Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Platinum Camp
The Tidal Sea is not a sea, but a vast forest. It gets its name because the trees will produce tidal-like fluctuations when blown by strong winds. It also means praising the forest for being as vast as the sea.
Solet, the lord of Oran, is a powerful elven goddess of magic. She once played a huge role in the battle against the monsters of the abyss. After the monsters of the abyss were sealed, she took the initiative to lead her subordinates and a branch of the world tree to the Tidal Sea to establish Oran.
As the darling of nature, the blessing of the forest to the elves is needless to say. The Tidal Sea is a vast forest that is much larger than the Elf Forest. The ambition of this elven god of magic is self-evident.
Tang Li was very optimistic about this elven mage. Coincidentally, the forest witch profession she chose could better play its advantages in the forest. She felt that she could not find a place more suitable for her than Oran.
System: [Birthplace confirmed. Please name your character.]
"Lucky star." Tang Li felt very lucky to be able to wake up again and not have to experience the end of the world again.
System: [Character created successfully. Welcome to the magical continent, dear adventurer Lucky Star.]
A soft light flashed by, and Tang Li woke up beside a path.
“Is this the game world?”
The first thing that caught the eye was a bunch of cute yellow flowers. A little further away in the grass, a group of macaron-colored translucent slimes were jumping around.
Slime is a yellow-named monster. It will generally not attack players unless the players actively attack. [Magic Continent] should have just been launched. Apart from Tang Li, the path is full of players with nicknames on their heads and excited faces. The chattering players gathered together and it looked very lively, scaring the slimes into jumping into the woods.
“What a high level of realism!”
"It's worthy of being a large-scale online game highly recommended by the Federation."
The players are very adventurous. Climbing trees, picking flowers and poking slimes with sticks are common operations. Tang Li even saw someone trying to run naked, but of course he did not succeed.
Remembering the contents of the security agreement, she tried to look at the face of a player not far away. After three seconds, she shifted her gaze, but she couldn't remember the player's face at all.
“It’s amazing.”
Feeling the cool breeze blowing in her face, which was no different from the real thing, Tang Li smiled her first heartfelt smile after waking up and opened her personal panel.
Character: Lucky Star
Occupation: Forest Witch
Level: 0
Alignment: Neutral Lawful
Attributes: Strength 1 Agility 1 Intelligence 4 Constitution 1 Perception 3
HP: 50/50
Spells: 100/100
Physical strength: 100/100
Attack: 3
Defense: 1
Dodge: 1
Hits: 5
Magic Resistance: 0
Physical Resistance: 0
Poison Resistance: 0
Stun Resistance: 0
Dark Resistance: 0
…
Casting Strength: 0
Attack Speed: 0
Spell Recovery: 0
Movement Speed: 2
Racial Characteristics: [Magic Affinity] Witches are born with magical talents. Every five levels they advance, their Intelligence increases by +1 and their Perception increases by +1.
Occupational Feature 1: [Nature's Favorite] Gathering, Planting, and Refining Output +5%;
Occupational Feature 2: [Nature Affinity] In forest maps, wild monsters' hatred value is -5%;
Character Traits: [???] Improves the quality of items to a certain extent, but there may be some side effects.
Skills: Meditation level 0, Flying level 0 (requires a flying broom)
"A standard French squishy character."
Tang Li added the five free attribute points given by the system to intelligence and perception in the form of 3+2 respectively, and planned to distribute the free attribute points obtained in the future in the same way, taking the extreme standing style.
The panel should be the universal panel of the Forest Witch. Apart from the [Personal Characteristics] which is full of question marks, it doesn't seem to have many outstanding features. However, the hit rate is unexpectedly 5 points. Maybe the thoughtful official set it up specifically because he is worried that players will not be able to hit the monsters and affect the gaming experience?
As for [Personal Characteristics], based on the description, Tang Li roughly guessed that it should be related to her own ability [Gene Mutation]. [Gene Mutation] can screen genes in a targeted manner and influence the direction of gene evolution. When acting on humans, it can create countless masters with special abilities. When acting on plants, it can also guide the plant genes to improve in the direction they want. It is really an ability that is particularly suitable for farming. Unfortunately, she didn't have many opportunities to try it before.
I didn’t expect that even after entering the game, she could still use her supernatural powers. Maybe it has something to do with her body becoming a part of the game?
The side effects are also easy to explain, of course it is the bad luck that has been marinated.
If she could use her supernatural powers, there was no reason why the bad luck that followed her like a shadow would disappear. She didn't believe that she could encounter such a good thing again.
This is a game world, so a little bad luck shouldn't be a big deal...right?
"Let's try this meditation." Tang Li felt that the most noteworthy skill in this panel should be [Meditation].
[Meditation: While meditating, the recovery speed of health, spells, and stamina is greatly increased. For every five levels of meditation, the intelligence of magic classes increases by +1.]
According to the skill introduction, this is a recovery skill common to all professions, but the wonderful thing is that every time this skill is upgraded to a certain level, it can actually add attribute points.
That is to say, at the same level, players with higher meditation skill levels will also have higher attribute points. As long as they can persist, the effect will become more obvious in the later stages. It can be said to be a very long-term skill with great potential in the later stages.
It's just that it's difficult to keep this skill running all the time.
Tang Li tried it, but was easily interrupted with the slightest movement. It was even more difficult to get started than with superpowers. Fortunately, as a person with superpowers, it had become a habit for her to keep the energy in her body flowing, so she could just restart it if interrupted.
That’s right, this game also simulates energy flow!
Tang Li didn't expect that a game could be so sincere. Players can feel the magic during the game. During the upgrade process, can't they really feel that they are getting stronger step by step?
Really love this detail.
Tang Li closed her personal panel with great anticipation for the game, and while trying to activate the skill [Meditation], she followed the large group along the path.
At the end of the road is Platinum Camp, one of the many novice villages in Oran.
Everything has a process from nothing to something. As a novice village in the process of being developed, the deserted Platinum Camp currently has only a few buildings, and the rest are all tattered tents built in various corners of the camp, which look very shabby.
The highest-ranking person in the entire Novice Village may be the NPC officer who is responsible for registering everyone, and the armored and imposing NPC guards who come and go.
At this moment, there were several long lines in front of the camp. Tang Li chose a line with relatively fewer people and lined up at the back.
"Welcome to the Platinum Camp, adventurer. You will not regret choosing Oran." The majestic elf NPC commander saluted Tang Li.
"Of course, I chose Orlan after serious consideration." Tang Li followed suit and hurriedly returned the greeting.
"It seems that you are a young man with great vision. Well, without further ado, you can go in after collecting your good things. Work hard for the great Lord Solet, Lucky Star Adventurer." The camp commander looked very busy. He handed her a bag and motioned her to go inside.
System: [Admiration for Camp Platinum Commander Frank +1.]
【Do you want to open the newbie gift pack? 】
Tang Li followed the system's instructions and walked towards the simple camp, clicking OK.
System: [You received 1 simple tent, 100 copper coins, and 10 steamed buns.]
[The backpack has been opened. The initial space is 10 grids. Each grid can hold 100 items of the same type.]
【Please choose a suitable location to place your tent. 】
Tang Li walked around the camp and found a relatively quiet place to set up the tent.
The space inside the tent is extremely small and can only accommodate one sleeping bag. There is a receiving box outside the tent. Players can use the receiving box to sell the items purchased daily in the camp to obtain money and increase their reputation level in Oran.
Reputation level can improve NPC friendliness, get discounts on purchases, accept special tasks, and even confer titles, etc.
Tang Li has nothing on hand now, so naturally she has nothing to sell.
Just at this time, the system pops up many construction tasks. Players can choose to accept different tasks to complete the construction of the camp. This is also one of the ways to gain reputation.
Most players chose the monster-killing mission that would level them up the fastest, bought weapons at the weapon shop, and hurriedly left the camp.
Tang Li, who already had a goal in mind, went straight to the grocery store.
"Hello, can you give me a discount on the skill books?" Tang Li tried to bargain as she looked at several skill books that were priced at twenty copper coins.
"To support the camp's development, this price is already very cheap," the NPC said with a dark face. "Go away, don't make trouble if you don't want to buy it."
"……purchase."
She painfully spent sixty coppers to buy three skill books: [Planting], [Logging], and [Cooking]. After learning them, she spent another twenty coppers to buy a magic bonfire and a stone mill needed for cooking. The rest of the money was used to buy wheat seeds needed to make the basic dish [Steamed Buns]. All the money was arranged clearly by her.
System: [You received 20 wheat seeds.]
All activities in "Magic Continent" require stamina. One [steamed bun] can replenish 50 points of stamina. The initial stamina of the player at level 0 is only 100. Subsequently, according to the player's physical and magical profession system and point allocation method, the stamina can be improved by a certain percentage with each level up. Even so, if the steamed buns given by the system are used sparingly, they can only last until the player reaches level 5 at most.
It is the early stages of development and everyone is racing against time. Tang Li plans to earn her first pot of gold by selling steamed buns.
It is worth mentioning that the delivery box also purchases steamed buns, but it is definitely more cost-effective to sell them to players than to sell them to the delivery box.
Tang Li quickly returned to her tent and, holding the hoe that came with her planting skills, she cleared the land not far from the tent.
The area around the tent is the player's personal territory. When cultivating the land here, there is no need to worry about being stolen or destroyed. Later, the tent can be upgraded to a house, and the vegetable field can be directly included in the yard.
With a light hoe strike, he consumed 10 points of energy and a 40cm x 40cm square black soil block appeared on the ground. Then came the second, the third...
System: [You have obtained 6 pieces of land.]
With the current planting level, only this much land can be opened. Tang Li put away the hoe regretfully and looked at the system records.
[You gained experience x6.]
[You gained 6 planting experience points.]
It takes 100 experience points to go from level 0 to level 1. Compared with killing monsters, the experience gained from farming can be said to be a drop in the bucket. However, for a life player like Tang Li, upgrading is not a necessity at the moment.
System: [You have sown 6 wheats. Countdown to maturity is 9:59.]
One round of wheat takes ten minutes. While waiting, Tang Li plans to go to the nearest camp to cut down a few trees.
If you want to get rich, you have to cut down trees first. The wood you get from cutting down trees is not only one of the materials for upgrading tents, but also the key material for purchasing in the delivery box. The system only gives you so many copper coins, so the more you can earn, the better.
There were many life players who shared the same idea as her. Tang Li walked around the bustling crowd, found a place with few people, picked up an axe and started fighting.
"Bang, bang, bang..." After a few blows of the axe, the big tree fell down.
System: [Do you want to enable automatic pickup?]
"yes."
System: [You received 5 pieces of wood.]
It takes 2 points of physical strength to cut down a tree. Before that, Tang Li had already consumed 66 points of physical strength, of which land reclamation consumed the most. Reclaiming 6 pieces of land consumed a total of 60 points of physical strength, while planting wheat only consumed 6 points.
Fortunately, there was no need to cultivate the land in the short term. Tang Li calculated the time and consumed 10 points of physical strength to collect 25 pieces of wood.
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