[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed":3,"chapter-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-57":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How Do We Play If This Boss Isn't Nerfed?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1618182,2083,"Chapter 57 - 56: School-Wide Grand Competition","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>Lin Ye suppressed the surge of surprise in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Something isn’t right.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced himself to calm down as a new question surfaced in his mind: If the Blue Crystals descended along with the Celestial Abyss, why had he never seen even a trace of them in the city?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this stuff was truly a heaven-sent treasure for cultivation, why couldn’t one find even a speck of dust in the main urban areas where humans were active?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The government couldn’t possibly have overlooked a strategic resource like this.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Unless...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They did find it, and they actively cleaned it up, sealed it off, and covered it up.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Then perhaps this cultivation-enhancing effect comes at a price.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye was not a reckless brute who would be blinded by power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greater the opportunity, the more terrifying the risk often hidden behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he understood the true nature of these Blue Crystals, he didn’t dare bet his entire cultivation path on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of thought, Lin Ye decided not to continue cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took one last, deep look at the area emitting an eerie blue light, then turned and resolutely melted into the darkness outside the factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You eat a meal one bite at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You walk a path one step at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would rather continue killing monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll just have to find a way to look up some information later.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five tense days slipped quietly by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In those five days, good news kept coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, there was his father’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the full medical support of the military and the central hospital, his father had mostly recovered and had even been temporarily fitted with a Mecha prosthetic for his right leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even initiated a video call with the family in the past few days, color and a smile returning to his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his mother, Li Wan, heard this news, some of the dark clouds hanging over her heart were dispelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his father couldn’t return from the front lines just yet, everything was moving in the right direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heaviest gloom over their family had temporarily lifted, allowing a ray of sunlight to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second was Lin Ye’s own cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spear skills were advancing by leaps and bounds. Under Chen Meng’s personal guidance, he quickly broke through to the Unity Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still hadn’t met Chen Meng’s standards. In Chen Meng’s own words, his skills were still \"amateurish at best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only just reached the threshold. At this stage, using a spear would actually weaken his combat strength; it was far less practical than his Staff Skill, which had already entered the realm of slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the weapon Lin Ye currently used was still a staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, there were the secrets of the ruined city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these five days, he had completely figured out the ecosystem of the third ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer he got to the core area, the more concentrated the free-roaming source energy in the air became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At certain specific times, a brief \"Source Energy Tide\" phenomenon would even occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During those few short minutes, Lin Ye could feel pulses of source energy, like tidal waves, spreading out from the core of the ruined city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye guessed that in the core of this ruined city, there must be a gathering place of Blue Crystals even larger in scale and greater in number than the one at the chemical plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concentration of source energy within the third ring would surge several-fold, and Lin Ye personally witnessed many of the mutated beasts within the third ring change during these Source Energy Tides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those that couldn’t withstand it exploded and died on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those that could saw their strength climb to a new level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of this that he discovered special individuals were beginning to appear frequently among the mutated beasts in the third ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just last night, he had encountered a Level 11 mutated mantis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster’s speed was unbelievably fast. Its two bladed forelimbs were like high-speed cutting machines, capable of carving deep gashes into his alloy staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most terrifying part was that it also possessed the ability of Mimicry, allowing it to blend perfectly into its surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye had to fight it for a good half an hour, kiting it multiple times by relying on [Healing out of combat], before he finally found an opportunity to land a heavy blow with a [Power Strike], ultimately achieving a hard-won victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These special mutated variants couldn’t be judged by their level alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their combat power and intelligence were far beyond those of ordinary mutated beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, risk and reward went hand in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experience points he gained from killing these evolved mutated beasts were also far greater than those from other mutated beasts of the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Lin Ye’s combat experience also grew steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his level increased, the amount of experience required to level up also grew larger and larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five days of sleepless cultivation and grinding had only brought Lin Ye to LV12.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye opened his personal panel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Host: Lin Ye]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Race: Goblin (Warrior)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: LV12 (1024\u002F6400)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Life Value: 2119\u002F2119]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Energy Value: 391\u002F391]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Physical Strength Value: 720\u002F720]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BOSS Mechanics: Healing out of combat (White), Soul Furnace (Green), Crush (Green)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Phase: P1, other phases not unlocked]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength: 59.7]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agility: 58.2]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endurance: 71.3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spirit: 49.5]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Free Attribute Points: 0]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Points: 0]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skills: Basic Attack (LV6), Thick Skin (LV5), Staff Posture (LV6), Power Strike (LV5)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Power Strike (LV5): Channel all your strength for a devastating heavy attack. Can be charged for up to 2 seconds to deal 150% damage.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He invested all the skill points he had recently acquired into [Power Strike].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered that after upgrading the skill, while the damage multiplier remained unchanged, the charging time decreased with each level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the initial 3 seconds down to 2 seconds at LV5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single second, on a constantly changing battlefield, was the difference between life and death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of functional improvement was far more valuable than a simple numerical increase, making the powerful skill much more flexible in actual combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was definitely a more valuable form of growth than just increasing numbers!\u003C\u002Fp>",1045,"2026-06-06T10:31:47.882Z",1,"novelbin.me","5cf3984c3b6fd1f10fbaeb7da4fb5cf3b68168534f1ac7f46680b1b919685c29","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-58","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-56",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-cover.jpg"]