Monsters Are Coming

After the recruitment of 500,000 newbies entered the stage.

The congestion in the Newbie Village space continued to worsen.

From an overhead view of the Senluo Forest Region, the influx of new players resembled plant roots extending into the earth, radiating in all directions from the starting point.

From the starting point towards the west.

"Xiao Luo, listen to your father’s advice, let’s first raise the Body Refining Level to Level 1, and then open the second star vein slot."

"You’re really stupid, saving sacrificial power to buy cultivation battle skills may save a lot of it, but your development speed will be much slower than others in the early stages."

"Raising the Body Refining Level also allows you to inherit the Life Soul attribute, battling in your main form, isn’t that better than saving up for a cultivation battle skill in the early stages?"

"I can’t stand you, you’re no son of mine, I should be the one to qualify, you’re playing too poorly."

"Xiao Luo, Mom thinks Dad is right, spending sacrificial power on Body Refining Level also enhances attributes, your parents are doing this for your own good...."

Seeing the mixed nagging from his parents in the livestream, Jiang Luo felt helpless.

When he first entered the game, he forgot to start the livestream.

As a result, his father specifically called him.

He said why haven’t you entered the game yet, hurry up and start the livestream after entering, watching you break new ground is more interesting than watching other player’s streams.

Jiang Luo didn’t think much, after logging back in, he started the livestream mode.

As a result, his parents, these two backseat drivers, had all sorts of ideas.

If only watching was enough, but his parents are definitely the most annoying type of backseat drivers on the forums, particularly fond of pointing things out.

An attitude like, although I don’t have game access, I definitely know more than you do.

Earlier, he posted the collected plant essence balls onto the trading house, and they quickly sold out, earning him 639 points of sacrificial power.

He planned to save money to get a cultivation battle skill, to quickly increase Body Refining Experience by auto-cultivation later.

But his parents disagreed.

Various persuasions, not listening would be unfilial.

As a Heavenly Destiny People, he has a powerful rule-level ability in the livestream: one-click blocking of visitors.

This used to be his most hated game feature, because he was a backseat driver at that time, being blocked from commenting reduced a lot of fun.

But now, he finds this feature really strong.

The problem is, the disruptive backseat drivers in the livestream are his parents.

They also mastered an unsolvable rule-level ability effective only against him: Bloodline Suppression.

Family ties choke, bitterness hidden in the heart.

He can confront netizens, but confronting parents would be rebellious.

But after feeling down, he still decides to go with his own ideas.

Choosing between cultivation battle skills and Body Refining Level in the early stage has always been a hotly debated topic among the newbie community on the forums.

Directly raising Body Refining Level means being able to enjoy attribute bonuses from it earlier, and after reaching Body Refining Level 1, he can inherit Life Soul attributes, fighting in his main form thereafter.

Purchasing a cultivation battle skill, on the other hand, enables auto-cultivation mode, saving a lot of sacrificial power for gaining Body Refining Experience later.

Both have their advantages.

He initially intended to follow the path of raising Body Refining Level first, after all, only with stronger attributes can one hunt stronger monsters.

But the Senluo Forest Region is a bit special.

Opening the map, you can see an average value of spiritual energy concentration in the upper left corner.

The Senluo Forest Region has 2.3 times the space of Imperial Tomb Village.

This means the efficiency of cultivation battle skills here is also 2.3 times, it’s tough at first, but once you have cultivation battle skills, future Body Refining Level upgrades will leap qualitatively.

This is called laying a solid foundation, suffering first and enjoying later.

"Don’t make a fuss, after all, I’m a seasoned player, buying cultivation battle skills first can’t go wrong."

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Just after he said that, his father sent a comment:

"Do you think you’re more seasoned than me? How old are you and how old am I? When you were swimming with unfamiliar siblings, I was already grinding in virtual games, your knowledge compared to mine is not even a strand of hair, your dad has played more virtual games than you’ve tasted salt."

"Xiao Luo, your dad is right, he was a famous strategy guide player in ’Immortal Expedition’, his strategy posts even made the news."

Jiang Luo: ...

What is a generation gap? This is a generation gap.

He always thought his parents were open-minded, supporting him in any decision he made from childhood to adulthood.

But after he got the Monster World qualification, it changed.

Especially in understanding the game, they’re simply a version behind the times.

At this point, Mahua leaned over, smiling:

"Da Luo, you need to understand, Uncle and Aunt are very eager to play Monster World, now they’re experiencing the game content through your perspective, your actions not aligning with their ideas naturally makes them feel extremely uncomfortable."

"Understood, let’s hunt first." Jiang Luo nodded, no longer paying attention to the livestream.

He glanced into the distance, nearby were already numerous silhouettes of newbie players, finding a monster wasn’t easy.

They had to keep moving, leaving the main group to find monsters they could hunt.

Before long, they encountered four plant-type creatures blocking the path.

Their shapes seemed to be pieced together from various fungi, dominantly brown and white, adorned with bright spots.

They were very small in size, Jiang Luo estimated about knee-high, their round shape looking adorably clumsy.

Decomposition swept through, the monsters’ information appeared in his mind:

[Spore-colored Mushroom (Monster)]:

Hunting Level: Level 4

Target Decomposition: Plant-type monster formed from the dissipated energy of the Senluo Forest Region’s Overlord-level Primordial Monster "Foreknowledge," with no combat method, has high nutritional value.

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