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“Ring ring ring~”
Zhang Yue had set an alarm for seven o’clock. As soon as it went off, he got up, washed up, and went downstairs to buy two buns and a cup of soy milk.
The 400,000 yuan Su Jin Ya had sent, after transferring 390,000 to the hospital and paying three months’ rent totaling 1,800, plus utilities, left him with 8,000.
That should be enough for Zhang Yue until his next paycheck.
After breakfast, Zhang Yue opened a Dimensional Spatial Rift and entered the Otherworld.
“Ding~ Welcome to the Second World: Zombie Siege!”
After restocking some potions in Nottingham City, Zhang Yue headed alone to the garrison camp in the west of the city.
Yesterday, Zhang Yue had already collected the 100 fire-type zombie cores needed for his quest by killing Flame Zombies.
Today, his target was the Ice Zombies, to collect ice-type zombie cores!
Crossing the territory of level 11-13 Flame Zombies.
Next, he would face Ice Zombies, which were level 14-16 monsters!
Unlike Flame Zombies, Ice Zombies had the Ice Shield, which could block 50% of ice-type damage.
But for Zhang Yue, this was actually an advantage.
Because two of his three skills were fire-type, with only one being ice-type!
[Mutant Ice Zombie] (Physical Type, Common Monster)
[Level: 14]
[Physical Attack: 184]
[Physical Defense: 150]
[Magic Defense: 140]
[Health Points: 1240]
[Skills: Ice Slash, Ice Shield]
[Description: Have you ever seen a zombie that emits cold air like a popsicle? Don’t try to attack it with ice or water, because the cold will only make it more excited…]
Compared to Flame Zombies, the stats of Ice Zombies were clearly much stronger.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue grabbed the [Destroyer·Frost Staff] and started the fight!
Locking onto an Ice Zombie emitting cold air, Zhang Yue activated his skills.
Super Fireball Spell!
Super Flame Missile!
Boom!
Boom boom boom!
-448 Burn! -25 Frostbite!
-176! -264 Critical! -264 Critical! -25 Frostbite!
After triggering the Swift effect of the [Icefire Swift Boots], Zhang Yue, with a total of 55 Agility points, had an insanely high critical hit rate!
With a series of combo attacks, the Ice Zombie’s health bar instantly dropped to zero.
With the burn damage from the Fireball Spell dealing 54 points per second, the Ice Zombie didn’t even have a chance to get close before it died on the spot!
“Ding~ You have killed a level 14 Ice Zombie, Experience Points +80! Psionic Energy +!”
Compared to the 50-60 experience points from Flame Zombies, the experience reward from Ice Zombies was a significant upgrade!
Picking up the 6 Copper Coins dropped by the Ice Zombie, Zhang Yue summoned the Silver Armored Scorpion and continued killing zombies.
The Silver Armored Scorpion tanked in the front, while Zhang Yue dealt damage from the back.
The master and servant duo worked together to kill one Ice Zombie after another.
Before long, golden light fell.
Starting at 12 level and 91%, Zhang Yue leveled up to 13.
It was now 8:30 in the morning.
Having collected 11 ice-type zombie cores, Zhang Yue received a Feixin message.
[Su Ya]: “Good morning!”
[Su Ya]: “Are you up?”
“I got up at seven and have been killing zombies for an hour,” Zhang Yue replied. “Did you just get up?”
“Ah, I…,” Su Jinyan felt extremely embarrassed. “I forgot to set my alarm last night and overslept…”
“Wait for me, I’ll come find you right away!”
Twenty minutes later, Su Jinyan, dressed in a white mage robe, appeared at the garrison camp.
Zhang Yue exited the Ice Zombie area and returned to the Flame Zombie area.
He saw Su Jinyan.
He remembered she was wearing a blue robe yesterday, and today it was white?
It must be her CEO sister who spent a fortune to buy her high-attribute gear again!
Having money is really great!
The two teamed up and started killing Flame Zombies.
Although Zhang Yue had already collected all his fire-type zombie cores, Su Jinyan still needed more.
So, he was helping her collect zombie cores.
With a 20% drop rate, their progress in collecting the cores was slow.
It took the entire morning to help Su Jinyan collect 100 fire-type zombie cores!
In the afternoon, they began advancing into the Ice Zombie area.
Although they had only known each other for a day, their teamwork was surprisingly seamless.
Su Jinyan seemed like a pampered princess who didn’t know anything. Zhang Yue initially thought that someone like her could only rely on the high growth of an Epic Grade profession and the strength of her purchased equipment.
But to Zhang Yue’s surprise, her awareness and control were very strong!
It seemed she had done a lot of homework.
Su Jinyan’s skill control was always perfectly timed.
It wasn’t just about control; she seized the moments when the zombies were about to attack, using immobilization to interrupt their actions!
Her accuracy was over 70%!
Such skill might be overkill for dealing with common monsters.
But in later boss fights or PvP, it would be incredibly powerful!
As the saying goes, a man and a woman working together makes the work easier.
Using the afternoon and evening, they both successfully collected 100 ice-type zombie cores!
By then, Zhang Yue had reached level 15.
Su Jinyan had also leveled up to 13!
Now, they only needed 100 poison-type zombie cores to complete the quest!
At eleven o’clock at night, they agreed to meet again tomorrow to hunt Poison Zombies and collect poison-type zombie cores.
Then they logged off.
At night, in the Su family villa.
Su Jinyan was in an unusually good mood. After taking a bath, she didn’t go to sleep but wandered around the room, hugging a pillow and giggling.
Seeing this, the servants who were busy preparing a midnight snack for Su Jinyan were stunned.
“It’s been three years since we’ve seen Miss so happy!”
“Yes, seeing Miss so happy makes this old servant truly happy!”
In the blink of an eye, two days had passed since this year’s Otherworld opening day.
Gradually, many new Professionals had cleared the First World and started advancing into the Second World.
At 7:30 in the morning.
When Zhang Yue returned to the Otherworld, the chat area in Nottingham City was bustling:
[Noob and Loves to Play] (Female, lv10 Common Grade Archer): “Hey guys and gals, anyone doing the level 11 Zombie Forest quest? Take me along!”
[Noob Xu Kun] (Male, lv10 Common Grade Mage): “Level 12 Zombie School quest, need one more, we have tank and DPS, need a healer!”
[Emperor and General] (Male, lv10 Common Grade Warrior): “Emperor Guild recruiting, offering five insurances, base salary of 5,000, guaranteed pay…”
As the Professionals’ levels reached double digits.
The level 13 one-star Priest robe that Zhang Yue had listed in the Otherworld Marketplace, dropped by a Zombie Leader, was successfully sold!
The Marketplace took a 10% fee, leaving 270 yuan, which was directly transferred to Zhang Yue’s card.
At the same time, Zhang Yue received a message from the guild group.
[Mist Rain Pavilion Guild Group] (Group 194):
[Mist Rain Pavilion, General/11 level Elite Grade Royal Archer] (Group Leader): “How many haven’t cleared the First World yet? Anyone who hasn’t cleared it by today will be kicked out of the guild!”
[Mist Rain Pavilion, General]: “Remember, our goal is to be in the top three of Zhening Province’s rankings. Mist Rain Pavilion doesn’t support slackers! By today, everyone who has reached the Second World must level up to at least level 12!”
It seemed this “General” was the Guild Leader of Mist Rain Pavilion’s Coastal City branch!
He had quite the presence, but who knew how strong he really was.
While Zhang Yue was standing in Nottingham City reading the group chat.
Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder.
Zhang Yue turned around to see Su Jinyan standing in front of him, smiling brightly. “Am I early today?”
“Yes, early,” Zhang Yue said. “Let’s go do the quest.”
“Okay!”
So, the two teamed up and headed to the garrison camp.
Along the way, passing solo Professionals couldn’t help but glance at Zhang Yue and Su Jinyan, whispering among themselves:
“Look! That mage girl in white is so beautiful!”
“Isn’t she the second daughter of the Su family from Coastal City? The one who awakened as a Plague Mage three years ago.”
“I heard her profession restriction was broken yesterday, and she awakened an Epic Grade core profession! Could it be the guy next to her helped her break it?”
“Impossible! How could a Beast Tamer break the restriction of a Plague Mage? But this guy looks so ordinary, yet he can team up with the second daughter of the Su family. I’m so jealous!”
“Yeah! Everyone knows the second daughter of the Su family is both talented and beautiful. She’s outstanding even in the entire Coastal City!”
“Sigh, let’s not talk about it. Ordinary people like us can’t reach her level! Besides, I heard the second daughter of the Su family, Su Jinyan, has a cold personality. Even those who are well-matched can’t get close to her!”
Hearing the discussions around them.
Su Jinyan quickly blinked and said to Zhang Yue, “Zhang Yue, don’t listen to their nonsense. I’m not cold at all!”
Zhang Yue glanced at the serious-looking Su Jinyan and smiled, “Yeah, I can tell.”
Su Jinyan initially felt relieved.
But the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
“What does he mean by ‘I can tell’? Why was he smiling just now?”
“Could it be because he remembered seeing me dance at the zombie camp the night before…”
“Ah! It’s over, that embarrassing moment can’t be erased…”
Su Jinyan felt like crying but had no tears, awkwardly following Zhang Yue.
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