After a dozen strikes, Xu Muyan successfully killed the Demonic Corpse.
"Why was it so easy for you to kill the Demonic Corpse, only seven or eight strikes, but it took me a dozen?" Xu Muyan asked Xin Zhongze, somewhat puzzled.
"Maybe it's because every one of my strikes hit the monster's vital points," Xin Zhongze explained.
Xu Muyan accepted Xin Zhongze's explanation.
Immediately, she took out a bottle of gold injury medicine and consumed it, quickly restoring her HP to full.
"Let's go back now! Mother and the others are probably anxious," Xu Muyan said to Xin Zhongze.
Hearing this, Xin Zhongze thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Oh, right, trade your ebony sword to me," Xin Zhongze told Xu Muyan.
"Why?"
"No why, just give it to me."
"Alright." Xu Muyan nodded, still trading the ebony sword in her hand to Xin Zhongze.
Xin Zhongze, in turn, traded the Wooden Sword he had to Xu Muyan, then chose to complete the trade.
After Xin Zhongze obtained Xu Muyan's ebony sword through the trade, he immediately equipped it to his equipment slot.
After equipping three ebony swords, Xin Zhongze's attack became like this:
Attack: 5 (12-24).
Magic Attack: 10 (0-3).
"Alright, let's exit the game," Xin Zhongze said to Xu Muyan.
"Mhm."
Xu Muyan nodded, then exited the game.
Just as Xu Muyan exited the game, Xin Zhongze also followed suit.
As the two of them exited the game,
Novice Village No. 165, at this very moment, had become a living hell.
In this Novice Village, for an entire day, most people had chosen to hide in the safe zone.
After the barrier disappeared, countless Demonic Corpses quickly rushed into the village.
Under such circumstances, everyone was forced to fight the Demonic Corpses.
However, the number of Demonic Corpses was too great, so as the battle continued, players began to suffer heavy casualties.
Moreover, as time went on, the casualties grew larger and larger.
More than ten hours later, out of the original thousand-plus people in the Novice Village, only over two hundred successfully broke through to Level 2 and then left the game.
Therefore, the survival rate in this Novice Village was less than 30%.
At the same time, many Novice Villages were in a similar situation.
Many people didn't know that the barrier would disappear after 24 hours, so they weren't as urgent about killing monsters to level up.
After all, it took killing a hundred Demonic Corpses to level up.
And when the barrier disappeared and the Demonic Corpses near the village rushed into the Novice Village, casualties naturally increased.
Under such circumstances, a survival rate exceeding 30% was considered good.
No wonder the survival rate for those entering the game was less than 30% after the game appeared; it turned out this was the situation.
In Qian City, Xu Muyan's body was the first to appear in the living room of their home, as she exited the game first.
"Daughter, you're back alive!"
After Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan entered the game, Mother-in-law Shen Xue had been waiting in the living room.
Seeing her daughter emerge, Shen Xue was so overjoyed she nearly jumped up.
Hearing Shen Xue's exclamation, Xu Muchan also rushed out of her bedroom.
"Sister, you're back, that's wonderful!" Xu Muchan exclaimed, stepping forward to hug her sister and mother.
At this moment, Xin Zhongze's body also appeared on the living room sofa.
However, at this time, Mother-in-law Shen Xue and Xu Muchan were both focused on Xu Muyan and did not notice Xin Zhongze.
It was Xu Muyan who had been keeping an eye on Xin Zhongze, and when he appeared, Xu Muyan immediately cried out in surprise, "Husband!"
Hearing Xu Muyan's shout, Mother-in-law Shen Xue and Xu Muchan then noticed that Xin Zhongze had also returned.
"Brother-in-law, you're back too, that's great."
"It's good you're back, it's good you're back." Shen Xue nodded, her eyes filled with joyful tears.
After a moment of joyful greetings among the family, Xin Zhongze asked his wife, Xu Muyan, "Wife, do you still remember your memories from inside the game?"
Hearing Xin Zhongze's words, Xu Muyan frowned, thought for a moment, then shook her head. "I don't remember anything at all."
Upon hearing Xu Muyan's words, Xin Zhongze's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was in turmoil.
Because Xu Muyan didn't remember anything from the game, but he remembered everything clearly.
"Husband, do you remember what happened in the game?" Xu Muyan asked Xin Zhongze.
"I don't remember either." Xin Zhongze shook his head.
"This is normal; everyone forgets what happened in the game after they leave it," Mother-in-law Shen Xue said to the two of them from the side.
"Oh, right, after you come back, even though you can choose to enter the game again, you absolutely must not."
"Why?" Xin Zhongze asked, puzzled.
"Because everyone who re-enters the game eventually dies. They either die the second time they enter, or the third, or at some later point..."
"Many countries have conducted experiments and found that entering the game offers no benefits, but the cost is death. So, people who leave the game for the first time generally never enter it a second time in their lives."
Hearing his Mother-in-law's words, Xin Zhongze thought about it and realized it was indeed true.
If the chance of survival for those who enter the game is less than 30%, and they lose all memories of the game as soon as they leave, under such circumstances, who would dare to continue entering the game?
After talking with his Mother-in-law's family for a while, Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan went to the master bedroom.
It was two in the morning, and both children were already asleep.
After looking at the sleeping children, Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan then washed up and went to bed.
However, lying in bed, neither of them felt sleepy at all; they were wide awake.
"Husband, let's go to the guest room!" Xu Muyan whispered to Xin Zhongze.
Xin Zhongze's house was a four-bedroom, one-living room apartment. The master bedroom was occupied by Xin Zhongze, Xu Muyan, and their two children. His Sister-in-law Xu Muchan occupied one room, Mother-in-law Shen Xue occupied another, and there was one empty bedroom used as a guest room for when visitors came.
Hearing Xu Muyan suggest going to the guest room, Xin Zhongze naturally knew what she wanted to do.
Soon, the two of them stealthily made their way from the master bedroom to the guest room.
Before long, suppressed moans began to echo from within the guest room.
Such sounds continued for about an hour before finally ceasing.
"Husband, why are you suddenly so vigorous?" Xu Muyan asked, her head resting happily on Xin Zhongze's chest.
"It's probably because of the game," Xin Zhongze said with a smile.
It was a known fact that anyone who survived and exited the game would experience an improvement in their physical fitness.
If most people were only Level 2 when they left the game, Xin Zhongze was Level 3.
Since Xin Zhongze left the game at Level 3, his physical fitness improvement was naturally much greater than others who were Level 2.