Public Warehouse

After the character died, the game automatically returned to the character selection interface, where only the character "Yan Qing" remained.

'Yan Yi' only survived for less than twenty minutes from birth to death.

Yan Qing was completely dumbfounded.

What the hell?

From this situation, Yan Qing naturally understood that 'Yan Yi' was killed by those two guards, but... why?

What was the reason?

'Yan Yi' didn't even have shoes, and he was completely broke. Why kill him?

If this were just a game, Yan Qing would really die with lingering resentment if he encountered this situation in reality.

Yan Qing immediately created a new character, 'Yan Er', with the same appearance and the same stat distribution, still only able to choose "Realistic Mode." Although he could choose other newbie villages, Yan Qing wanted to know why those guards killed him, so he still chose to be born in the "Nevernight Subordinate Newbie Village."

Arriving in the desolate and dilapidated village, Yan Qing immediately controlled the character to go to Ping City without stopping.

Just as he reached the main road, Yan Qing felt the linear motor of the game console vibrating. Turning his view, he saw a team of knights running from behind. These knights were covered in heavy armor and wore Evil Spirit Knight masks. Even through the screen, Yan Qing felt an intimidating aura.

Yan Qing didn't pay attention and continued to control 'Yan Er' forward, and then—

Thwack!

'Yan Er' was pierced from behind by a spear. The leading knight used the momentum of the horse to lift his entire body, then raised the spear high, flying 'Yan Er' like a kite in the air. The other knights laughed loudly, a scene that reminded Yan Qing of a group of young men cheering when their good brother kicked a soda can into the trash.

When 'Yan Er's' health bar was emptied, the Evil Spirit Knight flung the spear, throwing 'Yan Er' towards a woodcutter who was hiding by the roadside to avoid the knights. 'Yan Er' crashed heavily into the woodcutter, and the two rolled into a ball on the ground.

'Yan Er' was certainly not going to survive, and the woodcutter who suffered this unexpected disaster was probably also doomed.

As the knights' arrogant hoofbeats faded away, the game popped up a prompt:

"You are dead."

After this, Yan Qing put down the game console and went to the bathroom, briefly sorting out the clues.

First of all, he could be sure that the NPCs encountered in the game should all be real people. Only real people would have this kind of reaction, and they might even be real people from the main world outside. When Yan Qing controlled 'Yan Yi' and 'Yan Er', these two people should have really appeared in the outside world.

Secondly, he didn't know about other places, but the environment in the "Nevernight Subordinate Area" was very harsh. The guards were like wolves, and the knights were like tigers. These people didn't give you a chance to communicate at all, killing you if they wanted to.

Logically speaking, since the area near Nevernight was difficult to survive in, he should go to Chang'an or Jiang Nan. But Yan Qing had been holding back a breath of anger ever since he transmigrated, inexplicably transmigrating, inexplicably entering a house of thieves, and inexplicably being dragged to this kind of place... Even playing a game, he was inexplicably killed!

I'm meek and submissive in reality, but I'm not even allowed to strike back hard in the game?

More importantly, Yan Qing discovered that there was no cost to character death—or rather, character death itself was the cost—which meant he had a lot of room to maneuver!

He created a new character again, but this time Yan Qing no longer used the default face #01, but chose the body of a muscular hunk #06.

When he reached the stat allocation interface, the default "Health" had become 3, and Yan Qing still had 10 available stat points!

Yes, in the game The Herald, the body shape would affect the default health, but normal players would not do this—sacrificing precious fashion for a mere 2 points of health was simply picking up sesame seeds and losing a watermelon. Of course, there were also some players with unique aesthetics who would deliberately choose this body shape, and they would carefully select various fashions to create a 'Cosmic Horror' appearance to attack all other players with normal aesthetics.

Then Yan Qing added all the stat points to health, creating an ultra-early-game character with an initial health of 13, spirit of 1, dexterity of 1, and comprehension of 0. It should be known that health was only useful in the early game. In the mid-to-late game, you basically cultivated spirit and dexterity, and a comprehension of 0 also meant that you would encounter an upgrade bottleneck at the fourth tier—even with the 5% experience bonus of Realistic Mode.

But Yan Qing created this account not to play for a long time, but to vent his anger, so he naturally didn't care about comprehension.

He named him 'Yan San' and descended into the "Nevernight Subordinate Newbie Village"!

The village was just as dilapidated, but this time with a different character. Yan Qing noticed the sun was setting in the west, indicating it was already afternoon, further confirming to him that this game was the real world outside.

'Yan San' didn't encounter any knights this time on his run to Ping City, and he was much faster. The high stamina and stamina recovery brought by his health, along with the large strides from his tall stature, allowed 'Yan San' to reach the gates of Ping City in just a few minutes.

Seemingly nothing had changed. The same people were queuing, the same guards were watching the gate, except there was a head hanging at the city gate—'Yan Yi's' head was suspended by a straw rope, with a sign that read "Mountain Bandit" stuck in his hair.

One must say, people adapt quickly. After two game character deaths, Yan Qing didn't feel much about this scene anymore, but what he had to do remained the same—control 'Yan San' to walk to the gate, and when a guard came to question him, he would charge up a punch and knock his teeth out!

The guard, struck by such a heavy blow, fell directly to the ground, and the spear in his hand naturally dropped. 'Yan San' immediately picked up the spear and stabbed it into the ground three times in a row. The guard's scream, about to be shouted, was blocked by blood in his throat, and after wriggling twice on the ground, he had no strength to move.

This sudden scene stunned everyone around. The farmers and woodcutters entering the city immediately hid far away, and the guards at the other city gates shouted loudly, but no one dared to approach.

"A mountain bandit is killing people!"

"Quick, call the archers over!"

"Get the shields!"

"This is a mountain bandit here to assassinate a noble, quickly call the Centurion Knights over!"

If they didn't come, Yan Qing would go to them!

'Yan San', single-mindedly and fearlessly, charged towards the guards with his spear. However, these guards were not cowards either, and they fiercely surrounded him. But 'Yan San' was a Little Lu Bu with 13 health points. Yan Qing didn't need any fancy maneuvers, just a series of stabs and retreats, and he stabbed two guards to death. Seeing the situation was bad, the remaining guard immediately ran backwards.

Yan Qing originally wanted to chase after him, but at this moment, the game prompted that 'Yan San' had leveled up—

"You have comprehended the Basic Spear Technique, currently at level 1."
"Your health has increased by 0.1."
"Your spirit has increased by 0.5."
"Your agility has increased by 1."
"You have leveled up to level 2!"

So, in the early stages, health, spirit, and agility are all easy to improve. It's just that 'Yan San's' initial health was too high, so leveling up only added 0.1 health. In a normal game environment, these three attributes would not be worth specifically adding points to. But in this inexplicably chaotic world, without strength in the early stages, there is no qualification for a future!

The leveling up caused a slight delay. Yan Qing watched as the last guard had already run far away, and he was too lazy to chase after him. He was here to vent his anger, not to die. Running in would definitely lead to a beatdown, so it was better to see if he could play guerrilla warfare outside. If anyone else came to guard the city gate, he would continue to stab them to death. Yan Qing wanted to see how many people this city could send to guard the gate.

The sound of galloping hooves came from afar, and the palm console's motor was vibrating. Yan Qing adjusted his perspective and saw a team of Evil Spirit Knights charging towards the city gate from inside the city.

He thought, wasn't this a coincidence? The enemy he wanted to kill was actively coming to him, so he stood at the city gate and waited.

The leading Evil Spirit Knight said something, and the other knights suddenly reined in their horses, leaving only him to charge towards 'Yan San'. Just as his spear was about to hit, 'Yan San' perfectly dodged, entering a 0.1-second slow-motion state, and stabbed the Evil Spirit Knight with his spear!

The Herald did have action elements, but the precision required was very high, and the benefits were generally average—this was also related to 'Yan San's' low agility. If his agility was high, he could attack several more times in slow motion.

Faced with a full-force attack from 13 health points, a barrier like glass suddenly appeared on the surface of the Evil Spirit Knight's body. The spear hit it and broke directly, and the Evil Spirit Knight not only didn't fall from his horse, but his body only shifted slightly.

A relic!

This Evil Spirit Knight was the Herald who had already changed jobs!

Yan Qing felt surprised and also felt it was natural. The Herald was a world with extraordinary power, and the rulers naturally controlled extraordinary power.

But now he couldn't win.

Among mortals, 13 health points was indeed unmatched, but facing the Herald who had already changed jobs, he was just a slightly stronger mortal.

Just as Yan Qing was about to fight to the death, the Evil Spirit Knight reined in his horse and stopped attacking, instead saying, "You're not bad! Come with me!"

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Qing watched as 'Yan San' entered the military camp, registered his name, received a set of dirty leather armor stained with blood, a hard bow, a spear, and a shield. He could even live in a rather luxurious single barrack, with a squire at his beck and call.

Huh?

I survived?

The previous two times, I died innocently without doing anything. This time, I rushed over and killed a few people, and instead, I was pulled into the army?

"Practice your spear technique and archery tonight, and get plenty of rest. If you can survive tomorrow, I'll recommend you to become a Centurion Knight."

After the Evil Spirit Knight finished speaking, he left. This person's style of doing things was just like this land, inexplicable, crude, and barbaric.

But since he had survived, Yan Qing continued to play.

The military camp was very large, one could even say 'spectacular'. There were dining halls, bathhouses, everything one could want, like a city within a city, and all were constructed of blue bricks, neatly arranged. Compared to the military camp, Ping City outside was simply as shabby as a poor relative's home.

There were also an extraordinary number of training grounds and equipment inside, even places for simulating siege warfare, street fighting, and forest warfare. When 'Yan San' approached the places for training with spears and bows, the game popped up with "Participate in spear technique/archery training?".

Choosing "Yes" would automatically have 'Yan San' participate in the training, without Yan Qing's control.

"You have comprehended Basic Spear Technique, current level is 2"

"You have comprehended Basic Spear Technique, current level is 3"

"Your Health has increased by 0.1"

"Your Spirit has increased by 0.5"

"Your Dexterity has increased by 1.5"

"You have leveled up to level 3!"

"You have comprehended Basic Spear Technique, current level is 5"

"You have comprehended Basic Archery, current level is 4"

"Your Health has increased by 0.1"

"Your Spirit has increased by 0.5"

"Your Dexterity has increased by 1"

"You have leveled up to level 5!"

"You have unlocked a personal warehouse and a public warehouse, please press the + key to view."

By the time the sky was burned into a blood-red hue by the sunset, 'Yan San' had already leveled up to level five, and his spear technique and archery were significantly better than ordinary Centurion Knights. The others were initially quite wary of 'Yan San', this stranger, but after two hours of training, many people's attitudes had turned 180°, and some even invited 'Yan San' to dine together.

It seemed that in this place, the strong were naturally entitled to preferential treatment.

The Centurion Knights' food was very good, with meat, steamed buns, and rib soup. This place, which looked like ancient times, had living standards that were not inferior to modern society.

However, Yan Qing sighed as he watched this scene, because he had a very real problem: he was also hungry.

What if the game character was powerful? It was all fake inside. The game character was full, but the real him was still hungry.

Just then, Yan Qing saw a "Pick Up" icon displayed on the roasted lamb leg in the screen. He subconsciously pressed it, and then a prompt appeared on the right side indicating that the roasted lamb leg had been added to his personal warehouse.

Oh, right. 'Yan San' unlocked the personal and public warehouses after leveling up to level five.

Opening the personal warehouse, he immediately saw the roasted lamb leg in the first slot. The personal warehouse had a total of 4*4=16 slots, which wouldn't be considered few if identical items could be stacked.

Opening the public warehouse, there were a total of 5*5=25 slots, which was a bit small. There should be warehouse expansion items in the game, otherwise players definitely wouldn't have enough space.

Just as he was about to exit the warehouse page, Yan Qing suddenly thought of something.

Public warehouse?

In other words, this was a shared warehouse that all accounts could use, right?

Yan Qing returned to 'Yan San's' personal warehouse, selected the roasted lamb leg, and sure enough, the option 'Transfer to Public Warehouse' popped up. After moving the roasted lamb leg to the public warehouse, Yan Qing clicked on the roasted lamb leg again, and the game displayed three options:

"Take"

"Transfer to another character's personal warehouse"

"Discard"

Yan Qing felt his heart pounding nervously and clicked "Take."

The "Take" option popped up two choices: "Take by Yan Qing" and "Take by Yan San."

The next second, a steaming roasted lamb leg appeared out of thin air in front of him. If Yan Qing hadn't been quick, this greasy roasted lamb leg would have fallen to the ground—and then he would have had to eat a roasted lamb leg mixed with dirt and dust.

Taking a bite, the juices burst between his teeth, the meat was extremely tender, and even though not much seasoning had been added, it was delicious enough. It was just roasted a little too much, so the chef's skills probably weren't that great. But Yan Qing felt like he had been hungry for a long time, eating faster and faster, feeling more and more energetic. In the end, only a thick bone remained of the roasted lamb leg, with not a single shred of meat left on it.

Pa-da.

A teardrop fell on the lamb bone, and Yan Qing himself was stunned for a moment. He rubbed his moist eyes and said self-deprecatingly, "So delicious that I cried, huh..."

He covered his eyes, his shoulders trembling slightly, his mouth gasping for air, as if trying to spit out all the frustration, unease, apprehension, fear, and regret in his body. After an unknown amount of time, he took a deep breath, rubbed his slightly red eyes, and slapped his cheeks hard, waking up his soul.

Through this lamb leg, Yan Qing finally found his path to salvation in this world.

Although he couldn't log into his own account, all accounts could exchange items through the public warehouse. This meant that even if Yan Qing stayed in the Thieves' Den, he could still obtain cultivation resources from this world through his alternate accounts!

There are still five days until the first theft operation.

Everyone can go to Discover - Activity Center, click on the activity, and receive rewards.

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