14: Chapter 14 minor adjustments and refreshes, dedicated monster-spawning area.

A golden authority bar lit up before Lin Zhe's eyes.

[Monster Spawn Fine-Tuning]

[Authority Range: 1,000-meter radius centered on the host]

[Currently Adjustable: Monster spawn level, spawn speed, aggro range]

Lin Zhe glanced at the loot dropped by the Wild Wolf Gang on the ground, then looked around the earthen slope.

The players were still discussing among themselves.

"Twenty guys from the Wild Wolf Gang, gone in literally a second."

"Stop talking. I don't even dare to breathe too loudly when I look at Big Shot Lin now."

"This place is a safe zone from now on. Anyone who dares to cause trouble is dead."

Lin Zhe ignored these voices.

With a thought, the authority panel expanded.

The terrain and spawn points within a five-hundred-meter radius of the slope appeared before him like a pale gold map.

Originally, most of the monsters spawning here were Level 1 Slimes.

Low health, low experience, and disgusting.

They were just slimy blobs that were a pain to fight and had terrible drops.

Lin Zhe directly highlighted several spawn points.

[Would you like to adjust the current area's Level 1 Slime spawn rules to Level 2 Wild Rabbits and Level 3 Wild Wolves?]

[Would you like to increase spawn speed by 30%?]

[Would you like to reduce the aggro trigger range for friendly players?]

Lin Zhe's expression remained calm.

"Confirm."

Buzz—

A pale gold ripple, visible only to him, spread silently from beneath his feet.

The slope, the grass, the bushes, and the edge of the woods were all gently swept over.

The next second.

In the distance, a blob of green Slime that was about to spawn suddenly popped into points of light.

Immediately after, several grey-white Wild Rabbits scurried out from the bushes.

Further away, low wolf howls echoed from the edge of the forest.

Three Level 3 Wild Wolves spawned, but they didn't immediately pounce on nearby players like ordinary wild monsters would.

They simply wandered around the edge of the woods.

Only if a player took the initiative to approach and attack would they enter a combat state.

A young Warrior who was staring blankly was the first to notice something was wrong.

"Huh? Where are the Slimes?"

The Archer beside him was also stunned.

"Holy crap, Wild Rabbits spawned!"

"Wait, there are Wild Wolves over there too!"

"Level 3 Wild Wolves? Didn't only Level 1 Slimes spawn here before?"

Several players tried to move closer.

Normally, monsters like Wild Wolves had a significant aggro range; newbies would be bitten just by getting close.

But now, even when they walked within ten meters, those wolves only growled low and didn't actively pounce.

The young Warrior summoned his courage and swung his sword.

Only then did the Wild Wolf enter combat.

The three of them surrounded it and quickly killed the wolf.

Clatter.

Copper coins dropped.

Their experience bars jumped a significant amount.

The young Warrior's eyes instantly widened.

"So much experience!"

"It's more than double what a Slime gives!"

Another player was also excited.

"And they don't bite first!"

"As long as you don't go looking for trouble and pull too many, you won't get swarmed!"

Just as he finished speaking, the nearby bushes rustled again.

Two Wild Rabbits spawned.

Immediately after, another Wild Wolf spawned by the forest edge.

The speed was noticeably faster than before.

The players completely lost it.

"The respawns are faster!"

"I just finished killing one, and another already spawned!"

"Damn! This place is way better than the leveling spots outside the village!"

"Health regen buff, bonus experience, Level 2 and 3 mobs, and they don't even attack first—if this isn't heaven, what is?"

More players rushed over.

But this time, no one crowded in chaotically.

The Wild Wolf Gang's bodies weren't even cold yet; who would dare cause a scene near Lin Zhe?

Several solo players stepped forward to maintain order.

"Line up to pull mobs!"

"One area per team, don't steal!"

"Low levels go hunt Wild Rabbits, high levels go to the woods for Wild Wolves!"

"Anyone who maliciously steals kills will be kicked out immediately!"

"Don't block Big Shot Lin's view! Those giving gifts, go to the left!"

Order was quickly established.

Teams of players began farming monsters around the slope.

As soon as one team finished, another took their place.

The moment a monster fell, a new one spawned.

Experience bars soared upward.

Some people had only been fighting for ten minutes before they leveled up on the spot.

A flash of golden light appeared.

The player literally jumped for joy.

"I leveled up! I went from Level 2 to Level 3!"

"Awesome! This is so awesome!"

"Before, I'd grind Slimes for ages and the bar wouldn't move; now it's a huge chunk of XP in ten minutes!"

"Big Shot Lin is the goat!"

As the shout rang out, the surrounding players followed suit.

"Big Shot Lin is the goat!"

"We'll guard this grinding zone from now on!"

"If anyone dares to come cause trouble, they'll have to go through us first!"

Soon, someone specifically organized a patrol team.

A dozen or so solo players, whose levels weren't particularly high but whose attitudes were very firm.

They circled the outer edge of the slope.

When they saw unfamiliar players approaching, they would first remind them of the rules.

"This is the grinding zone around Big Shot Lin."

"No kill-stealing, no attacking NPCs, and no causing trouble."

"If you want to farm, get in line. If you want to give a gift, go to the left."

"If you want to follow the Wild Wolf Gang's example, go report to the respawn point yourself."

A few newly arrived players had originally wanted to cut the line, but upon hearing the name 'Wild Wolf Gang', they immediately behaved.

"Understood, understood. We'll wait in line."

"Don't misunderstand, we're just here to leech... no, we're here to farm."

"We brought gifts too—three bottles of potion."

By the slope, Xing Jianwan had already finished organizing the items dropped by the Wild Wolf Gang.

Six green-grade longswords.

Three pieces of leather armor.

Over twenty bottles of Basic Health Potions.

Over a thousand copper coins.

And a blue staff.

The staff was pale blue throughout, with a small magic crystal embedded at the tip.

[cold light staff]

[Grade: Blue]

[Class: Mage]

[Attributes: Spell Damage +12, Casting Speed +3%]

Xing Jianwan picked up the staff, looked it over, and walked up to Lin Zhe.

"This one is the best."

She handed the staff to Lin Zhe.

"It should go to you."

Lin Zhe took a look.

He was an NPC Refugee.

Taking a staff was useless to him.

Moreover, his path was never about fighting monsters personally.

Lin Zhe shook his head.

"You keep it."

Xing Jianwan was taken aback.

"Me?"

Lin Zhe's tone was flat.

"You can use it."

Four very simple words.

Yet Xing Jianwan suddenly went quiet.

She looked at the blue staff in her hand, then at Lin Zhe.

He had taken almost none of the items the surrounding players had sent.

He didn't even want the blue gear dropped by the Wild Wolf Gang.

He just gave it directly to her.

This feeling was completely different from players splitting loot.

There was no calculation.

No tug-of-war.

Just a single sentence: You can use it.

Xing Jianwan's fingertips tightened slightly around the staff, and her cold gaze softened a fraction.

"Okay."

"I will use it to guard this place well."

The next second.

A system panel popped up before Lin Zhe.

[Xing Jianwan's Favorability has increased]

[Current Favorability: 95]

[Bond Value increased simultaneously]

[Firstborn Offspring Grade breakthrough]

[Current Offspring Grade: Rare]

Buzz—

On the offspring panel, the light that had been stuck at the edge of Elite Grade suddenly surged.

The words 'Elite Grade' shattered into golden dots.

New writing emerged.

[Rare Grade]

Lin Zhe's eyes flickered slightly.

Finally, a breakthrough.

The system prompts continued to sound.

[Prompt: After the Bond Value reaches its maximum, the offspring's grade still has a chance to continue improving]

[Improvement Directions: Player Awe, Regional Control, Rule Influence]

Lin Zhe closed the panel and scanned the leveling zone that had already become bustling.

Wild Rabbits spawned continuously.

Wild Wolves wandered the edge of the woods.

Players lined up to farm, and the patrol team took the initiative to maintain order.

The line of people giving gifts grew even longer.

"Big Shot Lin, this is a wolf fang that just dropped, I saved one for you!"

"I have some green-grade bracers here, sorry the stats are just average."

"Just reached Level 3, I came specifically to thank Big Shot Lin!"

Xing Jianwan stood by Lin Zhe's side, holding the cold light staff, a faint blue light glowing on her body.

She looked up at a few players on the perimeter who wanted to approach but didn't dare, her voice cold.

"Get in line."

The people immediately nodded.

"Line! We're lining up right now!"

Lin Zhe stood in the center of the slope, the pale gold rule patterns beneath his feet flashing briefly.

The spawn points within five hundred meters were still operating steadily.