Listening to the crowd's discussion, Wang Ming remained silent for a moment.

I've played some other games before.

Every time I enter the game, I immediately recharge my account to max out my VIP status. As soon as I enter the game, I have top-tier weapons, and I can kill monsters one by one.

"I was careless!"

"Right now, I don't have any money to burn; I'm just an ordinary player with extremely low starting attributes."

"But that doesn't make sense. My defense is 2 points, and this buck-toothed rabbit only has 4 points of attack. Shouldn't it only be able to deal 2 points of damage to me? How come it's 4 points?"

Wang Ming then opened the official website and forum of Yuanyu to find the answer, and half an hour later, Wang Ming finally understood.

It turns out that the damage mechanism in Metaverse is somewhat different from other games; it's not simply calculated by subtracting defense from attack power.

In short, without considering other damage bonuses, the base damage formula is as follows:

[（A\/2b）*100%]*A

A represents the attacker's attack power;

b represents the defender's defensive strength.

When attack power equals the opponent's defense power, it deals damage equal to 50% of the attacker's attack power.

You can only deal full damage equal to 100% of your attack power if your attack power is at least twice the opponent's defense power.

If the damage is less than 1 point, the defense cannot be broken, and 1 point of damage will be forcibly deducted.

For example:

A is 10 points.

b is also 10 points.

During a normal attack:

The damage dealt is {[10/(2*10)]*100%}*10, which is 5 points of damage!

When using the skill, the skill description states that it deals 100% physical damage.

The final damage dealt is 5 * (1 + 100%), which is 10 points of damage!

......

"The buck-toothed rabbit has 2 points of defense, while my attack only has 1 point, so I can't break through its defense. I can only force it to deal 1 point of damage, which is the yellow damage."

"Unarmed combat, with additional fixed damage attribute points, so the damage in white text is the damage caused by unarmed combat."

"The buck-toothed rabbit's attack power is 4 points, while my defense power is 2 points, which is twice as much as mine. That's why each attack can deal 4 points of damage to me."

"Damn it, my initial stats are too low. I can't even beat the buck-toothed rabbit that's good for leveling up newbies. I have no way to grind monsters like this."

"Yuan Yu, Chaos Fist Master, are you guys messing with me?"

(Yuan Yu & Chaos Fist Master: Is it my fault? Who would have thought your base stats would be this low?)

"Sigh, now I can only go back to the starting village and do some quests first."

After venting his anger, Wang Ming had no choice but to leave the wilderness and return to the beginner village.

"Grandpa Village Chief, hello. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Oh, so it's about seizing a sliver of hope."

When the village chief heard someone calling him, his eyes lit up, but then dimmed again after seeing Wang Ming's level.

"Young man, I don't need any help right now, but you can go find Wang the blacksmith; he seems to be having some trouble."

"Alright, Grandpa Village Chief." After saying goodbye to the village chief, Wang Ming came to stand in front of Wang the Blacksmith.

"Uncle Wang, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Oh, a chance to survive? I do have some things I need help with. I wonder if you'd be willing?"

"Uncle Wang, I do."

"good."

"System notification: You have accepted an F-level mission - Iron Ore Mining".

"System notification: You have learned the life skill - mining."

"System notification: You have obtained a special item - Iron Hoe".

Iron hoe, a special item, does not occupy an equipment slot.

Iron ore mining (Grade F)

Description: Go outside the village to dig up some iron ore and give it to Wang the blacksmith.

Progress: Iron Ore 0/20

"Uncle Wang, I promise to complete the mission."

Wang Ming bid farewell to Wang the blacksmith and continued wandering around the newbie village, visiting all the NPCs.

In the end, apart from blacksmith Wang, he only received an F-level mission from Widow Li, the owner of the pharmacy.

Deliver food (Rank F)

Introduction: Please deliver the roast chicken given by Widow Li to the little beggar at the village entrance.

Roasted Chicken (Quest Item)

Description: When consumed by an NPC, it restores 30 hunger points.

Wang Ming then compared the two tasks.

The iron ore mining task location was in the wild, too far away, so Wang Ming could only choose to complete the food delivery task first.

Immediately, Wang Ming went to the village entrance and handed the roast chicken to the quest NPC, a ragged little beggar.

The little beggar finished the roast chicken in no time.

At that moment, Wang Ming also heard the system notification.

"System notification: Your task - Delivering Food (Rank F) has been completed. You can go to Widow Li's Pharmacy to submit the task and receive the reward."

Upon hearing the system notification, Wang Ming rushed to the pharmacy and submitted the task.

"System notification: Congratulations on completing the food delivery (F-rank) mission. You have gained 30 experience points, 10 Beginner Health Recovery Potions, and 10 Beginner Mana Recovery Potions."

"Life-restoring potion!"

Upon hearing the system notification, Wang Ming immediately perked up, opened his backpack, and looked at the two potions.

Beginner's Health Restoration Potion

Grade: First Grade

Description: After use, it continuously restores 100 health points over 10 seconds.

Cooldown time: 10 seconds

Note: Cannot be combined with other drugs of the same type.

...

Newbie Mana Restoration Potion

Grade: First Grade

Description: After use, it continuously restores 50 mana points over 10 seconds.

Cooldown time: 10 seconds

Note: Cannot be combined with other drugs of the same type.

...

"A health recovery potion! Great! Although this Grade 1 looks like the lowest grade, restoring 100 health points in 10 seconds is a godsend for me right now. Now I can go kill the Bucktooth Rabbit!"

Wang Ming was overjoyed and was about to leave when Widow Li called him back.

"Hey, hey, young man, don't rush."

"Sister Li, is there anything else?"

"Oh my, you have such a sweet tongue, handsome young man." Widow Li winked at Wang Ming and continued, "Handsome young man, I have a job collecting herbs here, would you like to do it?"

“Yes, of course I want it,” Wang Ming immediately replied.

"System notification: You have accepted an F-level mission - data collection."

"System notification: You have learned the life skill - Gathering".

"System notification: You have obtained a special item - shovel."

Shovel, a special item, does not occupy an equipment slot.

Collection (Level F)

Description: Go outside the village to collect some seven-star grass and give it to Widow Li.

Progress: Seven Star Grass 0/20

"Big sister, it's just Seven Star Grass, leave it to me."

"Okay, I'm counting on you now!"

......

The gathering task was also located in the wild. Wang Ming bid farewell to Widow Li and then left the beginner village.

Instead of rushing to complete the mission, Wang Ming returned to the location of the buck-toothed rabbit.

By this time, half a day had passed, and there were significantly fewer players here. Wang Ming's health had also been restored to full value through natural health regeneration.

"Bucktooth Rabbit, here I come again."

Wang Ming exclaimed and rushed towards the nearest buck-toothed rabbit.

-1.

-1.

-1.

-1.

-1.

-2.

A series of damage numbers appeared above the buck-toothed rabbit's head, instantly reducing its health by 7 points.

-4.

The buck-toothed rabbit retaliated, dealing 4 points of damage to Wang Ming.

With the newbie health recovery potion, Wang Ming was not afraid and started fighting with the buck-toothed rabbit. Only after his health dropped below half did he consume a newbie health recovery potion.

After several rounds, Wang Ming finally managed to kill the first monster he had encountered since entering the game.

"System notification: Congratulations on killing the buck-toothed rabbit. You have gained 10 experience points, one rabbit pelt, 1 copper coin, and 1 merit point."

Players need 1000 experience points to level up from level 0 to level 1. That means Wang Ming needs to kill more than 90 buck-toothed rabbits to reach level 1.

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, gaining 1 point of Intelligence attribute."

As the Soul Devouring event was triggered, Wang Ming had a feeling that every cell in his body was cheering with joy.