Chapter 28 The Demon King’s Recruitment!
A gloomy and dark cave with dim kerosene lights.
The pitted stone table is covered with strange utensils, and the evil mage is whispering.
ccogeneous in 5 grams of bezoar, 5 grams of root of Dingfengcao, one eye and one tooth of a burrowing spider... add it in a mortar and grind it into powder, then transfer it to a crucible and bake it until purple smoke comes out.」
The moment the cyan smoke turned purple, Luo Yan calmly took a bottle of pre-purified solution and skillfully poured it into the crucible.
…Add 200 ml of burrowing spider gland extract, maintain the temperature and continue to heat, stir clockwise with a stirring rod, and cook until thickened. "
At the same time as his voice fell, the liquid in the crucible had turned into a thick paste.
Get the liquid.
Encapsulation.
Watching Luo Yan's movements in one go, Youyou asked curiously.
"What is this?"
Inserting the test tube with the cork on the test tube rack, Luo Yanyan answered briefly and concisely.
"The antidote is mainly used to restrain the paralyzing toxin of burrowing spiders."
In fact, it is not just the toxins of burrowing spiders, but also some snake venoms.
Yuyou, who was floating aside, looked at him in confusion.
"Can't magic detoxify?"
Luo Yan said patiently.
"Magic is not omnipotent. I have only heard of poisoning magic, but not of detoxification magic."
Of course.
Nothing is absolute.
For example, although magic can only remove curses but not poisons, it can offset the negative effects of poisons by "increasing toxin resistance", "increasing antibody activity" or "increasing life recovery speed".
This is like even a fatal poison, as long as the user's blood volume is greater than the dose of the poison, he can still withstand it.
In addition, there are infections and plagues caused by some microorganisms, which can also be dealt with with holy light.
Although the followers of Saint Sith claimed that this was evidence of a miracle, it was actually just the Holy Light killing the microorganisms.
"But... you're paralyzed, how can you drink medicine?"
"The toxin doesn't work that fast. Besides, I still have summons."
There are still some medicinal residues left in the extractor on the side. These medicinal residues are leftover from making the underground spider gland extract.
Luo Yan did not waste these materials, but transferred them to the crucible to continue heating.
Looking at the movements of his hands, the studious and inquiring Yunyu continued to ask.
"What about this?"
"The estrogen of the female spider can be applied to the skeleton... It is mainly used to attract monsters."
"No, he is indeed the Demon King! He is really insidious and cunning!"
In a blink of an eye, another bottle of potion was made. Luo Yan gently shook it evenly and then placed it aside the test tube rack.
"Don't force yourself if you don't know how to use idioms."
As the top student in the theory class of Demon King Academy, potions can be said to be his best subject besides formations.
After all, this is the only subject with no threshold. As long as you memorize the formula, practice makes perfect.
Combining his experience in organic chemistry classes in his previous life, as well as the influence and influence of modern civilization, Luo Yan not only integrated the content in the book, but also innovated the dosage of the formula himself.
After all, the Demon King Academy teaches potions suitable for demons to drink, which are like veterinary medicine to humans.
Although it is not without efficacy, it is definitely lacking in all aspects.
After repeating the previous steps more than a dozen times, Luo Yan continued to prepare the next set of potions until the test tube was almost full.
Not only antidotes and biopheromone, he also has to prepare the "Escape Potion" to dissolve spider silk, the "Vitality Potion" to lift the petrified state, etc., as well as the most critical "Red Bottle" to treat trauma and the "Blue Bottle" to replenish mana.
Finally made all the preparations, Luo Yan stuffed the test tubes filled with medicine into the special vest one by one and wore them under his robe.
Although this means that the load has increased a lot, it also more than doubled his firepower!
Now, not to mention the silver-level Igor, even Mia, a classmate who is only one step away from the gold-level, dares to challenge him!
Standing in front of the mirror to tidy up his appearance, Luo Yan ordered to Youyou.
"Yuyou, help me pick five players above Lv3 with less embarrassing IDs, and send them a main quest and ask them to wait for me at the entrance of the maze."
"Received! Lord Demon King!"
The white mist that transformed in front of the mirror gave a playful salute, and the corresponding mission pop-up window also popped up in front of the players who were spawning monsters at the same time.
On the other side, two "Gold Medal Skeleton Soldiers", Yiye Zhiqiu and Huwan, were spawning monsters on the first floor of the maze with the skylight opened, and unexpectedly fell into a hard fight.
ifies the monster for the Nth time. Hu Wan, holding the dagger, stared intently at the big spider not far away, with a hint of solemnity in his eyes.
Hide the spear in hand and lurk behind the stone pillar. The same goes for Ichiba Zhiqiu, rubbing his chin with his index finger and lost in thought.
In the past, when the crypt spider discovered that the intruder had stepped into the spider web, it would immediately enter a state of alert, then launch an attack within three seconds, and would continue to chase it out of the "territory" covered by the spider web!
But now, they seemed to be on strike one by one. They didn't even bother to look at the skeleton soldiers invading the territory. Even if they wreaked havoc on the spider webs, they pretended not to see them at all.
Only when they venture within twenty paces will these burrowing spiders retract their eight legs in alarm.
However, even so, they will not attack rashly unless they continue to approach fifteen or even ten steps forward, or get close to the spider eggs and young.
Could it be that he upgraded too quickly, causing the official to secretly change the hatred mechanism?
Wrong——
Yiye Zhiqiu carefully observed the crypt spider nest in front of him, and finally found a clue.
"I see..."
"What's wrong?" Hu Wan quickly cast a questioning look at him.
"Look at those cobwebs," Yiye Zhiqiu pointed forward with the spear in his hand, "Didn't you find something extra?"
"What's more? You mean...those 'cocoons'?"
Hushwan also noticed at this time that there were some gray-white cocoon shells hanging in the dense cobwebs.
Different from basketball-sized spider eggs, these cocoon shells are half as tall as a person.
Because its shape is really similar to a spider egg, it is easy to miss it if you don't look carefully.
"If I guessed correctly, it should be the rat man from yesterday."
Hushwan looked at him in astonishment.
"You mean that these burrow spiders are not only full, but also have lost the desire to hunt because they have hoarded a large amount of food?"
Is this possible?
As a professional player, he actually prefers to understand that the backend staff saw that they were upgrading too quickly and made it more difficult, while at the same time reducing the difficulty of upgrading for other players.
After all, because the movement of the Crypt Spider has become slower, the benefits of regular frontal play for a group of four or even five people will be relatively high.
Explained from the perspective of biological theory, this was the first time he had heard of it in a game.
"That's exactly what I mean."
Looking at the lazy spider and the white fruits, a glimmer of excitement appeared in Yiye Zhiqiu's solemn eyes.
"This game... is more real than I imagined."
Not only the relationship between predators and prey, the developers of this game also set the hunting habits and living habits of different creatures on this basis!
This made him feel unprecedentedly excited.
What I saw was not only the meticulous settings, but also the full sincerity of the developers!
Interesting.
It’s so interesting!
He couldn't help but start to look forward to what the other monsters in the maze would be like, whether they were the same as these "junior monsters" hiding at the entrance of the Novice Village.
At this moment, a line of pop-up windows appeared in front of him.
【Mission: Recruitment by His Majesty the Demon King! 】
【Explanation: His Majesty the Demon King plans to enter the maze for hunting and is recruiting 5 LV3 followers. Do you accept the invitation? 】
【Reward: Depends on team battle participation. 】
【Note: During the mission period, the death penalty is exempted. 】
"I received a recruitment mission here, what about you?" Hu Wan raised his head and looked at Yiye Zhiqiu.
"I also received it here." Yiye Zhiqiu nodded, and clicked the button to accept, "Take it, it's not a loss anyway."
The condition for receiving the mission is LV3 or above, and the players who have reached this level in the entire server can probably be counted on one hand.
Obviously, this task was given to them.
"I think so too. There is no harm in actively cooperating with the developers in this kind of closed test... just wait for them for a while."
The meeting place for the mission is at the entrance to the first floor near them, and there are still more than ten minutes before the mission starts.
Hulwan also clicked the accept button and hung the dagger in the leather holster on his waist.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered something, turned his gaze to Yiye Zhiqiu and asked.
"By the way, how long does it take for you to level up to LV4? I remember it's only a little short, right?"
Ichiba Zhiqiu nodded.
"There are still more than three thousand experience points left."
“Why are there more than 3,000?” Ku Wan looked at him in surprise and asked doubtfully, “I remember you were about to level up last night, right?”
Since Kazuye Zhiqiu is the one responsible for giving the monster a fatal blow, he will gain slightly more experience points.
Hulwan was promoted to LV3 this morning.
He had thought that after swiping monsters all morning, even if the progress was slower, this guy would reach LV4, but he did not expect that he would still be wandering around LV3 like himself.
"I was still short of 5,000 last night...I killed a crypt spider now, and the experience gained was only a little more than half of what it was at LV1."
"That's it... I thought the amount of experience gained dropped because I didn't play any role today, but I didn't expect that you also dropped." Huwan grinned and said with a smile, "It seems that if you want to become stronger, you still have to challenge higher-level monsters."
"Let's do what we can... With our current strength, Crypt Spider is already the most efficient choice."
"Calamity OL" has only been open for a day and two nights in the true sense. Most players have just reached LV1, and some Buddhist players are even still at LV0.
In comparison, their speed is already very fast. It seems to be crawling very slowly, simply because this game is too boring.
While the two were chatting, three other senior players who had received the mission also arrived at the scene one after another.
It is almost impossible to level up so quickly in this game if you play alone. Not surprisingly, these three should also be team players.
Judging from the equipment, their professions are archers, sword and shield warriors, and two-handed axe warriors... The division of labor is quite clear.
Although it is somewhat difficult to wield a two-handed ax with the strength of a skeleton soldier, that guy should be equipped with this weapon after he reaches LV3.
More than that, he should be like himself, with all the upgraded skill points automatically allocated to strength.
· Staring at the two-handed ax warrior coming from a distance, Hu Wan said in slight surprise.
"I didn't expect that the two-handed ax was picked up by him."
Ye Zhiqiu looked at him and asked.
“Do you know him?”
Hushwan shook his head.
"I don't know... but I recognize the ax. It seemed to have fallen next to the prison, and it was placed together with the big sword in the NPC's hand. Someone tried to pick it up, but failed, and I didn't see it after that."
As of now, that dear friend should have registered the ownership of this "initial divine equipment".
Being able to increase his strength to 5 before others, in a sense, this guy is considered a talent.
Seeing that the two people in front had already arrived, the two-handed ax warrior walking in front smiled and said hello.
"This is Yiye Zhiqiu, right? I've admired him for a long time!"
At the same time as he spoke, a line of ID appeared above his head——
【Dragon Travels Ten Thousand Miles】
What a domineering name!
But I haven’t seen it on the forum...
Or do the big guys like to make a fortune in silence?
Yiye Zhiqiu then looked at the two people behind him, who were also from the same series.
Sword and shield hand [dragon travels thousands of miles], archer [dragon travels hundreds of miles].
Hulwan couldn't help but complain softly.
「Why is it getting shorter and shorter...」
Yiye Zhiqiu glanced at him, hinting him not to find trouble, and stepped forward to shake hands with Brother Wanli.
"Nice to meet you!"
"Haha! You're welcome! It's a pleasure to meet you here!" Long Xingwanli smiled heartily and said carelessly, "If it weren't for your strategy, I wouldn't have gotten this ax so quickly!"
At this point, the hearty skeleton soldier changed the topic again and skillfully extended an olive branch.
"To be honest, the three of us are actually from the same guild. We have just recently planned to move here, and we are very lucky to have obtained the qualification for the closed beta test. I think we are brothers in the same way, I wonder if we are interested in starting a wasteland together?"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said calmly.
"You are welcome to form a team, and you are welcome to make friends! But if you want to join an organization, please forgive me for my insensitivity. I am used to being free and loose, and I have joined some guilds, but in the end I found that solo is more suitable for me."
Although he was rejected, Long Xing Wanli was not too disappointed, and just said with a hearty smile.
"Really? Hahaha, that's a pity! With your talent, you can earn at least 5 figures per month here. If this game supports live broadcasting in the future, 6 figures will not be a dream."
Ichinoye Zhiqiu shook his head.
"It's not about money."
"I know what you mean," Brother Wanli patted his arm and said with a smile, "If you change your mind, please consider our Dragon Walking World!"
Yiye Zhiqiu cupped his fists and cupped his hands, smiling and saying politely.
"Definitely!"
Long Xingwanli nodded and looked at Hu Wan who was standing next to him. The latter raised his hand before he could speak.
"I don't have to."
Long Xingwanli grinned.
"I know you don't have to, Huwan, right? This ID is familiar, I know you."
Huwan: "...?"
Which game?
Longxing Wanli did not explain, he just looked at the two people behind him and introduced Brother Qianli and Brother Baili.
Sister Qianli to be precise.
The sword and shield player turned out to be a female player, and it seemed that she had reached LV3, which was beyond Kazuyo Zhiqiu's expectations.
This game is different from pesticides.
Since most monsters are ugly to the core of their souls, being a tank still requires a certain amount of mental quality.
"Have you been spawning monsters here?" Qianli looked around, then looked at Ichiyo Zhiqiu and asked.
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said with a smile.
"Yes, until last night, the efficiency of monster spawning here was relatively high."
Qianli immediately asked.
"Is it different today?"
"Well," Ichiba Zhiqiu didn't hide anything. He looked at the spider webs around him and told what he found. "After yesterday's monster siege, the spiders here have accumulated a lot of dry food. The pursuit range has been greatly reduced, and the difficulty of kiting has increased a lot... Of course, this may be an opportunity for you." The speed has been reduced. As long as you can withstand two attacks on the main T, the teammates on the main C can successfully take down its flanks. I should have mentioned in the strategy post that its weak point is in the abdomen... So your captain had better consider replacing the two-handed ax with a spear or one-handed sword. "
"Understood! But why two attacks?" Although he knew that it was not good to inquire like this, Qianli still asked urgently.
Yiye Zhiqiu was not as sensitive as her and said with a smile.
Because these spiders are accustomed to using their forelimbs to nip their prey first, and then bite it with their mouthparts. I guess this may be because their faces are relatively large, their distance vision is strong, and their near vision is poor, so they need to use their forelimbs to identify prey... You can imagine what it feels like to look at the tip of your nose. It has more eyes than you, so it should be blinder than you. "
"I see... So its attack method is a two-hit combo, right? I remember it!"
Qianli carefully recorded every word he said, and he listened intently as if he was in class.
Is this a paid player?
Yiye Zhiqiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Fortunately, he no longer had to worry about life and could concentrate on enjoying the game itself.
However, seeing the way he gave everything to everyone, brother Huwan beside him became jealous.
How about RMB? Give me your phone number——"
"Don't be like this, it's not a big secret, and I will write it in the forum later."
Yiye Zhiqiu waved his hand in confusion, declined his offer, and then gave Hu Wan a helpless look.
"Brother, let's not stir up trouble, okay?"
Huchan subtly averted his eyes.
"I'm not afraid that you will suffer a loss...forget it, it's the clue you found anyway, so if you don't care, don't care."
His saying this is purely a professional habit.
After all, in his world view, such high-value information, especially information from the pioneering period, must be exchanged for money.
Given the business prospects of "Calamity OL", even 100,000 yuan is not too much.
"Okay! If you don't want money, then I'll treat it as a favor. I'll remember this favor! If you need help in the future, just tell me."
Long Xingwanli said with a smile.
Qianli, who was standing next to him because he owed him a favor for no reason, felt a little guilty. He wanted to say something, but was stopped by the glances of the skeleton archers on the side.
Although he didn't say a word from beginning to end, Baili, as the president's number one follower, could see clearly that this was just the president's retreat in order to advance.
If you want to quickly close the relationship with a person, it is far better to owe the other person a favor than to sell the other person a favor.
It can be seen that the boss really appreciates this guy.
Of course.
This person does have two brushes.
Just at this moment when everyone was making jokes, the boss of the necropolis finally arrived at the scene.
He was wearing a simple robe and held a short wicker-like wand in his hand.
Although there are no gorgeous clothes and expensive jewelry as embellishments, no one can ignore his presence.
Evil.
Elegance.
In that sinister face, handsomeness seems to be the least worth mentioning advantage.
Yiye Zhiqiu had to lament that the NPC design really felt like a BOSS.
No need for lengthy preparation.
As soon as he opened his mouth, it was a cutscene CG animation.
"Very good, you are all here."
Luo Yan glanced at the players with style.
It’s not that he likes to show off, but he knows that these players like this.
He only needs to play the role of a devil who is ruthless and doesn't talk much, and maintain the strong character that a devil should have.
As for the plot and so on.
They will think for themselves.
·Looking past the five skeleton soldiers, he turned his attention to the crypt spiders occupying the magpie nest, and gently waved the wand in his hand.
"It's time for these traitors to pay the price for their shortsightedness and stupidity."
(End of this chapter)