《Brand New World》
The Beginning of Everything
It was a normal peaceful day for Li Hao as hearrivesin class for school. Li Hao enjoys this peacefulness as he studies hard despite being exceptionally smart. He heard many claiming he was born smart, which is true, but he hates it that they denied his efforts which resulted in him having almost no friends in school. However, peace was broken shortly after entering his class.
"Hey, Li Hao!!! Come on lend me your Math homework for a little bit. You always have a perfect score since the day I met you!!! Damn it.....if only I was 1/10 of you I would have already be second in the whole country..... " Wei Jian laughed, whom knew him since childhood. He is the very few people whom he can call as a friend. Although Li Hao is exceptionally smart, Wei Jian never felt that he was simply born smart as he scolded Li Hao before, "HUH?ARE YOU STUPID? SO WHAT IF YOU ARE SMART? ARE YOU BORN TO KNOW HOW TO DO MATH OR TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WORLD HISTORY?"
"It is obviously your effort to learn how to do Math and going home straight after school just because the next day have test."Wei Jian has never denied the effort he took to do things hence, after that incident, they became really close friends.
Knowing that he has no way out, Li Hao toss over his homework to Wei Jian, who sits right beside him, after sitting down in class. Shortly after, class began while Wei Jian squeezed out every bit of his energy to copy finish Li Hao''s work.
Four hours later, right before Math class started, Li Hao heard a voice right in his mind. "As Earth is about to evolve into a higher order world, all humans will be sent over to other planets for a year to receive proper education on what to expect after Earth evolve."
Thinking that he might have been slightly restless after listening carefully in class for 4hours, he looked around if there was someone joking him but to his shock, he noticed that everyone has panic and doubt written in their eye. Li Hao then tilted his body to look at Wei Jian and he noticed the exact same expression in his eye. Hence after confirming that, he asked, "You heard that?"
"Yeah no shit man. You too? Damn....." Wei Jian let out a sigh while shaking his head.
"What''s wrong?" Li Hao asked curiously as he was concerned that his friend might felt worried about what is going to happen next.
"Nothing much.......I just realised that...... i wasted my time copying your homework for nothing" Wei Jian replied depressingly.
"You piece of shit......aren''t you worried about what is going to happen?"
"I am!!! Just that it''s no point worrying. We will probably be sent to another world and return and then humans will band together to fight monsters and animals that mutated. Fighting demons over a decade before finally finding the Demon Lord and kill him and world peace is back once again. " Wei Jian narrated as if he was reading out a synopsis of those well known novels.
God, "For those who can''t comprehend who i am or think this is a joke, I am God. All of you will be sent over to experience and learn everything you can in a year which is my last mercy for you humans that almost destroyed Earth, my masterpiece, for your foolish gains. It is by no means a joke. Trust me. If you waste this last opportunity i have given you all, when you all are back, a Lvl 1 mutant beast can kill you easily, Lvl 10 mutant beast candestroyyour city and Lvl 20 mutant beast can wipe clean your country. HOWEVER, as I am still merciful, i will grant what you humans call system that can be found in a RPG game and grant all of you a random skill at start. Now take your one year experience carefully as it is the foundation to your life. Everyone will start back from Lvl 0 after returning. Oh.....if you died in the other world, don''t worry as you will be sent to the void while waiting for others to return. Only after all the others has return will you return to Earth."With a flashing light, everything turned dark in Li Hao''s eyes.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.
Light returns to Li Hao''s eyes after a few seconds and he noticed that he is standing in a white room with nothing but a box ,with a hole, on a table. Feeling that he has an idea what that box is, he approached the box slowly as he felt nervous with every step he took. Right before the box, he noticed a notification box right in front of the box saying [Box of random skill. Usage: Put hand in to receive a random skill].
True enough he was correct.He reached his hand into the box and felt something warm.
[User has gain new skill. As skill Status has yet to been use, user has to use skill Status to check out the skill.]
Hearing that, he called out status in his mind as he wanted to test whether the system can be used non-verbally as it will prove to be an issue if he is not able to speak while in combat.
Name: Li Hao
Level:0
Class: None
Title: None
Health: 30/30 Mana: 20/20
Strength: 6 Stamina: 6 Agility: 5 Intelligence: 10
Wisdom:11 Charisma:1
Stat Points: 0
Skill: Status, Summon(currently unavailable)
Oh it seems like I¡¯m more towards intelligence and wisdom side¡..if I am not wrong, in rpg games, a character that has wisdom and intelligence would belong to magic side while stamina and strength type is for melee types¡¡ seems like it makes sense as I can clearly tell even myself that I am not suited for fights¡¡that skill summon¡.. my bet would be that I will summon a familiar to fight for me ¡. I guess I¡¯m going to a summoner? I wonder can I talk to the system ¡.. it will be able to provide a lot of information if I can do just that.
¡°Hey system you there?¡±
After a few seconds¡.
¡° Damn it of course they won¡¯t provide such convi¡.¡±
Before he was done speaking,
[System can respond to only questions that user has sufficient qualifications.]
Figuring out such a big loophole that shitty God has given, of course he was happy and spent the next 1h knowing what he needs to know.
[Is user prepared to enter Planet Jaive?] The system sounded after Li Hao was done preparing.
¡°Change difficulty setting to Hard¡± knowing that set it to Easy. However, in that 1h of questioning, Li Hao has learnt that it is possible to increase difficulty to Hardcore but he is uncertain that he can complete it while staying alive as God has mentioned of death in those planets thus, he chose to be safe. As for why he has chosen Hard instead of Easy? The system has told him that different difficulty will provide the user a different reward. Thus, after knowing this, would he choose Easy mode? Of course no.
At planet Jaive, Li Hao learnt all the knowledge needed, survival skills and combat techniques over the year after slogging everyday even in the toughest time. When he returned to Earth, he was shocked beyond words. He was standing right in the middle of debris where he can see resemblance of his school. Where is everyone? Li Hao thought.
Seemingly as if responding to his question, [Congratulations!!! User is the first human to return back to Earth. User is rewarded Lvl 3 dungeon. *1st: Lvl 3, 2nd: Lvl 2, 3rd: Lvl 1 4th-10th : Lvl 0 ]
Li Hao was dumbfounded. He asked the system, ¡°How come I am first? Everyone left at the same time no?¡±
[As user has completed Hard mode, the reward given is that you will be sent back 2 day before others while those that chose Medium will be back 1 day before the others]
Li Hao felt very tempted to ask how many has chosen hard and medium but he felt the system would not reply him after knowing it for a year over. Thinking that maybe more than 90% of the world still hasn¡¯t figure out that they can communicate with the system, he felt complicated as he was happy to gain an advantage over others yet at the same time, he worried that humanity might not stand against external threats.
Li Hao gaze right in front of him as a divine light shone over a small distance from him. A building appeared. He strangely felt that familiar to it yet not recognising it. Reaching the building, he learnt why he felt familiar to it.
[Welcome to (unnamed) dungeon. As the owner, you have the right to set it¡¯s name.]
Li Hao sighed as he walked into the dungeon.
Special Privilege
Entering the dungeon, Li Hao could notice that it was a typical dungeon setting just like in an rpg game. No sunlight, gloomy atmosphere and creepy silence. Knowing that the dungeon belongs to him, he felt that it is almost impossible for him to be hurt by anything here so he decided to quickly survey the whole dungeon.
Okay, this dungeon consists of 3 floors. I assumed that each Lvl represents an equal floor to the dungeon. So I guess I will have 4 floors if I can Lvl up the dungeon if that is possible in the first place....
¡°System. What is the benefits of being a dungeon lord? Does it help me to spawn monsters as my subordinates?¡±
[There are many advantages being a dungeon lord. Some advantages cannot be mentioned at current phase. The dungeon allows dungeon lord to spawn monsters with requirements. Being a dungeon lord is to strengthen humanity to adapt to the changes they face when they return.]
I see¡.so it basically means that it¡¯s a power up for humanity to adapt else they will all die¡¡seems like God is a very fickle being¡.hating us yet worried about us¡¡I guess I can understand it if I view humans as his creation. Just like how people can cause terrible situations for their parents yet they still love them even though they cane or scold them¡¡makes sense now¡. wait¡. does it mean that if we are not the first 10 people to return to Earth, we will not possess a dungeon?
¡°System. What happens to those that returns to Earth after the first 10? Will they not be able to own a dungeon?¡±
[Those that return after the first 10 will not own a dungeon. However, they can acquire a dungeon by clearing a dungeon. After clearing it, they can own a Lvl 0 dungeon. ]
¡°How does one Lvl up the dungeon?¡±
[You can Lvl up a dungeon by killing excess monsters after attaining required kills for spawning the species of that monster. It is known as Monster points. Monster points can be used to spawn additional monsters of unlocked species, raising Lvl of dungeon, trading for items and many other uses.]
Seems like there are still many things I don¡¯t know about the dungeon¡.. but I can roughly understand how it works¡it makes sense that if I just kill the required points but not the required kill of the monster, I can¡¯t summon it else people would be killing weak monsters constantly to spawn a dragon or something¡. that would be broken¡.
Right! I almost forgotten that the other presents for completing hard mode¡let¡¯s check it out¡.I got a dagger a leathered armour¡.3 vials of potion and a 5 gold coins. I guess it¡¯s logical as they don¡¯t expect humans to fight the monsters bare-handed right? I guess those that cleared the trial would be able to kill a mutant dog even being bare handed so¡. I guess it¡¯s fine either way?
Okay let¡¯s go kill some monsters and take advantage of being the first else it¡¯s too hurting to waste the time rewarded to me after clearing the gruelling 1 year.
Walking out of his empty dungeon, he received a notification.
[Does user want to hide the dungeon? Yes or no?]
Knowing that his 3 floored dungeon building is very ¡®outstanding¡¯, he knew that it would invoke jealousy and hatred from others and would cause great trouble to him, he agreed.
The ground started to shake loudly as Li Hao could see that the magnificent building started to sink down like how building sunk during an earthquake. Few minutes later, it seemed as if the whole dungeon didn¡¯t exist in the beginning.
Finally moving, Li Hao noticed that there are places where he remembered but also places he never saw before in his whole 18 years living in the city. There are many forests near the other end of where his dungeon is supposed to be at. Thinking for a second, he headed straight towards the forest.
Upon reaching the forest, Li Hao could finally display his skills that he learnt through the 1 year of suffering. Moving through the forest swiftly, he soon spotted his first prey on Earth. However, being cautious as usual, he checked the name and Lvl of the monster as things might be different on Earth.
[Lvl 0 Mutant Wolf]
Strange.¡.how come the wolf is weaker than those on planet Jaive? Is it because Earth just evolved so the Lvl of monsters have yet to developed to its normal Lvl? Doesn¡¯t that meant it¡¯s killing spree for free Lvls now? Oh god I even have 1 full day to monopolise the situation that would be impossible after all the humans returns....this 1 day is really worth the sufferings¡.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
Finishing his thoughts, Li Hao approached the wolf carefully, worried alarming the wolf, as wolfs has a great perception towards dangers so he got to kill it in one shot to avoid it calling for it¡¯s companions.
With a swift motion, he struck the wolf with the dagger from the wolf¡¯s blind spot. Realising it was being attacked, the wolf was prepared to roar out to call for its companion however, it was silenced by the human predator when he silently stabbed it once again in its throat.
[1/5 kill completed to spawn Mutant Wolf]
Highly anticipating his new yet to spawn partner, Li Hao raised his speed to kill solitary wolfs as he knew that the current him would be torn to pieces if he were to charge into a pack of wolves.
[5/5 kill completed to spawn Mutant Wolf. Mutant Wolfs are able to spawn in dungeon now. Do you want to spawn a Mutant wolf? Yes or no?]
Of course yes¡.why else have I been wasting my time on other than having Lvled up once and receiving wolf fangs. Accepting, the wolf was successfully spawned in the dungeon.
[User skill: Summon, is able to use now.]
Sensing the timing that his skill Summon which never did unlock in his 1 year of training, he knew that this skill must have relation to dungeon skill which was mentioned to him as being a godly skill which appeared only in 1 out of 1 billion in the population naturally while being auctioned for billions of gold as the rate of dropping such skill book is close to impossible unless their Luck stat, which required a unique condition to be triggered, is very high.
Li Hao silently said Summon as he knew that all skills that are god given or godly skill can be used without speaking. A wolf identical to the very first mutant wolf he killed appeared out of the air. Feeling a trace of familiarity with this wolf, he knew this Mutant wolf is his very first buddy in this world. Curious about the stats of the wolf, Li Hao use identify to see his new partner.
Name: Mutant Wolf (summoned being/ dungeon monster ***can only be viewed by owner)
Level:0 (limit:20)
Race: Wolf
Health: 26/26 Mana: 6/6
Strength: 8 Stamina: 10 Agility: 10 Intelligence: 4
Wisdom:4
Skill: Bite, Claw, Roar
Bite: Physical skill that uses its deadly fangs to bite down on target.
Claw: Physical skill that uses its claw to claw the target.
Roar: Call out companions or to intimidate foes.
Damn¡..my buddy seems even stronger than me even though its Lvl 0. It even has 3 skills. I can just imagine how many skills those stronger Lvl monsters has and how high their stats are. If not for them being dumb, I can say that humanity will collapse within 3 years of war just by crushing us with overwhelming sheer numbers instead of waiting for us to kill them and get stronger than them.
¡°Okay buddy let¡¯s go ahead to kill some monsters to gauge your combat prowess.¡±
Seemingly understood its master¡¯s command it followed Li Hao to kill his race with a sharp glint in its eye which tells others that his master¡¯s command must be followed.
After teaming up with his wolf, the efficiency of the killing sped up like a meteor. Killing over 20 wolfs, Li Hao lvled up to Lvl 3 while his buddy wolf lvled to Lvl 2. It seemed that those wolfs are now and easy target for him, Li Hao went deeper into the forest where he noticed a new species, Goblins.
Not knowing where this race popped out of, it was termed as monster species instead of mutant species however, there is not much difference between them and the mutant species like how they treat humans as food except monster species can possess intelligence if they were high Lvl or superior species.
Feeling slightly curious about getting a goblin subordinate to help assist him in controlling a pack of spawn wolfs, Li Hao quickly approached the group of goblins quietly with his wolf.
However, different from before, Li Hao followed the group of goblins for over half an hour and when he was deciding whether he made a mistake or not, he noticed in front of those goblins, there was a group of buildings which resembled shacks.
Li Hao felt it was a right choice to follow the goblins to their village as the common knowledge in planet Jaive was that all goblins stay together to protect themselves from predators. Also, the key point is that in every village, there would definitely be a treasure chest which the goblins treat as a shrine as goblins are greedy monsters that seek wealth along with killings. It was not known how those treasure boxes appeared in goblin villages however, it was guaranteed that one would receive a weapon or armour of the lowest quality when one opens it.
Being excited about opening his first treasure chest, Li Hao was tempted to attack the goblin village but he was concerned by the number of goblins in the village. Thus, after a round of careful inspection, he found out that there was 4 shacks and it can be estimated to be around 16 goblins.
Li Hao felt that it was simply too risky to approach the goblins with only him and his wolf. After making up a plan, Li Hao soon made use of his partner wolf to attract the goblins by acting as if it was heavily wounded.
As goblins are greedy, they would seize evert opportunities given to them so long as they do not feel threatened of their life. Spotting a wolf that seemed to be afraid of it, the goblin roared at the wolf and noticed that the trembling of the wolf which confirmed its suspicion that the wolf truly felt fear towards the goblin, it charged towards the wolf, alone. Seeing that his baiting worked, Li Hao called back his wolf and launched his attack towards the goblin by landing on the goblin from the tree that his wolf passed by. As goblins are small in size, it was crushed to death.
[1/5 kill completed to spawn Basic Goblin]
Sticking to his plan, Li Hao continued to hunt down the goblins one by one.
[5/5 kill completed to spawn Basic Goblin. Basic Goblins are able to spawn in dungeon now. Do you want to spawn a Basic Goblin? Yes or no?]]
Soon a goblin stepped out of thin air and it bowed down to Li Hao. Following Li Hao, they wiped clean of the goblins when his goblin infiltrated the village and silently killed the other goblins in their shacks when they were sleeping.
Knowing that his subordinate helped fasten his plan by a few hours, he approached the shrine in one of the shack and claimed the treasure chest.
The Returnees
Opening the treasure chest, Li Hao noticed on his hand, he was holding onto an old book. Excitement was clearly seen in Li Hao¡¯s black pupil which is an obvious trait of the Chinese race.
As he owns the system, he possesses the ability to inspect items or monsters that are around his Lvl or below unless it¡¯s a special monster.
Inspect!!! Li Hao shouted out loudly as he had already cleared all the goblins so he felt it was fine to shout.
Unique Skill book: Elemental Magic
Usage: Open the book and user will learn Elemental Magic. ** Unique skills only require user to use to Lvl up the skill Lvl.
Wow!!! Damn is my hand that lucky? First a godly skill in that random box and now a unique skill? Although unique skills is not as rare as godly skill but it can still be sold for a hefty sum of gold since its standard is right below godly skill. What¡¯s the best part of unique skill is that I would never need to go hunt monsters for the upgraded versions of the skills as it can evolve itself through lvling up. If I am not wrong....Lvl 5 unique skill will evolve once and at Lvl 9 it evolves once more and at Lvl 10, the skill will mutate to fit the user....that¡¯s where the skill gets deadly.
In fights it¡¯s always better to have more trump cards. Mutated skill is one that helps the user yet it can¡¯t be found on books that depicts the usage of the skill normally yet mutated ones are the kings of skill. I should check on the skill now to know if it is of actual use as I rarely heard news of unique class skill on planet Jaive and also check on my current status.
Name: Li Hao
Level:4
Class: None
Title: First Returnee(*luck+5)
Dungeon Lord (*immune to fear, skill: Home)
*Titles effects can be stacked.
Health: 50/50 Mana: 28/28
Strength: 10 Stamina: 10 Agility: 9 Intelligence: 14
Wisdom:15 Charisma:3 Luck: 7
Stat Points: 20
Skill: Status, Summon, Elemental magic (lvl0), Home
Oh it seems like I have new skill and I even gained 2 titles.....titles are so rare and hard to gain one but I have 2. Gosh I even unlocked Luck stat by having that title!!! As for my stats....they increased only 4 each which indicates 1 lvl, 1 stat in all except for Charisma and Luck which increases 1 for every 2 lvls.
I think I should put points into intelligence and wisdom that helps to manage my mana and the regeneration speed of my mana mainly while I should improve my agility to avoid being attacked by others. However, as I currently do not have a wand or staff, I think I will develop my stats towards a fighter as I currently only have a dagger to use. How I wish I can add points to my luck stat but sadly it cannot be increased intentionally. Okay I have decided.
Name: Li Hao
Level:4
Class: None
Title: First Returnee(*luck+5)
Dungeon Lord (*immune to fear, skill: Home)
*Titles effects can be stacked.
Health: 7070 Mana: 34/34
Strength: 14 Stamina: 14 Agility: 15 Intelligence: 17
Wisdom:18 Charisma:3 Luck: 7
Stat Points: 0
Skill: Status, Summon, Elemental magic (lvl0), Home
Okay, now that my survivability has increased, I feel it will be easier to escape situations that I will face. Right what is this skill Home?
Skill: Home
Usage: Teleports user back to dungeon and allows user and subordinates to be sent to a location set by user by opening a portal after chanting for a minute.
OH MY GOD!!! ISN¡¯T THIS THE LEGENDARY BACKDOOR SKILL???
HAHAHA I WILL DEFINITELY SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD!!!This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
It seems like dungeon owners will gain such a good ability which really emphasise that we can escape if trapped or if we can last a minute during in a losing fight, we can really survive. Now that I have nothing to do after getting myself two subordinates, I think I will just return back to see if I can spawn more wolfs or goblins to help expand my combat force.
I will just find a location to set first so that in case I stayed too long in the dungeon, I can still get out without exposing my dungeon to others. Finished setting his marker in a hollowed trunk, Li Hao teleported back.
Back at his dungeon, he noticed that he was sent back to the lowest floor of his dungeon. In front of him, stood a box that seemed to be related to the dungeon. Touching the box, he realised that this is like the core of the dungeon which helps him achieve things in the dungeon.
Using it, it consists of 4 managements as of now. They are
Floor management: Setting of monsters on different floors.
Monster Management: Spawning of monsters / mutants, breeding of monsters / mutants, training of monsters / mutants.
Shop management: Building of shops to allow transactions between system and customers.
Research management: Improve standard of monsters / mutants, shops lvl , production of weapons and armours.
Wow so it means I can actually breed monsters to gain more monsters and it seems to be the best way to grow my force. I think I should check out that spawning first since I can¡¯t make a goblin and wolf mate together right? Maybe? Nope...it¡¯s not possible however it opened my mind that I might be able to breed out a hybrid race by intermixing monsters or mutants of same race yet different species.
Monster Management: Spawning Monster points:36
Spawn Mutant wolf: require 10 points.
Spawn Basic Goblin: require 10 points.
I guess I will be spawning 1 more goblin and 2 wolfs? I will bring one wolf around while I let the others breed as the combat power of a goblin is not as high as a wolf. I will probably do it this way then.
[1 Basic Goblin, 2 Mutant wolf has been spawned. -30 points from monster points]
Now, for the breeding part. I will definitely keep my first buddy as its lvl is the highest among my subordinates so if I want to bring one along, I definitely have to bring the best to increase my efficiency while maximizing my safety.
Monster Management: Breeding
Breeding of Basic Goblins: 2 Basic Goblins required. (5 days needed. 1-2 Goblin) * it is possible to breed out goblins of different species. Goblin kid requires 2 days to grow to maturity.
Breeding of Mutant Wolf: 2 Mutant Wolf required. (10 days needed. 4-6 pups) * it is possible to breed out wolfs of different species. Goblin kid requires 2 days to grow to maturity.
[2 Basic Goblins and 2 Mutant Wolfs has started to mate. Female goblin and wolf will be unable to move for the breeding period. The males can still be moved.]
Wow it was unexpected that I can move the male goblin and male wolf. Guess more the better. I think it would be more efficient explore the forest to find new species as killing 5 would grant me 1 for free instead of having the need to expend points to spawn them.
¡°System. Does my subordinates require food or anything? Also, the time required for breeding is too long is there a way to shorten it?¡±
[Yes, the subordinates require food which could be acquired by letting them hunt outside or to provide food for them in dungeon by transporting food into the dungeon. The time in dungeon is 2x the speed of actual time thus, it is already much faster but you can speed up the process by using monster points too or getting items that supports the speed of birth of certain race.]
Satisfied with the answer, Li Hao brought the 2 male wolfs and the only goblin out to hunt for new monsters. Walking in the forest for a few hours, Li Hao and his subordinates killed multiple groups of wolfs and goblins yet they were unable to find new species. Realizing that due to the low mana in the area, the monsters and mutant species has only just started to spawn on Earth, Li Hao had no way to find new species thus focused on training his mini troop by killing wolves.
After all his subordinates passed Lvl 3, Li Hao finally decided to see if the goblin could guide the wolfs to fight and it seems he was right. In fact, the result was astonishing as Goblins feared death and thus, they are very sneaky and tricky if not for being baited out by his wolf, Li Hao would have suffered a bit due to the goblins. Therefore, the goblin had many tricks used to trick the wolves such as setting traps beforehand. After wiping out a portion of wolves in the forest, suddenly, tremors could be felt as Li Hao searched for the direction of the tremors.
At last, when he saw 3 dungeons with a cave (lvl 0) spawned one after another, he realised a day has passed with him not even sleeping a wink. It was also understandable as Li Hao was trained over a year in which there are times when he did not sleep for days and with such an advantage of being ahead of others a day, who in the right mind would slack?
Quickly and quietly, Li Hao rounded up the dead corpses that was killed by him and his subordinates and went back with his subordinates along with the food acquired by tossing it through the portal after using his Home skill.
Returning back to his dungeon, he let out a sigh as he knew that even though it might turn out to be nothing, he feared that others would kill him or harm him simply because he came back first.
Li Hao preferred to keep a low profile to avoid him becoming the target of the public. He could not possibly face all of them as he is alone. Even with his subordinates, he could at most handle 6 people and if he were to face the whole population of Earth? He would simply be drowned to death even if everyone spits at him once. Not to mention a fight. It won¡¯t be a fight. It would simply be a tragedy that cannot be reversed.
Hence, Li Hao dared not to appear in the real world as the 3 whom returned at the same time probably met with one another and is trying to figure out who was the first. If he appeared, it was literally telling the 3 that he came back to his city before them. Since they returned today, they are the only ones that returned back to Earth with the Mid lvl difficulty and they would not be willing to waste their precious 1 day staring at one another hence, if they were to split up, their chances of spotting him would be higher as the forest is very obvious that monsters hid in it.
Li Hao was actually scared when he realised that in the whole wide world, there are actually 4 people that is in the first 10 alone in his city. He felt that his city is not as simple as he thought it was.
Quietly spending his day sleeping in his dungeon to allow time to pass 2x the pace, Li Hao spent his time talking to his system to brush up on his knowledge of his dungeon and sleeping. Precisely 30 minutes after the new day starts, he woke up and prepared to enter the forest again in hope of finding new species or goblin villages.