In a high-end villa district of HZ City, an exceptionally beautiful woman in a white dress was sitting at the dining table having dinner. At this moment, a middle-aged man walked into the dining room and, upon seeing the woman, said, "Young Miss, why don't you sleep a bit longer?"

The woman shook her head and replied, "A few hours of sleep is enough to restore my spirit. I'm always in a state of sleep in the game storage, so I don't need to sleep too long. I need to get online early and level up quickly."

"By the way, Uncle Liu, why did you log off at this time?" the woman asked.

Uncle Liu was silent for a moment, then recounted the events that had occurred in the game to the woman.

After listening, the woman frowned slightly and, after thinking for a moment, said, "Our goal in entering the game is to develop our industry, not to dominate. There's no need to go against the Proud Heroes. Just have everyone hide their IDs and wear masks when leaving the city, right?"

"No, Proud Heroes are guarding every city gate now, requiring everyone to display their IDs when leaving. Game IDs can't be changed, and even if we manage to sneak out, it would negatively affect our people. Most of them are vigorous and energetic young people, and making them do this is like admitting defeat to Proud Heroes, which many young people can't accept," Uncle Liu said seriously.

"So, Uncle Liu, what do you suggest?" the woman asked, knowing that Uncle Liu must have a plan since he came offline to find her.

"Young Miss, how is your relationship with Chen Feng?" Uncle Liu asked.

At the mention of Chen Feng, the woman's calm expression disappeared, replaced by a look of frustration. "It's just a normal partnership."

"Uh-huh," Uncle Liu said with a skeptical look. "Young Miss, could you ask him to create some trouble for Proud Heroes? That way, they won't have time to bother us, and we'll have more time to develop. Right now, we just need more time, and we might not be afraid of them."

"This..." The thought of Chen Feng's attitude when speaking to her made the woman feel a headache. It was the first time in years that she felt so insecure in front of a man.

"I'll try my best," the woman finally agreed, for the sake of the group's industrial development.

Wu Shaochen had been grinding in Tiger's Roar Forest from afternoon until evening, spending over six hours and only managing to kill 126 Jungle Tigers, gaining 52,920 experience points. His Talent: Poison reached the 480-point limit, Immortal Body increased by 126 points, and his Health grew to 727 points, with a total Health reaching 6,200 points with the title bonus.

In over six hours, apart from Silver Great Wolf reaching level 15, he hadn't even gained a single level himself. His experience was still at: LV16: 70,406/80,000.

This speed was too slow for him. It only took him a few seconds to kill a Jungle Tiger, but finding one was a challenge. So far, he couldn't find a single Jungle Tiger in the entire Tiger's Roar Forest. Moreover, perhaps due to a quest, these Jungle Tigers didn't respawn after being killed, or their respawn time was quite long.

"Sigh, I wonder if the city lord's troops have arrived. I should have cleared enough by now. If they haven't come yet and the tigers respawn, don't blame me for not clearing them thoroughly," Wu Shaochen complained. He didn't want to grind here anymore; the efficiency was too low. If he continued, others would catch up in level. Although he didn't want to level up too quickly, he couldn't let others surpass him either, as it would be embarrassing.

He put the only piece of Black Iron Gear he had in his backpack up for auction, priced at 20,000. Over six hours had passed, and the price of Black Iron Gear had dropped to 10,000-20,000 per piece. There were already several transaction records for Bronze Gear. It seemed he couldn't underestimate anyone; players were growing fast.

Fortunately, the Black Iron Gear dropped by level 21 monsters had high attributes, and the 20,000 price was quickly snapped up. However, Wu Shaochen wasn't happy at all. After six hours, this was all he got; he might as well have gone to kill some Proud Heroes members.

"Let's go deeper and see. It's been over six hours, and I haven't seen the Jungle Tiger King the city lord mentioned. Does it even exist, or was I tricked?" Wu Shaochen wondered.

Wu Shaochen continued deeper into the forest. By now, he was already in the deepest part of Tiger's Roar Forest. As he went further, it became eerily quiet, with no sound at all. The further he went, the dimmer the light became, creating a spooky atmosphere that made Wu Shaochen feel a bit creeped out.

"Why is it so quiet?" Wu Shaochen swallowed nervously, feeling like something was watching him from the shadows.

"Maybe I should just forget it?" Wu Shaochen started to have second thoughts; the situation was indeed quite unnerving.

"Gulp."

Just then, Wu Shaochen suddenly heard a faint swallowing sound. Though quiet, in this silent environment, it was quite jarring.

"Come out!"

Wu Shaochen shouted, looking towards the source of the sound, but saw nothing.

This made Wu Shaochen even more uneasy. Without hesitation, he turned and ran out of the forest. Damn, this was scarier than watching a horror movie.

But just as Wu Shaochen was running out, a figure suddenly lunged at him.

Wu Shaochen instinctively rolled to the side, dodging the attack, and quickly looked at his assailant. It was a massive tiger emitting black energy.

Wu Shaochen quickly used Insight on it.

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[Corrupted Jungle Tiger King] (Gold-level BOSS)

Level: ???

Attributes: ???

Skills: ???

"What the hell, all question marks? It's over 10 levels higher than me?" Wu Shaochen was dumbfounded. The ancient saying was right; you can't mess with a tiger's backside. Better not provoke it.

Without hesitation, Wu Shaochen ran towards the outskirts. Without seeing its attributes, he couldn't fight it. The Tiger King clearly wasn't planning to let him go, lunging at him again. Wu Shaochen quickly changed direction, creating some distance between them.

The Tiger King missed again, quickly turning to chase Wu Shaochen. To Wu Shaochen's shock, the tiger's speed exceeded his own, and the distance between them was gradually closing.

"This speed must be at least 500, insane," Wu Shaochen muttered, then activated his speed boost, increasing his speed significantly and widening the gap again.

Seeing the distance grow, the Tiger King opened its mouth wide, letting out a massive roar. Wu Shaochen was hit by an invisible attack.

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Stun for 3 seconds

"Damn, what kind of damage is this?" Wu Shaochen was startled and immediately activated Void to remove the stun and continued his frantic escape.

Finally, before his speed boost ended, he managed to escape the Tiger King's sight. However, Wu Shaochen wasn't reassured and kept running for over ten minutes until he was out of Tiger's Roar Forest, finally breathing a sigh of relief, feeling his back drenched in sweat.

This wasn't a joke, right? Level 21 Jungle Tiger, and the BOSS is a Gold-level BOSS with an unknown level? Are you sure there's no mistake?

Wu Shaochen looked back at Tiger's Roar Forest with lingering fear, feeling like he had been dancing on a knife's edge all afternoon. He had been thinking of finding a BOSS, and now that he had found one, he almost lost his life. It seemed he shouldn't come back until he was stronger.

Coming back to his senses, Wu Shaochen noticed a message in his private chat channel. He didn't know when it was sent, so he opened it to check.

Xue'er: "Can I ask for your help once?"

Wu Shaochen's eyes lit up. Wasn't this just money coming his way? He immediately asked, "Who do you want me to deal with?"

Xue'er: "Proud Heroes!"

Wu Shaochen was taken aback. How did this woman end up in conflict with Proud Heroes too?

Soon, Su Muxue explained the situation to Wu Shaochen, and he realized that it was all because of him.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Shaochen replied, "I can help, but the fee is 200,000!"

Even though he had caused this situation, he still needed to earn money. After all, this woman was a wealthy lady.

Su Muxue agreed without hesitation, "Deal!"