Chapter 486 The Game's Arrival in the Real World: A Passerby (9)
Jiang's parents used to play games when they were young, but after starting a family, they focused on their family and didn't play for a long time. So they both chose the auxiliary guidance mode. Jiang Yue's use of this mode actually limited her strength, so she chose the free mode.
After learning the skills, I didn't rush to study them. After meeting up with my family, the first thing to solve was the accommodation problem. There is no protection when you log off in the wild. You might be eaten by monsters when you log back on. So renting a house is very necessary. To save money, the whole family can just rent one room and squeeze in when logging off.
Before looking for a house, I spent five copper coins to buy a map from another player. Buying a map from the town hall costs five gold coins. Since the map can be copied, some people with drawing skills will make their own copies of the map and sell them. Of course, this map is different from the map from the town hall.
The map of the city hall can be loaded onto the panel and used, just like Gaode Map. It can provide very detailed navigation. The map that you buy from other players is a paper map. You have to take out the map and look at it yourself to go somewhere. But it's still pretty good, just a bit troublesome.
After buying the map, the Jiang family looked around at it and found the player gathering place according to the guide. When they arrived, it was similar to a market in the real world. They found the market management staff and said they wanted to rent a house. After they told them what kind of house they wanted to rent, the staff took out a magic device and filtered out many empty rooms.
Finally, Jiang's father chose a dormitory in an apartment building. The dormitory cost one gold coin per month, and the room had bunk beds, accommodating up to eight people. The rent was a bit expensive compared to other places, but the apartment was built with government investment, so safety was guaranteed.
After signing the contract, the family went to the dormitory. Mr. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang, and Grandpa and Grandma were quite emotional, as they hadn't stayed in a dormitory for many years. As soon as they settled in, their maternal grandparents and other relatives sent friend requests, because the location to enter the game was different depending on where they lived.
Before entering the game, Jiang Yue said that if you can choose this place, choose this place; if you can't, choose a national power within the territory of the God of Justice. The principle of having a powerful backer is always relevant.
After adding friends, Jiang Yue created a group chat and then pulled her whole family into it. She had already made a contingency plan for when they couldn't be grouped together. In the early stages, she just needed to follow the steps. Once they were familiar with each other, they could move around freely. It was better to keep a low profile if they didn't have the ability to protect themselves.
Jiang Yue helped her family familiarize themselves with the basic game controls. Then, the official team released a mentoring program where older players could guide new players. Jiang's parents and grandparents followed the guides to get acquainted with the game world, freeing up Jiang Yue to do her own things.
She still knows too little about this world. Fortunately, there is a library in the gathering place. Some advanced knowledge requires a certain level of knowledge, but some basic knowledge is available. After spending two days in the library, Jiang Yue has read almost all the books. Her parents have already completed several tasks.
After returning to her temporary residence from the library, Jiang Yue found the dormitory empty. She opened the group chat and saw that everyone was doing tasks to level up. Looking at everyone's levels, her parents were all at level five, and the other relatives were at the same level. Some of the younger people might be one or two levels higher. Jiang Yue herself had the lowest level, at level zero, without making any progress.
After returning to her dormitory and picking up the things her mother had prepared for her, Jiang Yue made a brief announcement in the group chat before heading to the protagonist's territory. There was a teleportation array that would allow her to go directly there, but it would cost a lot of money. It would be better to join a caravan as a helper, which would allow her to earn some money and also digest the knowledge she had gained over the past few days.
It took three days to reach the protagonist's territory. Jiang Yue had originally planned to settle here, but the territory was already full. If she wanted to settle down, she would have to wait for the next expansion, which was uncertain. Settling down also had conditions, such as contribution points and intimacy levels. Jiang Yue could first max out those.
In the days that followed, Jiang Yue spent her days in the library and doing daily tasks, and occasionally visited the protagonist's grandfather to read alchemy books. She lived a fairly comfortable life. However, Jiang Yue's strength had not changed at all, and her parents couldn't help but ask her what her plans were.
Afterwards, Jiang Yue told her parents about her plans: "I plan to accumulate knowledge and skills before making a big splash. The spellbooks are free for mages and warlocks. Although there aren't any high-level ones, the low-level ones are quite complete. Once I've laid a solid foundation, I can improve."
Are you confident?
"Pretty much. I'm currently around level 78, the strength of an archmage, but I want to break through to level 80, the archmage level, in one step."
"What? Aren't levels supposed to increase gradually? How come they're so powerful all of a sudden?"
"Dad, don't treat this like a game. This is a real world, and becoming a saint in one step is not impossible."
"How did you do that?"
"Understanding the rules, Dad, your profession is a knight, so you might not be able to do that. For example, Mom's profession is a priest. If she really becomes a chosen one of the gods one day, she can also rise to the top in one step. However, she relies on others. Once the divine favor is lost, she will be reduced to her original form. Mages, arcane mages, warlocks, etc. all rely on themselves. Their strength cannot be taken away."
After talking with Jiang's parents, they felt relieved. However, there was still one thing that worried them: Jiang Yue was about to start school, and there was still no result on whether she would continue to attend school. With only half a month left before school started, they were extremely anxious.
Fortunately, the country didn't make everyone wait long. Real-world universities were moved into the game world, and there was no need to build schools. The cathedral of the God of Justice became the classroom, and the way of going to school was also reformed. Unlike before, when teachers would take attendance, you could basically take whatever class you wanted.
Ordinary schools can attend Tsinghua University's classes if they want, as long as they can understand and keep up. The reforms don't stop there; knowledge from the game world has also been added to the subjects, such as Jiang Yuebao's mage inscription literature.
Once this group graduates, Jiang Yue can't even imagine how competitive the world will become, or whether local mages who just coast along will still have a chance to survive.
After playing with Junjun for a while, the whole family went online after he fell asleep. Families like the Jiang family with children tend to progress much slower in the game than others. There's nothing we can do about it; children can't enter the game before they're adults because their souls can't handle the pressure. Adults also need to log off and rest for a few hours every day.
Moreover, those who need to go to work still have to go to work. It will be decades before the world is fully integrated. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation all cost money, and even nutrient solutions cost money. In the early stages, there are government subsidies, but these subsidies will gradually decrease, and eventually, people will have to pay for them themselves.
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