45: Enemies meet on a narrow road
“Abyss Well? All attributes increased by 200%??”, Lin Ling’s heart pounded when he saw the quest prompt. This quest was completely different from the one he took in his previous life.
If he remembered correctly, the quest in his previous life was to kill 30 mutated treants in Wanliu Park, and the quest reward was only a 5% increase in all attributes.
But this time, the quest location became Abyss Well, and the quest monsters became 30 Abyss Scouts.
The strongest mutated treant was only Level 20, but the Abyss Scout was a Level 30 monster, even as a normal monster.
The quest difficulty increased a lot, and of course, the reward also doubled.
But what Lin Ling never expected was that due to the Super God Professional, the quest difficulty and reward were multiplied by ten again.
What does an all-attribute increase of 200% mean?
His current spell damage was 7600+. If he completed the quest, wouldn't it directly increase to 22,000?
Thump thump… Thump thump…
Lin Ling’s heart beat faster and faster.
“I wonder if these Abyss Scouts are easy to find?”
Lin Ling had been to Abyss Well a few times in his previous life, but he had never encountered Abyss Scouts.
He also didn't know if these monsters appeared because of his quest.
Or was it the butterfly effect brought by his rebirth, causing some slight changes in the world?
“Soldier King General Zheng seemed to say that Nannan was captured by the Black Mountain Bottom Old Demon and taken into Abyss Well.
Then I'll just go to Abyss Well and wait. I can farm Abyss Scouts while waiting for the Old Demon to refresh.”
Lin Ling thought to himself and immediately opened the map. The entire map of Xuanfu Base City was fully displayed.
But soon, he frowned slightly again.
Abyss Well was located in the southwest direction of the Base City, abbreviated as 'Deep Well' by the Xiao people.
And Xuanfu Base City had a Black Mountain Bottom Reservoir in the southeast direction of the Base City.
For some reason, Lin Ling suddenly felt that the Black Mountain Bottom Old Demon should be in Black Mountain Bottom Reservoir, and not in Abyss Well.
If he waited in Abyss Well, and the final Boss appeared in Black Mountain Bottom Reservoir, he might not be able to arrive in time.
When the Demon King Boss appears, all the big shots will come to farm the Boss, and that would be hard to deal with.
If the 'warriors' in the quest to find Nannan were those five or six-turn big shots fighting the Boss, then what kind of quest would he be doing?
Moreover, these two places were far apart. By the time he came from Abyss Well, if anyone dared to snatch the Boss from him, he would directly serve them with a Forbidden Spell.
Lin Ling didn't linger. He returned home, got on his motorcycle, and quickly drove towards Abyss Well.
Behind him, more than a dozen Soul Group members from Sakura Country had completely disguised themselves as Dragon Country Professionals.
They were also riding several off-road motorcycles, and their clothes had been replaced with newly bought low-level white and blue gear.
Even their beards and hair had been meticulously groomed, making it difficult to tell from the outside that this was a Sakura Country team.
They followed closely behind Lin Ling, driving towards the wilderness.
“Kato-kun, we have already entered the wilderness. Should we make our move now?”
Gui Tian Xiang Tai asked, turning his head to look at Kato Shoji while driving the motorcycle.
Kato Shoji glanced around, shook his head, and said, “No rush. Although there are fewer people in Xiao, there are still some scattered leveling teams. We cannot let anyone know of our arrival. Let’s go deeper.”
“Keep your distance from him. Don’t let him discover us. We must strike like lightning and ensure a one-hit kill! We cannot let him escape, nor can we let him send out any messages.”
“Hai!”
Gui Tian Xiang Tai nodded and bowed, looking at Lin Ling’s distant back, a slight smile playing at the corner of his lips.
What these Soul Group members never expected was that high above them in the sky,
a stealth fighter, perfectly camouflaged with the sky, was closely monitoring their every move.
Inside the fighter.
A bald youth was watching the movements of the Soul Group members on the LCD screen.
Beside him were two young people, a man and a woman, both under 25 years old.
The bald youth's name was Zhang Meng, 19 years old, a Berserker by profession, with an S+ rank talent, Bloodthirsty War God, and a third-turn advanced warrior.
He came from the Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City People's Army and was the Rookie King of Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City last year.
In the same year, he was selected for the Dragon Nest reserve team, becoming a seed player for the Dragon Nest team.
Zhang Meng reached Level 87 in just one year, not far from his fourth turn.
This time, due to the Xuanfu Forbidden Spell incident, Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City dispatched Zhou Weiguo to take charge, and Zhang Meng's team was also brought over for experience.
“Team Zhang, these Japanese people should be merchants, right? Their visas say they are here to collect herbs.”
A young man with a buzz cut said, looking at the documents in his hand.
“No anomalies have been found so far. They first inquired about the distribution of medicinal herbs in the city, then bought motorcycles and left the city.”
Another girl with a high ponytail said, looking at her tablet computer.
Zhang Meng raised his hand and rubbed his bald head, which resembled a light bulb, and a faint cold glint flashed in his sharp eyes.
“No matter what they are here for, keep a close eye on them. As soon as they violate any rules, make them scram! The most annoying are these Japanese people; they are outwardly complimentary but secretly full of wicked schemes.”
As Zhang Meng spoke, he raised his hand and minimized the screen, and instantly, an aerial view of dozens of kilometers appeared before his eyes.
“Huh? Where are they going?”
A hint of doubt flashed in Zhang Meng’s eyes as he pointed at the screen and exclaimed.
“Yan Yan, locate the coordinates of the Professionals in this wilderness area.”
The high-ponytail girl immediately nodded, her slender fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard.
Soon, more than a dozen light dots appeared on the map screen, each representing the location of a newly awakened Professional in Xuanfu Base City.
Zhang Meng raised his hand and pointed to the southwest corner of the map. That area generally had few Professionals, but in a dense forest, ten light dots were gathered together.
It seemed like two small teams were leveling there.
“The target of these Japanese people also seems to be this forest area. There happen to be two teams there. Keep a close eye. We might have an unexpected gain today,” Zhang Meng said.
“Team Zhang, should we report it then? According to regulations, special situations need to be reported to Captain Zhou promptly.”
The buzz-cut youth beside him reminded him.
Zhang Meng shook his head, “These dozen or so Japanese, the strongest one is only a third-turn, and the others are all second-turn. If there’s really a situation, can’t the three of us handle it? Or are you trying to hand over the credit?”
A knowing smile immediately appeared on the buzz-cut youth’s face.
…
Half an hour later.
Lin Ling finally stopped. Ahead was the vicinity of Abyss Well.
Even in his previous life, he rarely came to this wilderness area.
The monsters here were very troublesome, and there were very few of them.
Normally, no one would run this far to farm these troublesome Abyss Scouts.
However, what Lin Ling didn't expect was that as soon as he entered the vicinity of Abyss Well, he saw several figures in the black forest ahead.
Those people were holding shovels, seemingly looking for something.
Lin Ling slowly approached, only to find that these people were all acquaintances.
Soto and the others from Shenfeng Club.
What a small world.
They were now well-equipped. Shang Biao was carrying a huge purple shield, and Feng Zhi and Soto also held purple weapons.
“Didn't these guys all go to Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City yesterday? Why did they come back?”
He didn't get too close, but instead used the Soldier King Cloak's stealth skill. When he was within twenty meters, he climbed up a large tree.
He wanted to figure out what these guys were up to.
What Lin Ling didn't know was that early this morning, Xiao Yan was attacked, which immediately frightened Soto, Feng Zhi, and the others.
After discussing, they decided to return to the city to rest. While organizing their spoils, Feng Zhi discovered a blind box.
Unexpectedly, it contained a legendary-grade treasure map.
Treasure maps are very rare items that require going to a designated location according to the map to dig for treasure.
If lucky, one could directly dig up rare (gold) or higher-grade equipment.
If unlucky, one might dig up a hidden Boss. Killing the Boss would definitely drop a rare skill book for a main combat profession and a legendary-grade (orange) main weapon.
So, the Shenfeng Club members rushed back to Xiao in a hurry and finally found Abyss Well.
Just as Lin Ling climbed up the big tree, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out from the forest.
Lin Ling looked over and saw Feng Zhi's shovel strike, and a puff of white smoke suddenly rose from the ground.
The next second, an Abyss creature covered in green skin suddenly appeared.
It really was a Boss.