"Why are there so many people?"
Wang Meng logged in again, and saw that the number of players in Shell Town had increased several times over. He was momentarily stunned.
After entering the Godforsaken game for the first time, players needed to reach level 3 to leave, which was equivalent to "logging off."
To log in again, all one had to do was close their eyes for more than ten seconds, and an option would pop up asking if they wanted to return to the forsaken land of the gods...
Wang Meng was originally level 3 and ranked in the top ten in Shell Town.
But now, he had been pushed down to around the twentieth rank.
"We have to hurry up."
Wang Meng quickly messaged his teammates, like 'Black Plum Big Grape' and others.
He found that two of them hadn't logged in yet.
One of them was the middle-aged female priest.
"We need to recruit another priest..."
Wang Meng called the other three together.
When he saw Lin Liyu, he couldn't help but pause. He noticed a faint golden necklace shimmering on her chest!
Wang Meng and the others were dumbfounded. "What's this?"
Lin Liyu smiled and briefly explained what had happened with 'Shadow.'
Finally, she added, "It seems that Shadow still has equipment and skills for your class. I'll contact him later and see if he can sell them to us at a discount."
Wang Meng chuckled, "Silver-grade is fine, but if it's something of gold-grade, we probably won't be able to afford it..."
The sharp-eyed archer youth in the team looked on enviously. "That's amazing, you actually became friends with Shadow. If we can get close to him, we might end up living the good life, haha."
Lin Liyu gave him a scornful look. "Look at you, relying on someone else. Maybe you should think about why you're not making progress—have you been grinding monsters and leveling up?"
The sharp-eyed archer rolled his eyes and ignored her.
Although they met in the Godforsaken game, their relationships were quite good.
Moreover, Wang Meng had checked on their real-life situations, so he knew them fairly well.
With backgrounds sorted, it was time to solidify the team.
Wang Meng then said, "We need to find a priest to grind monsters with us. We'll start with five people. I have a colleague in the next town, and once her town has a level 5 player, she'll be able to teleport here and join us."
Lin Liyu raised an eyebrow. "Where's Sister Wang?"
Wang Jie was the middle-aged female priest from their team.
Wang Meng shook his head. "Wang Jie is going to another town to find her son... so we're out of priests."
They weren't like Qin Feng, who could solo grind.
In a team, both tanks and healers were essential.
So Wang Meng set up a stall.
But he didn't sell anything; instead, he wrote on the stall:
[Team recruiting, needs a priest class.]
There were many such stalls, but because Lin Liyu stood behind Wang Meng... the faint golden necklace on her chest instantly caught the attention of many!
Gold-grade equipment?
Many doubted it. But just based on Lin Liyu's looks, a few young priests soon came over to apply.
However, when they heard that they had to provide their real-life identity and have it officially recorded, they all started backing off...
At that moment, a long-haired girl walked over.
It was Qin Xiaoyou, who had already reached level 3 and was a Life Priest!
Qin Xiaoyou was very polite. "I'm a hidden class Life Priest. May I join your team?"
Wang Meng glanced at her, his expression unchanged.
Life Priest, a hidden class, sounded great.
But what he was looking for was someone reliable for the long haul, so he needed to confirm her real identity...
Qin Xiaoyou didn't mind and straightforwardly revealed her identity.
"I'm a first-year student at Jianghai Normal University. My parents are both deceased, and I only have an older brother... well, he's actually the one my parents adopted, not my biological brother."
Qin Xiaoyou emphasized this.
Wang Meng nodded. "Qin Xiaoyou... Alright, you're in. Let's see how you perform."
["Xiaoyouya" has joined the team!]
Actually, Qin Xiaoyou had originally wanted to use 'Xiaoyou' as her code name.
But since she joined late, the name was already taken... she didn't want to add numbers, so she just added the character 'ya.'
After joining the team, Qin Xiaoyou smiled, seemingly nonchalantly glancing at Lin Liyu's golden necklace again...
The global first kill of a gold-grade boss had taken place in Shell Town, claimed by Shadow.
So, it was highly likely that this necklace was connected to 'Shadow!'
...
Such a development was naturally something Qin Feng hadn't expected.
In this life, his rise had been incredibly fast, with the first kill of a gold-grade boss making his alias 'Shadow' famous worldwide.
His fame was so great that even Qin Xiaoyou was tempted!
At that moment, Qin Feng, inside the Temple of Faith, had been walking down the passageway and soon arrived at a spacious hall.
The hall was empty.
Only two humanoid demonic creatures, kneeling and bowing, held something above their heads as though they were lifting it.
The ghostly wail they had heard at the entrance was emitted by these two demonic creatures.
——
[Ancient God's Devout Followers·The Judged (lv10)]
[Grade: Silver]
——
Qin Feng, remaining invisible, entered the hall and saw the two kneeling followers. He immediately activated Shadow Strike!
Breaking the stealth! Backstab!
In addition to the critical hits, all applicable damage bonuses triggered!
But the weak spot damage didn't apply...
Shadow Strike couldn't cause weak spot damage, no matter how skilled, but the skill's base damage was high.
-1058!
-1058!
...
Seven damage numbers appeared above the heads of the two devout followers.
But their health bar had only decreased by half!
After all, they were level 10 silver bosses, and their health was more than double that of the Cursed Ones Qin Feng had fought before.
In fact, the combined health of these two devout followers exceeded that of the gold-grade Golden Ghost Ship.
Initially, Qin Feng had been preparing to dodge their attacks.
However...
The two kneeling devout followers didn't attack Qin Feng. Instead, they turned around and knelt in the direction where Qin Feng was hiding!
"These two are the Judged, and I hold the power of judgment."
"Do they... not attack me?"
Qin Feng had an idea, feeling surprised.
To verify this thought, he deliberately dropped his stealth and kept a distance from the two devout followers...
He discovered that the two followers, who looked like ghouls, indeed didn't attack him!
Instead, upon seeing him, they completely prostrated themselves on the ground!