Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Chapter 293 Noble Group

After the serum was injected, Zhou Ning's main attributes became [Strength 49, Agility 242, Stamina 126, Spirit 134], while the others remained unchanged. His health increased by 1000 points, equivalent to 1/3 of the original.

On top of that, there was a surprise: this serum increased Zhou Ning's reaction and attack speed by 5%, and also increased his magic resistance by an additional 20%, making him even more capable in combat against mages. What a steal!

It’s a pity that judging from the simulation process, the fifth-generation serum should already be the pinnacle in the Marvel world, and this opportunity to improve expertise will be even more rare.

After collecting the materials, the banquet outside was still going on. Richie Burke and his men were singing another pirate song, which sounded like ghosts and wolves howling and was quite unpleasant.

Zhou Ning wanted to play "Chicken You Are So Beautiful" for them on loop to suppress them.

The next morning, according to the original plan, everyone will go to the depths of Elsop Swamp to look for the treasure of "Storm" Wilt. According to Rich Burke, the treasure is hidden in a cave in the southeast of the swamp, and the location is very hidden.

Zhou Ning planned to spend 1 to 2 days to find the treasure, and then return to Dockland immediately regardless of the result.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, under the control of Rich Burke and several sailors, the alchemy array at the stern of the Myrney Rooster began to start. As the propeller turned rapidly, the entire ship gradually floated into the sky.

Strictly speaking, this type of ship is a semi-human powered ship. In addition to the alchemy array, a meteorologist is also needed to maintain the wind direction and humidity near the ship. Therefore, there are usually three to four meteorologists on hand in the pirate fleet. In Zhou Ning's impression, it was not until the third version that more advanced airships began to become popular.

Zhou Ning stood on the deck, looking down at the ground while operating the compass, which didn't point north. The compass needle kept pointing southeast, motionless. Looking down from above, Zhou Ning could see that in addition to the sparse shrubs in the swamp, there were also low buildings, including altars and houses, of varying styles.

Beside him, Rich Burke leaned against the side of the boat, boasting to a few players in a serious tone:

"These are the remains of the ancient Modoric people, now occupied by swamp pygmies," Richberk said. "The ancient Modoric people were once the overlords of the hills and swamps, occupying nearly one-third of the swamps and mountains of the Ruins and Ancient Faerik kingdoms. Later, their collective worship of a certain evil deity led to their distortion and forced them to migrate en masse into this swamp."

"In order to search for the captain's treasure, I once sneaked in here, but was caught and almost boiled into a pot of broth. If I hadn't urinated in time and waited for rescue, I would probably have died long ago." Richie Burke said deeply.

I didn't realize this guy was such a comedian. Zhou Ning smiled and couldn't help but remember that he seemed to have a block of unknown use on him, called the Modoric Cube, which he got in exchange for a devil fruit from the deer-headed man. I wonder if it has anything to do with this group of swamp pygmies?

Zhou Ning searched in the inventory and found a large cube made up of 200 small blocks, similar to a Rubik's Cube. After two months, he had successfully restored it, but he still couldn't find how to use it. He only knew that the words on it were "sun", "sacrifice", and "return".

Not long after, the Myrney Rooster slowly stopped and began to land.

Before Zhou Ning could ask, Rich Burke explained, "The route ahead is not navigable because it's in an area with extreme climates of life elements. There are often moving life tides. If you go in by boat, there's no time to avoid them, so you have to walk."

Zhou Ning nodded suddenly. There were indeed many large and small climate extreme zones in the Apocalypse World. What Rich Burke said was not surprising. The miracle of life that John had mentioned before should be this kind of moving life tide. He didn't want to become a woman.

Leaving a dozen pirates on board to guard the ship, Zhou Ning brought a few players, Rich Burke and others back into the swamp.

Compared with the outer circle of the swamp, the trees here are more lush, and there is still a thick green mist lingering among the trees.

There are also more poisonous insects and life elements of various kinds. After arriving here, there is a large spider called Swamp Crawlers. Their levels are generally not very high, around level 40. For the players at this time, each one is a high-level BOSS-level monster. With the help of the pirates' human wave tactics, they should be able to be killed.

"Come to think of it, these monsters can also drop life cores..." Zhou Ning's eyes flashed, and he immediately had an idea.

So in the following journey, Zhou Ning did not deliberately intervene in the battle, but issued a task to collect life cores, only releasing the little Deathwing to gain experience on the side, and only helping when there was danger. Along the way, he unknowingly reached level 19.

Even so, several players said they were very happy. Not only did they make up for all the experience they had lost before, but they also gained a lot more - which is equivalent to the experience gained from two days of leveling up.

"Wait, there seems to be a battle ahead!" Suddenly, Richie Burke's voice came from the fog ahead. He had been exploring the way ahead.

Zhou Ning frowned slightly. He also heard the sound of swords clashing. Through the fog, he saw a group of people fighting with a group of swamp pygmies not far away.

They were dressed in all sorts of flamboyant red and green coats and looked very familiar - weren't they the aristocratic tour group that he had met when he first entered Alsop Swamp a few days ago, who were so bored that they came here to look for the miracle of life?

Sure enough, as Zhou Ning got closer, he saw the mercenary leader, Argus, whom he had chatted with before. He was wearing a black mercenary coat and holding a greatsword. He was engaged in a fierce battle with seven or eight swamp pygmies. Several other mercenaries were also outnumbered, each one against three, and their bodies were already covered in wounds.

The fight here was so intense that they were almost vomiting blood, while their employers were cowering in the back, their faces full of fear, occasionally throwing out a magical support. On the contrary, Spark Lambert, who had met him once before and wanted to seduce his mother, seemed particularly heroic.

"Pride makes people progress, humility makes people mean!"

After muttering something, the sword in Spark Lambert's hand suddenly became extremely huge. He raised it high and chopped it down at the pygmy in front of him. It looked very imposing, but it had no lethality. Although the pygmy was swept away, he quickly got up and roared at Spark with viciousness and anger.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Ning couldn't help but be slightly surprised. Although he looked quite incompetent, he hadn't expected Spark Lambert to actually be a clan-trained knight. If he remembered correctly, that unlucky Joshua Lambert, who had a close relationship with the Retreat, seemed to be from the Lambert family...

"Should we go over and help?" Richie Burke stepped back to Zhou Ning and asked in a low voice.

"Wait a moment." Zhou Ning said in a deep voice.

Based on his previous gaming experience, this situation could trigger a rescue mission, provided the other party spoke first. This was also an opportunity to unlock new faction reputation.