The Land of Chasing the Sun, located on the Earthquake Continent, is not unfamiliar to players.
Previously, players had been active only in the Pale Continent Region and had not ventured to other continents.
However, veteran players have interacted with strong clans from other regions.
Among them was a faction that players were very familiar with.
It is called the "chanical Army," and it now controls nearly one-third of the Earthquake Continent Region's territory.
Many newcors are quite unfamiliar with the chanical Army, but the veteran players know it very well.
In the past, the chanical Army once descended on the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range area, seizing a piece of underground mineral veins with a re move, leaving both players and Earth Thought Bullies silent.
At that ti, the combat power of the chanical Army was akin to a dinsional reduction strike for players and Earth Thought Bullies.
The most basic unit types could easily massacre players and Black Tide Demonic Spirits; even the Earth Thought Bullies were not as strong as the lowest level combat units of the chanical Army.
Terrified, the bullies swiftly retracted their defense lines, not daring to provoke them.
Players knew full well that victory was impossible, and the vast disparity in combat power ant that charging forward only led to death, so they refrained from any retaliatory action.
The appearance of the chanical Army had a significant impact on players and had sparked heated discussions in the forums.
The forum's record of the event was: chanical descent, terrifying as ever.
But things are different now.
Posting players believe that the opening of this new map in the Earthquake Continent ans that players are destined to engage in full-scale war with the chanical Army in the future.
Any land players have set foot on must belong to them.
The chanical Army is just an appetizer before the World-level battlefield, eventually becoming nutrients for their growth.
Browsing through the posts, knowledge steadily flowed into Ji Chen's mind.
Gradually, Ji Chen had a clearer understanding of the background of the Monster World.
But there were too many posts to go through at once.
Encountering monsters along the way, he would temporarily hide the forum interface to engage in hunting.
The level soon reached Level 4, with the Eagle-Headed Demon's provision of monster trajectories, making the hunting process proceed with ease.
Finding weak spots, striking with precision.
Each battle prioritized killing efficiency, with no ineffective output whatsoever.
Hunting battles, newcors pouring in, continuing forward, browsing the forum along the way... this process kept repeating, as if there were an endless stream of players behind him.
Whenever he discovered an area densely populated with monsters, just as he was getting started, he would look up to find the area already filled with the figures of new players.
The various loud shouts also resonated in his ears.
He didn't mind this noisy and passionate environnt; in fact, he genuinely enjoyed the lively atmosphere.
The problem was, with so many new players around, he couldn't find any monsters to hunt.
At these tis, his only option was to move forward.
During this ti, he tried opening the map to find an area that wasn't yet explored by players.
But clearly, many new players had the sa idea, and there weren't any directions on the map that weren't being explored by players.
There's clearly a massive influx of new players coming in.
The ga has no sub-channel settings; all players are in the sa channel scene, like a huge carpet sweeping across the land.
From the map, you can see the fog-covered areas gradually expanding and dissipating in a fan shape.
But zooming out the map to cover the entire Land of Chasing the Sun, players' hours of effort only explored almost an invisible corner of the map.
The zoom view needs to be dragged for a long while on the map to make this corner clear.
Half a day later.
During the exploration, Ji Chen found the scenery along the way incredibly novel, giving him a true sense of stepping into another world.
Coupled with the ample spiritual energy with each breath, his whole body felt refreshed; it was a sensation not felt for over a century.
Before long, Ji Chen discovered two more monsters.
The monsters were lizard-like, covered in glowing scale armor, with two large horns on their heads and sharp crystal spikes at their limb joints.
Decomposition information indicated that this was a type of monster called Erosion Map, capable of spitting toxic mist.
One large and one small, with Hunting Levels at Level 4 and 6, respectively.
The battle erupted instantly.
As soon as the first lizard raised its head, Ji Chen's right wing swept across like a blood-colored scythe.
Perception view provided support.
The wing blade precisely sliced into the gap between the neck scales, where a thumb-sized piece of soft flesh was pulsing.
The intense pain caused the lizard to reflexively retract its head, its hind limbs powering up, trying to spring back, but Ji Chen's beak already pierced its head instantly.
"Tsk."
The second lizard spewed corrosive crystal mist, but under the perception view's blessing, the trajectory of the spreading toxic mist was clear in the air.
His body flipped in mid-air, with each redirection perfectly letting the toxic mist sweep past his wing, the swirling wind making the mist fly backward.
When the lizard monster squinted, Ji Chen's sharp claw already clamped its jawbone.
Crack!
With the crisp snap of the neck vertebrae, Ji Chen's head pecked down fiercely, instantly puncturing the lizard's head.
The entire hunt lasted no more than five seconds. When the two lizards transford into dots of light, one of the crystal mists they spewed had yet to hit the ground, completing the art of killing in a smooth, fluid motion.
With the hunt over, Ji Chen's Main Soul Level reached Level 7.
He shook his wings at this point, shedding the blood splattered on them by the lizard.
Fighting with a monster's body didn't feel uncomfortable, but ntally there was still a bit of awkwardness.
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