Earth Origin Valley

In the world of <Cloud Sea>, there are no four seasons. Many regions have their own unique climates, including plains where spring lasts all year round and ice fields where snow falls year-round.

However, many other areas have highly variable climates, where it can be hot one second and snowing heavily the next.

Players are protected after leaving the Novice Village and will only appear in Beast Zone.

There are more than a dozen such areas throughout the game, and players will randomly appear in one of them.

Generally, players leave the Novice Zone at the same time to meet other players Novice Zone and team up for safety. Players like Xiao Fan, who leave outside of that time slot, are extremely rare.

The area Xiao Fan randomly entered had just been snowed in, and the snow and ice had not yet melted. The silvery-white world was very beautiful. He rode his Red Hare Steed all the way there without seeing a single player.

"Hey, after leaving Zone 18, I can transform again!" Zijin popped his head out of Xiao Fan's pocket, his tone excited.

Xiao Fan ignored Zijin; he was chatting with Ye Bugu in the game interface.

A few days ago, after learning that Xiao Fan was leaving the Novice Zone, Ye Bugu warmly invited him to his Never Setting Sun Gathering Point.

New players typically head to the area where level 20-50 Beast Zone gather after leaving the Novice Zone.

The area where the Never Setting Sun Gathering Point is located contains Fierce Beast with levels between 50 and 70.

Xiao Fan originally wanted to level up quickly, and after careful consideration, he decided to skip the level 20-50 area and head directly to the Never Setting Sun Gathering Point.

However, just to be on the safe side, he leveled himself up to level 30.

In fact, his Core Power could regenerate, but due to the upgrade feature refresh, Xiao Fan did not choose to continue.

Upgrades made in the short term may result in duplicate features.

Xiao Fan was confirming the route with Ye Bugu.

After leaving the Novice Zone, the player's current coordinates will be displayed in the upper left corner of the game interface.

Xiao Fan is currently located at (Earth Origin Valley 124.78).

Ye Bugu: "I was actually assigned to the Earth Origin Valley, which is the farthest from my settlement, the Never Setting Sun Gathering Point. It'll take at least half a month to get there, and the journey is quite dangerous. Great God, how about I come pick you up?"

Xiao Fan frowned. He hadn't expected to be assigned to one of the 20-50 zones, the furthest from the Never Setting Sun Gathering Point.

After thinking it over, Xiao Fan declined Ye Bugu's offer to pick him up and decided to go to the Never Setting Sun Gathering Point by himself, so he could also familiarize himself with the Lower Stream environment and the various functions after the upgrade along the way.

As for danger? He has the skill "Stealing Heaven and Changing Day," which is so powerful that almost no player or Fierce Beast can kill him instantly.

Besides, isn't there Zijin?

Hearing Xiao Fan's refusal, Ye Bugu did not persist.

"Hey, I remember there's a medium-sized settlement called Frostfire not far from the Earth Origin Valley. You can go there to resupply. I'll find the map and send it to you."

This time, Xiao Fan did not refuse; he did indeed need supplies.

Once outside the Novice Zone, the player's body is no longer protected, and players need to eat and rest normally.

He left without taking anything with him, and he must be starving after walking for so long.

"Jiu Chen, my tummy is rumbling." Zijin popped out of the pocket, rubbing his belly as he spoke.

Xiao Fan:???

He needs to find out who this bird has been playing with lately, and why it's been talking so much more and more outrageously.

"You go hunt, I'll start the fire." Xiao Fan dismounted and put Red Hare into his Mount Space.

In <Cloud Sea>, most of the food players bring in from the Real World, and they also hunt Fierce Beast in the wild to satisfy their hunger.

Xiao Fan has been offline recently and can only survive by eating the flesh of Fierce Beast.

The flesh of most Fierce Beast is edible.

"Gold digger, you've really gone too far!" Zijin patted his butt, revealed his true form, and flew away. A moment later, he caught a rabbit the size of a husky and threw it on the ground.

"Cook."

Xiao Fan had already started a fire and picked up the rabbit to process it with the beginner's dagger he had bought.

Soon, the aroma of roasted meat filled the air.

Zijin hopped happily onto Xiao Fan's shoulder, its big, watery eyes fixed on the roasted meat, and it swallowed hard.

Xiao Fan had been walking for so long and was starving.

"It's ready to eat."

Xiao Fan took the roasted rabbit off the fire, cut it in half with a dagger, handed one half to Zijin, and ate the other half himself.

Xiao Fan's eyes lit up after taking that bite.

I thought the barbecue would taste mediocre without any seasoning, but the meat from this Fierce Beast was surprisingly delicious.

One person and one bird wolfed down their food.

Zijin smacked his lips loudly. "Your rabbit meat is roasted quite well, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It would be even better with a pot of good wine right now."

Xiao Fan:...

This bird really has a lot of bad habits.

Just as the man and the bird were enjoying their meal, they suddenly heard voices coming from afar.

Looking into the distance, Xiao Fan saw a small team walking towards him through the snow in the vast white expanse of the world.

"Could it be that he just came from the Novice Zone too?"

Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow. Experienced players usually don't appear in the level 20 Beast Zone; only players like him who have just left the Novice Zone can come here.

Before long, the squad had approached.

Xiao Fan glanced sideways and saw five people in total, three men and two women. They all looked quite young and were wearing magnificent armor with green light emanating from their heads.

While having green light emanating from one's head isn't a good omen, in the world of "Cloud Sea," it's considered extremely respectable, signifying that they're wearing a complete set of green gear.

In the game, equipment levels are divided into white, green, blue, red, and purple, from low to high.

When a player collects a complete set of equipment, including a weapon, clothes, pants, shoes, belt, and necklace, if all the equipment is of the same level, such as all being green, then a color will appear above their head, which is the equipment effect.

In the Novice Zone, very few players carry any equipment other than weapons, let alone a complete set of equipment.

Even outside the Novice Zone, very few players can create a complete set of equipment.

"These five aren't novices; they seem to be quite skilled," Xiao Fan silently assessed.

The five people walked up to Xiao Fan, looked around first, and finally focused their attention on him.

"Hey bro, are you all alone here?" The speaker was one of the tall male players, and his tone was fairly polite.

Xiao Fan nodded. "Yes, I'm all alone here."

Upon hearing this, one of the five female players, with bangs, covered her mouth in surprise. "What? You dare to come to Earth Origin Valley alone?"

These words made Xiao Fan frown. As a level 30 player with God-Tier Skill, what was there to be afraid of in a level 20 area?

Besides, the minimum level for players in a normal server is 20, so it's normal for players to appear in the Earth Origin Valley.

Unless...

This area has been cordoned off by certain forces.

Xiao Fan had heard of this kind of thing before; some gold farming groups would domineeringly fence off certain areas for Core Power.

"Could these five people be members of a gold-farming group?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan's face turned cold. "What? Can't I come to this place?"

Although Xiao Fan couldn't see the five people's levels, with Zijin present, Xiao Fan wasn't afraid of offending them at all, since no matter how high their levels were, they couldn't surpass Zijin's.

Seeing Xiao Fan's displeasure, the female player with bangs quickly waved her hand and explained, "Oh dear, you misunderstood, that's not what I meant."

"So what do you mean?"

Seeing Xiao Fan's unfriendly tone, another hot female player next to the one with bangs laughed and spoke up.

"Please don't be offended, young man. Our Qingbao can't speak properly. You're not from this neighborhood, are you?"