moonlight, at the edge of the giant wolf's territory, several rocky geological territories flashed silver light.

"There are treasures!" Han Xing's eyes lit up.

He walked over, then squatted on the ground to observe.

Han Xing said uncertainly: "It should be some kind of ore in it."

"Do you want to dig it?"

Thinking of this, Han Xing took out an iron pickaxe from his backpack and began to knock hard.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The sound of metal hitting stone continued to ring.

When Han Xing knocked off the stones on the surface of these ores, he finally revealed the silver ores inside, and the system prompt also appeared at this time.

[Mithril ore needs to be smelted to extract the mithril inside. ]

"Smelting?"

Han Xing was puzzled: "I don't have the equipment. Do I have to build a smelting workshop?"

Although mithril is a good thing, it is also the main material for making other blue equipment.

But it seems that at the current stage of the survivors, this metal cannot be refined.

Unless the later version is updated and the territory construction function is enabled.

At that time, the survivors can build various facilities in their own territories, such as smelting workshops, weapons research institutes, fortifications, and even taverns.

At present, mithril can only be opened in treasure chests with a small probability.

Han Xing was able to receive more than 20 mithril ingots before, relying on the efforts of those European emperors among the players. Of course, this probability is very small.

Since it is temporarily impossible to refine mithril, Han Xing stuffed all the mithril ore into the storage box.

Then, he looked at the ranking list.

First place: Xinghe, 184 territory points.

Second place: Whisperer, 162 territory points.

Third place: Black Hawk, 123 territory points.

Fourth place: Papaya Star Spirit, 115 territory points.

Fifth place...

"Huh? That Whisperer is catching up? Black Hawk also surpassed Papaya Star Spirit and took the third place?"

Seeing the ranking list, Han Xing was a little surprised.

The gap between him and the Whisperer has been gradually narrowed, and the other party is also trying to catch up.

But after thinking about it, although he is now equipped with almost a full set of green equipment, the attribute gap with other survivors is actually not that big.

As the survivors continue to explore outside, they will also find various equipment, skill books, etc. in other territories.

Even if they are not used by themselves, they can be exchanged in the trading channel.

The strength of the survivors is steadily improving, especially the top few among them, which is improving rapidly.

Of course, there is also a corresponding price behind this.

Han Xing saw that the 10,000 survivors in Area 107 had become 9,632.

This means that over the past three days, more than 300 people have lost their lives here alone!

According to this ratio, the current death toll of human survivors may have reached a terrifying number.

Although most of them died in accidents, as the difficulty of survival increases and the monsters encountered become stronger, this number will continue to soar.

At this time, Cheng Jianyong said in the discussion group: "Brother Xing, that Whisperer is something, and he is almost catching up with you!"

Ever since he knew that Han Xing was Xinghe, Cheng Jianyong has been paying attention to the rankings.

Han Xing replied: "Yes, he is indeed very strong. If I am not mistaken, he should be a mage."

"Mage?"

"Yes."

Han Xing affirmed: "Four of the five skills of the mage in the early stage are lethal skills. As the captain of a team, the Whisperer probably has all of them with the help of the team members. Coupled with the blessing of equipment, the exploration speed of the mage is indeed much faster than other professions."

"I see." Cheng Jianyong suddenly realized and continued to ask: "Brother Xing, how do you know this?"

"You can also know it by reading the game introduction."

Han Xing paused and continued: "By the way, what is your current ranking?"

"Huh?" Cheng Jianyong seemed a little confused, "Brother Xing, didn't you look at the rankings? Brother Yun and I have both made the list!"

"You didn't say your fictitious name, how do I know what your names are?"

"You didn't even ask."

Korean star: "..."

"Stop being so naughty and tell me what your name is."

Cheng Jianyong laughed and said, "Okay, my name is 'Lonely Brave Man', and Brother Yun's name is 'Yun Tianming'."

"..."

Korean star: "What a good name for the middle school student..."

"Yeah, I also think the name Yun Tianming is pretty cool."

"I am talking about you."

Cheng Jianyong: "???"

At this time, Chen Yun was still counting points overnight and did not see the conversation between the two people in the discussion group, otherwise he would have been fighting with Zheng Jianyong for half an hour.

Han Xing opened the rankings and was shocked to see that the name of 'Lonely Brave' had been ranked 65th, currently having 33 points.

And ‘Yun Tianming’, also known as Shen Yun, has actually broken into the top forty, occupying the 37th place with a score of 57 points.

Han Xing was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, it was expected.

After all, I gave them almost a complete set of high-quality green clothing, as well as so many skill books, plus a large amount of spiritual spring water, so they could explore boldly without any scruples.

It is natural to have this speed of reaching the rankings.

After closing the chat, Han Xing continued to approach other clouds.

After reaching level 3, the speed of Sky Island becomes 8 meters per second, which is equivalent to a speed of 8 kilometers per hour, which is already quite fast.

While driving on the island, Han Xing also took the time to glance at the chat channel.

After a whole day of fighting and exploring, the survivors shared their experiences inside.

"Hey, I was really unlucky today. When I was exploring the territory, I encountered an elite-level jungle tiger. I was almost bitten to death by it. If I hadn't been able to use the ancestral magic skill of sliding shovel, I would have ended up there."

"Upstairs, what do you mean? I encountered a huge bear today, and it broke more than a dozen of my ribs with one slap. Fortunately, I am a physical education student. I ran with it for more than ten kilometers and carried it on my back. That bear didn’t let me go until he was tired.”

"You guys are so awesome. Compared to you, being bitten by a five-step snake seems like nothing."

"Brother, you were bitten by a five-step snake and can you still speak?"

"Oh, because I pulled out its fangs and it's okay to bite it. It's still very comfortable. I'm going to keep it as a pet."

"..."

"..."

"Brother, you are so perverted..."

Speechless symbols appeared in the chat channel.

At this time, someone said: "Stop joking, look at the Papaya Star Spirit boss's guide again."

"The boss has released a guide again? I read his post before and followed the tips to avoid several clouds hiding monsters."

"Me too. Thanks to the strategy of Papaya Star Spirit, I was able to easily open a bronze treasure chest."

"Look what it is this time?"

Everyone clicked in and saw that it was a strategy post posted by Papaya Star Spirit, and there were hundreds of replies in a short period of time.

But the title of the post is different from before, but reveals a serious style.

"alert! Dark Elf Team! 》

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