Limitations of individual players

After a long walk around the square, besides the curious onlookers, there were only various complaining crowds.

Yang Jian wasn't in the mood to listen to their complaints.

Talent: Devour (White)

Description: Devour a white-grade item no higher than your level. Inherit all of its attributes, stackable infinitely.

Cooling Down: Remaining time 55:48

Upgrade Conditions: 12 / 50

Current Devoured Attributes: Attack +88, Defense +51, Space Slots +8

At this point, devouring weapons for attack power was undoubtedly the most cost-effective choice.

However, defense couldn't be completely neglected.

The highest level of Boars on Lake Heart Island was only four.

A Boss spawning there was a very rare occurrence.

It was because Yang Jian had been farming Boars there for a long time, killing too many in a short period, that such an effect occurred.

So that place was no longer suitable for leveling!

But if he were to fight higher-level wild wolves or striders, he would have to interact with other players.

At this stage, although there was Newbie protection, dying in the wild didn't result in losing equipment or experience, but who wanted to die if they could live?

Although the general store was closed, there were plenty of business-minded people setting up stalls in the square.

Yang Jian spent a bit more money and bought enough supplies directly from resellers.

Leaving the city!

Yang Jian had already figured out the terrain around Newbie Village 12315.

There was a paid post on the forum about Newbie Village, costing ten yuan per view... Boss Yang, who wasn't short on money, browsed all the posts related to this village!

It was like treasure hunting in a junkyard!

Stepping out, all the wild monsters outside the Newbie Village had turned red-named.

This meant they would actively attack as soon as one entered their aggro range.

As for the visibility at night, there was even less to worry about.

As long as one didn't go into the forest at night, the three enormous moons in the sky were each brighter than the last!

Leaving Newbie Village from the east gate, one would first encounter level one wild rabbits, wild rabbits covering the mountains and plains... Even so, there weren't enough to go around during the day!

At night, only a scattered group of Newbies were leveling up in teams.

Although attributes increased by 50%, with a reasonable team composition, fighting monsters was not an issue.

Of course, for random teams, the difficulty wasn't fighting monsters, but distributing loot.

For Lingyun Studio, for example, there was a set of company rules and regulations.

In short, this equipment didn't entirely belong to them.

All loot had to be distributed according to the company's rules.

Which items could be kept and which needed to be handed over.

There were clear rules on how to distribute armor (priority to tank classes), magical gear (priority to healing classes), weapons, and so on.

As for good drops?

Those all belonged to the boss... What did they have to do with you, the workers? Just take your salaries... So, studios generally had fewer conflicts when teaming up!

"I'm a healer, this leather armor adds intelligence, why can't it be mine?"

Not far away, a temporarily formed five-person team, whose luck was either good or bad, was arguing.

By the sound of it, a level one green item had dropped... because white items couldn't add attributes!

"Adding intelligence is good, but it's leather armor!"

"What's wrong with leather armor? We agreed on equipment priority, are you guys bullying me because I'm a girl after a green item dropped?"

"You're a priest, you can't even equip leather armor, can you?"

"Why can't I equip it? These pants add intelligence, they should be mine..."

"What are you talking about intelligence for? Aren't you just trying to sell it for money?"

Perhaps her secret was exposed, the female voice began to turn sharp and high-pitched!

Yang Jian listened as the few people not far away argued, starting softly and gradually growing more intense.

He just felt a bit like laughing!

He jogged through the low-level monster area and finally saw the legendary wild wolves.

He drew his bow and fired an Arcane Shot as his opener.

Critical hit, -547, -168

Instantly, the health bar dropped by half.

With three consecutive normal attacks, Yang Jian didn't move an inch and directly shot down the level five wild wolf.

Only then did the benefits of his talent begin to show.

Experience +85

Congratulations! You picked up 'Wolf Meat' (White)

Congratulations! You picked up 'Wolf Skin' (White)

There was no money, but the dropped items could be sold to NPCs.

Overall, the prices were quite fair.

Recalling the process of killing the wolf just now, honestly, in this situation, fighting wolves wasn't very suitable.

He needed to switch to higher-level wild monsters.

He continued towards the higher-level areas.

After only a few steps, he found level six wild wolves... What was he waiting for?

Arcane Shot... He moved towards the mountains, clearing the wild wolves he encountered along the way.

There was also a road here, as people still lived in Newbie Village.

No wild monsters spawned on the road, but wild wolves occasionally appeared in the forests on both sides.

Hurrying along, Yang Jian reached his destination for this trip.

Twin Moon Lake.

This was a murloc village far from Newbie Village.

The Twin Moon Murlocs living there were level 6 to 8 humanoid monsters.

Leveling here had several advantages.

First, humanoid monsters dropped coins and cloth, which beasts did not.

Secondly, humanoid monsters were prone to fleeing when their health was low.

For a ranged attack class like a Hunter, this was incredibly enjoyable.

There was no need to chase; standing behind them and shooting them in the back of the head was even more satisfying.

Finally, wild treasure chests only spawned in humanoid monster gathering places... Of course, these were all posts Yang Jian saw on the forum; Tian Mu's cheat directly corrected some inaccurate information for him!

He checked the monster distribution, chose a sparsely populated area, and began to slowly clear it.

Experience +112

Congratulations! You obtained 'Glimmering Scale'

Congratulations! You obtained Copper Coin * 12

Congratulations! You obtained 'Murloc Dagger (White)'

There wasn't much to say about the white equipment; it was a level five, one-handed dagger with an attack power of 4-11, incomparable to a two-handed greatsword.

But it was night now, and if he ran out of white equipment later, devouring this item would still be much better than wasting the cooldown.

After killing two more Murlocs, Yang Jian successfully reached level five.

After allocating his stat points evenly according to the old rules, and equipping all three level five blue items, his own attributes underwent significant changes.

Player: Tianmu Zhenjun

Class: Hunter

Level: LV5

HP: 720 / 720

MP: 380 / 380

Strength: 13 (Affects melee attack power, parry, etc., affects secondary attributes like carrying capacity)

Agility: 25 (Affects ranged attack power, critical strike, armor, and dodge, affects secondary attributes like speed)

Stamina: 19 (Affects maximum health)

Intelligence: 15 (Affects maximum mana, spell power, spell critical strike, etc.)

Free Attribute Points: 0

Equipment: titan heart necklace, Ram Horn Bow, Boar King's Gift (Blue), Victor's Helm (Blue), Thorn Staff (Blue)...

Talent: Devour (White)

Description: Devour a white-grade item no higher than your level. Inherit all of its attributes, stackable infinitely.

Cooling Down: Remaining time 17:19

Upgrade Conditions: 13 / 50

Current Devoured Attributes: Attack +100, Defense +51, Space Slots +8

It was just that Yang Jian hadn't learned subsequent skills; otherwise, his current attributes would have also seen an explosive increase.

He checked his secondary attributes.

Attack: 89+100

Armor: 140+51

Not bad, reaching level five also meant an explosive growth in attributes.

In between, he continued to beat various Murlocs.

From small Murlocs to Murloc Hunters, Murloc Priests, Murloc Mages... Small as the sparrow is, it has all its internal organs.

Yang Jian didn't dare to venture into areas with many Murlocs; he only dared to fight stragglers on the periphery!

It should have been an immersive leveling experience, oblivious to the outside world's changes... but unfortunately, the Devour skill required constant attention to its cooldown time.

Yueyin Qingya: Add the two sisters, Mingwei and Mingruo, as friends. They've re-signed player contracts with the company and have been assigned to help out in your Newbie Village!

Tianmu Zhenjun: Why aren't they adding me?

Yueyin Qingya: Didn't you reject friend requests from strangers? [Business Card: Xia Yuan Weiguang, Paladin LV1], [Business Card: Xia Jingruohua, Mage LV1]

Tianmu Zhenjun: These young people, their names are more domineering than the last...

Yueyin Qingya: Didn't you say not to demand uniform nicknames?

Tianmu Zhenjun: I didn't say it was bad! Alright, I've already sent friend requests, tell them to accept. Also, in this game, you can bind phone information; if anything comes up, they can just WeChat message me directly!

Yueyin Qingya: Okay!

Tianmu Zhenjun: Wait, didn't the NPCs all get off work? How did they choose Newbie Village?

Yueyin Qingya: Tens of millions of players complained on the official website, and a manager named Aounar came out and said it was resolved; they could play normally now...

Tianmu Zhenjun: This broken game is getting more and more complicated!

Yueyin Qingya: Actually, it's not complicated at all, it's just that you know too much!

Tianmu Zhenjun: Alright, I'm not talking anymore; I need to continue leveling!

He ended the chat, and Yang Jian prepared to continue fighting monsters.