Here They Come

"Third Senior Brother seems to be in a bad mood today. Is it because Senior Sister Master went north?"

"Our Senior Sister Master's strength is about the same as mine, so why can Senior Sister Master go to participate in the Yellow River Sword Debate while I have to stay?"

"That young couple looked like they hadn't been down the mountain long; they seemed easy to fool..."

"The Six Gates are as slow as ever in distributing bounties; I've been waiting for almost half an hour!"

As Feng Xue walked along the narrow streets of the County Town, she listened to the thoughts of passersby and mentally constructed a general picture of the world around her.

With the help of passersby, Feng Xue quickly realized that, apart from its somewhat excessive productivity, the world was surprisingly realistic in other aspects.

The most obvious point is that he simply couldn't buy a map. In fact, when he asked where he could buy a map, he was immediately pursued by government troops. It was only because of his Visage of Oath that he was not remembered by anyone, otherwise it would have been troublesome.

In addition, based on the ideas of those in the martial arts world, he also gained some understanding of the world's structure.

First, the basic situation is the standard plot template of an Agrarian Civilization Unified Dynasty fighting against nomadic foreign enemies. However, it is neither like the Han Dynasty, where a powerful local force can easily defeat the surrounding areas, nor like the Great Song (no doubt), which makes people's blood pressure soar. Instead, it is in a relatively balanced state. Although it is unknown whether this is the case for all, Feng Xue heard about five or six different enemies. It is also unknown whether this unified Agrarian Civilization is being besieged by many small countries.

Even so, the current situation seems to be in a stable period, with the Imperial Court and surrounding foreign enemies in a state of mutual friction, but without a full-scale war.

In general, the closer to the west and north, the higher the Danger Coefficient and the more treacherous the world becomes. Conversely, the closer to the southeast, the more peaceful and prosperous the country is, and the more stable the world order is.

The County Town where Feng Xue is currently located is considered a stable area in the south. Although there are bound to be bandits, Renegade Disciple, and other such things, they are kept to a level that most people have only heard of.

The main duties of martial arts practitioners are to practice martial arts and hunt dangerous animals. Occasionally, they will also take on bounties for maintaining Post Road and suppressing mountain bandits. From this perspective, even small villages can serve as Supply Point. So, it doesn't seem too far-fetched that places of consumption such as Blacksmith Shop and taverns appear in villages.

"This really has a fairly standard Basic Worldview. The southeast is the Beginner Map, and the further north you go, the higher the Map Level and the more quests there are. The villages outside the County Town are the Beginner Village, and the County Town is the Main City for players in the early stages... I just wonder if there's Faction Choice, like whether there are players on the nomadic tribes, or maybe they could just have a foreign server on the Adjacent Continent? Like magic, Battle Qi, or something..."

Feng Xue muttered to herself, beginning to consider the benefits she could gain in this world.

In the Martial Arts System Weird Tale, he already has the ceiling of Xuanjun (玄君). Unless he directly First Turn Xianxia (仙侠), and if he wants to start Xianxia Account, whether it's Cyber World that introduces Xianxia with ghosts and monsters as the Qidian, or Xuanjun's world that directly claims "Martial Way Reaches Profoundness and Attain Dao and Ascend," both are better than this New World.

Compared to the mundane martial arts elements, the cognitive experience that Game Player can gain is actually more engaging and actionable.

Feng Xue pondered the possibility of creating Trait like "World Protagonist" or "GM," and then shook her head.

To obtain Weird Tale from players, you first need to confirm whether their existence qualifies as Weird Tale. Secondly, the very nature of Game World means its lifespan is much shorter than a normal world. When players stop playing, even if the world itself is the Benchmark World, it will transform from the original Fourth Natural Disaster into a regular martial arts world. At that point, will the Weird Tale provided by players still exist?

More importantly, is this game a Traditional Virtual Online Game with Game Panel that rigidly requires players to follow Action Mode, or Hardcore Survival Isekai Online Game that only has a panel to Auxiliary Game, or even no panel at all?

"Let's observe first." Feng Xue immediately had a fun idea. She bought a lot of materials in the County Town, then removed her Oath Keeper's appearance. She then used the Great Yin Molting Technique to adjust her temperament and appearance before returning to her previous village. She discussed with the Village Chief about buying a small plot of land, hired a few villagers, and built a simple hut. Then, she activated her Skilled Craftsman's Power to make major renovations to the hut, which looked like Thatched Hut.

In the First Turn, Feng Xue had been in this Nameless Small Village for almost half a month. During this time, he had met a few wanderers who had missed the closing time of the County Town and were seeking lodging, but the player he was waiting for had not yet arrived.

Just as Feng Xue was wondering if she had misunderstood something, or if the Open Beta and Closed Beta were using different Beginner Village, a strange feeling suddenly spread throughout the village.

Feng Xue, who was sitting at the door of the thatched hut, roughly working on a piece of old wood, immediately stood up, used her light-footed skills, and arrived at the center of the village in a few steps.

At this moment, the villagers were clearly unaware of what had happened, or perhaps they were simply still affected by the previous force and didn't feel anything was wrong. They continued chatting and playing chess as usual, and even when a person suddenly appeared in front of them, the little devil who was urinating and defecating on the ground did not stop his actions.

Yes, it appeared out of thin air.

Their appearance was incredibly abrupt, as if two hundred people had appeared out of thin air around the Big Scholar Tree next to the village ancestral Ancestral Hall in the blink of an eye.

"Damn it! This sky! This land! This water! These people!"

"I'm back!"

"Where's the Skill Tutor? There should be Skill Tutor this time, right?"

"What the hell?! You stepped on my foot!"

"Damn it, Wang Ergou, you peed on me!"

A group of men and women dressed exactly like the villagers were making a racket and acting crazy. Listening to their words, Feng Xue's lips twitched slightly. At this point, there was no need for further explanation. Without a doubt, these lunatics were definitely players!

However, to his surprise, these people were all real people.

To be precise, they are beings similar to real people who have entered the Infinite City.

In other words, a high-density Information Aggregate.

"Interesting." Feng Xue looked at the group of players, a glint of interest flashing in his eyes. He was certain that this world was definitely not Supernatural Tale World like Infinite City, and the people living in this world were real human beings with flesh and blood.

But the high density of information about these players cannot be faked...

"So, the players are real people from another world? Then what sustains their Informatization? Is it the Supernatural Tale Itself? If that's the case..."

Feng Xue couldn't help but have some guesses, but he couldn't confirm them immediately. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and went back to his thatched hut near the village entrance as planned, took out a handmade Erhu, and quietly began to play...

Hilarious! One person mentioned it and another one follows. This one seems to think they're so smart, even adding that they're listening to audiobooks and have to manually turn the pages every time because of the Photoshop editing. But Qidian, Qidian's audiobooks don't even read the author's words, okay?

To avoid wrongly accusing anyone, I specifically listened to a few chapters where the author commented. Okay, I wasn't wrong. I'll pin this post and continue the mockery! It's a shame that the Dian Niang can delete posts themselves, which halves the fun... You dare say you want to strangle the author? Then why don't you stop deleting the post?!

By the way, while my book isn't exactly Great God Masterpiece, it's still Top Hundred Ten Thousand Orders. Why do some readers keep saying things like "No wonder your grades are so bad" or "You deserve bad grades"? I don't know what kind of grades they consider "not bad"—are they Qi Tiandi?