Besides showing what happened when the Village Construction Level reached its maximum, the post revealed another important piece of information: Newbie Villages could be upgraded.
Oh, right, the post also showed what happened when someone died multiple times in a short period.
While weakness was active, each death added two hours to its duration, up to a maximum of twenty-four hours.
Next, Lin Yu came across some complaints about the game's mechanics.
"There's even a nutrition system? Why doesn't my panel have one?" After thinking it over, Lin Yu figured it was probably because Lin Yu had chosen to be a mixed-breed fairy.
After reading those posts and checking the time, Lin Yu decided to enter the game.
Lin Yu opened the game pod, lay down inside, closed the hatch, and pressed the enter button.
[Completed 10 deep meditation sessions. Maximum mana increased by 165 points. Gained 1,650 experience points.]
As soon as Lin Yu entered the game, this message appeared.
Lin Yu dismissed the message, opened their eyes, and sat up in bed. As soon as Lin Yu entered the game, their body felt extremely weak.
Lin Yu opened the panel.
[Character panel] Nickname: I'm Just Passing By Race: mixed-blood fairy Gender: none Class: scholar Level: 10 (1650/1900) Main attributes: Strength: 7 (growth value: 0.1) Constitution: 7 (growth value: 0.1) Agility: 7 (growth value: 0.5) Spirit: 165 (growth value: 3.2) Health: 7/7 Mana: 265/265 Stamina: 7/7 Hunger: 25% Water: 17% Physical attack: 0.35 (0.7) Spell power: 528 Defense: 0.175 Mental resistance: 264 Speed: 0.175 (0.35) Dexterity: 3.5 Reaction: 3.5 Luck: 8 Appearance: 97 Traits: small stature, Magic Life, flight, lucky star Talents: Heaven's Jealousy of Geniuses, Mortal Body, Divine Mind, Analysis Eye Status: Weakness, dehydrated, hungry Skills: ... Cultivation method: Basic Meditation Method Items (6/10): silver coins * 3, bread * 4, waterskin (25%) * 1, copper coins * 45, needle and thread (87%) * 1, inn key
Seeing weakness in the status bar, Lin Yu realized what had happened. No wonder their body had felt so miserable upon entering the game! Weakness was today's random effect!
Then Lin Yu noticed dehydration and hunger in the status bar and hurriedly took out the waterskin and bread.
While browsing the forum earlier, Lin Yu had learned that the water from the inn's faucets was purified water that could be drunk directly.
After eating and drinking their fill, Lin Yu's satiety and water levels were finally full again.
Lin Yu put the unfinished bread back in the backpack, filled the waterskin, then opened the door and left the room.
After flying out of the inn, Lin Yu began thinking about what to do next.
Go to the library now?
Lin Yu glanced at the money they had left and abandoned the idea.
Three silver coins might look like a lot, but once Lin Yu started spending, it could all be gone in a single morning.
For now, Lin Yu needed to find a way to make money.
There were only so many ways to earn money steadily: chopping trees, mining, gathering, and hunting.
After checking their stamina, Lin Yu gave up. With that little stamina, chopping trees, mining, and gathering were all unsuitable. As for hunting, Lin Yu didn't consider it suitable either. Prey carcasses couldn't be stored in the item inventory, so they had to be carried back. In this weakened state, Lin Yu doubted they could bring a carcass back even if they managed to kill the prey.
Was there another way to make money without going out? Lin Yu looked at the support skills in their skill list.
Potion Refining and Medicine Making might be a good choice.
On the forum, Lin Yu had seen someone bragging about making quite a bit of money with the Medicine Making skill.
Lin Yu could learn from that player and make potions to sell.
Potion Refining would require materials, of course. After looking at their nearly full inventory, Lin Yu decided to visit the general store first to buy a cloth bag and some glass bottles for holding potions.
Lin Yu spent seventy copper coins on a cloth bag and ten glass bottles. Looking at the two silver and seventy-five copper coins remaining, Lin Yu felt a pang of pain.
After slinging the cloth bag over their shoulder and putting the glass bottles in the item inventory, Lin Yu flew straight up into the air.
Now it was time to see whether Lin Yu's Newbie Village had a market organized by the players. Lin Yu had read about them on the forum. The prices offered by material buyback shops were too low, so players were generally unwilling to sell their materials to them. But holding on to the materials wasn't a solution either. Players only had ten inventory slots, and the materials would keep taking up space as long as they held on to them.
Then players discovered that some classes happened to need those materials to craft equipment and potions and gain experience, while the equipment and potions they made were needed by combat players. The two sides hit it off and began trading face to face.
The Player Market was a set of trading rules the players had organized among themselves.
For example, anyone who wanted to sell something could go to a designated spot and display the information for the items they wanted to sell.
When someone took an interest in the displayed goods, the two sides only had to agree on a price before exchanging payment and goods on the spot.
As more people began trading, it gradually developed into a market.
Now Lin Yu just had to see whether their Newbie Village had a Player Market. If not, Lin Yu could only ask each player they met whether they had the needed materials and were willing to sell them.
At that moment, Lin Yu really wished the game had a trading system like those in online games. If players could trade directly online, there would be no need to go through the trouble of searching like this.
After flying around in the sky for a while, Lin Yu actually found one.
Looking at the item information displayed on the panels in front of the players in the square below, Lin Yu clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Lin Yu's Newbie Village had a Player Market.
Looking at the item information displayed by the players nearby, Lin Yu began searching carefully for the needed materials.
Before long, Lin Yu spotted one of the materials they needed.
Looking at the werewolf sitting on the ground in front of them, Lin Yu asked, "How much is this Vitality Grass?"
Hearing the question, the werewolf looked up in the direction of the voice and immediately saw Lin Yu floating in midair in front of him. He thought for a moment, then said, "Vitality Grass? Two portions for one copper coin."
Hearing his answer, Lin Yu began to haggle. "That's too expensive. How about nine portions for one copper coin?"
"No, no. Two portions for one copper coin. I put a lot of effort into gathering this stuff, and it wasn't easy. Two portions for one copper coin is already the lowest price. I can't go any lower."
"You can gather plenty of it just by using a gathering skill anywhere by the roadside, and you're telling me it took a lot of effort? It's not like I don't know its buyback price. Vitality Grass is practically worthless. Nine portions for one copper coin, and not a portion less." Lin Yu had seen a description of Vitality Grass on the forum and knew its buyback price very well.