Basic Skills

After his Constitution broke through to 11 points, Gao Linzhi felt a surge of power throughout his body, as if he could smash stone with a single punch.

Ten points and eleven points seemed like only a one-point difference in stats, yet Gao Linzhi felt the difference was immense.

He immediately asked, "Captain Zheng, are there any other basic skills?"

"There are many basic skills, such as Basic Saber Technique, Basic Sword Technique, Basic Hidden Weapon Technique, Basic Internal Energy Cultivation, Basic Staff Technique..."

"Can I learn them all?" Gao Linzhi wished he could learn them all.

"Of course, you can. But it's getting dark now. You can go to the village's martial arts hall to learn later," Zheng Dong said.

"Understood," Gao Linzhi nodded.

"Alright, let's head back. It's easy for Anomalies to appear after dark," Zheng Dong said, looking at the sky.

Just then.

A large crab suddenly emerged from the sea.

It was enormous, one meter wide, one meter long, and half a meter high.

It was practically a rectangular prism crab.

It glared with its two small eyes and crawled menacingly towards Gao Linzhi.

Gao Linzhi didn't feel threatened at all; instead, he found it somewhat amusing.

It was like seeing a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

It crawled rather slowly.

Gao Linzhi jumped off the reef and thrust his spear at the large crab.

This thrust nearly hit one of the crab's small eyes.

This terrified the large crab, which immediately retracted its eyestalks, pulling its eyes securely inside.

Then, it fiercely clamped its claws towards Gao Linzhi.

Gao Linzhi easily dodged, causing the crab's clamp to miss.

He sidestepped behind the crab and thrust his spear fiercely towards its rear.

"Clang!" A deep white mark was left on the crab's shell.

Instead of becoming enraged by this attack, the large crab immediately chose to turn and flee, scuttling sideways towards the sea.

Gao Linzhi continued to attack a few more times.

Unfortunately, his steel spear was just a Whiteboard Weapon and couldn't even break its shell.

"Forget it, don't kill it. It's a female."

"Leave it. Crab groups can reproduce faster, and they are an important source of meat for the village," Zheng Dong advised.

"Alright then." Gao Linzhi let the crab go this time.

The snakes killed yesterday and the crabs killed today naturally dropped a good amount of white materials.

However, these materials belonged to the village.

Gao Linzhi naturally wouldn't keep them for himself; others had brought him to hunt monsters.

With just these dropped materials, the village and the players could cooperate and live quite well.

However, the immense threat of Anomalies after nightfall, as well as the covetousness and predation of Corporate Players, turned all of this into nothing.

Otherwise, this village would truly be like a paradise, where everyone lived in peace and contentment.

Upon returning to the village, the two parted ways.

Gao Linzhi returned to the Fourth Elder's home. The former steward Zheng ran up to him.

"Mr. Can Xue, the Fourth Elder has another instruction. From now on, any Demonic Creatures caught by the village that are not auctioned off for slaughter rights will be left for you to slaughter at night."

"That's great."

"Please come with me now."

Led by Steward Zheng, Gao Linzhi arrived at a temporary pen for Demonic Creatures at the southern end of the village.

Gao Linzhi looked up and saw a series of enclosed cages against the high city walls, divided into individual pens.

Each pen was about five meters high, and each area was enclosed with steel wire mesh, firmly trapping the Demonic Creatures inside.

Most of the Demonic Creatures were injured, lying on the ground, barely clinging to life.

Gao Linzhi certainly didn't feel soft-hearted; instead, he felt excited, excited at the sight of abundant Experience.

"The Demonic Creatures caught by the patrol team are temporarily kept here, waiting for Descenders to purchase slaughter rights. Unless they are valuable Demonic Creatures, they will eventually be killed."

The pen manager saw Steward Zheng and, upon hearing it was the Fourth Elder's order, allowed Gao Linzhi to enter and perform the slaughter.

"The auction has already passed for today. There are twelve demon rabbits left, eight Foxy, crabs... venomous snakes..."

Gao Linzhi killed them one by one with a single spear thrust, helping the manager.

Several materials dropped in the process, which he naturally couldn't take.

Getting experience is great.

What else could I ask for?

Finally, he gained a full 600 experience points.

Demonic creatures are easy to kill after capture.

He had only gained 1500 experience points killing crabs all afternoon before.

He saved the 600 experience points because adding them to any stat wouldn't increase his Constitution for now.

Immediately, Gao Linzhi returned to the Fourth Elder's house and chose to log off.

Steward Zheng personally watched Gao Linzhi log off. After seeing him disappear, he left to report to the Fourth Elder.

"Alas, if only his talent could be combined with Lin Qing's," the Fourth Elder sighed.

"His comprehension is high, but he still has only one life. Facing demonic creatures is naturally fine, but facing unreasonable anomalies, alas..."

Lin Qing's talent was related to resurrection, with boundless potential.

Because as long as one is alive, there is hope.

But relatively speaking, this is a late-game talent that must be developed to be useful.

A mere minion who can revive infinitely is not very meaningful; a sealing spell can solve it.

Only by becoming a BOSS-level character does resurrection have immense significance.

Steward Zheng just listened with his hands clasped, remaining impassive.

However, from the Fourth Elder's words, a smart person could infer that Lin Qing's talent was not just about having an extra life!

No wonder the Fourth Elder valued her so highly; she was the future of the village.

Night fell.

The real world.

In a simple wooden shed by the mountain stream, Gao Linzhi opened his eyes.

It was late autumn, with the chirping of insects and a cold wind blowing.

Yet, Gao Linzhi only felt a warmth in his heart, not feeling cold at all.

His development path in the Skyfall game was basically set.

Focus on basic skills, cap his level, gain lots of experience, and max out all basic skills.

Once his strength increased, he would go for gold, invest money, and take off.

Tomorrow morning, he would go to the village martial arts hall to learn skills.

Thinking about it, he was too excited to sleep.

It's a shame I can't use my phone now; I can't reveal my location.

Damn Xu Corporation, you won't be so smug for long!

Do you really think you can control everything!

With that thought, Gao Linzhi summoned a Corpse Vine, placed it beside him for protection, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Tossing and turning, too excited to sleep.

Gao Linzhi only managed to fall into a light sleep just as dawn broke.

After waking up, he sighed, "Life without a phone is truly difficult. Fortunately, I can go online and play games."

Then he focused his spirit on the game panel in his mind, chose to go online, and entered the game...

East Wolf Village.

Another morning.

Gao Linzhi appeared in the Fourth Elder's courtyard. After having breakfast, he asked Steward Zheng to take him to the village martial arts hall.

The martial arts hall was located on a street slightly east of the village center.

It was large, a big courtyard with walls at least four meters high.

As they approached, they could already hear the fervent shouts from inside.