Chapter 22

In fact, Qin Feng's words weren't spoken lightly.

Hearing the girl's description, Qin Feng immediately knew that the gold-tier boss was a rare and special boss — the **Golden Ghost Ship**!

This type of boss could appear at any level.

If it appeared near the starting town, its level should be around 5.

Its health and attack power were similar to other gold-tier bosses, but it had many more skills, making it extremely difficult to defeat.

The most crucial part was that this boss dropped a very useful special item!

That special item, in the later stages of the game, couldn't be bought even for a thousand years of lifespan!

"Encountering the Golden Ghost Ship so early near the starting town, what luck."

"Plus, a level 5 Golden Ghost Ship is the easiest to deal with."

"If it were a higher-level Golden Ghost Ship, its skill range and damage would be ridiculously overpowered…"

A few minutes later.

After selling his last two items, Qin Feng left Shell Town with the girl, **Black Goblin Big Plum**.

He did a quick tally.

This time, he sold items worth a total of 650 days of lifespan, bringing his total tradable lifespan to 2174 days.

However...

It still wasn't enough!

To extract the game's levels, attributes, classes, and equipment skills into reality, six or seven years of lifespan was far from sufficient!

"I'm not far from reaching level 10."

"Before that, I need to accumulate as much lifespan as possible."

And this newly discovered boss, the **Golden Ghost Ship**, would be another turning point for Qin Feng.

Once he defeated it and obtained that special item, his growth would accelerate even further!

...

Qin Feng and Black Goblin Big Plum left the town together.

This beautiful girl, whose real name was **Lin Liyu**, had large eyes that still held a trace of shock...

She found it hard to imagine how Qin Feng planned to solo a gold-tier boss.

"A gold-tier boss definitely has area-of-effect attacks, right?"

"Even if he can go invisible, he can't possibly do it without taking any damage…"

"With his assassin's fragile health, one hit from the boss and he might just die instantly…"

Suddenly, Qin Feng pulled back to her side.

"You're a bit slow," he said calmly. "There's someone following us."

The girl widened her beautiful eyes. "Huh? What do we do?"

Being followed was obviously not a good thing. If they were ambushed while fighting the boss, it would be a nightmare.

Qin Feng said, "Just keep walking. I'll be right back."

Lin Liyu didn't look back.

Her graceful figure, dressed in a black mage's robe, continued walking forward across the charred ground...

Meanwhile, Qin Feng silently disappeared.

A few seconds later.

Qin Feng had retreated dozens of meters back into the woods, where he immediately spotted five players tracking him.

**Shadow Slash!**

His figure flashed through the dark forest.

A gleam of the blade!

**-817!**

**-821!**

**-798!**

...

Four damage numbers floated up before Qin Feng's eyes.

The four trackers were instantly killed on the spot!

The last one, seeing his companions wiped out in an instant, panicked and tried to flee, but a poisoned dart struck him right in the back of the head.

**-948 (Weak Point Attack)!**

Killed instantly!

Unfortunately, these five guys were all broke. Qin Feng collected the lifespan they dropped, which amounted to just ten days or so…

"Consider it like killing a couple of small monsters."

Qin Feng left the forest calmly...

"We should speed up."

He returned to Lin Liyu's side.

Without saying a word, he scooped her up by the waist and slung her over his shoulder.

"Huh?"

Lin Liyu was stunned. This position… was outrageous! Was she being carried off by some bandit king?

But soon, she was astonished by Qin Feng's speed.

At this point, Qin Feng had 72 points in agility. His normal speed was 8.5 meters per second, and when sprinting, it reached up to 25 meters per second!

In other words, he could run 100 meters in just four seconds.

This was far beyond the limits of human capability!

"As long as I reach level 10, I can consume tradable lifespan to extract these attributes into reality…"

"I'll have these abilities in the real world as well!"

Qin Feng thought to himself.

He had to admit, Lin Liyu's figure was incredible.

Her slender waist, long, toned legs, and flawless S-shaped curves were perfection...

Though this was a game, it was the same in reality.

In **Godforsaken**, a player's height, weight, and appearance were identical to their real-life selves.

This was yet another reason why people quickly believed this game was extraordinary.

This technology was far beyond the capabilities of Blue Planet's current level of science!

At that moment.

Though Qin Feng couldn't turn invisible while carrying Lin Liyu, at his current speed, no one could possibly catch up to them.

"I'm strong now, but I don't have anti-stealth measures. I can only deal with visible enemies."

"If anyone were to follow us in stealth, I wouldn't be able to detect them…"

So, carrying Lin Liyu and moving at maximum speed was the best way to ensure no one could catch up.

Following Lin Liyu's directions, Qin Feng advanced through the dark forest.

Whenever they encountered small monsters, he would casually kill them with a poisoned dart in an instant!

Lin Liyu watched in awe…

Qin Feng's strength was truly astonishing!

After more than ten minutes, the two finally arrived at a cliff!

Standing atop the cliff, they looked down and saw a fog-covered swamp below, about ten meters down.

In the middle of the swamp, there was a boat.

A dilapidated boat with a faint golden glow. Even from over a hundred meters away, they could faintly see the health bar on the boat.

The health bar was long, framed with a golden border, marking it as a gold-tier boss.

"As expected, it's the Golden Ghost Ship!"

Seeing the wrecked boat, Qin Feng's heart began to race.

He set Lin Liyu down on the cliff. "Wait here, and watch out for any ambushes. I'll handle the boss."

Without waiting for her to respond, Qin Feng found a small path and made his way down the cliff...

As soon as Qin Feng stepped into the swamp, a system notification echoed in his mind:

——

[Due to the influence of the Ghost Ship, this area has become a Rampage Zone!]

[Lifespan drain rate in this zone: 100x!]

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This swamp was currently experiencing a 100x lifespan drain rate.

Which meant...

In this Rampage Zone, staying for just fifteen minutes would cost an entire day of lifespan!

Of course.

This kind of temporary Rampage Zone wasn't too impactful.

But three months after the arrival of **Godforsaken**, the first Desolation Surge would occur, and the entire world would become a Rampage Zone — there would even be disaster zones and nightmare zones more terrifying than this!

At that point...

Humanity's true disaster would begin!

For now, though, Qin Feng just glanced at the notification and didn't pay much attention to it.

He had already entered stealth mode, silently walking across the swamp.

Even in the swamp, a stealthed player wouldn't leave footprints or other traces...

Qin Feng advanced toward the center of the swamp.

Before long, the fog parted like clouds, revealing a five-meter-long dilapidated ghost ship in front of him.

On the ghost ship was a near-collapsing skeleton, holding an oar.

At the front of the boat, a bell with golden ghost flames flickered ominously...

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[Golden Ghost Ship (Lv5)]

[Tier: Gold (Special)]

[Existence Countdown: 45 minutes and 25 seconds]

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