5: Chapter 5 progresses rapidly

After learning that leaving combat triggered automatic health regeneration, Liu Xuan became a bit bolder.

At this time, most other teams were still on the edge of the fields, cautiously pulling monsters one by one, terrified that pulling too many would lead to a total party wipe.

Because he had previously lured a large wave of monsters, he had already penetrated deep into the fields, and now he was heading even deeper.

As he ran, Liu Xuan noticed that the density of [Vicious Dog]s was getting lower and lower. After crossing a ridge, he couldn't see a single one anymore.

More than a hundred meters away, the white outline of the Novice Village was clearly visible; it seemed that all the buildings there were white.

Liu Xuan did not rashly step into the quiet fields before him.

This battlefield was so twisted; how could it leave a patch of safe ground for no reason, just to let you easily reach the Novice Village?

He simply rested on the spot for two minutes to fully recover his health, then rushed into the "monster-free zone" ahead at top speed.

"Swish!"

Just a few steps in, he felt an unusual sensation beneath his feet, and a long black shadow struck at his ankle with lightning speed.

Fortunately, Liu Xuan had started off running at full speed, so the black shadow only grazed his pant leg and failed to wrap around him.

He looked back and saw a black snake over two meters long coiled in the grass.

[Killer Snake] Level: 2 Attack: 35 HP: 170

A level 2 monster; its HP wasn't much higher than a [Vicious Dog], but its attack had increased, and its speed was significantly faster.

It probably had around 11 Agility, but it still couldn't catch up to Liu Xuan.

"The gap between level 2 and level 1 isn't that big. It seems the problem lies in the fact that our Blue Star humans started with such low base stats. After others level up to 2, it should be slightly easier for them."

Upon initial contact, Liu Xuan roughly understood the difficulty this battlefield posed for Blue Star humans.

Simply put, because there were no services provided by the Novice Village, the improvements for warriors—or players, rather—before reaching the Novice Village were completely predictable.

Without skills or equipment, the only possible improvement was basically the 5 free attribute points gained from leveling up.

Therefore, the gap between level 2 monsters and level 1 monsters couldn't be too insane; it had to be lower than or equal to the improvements players gained from leveling up.

Otherwise, it would be a dead end.

It's a simple principle: if you brought a Superman here, a level 1 Superman would have stats of 10, and a level 1 monster would also be 10; he would definitely have an easier time fighting than a Blue Star human.

But if his stats became 15 after leveling up, while the monster became 20...

Then you wouldn't be able to keep up with the monster's stat inflation, and even if you were Superman, it would be useless.

Blue Star humans lost because their initial stats were too low, which led to heavy casualties upon first entering.

At the very least, one needed to reach level 3-5 and have a dozen or twenty points of attribute bonuses to truly gain a foothold.

While analyzing this, Liu Xuan didn't stop moving, constantly darting left and right through the fields, luring out a large number of [Killer Snake]s.

[Obtained 12 EXP from Unit Ability] [Obtained 30 EXP from Unit Ability] [Obtained 63 EXP from Unit Ability] ... [Obtained 81 EXP from Unit Ability]

Liu Xuan was now level 3, and each level 2 Killer Snake gave 1.5 EXP.

But Liu Xuan was pulling a lot of monsters, so that didn't matter.

There was no one else here to steal monsters, and he didn't have to worry about affecting others.

Plus, some burrows hid more than two [Killer Snake]s, so the overall monster density was higher than in the [Vicious Dog] area.

In the end, by controlling the situation so no monsters left combat, Liu Xuan managed to pull a full 54 snakes, farming 81 EXP per minute.

What Liu Xuan didn't know was that after he reached level 3 and started farming [Killer Snake]s...

In the outside world, on China's light screen, those few lines of data had undergone huge changes, sparking intense debate.

Previously, China's progress was very low, but now it had changed to: "Current survival rate of Blue Star Battlefield: 37%." "Current survival rate of China Battlefield: 78%." "China Battlefield Phase 1 Progress: 28%."

Because not many people dared to actively participate in the battle, the survival rates of countries around the world continued to plummet.

Many countries were already approaching the 30% random conscription threshold.

But here in China, the Phase 1 progress had surged, jumping directly from single digits to 28%, instantly attracting a lot of attention and controversy.

You have to know that before this, China had been heavily criticized for this progress.

Among mainstream countries, single-digit progress meant having the most survivors while having the slowest progress.

Therefore, many people from other countries had previously mocked the Chinese as cowards.

"Although only 33% of our Island Nation survives, our progress is 34%. This is the courage of Imperial warriors, unafraid of death!"

"China is actually only at 4%; they are truly too weak."

"Look at our US, 51% survival, 27% progress. Overall, we are clearly the strongest; China doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as us!"

"India is awesome! Although survival is only at 20-something and they've already started automatically replenishing people, their progress is at least 10%."

Chinese netizens were furious but helpless.

They could understand those who were pulled in—you couldn't expect a group of ordinary people randomly selected to be as fearless as real warriors, could you?

So they really couldn't figure out how these foreigners achieved this progress.

Normally, you couldn't tell these guys were so unafraid of death, could you?

Even more infuriating was that some "sheepdogs" took the opportunity to jump around online, wildly praising foreign countries and belittling their own.

Constantly spouting about "national inferiority," it made people's blood pressure skyrocket.

Who knew that at this very moment, China's progress would suddenly soar to 28%, and the survival rate would still be at 78%.

This was not only a moment of vindication, but more importantly, it made people from other countries look like complete idiots.

"Haha, speak up! Sheepdogs, speak up!"

"Didn't the Island Nation people seem so jumpy earlier? Your 34 progress isn't much higher than our 28, so why is your survival rate so low?"

"I've always admired India's 'courage'; they dare to charge at anything. Even though they only have 10% progress and only 20-something percent survival, they are actually celebrating online about being better than China."

"Standard procedure; they just want to beat us once."

Now it was the turn of netizens from other countries to break down.

Before, when their progress was faster than China's, they could completely accept that more people had died.

This was called "for the sake of victory, a little sacrifice is worth it."

Anyway, we are outside, it's not us who died.

But now that China still had over 70% survival and their progress was on par with theirs, didn't that just make them look stupid and incompetent?

"Damn it, there must be something wrong with this data."

"I know, the Chinese must have arranged for another large batch of people to go in, which is why the survival rate could be maintained at over 70%; the people from before must have died out long ago!"

"Baka! Whose side are you on? If you explain it like that, how can we still bash the Chinese for being weak?!"

"Shibal! If we don't explain it like that, are we supposed to say it's because we're too stupid, with more people dying at roughly the same progress?"