Connecting Chang'e, Resources Better Than Novice Quests

Whoosh!

Light flickered.

In an instant, the [Marriage Book] that had appeared in Ye Tian's hand slowly opened.

Then, like a holographic game window, the Marriage Book displayed countless beauties from the Primordial World. It even thoughtfully included a ranking of the [Primordial 108 Beauties] among its evaluation criteria.

It had to be said, the aptitude granted by the Red Thread Old Man identity was freaking incredible.

Even Ye Tian, with memories from his past life, could not help growing excited upon seeing every name and portrait on the list.

After all, quite a few of these beauties were figures familiar to everyone. Just thinking about how he would one day use red threads to bind them in marriage—and reap countless merits and benefits in the process—made his body tremble.

What was more, the list did not merely contain the names of Primordial Bigwigs. It included beautiful superpowered experts from every race—the Demon Clan, Witch Clan, Devil Clan, Phoenix Clan, and more!

The records on this list even contained the nicknames of the Chosen Ones!

That was right—the Chosen Ones!

It was worth mentioning that when humans appeared in the world of Primordial, the countless inhabitants and Bigwigs of the Primordial World would all refer to players as Chosen Ones. After all, to the people of the Primordial World, players were sudden visitors from another realm, so naturally there was a collective term for them.

Under the Chosen Ones section of the list were records on everyone: who secretly loved whom, who liked whom, their identities, backgrounds, and so on...

The Marriage Book of the Red Thread Old Man was simply an overwhelmingly powerful information platform!

After browsing through the list for a while and familiarizing himself with all its functions, Ye Tian used his thoughts to turn to his own entry.

Then, on the [Ye Tian] page, he saw several red threads connected to the names of more than a dozen female players.

Among them were several people with whom he had formed bonds in his previous life. From this alone, one could see that some fates had long been ordained and could not be changed.

However, now that Ye Tian possessed the Red Thread Old Man identity, he did not hesitate to sever the marriage threads between himself and those female players.

Many things in his previous life had merely been chance encounters. In the apocalypse, they had only huddled together for warmth. He naturally had little attachment to those people.

Before long, he shifted his attention to the marriage pages of the Primordial 108 Beauties.

Then, with his hand like a blade, he instantly severed all the marriage threads connected to those beauties. After cutting off the marriage threads of countless beautiful Primordial powerhouses, he flipped to the final page of the Primordial beauties list.

Then, he moved to the name [Chang'e].

He tapped the thread-linking function beside Chang'e's name, instantly connecting himself to her.

In an instant, red light flashed across the Marriage Book, and pleasant notification chimes rang out.

"Congratulations! You have successfully formed a destined bond with Chang'e! Please note: once you personally raise Chang'e's favorability toward you to 70%, you may officially establish a marriage bond with her!"

"Congratulations! Because Chang'e has been depressed in the Primordial World for a long time, your thread-linking has given her something to care about. Her favorability toward you has increased to 40 points!"

"Please note: Because you obtained the [Red Thread Old Man] aptitude in its initial state, all targets linked by you automatically receive a 30% favorability bonus!"

"Please note 2: You may currently link only one beauty. Please work hard to level up!"

Hearing the pleasant notifications, Ye Tian nodded slightly.

Choosing Chang'e had been something he had considered from the very beginning. In countless legends, Chang'e was said to be human. Yet with memories from his previous life, Ye Tian clearly knew that in the Primordial online game, Chang'e was the Moon Fairy—indeed, she was a human test subject personally created by Nüwa, one of the Demon Clan's Three Great Sacred Venerables.

That was why she had been so lonely on the moon.

At this moment, once Ye Tian entered the moon and raised Chang'e's favorability, he could obtain her Moon Technique. Though Chang'e was merely portrayed as a delicate fairy in mythological tales, in truth, her lunar arts had evolved from the Art of the Stars.

Legend spoke of Zhou Yi and the Hetu Luoshu, both of which concealed immense stellar power. If he could come into contact with the Moon Technique early on, unlocking later content such as the Zhou Yi would be as easy as turning his hand!

More importantly, on the moon stood one of the Five Great Divine Trees of the Primordial World—the Moon Laurel Tree!

The Moon Laurel Tree possessed the power to revive the dead and regenerate flesh from bone. It could even instantly restore someone to full health when their mana and health bars had fallen to their lowest point. Its power was unimaginable!

Once he raised her favorability, all of these things would become his!

Together, these things could greatly increase his combat strength during the early stages.

Looking across the entire Primordial World, some people were terrifyingly powerful, while others were incomparably weak. Some had not even been born yet. Therefore, whether considering identity, background, timing, or ability, Chang'e was an excellent choice.

In particular, one absolutely could not underestimate the marriage bond established by the Red Thread Old Man. Once ordained, it could never be changed. Even if Ye Tian had not raised her favorability above 70, no one else could possibly win her over.

Furthermore, with memories from his previous life, Ye Tian was familiar with countless clever tricks for raising favorability. Using them would be effortless for him.

Moreover, every time Ye Tian brought together a couple—including himself—the merits created could directly increase all of his attributes.

In other words, as long as he continued linking people together, his strength would never stop growing.

Just as he was thinking this.

The players entering the beginner village also began to seek out NPCs one after another to accept beginner quests.

After all, to countless players, the beginner village was a safe house in the Primordial World. Once they left it, they would face the harassment and slaughter of the Primordial Myriad Races and countless demon beasts. Without completing beginner quests and obtaining some equipment, leaving the beginner village meant certain death.

Ye Tian remembered clearly that in his previous life, a rich second-generation player had been arrogant and overconfident, intending to throw money around and hire others to protect him while he coasted his way to higher levels.

As a result, after he left the beginner village surrounded by others, five enormous Primordial wolf demon beasts, each three meters tall, rushed them. Before he could even react, he was sent back to the respawn point.

Thus, in the Primordial online game, danger was everywhere once one left the beginner village.

Therefore, beginner equipment—as well as the gold, levels, and experience gained from beginner quests—were the best foundation for venturing through the entire Primordial World!

"Let's accept beginner quests together! We can transport the beginner village's iron ore, materials, and stones to the NPCs who need them, earn gold, and then we'll be able to explore the world!"

"Yeah, let's go! We can work together, carry more items, cooperate with each other, and finish the quests faster!"

"You people are brain-dead! Rookie quests are such a pain. I can't be bothered with you lot. Come on, boys—follow this master into the wilderness!"

"..."

"Holy crap! Did you see that? That guy calling himself a master had barely taken ten steps out of the beginner village before he was killed by a nearly four-meter-tall demonic beast covered in eerie black flames! He's been sent back to the respawn point!"

"That's what being brain-dead gets you! Better just do the rookie quests properly!"

Seeing what had happened, the players formed small groups of three or five and no longer dared to cut corners. They obediently went to do the rookie quests.

Ye Tian, however, directly refused the NPC who had approached him. His figure flashed, and he instantly leaped through a window into a room.

With the memories of his previous life, he naturally knew that the beginner village hid treasures even better than the rookie quests!