Chapter 42: City of the Undead

ted!In 2025, a massively multiplayer online game called "Tianqi" was officially released for public testing. This highly anticipated game was developed over five years by Tianyun Group, a renowned do...Around them, the wandering players heading toward the City of the Dead were all chattering excitedly.

Player A: "I heard there are countless high-star treasure chests buried in the Undead City, and there's a chance to get full sets of equipment!"

Player B: "Yeah, yeah, yeah! Even before the server opened, I saw the official introduction to the Necropolis map on the announcement board. It said it was like a treasure trove for new players!"

"Really Then we're going to make a fortune in the City of the Dead today!"

Player D: "Don't think it's going to be easy. I heard the monsters in the Necropolis are much stronger than those outside. It'll be good enough just not to die in there!"

Some players, taking advantage of their business acumen, even treated this as a dungeon. They set up advertising boards outside the City of the Dead—

"Need carries Only 2 gold to join! Three-man dungeon still has two spots open. We have a level 14 mage ranked 125th on the server and a level 14 knight ranked 99th leading the way, plus a healer. Loot is rolled for, come be a carry, let's get it started!"

Seeing the players at the gate of the Undead City being led away by someone promising a flight, Zhang Yi couldn't help but shake his head. Those guys, probably wouldn't even be able to keep themselves safe once they entered the Undead City, and they were thinking about bringing others with them They probably didn't know how powerful the skeletons and undead monsters in the Undead City are.

Furthermore, at the gate of the Undead Capital, there stands an NPC dressed in a black robe, looking somewhat mysterious. Above his head floats a blue ID—

Necromancer Merchant Aerow!

The City of the Dead also has a more attractive feature, that players can receive corresponding tasks on this map. Besides brushing for treasures, they can also obtain task rewards, killing two birds with one stone.

And the NPC who can trigger the quest is this undead merchant, Ael.

According to the rules, each player can only receive one quest in Elona every day. Players can choose their own quest difficulty and must complete it within the day, otherwise they will be severely punished.

At this moment, Ello was surrounded by players who were scrambling to pick up quests.

Then, Zhang Yi also walked up to Alo and initiated a conversation.

"Adventurer from Hope Town, are you ready to enter this perilous Necropolis"

"I'm ready."

As soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, Ai Luo nodded: "Alright then, come and receive your mission. Of course, you can also choose to enter the City of the Undead directly, but that way, your earnings will be greatly reduced."

There is only one task you can receive from Alo: 【Soul Releasing】.

However, this task can be divided into different difficulty levels. A level 1 Wraith Transcendence has a difficulty coefficient of 100, which is suitable for new players who are just arriving in the City of the Dead to practice. The tasks aren't difficult either; they require players to enter the City of the Dead and hunt a certain number of skeletons and wraiths within a specified level range according to the regulations.

The difficulty coefficient increases by 100 for every level increase in mission rank, and the corresponding levels of skeletons and undead to be slain also rise accordingly.

It's 7 pm already, and there are five hours left until today's tasks refresh. Therefore, players who are currently picking up tasks don't dare to take on too high-level ones for fear of not completing them within five hours. Most of them choose 【Soul Transcendence】tasks with difficulty levels of 1-2.

Level 1 Spirit Transcendence requires hunting down 60 each of Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Archers, Necromancers, and Soul Reapers, all level 15-16.

However, for Zhang Yi, whose strength at level 13 was comparable to that of a level 20 player, undertaking this level 1 mission felt like overkill.

Furthermore, Zhang Yi's second survival mission [Advanced Mission] is to complete three tasks with a difficulty coefficient of over or equal to 200 points. The 2nd-level [Soul Transcendence] task just meets the requirement.

Therefore, Zhang Yi received a second-level award.

"Ding~ You have received the quest [Soul Repose] (Level 2 Difficulty), you can view details in the Quest Interface!"

*** [Spectral Sending] (Level 2 Difficulty):

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Task difficulty coefficient: 200

Description: After the vanguard of the alien race massacred the city, Yun City fell into a ghost town. The million humans who died in Yun City had their souls undying. Under the influence of the alien leader [Locke], they transformed into skeletons and ghosts, guarding the Ghost City for the aliens. Players must enter the Ghost City to help these deceased human souls find peace.

Mission progress: Skeleton Warrior 0/90, Skeleton Archer 0/90, Necromancer 0/90, Wraith Assassin 0/90 (Note: Targets killed must be level 17 or higher)

Mission Base Reward: 42,000 experience, 60 silver coins, 15 level 2 enhancement stones, 50 Human reputation, and a random piece of equipment (a certain probability of obtaining the rare [Wraith Suit] equipment).

Failure Penalty: Level -1, lose 10% of your money, and must wait one day before being able to receive the [Soul Tranquility] quest again.

Time remaining: Complete today.

A total of 360 skeletons and undead creatures level 17 or higher had to be killed. Zhang Yi didn't dare to slack off. Holding his flaming staff, he joined the crowd and stepped into the City of the Undead.

Entering the city, you can see many players fighting in front of you. Skulls monsters are everywhere in the city. The mages' fireballs and archers' arrows fly all over the sky. Occasionally, there will be a scream or two, followed by a flash of white light.

Players' complaints also came pouring in.

A level 14 warrior player, covered in blood and crawling back from the front lines: "Damn it! What's up with these damn skeletons They're so strong! Level 17 skeletons are just as insane as level 20 monsters outside. I'm scared, I'm out!"

Another teammate of the warrior: "Aren't we doing the mission anymore"

Warrior player: "Just get a few kills, stay for another second and everyone dies. I'd rather die in the mission penalty, at least I wouldn't waste revive chances or lose any gear!"

A random player brushing 15th-level Skeleton Warriors: “I’m glad I got a level 1 difficulty, the 15th-level Skeletons are tough enough, good thing I didn’t get a higher difficulty, good thing…”

Watching the players around him fight skeletons with such fervor, Zhang Yi also began to search for his own target.

Obviously, the most players are taking on the level 1 difficulty 【Ghostly Transcendence】 quest. As they pass through the area of 15-16 level skeletons and arrive at the 17-18 level area, they find that there are very few players farming high-level skeletons here. generous rewards! Come on, adventurer!"I just opened the task interface.Revenge of the Father (Normal Mission)Task difficulty coefficient: 20Description: With the invasion of alien races, beastly mut...