Chapter 96: The Strategy Meeting About to Begin

"Boom—" In a forest, a massive Minotaur slowly collapsed to the ground, turning into fragments that vanished across the earth.

Lingyun wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a soft breath. This Minotaur was no ordinary one, but a Minotaur Chieftain powerful to the extreme. Its monster indicator had turned completely gray-white, marking it as a subordinate of the Underworld King of the End, with strength that reached a level of despair for ordinary players. If Lingyun hadn't lured it into the forest and used the terrain to limit the Minotaur Chieftain's performance, he wouldn't have had the confidence to finish off this guy without losing more than half his health.

While killing these Berserk Monsters, Lingyun discovered something quite interesting: when a berserk monster was killed and respawned, the degree of corruption was reduced by half. This was a very good method for weakening the power of the Underworld King of the End.

Waving the sword in his hand and feeling the power within his body, Lingyun nodded slightly. Although he could still only exert a small fraction of his own strength, he was already able to use a portion of his martial arts and Dao techniques.

After tidying up his spoils of war, Lingyun opened his Communication Crystal and began reading the messages within. During this period, Lingyun and the others had been leveling up separately; after all, resources in every place were limited, and spreading out was the best choice. Communication between them was naturally conducted via Communication Crystals.

"Hmm, what is this?" Looking at one of the messages, Lingyun's brows raised slightly.

This message was sent to him by that profiteer Argo, saying that someone had discovered the Boss Room of the first Labyrinth Area. Now, someone was proposing to initiate a strategy meeting to discuss how to break through this floor-guarding boss and reach the next level, providing a shot in the arm to everyone trapped in this world.

"The first-floor floor-guarding boss?" A strange arc curled at the corner of Lingyun's mouth. "It was actually found by someone?"

Lingyun had also gone to the Labyrinth Area alone before, but after this world transformed into a Semi-plane, the area of the Labyrinth Area had expanded by who knows how many times. Lingyun had once slaughtered his way through the Labyrinth Area alone for a day and a night without finding the Boss Room. Now that it had been found by a group of ordinary players, could it only be called the power of the plot?

From entering this world until now, a month had already passed. According to information obtained from Argo, although there were some daily strategy guides provided for free by Argo, at least four thousand players had died and disappeared from this world forever. Of course, a large part of this was due to their own death-seeking behavior, such as thinking they were the Destined Son of Heaven and arrogantly challenging wild monsters with strength far exceeding their own. However, more players chose to cower in the Town, living a difficult life, firmly believing that people from the outside world would rescue them. Unfortunately, they did not know that this place could already be considered another world; people in the Main World had no way to interfere with this world at all.

With the sacrifice of a large number of players and the long-standing failure to find the Boss Room to enter the next level, many players had already begun to give up on themselves. At this moment, someone suddenly announced that they had discovered the room where the floor-guarding boss was located, which was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for everyone, letting people reignite the hope of clearing this damn world.

"However, this floor-guarding boss is no simple character." Lingyun sheathed his Long sword and turned to walk in the direction of the Starting Town. "I hope those so-called beta testers won't be too arrogant; otherwise, no one will be able to save them."

Outside the Starting Town, a purple-haired mature woman looked at the Starting Town: "Finally back. Who would have thought someone actually found the Boss Room a step ahead of us? It seems there are still capable people among these players."

Beside the purple-haired mature woman was a cute loli, who tilted her head and looked at the purple-haired mature woman: "Sister Saeko, should we go and see that so-called strategy meeting?"

"Of course we have to go. How can we not go and see the person who found the Boss Room?" Busujima Saeko said with a smile.

"A strategy meeting, huh? With Sister's personality, she will definitely attend such an important meeting," Leafa thought silently beside Busujima Saeko. "Sister, I'm coming!"

Clearly, this group was the trio of Busujima Saeko. Previously, they had also explored the Labyrinth Area, but in the end, they had to return because their supplies were exhausted, so they were also very interested in the person named Diabel who was able to find the Boss Room.

"It seems you are the first to arrive, Saeko." A female voice rang out behind Saeko.

Saeko looked back and saw Luo Yexi, dressed in red leather armor, walking toward them. Beside her was Lingqi, wearing a long black dress.

"Now we are just missing Master," Luo Yexi said, looking at the people present.

"It seems you have all been doing quite well during this time," Lingyun walked over from the path and looked at the women present.

"Master!" Seeing Lingyun arrive, Luo Yexi looked excited, almost pouncing over.

"Alright, alright, you're not a child anymore, you should be more steady." Lingyun reached out and patted Luo Yexi's head.

"You have all returned, is it to attend this strategy meeting?" After soothing Luo Yexi, Lingyun asked.

"Yes, we are very interested in the person who was able to find the Boss Room. After all, we spent some time in the Labyrinth Area, and the complexity of that Labyrinth Area far exceeded our imagination. The man who could find the Boss Room must not be a simple character," Busujima Saeko spread her hands.

"This meeting won't start until tomorrow. Let's go back to the Town and rest for now," Lingqi stepped forward and said softly to everyone.

"Okay, I want to eat the chicken wings Brother makes!" Alice was the first to agree.

Some time ago, Lingyun found a hidden Chef and learned culinary skills from him. After a period of tempering, Lingyun's culinary skills were no longer inferior to the Chefs in the top taverns of the Starting Town. More importantly, he could make many dishes that the Chefs in the taverns could not.

It was also at this time that Lingyun discovered that the little girl Alice actually had a hidden foodie attribute; at least now the food in the taverns could no longer satisfy her, and the food Lingyun made was her favorite.

"Alright, I've also collected a lot of ingredients these days. Let's go to the inn to open a room and then hold a banquet!" Lingyun checked his item slot and suggested.

"Yay!"

The group entered the Starting Town and quickly attracted the attention of many people. After all, players in this world appeared with their real-life appearances; being a beauty in the game meant they were also beauties in reality. The most important point was that the equipment on them was quite gorgeous. Except for Lingyun, the equipment on the others was flickering with a slight fluorescence, which was clearly a special effect only found on high-level equipment.

Indeed, the equipment on Lingyun's group was definitely the best batch of equipment players could obtain at the moment. As for why Lingyun didn't turn on the equipment effects, he just didn't want to cause trouble. As for the others, they were all girls and always had a bit of a desire to show off.

In the crowd, some people looked at the brightly equipped Lingyun and his group, then looked at their own shabby equipment, a flash of jealousy in their eyes, and then quietly followed behind them.

"Master, someone is following us." Lingyun's group were not ordinary people; this kind of clumsy tracking could not hide from them at all.

"It's fine, just a bunch of clowns who won't amount to anything. They just have an imbalance in their hearts seeing people living better than them; it's nothing big. As long as they don't come to provoke us, we don't need to care about them. If they offend us, I don't mind letting them recognize reality!" Lingyun shook his head and said in a low voice.

Lingyun's group arrived in front of a luxurious inn and walked straight in. The people following them saw this scene, and the jealousy in their hearts grew even stronger. Why could they work themselves to death in this world and only barely manage to keep their three meals a day, while these guys could enter the most luxurious inn in the Starting Town?

But they did not enter the inn; after all, to enter this inn, one had to have a certain amount of Col, and they didn't have that much Col on them.