Chapter 1 The Beginning

December 3rd, 0:00:00 AM, Glory online game opened its new content precisely on time. Tens of millions of players rushed to log in at this moment. Even though today wasn't a weekend, loyal players wanted to be the first to see what was new.

Every player character's friend list was brighter than ever. Glory online game's server quality, which it has always prided itself on, was indeed well-deserved, as it was able to withstand such a concentrated influx of players. However, while the servers were sufficient, the maps in the game were somewhat insufficient. As soon as the new update went live, whether you had just reached level 70 or had been at level 70 for a long time, everyone rushed to the new areas.

So what if there were six new areas? It still wasn't enough to accommodate so many players. Especially the three areas that were announced first, most players flocked there. Ye Xiu and the others' characters had already parked next to the maps that were about to open, but even so, as soon as they went online, they saw a sea of people. There were indeed quite a few players who logged off with their characters parked here!

Afterwards, Ye Xiu and the others discovered that at this special moment, worrying about the safety of their characters was a bit of an overthought. Players had never been so eager to interact with NPCs. Who would go PK at this time? That would be considered a waste of time!

This was a rare opportunity to bring everyone back to the same starting line, and no one wanted to lose at the starting line.

The crowd stumbled towards the new maps. In this situation, quests? Grinding monsters? These seemed like extremely extravagant luxuries. So many players realized that at this time, only dungeons could divert the crowds and give everyone a quiet environment to level up.

However, the dungeons were all level 75, a difference of five levels, which was quite fatal for ordinary players. But at this time, everyone didn't care so much. Going to experience the dungeon first could be considered as not having come in vain, right?

As for the major guilds, they were even more recklessly rushing to the dungeons at this time. New dungeons meant that they would have a chance at first kills. And the rewards given for dungeon first kills and dungeon records were comparable to wild Bosses. The 70-level phase had been stagnant for three years, and all the records had really been broken to the point where they couldn't be broken anymore. With the birth of this new dungeon, the battle for first kills and records that had been absent in the Heavenly Domain for a long time was bound to unfold in full swing.

On the Xingxin side.

Lord Grim, Wind Howl, Steamed Bun Invasion, Soft Mist, One Inch Ash, Su Mucheng, Dawn Rifle, Little Cold Hands, Steamed Bun Invasion, Deception, exactly ten people. Mo Fan had been with Xingxin for three months, and was still like a stranger, eating and living there without saying hello to anyone. But at this time, in the face of the update of the expansion pack, he also eagerly plunged into the ranks of pioneers, and in the end, he did not refuse Ye Xiu's invitation, silently following and joining the team.

Ye Xiu was skilled and bold. With a ten-person team, he directly headed to the ten-person dungeon in the Rolling Stone Mountain Range: Bandit Village.

According to the background story of the Rolling Stone Mountain Range, the bandits of Yin Mountain were a group of bandits who plagued the surrounding areas. And in this rebellion of Thousand Stone City, the rebels had the strength to unite with the Yin Mountain bandits. So when players completed the various storylines of the Rolling Stone Mountain Range, they would naturally have the plot of annihilating the Yin Mountain bandits.

In addition to some map-running and fighting, the more difficult task plots naturally had to be completed through dungeons.

However, if the story progressed to this point, it would basically not be far from level 75. Now that Ye Xiu and the others were heading straight to the Rolling Stone Mountain Range, they naturally didn't have any dungeon quests, just for the dungeon experience, and it would be better if they could grab a first kill.

The location of the dungeon was slightly announced in the previous information. Now that the game was updated, you could find it by looking at the map. All the way there, the map was full of players. The entire Rolling Stone Mountain Range was like it had no monsters, because they had been wiped clean a few seconds after they appeared. Many players were busy like headless flies, wanting to do something, but unable to find anything to do. The quest NPCs were surrounded by crowds, and it seemed that you wouldn't be able to talk to the NPCs and accept quests without waiting for an hour or two. There were more players than monsters between the mountains, so many people began their exploration journey, trying to find a place without people.

As for those heading straight to the dungeon, in addition to the teams organized by the major guilds, ordinary players naturally also had them. They made appointments with a few friends, formed a friend group at this time, and directly started exploring the dungeon.

However, it was indeed bold to explore a level 75 dungeon at level 70, let alone a ten-person dungeon. When Ye Xiu and the others' characters arrived at the entrance of the Bandit Village, they saw that there were already many people parked outside. Clicking to check, their attributes were all red. Ye Xiu and the others could be considered to have come to the dungeon as soon as possible, but there were still people who had died out of the dungeon, what kind of efficiency was this?

Outside the dungeon gate, there were also many people calling for teams to sightsee. In fact, everyone knew that for a new dungeon, let alone a random team, even a friend team might need a lot of struggle and research before they could pass it, so everyone didn't say they were grinding, but only said they were sightseeing...

Ye Xiu and the others didn't hesitate, and entered the dungeon without saying a word when they arrived at the entrance. After teleporting, the scene didn't change much, just from outside the village gate to inside the gate. It looked like they were still on the map of the Rolling Stone Mountain Range, but in fact this was the independent space of the dungeon.

As soon as they entered the dungeon gate, there was definitely a small area where they wouldn't be attacked. When the ten of them came in, they all observed the situation of the dungeon. Soon, they saw that on the left and right sides of the cold gate, there were two tall guard towers, each with a Yin Mountain bandit inside, holding a long gun in their hands, looking into the distance.

"Should we bomb them down?" Chen Guo said, with the heavy cannon in Su Mucheng's hand already on her shoulder.

"Don't panic, observe carefully first. We're not looking for speed, we just need to be able to clear this dungeon steadily." Ye Xiu said. This was a completely unknown new dungeon, and it was a five-level challenge. Even if they were competing for the first kill, they couldn't be too careless. In this situation, being able to guarantee a clear was a rare victory.

"Patrolmen are coming." Just then, Wei Chen spoke. Everyone looked forward and saw a five-man patrol team, led by a small leader, turning out with steel knives in their hands.

"Can the patrolmen be avoided?" Wei Chen's Wind Howl moved back two steps, and couldn't retreat any further, or he would be out of the dungeon.

"Who knows." Ye Xiu certainly didn't know, who knew how close this patrol team would get to them, "Get ready for battle!"

"Let me ask." An Wenyi quickly opened his mouth, "Who is the MT?" (main tank)

"Me." Ye Xiu had just finished speaking when he immediately saw Luo Ji's Steamed Bun Invasion over there already starting to chant and summon summons, obviously because of Ye Xiu's instruction to "get ready for battle." Ye Xiu quickly pointed out to him again: "Steamed Bun Invasion, keep the number of summons below four."

"Ah?" Luo Ji was of course stunned.

"Well... If I don't control them well, it's easy to accidentally attract monsters." Ye Xiu said.

Luo Ji immediately blushed, but he also knew that this was the truth. With his level, releasing all the summons would definitely be a mess, and a slight mistake would cause the summons to roam freely. And four summons was the number he could perfectly control. Luo Ji also knew that now was not the time for him to be pretentious, so he very obediently summoned four summons and didn't move.

The patrol team was getting closer and closer, and it seemed like they were really going to walk straight to the village gate.

"Let's strike first!" Chen Guo couldn't help but feel impatient.

"Don't panic." Ye Xiu was still very calm, "If they enter the aggro range, Su Mucheng to the left, Dawn Rifle to the right, bomb down the two Yin Mountain bandits above."

"Okay." The two of them responded together.

"Everyone be careful!" Ye Xiu watched the patrol team getting closer and closer. Although these were newly released level 75 dungeon monsters, he could still judge a rough aggro range based on experience. At this time, seeing that they were really approaching, he quickly reminded them.

"Damn, it's just a wave of small monsters, don't make the atmosphere so tense." Wei Chen said.

"You're nervous about small monsters? That's really strange." Ye Xiu said calmly and sarcastically.

"Old man is afraid that you will make the other children nervous." Wei Chen said.

"Hehe, the children nowadays are much stronger than you." Ye Xiu was of course hinting at Blue Rain's younger generation, Lu Hanwen.

"You two stop arguing!" Chen Guo roared, she was the one who was really nervous.

As a result, just as Chen Guo's voice fell, the patrol team turned around and didn't enter the aggro range after all, and left.

"A false alarm." Ye Xiu said.

"Bomb down those two on the top after they walk far away." Wei Chen said.

So everyone watched the patrol team gradually walk away, turning at the intersection and leaving everyone's sight.

At this time, more than a minute had passed since they entered the dungeon, and all everyone had done was basically maintain their pose and rotate their eyes. The caution of clearing a dungeon above your level could be seen in general.

"Okay, fire!" Finally, the battle began. With Ye Xiu's order, Su Mucheng on the left and Dawn Rifle on the right, the heavy cannons on their shoulders sprayed out fire together, and the shells flew straight to the guard tower.

Before the exploding fireworks had dissipated, everyone had clearly heard the loud shouts from the two NPCs: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

In an instant, the patrol team that had just disappeared at the intersection turned back in a flash.

"So that's how it is! Looks like we should assassinate them?" Ye Xiu said.

And like Chen Guo, she had already panicked at this time, and quickly asked Ye Xiu, "Where to hit? Where to hit?"

Tang Rou was more fierce, and seeing that they had been alarmed no matter what, she was already taking the initiative to rush up.

"Soft Mist, slow down!" Ye Xiu quickly called out, "Just kill them here, if you rush too far forward, I don't know if you'll attract other monsters." Ye Xiu was experienced after all.

When Tang Rou heard this, she stopped Soft Mist's footsteps. The shells fired by the two Gunners above exploded, and the two Yin Mountain bandits were blown down by the blast, temporarily posing no threat. Among the small team of Yin Mountain bandits charging from the front, there were actually two Gunners, who were now raising their weapons and starting to shoot.

Bang bang! Two gunshots rang out, but it wasn't Su Mucheng and Dawn Rifle who were shot here.

"Ah, the aggro of this patrol team is a bit unreasonable!" Ye Xiu said, as the MT, it was time for him to stand up.