Attributes, Player Mall

Name: Wang Zhifan.

Status: Normal.

Level: Lv1.

Experience: 74/100.

Class: Blademaster.

Constitution: 18.

Strength: 19.

Agility: 17.

Spirit: 16.

Skill: Basic Blade Art Lv3.

Equipped: None.

Inventory: Blade of the Wolf Fiend (Rare), Short Blade (Common) (Damaged), Wolfhide Armor (Fine), Cloth Armor (Common) (Damaged), Boxed Handgun Ammunition (Fine).

As the panel showed, after using the Tiger Soul True Rune and Tiger Blood Potion, Wang Zhifan's personal attributes had increased significantly. His Constitution and Strength had each risen by 7 points, while his Agility and Spirit had each risen by 5 points. Overall, he had far surpassed the level of an ordinary Lv1 player.

The effects of a player's personal attributes should not be underestimated. What they represented was actually extremely significant.

A player's Constitution largely determined the strength of their physique. It reflected their ability to withstand damage, their body's capacity for self-recovery, and their level of stamina.

Strength was easier to understand. It basically represented how much power a player possessed, which largely determined their physical damage output and speed.

Agility was connected to things such as a player's neural reaction speed and bodily coordination. Players with high Agility could react more quickly to external threats and were more capable of performing precise, complex movements. It was an important attribute that experts could not afford to neglect.

Spirit was somewhat special. Generally speaking, it was more important to players with magic-oriented classes. For players of other classes, its main purpose was basically to improve perception.

In short, all four major player attributes were useful, though their importance varied depending on one's class. For Wang Zhifan's current Blademaster class, Strength and Agility were undoubtedly the most important, followed by Constitution, with Spirit being the least important.

"My body feels a little too rough now. If I'm not careful, I might use too much force. I need to get used to it first."

When one's personal attributes nearly doubled within a few minutes, anyone would need time to adjust. Wang Zhifan was no exception. After his strength suddenly surged, he might exert too much force if he was not careful and damage things around him, such as pulling doors or windows apart. It would take some time before that problem completely disappeared.

So, for the rest of the day, Wang Zhifan left his rental apartment and wandered around outside, hoping to quickly gain perfect control over his enhanced physique.

After wandering around for less than an hour, Wang Zhifan soon noticed his stomach growling. It seemed that the energy provided by the steamed buns he had eaten before entering the dungeon that morning had nearly run out.

"My physique has gotten stronger, so my consumption has increased too. That makes sense... but my wallet disagrees."

Wang Zhifan only had a few hundred yuan on hand at the moment, and he was still an unemployed man with no income. Making money was therefore an urgent matter for him.

Fortunately, he had prepared for this long ago. After calmly going to a restaurant and eating his fill, he took a bus to another part of Dongjiang City and arrived at a bustling, prosperous commercial district.

This was Tianhua Pedestrian Street, one of Dongjiang City's busiest streets. It had every sort of mid- to high-end business, including player shops that had suddenly sprung up over the past few years.

When Wang Zhifan's original self had been looking for a way to buy a player class card, he had come here and met the merchant known as Brother Qiang. He had then been thoroughly fleeced by the man and bought a Blademaster class card that was practically a certificate of cannon fodder.

But Wang Zhifan had not come to find Brother Qiang today. That man had extensive connections, but his heart was too black. Wang Zhifan intended to conduct his business at another shop.

Tianhua Pedestrian Street was long and wide, covering an enormous area, and it contained more shops than one could count. Before he had walked very far, Wang Zhifan spotted a potential trading partner.

It was a medium-sized store simply named "Player Mall." Shops with the word "player" in their names almost certainly dealt in player-related business.

As soon as he entered, the first thing Wang Zhifan saw were two rows of stylish glass display cases. They contained all kinds of items related to the player theme, including game consoles, game cartridges, gaming computers, and gaming magazines.

But Wang Zhifan knew very well that these products displayed in the open were merely a front. Everything the Player Mall truly sold was kept out of sight.

This half-concealed way of doing business existed because the upper echelons of Xia Kingdom had yet to reach a unified opinion on the supernatural phenomenon of players. Some believed all information about players should be completely sealed off and all players placed under centralized management. Others believed they should imitate foreign countries' open attitude and welcome this mysterious supernatural feast with open arms. Neither side could convince the other, resulting in Xia Kingdom's current semi-open policy toward players. The authorities suppressed most information about players online, but those truly determined could still find channels to learn about them and obtain what they needed.

"Welcome! May I ask what you need, sir?"

The moment Wang Zhifan entered the Player Mall's main hall, a young woman in a black business suit approached him with a smile, assuming he was an ordinary customer looking to buy video games.

"I want to sell player goods—items used by players. Do you offer purchasing services here?"

Wang Zhifan did not waste words with her and directly stated his purpose. His original self had visited places like this many times, so he had long known how to communicate with them.

"We do offer purchasing services, sir. But may I ask what grade of goods you wish to sell? If they are Grade One items, we currently do not purchase most Grade One categories. Grade Two items have a much broader range, while Grade Three items have no restrictions..."

The Player Mall receptionist clearly understood what Wang Zhifan meant. She then began using terminology that ordinary people would not understand to explain that they did not buy just anything.

The so-called Grade One items she mentioned referred to Common-grade player items. They currently did not purchase most such things. Grade Two items were the higher Fine-grade items, though they did not buy all of those either. Grade Three items were naturally the even higher Rare-grade items. Only once an item reached that level of quality would they refuse no purchase.