Big Horn Village Settlement, one of the starting points of Blue Star.
Mad Blade Angry Sword's vision blurred, and he found himself in a square. The ground beneath his feet was yellow, and the rough air rushed into his nose. He could even feel the warmth of the sun. He lowered his head and pinched his arms. The texture of his muscles was almost the same as in real life, and he was amazed.
This was a small square, and there were hundreds of players standing around, looking at each other curiously. He could see the player IDs above their heads.
There were many wooden and stone camps around, and NPCs wearing simple animal skin clothes were wandering around in twos and threes. They were pointing at him and seemed to be whispering.
Mad Blade Angry Sword followed the beginner's guide and opened the interface to check the attributes of his level 1 character. It was the same as the information on the official website, and the beginner's starting point was a three-piece set, which was a cloth shirt, pants, and boots that would never drop.
He noticed that a guy beside him was trying to take off his pants, but it was a waste of energy. He said regretfully, "Can't * * * * *, bad review!"
What the hell? What kind of words did you use? What are you trying to do?
Mad Blade Angry Sword was shocked and quietly moved away from that guy.
Mad Blade Angry Sword was an unknown professional player. He had just entered the professional circle and was still a newbie. He heard that the International Gaming Alliance had started to prepare for the professional league before Galaxy was released, and he paid a lot of attention to it. When the closed beta test was released, Mad Blade Angry Sword asked the club's top management to give him a precious place in the closed beta test.
Frenzied Sword was full of ambition as long as he was one step ahead of others during the pioneering period, he would be able to take the lead step by step.
The players in the square were talking about it.
"It's so real."
"What should we do now?"
"Are there any hints?"
At this time, an old Caucasian man with white hair and a white beard came in front of the crowd and said loudly, "Hey, you outsiders.
"You outsiders, if you want to eat your fill, then find me a job. Our settlement doesn't welcome idlers. Well, we need people to harvest the crops in the fields. The tailor shop and weapons shop in the south also need skilled workers. A batch of goods has just arrived at the entrance of the settlement, and we need people to load and unload them. In short, you won't starve to death as long as you work hard."
The players noticed that beside their Health Points, there were two boxes. They were Hunger and Thirst. Once these two dropped to zero, the debuff of [Hunger] and [Thirst] would appear. Their attributes would be weakened, and their Health Points would continuously decrease until they died.
Mad Blade used [Detect] on the old man.
Based on your level, you have received the following information:
[Andre — Village Chief, Big Horn Village Settlement]
Level:?
Attributes:?
[You can think of him as the Novice Village Head]
Danger Level: Medium
Players had the detection function, which allowed them to see the NPC's name and information. However, if the level gap was too large, the information would be missing.
The color of an NPC's name represented their faction. Green was friendly, yellow was neutral, and red was hostile. The danger level was the difference in strength between the player and the target. Since the players were all Level 1 beginners, they could not see Andre's specific attributes.
"The weapons shop sells guns, ammunition, and melee weapons. There are many people selling food and water in the market. You can rent a pack horse from the Beast Farm in the west. If you want to leave, there is a public train station a few kilometers north. If you want to learn all kinds of life skills, blacksmiths and tailors are good choices …"
According to Andre's description, the players had a general understanding of the situation. The settlement could only allow a few life sub-professions and a [Beginner Hunter] combat profession, and they would have to spend money to find someone to train them.
The players' map was now filled with fog of war, and it was dark. More information about the background of the planet, the map, the power structure, and so on had to be explored before the interface map could be lit up. There were many elements to be explored, and Mad Blade felt like he was in Maiden of Scrolls 21.
At the end of the day, everything in the beginning required money.
So, it was necessary to do life quests to earn money at the beginning?
"I wonder if we can do monster hunting quests directly?"
One of the guild leaders asked. Mad Blade recognized him. It was the leader of the Kill-all guild, SliceYouUp. Just by looking at his name, one could guess his personality. He was most likely from the Guangdong province of China.
Unexpectedly, Xander muttered a few words about what he meant by hunting monsters. Then, he burst into laughter. "You must be tired of living if you want to hunt wild beasts with your puny bodies. Do you see that mountain range? If you're not afraid of death, go ahead and hunt in the mountains. I'll reward you accordingly according to the prey you hunt. But in my opinion, you can't even beat the weakest Gray Back Hyena."
Everyone looked over and saw a lush forest in the distance. The mountains were so tall that they seemed to be able to pierce through the sky. Clouds surrounded the peaks like giant pythons coiling around the mountains. The magnificent scenery made many players intoxicated. The details were too realistic. It was a complete contrast to the textures of other virtual MORPGs.
SliceYouUp did not believe it. He led a few of the guild's elders and bought a crude melee weapon with a hundred Aquamarine Dollars. They immediately ran to the mountain.
Not long after, this group of people walked back dejectedly.
SliceYouUp's expression was terrible. The beast he encountered was a gorilla that was bigger than a human. As soon as he raised his sword, the gorilla threw feces at him and his head exploded. He randomly respawned nearby and cursed in his heart.
Why does a monkey attack by throwing feces?! Does it have to be so realistic?!
SliceYouUp could still smell the smell of fate. SliceYouUp's stomach churned, and he wanted to vomit.
He did not object to the realism of the details, but adding flavor to the feces was definitely the developer's bad taste!
"F * ck, the monster is too strong!"
"I died before I could see it clearly!"
"I only lost 1 HP after slashing it!"
"F * ck, I dropped the [Rough Stone Sword] that I just bought!"
Experience points would be deducted upon death, and the value depended on the total level. The respawn time would be stacked continuously. The first death would only take ten seconds, the second one would take one minute, the third one would take five minutes, and the fourth one would take half an hour. The respawn time would be reset every six days.
The death penalty was not light. The players could only die ten times in six days. Once the number of times was maxed out, they would be forced to go offline and wait until the next day in real life. It was said that this was the latest anti-addiction measure, and it was more effective than the fatigue mechanism in Sky Island and Maiden. After the students died a day, they could only go offline to study. After Galaxy introduced this setting, the Yang's Internet Addiction Treatment Technology, which had been passed down for decades, was the first to receive a negative review. It was probably because the business was affected …
The players immediately gave up on the idea of killing monsters and focused on earning money. Hundreds of players were busy completing missions and contributing to the socialist construction of Big Horn Village.
Andre stroked his beard with a gratified expression. This group of outsiders was very hardworking, and there was value in training them.
"The reward is too little, only 50 RMB!"
"Leveling up is so slow. It took me half an hour to earn enough experience to level up."
"The controls are so realistic!"
"I can even lose HP by hitting myself. That's awesome."
"Are you an idiot?"
The beginning of the game was challenging, but it was not pure torture. While it provided players with a high degree of freedom, it also gave them new targets to choose from. It was very interesting, and it made them grit their teeth while they enjoyed the game. This feeling of pain and happiness made the players think of the game developer's wife in 18 different poses.
Today, we are all Lao Wang!
…
"Are you a professional player too?"
Mad Blade heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw three players walking towards him. Mad Blade knew the three of them. They were all super players in the professional circle. The genius player, Twinkle Fried Rice, the super player, Sleepy Winter, who had been competing in various virtual game professional leagues for ten years, and the eSports beauty, Rainy Kim, who had millions of fans. The one who spoke was none other than Sleepy Winter.
Mad Blade felt that he was inferior when facing these experts in the same industry. He asked nervously, "What's the matter?"
Sleepy Winter smiled and said, "I'm not sure if you noticed, but the price of the map in the market is 3,000 Aquamarine Dollars. The reward for a newbie is too little, so basically no one would buy a map."
PS: Thank you to Monk Hairdresser for tipping him with 5,000 Aquamarine Dollars!
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