[{"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-85":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},1618210,2083,"Chapter 85 - 83: Transfer","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>[Your first-day rank is 14. Keep it up!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the pale blue screen of light projected before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was both within Lin Ye’s expectations and, in a way, outside of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had stayed up all night, slaughtering his way through half the night in his T-3 Exoskeleton Armor like a perpetual motion machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His kill efficiency was much higher than he had estimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, there were still 13 people ahead of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye swiped his fingertip across the virtual screen, and the complete rankings appeared clearly before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze moved down, and he quickly found his teammate’s name in the upper-middle section of the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rank 46: Zhang Yuqing, Dongjiang First Middle School, Kill Points: 185]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye’s gaze continued upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Name after name he had never heard of occupied the top spots on the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he reached fifth place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rank 5: Yan Hui, Dongjiang Experimental Middle School, Kill Points: 449]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Hui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the only name Lin Ye recognized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the last joint mock exam for the Five Schools of the East District, this person had dominated every single test item with an undisputed, overwhelming lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, he was only fifth on the overall leaderboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye’s gaze moved past Yan Hui and continued upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fourth place, third place, second place... all were unfamiliar names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their scores were neck and neck, the gaps between them razor-thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when Lin Ye’s gaze fell upon the name at the very top of the list—a name that seemed to exist in a different dimension from everyone else below it—his pupils suddenly contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rank 1: Xue Wangshu, Celestial Star Martial Arts High School, Kill Points: 1,269!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t a competition on the same order of magnitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From second place down to him in fourteenth, everyone’s score was within a relatively reasonable range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this first-place score had an extra digit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestial Star Martial Arts High School already had a widespread reputation as a top-tier Martial Arts High School that received the most support from prominent families and the Education Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Dongjiang Experimental Middle School, like Dongjiang First Middle School, was a school that didn’t receive much support from prominent families, it had been following a path of elite education for the past decade, raising its admission standards and improving the overall quality of its student body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to Celestial Star Martial Arts High School, Dongjiang’s true number one high school, there was still a considerable gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1,269...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was definitely not a number that could be reached simply by killing monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Did they complete some kind of hidden special mission?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Or... did they find some way to slaughter mutated beasts on a massive scale?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye closed the rankings, not dwelling on the matter any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood better than anyone that there was always someone better out there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye collected his thoughts and turned toward a corner of the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuqing was curled up there, sleeping soundly, but her delicate brows were knitted tightly, as if she were still fighting in her dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye walked over to her and, without a word, gently tapped her armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ngh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuqing let out a muffled murmur. Her eyelashes fluttered a few times as she struggled to open her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she regained consciousness, a wave of soreness and weakness originating from every part of her body washed over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mouth was dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her stomach was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt like a machine that had been drained of all its energy; even lifting a single finger was an immense effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since yesterday, the only thing she’d eaten were those few humiliating bites of spider leg before she was knocked out by the poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The high-intensity battles and forced marches had long since depleted all the energy in her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuqing struggled to sit up. She was about to complain when she saw Lin Ye place a few items in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were several large pieces of roasted meat from some unknown mutated beast. Although it wasn’t nearly as fragrant as the spider leg, it looked much more filling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, there was also a small handful of colorful, juicy-looking wild berries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to get moving after you’re done. The monsters in this area are almost cleared out. We’re heading south.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the words that had been on the tip of Zhang Yuqing’s tongue were instantly swallowed back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, she had slept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye hadn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she woke up, Lin Ye was already awake and had even prepared food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Zhang Yuqing suddenly felt that if she complained even once more, she would be less than human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuqing picked up a piece of meat and, forgetting any pretense of ladylike decorum, opened her mouth and took a huge bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t delicious; it was even a little sour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yuqing saw that Lin Ye was also devouring it heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That means the meat probably isn’t poisonous.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her starving stomach instantly cried out with its most honest desire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuqing could no longer be bothered with anything else and wolfed down the piece of meat in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the second piece, the third...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them ate quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three minutes later, all the food had been swept clean, as if by a gust of wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warm current rose from her stomach and quickly spread throughout her body, dispelling her fatigue and bringing with it a pure sense of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuqing felt like she had come back to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye had already stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attached the spare energy module to the magnetic pack on his back, his long spear in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two did not choose the energy-intensive flight mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One figure followed the other as they shot out of their shelter like arrows from a bow, speeding off in the direction Lin Ye had planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the latter half of his nighttime hunt, Lin Ye had climbed the tallest building in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he had used his exoskeleton to briefly ascend, getting a bird’s-eye view and roughly memorizing the general landscape of the entire competition grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These virtual ruins were much larger than he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their area was almost equivalent to two or three Dongjiang Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were currently in the northwest corner of the entire map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunting ground Lin Ye had chosen for the second phase was in the far south of the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster density in the central region was undoubtedly the highest, but he knew very well that it would also be the most crowded area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four continuous hours of long-distance trekking, with no rest in between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the competition, a forced march of this intensity would have been enough to make Zhang Yuqing collapse from exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the assistance of the T-3 Exoskeleton Armor, their stamina consumption was reduced to a minimum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor’s kinetic assistance system made their every step incredibly energy-efficient, allowing them to run as if flying, at speeds comparable to a car on a highway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buildings in the southern district were noticeably shorter and more dilapidated than those in the western district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast stretches of low-rise residential buildings and abandoned factories lay silently under the gray sky like crouching behemoths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the center of that cluster of buildings, a circular sinkhole of unimaginable size tore through the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sinkhole’s diameter was, by visual estimate, over ten kilometers. It was bottomless, its edges lined with fractured rock strata and twisted steel rebar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a meteorite had once fallen from the sky, smashing everything here into the planet’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the steep cliffs of the sinkhole, dark, gaping openings were faintly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the severed entrances to the city’s once-extensive subway network that reached in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye’s gaze swept over the surroundings. He keenly sensed that there were very few people here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like I chose the right place.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Fewer people means the number of monsters will definitely be higher than where we were before.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye shot up from the ground again, ascending to a height of one hundred meters. He quickly scanned the nearby terrain and selected their next temporary base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led Zhang Yuqing to the front of an abandoned convenience store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glass door had long been shattered, the shelves were toppled over, and the floor was covered in a thick layer of dust and debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them walked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye cautiously checked every corner and only relaxed after confirming there were no lurking dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuqing, on the other hand, let out a cry of pleasant surprise, as if she had discovered a new continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the convenience store’s rest area, she had found a two-seater sofa that was covered in dust but whose main structure was still reasonably intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not caring about the dirt, she threw herself onto it, her entire body sinking into the soft cushions as she let out a sigh of pure contentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might be old and dusty, but lying on it was a million times better than sleeping on the hard, cold, and uneven concrete floor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1543,"2026-06-06T10:31:47.882Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f2d8595f02955b892ff3fdd6920f315561f32786fb21b0f8f03200afc541258","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-86","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-84",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-cover.jpg"]