Guardians

Fang Yue quickly clicked into it and read carefully, word by word, studying it for over ten minutes before finishing the post of more than fifty characters.

He read it from every angle, and from the content of these fifty-plus characters, he only got one message—He! Is! Praising! Me!

Yeah, praising!

However, the post was written fluently and elegantly, praising him so much that it felt like a spring breeze, making him feel ecstatic.

With a flick of his mouse, Fang Yue pressed the prominent "Like" button on the post.

Liked!

Unfortunately, when he scrolled down, the replies were all mocking.

"[Night Dawn]? What kind of nobody is that, never even heard of them!"

"Did you not log into Blue Sea today? Night Dawn got the first kill on an [Anomaly], and the whole forum is praising them now. It's disgusting to see."

"Seriously, the world's number one blowhard! I got a Lucky Gift Pack and my start in Blue Sea was pretty good, but my martial arts progress is still slow as hell. I can't even beat the weakest [Anomaly], so how did that guy get the first kill? He must have used some cheap trick!"

"Sour grapes, you're just being salty! But honestly, it's only been two hours since the server opened. Even the best martial arts manual would only give you +0.1-0.5 Control Power or Force Dissipation stat points, and progress is extremely slow. I don't believe anyone could actually kill an [Anomaly] through sheer skill."

The content below was uniformly questioning.

This questioning was based on the keen intuition and numerical grasp of these professional players, so theoretically, it was correct.

Even for the weakest [Nascent Anomaly], Fang Yue wouldn't have been a match without the 32 stat points boosted by [Night's Breath].

For others, even with talents like Innate Divine Strength and diligent training, their highest stats might not even reach 10 points.

Without even 10 stat points, killing an [Anomaly] was like dreaming.

Therefore, at this stage, those who could kill Anomalies were basically using tricks, with very few like Fang Yue who killed them head-on.

Unable to stand the questioning in the post, Fang Yue sheepishly retreated and continued to browse other posts.

With the opening of Blue Sea, this brand-new, epoch-making game, the professional player community was at its most active.

So, most of the content on the homepage was about Blue Sea.

Some were simple guides, some were discovered game rules, and some people were specifically inquiring about the world-building. All sorts of content were there, and they were quickly swiped away. Many were locked and required money to unlock.

Fang Yue also posted a thread, basically reposting the "Comprehensive Attribute Analysis" that he had given to Shi Wuliao and his group. He locked it and priced it at 0.1 yuan, which was practically a bargain.

After publishing the post, Fang Yue continued to browse the forum, focusing on the analysis posts that could be viewed for free, and gained quite a few new insights.

For example, character creation.

It turned out that all players entered the game without a character creation phase.

Instead, they randomly possessed a body in the game, similar to soul possession.

But this randomness wasn't true randomness; after the system collected the player's data, it would select a body in the game with the highest possible similarity for adaptation.

For instance, if someone was a beauty in real life, the game would find a similarly beautiful body to possess.

Or if someone was a child in real life, the system would try to find a child's body to possess.

At the same time, to ensure that everyone had a normal body to use, players were randomly assigned to different villages.

Most players' identities were Refugees.

This group of Refugees seemed to have fled due to some incident, and their backgrounds were basically blank, untraceable.

A small number of Lucky Gift Pack players would have special identities or roles.

Furthermore, if all the Refugees in a village were the elderly, weak, sick, or disabled, and no character matched the player's adaptation requirements, then players would basically not be generated.

Of course, there were also adaptation errors.

For example, errors like a male being adapted to a female body, or a female to a male body, but the system hadn't stated how these issues would be resolved.

The game had just opened, so bugs and the like were normal.

Fang Yue just listened to it as a piece of trivia and didn't take it to heart.

Fang Yue's energy was more focused on how to practice martial arts and how to improve his stat points more efficiently.

Unfortunately, most of these guides cost money, and quite a lot of it.

In the early stages of the game, this information was the most valuable.

Fang Yue hesitated for a long time before reluctantly buying a very popular martial arts guide post.

After reading the content of the post, he indeed understood more about martial arts.

Feeling inspired, coupled with his overnight "fortune," Fang Yue bought two more posts. To his annoyance, the content was somewhat repetitive. He got angry and posted a few curses, resulting in a 24-hour ban.

Helpless, he had no choice but to remain silent and continue his free browsing on the forum.

It wasn't until his phone rang that Fang Yue closed the forum, preparing to return to the game.

Just then, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of the parchment placed on the table.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yue picked up the parchment.

Soon, text appeared on the parchment.

"I've made money in Blue Sea. The parchment was right after all."

"As expected, if I just believe what the parchment says, I'll definitely become a millionaire."

"Now, I need to enter the game and continue to improve my strength."

"Blue Sea game just launched, time is of the essence, I can't waste too much time outside."

This is urging me to enter the game.

Could it be... there's a new business opportunity in the game?

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat. He put down the parchment, lay back on the bed, and pressed the dial on his game watch.

"Enter game!"

After Fang Yue entered the game.

The parchment began to display text once more.

"Why did this idiot come out? Game, game, enter the game!"

"Doesn't he understand how precious the game's launch time is? To think he's a professional Player! Taking the lead by a step means staying ahead every step of the way! Truly stupid!"

"It makes me so angry, so angry! If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll regret it when you're old!"

Even through the text, one could feel the parchment's gritted-teeth tone.

The angry parchment then made the text disappear.

Those words didn't fade away slowly as usual.

Instead, they vanished with a crunching sound, as if being bitten off piece by piece.

It seemed like the parchment was expressing its emotions.

Inside the game, Fang Yue opened his eyes.

He was still in the same position as when he left the game, but his legs didn't feel numb; they felt warm.

Looking up at the sky, the rain had already stopped. The guards who had been holding umbrellas had all put them away.

These oil-paper umbrellas seemed quite precious. Fang Yue hadn't seen many pedestrians using them along the way; only the patrolling guards were carrying them.

Furthermore, the village buildings seemed to offer good shelter from the rain, and most people were staying indoors.

He waited a while longer, and then Lord Han arrived.

"It's about time. How are you feeling?"

Fang Yue stretched his legs. Although there was still a tingling sensation, it was much better than before.

"I'm much better."

"Good, that's good."