1006 Preparations
The points he saved could all be used to exchange for equipment and items.
For example, the beta-type high-efficiency sample collector that Qiu Yaokang strongly recommended.
Bringing a box of sample collectors alone cost 300 points.
Considering that the world they were heading to might be a world with very low technology, Qiu Yaokang suggested that they bring high-tech equipment to ensure that they could build an elementary research room in a primitive society in a short time.
Well, it was technology after all. It was worth the investment! With that, Fang Heng spent 3000 points on research alone.
All that was left was to set up the vampire magic array and some high-grade rare materials needed to build the blood altar.
After all, Fang Heng had an additional goal this time.
For example, he had to think of a way to get some blood while he was at it. It would be best if he could directly awaken the unknown seed of the sacred tree.
After skimping on some things, his points were barely enough.
[Hint: The player has confirmed his items. Do you wish to enter the preparation state for the region level-up trial?]
Fang Heng reached out and clicked "confirm".
A three-minute countdown appeared in front of him.
Soon, rays of light fell from the sky and enveloped the four people in the conference hall.
The moment the countdown reached zero, Fang Heng and the other three disappeared at the same time.
...
Several magic arrays appeared in the pitch-black cave.
Fang Heng stepped out of the magic array. When he opened his eyes, a layer of red glow soon covered them. He looked around quickly.
"Are we underground?"
It looked very similar to the underground caves he had encountered before, but there were some differences.
The area of this cave was extremely vast, and the stone pillars were more than 20 meters tall. They connected the ground to the top of the cave as if they were supporting the place.
Dark red unknown fungi were growing at the foot of the stone pillars.
The fungi were huge, and their umbrellas were more than a meter wide.
Many dark-brown insects were gnawing on the fungi's umbrellas.
The insects seemed to have sensed the auras of Fang Heng and the others nearby and quickly crawled into the shadows.
[Hint: The player has entered a special mid-tier game, an unknown world.]
[Hint: In the current mission world, the player cannot go offline. If the player is forced to go offline, the player will be disqualified from the trial by default.]
[Hint: In the current trial, other players will not be able to obtain your identity hint when they use investigative skills on you.]
[Hint: Please put on a disguise. If you are seen through by other players or violate the rules by completing the trial with the help of non-trial players and so on, the trial score will be greatly affected. When the score is reduced to a certain level, the trial will be deemed a failure.]
[Hint: All of the player's current skills have entered the cooldown time by default.]
[Hint: During this trial, the player cannot use the King of Gods' points exchange column and the survival radio for communication.]
[Hint: During the trial, players will be protected. You may choose to exit the trial at any time (or force the players/NPCs you bring into the trial to exit).]
[Hint: you can use 500 King of Gods' points to purchase the skill God's Blessing for yourself or your teammates. Skill effect: When the player's HP reaches zero, the player/NPC will be directly teleported out of the trial and enter a seriously injured state.]
[Hint: This trial is a team mission. When all the players on the team are eliminated, the trial will be deemed as a failure.]
[Hint: You have triggered the region level-up mission. Current stage: The maze.]
[Mission name: The maze]
[Mission description: You are an adventurer team. You have found that your memory of the past is greatly incomplete. You only remember that your team has accepted the City Lord's request to investigate an underground maze that has recently been discovered... You seem to have fainted in the process of searching for the maze. When you finally woke up, you were already in the depths of the maze.]
[Mission requirement: ???]
Fang Heng quickly checked the hints and missions, then frowned.
The bad news was that all skills were on cooldown.
This greatly weakened all of them!
Originally, the zombies he controlled would gradually revive 30 minutes after entering the game. But now, the zombie's resurrection time had been reset.
In addition, his ultimate move, Everlasting Moon, had also entered a refreshed cooldown, which was equivalent to him losing a trump card, for now.
Apart from that, he also had to be on guard against the players in this world. If other players discovered his identity as a trial-taker, the mission score would be greatly reduced.
There was also good news, though.
The skill effect of God's Blessing was quite good, and it could provide protection for Victor and the other NPCs.
When he sold the game worlds earlier, Fang Heng had asked for 10000 King of Gods' points from each district's Federation. Therefore, he didn't lack King of Gods' points for the time being.
With a wave of his hand, Fang Heng bought insurance for each of the five people on his team.
After all, they were afraid of death.
The second piece of good news was that the trial game had given him an identity of a local in this world. Ordinary players would think that they were just locals in the game when they used investigation techniques.
"It's a pretty good disguise..." Fang Heng muttered in a low voice.
The game was designed to prevent players from "cheating" by using intermediate game players.
Could he take advantage of this?
While Fang Heng was thinking, magic arrays appeared around him.
Wei Tao and the other two World Lords were teleported in, followed by the players and NPCs that they each brought.
After the teleportation, they couldn't get used to the dark that easily, so they turned on their flashlights and raised their weapons, entering vigilant mode.
After entering an unknown world, Mo Jiawei, Qiu Yaokang, and the other two immediately followed behind Fang Heng.
Qiu Yaokang observed the surroundings with a flashlight, then whispered to Fang Heng, "It looks like we're underground. The air here is very humid."
Different from Fang Heng, the other 3 World Lords brought more players, a total of more than 100 people.
The cave was huge. After confirming that there was no danger, for the time being, the players gathered and got into a team formation.
"Wei Tao, your information doesn't seem to be accurate. This place doesn't look like the Barbaric World," As Mikhail spoke, he clicked his tongue and kept looking around with a vigilant look in his eyes.
"I can't be sure yet. The mission didn't give any hints," Wei Tao carefully looked at the dense game hints and nodded, "Let's find a way to explore the surroundings and confirm our current environment. What do you think? "
"Okay, we'll listen to you."
No one had any objections. After the team reached an agreement, they began to slowly move forward.
Most of the threats in the mid-tier game worlds were not simple food and water, so the players brought fewer survival supplies.
It would be troublesome if their missions in this game world were all underground since they would run out of food and water.
Along the way, Qiu Yaokang walked to the fungi next to the stone pillars and observed them carefully. He then put a small sample into a petri dish.
Fang Heng went over and asked, "How is it? What did you find?"
