Hu Die Lan
Chapter 460 Scavenger
That single word can make any Glory player's heart race. And this was the Heavenly Domain, the Heavenly Domain's Boss. Its value was completely different compared to the normal servers. Moreover, Chen Guo knew Ye Xiu could only level up by grinding monsters. So, without a doubt, this was a wild Boss.
In this aspect, the Heavenly Domain was similar to the normal servers; wild Bosses were randomly refreshed every week. But the difference was that wild Bosses only refreshed once a week. This meant each wild Boss only refreshed at most 54 times a year, making the unique equipment and materials they dropped extremely rare and valuable.
Such precious items were closely watched by the big guilds. Every Monday, in the leveling zones from level 55 to 70, the big guilds would send out scouting teams to wander around day and night. They also had external offers to buy Boss coordinates directly from players who encountered a Boss but lacked the ability to kill it.
Each Boss refresh could erupt into a fierce battle. The lower-level Bosses were slightly better, and ordinary players had a chance to snatch them. After all, apart from Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, everyone in the Heavenly Domain was a level 70 player. With the level suppression, and the fact that they were generally experienced players, it was quite efficient for them to team up and kill low-level Bosses.
As for the high-level Bosses, they would most likely fall into the hands of the big guilds. Firstly, high-level Bosses spawned in high-level zones. All the level 70 players in the Heavenly Domain mainly roamed the high-level zones, which weren't as desolate as the level 55 zone where Lord Grim was leveling. Therefore, these Bosses were usually seen by many people as soon as they spawned, leaving no chance to hide and kill them.
Secondly, the high-level Bosses were stronger, and it would take a long time for anyone to kill them. The slower the kill, the more likely someone would come to steal the monster. The ones who could fight to the end in this struggle were naturally the strongest.
Therefore, ordinary players didn't have much hope for the high-level Bosses, but Chen Guo was a little excited about the level 55 Boss.
"What Boss is it?" Chen Guo asked as she rushed to Ye Xiu's computer, her eyes already glancing at Ye Xiu's screen. She saw that Ye Xiu's view only showed half the screen, obviously hidden behind something. The half of the screen that was visible showed several players fiercely fighting a ferocious Boss.
"This is... the Wilderness Bandit! How could it appear here?" Chen Guo didn't bother with how Ye Xiu had only shown half the view; she first recognized the Boss in the view. This rugged man with a large felt hat, leather boots, a torn vest, and a full beard should be the wild Boss Wilderness Bandit from the level 65 zone, the Eastern Wilderness. But this was only the level 55 leveling zone, Chuck Town. The wild Boss here should be the evil mayor, Chuck.
"Obviously, it was summoned!" Ye Xiu said.
"Oh!" Chen Guo immediately understood. As the number of players in the Heavenly Domain increased, the weekly refresh of wild Bosses couldn't satisfy everyone's appetite. Many players hadn't even seen a wild Boss after playing for several years, so there were many complaints. Thus, after a certain update, Glory introduced a "Boss Summoning" system. After completing certain tasks or killing a Boss, there was a chance to obtain an item that could summon a Boss. This item could be used at any time in any location in the Heavenly Domain, except for dungeons. The effect was self-explanatory; it would summon the corresponding Boss for everyone to kill.
This kind of item was essentially equivalent to a Boss, so don't expect it to be produced in large quantities. In addition, this item was non-tradeable, so sometimes players who weren't able to kill a Boss would try to contact some of the big guilds if they accidentally obtained one. They would summon it, and the big guilds would kill it, which was a way of selling a Boss in disguise. But selling it this way was much more expensive than selling coordinates. With this item, they could find a place with no one around and secretly kill it.
The current situation was obviously a secret kill.
The level 55 leveling zone was undoubtedly the most desolate place in the Heavenly Domain. Looking at this place, the corner of Chuck Town, you wouldn't be able to find it unless you went deep into the town.
It just so happened that Ye Xiu wanted to hide and level up, and he chose Chuck Town. After wandering around, he stumbled upon it.
The Wilderness Bandit Boss mainly trained in the Gunner class. As for which specific class, don't be too serious about it with Bosses; being too serious would definitely be a disadvantage. When you think the opponent is a Sharpshooter, they might give you a Grenadier skill.
"What are you doing? Are you planning to rob it?" Chen Guo noticed that Ye Xiu's actions were strange. He was only showing half of the screen. He was either hiding at a corner or behind a window in a room.
"That's too uncivilized," Ye Xiu said. "I'm planning to scavenge."
"You... aren't you ashamed of yourself?!" Chen Guo almost fainted when she heard those two words.
Scavenging was a special term in the Heavenly Domain. Because the drop rate when players died in the Heavenly Domain was quite high, a group of players would always appear whenever there was a large-scale conflict. They wore the cheapest and most tattered equipment but charged into the battlefield with the greatest fearlessness. But don't misunderstand; these guys weren't suicide squads attracting attacks. Their goal was the equipment scattered on the battlefield because of death!
This behavior was called scavenging, and the players who did it were called scavengers. Scavengers were quite despised, but when such a scene happened around them, every player wouldn't refuse to play the role for a while. And killing a Boss was a good opportunity for scavenging. When facing a Boss, death was inevitable.
But what kind of person was Ye Xiu! A dignified pro god was actually hiding in a corner waiting for a chance to scavenge, so despicable. No wonder Chen Guo was scolding him for being worthless.
"Shh!" Ye Xiu even turned around to remind Chen Guo that her volume was too high.
"Do you want to come?" Ye Xiu even asked in a low voice.
"Uh..." Chen Guo hesitated. Actually, she wouldn't mind scavenging if she had the chance. What she couldn't accept was that a god like Ye Xiu was doing such a thing. This was her idol after all. Constantly playing with disillusionment made the fans' hearts ache!
"What can you even scavenge like this?" After a slight hesitation, Chen Guo quickly sat down next to Ye Xiu, started the game, and shouted to Tang Rou across from her, "Little Tang, log me out."
The four computers in Box 213 were placed back-to-back in two pairs. Chen Guo and Tang Rou were sitting on one side. Now that she wanted to follow Ye Xiu and scavenge, Chen Guo planned to switch over to make communication easier.
"Those that are summoned are definitely prepared. What accidents could they have?" Chen Guo shouted and then continued.
"Hard to say, hard to say. I've been watching for a while, and I think they're in trouble," Ye Xiu said.
"Can you be any more despicable?" Chen Guo was annoyed.
"Sigh, if only my level wasn't too low. I could just pick up this Boss after they're wiped out," Ye Xiu sighed.
"You can't kill it?" Chen Guo asked.
"It's a Heavenly Domain Boss that's 14 levels higher! Even if I'm excessive, there's a limit," Ye Xiu said.
"That's a pity." Chen Guo muttered as she logged into the game. She looked at the coordinates on Ye Xiu's screen and rushed over immediately.
"Hey, why don't we contact Zhan Lou Lan and the others?" Chen Guo suggested. In the Heavenly Domain, it was more frowned upon to steal monsters than to steal Bosses. Although there were fewer Bosses, everyone loved them because they were scarce. Usually, it was considered virtuous enough to stand by and watch a team kill without interfering. If you couldn't kill it and got wiped out, it was someone else's turn, regardless of whether you saw it first or summoned it.
As for those who directly robbed, they were the minority. Those who acted virtuously were usually the big club guilds. Club guilds cared about their image. Although stealing Bosses wasn't a big deal in the Heavenly Domain, it would be seen as bullying if a club guild did it to ordinary players. So, even though they had the strength, they had to be humble to ordinary players, which was quite frustrating.
But of course, that was just on the surface. It was impossible not to scheme in secret. If they didn't scheme, what were the club guilds keeping so many alt accounts for?
"I want to, but they're not online!" Ye Xiu said depressingly.
Chen Guo had also logged in on her side. She looked at her friend list and saw that the newly added Zhan Lou Lan and the others were indeed not online. As for Chen Guo's original friends, they were all from the Excellent Dynasty guild. If she organized those people, the Excellent Dynasty guild would come rolling in, which was definitely not okay.
"Can you kill it with my account?" Chen Guo asked.
"Solo... the key is time! This isn't like when we were in the tenth server, where no one went to the high-level leveling zones, and we could kill a Boss for three hours without being disturbed. That's probably not possible here," Ye Xiu said.
Chen Guo was helpless. That was indeed impossible. Not to mention if there were other people, even this team in front of them would definitely try to find their way back after being wiped out.
"Are we just going to scavenge?" Chen Guo was a little unwilling.
"Uh..." Ye Xiu hesitated.
"What are you thinking?" Chen Guo could tell that this guy seemed to have a scheme.
"From a scavenger's perspective..." Ye Xiu had only said half a sentence when a message flashed across the world channel: "Chuck Town, coordinates 45, 74, Wilderness Bandit found!!!"
"Oh, who's this!" Ye Xiu immediately shouted. "He did what I was going to say, what a professional scavenger should do."
Chen Guo was speechless after looking at the series of expressions following that world message. It was foreseeable that there would be a bloodbath immediately. Just as this message was sent to the world, the team killing the Boss clearly became chaotic. Two streaks of white light flashed, and two players unfortunately died.