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What could be done without attack or defense? Unable to kill monsters or to even do quests related to killing them, it was to the point that just by seeing a monster, you had to accept your death, as well as the extremely severe consequences that could prevent you from leveling up.
If you couldn’t level up in the game, what else could you do?
If an ordinary person thought you were useless, then no one would want such trash even if they were powerful. Our Ning Xin was not an ordinary person, though. This game was her first game, the first thing she picked herself, and this was her first game character.
People always cherish old friends.h.i.+ps, even if they had only been recently established, even for less than one day. In the middle of the screen, however, the charming, delicate, and cute Spiritual Pivot with the two words ‘Ning Xin’ above its head stood in a corner of the Beginner’s Village. Regarding Ning Xin’s recent contact with online games, the Spiritual Pivot in the center of the screen was the center of the game to her. One-of-a-kind—nothing could replace it.
Because of this, Ning Xin was unwilling to part with, which would mean deleting, such a useless character. It was so much so that it became her only character, no others.
Being unable to kill monsters, she did not kill them. At worst, she wouldn’t take any monster hunting quests and only take a quests where she only had to run errands. As a result, she spent half an hour in the Beginner’s Village not completing the monster hunting quests that were everywhere, but instead searching the NPCs of the Beginner’s Village again and again for a mission she could take.
Ning Xin looked at her experience bar, which was still only 3% full, as she stood alone, facing the wind and laden with grief. At this time, a new message appeared on the channel.
[Just Now] Xiao Yudi: Does any big brother, big sister have iron ore? I need some.
Iron ore? What item is that?
Ning Xin did not feel ashamed to be asking; in any case, she was currently very idle. And being idle was very boring.
[PM] Ning Xin: What is iron ore?
[PM] Xiao Yudi: Did you learn the crafting skill? The Ore Excavation skill will allow you to mine.
[PM] Ning Xin: What is iron ore used for?
[PM] Xiao Yudi: Iron ore can be used to forge equipment. My older brother lacks one piece of iron ore. Both of us didn’t learn the skill, and the recent internal survey showed that everyone is just focused on leveling up. Even when we set up a sale on consignment and a vendor’s stall, we still couldn’t find any iron ore. [Wails] Big Sis, help me find some iron ore, ok?
Ning Xin pondered for a moment. Since she couldn’t kill monsters, she couldn’t level up. But if she could learned to mine, not only could she help others, but she would also be unlikely to get bored. As a result, she quickly replied to Xiao Yudi.
[PM] Ning Xin: How can I learn to mine? Once I learn how to mine, I can help you gather some.
[PM] Xiao Yudi: [❤❤❤] Big Sis, you’re a good person. Follow me to that NPC; it just so happens that you can learn about ranks there.
Learning that a crafting skill rank required her to be level 15, Ning Xin couldn’t help but thank the heavens. Luckily, she had been able to reach level 15. If she had been level 14, all of her attribute points would have been wiped clean. Had that happened, wouldn’t she have seriously considered yielding to the urge to commit suicide with this character by jumping off a cliff?
Crafting skills were divided into eight categories: four harvesting types and four manufacturing types. Each harvesting skill and manufacturing skill had a corresponding skill from the other type: Ore Excavation corresponded to Blacksmithing, Herb Gathering to Alchemy, Jewel Excavation to Stone Refinement, and Woodcutting to Construction. On top of that, each character could only pick two crafting skills.
If you wanted to gain more skills, there were two methods. One way was to max out the rank of both skills and afterwards, to exchange the acc.u.mulated prestige for the opportunity to learn another skill. Another way was to excavate gems and discover a gem case that, when opened, contained the rare Imperial Edict Divine Scroll, a single Divine Scroll was equivalent to the opportunity to learn one skill. If you wanted to possess all the skills in their maxed out form, you would need to obtain five Imperial Edict Divine Scrolls at the very least. Nevertheless, the odds of obtaining an Imperial Edict Divine Scroll and those of obtaining a Cleansing Heartstone were the same: one in ten million. If you wanted to collect all five Imperial Edict Divine Scrolls, you wouldn’t be able accomplish it without being very wealthy.
Ning Xin stayed with NPC Aunt Zhao a long time in order to learn crafting skills. Having already selected Ore Excavation, what else should she pick? In any case, she had no hope about levelling up. The four manufacturing types were immediately ruled out since it was useless to learn them. That meant she could only pick one of the remaining harvesting skills.
Herb Gathering; did her 150 HP need medicine? Eliminated!
Woodcutting; generally speaking, this was a strength-based craft. The figure of her Spiritual Pivot brandis.h.i.+ng an axe to chop down every tree within sight floated into her mind and immediately, PIA!7 Ning Xin rudely sent it flying.
Looking at the screen, there was only one choice left. And so, Ning Xin resigned herself to her fate of excavating ores and gems, and clicked to confirm. From then on, she began her endless journey of hard digging.
She did not know that these decisions of hers today would bring about a miracle. A miracle that even legendary hackers were unable to achieve in «Myth».
And this strangely designed character was called —— Ning Xin.
1: QQ is a chat system frequently used in China. For more information, here’s a link!
2: The Legendary Poison Witch is a figure specializing in poisons from the folklore of the Miao.
3: This description is from a famous painting of a Miao woman.
4: The Basic Questions (素问), the Spiritual Pivot (灵枢), and The Cla.s.sic of Herbal Medicine (神农) are all ancient medical texts. Basic Questions and Spiritual Pivot are both part of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Cannon, while The Cla.s.sic of Herbal Medicine is a text of its own.
5: renyao and yaoren are males playing as female characters and females playing as male characters (in that order)
6: 浣心石 = Cleansing Heartstones
7: PIA! = sfx
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