95: Who writes a diary? (2/4)

As time passed, Li Si drew closer to the Great Bandit Camp.

5000 meters... 3000 meters... 1000 meters....

When he was less than 500 meters from the camp, an unexpected event occurred: a sword light shot up from within the camp, clearing his health bar with a single effortless strike.

Ding!

You have died.

Death Penalty: Experience -100 points, random item drop—Super Backpack Expansion (Gold). Permanent Talent—Greedy and Unscrupulous triggered, you are immune to this item drop.

You will revive in Moonfall Town.

Swish!

Li Si's figure appeared in Moonfall Town.

Ding!

Heaven Rewards Diligence, you were instantly killed by a powerful opponent. Setbacks cannot extinguish your will; your life has increased.

Life permanently +200.

Good!

This is great!

Li Si felt incredibly refreshed.

100 experience points for 200 health points—definitely a huge profit.

Again!

He activated the Great Teleportation Technique to reach the vicinity of the Qingzhou Thirteen Bandits' camp.

Clang—

The exact same brilliant sword qi shot up into the sky without a word.

Ding!

You have died.

Heaven Rewards Diligence, attributes improved.

Ding!

You have died.

Heaven Rewards Diligence, attributes improved.

......

Li Si shuttled back and forth between the resurrection point and the Wind-Sand Stone Forest.

At least ten times a minute, his attributes increased wildly.

Basic Health, Health Recovery, Basic Mana, Mana Recovery, Damage Reduction—all attributes were rising. Eventually, armor-related Limiters began to appear, and his armor skyrocketed.

Inside the Qingzhou Thirteen Bandits' temporary camp.

The Sword-Wielding Bandit was already bewildered: "What's wrong with this damned human kid? Is he an unkillable cockroach? My arm is getting sore. Damn it, he's still coming?"

"Fine, you've got guts."

The Sword-Wielding Bandit gave up swinging his sword and instead opened the camp gate, actively letting Li Si in.

"Ah? Why did it stop? Is it over?"

The moment he stepped through the camp gate, Li Si was extremely disappointed. He really wanted to keep grinding for a long, long time. But reality was always cruel, and he could only accept it.

ID: Lawless Madman.

Level: 1

Life: 123850

Mana: 17873

Armor: 70 (Physical damage taken reduced by 41.2%)

All Damage Reduction: 11%.

Damage Reduction:

—Physical damage below 10 million reduced by 10%.

—Physical damage below 1 million reduced by 32%.

—Physical damage below 100,000 reduced by 88%.

—Physical damage below 10,000 reduced by 100%.

"...This is already quite tanky."

Although it was Li Si's self-assessment, it was an extremely objective one. Any other player would agree that his defense was high.

"Young man, why do you insist on approaching my camp?" The Sword-Wielding Bandit slowly stood up, his gaze like a sword, looking directly at Li Si.

"Curiosity."

Li Si blinked.

Clang—

Sword light shot up into the sky, instantly killing Li Si.

"Hmph,"

The Sword-Wielding Bandit sneered as he sheathed his sword: "I hate it when people lie to me."

Four seconds later, Li Si's figure returned to the Great Bandit Camp: "Is curiosity not allowed?"

Clang—

Sword light shot up into the sky again.

At the Moonfall Town resurrection point, Li Si's mouth was nearly split from smiling: "Although I don't understand why the Sword-Wielding Bandit is angry, it doesn't matter. I can grind another wave of various attributes."

"Great Teleportation Technique."

"I'm curious, just curious, just curious!" Before his feet even touched the camp ground, he began to babble frantically.

What greeted him was indeed a brilliant sword light!

Clang—

Ding!

You have died.

You have died.

You have died.

Another round of insane attribute stacking, until the Sword-Wielding Bandit was panting.

"Young man, I believe you came to my camp out of curiosity."

"Feel free to look around, I have things to do."

Swish!

A long rainbow of sword light soared into the sky, and the Sword-Wielding Bandit fled.

Seeing this, Li Si felt even more regretful.

"What a pity, he actually left."

But it was still good; he had farmed for over an hour, and he was satisfied.

ID: Lawless Madman.

Level: 1

Life: 152635

Mana: 23013

Armor: 91 (Physical damage taken reduced by 47.6%)

All Damage Reduction: 12%.

Damage Reduction:

—Physical damage below 10 million reduced by 58%.

—Physical damage below 1 million reduced by 90%.

—Physical damage below 100,000 reduced by 98%.

—Physical damage below 10,000 reduced by 100%.

"....NB."

Li Si sighed inwardly. His current attributes, facing physical units below a Legendary Monarch, made him almost unrivaled.

Multiple damage reductions stacked.

Even 1 million points of physical damage would only leave 40,000 when it hit him.

"I'm so strong!"

Li Si let out a long sigh, then wandered around the Great Bandit Camp. Since the Sword-Wielding Bandit had actively opened the gate for him, he had an unobstructed path, and no NPCs stopped him.

Soon after, he gathered a lot of information from the NPCs.

First: Only one of the Qingzhou Thirteen Bandits had arrived so far, which was the Sword-Wielding Bandit.

Second: The reason the Qingzhou Great Bandits came to the Wind-Sand Stone Forest was that they discovered a gold mine there.

Third: The Sword-Wielding Bandit was the vanguard; the rest of the Bandits would arrive soon.

Besides these, there was only irrelevant information, or news about the Qingzhou Unclaimed Lands.

"That should be enough, right?"

Li Si decided to try it out first. If Bi Xuan didn't agree, he could always return to the Wind-Sand Stone Forest.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

The gate of the City Lord's Mansion was heavily knocked.

"I am a disciple of the God Craftsman, I'm looking for your City Lord."

Li Si, holding the divine smith token, successfully met Bi Xuan: "The Sword-Wielding Bandit... gold mine... a large amount of gold... the other Bandits soon..."

He concisely explained everything.

Upon hearing this, Bi Xuan pondered and shook his head, then said: "I feel something is off. If it's just for a gold mine, one of the Thirteen Bandits would be enough; there's no need for them to come out in full force. So I still suspect they are coveting Luanxing City. I heard the Sword-Wielding Bandit has a habit of writing a diary. Bring me his diary; I'll know whether it's true or false at a glance."

Ding!

Hidden Quest—Qingzhou Thirteen Bandits (Star Rating Fluctuating) objective changed to—Retrieve the Sword-Wielding Bandit's diary.

....Diary?

Li Si felt speechless. A crazy thing like that, who writes a diary if they're a normal person? Clearly, the Sword-Wielding Bandit was not normal.

But he wasn't good at stealing. For professional matters, he still needed to find a professional.

So, he opened his friends list.

Unbearable Past—Lv24.

Bai Yuèyue—Lv23.

Qian Miaomiao—Lv31.

Qian Duoduo—Lv30.

Wang Dapao—Lv31.

Netherworld Soul Chaser—Lv30.

Heavenly Sword Technique—Lv28. (Already deleted, click to re-add as friend, no consent required from opponent)

Can't it be completely deleted?

Seeing Heavenly Sword Technique's ID, Li Si felt a wave of disgust.

Ding!

Hint: The other party has not removed you from their friends list.

Hint: After the other party removes you, this friend will automatically disappear.

"....Disgusting."

Li Si exhaled a mouthful of stale air, then clicked on Netherworld Soul Chaser's ID and sent a message: "Are your stealth and thievery skills high-grade? Interested in doing something big with me?"

......

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