Chapter 744 - 223: Ninth-Generation Foreknowledge, Ferocious Rookie
This journey, they stubbornly took 18 minutes to complete.
Passing through the space barrier, after a brief sense of weightlessness, a world enveloped in the night unfolded before them.
On the plains filled with greenery, various glowing spores floated in the air.
Taking a deep breath of the air rich in life particles, Jiang Luo felt a sudden lift in spirits.
The air in the game seemed to carry a certain magic, cool and moist, flowing into his lungs through his nasal cavity, instantly filling his entire body.
It was a feeling he had never experienced before.
The sensation of breathing was like eating; every breath filled with countless tiny life particles, awakening the dormant cells within his body.
He often saw old players on forums saying they never wanted to log off after staying in Monster World for a while.
Some even said logging off was torture and just wanted to get back online quickly.
At the time, he couldn’t understand, but this breath of air brimming with life particles made him realize why.
What a delight this was. No wonder qualified players had such a good experience.
Now, I’m one of them!
"Da Luo, let’s go."
Mahua’s voice came through, Da Luo turned his head and saw that Mahua had already switched to the stone-statue ghost form.
"By the way, should we try the Combined Transformation Mode? The forums say this system is perfect for newbie players to start out."
"I’ve got something better," Jiang Luo grinned, his body starting to distort.
Transforming into a small sapling, he then leaped onto Da Luo’s shoulder.
"What kind of phony Life Soul did you pick? I’ve never seen this on the forums," Mahua couldn’t hold back when he saw Jiang Luo’s Life Soul form was a small sapling.
In the early stages, the Three Illusion Gods were mainstream; even if not chosen, to quickly hunt and level up, one had to choose an offensive option, paired with a damage-bearing stream player to improve combat endurance.
Despite watching numerous streams, this was his first time seeing a newbie use a sapling-form Life Soul in battle.
"You know nothing. My Life Soul form is called Extraction. It’s indeed weak in other scenarios, but in the Senluo Forest Realm, the new player scene, it’s an undisputed T0 level True God."
"Really?"
"No kidding, how could I mess around with an important start."
Subsequently, Jiang Luo shared the information about the Extraction Life Soul in the team chat channel.
[Extraction (First Generation Soul)]:
Life Soul Introduction: By decomposing plant-type lifeforms, it can be converted into pure plant essence (Spirit Plant Essence). The essence contains plant Life Energy and traits, which can be used to enhance Body Refining levels, heal injuries, and create potions.
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As a senior backseat driver on the forums.
Although he never managed to gain qualification, Jiang Luo’s understanding of Monster World was no less deep.
Star Vein Combination, the use of various functionalities, Life Soul trait decomposition... Including the popular strategy posts on the forum, he had seen them all.
He had long prepared for gaining qualification.
He studied harder for this than he ever did in school, going through all the mainstream knowledge involved in the game.
Just so when he obtained game qualification, he could grow rapidly.
In the introduction of the extraction Life Soul by Strategy Guide Players on the forum, Extraction was an ancient Life Soul from the era of the Three Illusion Gods, but it had always been at the bottom of the version rankings since its debut, chosen by only very few players.
During that time, the forum had a heated discussion, but it quickly subsided.
Because, for mainstream players, the extraction Life Soul couldn’t enhance combat power or provide support abilities.
Only the players from the Alchemist Guild used it for researching "gene seeds" and other special potions.
The strength of other Life Souls changed with the versions, including the top position, which had been occupied by others besides Energy Absorption.
Only the bottom position had always been firmly held by the extraction Life Soul, never shaken.
But Dark Night Will Come, who published this strategy post, also mentioned future prospects when introducing the extraction Life Soul.
He suggested that if the future enemies of players are a monster army composed of plants, the extraction Life Soul would rise to the top position in that version, until the plant army was completely destroyed, at which point it would fall again.
Jiang Luo was deeply impressed by this, as after this statement, Dark Night Will Come also mentioned:
The facts prove that there’s no weakest Life Soul, only the most suitable one.
Before his late-night snack, he looked at the forum players’ analysis of the new map, where someone mentioned the arrival of the version in which the extraction Life Soul would rise.
So this time, upon entering the game, he instantly chose the extraction Life Soul from dozens of Life Souls.
"Damn, why didn’t you remind me."
"Even if I did, would you have changed?" Jiang Luo looked at Mahua in the stone-statue ghost form.
"True, I still like close combat, I definitely wouldn’t change."
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and kill monsters. Leveling up quickly is most important early on."
"Charge!" Mahua yelled in an overly dramatic manner, launching a charge toward the plains ahead.
The place was filled with figures of newbie players everywhere.
As soon as a plant-type monster appeared, a large group of players would rush to snatch it up.
The scene could only be described as pandemonium.
There were even various conflicts of interest, where the real-world friendliness between clans erupted into disputes in the unrestricted Monster World due to interest conflicts.
The lively atmosphere of pioneering, full of immersion, made Jiang Luo feel this is what a virtual game should be like.
As they progressed, there were more newbie players than monsters.
Through the paradise teeming with green plants, a dreamlike scene unfolded before them.
In the scene of fluorescent weaving, blue flowers unfurled their feathery leaves, their branches expanding and contracting like breaths.
Orange fireflies and countless glowing spores floated like tiny stars in the air, while blue fluffy light clusters resembling meteors continually drifted down, lighting up the entire night sky like twinkling stars.