Lin Qi woke up in a daze, he didn't know how long he had been asleep, and he had fought with the mountain bandits for 300 rounds in his dream. I just woke up and was still a little confused, looking at the sky outside, it seemed to be afternoon.

Thinking that the last argument of the paper must be concluded today, Lin Qi took his mobile phone.

When he opened Qilian, Lin Qi was startled, and many unread messages were flashing.

Jiang Hong sent a message saying that he had gone to sleep in the company.

The blind bear sent a message with a sly smile. Lin Qi didn't know what kind of plane this woman was doing, and replied with a question mark.

Mr. Gao sent a message, which was a handshake expression. Lin Qi also replied with a handshake emoji, and at the same time sent a question.

"Hello, may I ask who you are?"

The note is a message from "Zhongdan girl Xiaowan":

"Xiao Qi, have you gone to play Soul Domain?"

Lin Qi was a little surprised, this person hadn't been in contact for a few years, and he suddenly came over and said something about the soul domain. The only explanation should be that the blind bear told her, because at present, it seems that only she and Jiang Hong know that they are playing the soul domain, but Jiang Hong and this small bowl do not seem to have intersection.

"Do you know a blind bear?"

Next, I took a look at other people's messages, and the note "Soul Domain Lemon" sent a message.

"Sorry, you're too low now, and I haven't applied for a place for you for the time being. You should level up as soon as possible. ”

This is not out of Lin Qi's expectations, a normal thing. He didn't have any regrets, and now he was more interested in mountain bandits.

"It's okay, I've worked harder, thanks."

After replying to the lemon, Lin Qi began to write his thesis. The final argument is actually the experience of last night. By verifying whether practicing sword techniques in the virtual world can improve his ability in reality, he has already done a full experience, and he has also affirmed this idea from Yan Jiaoxi of Jingwu Pavilion.

After the content of the paper is finished, it is also necessary to modify it and adjust the text layout. After the verification was completed, Lin Qi sent the paper to the professor. There will definitely be adjustments in the future, but most of the content of this semester has ended, and the big stone in Lin Qi's heart has finally landed.

Next, he had to devote more energy to the upgrading of the Soul Domain, and Lin Qi entered the Soul Domain after he had eaten and drunk enough to prepare this time.

Logging in to the Soul Domain again, Lin Qi appeared in the territory of the mountain bandits who were offline last time. He practiced with the bandits for a while with great interest, and the result was unexpectedly upgraded. Now the broken array has reached level 10, which is just enough to point out the upper pick.

Lin Qi found a mountain bandit and tested the switch between continuous slashing and upper picking. There is a certain difference between the horizontal knife and the long sword, the long knife's continuous slash is the switch between the positive and negative vertical slashes, and finally closes on the forehand vertical slash, just even on the pick. If you want to switch to a combo after the pick-and-slash, you only need a flip-over action, which is a relatively smooth combo.

Lin Qi found that the speed of swinging the knife using the combat technique was slower than the limit speed of his manual swing, so there was actually a chance to counterattack. If you use a combo against someone with more skill, you may be directly broken. This is also a reflection of the game's encouragement to become stronger on their own, rather than relying on skill.

According to the rhythm, Lin Qi should go back to Yingjie Town to deliver the task, and then take the new task to farm monsters is the most efficient. But Lin Qi felt that it was more cost-effective to go to the mountains to have a look, and he could also plan the leveling ideas later.

There are two guards at the entrance of the cottage, and these two bandits use spears, unlike the scouts on patrol. And from a distance, the mountain bandits on the hillside have already appeared in groups of wild monsters. It doesn't seem like a single person can break in.

However, Lin Qi is very interested in the spear mountain bandits, and there is a saying that a single knife into a gun will kill you for a lifetime. He knew that weapons were inherently oppressive, but the opponent was a monster rather than a player, so it should theoretically be possible to fight.

But the premise is a one-on-one battle, and the two spear bandits at the door can't come together. Lin Qi found a small stone and threw it at the mountain bandit on the left. The mountain bandit was alarmed and triggered the battle state, while the other mountain bandit was still standing in place, and Lin Qi secretly screamed in his heart for success.

The spear mountain bandit rushed towards Lin Qi with a gun, and Lin Qi felt nervous inexplicably. He stared at the bandit's spear, and the moment it stabbed out, he took a step sideways, and at the same time used his horizontal knife to hold the spear outward.

The spear was bounced off, but the mountain bandit had already stopped, collected the gun and stabbed again, and it was aimed at Lynch's chest again, and Lin Qi had to dodge again. The speed of the mountain bandits' stabbing was not fast, and Lin Qi had enough time to dodge, but it was another matter to want to counterattack.

However, the speed of the mountain bandits is generally slow, and Lin Qi feels that he can use this as a breakthrough. After firing off his spear again, he chose to lunge forward. Lin Qi's speed was very fast, and he instantly narrowed the distance, but the mountain bandit swept towards him with the momentum of the spear's bullet.

Lin Qi hurriedly raised his knife to parry, but the impact of the spear's sweep made him almost unsteady. Barely steady, Lin Qi immediately swung the horizontal knife, this action was just enough to use the upper slash. A move was swung up and slashed from the bottom up, just hitting the chest of the mountain bandits, but the distance was not enough, so Lin Qi knew that he could not end the mountain bandits.

Lin Qi took a step forward and released the continuous slash, and slashed down three times in a row, hitting the neck of the mountain bandit accurately. This move slashed and slashed vigorously, and hit the vital point, directly killing the mountain bandits.

Lin Qi felt that his heart was a little agitated, and the feeling of nervousness was still lingering. This is the feeling of self-breakthrough, every time you do something that you couldn't do before, every time you break through your own ceiling, you will have extraordinary excitement and joy, and this is also the foundation for the next step.

After defeating the spear mountain bandits, Lin Qi lost the interest to go up. He was still swept away in the battle just now, so he felt that he needed to fight more spear enemies. But until then, let's go to town and restock.

Back in Juyi Hall, it was already lively at this time. Handing over tasks, purchasing supplies, and inquiring about news, all kinds of players come and go.

Lin Qi found the kanban girl Su Ling'er and heard the news about the task.

"I'll do it. You've killed a total of 42 Bandit Scouts, but I'll only be able to give you the basic rewards. ”

Looking at Su Linger's playful appearance, Lin Qi's mood also improved.

"How much foundation can you have?"

"20 silver coins, give."

Lin Qi took 20 silver coins from Su Linger's hand, and at the same time, the system also issued a prompt.

- Congratulations on completing the Mountain Clearance Bandit Scout quest and rewarding you with a Class Protector, please check it in your inventory.

"By the way, Miss Ling'er, why didn't you drop directly when you kill enemies like wild boars and mountain bandits?"

Lin Qi has read the drop rules on the forum, and any ordinary wild monsters in the big world will not drop directly, only rare monsters and boss-level monsters will drop. Most of the money and equipment rewards that players receive come from quests or quests.

Such a design is naturally to control the internal economic cycle of the game and reduce the influence of the money studio on the game. However, such a design will also cause the price to be higher when the in-game resources are exchanged for real currency. Naturally, the developer itself does not encourage offline transactions, so the developer will not be responsible for this problem.

Su Ling'er was asked to test how the NPC would answer the question.

"Naturally, everyone is not encouraged to plunder, if you can get a reward by killing a random person, then what will the world become?"

Lin Qi has some appreciation for this answer, which is theoretically a packaged remark by the developer, but the meaning expressed in it is positive.

"Well said, give you a thumbs up!"

Lin Qi really gave Su Linger a thumbs up. Seeing Su Ling'er seemed very happy, Lin Qi continued to hear the news.

"What's next? Can I pick it up directly from you? ”

"Of course, the next mission requires you to clear out 5 mountain bandit guards. These guards are spear-wielding, which is not very easy to deal with, but ...... Childe has already succeeded, and Ling'er is relieved. ”

A hint of surprise flashed on Lin Qi's face, what he had done outside the mission, this Ling'er NPC could also know. That is, NPCs have the ability to read character information, so do they know who they are all the same?

Lin Qi took a step forward, lowered his voice, and asked Su Ling'er quietly.

"Ling'er, do you know me?"

Su Ling'er smiled skillfully and didn't show any special expression, but what she said shocked Lin Qi even more.

"This ...... Guess what, boy. ”

The title has changed.

This is the second time that Lin Qi has been called a little boy by an NPC, which proves that the NPC knows him. But why don't they show it when they don't ask?

Probably to let yourself have an authentic experience, rather than turning yourself into a cheater.

But Su Linger's answer was so interesting, on the surface, she didn't answer the question positively, but in fact, everything was revealed.

"So, do I have any privileges on your side?"

Lin Qi lowered his voice, trying to only hear it from two people.

Su Ling'er is still the same smiling poker face, Sakura's lips are slightly open, but her voice is not small.

"All valued players have privileges, and so do you."

The answer seems to be yes, but it doesn't seem to say anything.

Lin Qi guessed that NPCs could not answer this question head-on, because after all, this is in the game world, and NPCs' actions are not only controlled by AI, but also under the watchful eyes of all background monitoring systems, and every word and deed can be traced. Although the father left some backdoors, it is impossible for an ordinary NPC to do that to that extent.

"Thank you very much, Ling'er. I want to buy some more consumables, can I buy them from you? ”

"Oh, Childe, no. Consumables should be purchased at the counter. ”

Lin Qi wanted to ask something, but there was a player next to him urging him.

"Do you have any more gifts to give? If not, please get out of the way, I'm going to give a gift too! ”

Lin Qi turned around and saw that it was a young man holding flowers. There was nothing important about himself, but he was very curious about what the man was going to do, so he stood aside.

The young man gave the flowers in his hand to Su Linger, and Su Linger seemed to accept it very happily. The man immediately invited Su Linger to have dinner later, but she politely declined.

In this game, NPCs are also independent and unique, and if you want to talk or interact with NPCs, you need to come one by one. This may seem very real, but it can also be inconvenient. It was only at this time that Lin Qi felt this problem firsthand.

(It seems that the next time you want to talk to an NPC, you need to find a time when there is no one later.) ）

Lin Qi looked at the follow-up and several people lined up to find Su Ling'er, so he turned around and went to the counter.