Milestone

The always full Vitality character, Yan Qing, was also getting a bit tired of it, and the new alt account was for scouting information, being too imposing would inevitably attract attention—Ping City was different, basically you had to fight your way into Ping City's gates, so full Vitality and combat power were needed.

This time he wanted to try a full Dexterity start.

Just like being tall gave an extra 2 points of Vitality, being too skinny also gave an extra 2 points of Dexterity, so he created a malnourished-looking little boy who looked like he hadn't grown up yet.

He wouldn't invest in talent inheritance, he felt that dying a few alt accounts was inevitable when opening a new map, as for the name, this was an alt account in Chang'an, so it would be 'An Wu'.

"Chang'an Subordinate Newbie Village", start the game!

As the screen lit up, 'An Wu' appeared in a small grove, outside the grove was a village. To Yan Qing's surprise, the village had flat land, orderly houses, fertile fields and beautiful ponds, with paths crisscrossing, no matter how you looked at it, it was a prosperous little village.

Really? Could a newbie village really exist?

However, as soon as Yan Qing walked to the main road, before he even entered the village, two strong men with sticks blocked his way at the village entrance.

"This is Bu Liugu's manor, outsiders are not welcome."

As expected, there was no such good thing as a newbie village.

Yan Qing felt that the location of the newbie village should be very good, and it was normal to be managed as a manor, but it was strange that the Qi Kingdom's newbie village could be abandoned.

"I want to go to Chang'an, how do I get there?"

The strong men looked at each other, then pointed to the west: "You follow this road to the main road and go northwest, it will take about two hours to reach Chang'an County."

Two hours, even if Yan Qing could speed up the walking cycle, it would take at least an hour, and now the sun was setting in the west, it was already afternoon.

The dark was not the main problem, the main problem was that it would take an hour to go there, and if his alt account died and he had to create another one, wouldn't he have to run for another hour? Every time he had to run for an hour before doing a quest, which game player could stand that?

In the sight of the two strong men, Yan Qing gradually moved away and walked to the main road.

Was there any way to reduce the running time?

If he couldn't reduce the length of time, at least he had to reduce the number of times...

He suddenly had an idea and opened the in-game map. Although it was a map, there were no landmarks, players had to personally measure the land to draw the corresponding map, the only good thing was that the map was also shared by all characters, so Yan Qing could see that on the map, thousands of miles away from 'Chang'an Newbie Village', there were also the landmarks of 'Evernight Sky Newbie Village' and 'Zheng Family, Suppressor of Three Mountains'.

Ping City was not recorded in the system.

But it was understandable, after all, in the game system's program, it probably only recognized landmarks that were related to the game and existed forever, such as newbie villages, such as dungeons, places like Ping City that might be destroyed and disappear, were not qualified to be recorded in its forever unchanging map.

According to the directions, Yan Qing marked a point to the northwest, and then turned on the 'automatic evolution' function to let 'An Wu' automatically run the map.

Success, 'An Wu' could run the map normally.

In other words, players could assign tasks to game characters in automatic evolution.

Next, Yan Qing let 'An Wu' squat by the roadside, then quit the game, and created the alt account 'An Liu' as quickly as possible.

When 'An Liu' ran to the side of the road, he saw 'An Wu' squatting by the roadside watching ants.

Yan Qing turned on 'automatic evolution' and ordered 'An Liu' to follow 'An Wu'.

After setting up, 'An Liu' squatted next to 'An Wu', squatting and watching ants together!

Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief, next was to repeat the operation, create the alt accounts 'An Qi', 'An Ba', 'An Jiu', and then choose to follow 'An Wu'.

When he controlled 'An Wu' to run the map, the four alt accounts behind also followed 'An Wu' to act, equivalent to five alt accounts running the map at the same time!

Though the last four alt accounts couldn't be operated with precision, they could at least save time on running maps. Yan Qing didn't dare just leave them hanging to automatically run maps; who knew if a team of knights would suddenly appear and slaughter them? He honestly just accelerated their walking speed in a loop.

After an hour, the sun set, dividing the sky into one-third black and two-thirds light blue. But Yan Qing had already seen the magnificent city—Chang'an.

More accurately, he saw the myriad lights of Chang'an outside the city walls, with bustling crowds and a constant stream of traffic. Along the way, there were countless manors and estates, as well as markets and taverns operating at night. Just passing through Chang'an's outer city took Yan Qing another half hour, bringing the total travel time close to two hours.

It was then that he belatedly realized—the 'Chang'an County' that the strongman mentioned when giving directions probably referred to the outer ring. Chang'an County was Chang'an County, and Chang'an City was Chang'an City. Naturally, there was no Chang'an County in the game, but gathering around the safe zone was the most normal choice.

There were guards at the city gate, but they only glanced at the faces of 'An Wu' and the others a few times, without asking for identification or an entrance fee, and just let them in.

"You have entered the main city of Chang'an."
"Based on your level, you can currently obtain the following milestone information:"
"Gold Medal Guide: You have drawn complete maps of Jiang Nan, Chang'an, and Evernight Sky."
"Local: You have discovered nineteen hidden Haha Grasses within Chang'an City (0/19)."
"Marathon Enthusiast: Run a lap around Chang'an in half an hour."
"Leap Across Vermillion Bird Avenue: Cross from one side of Vermillion Bird Avenue to the other without touching the ground."
"Suspect: You have successfully injured someone in Chang'an City without getting caught (0/10)."
"Demolition Team: You have successfully destroyed a medium-sized or larger building in Chang'an City (0/1)."
"Increasing your level or unlocking milestones will grant you more milestone information."

This game actually has a milestone system… Can you only get milestone information after entering the main city?

Normally, players would level up to level ten in the newbie village and then enter the main city after their first class change. Giving them a milestone system at this time to guide them in exploring the world is perfectly reasonable.

Yan Qing glanced at them and knew that 'Gold Medal Guide,' 'Local,' and 'Marathon Enthusiast' were similar milestones. In the process of completing Local and Marathon Enthusiast, players would basically explore the map of Chang'an thoroughly, and would likely complete Gold Medal Guide along the way.

If Yan Qing wasn't mistaken, the endpoint of the Gold Medal Guide series of milestones should be drawing a map of the entire territory, which is very suitable for casual players and achievement hunters.

As for 'Suspect' and 'Demolition Team,' they were a bit strange. Rather than milestones, it was more like the game company was using players to help find bugs. After all, Chang'an was a safe zone, so how could players be allowed to randomly injure others and destroy buildings? Compared to asking players to submit bugs, giving them a milestone to actively submit bugs would undoubtedly drive players more.

Completing milestones would definitely have rewards, but Yan Qing glanced at them and put them aside. Not to mention the two more difficult ones, Suspect and Demolition Team, he definitely couldn't complete 'Local'—normal players would go to the forums to find guides and follow them, but he didn't have a forum, so how could he find the Haha Grasses that the development team had deliberately hidden in various corners?

Entering Chang'an, it was quite surprising that the city was far less bustling than the outside. If the outside of the city was a commercial district, then the inside was more like a residential area. Besides this, there were many other differences, such as the inside of the city being much cleaner than the outside, and so clean that it looked like a set from an ancient costume idol drama. Yan Qing guessed that the main city area might have a self-cleaning function.

After all, he had never seen a main city in any online game with trash cans and restrooms…

Even though it was late, there were still many well-dressed pedestrians on the road, some with children, strolling along the brightly lit streets. When they saw 'An Wu' and his group of mud-legged men in cloth clothes, although some showed disgust and disdain, almost no one actively avoided them, showing that they were very confident in the safety of Chang'an City.

Finding a small alley, Yan Qing tried to attack 'An Liu' from behind.

'An Wu' threw a punch, and 'An Liu's' body moved slightly. A large damage number '0' appeared on the screen.

The main city's safe zone wasn't completely immune to attacks, but all attacks couldn't cause damage.

As for whether the tokens could be used, he would have to wait until the alt accounts reached level ten and changed classes to test.

Yan Qing placed 'An Liu' to 'An Jiu' in the alley to play the role of mushrooms. Anyway, with the protection of the main city, there was no need to worry about their safety while AFK. Then, he went outside to ask for the address of Anguo Temple and controlled 'An Wu' to explore the way alone.

This was naturally to prevent a total party wipe. If something happened to 'An Wu,' he could arrange for 'An Liu' to continue. With five alt accounts, they should be able to find out some information.

A good MMORPG was being played by Yan Qing like a strategy game.

Whoosh.

Yan Qing raised his perspective and vaguely saw someone moving between the houses.

Running around on the rooftops at night, could it be a fellow thief?

After spending the better part of an hour to reach Anguo Temple, and taking a stroll around Vermillion Bird Avenue, Yan Qing saw many restaurants and shops on Vermillion Bird Avenue, such as a wonton noodle shop that made him very hungry—he had been eating wonton noodles since he was a child.

Unfortunately, the restaurants were all closed, so he could only wait until daytime to buy some.

Anguo Temple was undoubtedly closed. Compared to the sand table, the real Anguo Temple was undoubtedly more majestic and spectacular. Just the steps leading up to it were dozens of levels high, and the outside was surrounded by walls several zhang high, making it like a city within a city. Yan Qing wandered around twice, but couldn't even find a dog hole to crawl through.

I can only wait until daytime to go in and take a look.

Yan Qing controlled An Wu to squat down in a corner, intending to let him hang out there until daytime. Just then, a figure walked up to him.

"If this benefactor has nowhere to spend the night, you can temporarily reside in the nearby Charity House."