Chapter 1 The Barren Beginning

As beams of white light descended from the teleportation point, the desolate and frigid little town's residence instantly became crowded.

"What is this place? I feel like my whole body is being eroded by some kind of alien energy at all times!"

"It's not just the alien energy. I feel like my five senses have weakened considerably, and there's this constant hunger. Didn't they say they were bringing us to a sacred training ground to level up? What's going on?"

"My friends were envying me for being selected for this guild special training, but I feel like it would be better to stay in Stone Forest City!"

The potential newcomers and core members of Zero Wing arrived at the Lost Town one after another, discussing and filled with curiosity.

Especially the potential newcomers who had just joined Zero Wing, who originally knew nothing about the Lost Town, coupled with the harsh environment, let alone training and improvement, just being able to survive in the Lost Town for a long time was a big problem.

At this time, not to mention Shi Feng's Zero Wing potential members, even Aqua Rose, who came along, looked worried.

Because this was completely different from what she had imagined.

At this time, let alone their Tier 3 members wanting to quickly level up the guild's potential members, even they, as Tier 3 professions, found it difficult to survive here, let alone train and improve or resist the beast hordes.

In such a harsh environment, it would be great if their skill level didn't regress, let alone improve.

She didn't feel anything when they were in the outer area of the Demon Wolf Mountain Range before, but this sudden severe weakening of her five senses, the heaviness and sluggishness of her body, and the feeling of hunger constantly eroding her brain was really uncomfortable.

The most important point was the mana here, it was simply a true ice hell, filled with violent ice elements everywhere, while other elements besides ice were pitifully scarce. It could be said that wanting to control the mana here was almost impossible.

And without being able to control mana, how could one improve?

"Guild Leader, you don't really intend to have these Tier 2 members stay here for training and improvement, do you?" Qing Shuang felt the environment here and looked at Shi Feng with concern.

He knew that this was the inner area of the Demon Wolf Mountain Range, and the surrounding monsters were all level 120 or higher, which was a good place for them to level up with their level and tier, but for those newcomers and Tier 2 members who had just joined Zero Wing, it would be a waste of time.

These people were the future of Zero Wing, and wasting a lot of time in this place would be a loss for Zero Wing.

"Stay here for training?" Shi Feng shook his head and said, "Of course, such a good thing is impossible."

"???" Qing Shuang looked blank.

He didn't understand what was so good about being here?

Shi Feng didn't explain, he just completed a handover with the NPCs who transferred the Lost Town. After the handover, the NPCs stationed in the Lost Town disappeared one by one, making the already lonely town even emptier.

Immediately afterward, a system notification sounded in everyone's ears.

Lost Town Area System Announcement: The area where the town is located is under a mysterious curse. Endless wraiths will absorb the stray mana of players to form magical creatures. Please be careful of the magical creatures' attacks.

Before the system prompt ended, and before the Zero Wing members present could react, a translucent humanoid ghost suddenly formed around some of the Zero Wing members. These humanoid ghosts looked exactly like the players, even their levels were the same, and they directly pounced on the player.

This scene stunned everyone present, and they didn't understand what was going on at all.

However, those present were all experts of the Zero Wing Guild. Even if their levels hadn't risen yet, their combat skills were absolutely guaranteed, with a minimum of the fifth floor of the Trial Tower. Facing the suddenly attacking humanoid ghosts, they all went to resist at the first moment, and even the Zero Wing members on the side also attacked these humanoid ghosts.

But the subsequent scene directly stunned everyone.

Because the attacks of these humanoid ghosts were exactly the same as the original players, even their combat skills were the same, and facing the attacks of other players, it was as if they didn't exist at all.

"Alright, our official training can begin! Everyone be careful of those appearing magical creatures. Only the players who were copied can fight these magical creatures. No one else can. If you are killed by these magical creatures, not only will you lose a level, but you won't be able to log in again for a day. Be careful." Shi Feng watched the Zero Wing members fighting against the ghostly magical creatures, and said slowly.

The entire Demon Wolf Mountain Range was not an ordinary place, because the inner area of the Demon Wolf Mountain Range belonged to the forbidden zone of life, that is, a place where creatures could not survive.

Among the major forbidden zones of life in God's Domain, there were different reasons why creatures could not survive there. The reason for the inner area of the Demon Wolf Mountain Range was the curse.

Although no one knew what the curse was or who cast the curse, as long as there was a guild town located here, endless heart demons would appear, constantly attacking and harassing players, making it impossible for players to rest and live in the town for a long time.

This was also the reason why there were few guild towns in the major forbidden zones of life.

As soon as Shi Feng finished explaining, everyone present couldn't help but gasp.

This was training?

It was more like risking their lives!

They had all seen the combat skills of these magical creatures. They were definitely exactly the same as the original players. However, because these magical creatures didn't seem to be affected by the environment, the combat power they could exert was at their peak state. However, these players were different. Because of the influence of the environment, their combat power was greatly reduced, and they were not the opponents of these magical creatures at all.

However, after being killed, losing a level was one thing, but they couldn't log in again for a day. How could they catch up with the levels of the master players of the major forces?

While many Zero Wing members were complaining about this, Qing Shuang, who had been fighting the magical creatures, suddenly realized something, and his eyes were filled with undisguised excitement.

Because he had discovered something.

Fighting these magical creatures was indeed very disadvantageous to them. They couldn't even mobilize the magical elements wandering in space normally, because these magical elements were mainly violent ice elements, and other magical elements were very scarce, making it almost impossible to use them.

The only thing they could do was to first try to mobilize their own mana, try to use their own mana to resist the attacks of these magical creatures, and because the attack mode of these magical creatures was exactly the same as his own, he knew very well what these magical creatures would do, making it easier to resist and at the same time discover many of his own problems, which could be said to be a win-win situation.

Of course, this kind of battle was much less helpful to Tier 2 players, but the scarce magical elements allowed Tier 2 players to use magic skills normally, but the precision requirements for magic skills were higher. As long as they continued to improve their combat skills and the completion of their magic skills, they could still fight these magical creatures.

It could be said that these appearing magical creatures were not only not a trouble, but a very good platform for improvement for their master players, but the risk was a bit high.

As more and more players fought, and as time went on, many Zero Wing members present discovered this benefit. Fewer and fewer people complained, and more and more people began to immerse themselves in the battle.

"Guild Leader, this place is really amazing. It's like a natural training ground. Although the price paid is high, if we keep training here, the effect will definitely be several times higher than usual. Those Tier 3 masters who haven't fully unlocked the Mana Body probably won't even need a month to unlock the Mana Body." Aqua Rose looked at the constantly improving guild members, and her eyes couldn't help but shine.

Now there were more and more Tier 3 professions, but the combat power of players who had unlocked the Mana Body and those who had not was vastly different. The members of their Zero Wing main force had already unlocked a considerable amount of the Mana Body. If they added this kind of training, they probably wouldn't need ten and a half days to unlock all of the Mana Body.

Hundreds of Tier 3 masters who have unlocked the Mana Body!

Just thinking about it was exciting.

Of course, this method was a bit brutal and dangerous, but compared to the gains, levels were not that important. After all, the levels of their main force were originally much higher than those of the major super forces, and this was still a level 120 map, so leveling up was still very convenient. Exchanging levels for the quick unlocking of the Mana Body was definitely a very worthwhile deal for Zero Wing.

While the Zero Wing members were working hard to fight and improve, Shi Feng quietly came to the Transcendence Tower, not caring much about the battle of the crowd.

Because the curse stationed in the Demon Wolf Mountain Range was just a side effect of the Lost Town. The real focus was still the Transcendence Tower.

The Transcendence Tower had always been an excellent place to train the Realm of Truth, and it could even be said to be a direct route to send players to the Transcendent domain. However, due to the lack of magic crystals, it could only stop at the second floor of the Realm of Truth, Introduction to the Hall, which left Shi Feng without any guidance or ideas for the road ahead.

Now, because of the popularity of Stone Forest City and the control of the Dark World Teleportation Gate, the speed at which Zero Wing accumulated magic crystals had skyrocketed. In just a few days, it had accumulated more than 1.3 million magic crystals, a number that exceeded Shi Feng's imagination.

It was precisely because of this that he also planned to unlock the third floor of the Transcendence Tower.

As Shi Feng clicked on the screen of the Transcendence Tower, a system notification sounded in his ear.

System: The Transcendence Tower has been unlocked to the second floor. Does the player want to spend one million magic crystals to unlock the third floor?

"Unlock!"