They Were All Gone

After Xiao Fan chose to enter the secret realm, he was plunged into chaos, something that had never happened in other secret realms.

When he regained consciousness, Xiao Fan found himself lying on a very small wooden bed.

"Where did you give this to me?"

Xiao Fan sat up and looked around. It was a house made entirely of wood.

The house was very small and simply furnished; apart from the bed he was sitting on, there was only a table and chairs in the entire house.

The house didn't even have a door; Xiao Fan could see directly into the village outside.

Without a doubt, this is another secret realm with a storyline.

Xiao Fan subconsciously rubbed his hair, only to realize something was wrong as soon as he reached out.

Where are his sleeves? No, where are his clothes?

Xiao Fan quickly looked down and noticed that he was wearing a simple linen outfit, with the pants and cuffs only covering half of his arms and legs.

"Am I a beggar this time?"

Xiao Fan quickly shook his head, not daring to think any further; this was too terrifying!

He immediately opened the game page to check if his skills Profession were working properly, as this would determine the success of his upcoming dungeon adventure.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Fan was completely taken aback.

ID: Jiu Chen

Level: 1 (0/10)

Health: 100/100

Blue Amount: 110/110

Strength: 6

Intelligence: 9

Spirit: 8

Agility: 6

Constitution: 8

Skills: None

Equipment: None

Affiliation of four poles: None

Good news, the player page is still there, and the skills Profession can still be used.

The bad news is, his Profession and skills...

It's gone! Everything's gone!

We've gone back to square one.

"What the hell is going on? Where are my skills? Where is my Profession? Where are my attributes?"

Xiao Fan was ashen-faced.

What's the difference between having this player page and not having one?

Good heavens, he finally understands why this secret realm is only level one.

Because once you enter this secret realm, your player level will be effortlessly restored to level one.

Xiao Fan opened his friends page again to see if he could contact Jian Qingfeng to learn about the situation in the secret realm.

His friend list showed (0/0).

My friends are gone too.

Xiao Fan then checked his talent, Space Ring, mount, and other gameplay elements, and unsurprisingly, they were all gone.

The entire game page seemed to have been formatted, everything reverted to level one, except...

His resurrection skill.

The resurrection skill icon in the upper right corner of the player's screen is lit up, indicating that their resurrection skill is active.

However, this resurrection skill has a major drawback: it cannot revive oneself.

"Why,"

Xiao Fan sighed; he needed to be even more careful.

This secret realm also offers no hints; players must analyze the situation themselves to clear it.

Xiao Fan's first analysis focused on player information.

Unlike the player profiles in <Cloud Sea>, the player profiles in the Secret Realm don't include features like elemental attributes, city Core Power, etc. Instead, they include a level 4 affiliation.

This echoes the name of the secret realm, "The Land of Four Extremes".

"To find a way to clear the secret realm, you first need to understand what the Four Extremes are."

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan stood up.

He had just seen a village outside the house.

If it's a story-driven secret realm, there should be villager NPCs outside.

He might be able to glean some information about the Land of Four Extremes this.

As soon as he stepped out of the house, Xiao Fan immediately sensed something was wrong.

The village was extremely quiet, without a sound, which was clearly illogical.

"Let's see if there are any clues in the village first."

Xiao Fan carefully began to investigate.

This village was only slightly larger than the original Zone 18, and Xiao Fan quickly surveyed the entire village.

There was no one in the village, and no trace of human habitation.

Moreover, all the houses in the entire village are the same wooden houses, with identical furnishings inside, and are surrounded by a very simple wooden fence.

That's strange.

This doesn't look like a village; it looks more like a Novice Village for players! And that's combined with the drastically changed game interface.

Xiao Fan was certain that this was indeed a Novice Village.

The player should have gone out to level up at this time.

With that in mind, Xiao Fan wasn't in a hurry and looked out at the world through the fence.

The villages are all located in a forest, surrounded by dense woods, and there is nothing particularly special about them.

Xiao Fan is only level one, with no level, no weapon, no skills, and doesn't even know anything about the game, so he doesn't dare to go out and level up rashly.

"Looks like we'll just have to wait."

As night fell, Xiao Fan finally saw a group emerge from the dense forest and head towards the village.

The group consisted of twenty people, all dressed in the same linen clothes as Xiao Fan.

This confirms Xiao Fan's earlier idea that this village is a Novice Village.

The only difference was that these people were carrying all sorts of weapons.

As Xiao Fan was pondering this, the group of people reached the village entrance. Upon seeing Xiao Fan, no one was surprised.

"New here? What's your name?" one of the players asked.

Xiao Fan nodded. "Jiu Chen, he just arrived this afternoon."

The player sized Xiao Fan up and down, then patted him on the shoulder. "My name is Shui Tuntun. We're from the same village now, so we're family. You'll come with us tomorrow to level up and improve our strength. If we defeat the other villages, we'll have a chance to enter the Land of Four Extremes and become true warriors."

"Okay, Brother Shui Tuntun."

Xiao Fan answered aloud, his mind constantly racing.

He obtained two important pieces of information from the entrance to Shui Tuntun.

There are many villages like theirs, and they are in competition with each other.

Only by defeating other villages can one have a chance to enter the Level 4 lands and become a warrior in the eyes of Shui Tuntun.

As for the background of the secret realm, the Land of Four Extremes, the origin of the Novice Village, and how they got here, it was not mentioned at all.

However, Xiao Fan felt that these people weren't playing a game, but rather in their own Real World.

Therefore, the background of the secret realm might be a world invaded by a game, or it might be a real world with a special system. Xiao Fan still needs to observe this further.

"By the way, Jiu Chen, what direction do you plan to take?"

Shui Tuntun suddenly spoke up.

Xiao Fan was taken aback. Which direction was this? He didn't know.

Xiao Fan didn't dare to ask directly, so he could only pretend to be a complete novice, scratching his head sheepishly.

"I don't know which direction to take either. Could you give me some advice, Shui Tuntun?"

Seeing Xiao Fan's simple-minded appearance, Shui Tuntun thought for a moment before speaking.

"Just go in the direction of treatment, it's the simplest, and it suits a silly... little idiot like you."

"You damn idiot!"

Xiao Fan thought to himself, "This is ridiculous."

However, he also understood that this was the development direction Shui Tuntun was referring to.

Treatment is treatment; he's very familiar with that.