Chapter 93 Monster's IQ

Chapter 93 Monster's IQ

Chapter 93 Monster's IQ

Walking on the way back to the village, Xiao Jie was full of thoughts.

I was a little careless today. Although the appearance of Ma Kou was an accident, accidents are something that can always happen unless something unexpected happens.

There is no logic to life and death. You can't just rely on luck to win every time you encounter an accident.

Luck is the most unreliable thing. Even if you win a hundred times, it’s GAME OVER if you lose once.

No, I have to be as careful as possible in the future. Before each action, I must take all factors into consideration and make a plan.

But it is easier said than done. Your level is too low, you know too little about the game, the resources you can use are limited, and some accidents are hard to predict. In the final analysis, when playing this kind of death game, it is impossible not to take risks.

Unless you are like Wang Kai, staying in the village all your life and never going out.

All we can say is do our best and leave the rest to fate.

As if sensing Xiao Jie's thoughts, I Want to Become an Immortal suddenly said: "Brother Feng, it's not your fault for what happened today. Who knew that we would meet Ma Kou?"

“No, this is the problem. Even if we don’t know, we still have to consider it in advance. Right now, we have too few resources and can only make do with what we have. When we reach a higher level and reach a large map in the future, we must prepare various life-saving items to ensure that we have a way to evacuate when we encounter danger.

I don’t know if this game has things like return scrolls…”

In fact, when Xiao Jie was chasing the little demon before, he had also considered the possibility of encountering an enemy, but his inertial thinking made him feel that, apart from wild dogs and corpse-eating dogs, there were no monsters in the Ginkgo Valley map that could run faster than the player.

But when I turned around, I encountered a new enemy.

He couldn't help but think of the conversation he had with Wang Kai. Anything could really happen in this game. Many people who thought they could increase the difficulty little by little by starting with small monsters ended up dying outside.

Xiao Jie shook his head, shaking off the uneasiness in his mind.

"Have you noticed that Ma Kou and the little demon who collects lost items are too smart? Their way of thinking is very similar to that of humans. The little demon who collects lost items even knows how to divert trouble to others and drive the tiger to devour the wolf. Its purpose of leading us to Ma Kou should be to lead the players to be killed by monsters, and then pick up the players' drops. The things in its bag might have come from that way."

I want to become an immortal, "Now that you put it that way, it seems to be the case. I was led by that little demon who picked up lost items to a few wild dogs. If you hadn't saved me, I would have almost died. But the little demon who picked up lost items should be just an isolated case, right?"

"No, on the contrary, I think this is probably a common phenomenon, and the monsters we encountered before are just exceptions."

The monsters the two had encountered in the past were either completely brainless garbage monsters like soulless zombies, or low-intelligence creatures like wild beasts. Although the Soul-Lost Bandit had brains, they didn't have much, which was understandable. After all, he had lost his soul, so he definitely had no IQ.

The scarecrow is a puppet created by magic. Several demons have had their minds corrupted by magic talismans and have become abnormal.

It made Xiao Jie feel that the monsters in this game were no different from those in other games.

Now it seems that the monsters in this game are not brainless, it’s just that the two have encountered some brainless monsters before, so they feel that the monsters in this game are not much different from those in other games.

But now think about it, since NPCs have the same reaction abilities and IQ as humans, it makes sense that monsters also have similar IQs.

The reason why the monsters encountered before were relatively brainless may be because the monsters near the Novice Village were deliberately designed to be weaker monsters. Not only do they have lower level attributes, but their IQ is also below average.

The casualty rate among novice players is abnormally high. If all of them were as smart as Ma Kou and Shi Yi Xiao Yao, I'm afraid that as many as they come, they will all die, and few will survive.

But once you leave the Novice Village, you may not get such good treatment. Among the monsters you encounter in the future, Ma Kou may be just an ordinary one.

Xiao Jie told me his speculation, and I screamed in surprise.

"Ah, does that mean - from now on, we have to treat the monsters we encounter as if they were living people? And we have to compete with them in wits and courage?"

"No, there are still differences. Monsters have their own fixed operating logic. For example, horse bandits ride around on horses, and scavenger monsters are attracted by dropped treasures. But yes, apart from these, we must treat them as enemies with the same intelligence as us, and cannot regard them as brainless monsters.

Especially the humanoid monsters.

Otherwise, you will fail sooner or later.

Take the bandits for example. What we are facing now are the 'Lost Soul Bandits'. It is understandable that they are a little stupid, but if we meet ordinary bandits who have not lost their souls in the future, we must be careful. Maybe they will call for their companions when they are attacked, or set traps in advance to lure us into the trap.

They even lied to us and attacked us when we showed any weakness. "

I felt my scalp tingle when I heard this. "Isn't this too dangerous? It's impossible to guard against it."

"Why, are you scared? It's not that easy to gain power, or are you planning to give up?"

"No, I won't give up. I must become a god and an immortal, and then resurrect my elder brother." I am very determined to become an immortal.

"I won't give up either, so let's work hard together."

After returning to the village, the two began to repair. Xiao Jie sold all the garbage in his bag to the store and earned more than a thousand coins. Including the copper coins dropped by the little demon who picked up lost items, plus the more than a thousand coins he had saved before, he had more than 3300 coins.

But this time he was not happy at all, because he realized that this amount of money was nothing and he would have to spend it sooner or later.

If all else fails, just spend some money. Now that there's an extra 500,000 in the card, it's no big deal to spend some money.

But it can still be maintained for now, and there is no rush to spend money.

After lunch and buying supplies, Xiao Jie bought another shield. The previous one was directly smashed by Ma Kou. Although he now uses two swords, the shield is still useful at critical moments, like just now.

When we gathered at the entrance of the village, Xiao Jie discovered that I had bought another dog in order to become an immortal.

He recognized this dog, its name was Scar.

He joked, "I said, Chengxian, you have to take it easy this time and don't be a dead dog again."

I, Yuchengxian, was also a little embarrassed. "Don't say anything, Brother Feng. I feel a little sorry for these dogs. No more dogs can die this time." While the two people were chatting here, the two dogs over there also started chatting.

Scar: Meatball? What are they talking about?

Meatball: They said you were too weak and could never be as good as me. They were afraid that you would be scared and run around during the fight, thus disrupting the operation.

Scar: My master looks down on dogs too much. When the battle starts later, I will make sure he knows that I am a brave hunting dog. Just watch me.

Meatball: Okay, you go first when the fight starts. I’ll give you more chances to show off and let your master know how powerful you are.

Scar: Good brother, you are worthy of being my friend.

Xiao Jie was speechless after listening to this for a while, and thought to himself, Rouqiu, Rouqiu, you are such a dog.

"Let's go level up."

Xiao Jie waved his hand and the two walked out of the village.

With the lessons learned from the battle of the Three Bandits, Xiao Jie was extra cautious during the leveling practice in the afternoon. He was not greedy for experience and was not reckless. He always put safety first.

At this time, Xiao Jie's experience value has reached 39%.

Those three bandits are indeed quite powerful, but their experience points are indeed high. One of them gives more than 200 experience points. In comparison, a soulless zombie only gives a dozen points. If two people share it, each can only get a few points of experience. This one bandit is equivalent to about 20 soulless zombies.

If you really want to level up, it’s better to kill bandits to level up faster.

But now, I'd better just focus on killing the soulless zombies.

The two of them wandered around the village, killed some animals in the forest, and fed their pets some dog food. I also used my dissection skills to dig up some materials.

Then they moved on to the area around the forest avenue and killed a circle of soulless zombies. After a whole morning, the soulless zombies here refreshed again, which was just enough time for the two of them to gain some experience.

Then he ran to the hillside and cleared out the bandits.

Compared with the Ma bandits, these Lost Bandits seemed much weaker this time.

Not only because there were no horses, Xiao Jie could feel that the bandits' intelligence was obviously not good, and they didn't summon their companions very often. At most, they would run away when they were low on health, but they couldn't escape at all because they were on foot.

It seems that the prefix 'Lost Soul' has weakened these bandits a lot.

Unfortunately, the crows in the farmland are all offspring of the three big crows, so it is not convenient to attack them.

After this round of practice, by the evening, the two's experience points had barely reached over 70%.

There was almost nothing worth mentioning about this afternoon's leveling trip. The only advantage was that it was safe.

Now the two of them have almost completely explored the map near the village and know how to get there with their eyes closed.

Apart from the occasional horde of zombies, the little BOSS in the bandit camp basically poses no major threat.

Xiao Jie looked at the map. In the entire Ginkgo Valley, the only area that had not been explored was the northeast area. He would upgrade to level eight tomorrow morning and set out to investigate in the afternoon.

In fact, the safest way is to reach level ten before going.

However, at the current leveling speed, it will probably take another week to reach level 10.

Although there is no specific time requirement for the task of investigating the mysterious ancient tomb, the night is long and dreams are many, and who knows what changes will happen by then.

It would be bad if by the time they reach level ten, the mysterious man in black had already run away, or the mission was intercepted by someone else.

If it's just an investigation, level eight is enough.

Early the next morning, the two continued their study. At first they were still talking and laughing, but gradually they calmed down.

Killing monsters mechanically and repeatedly is never a fun thing, not to mention that you have to stay alert while killing monsters mechanically.

By noon, the two had finally reached level 8. With a flash of golden light, both of them felt relieved.

"Huh, Brother Feng, let's take a break. This is too tiring."

It would be fine if there was no threat of death, but with this threat of death hanging over me, I dare not relax at all, and leveling up is extremely painful.

"Okay, go back and rest up, and then go to the ancient tomb in the afternoon."

After returning to the village, I cleared out all the garbage in my bag, ate and drank enough, filled my stomach, and prepared all the supplies.

The two of them prepared to set off.

Xiao Jie warned, "Remember, if you encounter danger later, when I shout 'Run', run immediately. If I shout 'Run for your life', don't hesitate, activate the magic talisman and run towards the village at full speed."

"Don't worry, Brother Feng. I will definitely listen to you." I want to become an immortal but I also know the importance of this, so I answered seriously.

"Also, we are only investigating this time. Try to avoid fighting as much as possible. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Xiao Jie took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)