Making a Run for It

The Five-Venom Beast BOSS dropped two pieces of equipment: a longsword and a suit of armor. It also dropped a bead and some coins.

Scorpion Tail Sword (Green)

Weapon: One-Handed Sword

Attributes:

Physical Attack +35

Strength +3

Trait: Attacks inflict poison damage, 5/S for 10S.

Level Requirement: 10

Centipede Carapace (White)

Clothing: Armor

Attributes:

Physical Defense: 15

Level Requirement: 5

Five-Venom Bead (Special)

Poison Resistance: Blocks 10/S poison damage. Takes effect when placed in the backpack.

As Wang Xian understood it, equipment was divided into white basic equipment, green common equipment, blue rare equipment, purple Legendary Equipment, and red epic equipment.

There should have been Mythical Grade equipment as well, but unfortunately, in his previous life, no one had ever seen any.

Even epic equipment had only been obtained by a few incredibly lucky people through prize draws during various events, not by killing BOSSes or clearing dungeons.

After all, at that time, no one had been able to clear an Epic Dungeon or kill an Epic BOSS.

The Five-Venom Beast was only a level 5 common BOSS. Logically, it should have only dropped basic equipment, but it had dropped a green piece of equipment instead. Clearly, that was because it was the first BOSS to be killed.

The Centipede Carapace was normal. That was the equipment the Five-Venom Beast BOSS should have dropped.

As for the Five-Venom Bead?

That thing was rare. Even killing ten thousand Five-Venom Beast BOSSes might not produce one. The reason it had dropped this time was probably also because this was the first BOSS to be killed.

The Five-Venom Bead's attributes looked weak, but it had a hidden attribute.

It absorbed poison!

The more poison the Five-Venom Bead absorbed, the stronger its poison resistance became.

The hidden attribute of the Five-Venom Bead had been posted on the Forum by someone who had gotten one. As for why he had done that, no one knew.

In any case, after that day, the price of Five-Venom Beads began to soar.

The reason, aside from guarding against poison-using experts, seemed to be connected to an Epic Dungeon. As for which Epic Dungeon it was, Wang Xian had no idea.

The Five-Venom Bead was an unexpected gain, and Wang Xian happily tucked it into his backpack.

After Blue Star underwent Datafication, everyone had a backpack. Its initial capacity was ten slots, and each slot could hold one type of item.

In addition, some items could be stacked, such as potions, pills, and materials. Potions could stack up to 99, while materials generally stacked up to 999.

If one thought their backpack had too few slots, it could be expanded with a material called a Sumeru Stone.

Sumeru Stones were divided into eighteen grades, and each grade could expand the backpack by ten slots.

Where could Sumeru Stones be obtained?

Simple!

Once someone reached level 10, not only would the rankings be unlocked, but many other functions would also open up, such as the consignment system, auction system, pet system, Marketplace, Black Market, Ghost Market, and so on.

Among them, Sumeru Stones could be bought at the Marketplace.

However, Marketplaces only existed in cities with populations above one million. Black Markets required cities with populations above ten million, and without sufficient strength, one could not enter a Black Market.

As for the Ghost Market?

That depended entirely on fate.

Legend had it that even Mythical Grade equipment was auctioned in the Ghost Market, but that was only a legend.

Not a single person who entered the Ghost Market had ever managed to enter its Auction House.

Other than the equipment and the Five-Venom Bead, the Five-Venom Beast BOSS had only dropped coins. Like in online games, coins were divided into Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and Gold Coins.

The exchange rate between each type of coin was 1:100.

The Five-Venom Beast BOSS had earned Wang Xian 24 Silver Coins. It was neither much nor little, but before functions like consignment, auctions, the Marketplace, and the Black Market opened, those coins were temporarily useless.

Wang Xian put the Centipede Carapace straight on, but it looked ugly as hell, so he chose to hide its appearance. The attributes had been added anyway.

The Scorpion Tail Sword had a level requirement of 10. Though he could hold it and use it to kill monsters, its attributes would not take effect until he reached the required level.

In other words, holding the Scorpion Tail Sword now was no different from holding an ordinary longsword with no attributes.

The Five-Venom Beast BOSS's corpse could actually be gathered for materials, but Wang Xian had not learned the Gathering Skill, so there was no way for him to obtain them.

After making sure he had not missed anything, Wang Xian left the farm directly.

He did not even lock the iron gate. He knew that before long, the young people in the village would probably come to his farm to kill monsters.

This could not be stopped, nor was there any need to stop it. The wild monsters on the farm were all level 0. There were still some level 2 rats left, but not many.

Sure enough, while riding his electric scooter home, he ran into some of the village's young people.

"Uncle Donkey!"

A group of young people stopped by the roadside and called out to Wang Xian.

That was right. They did not call him Uncle Wang or Uncle Xian. They called him Uncle Donkey.

It all stemmed from the fact that Wang Xian's family had raised a donkey when he was young. Once, when a classmate came looking for him, he happened to be away. One of them saw the donkey eating feed, pointed at it, and said, "Isn't Wang Xian right there?"

From then on, Wang Xian earned the nickname Little Donkey.

The other kids in the village called him that too. When Wang Xian grew older, they stopped calling him Little Donkey and started calling him Uncle Donkey instead.

The young people all looked nervous and excited, with a hint of hesitation.

They had already seen that Wang Xian was no longer level 0 like them. He was level 6.

That meant leveling up was real.

Moreover, they were now basically certain that the Dragon Kingdom player "Immortal King" mentioned in the world announcement was probably Wang Xian.

"Alright, there are still plenty of wild monsters on the farm, enough for you to level up. Be careful, and don't get so excited that you tear my farm apart. Also, once your level is three levels higher than the monsters', you won't gain experience anymore, so don't kill them all at once."

Wang Xian waved to them and gave them a few instructions.

He was of a higher generation, and the villagers cared quite a bit about seniority, so the young people all called him uncle.

"Thanks, Uncle Donkey!"

"Uncle Donkey, we got it."

"Uncle Donkey, we're off!"

The young people cheered, said goodbye to Wang Xian, and ran toward the farm with excited expressions.

As for whether Wang Xian really was "Immortal King," they did not ask. They were all from the same village, so there would be plenty of chances later. Right now, leveling up was the most important thing!

After Wang Xian got home, he immediately found a backpack and began stuffing it with all sorts of food under his parents' puzzled gazes. Most of it was high-energy food, along with quite a few compressed biscuits.

"Son, are you planning to make a run for it?" his father asked.

"Dad, you figured that out too?"

"Of course. Your old man may not be capable of much, but I understand some things. Back then, I thought nothing of you opening that farm, but now it seems you must have known about some things long ago." His father sighed.

When Wang Xian had returned to the village, he had lazed around at home for more than ten months before suddenly opening a farm. He had even sold the house he bought in the city, nearly angering his father to death.

Now, he understood. His son had been preparing for the current changes all along!

"Dad, Mom, use the communication function if anything comes up. If anyone finds you and asks about me, just tell them the truth. Tell them everything you know."

As Wang Xian spoke to his parents, he took a letter out from beneath the bedding on the bed.

"Dad, give this letter to those people. I believe they won't make things difficult for you. And if they ask when I'll return, tell them I'll be back within half a month at most. I'll go see them myself then."

"Got it."

His parents' eyes were a little red.

"Dad, Mom, I'm leaving!"

Wang Xian's eyes were red too. He hugged both of his parents, slung his backpack over his shoulders, climbed onto his electric tricycle, and left.

He had no choice but to go. His farm was certain to draw attention. Once someone came to question him, it would delay him for a long time. They might even place him under house arrest.

Never underestimate any state apparatus. Everything you did could be discovered in minutes, and all sorts of possibilities would be analyzed.

From Wang Xian quitting his job and leaving the big city to returning to the village and opening a farm, there were suspicious details everywhere.

So under these circumstances, Wang Xian had no choice for the time being but to make a run for it.

This was the very beginning of Datafication, and countless opportunities were waiting for Wang Xian. He could not possibly waste his time on such matters.