Chapter 3

And if Qin Feng wants to accept this quest, he must first guide the other party... to make them issue the quest to him.

At this moment... upon hearing Qin Feng's words, Luo De's eyes lit up as he turned to ask Qin Feng, "You have Soul Crystals?"

"I don't... but I can help your lordship obtain them," Qin Feng said calmly.

Hearing Qin Feng's words, Luo De frowned slightly, and his previously excited mood instantly calmed down.

However... he glanced at Qin Feng, thought for a moment, and said, "If you can help me obtain 100 Soul Crystals, I will give you a very generous reward. I hope you... will not disappoint me."

"Ding-dong~ Do you wish to accept the hidden quest [Searching for Soul Crystals (Unique)]?"

Hearing this quest prompt, Qin Feng chose to accept the quest without hesitation.

And the next moment, a system prompt popped up before Qin Feng's eyes.

"Notification: You have successfully accepted the hidden quest [Searching for Soul Crystals (Unique)]! Please open the quest log to view quest details!"

Seeing this system prompt, Qin Feng bid farewell to Luo De.

Luo De just waved his hand, signaling that he could leave.

Subsequently... Qin Feng quickly left the wooden house.

After walking out of the wooden house, Qin Feng opened the quest panel to look at the quest he had just obtained.

[Searching for Soul Crystals (Unique)]

Level: SSS

Limitation: Hidden Unique Quest

Quest Content: Head to the Nether Cave at (612, 711) in the novice village to search for Soul Crystals.

Quest Goal: Collect 100 [Soul Crystals] (0/100).

Quest Success Reward:

1. Silver Coins*10

2. Experience +10,000 points.

3. [Heaven-Sent Frost Skill Book]*1.

Quest Failure Penalty: None

Introduction: Completing this quest will earn you a very generous reward! But please be careful, player, as the difficulty of this quest is extremely high...

Seeing the quest before him.

Qin Feng cast his gaze directly onto the quest rewards.

Heaven-Sent Frost Skill Book?

An ice-type AOE magic skill... not bad.

The best reward for this quest is this skill book.

The others... don't have much use for Qin Feng.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng glanced at the quest content, quickly closed the quest panel, and ran rapidly toward the outside of the novice village.

In less than a minute, Qin Feng arrived outside the novice village.

At this time, outside the novice village, quite a few people had already started grinding monsters.

"Brothers, is anyone forming a party? We're missing a healer!"

"Can any big shots carry me?"

"Is this... a game? Damn, this level 1 wild chicken is so fierce, I can't beat it at all!"

"Does anyone know how to leave this place?"

"Brother, just open the function panel, there's a return button there, you can leave directly and return to reality."

"What exactly is going on with this game? It feels too real, doesn't it? Could it be a projection of a high-dimensional civilization onto Blue Sea Star?"

Qin Feng frowned slightly upon hearing these players' discussions.

Humans have an extremely strong ability to adapt to their environment.

In less than ten minutes, humans had already entered the role of players and started grinding monsters to level up.

And some people had even figured out how to return to the real world.

Of course... Qin Feng had no time to pay attention to these ordinary players; he only had one thing to do, and that was to become strong quickly!

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Qin Feng didn't even look at the map; he passed through the forest outside the novice village and headed deep into the distance.

As Qin Feng went deeper, he gradually couldn't see any other players.

And the forest, which was originally sunny, began to turn dark.

Swamps bubbling with green gas.

Blackened trees, plants emitting eerie blue light.

It felt like two different worlds compared to the novice village earlier.

One sunny, one dark.

Qin Feng didn't hesitate at all and stepped directly into the swamp area.

At the same time, the system notification sound rang in his ears.

"Ding-dong~ You have discovered the [Nether Swamp], Reputation +20."

Reputation is a hidden attribute.

Only the first player to discover an unfamiliar area will have their reputation increased.

And the higher the reputation, the easier it is to accept hidden quests.

Even when reputation reaches a certain level.

One can obtain official positions and gain more permissions and rewards.

This also means... level is very important to players.

Only by staying far ahead in level can one unlock more new areas before others and obtain more reputation.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng looked up at the Nether Swamp before him.

There are quite a few monsters in the Nether Swamp, but these monsters are not Qin Feng's target.

So...

Qin Feng lifted his staff, bypassed the swamp directly, and quickly arrived in front of a small mountain made of scattered rocks.

After arriving here, Qin Feng looked up at the cave in front of the small mountain.

This is the entrance to the Nether Cave.

This is considered a hidden monster-grinding area.

Inside, it basically spawns level 5 Bronze-tier elite monsters.

Comparable to level 10 Black Iron mobs outside.

Of course, high difficulty also means high returns.

After killing these Bronze-tier elite monsters, the experience and gold coins given are also extremely high.

Thinking of this...

Qin Feng carried his staff and walked quickly into the cave.

Just after walking into the cave...

A system notification sound rang out immediately.

"Ding-dong~ You have entered the [Nether Cave], Reputation +50."

After the system notification sound rang, Qin Feng looked up at the cave before him.

The inside of the cave was pitch black, and terrifying hissing sounds, as well as sharp friction sounds, came from within.

Looking closely... he saw that the walls of the cave were covered with spider silk.

Seeing this scene...

Qin Feng was not afraid and walked directly along the depths of the cave.

Not long after walking, Qin Feng encountered three Nether Spiders!

The Nether Spiders were huge...

Half the height of a person.

Their bodies were covered with countless compound eyes, looking ferocious and terrifying.

And at this moment...

Qin Feng entered their aggro Spell Range and instantly alerted these three Nether Spiders.

They slowly turned their bodies, blinking countless compound eyes at Qin Feng.

Subsequently...

One of them crawled rapidly toward Qin Feng.

"Roar..."

At this moment, Qin Feng cast an Inspection skill directly.

Inspection is a general skill for players, used to view a monster's panel attributes.

The moment the Inspection skill took effect, the Nether Spider's attribute panel appeared before Qin Feng's eyes.

[Nether Spider (Elite)]

Level: 5

Grade: Bronze

Health: 1,000/1,000

Attack Power: 150-157

Defense: 55

Skills: [Spider Silk Spit], [Web Entanglement], [Dissolve]

Introduction: Spiders from the netherworld that will entangle people and dissolve them into their food, and the spider silk they spit out is also a very powerful weapon...

Actually, the Nether Spider's attack power isn't considered high among elite monsters of the same level.

Defense is also not worth mentioning.

But the Web Entanglement skill is very disgusting; it will directly control the player, followed by a Dissolve attack.

Once a player of the same level gets hit, they are easily killed instantly.

However...

Web Entanglement has a cooldown, and it doesn't hit 100% of the time after being cast; one can use movement to dodge it.

And this... is enough.

Because with Qin Feng's current damage, killing the Nether Spiders before him is simply too easy.

At this moment, Qin Feng closed the panel directly.

The moment the panel closed, Qin Feng lifted his staff and cast a Primary Fireball skill at the incoming Nether Spider.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the fireball exploded on the Nether Spider.

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A huge damage number appeared above the Nether Spider's head.

The Nether Spider with 1,000 health instantly vanished into thin air, dropping a pile of copper coins.

At the same time, a system notification sound also slowly rang out.

"Ding-dong~ You have killed the [Nether Spider (Elite)], obtaining 1,000 (+8,000) experience points (800% experience bonus for killing an elite monster 4 levels higher)."

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