72: Lost Land

"Teleport to Dark Night Forest."

Arriving in front of the teleportation array, Li Changkong placed his contribution card before the staff member.

Upon hearing this, the staff member scrutinized Li Changkong, his gaze tinged with doubt.

He then asked suspiciously, "You want to go to Dark Night Forest?"

"Mm."

Li Changkong replied indifferently.

"Do you know what kind of place Dark Night Forest is? It's not a place for new students like you to go."

The staff member kindly reminded him.

"I have a quest, so I can only go there. If I can't beat them, I'll just run away."

Li Changkong scratched his head, responding with a smile.

"You're going alone? Not with a team?"

The staff member spoke again, somewhat disbelieving.

"I have teammates, but they're not here; they're waiting in Dark Night Forest now."

To avoid the other person saying more, Li Changkong chuckled.

Upon hearing this, the staff member didn't ask further and quickly activated the teleportation array.

...

As soon as Li Changkong left, two Crown Prince Gang members who had been tailing him emerged.

They looked at the staff member: "Where did that person go?"

The staff member glanced at the newcomers: "Dark Night Forest."

"He went to Dark Night Forest?"

Hearing this, one member gasped softly.

Then he looked at the member beside him: "Should we continue to follow him now?"

The other member also fell into suspicion, but quickly shook his head.

Then he said, "Forget it, that place is too dangerous. Let's tell the Elder about this first."

After what happened this morning, the Crown Prince Gang had, in a very short time, arranged for the forum post to be deleted.

However, that post had already attracted a lot of attention, and public opinion was naturally boiling.

Even if their Crown Prince Gang could truly control everything, they couldn't completely suppress the surging public opinion.

Since they couldn't solve the problem, they wanted to solve the person who created the problem.

After Li Changkong emerged from the Training Room, they dispatched people to follow him.

They wanted to find an opportunity to ambush him.

Only in this way could they wash away the shame on themselves.

...

Stepping out of the teleportation array, Li Changkong found himself in an army camp.

And not far away, the vast, boundless forest should be the Dark Night Forest.

This Dark Night Forest used to be a forest zoo, but after the game descended, the trees grew wildly, and it became a gathering place for monsters.

The monsters inside varied in strength, but the weakest ones were at least Rank 20.

After exiting the teleportation array, the first thing that entered Li Changkong's sight was a camp.

Within this camp, there were quite a few professionals.

And in the distance, there was a large building with "Bounty Guild" prominently written on it.

Most of the people here were either graduates or unorganized professionals.

On weekdays, they would take on quests from this Bounty Guild to earn rewards.

There were also many people still forming groups, all wanting to build teams.

After all, Dark Night Forest was no joke, nor was it like those relatively simple dungeons.

If one was not careful, it was truly possible to die inside.

In many ordinary dungeons, quite a few lone players could still be seen.

But for true Lost Lands, there wouldn't be many lone players appearing.

These places occupied by monsters were generally referred to as Lost Lands.

Compared to dungeons, Lost Lands also had their more appealing aspects.

Lost Lands offered higher drop rates and experience bonuses.

There were even many rare Materials, which attracted many people.

Even with the risk of death, many people were still willing to venture into Lost Lands.

Li Changkong had acquired quite a few pieces of equipment during this period; such a drop rate was already extremely lucky.

Most teams, after defeating a monster boss, if two or three pieces of equipment dropped out of ten, that was considered good luck.

Because of this, the price of equipment remained consistently high.

Of course, if lone players could clear it, it seemed to have a certain impact on the drop rate.

Li Changkong had no intention of taking on quests; all he wanted was to quickly complete the quest for a thousand monsters.

Once his profession successfully upgraded, new skills would be unlocked.

Li Changkong's profession was already very mysterious, and he also wanted to know how abnormal the newly unlocked skills would be.

Before entering the forest, Li Changkong still bought a map of the forest.

However, the price of this map was not cheap; a rough map the size of a piece of paper actually cost one thousand chinese yuan.

After obtaining the map, Li Changkong meticulously examined it.

Although the map was relatively rough, everything that should be marked was already marked.

This included the Rank of some monsters, as well as some safe areas and dangerous areas.

The monster Ranks in safe areas were basically around Rank 20, not considered powerful.

The monster Ranks in dangerous areas, however, ranged from Rank 30 to 50, which was somewhat terrifying.

This was still the outer and central regions, while the Rank of Yao Beasts in the inner regions was even more formidable.

In addition, there were also the locations of some Advanced bosses.

The entire forest area had more than ten Advanced bosses, as well as Advanced bosses in the unexplored inner regions.

Among them, the Advanced bosses in the inner regions of the Dark Night Forest were so powerful that even the super-strong individuals in Dragon Country had to give them a wide berth.

Although the game world had descended for so many years, people's understanding of the game world was still in a relatively Elementary stage.

Among them, there were no more than a thousand strong individuals above Rank 60 in the entire Dragon Country.

However, monster bosses above Rank 60 could be said to be countless.

If all the monster bosses truly swarmed, the current human cities would simply not be able to resist for such a long time.

For some unknown reason, most monster bosses generally fought individually.

Fortunately, they were not united internally, which gave humanity a chance to breathe.

Li Changkong quickly noticed a place on the map called Fallen Leaf Valley.

The monster Ranks here were average, mostly around Rank 30, which was perfect for Li Changkong to farm monsters.

Rank 20 monsters gave too little experience; although they would be dealt with quickly, Li Changkong wasn't really interested.

Thinking of this, Li Changkong walked straight into the forest.

"Brother, are you alone?"

Just then, a young man about the same age as Li Changkong suddenly called out to him.