Chapter 1

"Xuande, this bowl of chicken soup is very fresh and very delicious."

"Good, good, good. I, Bei, am a descendant of the Han royal family. Now, hearing that the Yellow Turbans have rebelled, I have the ambition to defeat the rebels and bring peace to the people. Meeting you, my virtuous brother, is truly a blessing for me."

As the chicken soup went down, Liu Bei suddenly widened his eyes. He saw a sinister smile on the corner of the lips of the person opposite him and realized that something was not right.

Buzz.

Liu Bei felt the world spinning, his head buzzing. He barely managed to stand up: "Zichu, my virtuous brother, this, this is not right..."

The person opposite him continued to drink alone: "Xuande, I won't pretend anymore. Among the heroes of the world, only you and I. Today, I will borrow your fortune."

"You...!"

Liu Bei's defenses were breached, his anger uncontrollable, his aura exploding, making the wooden house tremble, the ground crack, and the wooden table shatter!

However, in his rage, the poison in his body spread faster, and the intense poison took effect!

Just as Liu Bei, with his aura at its peak, was about to strike and erase the person opposite him with one punch, suddenly, his pupils dilated, his eyes gradually losing their luster, he fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

"Liu Bei, although not yet at full level, could easily kill me. Fortunately, I was more skilled."

Qin Kai, while searching through Liu Bei's body for items, muttered to himself.

To poison Liu Bei, Qin Kai used a top-grade poison he had obtained with great difficulty from a powerful figure, which was colorless and odorless. He invited Liu Bei to visit under the pretext of supporting him, setting up a trap, and succeeded.

"Congratulations! You have killed the 60th-level Imperial General Liu Bei. Your level has been raised to 30. As the first player in the system to kill a 60th-level general, you receive an additional 10 points of charisma, 10 points of insight, 10 points of luck, and 1000 reputation."

"Due to your 'Plunder' characteristic, you have obtained some of Liu Bei's exclusive general skills, advisor skills, characteristics, and techniques."

After poisoning and killing Liu Bei, a series of system prompts sounded in Qin Kai's ears.

"Congratulations! Lone Wolf has killed Liu Bei, and as a reward, you receive a Legendary Hero Card! Because the 'Peach Garden Oath' event is about to trigger, Liu Bei will be forcibly revived by the system, but his rank will be reduced from Imperial General to King General, and his abilities will be lowered, with some of his innate skills and characteristics deducted!"

A server-wide announcement sounded, and all the Three Kingdoms players who were still leveling up in the beginner village stopped their actions, stunned, and then erupted in chaos.

Liu Bei, the famous figure of the Three Kingdoms, was actually killed by a player named Lone Wolf!

And this was the first player to kill a 60th-level boss in the entire server!

"The game 'The World' has only been open for a few hours, and a player has already single-handedly killed a 60th-level general!"

"I heard that Liu Bei's initial setting was a powerful Imperial General with higher martial arts than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, which is why Liu Bei could make Guan Yu and Zhang Fei submit in the Peach Garden Oath and become the leader. How did he kill Liu Bei?"

"Liu Bei, after being killed once, has dropped to King General. Now, his martial arts are not as high as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."

"Who is this ruthless person who killed Liu Bei at the start of the game! Give me one minute, and I will get all his information!"

"The reward for killing Liu Bei for the first time is a Legendary Hero Card! It is said that this item can recruit legendary heroes from outside the Three Kingdoms period!"

"Why don't we team up and kill Cao Cao? Maybe we can get the same reward."

"What a joke, who can kill Cao Cao at this stage? Not to mention Cao Cao's cunning and the presence of his brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. Without special means, we would just be going to our deaths."

"Why don't we team up and assassinate Emperor Ling of Han and raid the Luoyang treasury?"

"Emperor Ling of Han has the Northern Army's Five Camps as his guards, and his Ten Attendants are all world-class experts. Assassinating Emperor Ling is a pipe dream!"

Millions of Three Kingdoms players were in heated discussion, and the game forums instantly had hundreds of thousands of new posts!

Some players, inspired, were already sharpening their knives and forming teams to assassinate famous generals.

But the vast majority of them were still in the beginner village, unable to even fight soldiers or bandits.

Moreover, these famous generals, whose levels far exceeded the players, could kill dozens of players with one punch.

"Book of War?"

While the other players were still in heated discussion, Qin Kai found a book of war on Liu Bei's body, quickly put it in his pocket, and left the scene.

Liu Bei would soon revive.

Although Liu Bei's abilities were weakened due to his death, he was still a 60th-level boss. Without poison, Liu Bei could kill the current players with one punch.

After poisoning Liu Bei, Qin Kai calmly went to the teleportation array in Zhuo County, gave five silver coins to the guard, and appeared in Jingzhou in the next moment.

Killing and fleeing, all in one smooth move.

While most players were still exploring the beginner village, Qin Kai, relying on his memories from his previous life, left the beginner village, avoided all the areas where wild monsters appeared, and directly went to Zhuo County, setting up a trap to kill Liu Bei and obtaining what he wanted.

Before his rebirth, Qin Kai had spent three years in 'The World,' and the guild he founded was once the fifth-ranked super guild in the Three Kingdoms region, with hundreds of thousands of players and dozens of Three Kingdoms famous generals, dominating a region!

During the national war, he fought for China, shed blood and sweat, and was sincere to his brothers. However, after the first national war, due to the distribution of benefits and the sowing of discord by other guilds, his guild fell into internal strife and disintegrated.

So, after his rebirth, Qin Kai only trusted himself, decided to act alone, and even changed his game ID to "Lone Wolf."

Better to wrong others than to be wronged by others!

How could he run a guild with those vermin!

After fleeing to Jingzhou, Qin Kai eagerly checked his attribute panel.

【Name】: Lone Wolf (Qin Kai)

【Identity】: Commoner

【Occupation】: General

【Level】: 30

【Reputation】: 1000

【Leadership】: 53 【Martial Arts】: 54 【Intelligence】: 40 【Politics】: 35

【Hidden Attributes】: Charisma 70, Insight 20, Luck 20

【Characteristics】:

Plunder (SSS-level, initial characteristic obtained by player Qin Kai, has a chance to obtain the characteristics, skills, equipment, techniques, and troops of killed legendary generals and strategists)

Imperial Aura (SSS-level, increases the speed and effect of subordinates' loyalty by 33%, the probability of subduing talents by 33%, the probability of subduing bandits, horse bandits, pirates, rebels, and barbarians by 33%, and the probability of subduing divine beasts by 33%)

Invincible Benevolence (SS-level, increases charisma by 50)

【Techniques】: True Dragon Protection (SS-level technique, divided into nine levels, with a five-clawed golden dragon protecting the body. Each level completed increases martial arts by 2, reduces damage by 5%, and increases health recovery speed by 5%. The ninth level permanently increases martial arts by 18, reduces damage by 45%, and increases health recovery speed by 45%. Currently at the first level)

【General Skills】: Imperial Tyrant Fist (SS-level, Liu Bei's exclusive skill, condensing energy into a fist, with the force of a thunderbolt, causing the earth to split, divided into nine levels), Yellow Dragon True Qi (SS-level, dragon qi sweeping the eight directions, eliminating all enemies, divided into seven levels)

【Adviser Skills】: Heaven and Earth Formation (S-level, can set up the Heaven and Earth Formation, enhancing the attack, defense, and speed of the army)

【Special Troops】: None

【Equipment】: Iron Sword (Bronze-level), Cloth Armor (Bronze-level)

【Mount】: None

【Items】: Legendary Hero Card, Fragment of the 'Simafa'

Qin Kai was deeply shocked by the various characteristics, techniques, and skills that he would only obtain in the later stages of the game.

The reason he wanted to kill Liu Bei was because, after entering the game, he randomly obtained the SSS-level 'Plunder' characteristic, which gave him a chance to obtain the various abilities of the generals he killed!

High risk, high reward!

By killing Liu Bei, who was not yet guarded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Qin Kai inherited most of Liu Bei's abilities and immediately reached level 30.

Qin Kai glanced at the player rankings in the Three Kingdoms region, where his level was at the top, far ahead of the second place by 15 levels.

The second place was a player named "Qingdi," at level 15.

Qin Kai remembered this name well, as it was the leader of the super guild "Duduan Tianxia" in the Three Kingdoms region in his previous life.

The third place was a female player named "Ji Qianxue," at level 14.

This was also an old acquaintance.

"Attention! A serious incident of assassinating a famous general has occurred in Zhuo County. The County Magistrate of Zhuo County has issued an S-level task to apprehend the player Lone Wolf. Each time Lone Wolf is killed, a generous reward can be claimed at the County Magistrate's office in Zhuo County!"

The server-wide announcement sounded again, and after Liu Bei's revival, the County Magistrate of Zhuo County issued an S-level task to all players!

To prevent players from continuously assassinating famous generals like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and Yuan Shao, the system increased the punishment for such behavior.

Players who are wanted by the government for assassinating famous generals may be killed to the point of account deletion.

The players in the Three Kingdoms region were once again in a frenzy, not expecting an S-level task to appear so quickly in the game.

Qin Kai was not concerned about being wanted by the government, as the Yellow Turban Rebellion would soon break out, and the government and players would be preoccupied.

If things got desperate, Qin Kai could directly rise up, shouting, "The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky shall reign," and join the Yellow Turban Army, seeking refuge with the Great Virtuous Teacher Zhang Jiao.

Qin Kai still remembered that in his previous life, Zhang Jiao had a daughter named Zhang Ning...