The End of the First Day

Chen Yi slumped on the roof, barely maintaining his Mental Power. The negative effects of depleted Mana had appeared—his limbs felt weak, his ears rang, and it was as if a taut nerve in his mind were being plucked like a string.

The Mana Potion still needed some time to slowly restore his Mana. Chen Yi forced himself to empty his mind and enter a meditative state.

"This seems like something I need to train too..."

"How can a Mage solve the problem of Mana consumption..."

"Should I learn a few more skills..."

The harder he forced himself not to think, the more his thoughts ran wild.

At that moment, a cool stream of energy flowed from his arm into his brain, then spread throughout his body.

The Ring of Contemplation had taken effect!

The Ring of Contemplation only added one point of base Intelligence, yet it was classified as Green Equipment. Naturally, its effect had something unique about it.

Chen Yi's expression gradually relaxed. Through Effortless Meditation, the little Mana remaining in his body flowed through him and slowly began to increase.

While Chen Yi meditated, the other Players were not idle. Without Mana to sustain it, the flames soon died out, but the fire on the Zombies did not.

The flames burned fiercely across the Zombies' bodies. The Zombies, whose physical resistance had originally been absurdly high, now seemed afflicted by weakness. The front line hacked away with great delight.

"My Rage Slash only dealt 56 damage even with buffs before, but now my normal attack deals 47!"

"You think the Zombies have become weaker too? I thought I'd gotten stronger."

Wu Shiyong sneered coldly. "Bullshit! Don't you know how much damage you deal? If I had to rely on you people to hold aggro, I'd have spent a Resurrection Coin long ago."

Even as he spoke, he did not forget his duty as the tank. As he used Taunt, large numbers of Zombies gathered together, causing the flames to burn even more fiercely!

The slower Normal Zombies in the rear had already fallen before they could even approach the front line.

EXP+60 (20% bonus for killing higher-level enemies)

EXP+40 (20% bonus for killing higher-level enemies)

EXP+72...

LV:5 EXP 352/1000

Chen Yi's Experience Bar, which had barely moved before, began rapidly climbing. With the higher-level enemy buff, even Zombies not directly killed by Chen Yi provided considerable experience.

And this source of experience did not come from just one yard, but four!

The Zombies in the yards in the other directions also began to fall, further accelerating the growth of Chen Yi's Experience Bar.

Congratulations, you have reached LV6.

Congratulations, you have reached LV7.

Congratulations, you have reached LV8.

Delight appeared on Chen Yi's face. Sure enough, this was the proper way for a Mage to level up.

When his experience reached LV8: EXP 540/2000, light began to appear in the sky.

As the last Zombie fell amid the flames, no more Zombies appeared within sight.

The first day of the Game World had passed!

Judging by the Fireball timer, one night lasted about an hour. That meant a so-called "day" lasted two hours.

The relentless Zombie attacks had left the Players with no time to clean up the battlefield.

After the sun rose, green light reflected from the ground. It was all Copper Coins!

The White Equipment and Green Equipment emitting white and green light were even more eye-catching.

Quite a few Players' eyes turned green with greed, but no brainless fool tried to seize anything by force.

The two team leaders organized people to clean up the battlefield and said that they would handle such matters themselves, so there was no need to trouble Mister Yi.

Chen Yi sighed inwardly. Do I already have the burden of being an expert? In the Novice Village, he disliked Copper Coins for taking up space. Once he left the Novice Village, he would only hate not having enough Copper Coins.

In truth, Mister Yi wanted to pick up Copper Coins too.

After a long time, the Players gathered together, and Mu Qingna stood in the middle to distribute the spoils.

"This battle yielded 12,762 Copper Coins! Twenty-four pieces of White Equipment! Seven pieces of Green Equipment!"

"This is only the first day's harvest!"

The other Players exclaimed in amazement. They knew there would be a lot, but they had not expected this much.

Mu Qingna smiled gently at Chen Yi, her smile sweet. "In a normal game, Zombies actually have an extremely low drop rate. But we don't have the help of plants, so perhaps the Game World increased the drop rate to maintain balance!"

"The person most deserving of thanks is naturally the greatest contributor to this game—Mister Yi!"

The Players around Chen Yi hurriedly created distance. Suddenly being watched by so many Players made Chen Yi somewhat uncomfortable, so he could only keep a straight face.

Even so, it did not affect the other Players' approval. Experts were supposed to be a little stone-faced. Wasn't that Very Normal?

"After discussing it with He Dasen of the Iron Fist Guild, I've decided to give Mister Yi 20% of this game's earnings. What do you all think?"

The other Players looked at one another. Even if Chen Yi took 20%, they would still make a huge profit once this mission ended. Besides, they would have to rely on this Big Shot for the Zombies ahead.

"I have no objections."

"Mister Yi is worth that much."

"Big Shot, don't be modest."

The reason these Players were so agreeable was still because the benefits were sufficient. If the game ended now, it was hard to say whether they would remain so agreeable.

Chen Yi took 2,552 Copper Coins, four pieces of White Equipment, and one piece of Green Equipment. It felt like winning the lottery.

In order to raise his combat strength as quickly as possible, Chen Yi chose equipment suitable for himself. Unfortunately, he needed to be level 10 to equip it.

Dancing King's Tap Shoes

Quality: Green

Defense +5

Intelligence +5

Effect: Increases movement speed by 5%.

Durability: 17/17

Level: 10

Evaluation: Put them on, and you'll be the coolest guy at the ball!

The other Green Equipment was either heavy armor or weapons for other classes. Only these Shoes were relatively suitable for Chen Yi.

The White Equipment consisted of cloth armor that could only add one or two points of attributes and defense. They did not deserve to have effects.

To calm his excited heart, Chen Yi took out "Mage Apprentice Required Reading (3)" and immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge, forgetting the troubles of suddenly becoming rich.

Seeing Chen Yi work so hard beside her, Mu Qingna sighed. Unfortunately, the Rose Guild did not recruit men.

He Dasen, however, had an idea. He had always felt that the Iron Fist Guild lacked something. Now he understood—it lacked a Mage like Chen Yi.

Even during the day, Dave's door did not open. No one knew what he was doing inside.

After all, he was a lunatic!

Chen Yi opened the mission panel.

Mission: Survive for four days

Completed: 1/4

Zombies had appeared on all sides of Dave's House. Defend Dave's House while protecting your own brain.

The second mission was to find the cause of the Players' total annihilation in This World.

But from the current situation, it seemed to be because Dave did not provide seeds, thereby changing the course of the game.

Yet the mission had not indicated completion.

Only three days remained to explore This World. Dave, the central figure in all this, had stayed inside the house the entire time, leaving no direction to pursue.

Chen Yi felt a headache coming on. Why were there still such brain-burning matters even after becoming a Player?

Calm down!

After meditating for a moment, Chen Yi regained his steady state of mind.

"Waiting here isn't a solution. To complete the mission, we either start with the Zombies or start with Dave."

He Dasen was puzzled. "Does Mister Yi want to inspect the surroundings again? Didn't we already check? There's nothing but dirt and grass."

Chen Yi did not explain much. "Something may have changed after the first day ended."

Seeing Chen Yi's resolute attitude, He Dasen could not stop him.

He only hoped Chen Yi would not go too far and fail to make it back before the second night.