All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

[Instance goal: Survive in the Land of Dead Souls for one month.]

[Note 1: There will be no settlement rewards at the end of this instance. All players who survive for a full month will be forced to leave the Land of Dead Souls immediately.]

[Note 2: In the Land of Dead Souls, you can earn income in many ways, such as killing monsters to get equipment, robbing tombs to get treasures, buying from NPC stores, NPCs teaching skills, and NPCs bestowing titles. These earnings can be brought back to the main world by the player.]

[Note 3: The Land of Dead Souls is quite dangerous. Most areas are dangerous zones, and only a small part is a safe zone.

Dangerous areas must have potential gains for players to obtain, and generally speaking, the more dangerous the area, the higher the potential gain.

There may be gains to be made in the safe zone, but the safe zone is not absolute and can turn into a dangerous zone under certain circumstances.

[Note 4: This instance has removed the penalty level mechanism. Players will not enter the penalty level even if they fight maliciously.]

[It is detected that you are an SVIP player. You can choose your initial identity from the following options. 】

[Exorcist: You are an exorcist who came to the Land of Dead Souls specifically to hone yourself. For you, dealing with evil spirits without physical form is relatively simple, but you know that there are some terrifying evil spirits in the Land of Dead Souls that even you don't want to face.

All your damage to evil spirits increases by 33%, and your physical attacks can cause 18% damage to evil spirits. 】

[Ghost Hunter: Compared to destroying ghosts, you prefer to capture and tame them and make them work for you, so you came to the land of dead souls where there are many ghosts.

When you kill a ghost, there is a 50% chance of getting the corresponding summon. 】

[Corpse Refiner: You are a corpse lover, keen on cultivating powerful zombies, and are also good at dealing with zombie monsters. When you encounter a zombie, you can choose to subdue it, but the stronger the zombie, the more likely it is to resist, so you need to suppress it by force. ]

[Descendant of the Zombie King: It is said that one of your ancestors turned into a Zombie King. Your blood connection with the Zombie King makes ordinary zombie monsters stay away from you. Even if you attack them, they will only run away and dare not resist.

But be careful not to be discovered by your ancestors. The Zombie King loves to devour the flesh and blood of future generations. Once it smells your scent, it will inevitably bring great danger. 】

[Temple Lord: You are born under the protection of temples. Once you find a temple, as long as you clean it up and obtain ownership, you can transform the temple into a fixed safe zone. As long as you do not leave the temple, ghosts and monsters will find it difficult to harm you. ]

[Shaman: You are proficient in divination techniques related to ghosts and monsters. You can use divination to know the number and activity routes of ghosts and monsters in the area in advance, so as to avoid disaster and seek good fortune.

But divination is not always effective and sometimes it can lead you astray. To reduce the risk of failure, please do divination no more than three times a day.

This identity can only be selected by men. 】

[Ghost Woman: You are proficient in the art of communicating with ghosts and monsters, and have gained the ability to communicate with some ghosts and monsters.

But please remember that ghosts are mostly malicious, so try to avoid contact with them if possible.

This identity can only be selected by females. 】

At this time, Wang Zhifan had already entered the copy world.

He found himself standing under a dark sky, with dry earth under his feet. A few yellow earth mounds with broken tombstones could be vaguely seen in the weeds not far away. Further away, the sound of a woman's sad and creepy singing could be heard from the woods, and further away were the continuous black mountains.

“There is no settlement reward, but you can get rewards from the dungeon... I remember playing this kind of dungeon before.”

After browsing the text information on the light screen in front of him, Wang Zhifan recalled that he had experienced a similar copy a long time ago.

That copy also had no settlement rewards, but he obtained good things such as Supreme Blood, Rogue's Heritage, Dragon Armor, Monster's Lair, etc., and the benefits were greater than those of an ordinary copy.

This means that not having a settlement reward is not necessarily a bad thing. Although his special advantages are gone, he can make up for it through personal efforts.

"Choose an identity first... Exorcist, ghost hunter, descendant of the Zombie King... They all seem to be somewhat useful."

As with every other copy start, he was a little confused about the initial identity choice for the copy and analyzed them one by one.

"Exorcists can increase the damage to evil spirits, I don't need that... Ghost hunters can obtain ghost summons with a chance, I'm not a summoner... Corpse refiners can subdue zombies, I'm not interested...

The Zombie King's descendant is a double-edged sword. It is not afraid of ordinary zombies, but will be hunted by the Zombie King. Choose it and then deliberately lure out the Zombie King? Maybe it's a way to get rewards...

The Temple Lord can turn the temple into a safe zone, which is the best fit for the survival purpose of the dungeon... The Shaman can divine the location of ghosts and monsters, making it easier to find targets for equipment... The Ghost Lady is limited to females and cannot be selected..."

After a little thought, Wang Zhifan ruled out the four categories of exorcists, ghost catchers, corpse refiners, and ghost witches, and chose from the descendants of the Zombie King, the temple king, and the shaman.

His idea is very simple. He mainly considers personal safety and reward acquisition, and chooses the most suitable one comprehensively.

"The descendants of the Zombie King feel that their effects are slightly inferior to those of the Temple Prince and the Shaman...

The Temple King has the best survival ability. If you perform well, you can just hide in the temple for a month to pass the level...

The divination expert can be used to advance or retreat. Knowing the intelligence of ghosts and monsters is a great advantage. As long as you don't abuse divination...

I'd better choose the magician. Given my situation, I shouldn't have to hide away for a month and do nothing."

In the end, Wang Zhifan determined the initial identity of his copy as a sorcerer. The information on the light screen in front of him disappeared without a trace, and some strange information appeared in his mind.

It was a strange ceremony that required the sorcerer to light a fire and incense, smear mud on his face, and then dance wildly beside the fire in order to obtain divination information.

"Oh my god... I have to dance for a fortune telling? And such a weird dance... If I had known, I would have chosen the temple king!"

For a moment, Wang Zhifan felt cheated. He didn't expect that choosing the identity of a sorcerer would be a real thing. It was a complete challenge to his personal aesthetic perception.

But he had no choice but to accept the reality and prepare for action. He planned to perform a ritual while no one was around and get some information about ghosts in the surrounding area.

However, there was one requirement in the shaman dance ritual that he could not meet for the time being, and that was lighting incense.

He could make a fire and easily find mud to smear on his face, but he didn't have incense in his portable space.

Looking around, while he was wondering whether to use branches, hay or something like that as a substitute, he discovered that there seemed to be something stuck in front of the broken tombstones in the weeds. When he walked over to take a look, he saw that they were a few incense sticks that had gone out before they were completely burned.

"It's true that you can get whatever you need... But this incense seems difficult to take. The owner of the tomb will definitely be unhappy if I take it."

When he arrived at the grave, Wang Zhifan confirmed that there was evil in the grave mound based solely on his extraordinary perception, and that there was evil in every grave mound.

They are currently in a dormant state and have not launched an attack for some reason, but it can be expected that the peace will be broken if they are offended.

He was not sure about the strength of these things. They might not be very troublesome, but he had to consider the chain reaction. Because there were things in more than just these few graves in this area. He could sense a lot of more evil auras in the dense forest not far away and in the dark mountains farther away. If he acted carelessly, the peace of the surrounding area might disappear.

"According to the copy prompt information, this initial location should be a safe zone, at least for now...

If I act rashly, this safe zone may turn into a dangerous zone...

Forget it, I'm new here, I'd better keep a low profile and get to know the basic environment first before I start anything."

After thinking about it, Wang Zhifan decided to play it safe. It was not because he was afraid of something, but it was too reckless to start a war right after entering the dungeon, which was not his style.

So he decisively gave up the idea of ​​performing shaman dance on the spot, did not go to pick up the incense in front of the broken tombstone, and instead walked towards the direction of the dark mountains in the wasteland.

Looking around, no matter which direction he went, the farthest thing were dark mountains, as if a piece of land was surrounded by fierce ghosts, an ominous place.

With great caution, he walked on dry ground, and soon passed by the dense forest and slowly stopped.

At this moment, the woman's sad cry can still be heard in the dense forest. It is very creepy but also contains a special temptation, tempting people passing by to enter the dense forest.

Because Wang Zhifan's personal attributes exceed the standard and he also has the title of Overlord and other immunity to control, he will not be affected by the woman's singing.

He stopped completely on his own initiative because he discovered that there were other existences in the dense forest besides the evil aura.

"Help... help me..."

Faintly, he heard another subtle sound mixed in with the crying. The sound was very small, but for someone with his hearing ability, it was hard to ignore and it was definitely not an illusion.

"There's someone in the woods calling for help... It seems to be a real person. There's no evil aura around him."

Generally speaking, when encountering this kind of situation, everyone's first reaction would be that there is something wrong, and they would think that it is an evil existence in the jungle playing an attractive trick.

But Wang Zhifan's perception is so strong that it is unimaginable for ordinary people. He can directly discover many subtle things and make more accurate judgments.

Without much hesitation, he turned and walked towards the dense forest, holding the legendary Qingdi Sword in his hand and taking steady steps.

This decision was not out of kindness on his part, but it was obvious that there might be indigenous people, or NPCs, in the dense forest, and he could not easily let go of the opportunity to contact the NPCs.

Within a few seconds, as he got closer and closer to the dense forest, the woman's mournful cries coming from it became clearer and the voice calling for help also became slightly louder.

When he actually stepped into the dense forest, the light around him suddenly became dimmer, and the two sounds intertwined together, forming a particularly creepy experience, as if he had stepped into a forest of female ghosts.

Wang Zhifan knew very well that there was indeed a female ghost in this forest, but at the moment the ghost had not shown much intention to attack. She was hiding deep in the dense forest, crying and singing alone, and ignoring the guests who came to the forest, otherwise there would be no living people here.

Relying on the guidance of the cries for help, Wang Zhifan passed through the outermost trees of the dense forest. After a while, he stopped in front of a big tree and looked up at the trunk.

I saw a person hanging on the tree. It was a rustic boy in his teens wearing green cloth clothes. He was hung in the air with branches entangled around his neck and shoulders. His lips moved slightly as he weakly called for help.

If other people suddenly saw this scene in the forest, they would probably think they found someone hanged and be scared to death.

But Wang Zhifan already knew that the person hanging was alive, so he looked very calm.

He then raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and with the emission of invisible sword energy, the rustic boy in blue clothes hanging on the tree branch fell to the ground, and he reached out and grabbed him and put him on the ground.

"Little boy, how did you get hung up there?"

After saving the man, even though he knew there were ghosts not far away, Wang Zhifan still couldn't help but ask a question.

"Thank you for saving me! I'll talk to you when I get out!"

The rustic boy in blue clothes pushed away all the branches and leaves from around his neck while expressing his gratitude. As soon as he finished clearing the things entangled on his body, he ran out of the forest.

Wang Zhifan followed and confirmed that the little boy did not stray into the depths of the dense forest. He ran twenty meters outside the forest before stopping.

"Hoo hoo... I finally got out! Thank you for saving my life just now!"

After coming out, the rustic boy in blue clothes opened his mouth and gasped for breath, with an expression of surviving a disaster on his childish face.

"You're welcome. How did you get hung up there?"

Wang Zhifan knew that the child's thoughts were wandering, so he asked again.

This time the boy immediately gave an explanation:

“In my dream, I was chased to this forest by an evil ghost, and then I was hung up by the ghost!
Fortunately, I have this amulet my grandma gave me, so the ghost can only trap me but not kill me...

Oh no, my amulet is broken!"

As the boy spoke, he pulled out something that looked like a jade pendant of a Bodhisattva from his collar. As soon as he took it out, the pendant split vertically into two pieces, and the color of the cross-section changed from crystal green to somewhat black.

"In a dream?"

After listening to this, Wang Zhifan couldn't help feeling a little confused. He couldn't understand what the child meant.

Because there are obviously some logical problems, maybe that's just how children speak, which is not rigorous.

"It was just in my dream! Judging from your appearance, you have just arrived here, right? I will take you to our village and tell you on the way..."

The rustic boy in blue clothes said this and led him towards the dark mountains in the distance, walking at a very fast pace.

Wang Zhifan knew that he had triggered the NPC's directions, and the village the other party pointed to must be a key location, so he followed without hesitation.

On the way, the little boy talked a lot to Wang Zhifan, which helped Wang Zhifan deepen his understanding of this copy world.

For example, what the boy said before about being hung on a tree in a dream meant that he was accidentally targeted by an evil ghost while he was sleeping at night. The evil ghost broke into his dream and chased him into the woods. Then the evil ghost turned the dream into reality and hung him on the tree. Fortunately, he had been wearing the amulet left by his grandmother and was not killed.

For example, the place they are heading to is called Xiaohe Village. Xiaohe Village is the only place in the surrounding area where living people gather and live. It is relatively safe most of the time, and you can buy a lot of things that can help deal with ghosts. It is a treasure place that people who come to this place cannot miss. (End of this chapter)