An An's brain suddenly shuddered, and she woke up, opened her eyes, and saw a completely different scene.
…It turns out that the opening paragraph was in the form of a dream.
An An's ears seemed to still be filled with the sound of the voice that had just woken her up. When she looked in the direction of the voice, she saw a gentle young man with a ribbon covering his eyes looking in her direction and asking in a gentle voice:
"Why did you fall asleep here alone? Didn't you get enough rest?" He uttered a vague syllable while saying this, which should be part of his name.
Just at this moment, An An saw a line of system information that only she could see appear in front of her.
As a newly appointed young celestial master, your name is: _____.
There was a line of light handwriting on it with the default name 'An Xiaoxi'. An An thought the name looked quite nice, and it happened to have a character in common with her name, which seemed like a coincidence, so she just used the default name.
——Anyway, if it turns out that the gameplay is not fun, this game account probably won’t be used in the future, so An An is too lazy to think of a name.
As the name was confirmed, the system prompts that appeared in front of An An also changed. It provided her with information in a narration way, letting her understand the current situation.
"I'm sorry, senior brother. I was looking up information yesterday and forgot the time. Is there any task for me in the meeting today?" She said her lines according to the system prompts.
——Yes, in order to allow players to immerse themselves in and understand the world, Xu Piao did not cram all the world background settings into the players' minds, but adopted a model that requires players to collect information themselves, similar to time travel.
"I've already brought you here." This 'brother', who had a bandage over his eyes and looked like he had some eye problems, accurately found An An's direction and handed her a piece of paper. "Usually, newcomers will be assigned some simple D-level tasks first to help them get used to it. Don't be nervous. Just do what Master taught you before."
...So what is it that 'the master taught me before'?
An An was completely confused, but not too nervous. After all, a mature game would definitely not let players know nothing, so An An was still relieved about this.
So this 'senior brother' should be an NPC who guides new players or issues quests, right? The only thing that doesn't match this novice NPC identity is that he looks too good.
Pei Junhuai, this is the name of 'Senior Brother' marked by the system.
In order to prevent some players from being face-blind and having trouble remembering people, most of the games made by Xu Piao will have names and other information marked on them.
Congratulations to player An Xiaoxi for receiving his first mission! Capture the D-rank [Shadow Ghost] wreaking havoc in the city. Completing this mission will reward you with 100 experience points, 100 RMB, +1 Vitality, etc.
Are you going to fight monsters right away? !
An An, who never played other games because she didn't like fighting monsters, didn't want to play anymore. She wanted to quit, but when she thought that if she quit now, the sisters in the chat channel might say, "You haven't even finished the novice tutorial, so you can't count as having experienced the game", she finally persuaded herself to play for a while.
...Even if I just look at this 'senior brother' Pei Junhuai a few more times, it would be considered a return on investment. After all, NPCs with this kind of temperament are relatively rare in other games.
But when An An followed the game's instructions to complete the task, she found that this demon-slaying task seemed different from what she had imagined.
She thought catching monsters was just a regular way of killing monsters and getting rewards.
The actual process of capturing monsters—either the monster runs and she chases, or she runs and the monster chases. This whole process is completed between various buildings of different heights, which is commonly known as parkour. Until she finally consumes the monster's physical strength, she shakes a bell on her wrist according to the novice's instructions, and the shadow of the bell grows bigger and covers the monster during the shaking, thus completing the task.
In other words, this is a parkour-style demon-slaying game.
When An An was jumping, rolling and climbing between the buildings, he felt that his body was so light that sometimes he felt like a bird about to fly. This parkour experience made An An, who originally didn't like to move much, feel a little reluctant to leave even after he stopped.
The city's architecture is just too strange. Is it built on a hill? After climbing over various walls and railings, there are always steps leading down.
After completing the task, An An was ready to return to the Tianshi Association to hand in the task. However, she learned that in the game "Daydream Backtrack", it is impossible to go back and forth in a flash, and you have to take public transportation to get there. For example, the transportation recommended by the system is a tool called "bus", and you have to pay two in-game coins to get on it.
...It's so weird.
These words flashed through An An's mind again.
However, if you are a player who has played the battle royale mode in "Hell's Distance", you will probably understand it very well, because in the battle royale, you also need to pay coins to take the No. 44 bus. If you don't pay coins, you will trigger a death link and be left in the car as food.
Fortunately, you don’t have to spend a long time on public transportation. You can get on and off the bus in no time.
After she handed the captured [Shadow Ghost] to Pei Junhuai, Pei Junhuai praised her gently, praising her for protecting herself from injury and telling her to remember to do the same next time. An An felt so embarrassed that she blushed.
Actually, this game isn't completely without merit. At least in other games, there won't be NPCs praising her for protecting herself.
Then, because An An has completed the first task of the novice guide, the bond (card pool) function is naturally enabled.
[Next, let's test your fate~] The system suddenly said something cute. [As per convention, new players are given ten Retrograde Stones. The first ten consecutive draws will definitely include a starting natal card. This starting card determines who the player's first destined person will be in the following storyline~]
It's the card drawing stage again.
However, this time there is a guarantee that a certain character will appear. If loyal players of "Shan Hai Lu" come to play, they might be so moved that they will cry.
An An calmly clicked the card draw button and watched a flowing vortex appear in the full-length mirror used for drawing cards. The vortex slowly rotated, and different figures appeared on it. The first nine ordinary figures finally turned into white spots of light and were sucked in by the bell on her wrist. Only the last one stayed much longer.
A red line stretched out from the mirror and loosely wrapped around An An's finger. The person in the mirror seemed to sense something and raised his head to look in the mirror. An An was stunned the moment his eyes met his.
He was a young man with black hair and cold white skin. His eyes were slightly raised quietly, with a clear black and white like an ink painting, and a light and cold look.
Half of his body sank into a pitch-black lake. It was unclear whether the lake was made of water or fire. Illusory hands kept emerging from under the lake, trying to climb up his body, but then turned into ashes with screams.
The red line that passed through the mirror and connected the two sides was like the only bright spot in the black and white world on his side.
[Do you want to open the Lin Jinglin line? ]
"What will happen if it is not turned on?" An An asked.
[The player will not encounter Lin Jinglin, but will encounter other destined people in daily life. If no other people are encountered in daily life, a new destined person will be needed until the next time the initial natal card is drawn.]
An An hesitated for a moment, "Then open it."
...I'm sorry, Meimei. I may not be able to go back for a while. Let me try out the emotional line of this game first and then come back to support you. Don't be afraid that I will find fault and come back.
——An An said this in her heart.
After An An said to open this line, the red line wrapped around her finger suddenly became solid.
At this time, An An didn't know what the specific situation would be like after the character line was opened. Until she was doing the novice tutorial and was teaming up with an NPC who was also a Class D Taoist priest to do a task, the Class D Taoist priest took a look at the things in his hand after completing the task, and his face suddenly changed.
"Xiaoxi, don't go back to the guild yet. There's a fire in a building in the northern city, and we've detected a demonic presence. The guild has sent us a message, and all the nearby Heavenly Masters are requested to rush over to help protect the people!"
An An obediently followed the NPC's footsteps and asked, "So, should we get rid of that monster?"
"A monster that makes such a commotion should only be eliminated by a B-rank Celestial Master or above, right?" the NPC said. "We'll try to help as much as we can from the sidelines."
…
By the time An An and the NPC arrived at the building where the fire broke out, the fire had already become very large. In the interstellar age where most people use other energy sources, such a big fire is unheard of. An An looked at the flames and smoke pouring out of the windows of the building, and felt more and more burning with every step he took.
For the first time, she experienced the natural fear of fire that humans have.
"Xiaoxi, save people first!" The voice of her fellow NPC woke her up. An An saw a man about to run out of the building, but the flames behind him seemed to have life and rushed towards that person. She didn't care about anything else and subconsciously rang the second bell on her wrist according to the system's instructions.
"bite--"
The flames stopped at the sound of the bell, and slowly retreated when An An rang the bell for the second time. She hurried to pull out the person who was almost swallowed by the flames.
"Thank you... Thank you!" The man who survived the disaster hurriedly expressed his gratitude. An An took a look and found that this person was the same NPC as the other one, and was also a character she had drawn, one of the nine white ones in front.
Just as he was thinking this, An An felt the red line on his finger suddenly being pulled slightly. Shortly after the red line was pulled, there was a sudden commotion on the other side of the Tianshi NPC who was rescuing people, and even the flames coming out of the window over there shrank a lot.
"Did anyone go in just now?" An An asked hurriedly.
The NPC accompanying him lowered his voice solemnly, as if afraid of being overheard. "It should be... the unlucky star of the Lin family, right?"
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