Novel Bin
Chapter 33 - Everyone has a Weakness!
Chapter 33: Everyone has a Weakness!
“Are you sure he was wearing a cloak?” The voice on the other end belonged to Zhao Mingyuan, Zhao Hanyan’s older brother.
Zhao Hanyan confirmed, “Yes. He never took it off. There are videos of him on the forum, you can check them out. Oh, and that explosion at the top of Tiger Mountain yesterday? It seems like he was involved in that too!”
Zhao Mingyuan replied calmly, “I know. Apparently, the officials have gotten involved, which is a bit surprising.”
Zhao Hanyan didn’t care about any of that. She just asked, “Brother, I’m not convinced! Why are those two so lucky? At this rate, the Ning siblings will surpass my level in less than two days! What should I do?”
That was just her personality and her competitors happened to be the Ning siblings, especially Ning Qingyue!
The two had been competing since childhood.
When they were younger, they compared grades, academic performance, and who was more well-behaved.
As they grew older, they started comparing looks, family background, and talents.
In terms of appearance and family, Zhao Hanyan had never felt inferior to Ning Qingyue. In fact, her family was even more prestigious!
Her only shortcoming was talent, though just slightly.
Now, a new battlefield had emerged: this game.
Even their families seemed to take it seriously, further fueling her competitive drive.
No matter what, she couldn’t afford to lose to Ning Qingyue!
Zhao Mingyuan paused for a moment before sending a voice message.
“Just like I taught you before about recruiting NPCs, humans have emotions and desires. The NPCs in this game are highly intelligent, almost indistinguishable from real people. That means they have weaknesses. As long as you can exploit their weaknesses and offer them benefits, they will willingly work for you.”
Zhao Hanyan nodded, half-understanding.
Right. Instead of finding an NPC stronger than the one helping the Ning siblings, why not just steal their NPC?
That would be even more satisfying!
She had already considered this before.
Now, with her brother’s advice, she was even more certain that this plan would work!
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Novice Village…
Ye Qiu first went to find the village chief, Elder Xu.
“The mission is complete.” Ye Qiu handed over 20 tiger whips.
Elder Xu was stunned. “You’re already level 11?!”
Ye Qiu grinned. “Got lucky. Killed a boss and leveled up a few times.”
Elder Xu snapped out of his shock and gave Ye Qiu a long, appraising look.
Then, he got up and turned to the players waiting in line. “That’s all for today. Come back tomorrow.”
With that, he grabbed Ye Qiu by the arm and led him inside.
As for the other players They groaned and cursed, but there was nothing they could do.
Some were already used to it.
One player even pulled out a makeshift wooden stool and sat down on the spot, ready to wait.
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Inside the village, Elder Xu handed Ye Qiu his mission rewards.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have completed the village chief’s mission and received: 20 gold coins, 20 reputation points, 20 skill attribute points, 4 fixed attribute points, and 1 free attribute point.]
This reward…
Not bad!
In his past life, Ye Qiu had almost never done quests.
Now, getting actual rewards for completing one made him quite satisfied, even though there was no high-level gear or powerful skills!
Especially that 1 free attribute point. It was incredibly valuable!
There were different types of attribute point.
Free attribute points: Can be assigned to any stat, including strength, agility, intelligence, skills, and even luck.
Fixed attribute points: Can only be used on the four primary stats — strength, stamina, intelligence, and agility.
Skill Attribute Points: These can only be used to enhance skills.
Elder Xu then spoke in a solemn tone, “You are the first Undying in all three thousand Novice Villages of the Eastern Continent to reach level 10.”
Ye Qiu listened carefully.
Having lived two lives, he knew many secrets about the game.
For example:
Why were all the NPCs in the Novice Village capped at level 10?
Why did Elder Xu have such high prestige?
Why were there monsters outside the village that were level 10, 20, or even higher, yet none dared to step into the village?
The truth was Novice Villages were special. Or rather, all except Newbie Village 0001 were merely shadows of the real thing.
The different Novice Villages each held fragments of the real Elder Xu’s power.
That’s why NPCs appeared to be capped at level 10.
But in reality, once the other Newbie Villages vanished and merged together, that was when the true power of the NPCs would be revealed!
“A few hundred years ago,” Elder Xu began, his tone heavy, “extraterrestrial demons attempted to break through the Heaven-Guarding Array of the Novice Village. They launched attack after attack.
“But the Heaven-Guarding Array was set up by an Ancient Supreme Deity. The more powerful and evil a creature is, the more impossible it is for them to break through.
“But the extraterrestrial demons were cunning. Over hundreds of years, they discovered a method.
“They… They nurtured newborn demons outside the Heaven-Guarding Array, allowing them to absorb its energy daily. Their goal? To make the array accept them as part of itself.
“Now, those newborn demons have hatched. They have already broken through the boundary between the array and the secret realm outside.
“If they break through the next barrier and connect the secret realm to the Novice Village, then the entire Novice Village will be overrun by extraterrestrial demons.
“At that point… the Novice Village will be destroyed, and every living being inside will be annihilated.”
Elder Xu’s expression was grim.
Ye Qiu, meanwhile, was lost in thought.
From the faint sorrow in Elder Xu’s voice, he could feel the weight of this crisis.
He tried to recall. In his past life, when the game merged with reality, the Novice Village still existed at first.
But then, it completely fused into one single Novice Village!
That was when everyone finally realized that the Novice Village was not ordinary.
At that time, Elder Xu and the once level-10 NPCs Became level-100 NPCs!
Especially Elder Xu. One hand holding a sword, the other gripping a wine jug, standing high above the heavens!
For the sake of all living beings, he swung his sword one final time.
That single slash tore through the skies, and the Ancient Gods descended!
That was the moment the Novice Village ceased to exist!
It seemed that demons had invaded from within the Novice Village.
Under a pincer attack, even the Heaven-Guarding Array could no longer hold…
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