Chapter 9

More than two hours later, Lu Yang reached 10% of Level 1. At this point, Lu Yang was already ranked 10th on the level leaderboard. If he hadn't wasted an hour obtaining the Demon Heart and another hour cooking electric eel meat, Lu Yang would definitely have been ranked first on the leaderboard.

As for the top 9 people on the leaderboard, they were all leaders of major guilds. They relied on their numerical advantage to clear areas and kill monsters, and their leveling speed was not much slower than Lu Yang's. For example, the leader of the Supreme Dynasty Guild, Xiong Ba Feng Yun, entered the game with 50,000 guild members. As soon as they entered, they occupied a Level 1 monster area in a beginner town. Using 10 mages and exploiting the game's loophole that the first person to attack a monster gets credit for it, Xiong Ba would hit a monster once, and the other 10 would help to instantly kill it, thus becoming the top of the leaderboard.

Just as Lu Yang was about to continue killing monsters, a sound similar to a phone notification appeared. Lu Yang checked his interface and found that someone had sent him a message.

To avoid trouble, Lu Yang had already disabled the option for strangers to add him as a friend. The only person who could message him was Lan Yu, who had already become his friend.

Opening the interface, it was indeed a message from Lan Yu.

"Pro, you're amazing, you actually made it to the top 10 on the leaderboard."

With ten years of gaming experience, if Lu Yang couldn't make it to the first tier, he would be a complete failure. He replied, "Not bad. How about you guys? Have you started the quest?"

"We're still collecting electric eel meat," Lan Yu said.

"Why so slow?" Lu Yang asked.

"How is this slow? Electric eels are hard to catch," Lan Yu said, speechless.

Lu Yang suddenly realized that it was the early stages of the game, and they were all new players. Catching the fast-moving electric eels was far from easy for them.

"Don't rush, take your time. Remember to be careful when you go to the cave to level up. Don't let others find out, or it won't be a secret anymore."

Lan Yu nodded and said, "Okay, we'll be careful."

Suddenly, Lu Yang remembered something and said, "Little girl, promise me one thing. Don't tell anyone my name. You haven't told them yet, right?"

Lan Yu playfully replied, "Of course not, don't worry, I know you want to keep a low profile."

Lu Yang could imagine Lan Yu's current expression and said with a smile, "Little girl, since you're so obedient, I'll give you a gift the next time we meet."

Lan Yu replied with a smiley face, and the conversation ended.

In fact, Lan Yu hadn't told anyone Lu Yang's name. On one hand, Lan Yu didn't want to, and on the other hand, Xia Yuwei and Zheng Yuan didn't ask.

Zheng Yuan was deeply jealous of Lu Yang, while Xia Yuwei, due to her pride, didn't want to speak up. She thought that once the studio grew, players like Lu Yang would naturally come to her for help, so there was no need to "stoop to make friends."

After turning in the quest, Xia Yuwei, while roasting the electric eel, said to the group, "Now that we have supplies, we need to level up quickly."

Zhang Zibo said, "Right, I don't know how those people on the leaderboard level up so fast. There's so much experience from Level 0 to Level 1, and there are so few monsters, yet they all level up so quickly. Not to mention the top 9, even the 10th place, Lu Yang, is already Level 1."

Xia Yuwei nodded and said, "Indeed, there are too many experts in the game. If we don't hurry, we'll fall behind the first tier. One step behind, and we'll be steps behind. It will be hard to catch up later."

Zheng Yuan, who had been silent because of the electric eel, said angrily, "This Lu Yang is really ungrateful. I wanted to buy the guide from him, but he disabled the friend function."

Zhang Zibo sighed and said, "I tried too, but it's a pity. If we could contact Lu Yang, we might have a chance to enter the leaderboard."

The top 9 people on the leaderboard were all leaders of major guilds who had been active on the "Second World" forum, recruiting members. Only Lu Yang was an unknown newcomer. They guessed that Lu Yang must have found a way to level up quickly.

Lan Yu felt strange hearing the group talk about Lu Yang, whom they had just met.

Zheng Yuan said irritably, "What do we do now? Where do we go to level up?"

Xia Yuwei and Zhang Zibo had no good ideas. The game was more popular than they expected, and there were people everywhere. Just as everyone was at a loss, Lan Yu raised her hand and said, "I know a place to level up, guaranteed no one will steal monsters."

Xia Yuwei was surprised and asked, "Where?"

Lan Yu said, "Coordinates 7985.9867. There's an old man there. Completing his quest will teleport us to a cave where all the monsters are Level 1 or 2. No one knows about this place yet, so we can go there."

Everyone thought Lan Yu was joking at first, but when she gave the specific coordinates and method, they were surprised.

Xia Yuwei asked, "How do you know this? Is it real?"

Lan Yu playfully stuck out her tongue and said, "I don't know if it's real. The person who told us about the electric eel quest mentioned it before leaving."

Hearing it was Lu Yang again, Zheng Yuan said jealously, "What a joke. If he knew such a place, why didn't he go there? It must be fake. I don't believe it."

Lan Yu really wanted to tell Zheng Yuan that Lu Yang didn't go because he had a better place to level up. Lu Yang was already Level 1 and ranked 10th on the leaderboard.

Xia Yuwei frowned and said, "The 'Second World' will truly become humanity's second world in the future. We've decided to deeply develop this game, so we shouldn't easily make enemies. Zheng Yuan, since this person knows the electric eel recipe and now mentions a secret monster spot, he might have participated in the beta test. We should try it out. If it's fake, we won't lose much. If it's real, our guild will develop much faster in the early stages."

Zhang Zibo nodded in agreement and said, "Agreed. Given the current situation, I support trying it out."

Of the seven rich second-generation members, five agreed, including Xia Yuwei, while only Zheng Yuan and his close friend opposed. Since the studio had established a rule of majority rule, Xia Yuwei led the group toward the coordinates Lu Yang provided.

In fact, Zheng Yuan wasn't stupid. He also guessed the cave's authenticity but didn't want Lan Yu to have more contact with this mysterious person. After all, in 15 days, currency exchange would be available, and they could use money to level up and catch up with the first tier.