The Second Batch of Players

About fifteen li north of Gourd Valley lay the Baimu Tribe.

The Pan Family Three Brothers hurried back to the tribe before night had fully fallen.

Pan Lang carried two wild rabbits in his hands, while Pan Xiong and Pan Hu worked together to carry a wild boar.

With this wild boar, their hunt had truly been a bumper harvest.

The Baimu Tribe was situated within a white birch forest. An area of around thirty mu in the middle of the woods had been cleared, with a wooden wall over five meters high built around it.

The Pan Family Three Brothers all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the birch forest.

Nights in the Savage World were extremely dangerous. If they could not return to the tribe before dark and had to spend the night outside, they might never see the sun rise again.

When the guards at the tribe entrance saw the wild boar they were carrying, envy appeared on their faces.

"Pan Xiong, that's quite a haul!"

one guard said.

"Hehe, we got lucky!"

Pan Xiong replied with a grin.

Wild boars were not commonly seen. Normally, catching one in a month was already considered good. Not only did they yield plenty of meat, their thick, tough hides were also excellent material for making leather armor.

The three carried the wild boar to the tribe's slaughterhouse.

According to the Baimu Tribe's rules, medium and large prey could not be butchered privately and had to be sent to the tribe's slaughterhouse. After butchering, half the meat belonged to the tribe, while the other half belonged to the hunters.

The hide could be taken home, sold to the tribe, or exchanged for fresh meat.

Any hide taken home could only be used personally, and if sold, it could only be sold to the tribe. Anyone found selling it privately to outsiders would be severely punished.

"Will this wild boar be butchered, or will you turn it in as tribute?"

The butcher looked at the boar on the ground and asked.

"Tribute."

Pan Xiong said.

They had gone out hunting this time precisely to gather the tribute demanded by the tribe.

They had originally thought they would need to hunt a pile of small and medium prey to make up three hundred jin. Now, this one wild boar was more than enough.

"Go weigh it in the back. If it reaches three hundred jin, your tribute will be complete this time."

the butcher said.

Pan Xiong nodded and had Pan Hu and Pan Lang watch the weighing while he left the slaughterhouse to visit the clan chief.

The Baimu Tribe's chief was named Baimu Sheng. He was in his forties and powerfully built.

He sat in a wooden chair, studying Pan Xiong, who stood respectfully three meters away.

"You're saying that you saw people from the Ying Clan Tribe around fifteen li south of the tribe?"

Baimu Sheng asked in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Pan Xiong answered respectfully.

"How are they doing?"

Baimu Sheng asked again.

"Lin Feng said they were attacked by Jackalmen and migrated over there. I didn't ask about the specifics. I only came to report this to you, so you could remind everyone to be careful of Jackalmen while hunting."

Pan Xiong said with his head lowered.

"I understand. I'll notify the tribesmen to be careful. You may leave."

Baimu Sheng said, waving a hand.

After Pan Xiong left, Baimu Sheng pondered for a moment before summoning a trusted subordinate.

"I'll write a letter. Help me deliver it."

Savage World.

Six in the morning.

The five players appeared on the open ground outside the cave right on time.

Players could only set their spawn point, resurrection point, and logout location within a designated area.

Lin Feng had set theirs on the open ground in the inner valley.

Players could only log out normally within the area designated by the system. Logging out outside the designated area would leave their bodies behind.

What might happen to a soulless shell left in the Savage World was hard to say.

"I was bored to death! I counted every second while waiting for the game to open. It felt like years!"

The moment he entered the game, Wind Flower Snow Moon shouted loudly.

After playing this game, everything else he did felt bland and uninteresting.

"Exactly. After playing this game, every other game looks like trash to me. Even LOL, my favorite game, doesn't feel appealing anymore."

I Shoot You Innocent agreed.

"Games without one-hundred-percent realism are just dull."

Wanhuatong felt the same way.

The group chatted idly, but none of them left.

They were all waiting for their friends.

After logging off that morning, they had all eagerly recommended the game to their friends and urged them to reserve a spot.

Some believed them, while others did not.

Still, all of them had friends who made reservations and planned to come in for a look.

New players had to watch the opening cinematic and choose character names, so they would be a few minutes slower than them.

A few minutes later, a flash of white light appeared, and a new player materialized in the valley.

She was a tall young woman with a hint of heroic spirit between her brows.

She looked around in surprise, examined her hands, then pulled open the collar of her hide top to take a look inside.

This was way too realistic!

Da Qing really hadn't lied!

"Ye Zi, over here!"

Da Qing waved at her.

Although the system had adjusted everyone's appearances somewhat, Da Qing, who knew Su Ziye very well, recognized her at a glance.

"Da Qing?"

Su Ziye walked over with a smile.

When I Shoot You Innocent saw that the person Da Qing had invited into the game was a pretty girl, he smacked his forehead in regret.

Why didn't I think of inviting a few girls to play with us instead of calling the three bros from my dorm?

This game is so realistic. If I invited girls in and played with them for long enough, feelings might develop over time. Something might even happen...

After Su Ziye, flashes of white light continued to appear as new players materialized in the valley one after another.

Every one of them wore a shocked expression after entering the game, stunned by how realistic it was.

Was this really just a game?

It would not have been an exaggeration to say they had transmigrated into a real world!

The newcomers had all been recommended by the five old players. After entering the game, they each found their friends and gathered together.

Da Qing's group of five had also assembled.

"This is insane, insane, insane! This game is absolutely insane!"

Super Invincible Pili Pala Tyrannosaurus Warrior shouted excitedly.

As a seasoned reader of online game novels, this kind of game was simply the thing he had dreamed of most.

In comparison, Ranger was much calmer.

"A game like this actually exists? That makes no sense. It makes no sense! How could such technology possibly exist?"

The calm Ranger kept shouting about how unreasonable it was.

"Da Qing, slap me and see if it hurts."

After shouting that it made no sense a few times, he raised his head and said to Da Qing.

"The pain setting in this game can be adjusted. The highest is thirty percent, the lowest is one percent, and the default is ten percent. This might be the only aspect where the game fails to achieve one-hundred-percent realism."

"I think that's the developers' way of protecting players. There'll definitely be combat in the game, and getting hurt is unavoidable. If you really got slashed or bitten by a monster, forget one-hundred-percent pain—even fifty percent would probably be too much for most players."

Da Qing said.

"Oh? Pain can be adjusted? Where?"

Ranger asked.

"On the personal status panel."

Da Qing replied.

Hearing this, Ranger and the other three opened their personal panels, found the pain settings, and silently adjusted them to one percent.

Only Shooting A Bit Like Kobe, in pursuit of a more realistic experience, directly cranked his pain setting to the maximum of thirty percent.

Afraid of pain in a game?

What kind of nonsense was that!

"This game is so realistic. I wonder how much freedom it gives players."

Shooting A Bit Like Kobe said curiously.

"For example?"

Da Qing looked at him.

"For example, I wonder whether these hide pants can be taken off."

As he spoke, Shooting A Bit Like Kobe had already begun untying his belt, preparing to take off his pants.

"Ahem, can you fucking act normal?"

Da Qing coughed twice and stopped Shooting A Bit Like Kobe's eye-searing behavior with a kick.

Unable to take off his pants, Shooting A Bit Like Kobe was clearly unwilling to give up. In the next moment, his gaze shifted to Su Ziye.

"Hehe, Sister Ye."

He sidled up beside Su Ziye with a lecherous grin.

"What?"

Su Ziye rolled her eyes at him and asked.

"Can I touch you? Don't misunderstand, I just want to test how detailed the game is in this area, and whether there are any unrealistic settings like forced non-contact or censorship mosaics."

As he spoke, his hand was already reaching toward Su Ziye's chest.

"Get the hell away from me!"

Su Ziye sent a groin kick at him.

"Ah..."

Shooting A Bit Like Kobe let out a miserable scream.

He had been kicked in the vital spot, and his pain setting was at thirty percent. The agony was easy to imagine.

Clutching his crotch and screaming, he adjusted his pain setting to one percent as quickly as possible.

"Enough messing around. I'll take you to the clan chief to get quests first."

Da Qing said.

"There are six NPCs in the tribe altogether. Aside from the clan chief, the other five are all children. For now, the clan chief is the only NPC who can issue quests."

Da Qing explained as they walked.

The quest logs of Ranger and the other three had also updated with the New Arrival quest.

As they walked, Ranger and the other three looked at the rising sun on the horizon, the grass beneath their feet, the dew on the blades of grass, and the feeling of the morning breeze blowing across their bodies...

They still could not help marveling in amazement.

The details in this game were just too realistic!

"By the way, what did you all choose for your main attributes?"

Da Qing asked as they walked.

"I chose Strength."

After asking, he added.

"I chose Strength too. I'm going to become the number one Warrior on the server!"

Tyrannosaurus bared his muscles as he rolled up his sleeves.

"I chose Agility. I'm going to become the number one Archer on the server!"

Shooting A Bit Like Kobe copied him, striking a pose as though drawing a bow and nocking an arrow.

"I chose Agility too."

Ranger said.

"I chose Intelligence." Su Ziye smiled. "So what are the functions of these four attributes?"

"Based on my analysis, they should be similar to those in traditional games. Strength Class players have greater strength and higher attack power. Constitution Class players have higher defense and stronger recovery. Agility players are faster and more nimble. As for Intelligence Class players, I don't know whether there'll be a Mage class later on."

Da Qing analyzed.

As they spoke, they arrived at the cave. Lin Feng was standing at the entrance, waiting for them.