Just as Xin Zhongze was killing monsters in the game, Xu Muyan entered the game again.
【Xu Muyan: Hubby, where are you now?】
As soon as Xu Muyan came online, she began to inquire about Xin Zhongze's location.
【Xin Zhongze: I don't know where I am either.】
【Xu Muyan: You can look at the map; there should be coordinates on it. Tell me the coordinate location.】
Seeing Xu Muyan's message, Xin Zhongze was startled.
【Xin Zhongze: Wife, I'm really fine now. Please don't come out of the city to find me. I can totally handle the Shen family, but if you come, I won't be able to look after you.】
【Xu Muyan: I was just asking, why are you panicking?】
【Xin Zhongze: Even asking isn't allowed. I can't let anything happen to you, or I'll regret it for a lifetime. Wife, I'm serious, you absolutely must not leave the city. To tell you the truth, the reason why others can't hurt me is mainly because I added my Agility to over 40 points. Under normal circumstances, even a level 20 player's Agility wouldn't exceed 30 points...】
Xin Zhongze spoke a lot in one breath, fearing that Xu Muyan would impulsively leave the city to find him. In such a situation, if Xu Muyan were killed by the Shen family, he would regret it immensely.
【Xu Muyan: Is your Agility really over 40 points?】
【Xin Zhongze: Really, if I'm lying to you, I'm not human.】
【Xu Muyan: Alright then, but if you're leveling up outside, what about potions? And how will you deal with your weapon's durability?】
【Xin Zhongze: Don't worry, wife, I have ways to solve all of these. Because I met a Wandering Merchant in the wilderness, I can buy potions from him.】
The Wandering Merchant was, of course, something Xin Zhongze made up.
【Xu Muyan: Okay, in that case, I'm relieved. You must be careful out there.】
It seemed that Xu Muyan believed Xin Zhongze's nonsense.
Not long after, Xu Muyan went offline again.
Seeing this, Xin Zhongze immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
After Xu Muyan left, Xin Zhongze continued to kill monsters and level up.
After another two hours, Xin Zhongze's level finally rose from 11 to 12.
Just as Xin Zhongze was killing monsters in the wilderness.
Around ten o'clock at night, Xin Zhongze discovered that He Yingxue had entered the game.
【He Yingxue: Brother-in-law, where are you? Why are you the only one in the game?】
Soon, He Yingxue's message came through.
Seeing He Yingxue's message, Xin Zhongze thought for a moment before replying.
【Xin Zhongze: I plan to raise my level first, and then I'll take you all to level up.】
【He Yingxue: Oh, oh, thank you, Brother-in-law, you're so good.】
【He Yingxue: Brother-in-law, where are you now?】
【Xin Zhongze: I'm in the wilderness right now, but I'm being chased by people from the Former Alliance, so you absolutely must not leave the city. Just stay in the city, or go offline...】
Xin Zhongze explained his situation and warned He Yingxue.
He was afraid that He Yingxue, being foolish, would leave the city and walk right into the hands of the Shen family.
【He Yingxue: Okay, Brother-in-law, I won't leave the city.】
Seeing He Yingxue's message, Xin Zhongze felt relieved.
Suddenly, he thought of a problem: he had leveled up and could learn skill books, but he couldn't return to the city now.
【Xin Zhongze: He Yingxue, can you help me find out which monsters in Bichi City drop skill books, and where to find monsters above level 16?】
【He Yingxue: Okay, Brother-in-law!】
Half an hour later, He Yingxue sent another message to Xin Zhongze.
【He Yingxue: Brother-in-law, I've found out! Monsters above level 16 are in the Biqi Cave, northwest of Bichi City. There are Devil Bats, Scorpions, Skeletons, Skeleton Warriors, and other monsters ranging from level 16 to 19 inside.
As for skill books, you have to go to the Abandoned Mine to the east to kill monsters; the Abandoned Mine is full of level 20 zombies...】
【Xin Zhongze: Give me the coordinates for Biqi Cave and the Abandoned Mine.】
A few minutes later.
【He Yingxue: Abandoned Mine coordinates **... Biqi Cave coordinates **...】
Soon, Xin Zhongze received the coordinates from He Yingxue.
He checked the locations of the two coordinates and his own location.
A moment later, he was surprised to find that his current location was very close to Biqi Cave, less than ten minutes away.
So, without hesitation, Xin Zhongze quickly ran towards Biqi Cave.
His speed was very fast, attracting many monsters along the way, but he quickly shook them off again.
By the time he reached the vicinity of Biqi Cave, Xin Zhongze only had a few recently attracted monsters following him.
Soon, Xin Zhongze dealt with the few monsters.
Arriving at the entrance of Biqi Cave, Xin Zhongze looked inside; it was pitch black.
"How do I deal with this?"
It was too dark inside the cave, completely pitch black; he probably wouldn't even be able to see monsters if he went in.
Just then, Xin Zhongze noticed that He Yingxue had sent him another message.
【He Yingxue: Brother-in-law, you absolutely must not enter Biqi Cave or Biqi Mine!】
【Xin Zhongze: Why?】
Xin Zhongze was puzzled.
【He Yingxue: I didn't ask clearly before. Uncle Zhang from the Anti-Imperialism and Anti-Hegemony Alliance just told me that the monsters inside Biqi Cave are in groups, and there are also magic monsters that can cast spells. Even level 20 players in a team don't dare to enter Biqi Cave.】
【Xin Zhongze: If no one enters Biqi Cave, then where do those players who reached level 20 come from?】
【He Yingxue: Uncle Zhang said that players in Bichi City slowly leveled up to 20 by continuously killing monsters below level 15. They just need to level up for a few more years.】
Seeing this message, Xin Zhongze was very surprised.
He hadn't expected that players in Bichi City leveled up this way.
However, to reach level 20 in several years? Xin Zhongze was a bit skeptical.
But after a quick calculation, he became agitated.
If a level 19 player kills a level 15 monster, the experience gained is very little due to killing low-level monsters.
When killing monsters above your level, the experience value doubles for each level higher; when killing low-level monsters, for each level lower, the experience value also doubles, but it doubles downwards.
For example, a level 19 player killing a level 18 monster only gets 0.5 experience, killing a level 17 monster becomes 0.25, and killing a level 16 monster becomes 0.125. Then, killing a level 15 monster becomes 0.0625.
In other words, a level 19 player needs to kill 16 level 15 monsters to gain 1 experience point.
And to go from level 19 to level 20, they would need to kill at least over 30,000 level 15 monsters.
However, in the Bichi wilderness, level 15 monsters are only a small portion; most are level 10 to 14 monsters.
And killing these even lower-level monsters would yield even less experience.
Moreover, players don't just go from level 19 to 20; they also need to go from level 10 to 19. The number of monsters to kill in this process would likely also be a huge number.
Therefore, if they really only level up to 20 by killing level 10 to 15 monsters in the wilderness, it truly wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it would take several years.