East Continent, Zhenhai City

Yang Jian saw Mo Suqing to the door, gallantly opening the car door for her.

It was best not to offend the eldest young miss of Tianhai Group in Lin Hai.

Everything could wait until his in-game strength could be brought into reality!

But this person was quite annoying.

He was more than ten minutes late for his CD reset!

When he logged back in, it was already bright daylight in the game.

At 8:30 AM, Yang Jian once again stood in the plaza of Newbie Village 12315.

He had spent four days, achieving a cliff-like lead over everyone else, and was the first to reach Level 10.

He opened his talent panel to devour an item first.

Talent: Devour (Green)

Description: Devour a green item no higher than your level, inherit all of its attributes, and stack infinitely.

Cooling Down: Remaining Time: 59:55

Upgrade Conditions: 45 / 50 (Only green items count towards upgrade conditions)

Current Devoured Attributes: Strength +30, Agility +58, Stamina +22, Attack +1720, Defense +1495, Ranged Attack Power +10, Space Slots +28, Block +580

By now, it was considered the fifth day of the game's launch.

Currently, Yang Jian's attributes could only be described as... abnormal!

Then he looked at his two special items.

The titan heart necklace was out of the question; so far, he had only killed one 'Abyssal' type monster.

That was the BOSS Levan Carlisle, who had been corrupted by the Abyss; he had no idea where to find other Abyssal Monsters.

As for the druid king ring, there were still clues to follow.

After all, Yang Jian had already completed the tasks for regular monsters and the requirements for killing the BOSS.

Now, he just needed materials.

Condition Two: Wisteria Wood (Green) 3 / 10, Cat's Eye Stone (Green) 0 / 10, Carnelian (Green) 5 / 10

Fortunately, these three materials were all green-tier.

The guild had already collected quite a few.

Yang Jian didn't want to think too much right now; he decided to go to the main city to inquire about the situation first.

He would also ask about the guild'sstation arrangements and take care of it while he was there!

Otherwise, not being able to use many functions would be too much of a headache.

He got up and walked towards the 'Village Head's Office,' which had a table set up in the center of the plaza.

From afar, Yang Jian seemed to see the Village Head standing up, gazing in his direction... As he approached the Village Head's position, the space rippled like water.

The previously bustling plaza instantly fell silent.

Only Yang Jian and the smiling Village Head Village Chief Wang Hu remained.

"Oh, a rare guest! I've been waiting and waiting, and you've finally arrived!"

Yang Jian would naturally not put on airs in front of an NPC, especially a 'real person' NPC like this.

"Village Head, I'm truly sorry; I should have come earlier! But I saw you were busy, and I didn't want to disturb you!"

"No matter, Brother Tian Mu, are you here to teleport to the main city?"

"Yes, I am. Do you have any suggestions, Village Head?"

Village Chief Wang Hu looked at Yang Jian's information, calculating what it meant to reach Level 10 in four days!

Then he calculated how much information this person was worth revealing to him.

"How much do you... know about the main city?"

Yang Jian was very honest, with no intention of pretending to know what he didn't.

"I've occasionally heard the old folks in the village chat about it a few times. I don't have a systematic and detailed understanding, but I only know that there are many main cities on the continent, all built by forces that successfully defended against Abyssal invasions in the past. There must be dozens of them, right?"

Village Chief Wang Hu was a little exasperated upon hearing this.

"Don't listen to their nonsense; the main cities built by players aren't here!

Those are all in a higher-dimensional game world. The continent you're going to now has three small landmasses, and each landmass has seven main cities!

These are all system main cities, housing unfortunate people like us who have lost their homes.

As a citizen of Xia, you can choose to join a main city in the Eastern Kingdom and then build your own guild main city, or you can find a way to usurp the authority of a main city!"

Yang Jian was a bit speechless hearing this. What was this?

He hadn't even learned to walk yet, and they were already encouraging him to run?

Name: Village Chief Wang Hu (Newbie Village Head)

Description: Unlucky. The most talented one in the village never interacted with me before? Was I too focused on arguing the past two days and overlooked him? No, I need to leave a deeper impression!

Note: Just listen to the news from a Newbie Village Head!

Knowing that Village Chief Wang Hu wasn't completely talking nonsense, Yang Jian felt much more at ease.

"Where are these seven main cities of the Eastern Kingdom located? Do you have a map? I can't just pick one blindly based on its name, can I?"

Village Chief Wang Hu thought, that's right!

He then systematically began to introduce them to Yang Jian.

Although this information wasn't secret, Yang Jian could find out by exploring the main city after choosing one.

But it had to be said that knowing it in advance indeed saved Yang Jian a lot of trouble.

After all, transportation between main cities was inconvenient; traveling once wouldn't just tire him out, the travel experience wouldn't be great.

Ultimately, Yang Jian chose the southernmost main city on the Eastern Continent, Zhenhai City!

The major main cities on the Eastern Continent were all Xia-style, though their core was still Western fantasy.

The Western Continent cities were all American-style.

And the North Continent belonged to a landmass shared by the West German Empire and the Bear Empire.

He wondered how these deities divided their homes!

By strength?

Then this division was indeed correct.

As for the common people of smaller nations, they didn't receive such treatment... Where did they go? They could go wherever they pleased!

"Have you decided to go to Zhenhai City?"

Village Chief Wang Hu asked, looking at Yang Jian, who seemed to have made up his mind.

"That's right, Zhenhai City!"

"I'm quite familiar with Li Weina, the Archer Instructor there. Here's a letter; I'd like to entrust you with delivering it to her!"

Understood. So this was the quest to change maps?

Name: Village Chief Wang Hu's Recommendation Letter

Description: As the first player in the entire server to go to a main city, this is a hidden reward. Fulfilling certain conditions allows for a rare class change!

Note: Too bad to discard, tasteless to keep! However, this reward is a scroll, so whether or not to change classes can be considered later after obtaining it!

"Alright, then many thanks, Village Head Wang."

Village Chief Wang Hu clasped his hands in greeting, then led him to a side hall next to the plaza, which contained a glowing teleportation gate.

Stepping into the teleportation array, a flash of white light enveloped him, and Yang Jian was immediately transported to a different world.

Compared to the dilapidated but bustling Newbie Village,

the Zhenhai City before him was far more awe-inspiring.

Standing before the city gate, looking at the city walls over ten meters high and the wide moat, Yang Jian was a bit slow to react.

At the city gate, the guards responsible for security, seeing Yang Jian standing there motionless, couldn't help but urge him on.

When he came to his senses, he walked over.

"New player?"

Uh... how should I respond to that?

"Yes!"

"Do you need to buy a map of Zhenhai City? One silver coin per map!"

Yang Jian: ... He looked at the endless city walls!

"Buy it!"

One silver coin, and it would be gone after one shout in the world channel!

So, being a pioneer had its pros and cons.

If he had come a little later, Yang Jian could have directly found various guides on short video platforms, the layout of Zhenhai City?

He estimated they could even clearly map out the sewers for him.

But as the first person in the entire server to reach Level 10 and teleport to a main city, he could only grope his way forward.

After paying and receiving the map, Yang Jian decided to put it into his talent inventory when he logged off.

Once he brought it back to the company, he would have them make a hundred copies... Guild Channel.

Tianmu Zhenjun: @everyone, Star Palace has decided to establish itself in Zhenhai City on the Eastern Continent. Everyone gather in Zhenhai City after reaching Level 10.

Thousand Years of White Clouds: Do we need to arrange for people to acquire things in other cities?

Yang Jian looked at the map in his hand.

Tianmu Zhenjun: There's an Auction House!

As they chatted, Yang Jian's footsteps crossed the main gate of Zhenhai City.

Ding! Congratulations on being the first player to enter a main city! You are awarded the title 'Pioneer.' A system announcement will be made shortly. Would you like to hide your name?

What was there to hide? Yueyin Qingya, currently second on the level leaderboard, still needed over 50% to reach Level 10.

"Don't hide it!"

Ding! System Announcement: Congratulations to player 'Tianmu Zhenjun' for being the first in the entire server to reach Level 10 and enter the main city Zhenhai City! You are awarded the title 'Pioneer' and the Player Achievement System has been unlocked! This is a special announcement!

Ding! System Announcement: Congratulations to player 'Tianmu Zhenjun' for being the first in the entire server to reach Level 10 and enter the main city...

Ding!...

It was another triple system announcement.

Yang Jian was already used to it; after all, in the four-plus days since the server opened, Yang Jian had already appeared in many announcements.

"Zhenhai City? Can someone from D University tell me what the situation is with this main city?"

"Upstairs, can you explore more on your own? Don't ask us D University people about everything..."

"Hehe, upstairs is truly shameless!"

Casual players watched the excitement, while the major guilds and factions weighed the pros and cons, concluding that since Star Palace was already so far ahead, Zhenhai City seemed to be a place they couldn't go!

Seventh Heaven, Dihau, Demon Realm, Yuhuagu, these guilds that advertised daily on short video platforms, all decided for a time not to bother going to Zhenhai City.

The most important thing now was leveling up and claiming territory!

As soon as the system announcement came out, the world channel was buzzing, and the guild channel was filled with flattery.

It satisfied Yang Jian's low-level vanity.

Looking at the map in his hand, Yang Jian felt a bit like a headless fly, even though the map was quite well-marked.

But he still hadn't figured out what each area was for.

"Hello, are you a new warrior? Do you need a guide? Me, 50 copper coins for half a day!"

Yang Jian looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a child, about ten years old, dressed in rags, looking at him with hopeful eyes on his clean face!

"Do I look like an outsider or a newbie?"

The child didn't speak, only looked at the map in Yang Jian's hand.

Oh, right, he forgot to put that away!

"Then tell me about Zhenhai City and what an outsider like me should do?"

The child hesitated for a moment.

"My name is Chen Ergou!"

"Hello, Ergou. You can call me Tian Mu!"

"Brother Tian Mu, do you intend to settle in Zhenhai City, or are you just passing through to look around?"

Yang Jian was momentarily stunned, then asked, "Is there a difference?"

"Yes. Outsiders coming to Zhenhai City can stay as tourists, or they can register for household registration at the household registration office. If you want to permanently reside in Zhenhai City, it's best to spend some money to get registered!"

"Why...?"