Chapter 3: The First Task

Zhang Feng slowly made his way forward, using the scent of a mantis to lure the beetles. Unfortunately, after walking back and forth on this street three times, no more beetles were attracted out. Zhang Feng sat down in a corner, took out a bottle of water and a piece of bread from his backpack to replenish his strength.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed a figure in a black cloak walking slowly in the depths of a nearby alley. Zhang Feng's eyes brightened, he stood up with his bag and shouted, "Wait a minute." Encountering another person made him very happy. Although he had been betrayed by his classmates, he still hoped to have companions in this world to move forward together. After all, a world of one's own is too lonely, and not speaking to anyone for more than ten days almost drove him crazy.

The figure in the black cloak, hearing Zhang Feng's shout, turned his head without any surprise and bowed deeply to Zhang Feng, saying, "Respected warrior, are you calling for me?" Under the black cloak, except for a pair of silver eyes, this person was shrouded in darkness. The black cloak's behavior was not like an ordinary person, and the etiquette was somewhat similar to the ancient Western style.

Zhang Feng was slightly stunned and used his reconnaissance on the person in the black cloak.

Mysterious Merchant.

Level: Level 0.

Status: Invincible.

A merchant walking in the corners of the battlefield, they have all kinds of items. You can sell your spoils of war here, or trade for the merchant's items with your spoils.

Seeing this attribute, Zhang Feng helplessly rubbed his forehead and sighed in his heart, "It's more and more like a game."

Aren't these the merchants in the game?

Seeing Zhang Feng was silent, the merchant spoke, "Respected warrior, do you want to sell something?"

"Yes," Zhang Feng nodded and said, "What else do you have here?"

"I am only a junior merchant, I sell battlefield maps with monster guides, storage rings, some ordinary weapons, and identification scrolls."

"Storage ring? The kind of ring that can hold a lot of things?"

The merchant respectfully said, "Yes, as I said before, I am a junior merchant, and the storage ring is also the lowest level. It can store five cubic meters of things, I think it should be enough for you."

"How much is the price?"

"One hundred Earth Coins."

"Earth Coins, how is this converted?"

The merchant glanced at Zhang Feng's backpack and said, "The damaged items dropped by level one monsters are worth five Earth Coins. The complete ones are worth ten Earth Coins. Steel-level items are twenty Earth Coins, and bronze-level items are one hundred Earth Coins."

Zhang Feng took out all the collected and unused items from his backpack and said, "How much are these worth?"

These were the items dropped by the bugs Zhang Feng killed, and he had collected them all. He knew he might need them in the future, but he didn't expect that they could be sold.

There were a few steel weapons and some complete insect limbs.

The merchant looked at the items and said, "The total value is two hundred and thirty Earth Coins, do you want to sell?"

"Sell."

The merchant swept his sleeve over the items on the ground, and all the items were collected into his sleeve.

"I'll take one storage ring. Hmm, what is the battlefield map like?"

"The battlefield map records the map of the level one battlefield, and includes the attributes, abilities, and activity areas of all the ordinary monsters in the level one battlefield. Of course, a small number of elite and rare monsters are not recorded. A battlefield map costs thirty Earth Coins, are you sure you need it?"

"Okay, I'll take one storage ring and one battlefield map." Hearing this, Zhang Feng nodded repeatedly.

The storage ring can hold five cubic meters of things, which is very important for him.

The items he gets can be stored in it.

The monster guide can let him know the distribution of monsters in the level one battlefield more clearly, so he can avoid danger, and such items cannot be given up.

"One hundred and thirty Earth Coins." The merchant said, a dark ring and a folded map fell out of his sleeve.

Zhang Feng took it, put the ring on his left little finger, and used reconnaissance to immediately get the method of use.

As long as you hold the item and control it with your mind, you can move the ring in and out.

Zhang Feng immediately put down his backpack, took out the items, and prepared to put them all into the ring. This backpack weighs at least twenty pounds, and it's all full of food and water, which affects his movement.

As Zhang Feng poured all the items from his backpack into the ring, he suddenly noticed that the merchant had been staring at the ham and canned food.

Zhang Feng's heart moved, he picked up a few hams, took two cans, stood up, and handed them to the merchant, saying, "Seeing that you have been trading here, you must be very hungry. I give these to you, and I would be very happy if you like them."

The merchant did not hesitate, but swept all the things in Zhang Feng's hand into his sleeve, and said in an unchanged voice, "Thank you for your generosity, I am indeed a bit hungry. But I will not accept other people's gifts casually. If you have the ability to kill the rare shell bug in the level one battlefield, you will get a bone knife, and I can help you identify it for free as a gift."

"Well, then, this is my honor."

Zhang Feng forcibly restrained the excitement in his heart, knowing that he had received a task in the game.

Only the silver words that he could see were floating in front of his eyes.

Task: Kill the Rare Shell Bug.

Description: The mutated shell bugs have a strong ability to drill into the ground and have always been hiding underground to attack humans, which is a hidden danger to human survival. The mysterious merchant hopes that the warriors will go to kill this strongest shell bug and weaken their strength.

Reward: Free opportunity to identify items once. Reward Earth Coins one thousand, and obtain one hundred experience points.

This is a very rich reward.

"Respected merchant, where can I find you if I complete the task?"

"There will be a yellow dot on the battlefield map, that's where I am, you can find me on the map."

"Okay."

Zhang Feng packed up the rest of the food, and then bought four identification scrolls from the merchant with the remaining Earth Coins.

The badge he got was identified as an unidentified item, which needs an identification scroll to unlock the attributes.

After completing all this, Zhang Feng said goodbye to the merchant, and first identified the badge.

Mantis Badge:

Quality: Steel.

Attribute: Can summon a level one mantis to fight for the wearer, and obtain the mantis aura, adding ten percent flexibility.

Thirty-five percent flexibility, Zhang Feng is now only happy.

Having an additional combat partner, he will be safer in the level one battlefield.

The level one battlefield is divided into seven large areas, located in seven non-adjacent positions in the city, separated by the level two battlefield.

And the area outside the level one battlefield is all displayed as unknown.

There is a yellow dot on it that is constantly moving. And a green dot is motionless.

Zhang Feng compared the map and found that the green dot represents himself.

The level one battlefield where he is located is centered on the university with a radius of ten kilometers.

There are also some places where monsters appear marked with different insect signs.

The street where he is located has the signs of beetles and mantises.

And beetles and mantises occupy three streets, and the one where he is located only belongs to the smallest side street.

"Since it is a rare beetle, it should be in the activity area of the beetles, so we should go to the other two streets to have a look."

Zhang Feng said, tightened the weapon in his hand, and then summoned the mantis to walk in front to attract the beetles.

...

A tall, a beautiful and slender figure moved in the streets, constantly scanning in different directions.

Finally, the tall figure saw the mysterious merchant walking in the alley, overjoyed and said, "Sister, here."

"Hurry up, we finally found it." The beautiful and slender figure flashed and quickly blocked the mysterious merchant.

This figure is no other than Chen Yu, whom Zhang Feng has seen, and the other is Chen Yu's third brother.

"Respected warrior, what do you need?" The merchant said in the same tone.

"We want to sell something."

Said, Chen Yu and the big man took out all the things they had hunted.

"A total value of three hundred and sixty Earth Coins, are you sure you want to sell?"

"Yes."

Chen Yu and the big man quickly nodded, the corners of their mouths slightly curled up.

"I want two storage rings, and two battlefield maps." Chen Yu seemed very familiar with the items sold by the merchant, and without asking the merchant what he was selling, he had already pointed out the items.

"A total of two hundred and sixty Earth Coins."

The merchant held two rings and two folded maps in both hands and sent them to the two people.

Chen Yu and the big man quickly put on the rings, then took out a lot of food and started to put it into the rings.

In the process of loading, the big man grabbed