Stealing the protagonist's chance at the beginning

Calculated in this way, Xinshou Village is conservatively estimated to have two to three thousand NPC villagers, which is comparable to some small towns in remote areas in reality.

But the only available data is the population.

Apart from this, other aspects of Huaizhuang are appalling.

There is only one small shop in the whole village, and the number of commodities sold is very limited, mainly daily necessities.Moreover, there is almost no currency circulation, and it is all barter.

The "things" here mainly refer to the hard currency—grain.

Apart from this small shop, there are no other shops or workshops in the village, let alone any places for entertainment and consumption.

Such as restaurants, teahouses, hotels, banks, cloth shops, etc., don't even think about it!

Just taking a stroll around, Xu Fei can imagine how monotonous and boring the daily life of the villagers in Huaizhuang is.

In addition to working, eating and sleeping, it might be worse than a serf in the Middle Ages!

The serfs were oppressed, at least they could escape and be robbers outside.But this is a weird and weird world, out of the protection of the village, there is only one way to die in the gray mist.

I can't escape even if I want to!

In addition to observing the folk customs in the village, Xu Fei made some other discoveries.

Chapter 16

In Huaizhuang, most of the places are residential buildings.In the few places illuminated by fire, some vegetable fields have been opened up, and some unknown vegetables are planted, but the yield is very low.

But in addition to these residential houses and vegetable fields, there are three areas that are closely guarded by NPC village patrol members.

Even unrestrained aliens are not allowed to wander in at will.

One of them is the public warehouse in the village, which stores daily necessities such as grain, oil, and salt.

It's about the lifeblood of all the villagers, so it's understandable not to allow players to get close.

Another restricted area is located in the north of the village, facing down the mountain.

This is the station of the village patrol team, and there is an open space of hundreds of square meters inside as a training ground.

Compared with the dim residential area, more than a dozen torches are extravagantly lit here, and there are even two large braziers, crackling and burning charcoal, thus becoming one of the brightest areas in Huaizhuang Village.

Looking in through the wooden fence, Xu Fei also saw six or seven ordinary village patrol members on the training ground, practicing martial arts hard.

One of them was bare-chested, and his bronzed muscles were full of explosive strength. He easily tossed a stone lock weighing several hundred kilograms up and down. He was suspected to be the most powerful of these village patrol team members.

Xu Fei's eyes straightened when he saw that weight-lifting attitude!

If you guessed right, the way for players to obtain extraordinary power is in the station of the village patrol team.

Besides Xu Fei, other players obviously noticed this too.There are no fewer than ten players who are just watching and waiting for an opportunity.

However, it is not the most mysterious that the village patrol team is stationed in the three forbidden areas.

The last restricted area is located in the center of the village, not far from the Chuhuo Altar.

The land area is one-tenth of the whole village, but only two luxurious houses that are seriously inconsistent with Huaizhuang's painting style have been built, and a strange two-story stone building with no doors and windows visible.

Xu Fei tried to get closer to see what was going on, but he was stopped directly by the guards without any accident, and was warned sharply that the residence of the two elder Fushi was ahead, and ordinary people were not allowed to disturb him without permission.

"A Talisman?"

Almost immediately, Xu Fei thought of the note in the attribute description of the Talisman Tester: It was made by Elder Chen, a talisman master enshrined in Huaizhuang Village, and the mana contained in it can last up to two months.

As well as the pre-tasks of the [Fu Shi] deputy that I triggered earlier.

Judging from the above-standard treatment, the status of a talisman master is very high in Huaizhuang Village!

Although the houses of the village chief, captain Zhou and others occupy a large area and are obviously much more luxurious than ordinary villagers, they are not exaggerated to such an extent, let alone a large restricted area.

All kinds of preferential treatment made Xu Fei a little moved.

There is a lot to do as a deputy teacher!

Is that reborn Lin Yexiao also planning to use the special ability of the gray talisman to take the route of a talisman master?

.........

[Land Abandoned by God] The first day of the first test was spent quietly while the players were familiar with Huaizhuang and collecting various information.

The unreasonable global announcement of [Land Abandoned by God] and the terrifying technical strength displayed by the first virtual game also shocked many games and even Internet giants in related industries in the first place. resources to try to find the developer of this game.

Even the official forces of some big countries were alarmed, and began to pay attention to this game that turned out to be out of nowhere, and even launched a secret investigation.

But no matter how they investigated, they failed to find the slightest clue.

Not to mention confirming the address of the server, you can't even hack into the game's official forum!

It seems that the black technology of this game company has far surpassed the current human technology and reached an incredible level!

This is destined to be a night that makes many people lose sleep.

Before going offline in the middle of the night that day, Xu Fei specially took out the bull body ritual solidification talisman again.

There is an explanation in the status bar of the previous [weakness of energy], and the time is also counted during the offline period.In order to make full use of the game time, he naturally would not miss this opportunity.

Soon, the anomaly reappeared.

This time, Xu Fei did not stop the analysis process of the gray talisman.

"You have mastered part of the drawing method of the special talisman [Ritual Solidified Talisman (Bull Body)]. The current progress is 7.8%."

"It has been detected that you have triggered the pre-quest of the deputy skill [Fu Shi], please explore the relevant task clues in Huaizhuang Village by yourself."

Suppressing the familiar headache and nausea, Xu Fei checked the system prompts.

It is also exhausting energy, the single resolution of the ritual curing talisman is only 7.8%, which is far lower than that of the trick detection talisman, and the difficulty of drawing it is even more astonishing.

But this is also normal, one is to give power directly, and the other only has the detection effect, so it is clear at a glance which rank is higher.

In addition, the negative buff [weak energy] reappeared in his status bar, and this time it lasted longer, up to 8 hours and 20 minutes!

"Is it just one night?"

Xu Fei gently rubbed his temples, and after confirming that there were no new changes, he quit the game immediately.

The energy consumed in the game seems to have the same effect in reality.

Excessive exhaustion caused Xu Fei to fall into a deep sleep directly in the comfortable and quiet game cabin after quitting the game.

.........

The sky is bright!

Xu Fei, who was used to staying up late and had mild insomnia symptoms, had a good night's sleep after a long absence.

After a simple wash, he felt very energetic, and set off for Dong's Fried Bun Shop, which he often goes to.

The death of Lin Yexiao two days ago did not seem to have affected the business here, and the seats were still full.

Hu spicy soup made with peanut kernels, gluten, bean curd, kelp, etc., with a spoonful of balsamic vinegar, and a few drops of sesame oil, the taste is amazing, and it makes people appetite.

The fried dough sticks and fried buns are golden and crispy, and they are also crispy and delicious.

Paired with crisp and sour pickled cucumbers and shredded pickles, Xu Fei had a delicious meal.Afterwards, he wandered back home, not in a hurry to log in to the game, and browsed the official forum first.

After a day of fermentation, the popularity of today's game forum is even more frightening. I don't know how many players are paying attention.

Fortunately, for players who have the qualification for the first test, there will be a logo behind the forum account, and there will be related tags in the screening mechanism.

But in fact, there is no need for Xu Fei to take the initiative to screen, but there are a large number of players replying to the posts posted by the first test players with certain content, resulting in these posts being always in the state of being artificially pinned to the top, which can be seen at a glance.

After spending some time browsing, Xu Fei really got a lot of valuable information.

Combined with his own exploration yesterday, he already had a preliminary understanding of the game background and world structure.

It is said that the world of [Land Abandoned by God] is vast and boundless, with a territory of millions of miles.But this world fell into the Eternal Night Era because of a terrible disaster ten thousand years ago.

Since then, the gray mist has shrouded the earth all the year round.

Chapter 17 Primordial Stone Mine

In the gray fog, there are many dangers.

Disorders of time and space often occur, and there are even more strange and strange wanderings.Even a powerful transcendent can hardly survive in it for a long time.

Only the power of the Altar of First Fire can isolate the gray mist, resist the strange and strange invasion, and allow the human race to survive.

Since the sun, moon and stars cannot be seen, naturally there is no day and night in the ordinary sense.

But human beings still have to work and rest after all, so the Eternal Night Era was divided into white night and dark night according to the original day and night.

For Huaizhuang villagers who cannot afford timekeeping tools, the only thing that can judge the time cycle is the altar of the first fire in the center of the village that is always burning.

If it was during the white night, the power of the gray mist subsided, and the flames would be much calmer.

If the dark night comes and the gray mist is active, the fire will burn even more violently, and the flames can barely be seen from the edge of the village.

In addition, the flow of time in the game is roughly similar to reality.

The interval between white night and dark night is almost the same as a real day.

.........

"It seems that other first-test players are very good. In less than a day, they have explored so many things."

Not bad, worthy of encouragement!

After posting a message expressing his gratitude to the poster for his selfless sharing, Xu Fei closed the forum and logged into the game.

The firelight in the distance shone in through the cracks in the windows, slightly dispelling the darkness in the house.

Although after cleaning yesterday, there was still a faint musty smell in the house, and there were only a few simple pieces of furniture empty, but it belonged to his own room after all.

Xu Fei turned around in satisfaction, then remembered something, and opened the system panel.

Not surprisingly, after a night of offline rest, the state of [weakness of energy] was lifted again.

For him, this is undoubtedly a great benefit.

In the future, when he uses the golden finger to analyze the talisman, he can put it before going offline.During the online period, the game is normal, and then the time utilization is maximized!

Thinking of this, he turned off the panel and walked out of the room.

The slightly cool air rushed towards him, refreshing him.

The other players in the same yard are not there, and it is not known whether they are not online yet, or they have already gone out to have fun.

Xu Fei didn't care, and looked in the direction of the Chuhuo altar in the center of the village.The flames, which were much calmer than during the dark night, allowed him to roughly determine the time at this moment.

It should be that the dark night has ended, and the new day, the white night, has just arrived!

"I just missed the time to start the bull body ceremony..."

After all, Xu Fei was not very disappointed.

His resolution of this talisman has just reached 7.8%, and there is still a long way to go before mastering its drawing method.

If you are in a hurry to start the ceremony now, the solidified talisman will inevitably be used up, and the subsequent analysis will be impossible.

After all, this thing is given by the novice gift package, it is bound to be picked up, and it is only limited to the first character of the first test player.What if it is an out-of-print item in the game that cannot be obtained through normal channels?

In that case, Xu Fei would miss out on this method of drawing talismans.

As for whether this move will delay his early development and lead to missing opportunities, Xu Fei feels that he can wait and see first.If necessary, it is not too late to change the decision temporarily.

Today's primary task is still to focus on obtaining extraordinary power and advancing the pre-tasks of [Fu Shi] deputy post.

After making up his mind, Xu Fei set off for the village patrol team station again.

But this time, he saw many NPC villagers holding tools and bringing their own lunch in the open space next to the village patrol team's station.There are many players nearby, who are surrounding an NPC to explain.

Xu Fei stepped forward curiously, and asked a player to find out that these NPC villagers will go to a mine not far down the mountain under the protection of a team of village patrols to mine a kind of stone called Yuanshi mine. mineral.

The processed primordial stone ore is a low-level talisman ink making material, which can be used to draw a variety of common basic talismans.

Its mining is not difficult, but there are many impurities associated with it. Seventy to eighty catties in a hundred catties of ore may be impurities. Therefore, preliminary purification is required after mining, which consumes a lot of manpower.

Almost all the necessities of the village, including food, salt, materials for preparing potions, etc., were obtained from Yuanshi mines.

Unfortunately, although the demand for primordial stone mines is not small, they are also widely distributed, so they are not very valuable.

But even so, it is still the only commodity that Huaizhuang can sell to the outside world.

Before that, the village would take a few days every month to organize people to venture down the mountain to mine.