Eye of Insight

Seeing the little rat charge at him, Nan Feng hurriedly fired again!

Whoosh!

The shot flew over the little rat's head and missed.

That was no surprise. Nan Feng had never even touched a gun before. The fact that his first shot had landed was already some ridiculous stroke of luck.

Now that the little rat was moving, it had become a moving target. It would be a miracle if Nan Feng managed to hit it.

Taking a deep breath, Nan Feng forced himself to calm down and aimed at the little rat again.

He waited until the little rat was only five meters away before pulling the trigger once more.

Bang!

This shot was lucky. It struck the little rat squarely in the head, blasting half its face into a bloody mess.

Weak Point Attack: -67!

"Squeak!"

The little rat let out a shriek and collapsed to the ground, convulsing wildly.

Translucent red numbers continued to rise from its remaining half-head.

Bleeding: -2!

Bleeding: -3!

Bleeding: -3!

"Bleeding effect? My gun has a hidden attribute like that?"

Nan Feng had been ready to fire another shot, but he silently lowered the Desert Eagle in his hand.

Two seconds later, the little rat shuddered all over and breathed its last.

Ding! You have killed a level 1 ordinary ferocious beast, Ironclaw Rat, and gained 10 experience points.

Ding! Congratulations on completing the First Kill achievement. Reward obtained: Skill—Eye of Insight.

Eye of Insight: Allows you to view the attributes of ferocious beasts up to 3 levels higher than yourself. No mana consumption.

"Eye of Insight? This is a great skill."

Nan Feng had not expected there to be a reward for the first kill. Delighted, he began examining the Ironclaw Rat's corpse.

Ding! You have obtained Ironclaw Rat Meat x1.

Ding! You have obtained Ironclaw Rat Claw x2.

Ironclaw Rat Meat: Has a strange, somewhat sour and astringent taste, but can barely replenish some stamina.

Ironclaw Rat Claw: Extremely hard claws containing trace amounts of iron.

"You can get items from a rat corpse too? This really is just like playing a game."

With a thought, Nan Feng discovered that the two items had already been placed in his backpack.

Everyone's backpack started with ten slots. Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon gave him ten additional slots. Excluding the Wooden Dagger, Ironclaw Rat Meat, and Ironclaw Rat Claw in his backpack, Nan Feng still had seventeen slots remaining.

Looking at the dead Ironclaw Rat, Nan Feng raised an eyebrow and used Eye of Insight.

Since the skill had no cost, he could use it whenever he wanted.

Ironclaw Rat:

Level: 1

Health Points: 0/120 (Dead)

Mana Points: 20/20

Attack Power: 35

Defense Power: 15

Skill: Sharp Claws

"Good lord, even a rat has 35 Attack Power?"

Seeing the Ironclaw Rat's attributes, Nan Feng was immediately a little displeased. "This is kind of disrespectful to my Desert Eagle."

This Ironclaw Rat was only level 1, yet it had decent Attack Power and incredible speed.

If Nan Feng had not gotten absurdly lucky and hit the Ironclaw Rat in the hind leg with his first shot, slowing it down, he definitely would have taken two claws to the face.

"Looks like the ferocious beasts in this world aren't so easy to deal with."

"One level 1 ferocious beast already cost me 15 Mana Points. If two or three showed up at once, wouldn't I just die here?"

After equipping the Desert Eagle, Nan Feng's spirit had reached 8, giving him 80 Mana Points.

But every shot from the Desert Eagle consumed 5 Mana Points. Eighty Mana Points were only enough for Nan Feng to fire sixteen shots.

At an average of three shots per ferocious beast, he could only kill five of them.

And that was assuming he did not encounter any level 2 ferocious beasts!

Other than the Desert Eagle, Nan Feng also had a Wooden Dagger. Attacking with the Wooden Dagger did not consume Mana Points.

But for Nan Feng right now, close combat might not consume mana, but it consumed his life.

"Damn it, with such a huge forest, who knows how many ferocious beasts are out there? This is way too dangerous..."

Nan Feng felt a hint of crisis.

He was beginning to regret straying so far from the Wooden Cabin.

"No, I need to retreat. I'll hunt ferocious beasts near the Wooden Cabin."

"At least until I reach level 2."

With that thought, Nan Feng hurriedly ran back toward the Wooden Cabin.

On the way back, Nan Feng encountered another Ironclaw Rat.

Having gained experience this time, Nan Feng killed the Ironclaw Rat in two shots and obtained another 10 experience points, 1 portion of rat meat, and 2 rat claws.

Fortunately, items of the same type could stack and did not take up extra backpack space. That was good news for Nan Feng.

After returning to the Wooden Cabin, Nan Feng decided to restore his mana to full before heading out to hunt ferocious beasts again.

In the Primordial World, where danger lurked everywhere, being cautious could never be wrong.

"Inside the Wooden Cabin, I can recover 5 Mana Points per minute. My mana will be full in just a few minutes."

With mana, Nan Feng would have more confidence. Even when facing ferocious beasts, he would not panic.

Still, waiting for his mana to recover was rather boring, so Nan Feng decided to check the Chat Channel.

"I wonder how everyone else is doing?"

Nan Feng opened the Chat Channel and found that many people were still chatting.

Huang Yuanming: "Where are you all? There's a stream beside my Wooden Cabin, and a mountain in the distance. Is anyone near me?"

Wu Yuansheng: "Person above, I should be pretty far from you. I'm on a plain here."

You Ran: "I think I'm in a forest."

Nan Feng raised an eyebrow when he saw that, because he was in a forest as well.

This You Ran might be fairly close to him.

Nan Feng glanced at You Ran's profile picture and found that she was quite a pretty girl. Every profile picture in the Chat Channel showed the person's real appearance; there was no such thing as using a picture from the internet.

Ma Yong: "Holy shit, it's way too terrifying out here! A rat scratched me once and took 15 Health Points! I only have 90 Health Points total!"

Bao Jian: "I ran into a bird when I went outside. I have no idea what species it was, but it pecked me once and took 33 Health Points. I was so scared that I immediately hid back inside the Wooden Cabin."

Ning Wu: "That's nothing. A rabbit bit me once, and it hurt like hell. It even put me into a bleeding state! My Health Points are still dropping nonstop!"

Wu Yuansheng: "Brother above, hurry up and cover your wound. That should reduce the amount of Health Points you lose."

Ning Wu: "Really? Is this game that realistic? It can even detect whether I'm covering my wound?"

Wu Yuansheng: "This is a real world to begin with, only displayed in a data-based format. I shot a Redeye Rabbit with an arrow just now. It kept bleeding until it finally died."

Seeing this, Nan Feng suddenly understood.

No wonder the Ironclaw Rat had entered a bleeding state earlier. Nan Feng had thought the Desert Eagle had some hidden effect.

It turned out that the Ironclaw Rat was genuinely bleeding!

At that moment, everyone else in the Chat Channel noticed a piece of information in Wu Yuansheng's words.

Ning Wu: "Holy crap, Wu Yuansheng, you already killed a ferocious beast?"

Ma Yong: "You're amazing, boss! I can't even beat a rat!"

Bao Jian: "Yeah, I'm too slow. I can't hit anything with my weapon at all."

Wu Yuansheng: "Just luck. I happened to hit its weak point with one arrow. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to kill that Redeye Rabbit either."

Ma Yong: "You hit it with one arrow? Boss Wu, were you an archery master back on Blue Star?"

Ning Wu: "Boss Wu, did the ferocious beast drop any equipment after you killed it?"

Wu Yuansheng: "No equipment. I only got 10 experience points, and I completed the First Kill achievement, gaining a skill—Eye of Insight."

Nan Feng: "Damn, you got that skill too?"

Huang Yuanming: "What do you mean? So everyone has that skill? I thought I was the only one who got it."

Wu Yuansheng: "Brothers above, did you two complete the First Kill too?"

Huang Yuanming: "Hehe, just got lucky. I killed a Water Arrow Fish."

Wu Yuansheng: "Awesome, awesome! Add me as a friend, brother!"

"Add friends?" Only then did Nan Feng realize that the Chat Channel was divided into the Regional Chat Channel and the Friend Chat Channel.

The Friend Chat Channel shook. Wu Yuansheng and Huang Yuanming had sent him friend requests.

To have hunted their first ferocious beasts in such a short time meant these two were fairly capable.

Nan Feng casually accepted them, then turned his attention to the Regional Chat Channel.

In the upper-right corner of the Regional Chat Channel was a line of small text: 932 people/1000 people.

"Is that... the number of people in our region?"

"Doesn't that mean that in less than half an hour, sixty-eight people have already died to ferocious beasts?"

Nan Feng's expression tightened.

It seemed he had underestimated just how dangerous this world was!

"My Desert Eagle has a long range. Even though my accuracy isn't great, I can at least keep a relatively safe distance from ferocious beasts."

"Those whose Destined Divine Weapons awakened as wooden sabers or wooden swords face far greater danger than I do."

Of course, among the ten billion Blue Star People, there had to be some masters of blades and swords who could easily defeat these level 1 ferocious beasts.

But they were a minority, after all.

At this early stage, when everyone's attributes were low and their combat experience was lacking, those who awakened ranged weapons like longbows and crossbows had a better chance of surviving.

"I still need to level up as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if I run into a high-level ferocious beast, having a gun won't save me."

With that thought, Nan Feng checked his Personal Information—his mana had fully recovered.

Closing the Chat Channel, Nan Feng stepped out of the Wooden Cabin once more.

He had killed two Ironclaw Rats and gained 20 experience points. He only needed to kill eight more to reach level 2.

Looking at it that way, leveling up did not seem so difficult.

As he thought, Nan Feng searched the area around the Wooden Cabin for traces of ferocious beasts.

Suddenly, Nan Feng's expression hardened, and his entire body tensed.

In the distance, more than a dozen Ironclaw Rats bared their claws and charged at Nan Feng!

"Holy shit, these things live in groups!"

Nan Feng spat, turned around, and ran!