Chapter 3

According to the description of this task, Ruan Chi, as a player, only needs to assist the knights in defeating the evil dragon and rescuing the princess. This is the normal plot progression.

"But how can a level 1 character like me defeat the Black Dragon boss?" Ruan Chi frowned, and casually opened his character card.

Fortunately, since Ruan Chi was a player sent by the Chinese government, he used a limited edition VIP virtual login device issued by Storm Company. The initial character sheet inside was not comparable to that of ordinary players.

Ruan Chi's character race is a hidden race in "Knight's Heart," which should be considered his only advantage at the moment.

Character ID: Ruan Chi

Level: 1

Alignment: Neutral

Race: Titan (Hidden)

Class: None (Not yet chosen)

Secondary Class: None (Not yet chosen)

Guild: None

Companion: None

Title: None

Attributes:

HP: 100, MP: 30

Physical Attack: 6, Physical Defense: 3

Magic Attack: 3, Magic Defense: 3

Accuracy: 3, Evasion: 3

Critical Hit: 5% (Fixed, can be increased through class skills or equipment)

Strength: 5 (Affects physical attack, range depends on class)

Agility: 3 (Affects attack speed, movement speed, accuracy, evasion rate, range depends on class)

Constitution: 3 (Affects HP, physical defense, range depends on class)

Intelligence: 3 (Affects magic attack, range depends on class)

Spirit: 3 (Affects MP, MP recovery speed, magic defense, range depends on class)

Equipment:

Main Hand: Withered Branch (Gray): Low quality, +1 physical attack, no class or level requirement

Off Hand: Empty

Chest: Cloth Shirt (Gray), no level or class requirement

Pants: Cloth Pants (Gray), no level or class requirement

Shoes: Cloth Shoes (Gray), no level or class requirement

Headgear: Empty

Accessory 1: Empty

Accessory 2: Empty

Accessory 3: Empty

Accessory 4: Empty

Skills:

Scout (Active): LVMax, investigate target information, success rate depends on level difference.

Return to City (Active): LVMax, after a 3-second chant, return to the nearest recorded town.

Racial Talents:

Titan's Strength (Passive): LV1, increases player's strength by 30%.

Giant God Stance (Active): LV1, transform into the projection of an ancient giant god, increase maximum HP by 30%, HP recovery speed by 10%, strength by 50%, consume 1 MP per second, transformation ends when MP reaches 0, no cooldown.

Titan's Arrow (Active): LV1, imbue any thrown item with lightning power, deal 150% physical damage + 500 lightning magic damage, consume 30 MP, no cooldown.

In addition to the above information, what surprised Ruan Chi the most was that there was something called a "Psychic Skill" at the bottom of the character card.

Psychic Skill:

Atheism (Active): No data available

"Sure enough, even psychic abilities have appeared in the game..." Seeing this psychic skill, Ruan Chi remained calm, as if he had expected this all along.

This psychic skill called "Atheism" was the psychic ability Ruan Chi possessed in reality.

In the current Earth, with the development of technology, many new humans have appeared among humans, each possessing various psychic abilities that ordinary humans do not have, ranging from bending chopsticks to moving mountains and filling seas.

Ruan Chi's psychic ability itself was not offensive, but it had a very terrifying aspect: within a 5-meter radius centered on Ruan Chi, all new humans' psychic abilities would be stripped away.

At the age of 7, Ruan Chi's psychic ability once went out of control, expanding the range of its effect to over 10 kilometers. At the time, all the psychic ability users who were hunting him were permanently stripped of their abilities and then killed one by one by the out-of-control Ruan Chi.

As a result, Ruan Chi was placed under mandatory surveillance by the state, becoming the first SS-level criminal in China.

"That old man probably wants me to wreak havoc on the Nordic Union and the US-Japan Alliance's psychic ability users in the game," Ruan Chi thought, recalling what Xie Feihuang, the highest-ranking official in the Chinese military district, had said to him.

"Go ahead and wreak havoc in this game. It would be best to turn all those US-Japan Alliance psychic ability users into ordinary people, hahaha."

New humans are very rare resources in reality. Since the governments of various countries have agreed to resolve disputes in online games, battles between psychic ability users have been explicitly prohibited.

Therefore, for this "Knight's Heart" beta test, the governments of various countries have all sent new humans with psychic abilities into the game.

Ruan Chi also received a special pardon from the central government of the Chinese region and was sent into the game.

"That old man definitely has ulterior motives," Ruan Chi rubbed his forehead and muttered to himself, "Although 'Knight's Heart' is the first game to allow psychic ability users to use their abilities, how am I supposed to use this ability? As a skill?"

Ruan Chi thought about conducting an experiment but lacked a suitable target.

"I wonder if I can use it on NPCs?" Ruan Chi's gaze fell on the king's knights ahead. He didn't consider the villagers because they were just ordinary people, and using his "Atheism" ability on them would have no reference value.

He cast a Scout skill on the knight closest to him, and immediately a message appeared in front of him.

Moscow - Lancer, King's Knight, Level ??

Apart from the name, all the information was question marks. Clearly, this NPC's level was much higher than Ruan Chi's, so he gave up the idea of experimenting on these knight NPCs.

After careful consideration, Ruan Chi realized that he still needed these NPC knights for the subsequent tasks. If he made a mistake and reduced their favorability, causing the task to fail, it would be counterproductive.

...

After about half a day of travel, they finally arrived at the foot of the Dead Prison Volcano before sunset.

As they approached the Dead Prison Volcano, the environment began to change. The road, originally covered with weeds, disappeared, replaced by a barren gray rock field.

In the distance, a volcanic crater spewing thick white smoke could be seen, and the group could smell a hint of sulfur.

Fortunately, "Knight's Heart" did not have a fatigue value setting, so Ruan Chi did not feel tired during the journey. In contrast, the villagers like Laurence were already sweating profusely and panting heavily by the time they reached the foot of the mountain.

"Sir Adventurer, your stamina is really good," Laurence said admiringly.

"It's nothing, I graduated from Lanxiang, this distance is nothing to me," Ruan Chi said seriously.

Uncle Laurence was about to ask what Lanxiang was when a commotion suddenly broke out among the knights at the front. Looking up, they saw a huge rock monster blocking the way.

The monster, about four to five meters tall, was covered in gray rock skin. It waved its fists at the knights and let out a deep roar from its mouthless face.

"Gray Rock Monster?" Uncle Laurence exclaimed.

These Gray Rock Monsters were originally creatures that lived in the Dead Prison Volcano, so it wasn't strange for one to appear here. However, since the Black Dragon took over the Dead Prison Volcano, these monsters had all migrated away. Logically, there shouldn't be any Gray Rock Monsters here anymore.

Gray Rock Monster, Level ??

Ruan Chi cast a Scout skill as usual. Indeed, this area of the Dead Prison Volcano was a high-level monster zone, and it was no surprise that Ruan Chi couldn't get any information at his current level.

The Gray Rock Monster blocked the knights' path. Ruan Chi thought everyone would have to stall for a while, but then an unbelievable scene unfolded.