Vision

Dun Qu Qi Yi asked Qi Lin, "Tianhe Sheriff, may I ask why you came to see me?"

"It's like this." As Qi Lin spoke, she took out a berry and said to Dun Qu Qi Yi, "I found this in the orchard. Miss Skadi said I could come find you."

Upon hearing that, Dun Qu Qi Yi glanced at the berry in Qi Lin's hand. "So it was Sister Skadi who sent you to me."

"Then you should also know that berries have other uses. What do you want to use this berry for?" Dun Qu Qi Yi asked.

"What else can berries be used for? I have no idea at all." Qi Lin looked utterly confused. "Never mind. Since you're the professional, I'll leave it to the professional."

"You really are something else." Dun Qu Qi Yi pulled a long face as she explained, "You should know that when a character reaches level ten, aside from officially changing classes, they can also unlock secondary professions, right?"

"Unlocking secondary professions? I don't really know much about that. If the great elf Skadi hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't even have known about secondary professions." Qi Lin answered with complete sincerity.

Hearing this, Dun Qu Qi Yi thought for a moment before saying to Qi Lin, "You should also know that World Tree is an extremely free game. You can do almost anything in the game that you can do in reality, including real-world professions like cooking, forging... and so on."

"For example, if you're a five-star chef in real life, you can recreate real-world dishes in the game."

By the time Dun Qu Qi Yi said that much, Qi Lin understood what she meant. After all, Qi Lin had graduated from a proper police academy. "You mean the game's experience is equivalent to real-life experience."

"That's right. But unlike reality, World Tree has the settings of the Primordial World and Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Energy." As she spoke, Dun Qu Qi Yi rubbed a small flame into existence at her fingertips.

Qi Lin recognized this skill. It was Spark, one of the basic skills of the mage class.

"And Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Energy is the condition for unlocking secondary professions in World Tree." Dun Qu Qi Yi added.

"So that's how it is. Then thank you." After hearing her explanation, Qi Lin was about to find a quiet place and try unlocking her own secondary profession.

Dun Qu Qi Yi could see what Qi Lin intended to do. She shook her head and poured a bucket of cold water over her. "Don't waste your effort. Didn't I say you need spiritual energy to merge with you before you can unlock a secondary profession? Without the skill bonuses of the scholar class, you can't possibly succeed."

"In other words, I estimate that only those who chose the scholar class can learn a secondary profession in advance. As for other classes, they'll probably have to wait until after level ten, when they officially advance their class and the system gives everyone a chance to choose a secondary profession."

"How can you be so certain?" Qi Lin was somewhat unconvinced. "You're not an official. How do you know so much?"

Dun Qu Qi Yi opened her mouth, nearly blurting out, Actually, I'm in with the officials.

But she still kept quiet. After thinking for a moment, she removed the red crystal ornament hanging from her waist, held it in her hand, and offered it before Qi Lin.

In a muffled voice, she said, "I was being conservative when I said only scholars could unlock secondary professions early. Sometimes, I even think I might be the only player in the entire game who can unlock a secondary profession early."

"It was only because I have this equipment that I barely managed to infuse spiritual power into weapons and food."

Following Dun Qu Qi Yi's gesture, Qi Lin looked at the red crystal ornament in her hand.

In truth, Qi Lin had found it strange from the very beginning. Where had Dun Qu Qi Yi gotten equipment like that?

After all, the current players were wearing either linen or wooden armor.

Compared to the equipment current players wore, this red crystal ornament was like a diamond dropped into a pile of coal.

If the NPC dialogue arranged by the officials had not stated that the players were Travelers,

it would have been all too easy to mistake them for refugees.

Qi Lin looked at the red crystal ornament. The most eye-catching thing was the flame emblem within the crystal. Having read the relevant information on the World Tree forums, Qi Lin knew very well what it meant.

This flame emblem represented many things in the game, such as Natlan, one of the Seven Nations; the Pyro Archon among the Seven Archons; and the Pyro element among the game's seven elements.

No matter what, the meaning of this flame emblem was extremely clear: it pointed to the Pyro Archon among the Seven Archons.

Just as Qi Lin was thinking that perhaps this might be a clue to unlocking the main storyline,

an equipment description panel popped up before the red crystal ornament.

Qi Lin gave Dun Qu Qi Yi a strange look. One had to understand that in World Tree, only the owner of a piece of equipment could view its description.

Other people could not view it unless the owner permitted them to.

Looking at the equipment information before her, Qi Lin understood Dun Qu Qi Yi's meaning. She was probably trying to make Qi Lin give up on the idea.

[Equipment Name: Pyro Vision (Red)]

[Level: Zero Constellation]

[Equipment Effect: Draws out the Pyro element within the body, increases Pyro affinity, and can provide proficiency through practice.]

[Equipment Description: As everyone knows, when your wish is strong enough, the gods will cast their gaze upon you. This is what is known as a Vision. A Vision is also the manifestation of a wish.]

After reading the equipment description, Qi Lin was still somewhat at a loss, but that did nothing to stop the shock in her heart. She immediately rubbed her eyes.

"That's right, I didn't see it wrong. It's actually red equipment."

"The server has only just opened, yet someone has already obtained red equipment. It's like mixing an armored warrior into a group of primitive people."

Qi Lin suppressed her voice and asked quietly, "How did you obtain this equipment?" As she spoke, she pointed at the Pyro Vision that Dun Qu Qi Yi had rehung at her waist.

"Then, Sister, you understand why I estimate that I'm probably the only one who can unlock a secondary profession before level ten, right?" Dun Qu Qi Yi said proudly to Qi Lin, whom she had only just met.

Qi Lin naturally understood what Dun Qu Qi Yi meant. It was only with the boost from a piece of red equipment that Dun Qu Qi Yi had unlocked a secondary profession. If anyone else wanted to replicate Dun Qu Qi Yi's process, they would need to obtain equipment no weaker than a [Vision].

"Then how did you get this equipment, the [Vision]?" Qi Lin asked curiously.

Dun Qu Qi Yi pointed at the equipment description section for the [Vision]. "Doesn't it say so very clearly here?"

"So mystical?" Qi Lin's face darkened. She had figured it out. This child is too innocent. She probably wasn't lying, but even she herself didn't know how she had obtained this equipment.

"Then can you tell me how you obtained the [Vision]?"

Dun Qu Qi Yi nodded very happily. "At that time, it was the first time I saw colors other than white."

As she spoke, Dun Qu Qi Yi even gestured wildly with her hands and feet.

"The first time I walked on the ground, the first time I saw big trees, the first time I saw such a vast sky, the first time I..."

As Qi Lin listened, she gradually fell silent. Vaguely, she began to guess what Dun Qu Qi Yi's situation was like in reality.

She was probably a patient in a hospital. Although World Tree was a virtual world, perhaps to her, it was no different from being real.

After Dun Qu Qi Yi had said who knew how many "first times," she finally declared with determination, "I want to take a good look at this world, and I want to taste the delicious food my family told me about."

"And then, just like that, a seven-colored flash shot over from the horizon. But in the end, only a red beam of light fell, and it became the [Vision] at my waist."

At last, Dun Qu Qi Yi excitedly described the entire process of how she had obtained the [Vision].

Even the [Vision] hanging from her waist glimmered faintly, as though it were affirming its owner's words.

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