The First Night in the Game

In the blink of an eye, evening had arrived.

In the Elf Forest, ancient trees of countless shapes towered into the clouds, their dense branches blotting out the sky and sun.

In the forest, after the sound of a blade leaving its sheath, a great tree snapped in response. Before it, Qi Lin slowly sheathed her wooden bayonet.

She nodded in satisfaction. "Once I finish this daily quest, I'll reach level six."

Using vines found everywhere in the forest, Qi Lin tied up the tree and let out a breath.

"I never expected the beginner's bayonet to be this sharp."

"I heard from Ironclad Heroism that the three from Demacia got crushed to death by trees again. They'll have to level up all over again."

When Qi Lin heard the news, she had wanted to complain, Why were the unlucky ones always those three? Could it be because they offended Skadi before, so this happened?

Skadi put her hands on her hips smugly. "I did it."

"Still, World Tree is so realistic." Qi Lin tugged the vine and headed back to the Player Camp.

Without realizing it, aside from the time she had spent fighting the Wild Boar King, Qi Lin had already been playing this game for an entire day.

More precisely, she had spent an entire day doing manual labor in the game. Looking back on it, Qi Lin had picked fruit, chopped trees, built houses, and cleaned the streets.

Qi Lin glanced at her character panel, the corners of her lips lifting as she thought smugly, After I finish this quest, I'll reach level six.

The Player Camp was beside the large lake where the players had first appeared. After a day of hard work and effort from a thousand players—

A large village had now begun to take shape by the lakeside.

Qi Lin had also heard that an overseas Chinese player had gathered people from the very beginning and actively worked on building the village. By now, more than half the real estate in the village belonged to that group.

Qi Lin had been shocked when she first heard the news. She had never expected real estate development to be possible in a game too.

Dragging the tree along, Qi Lin headed toward the great elf Skadi. Looking at the shops opening along both sides of the road, she saw that although currency had yet to appear in the game—

Player-to-player trading had already established a barter system. Honestly, World Tree was simply too realistic.

Even a tiny safe zone in the Elf Forest was extremely rich in resources. The excessive abundance of game resources had divided players into two groups.

One group consisted of lifestyle players, while the other consisted of combat players.

Combat players killed beasts outside and obtained materials to trade with lifestyle players. The items lifestyle players gathered or crafted in the forest were also traded to combat players.

It was worth explaining that equipment and items could still be crafted without learning a secondary profession, but the equipment made that way would lack special effects.

For example, a player with the forging profession could carve a sword from a branch, while a player without the forging profession could also carve a wooden sword. Aside from basic physical attack—

The wooden sword carved by a player with the forging profession would also have other effects, such as armor break, magic attack, piercing... and other additional effects.

Items made by ordinary players did not have those effects.

Qi Lin listened to the clamor of players trading along both sides of the road, then looked at the simple yet already recognizable two-story wooden houses.

Looking at these convincing buildings, Qi Lin could not help but sigh. "What a talented bunch. They built this so well in such a short time."

As Qi Lin marveled, she headed toward the plaza where Skadi was.

When she arrived at Skadi's plaza, Qi Lin was surprised to find a group of people already talking to Skadi.

At their head was a blonde female elf. Judging by her equipment, she should have been a martial apprentice.

Qi Lin lifted her eyes and scanned the leading girl's ID: Young Mistress.

Unlike everyone else's equipment, however, theirs all seemed to have been dyed black, making them look like a gang of mobsters.

If this were not a game and Skadi were not an NPC, it would truly have felt like a gang surrounding a beautiful young girl.

"As expected, that ID makes her sound even more like a mob boss." Qi Lin complained weakly.

Seeing that they did not pay much attention to her arrival, Qi Lin boldly dragged the tree over to Skadi.

As she approached Skadi, Qi Lin could finally hear their conversation clearly.

"Traveler, thank you very much for completing the 'Build the Camp' quest. This is your reward." As Skadi spoke, she took out a heavy bag, from which came the sound of metal clinking.

Young Mistress accepted the bag of metal, weighed it in her hand, opened it, and took out a coin that was a pale gold color.

She looked at Skadi curiously and asked, "Is this Mora?"

"Yes. Mora is the currency commonly circulated throughout Elven Civilization. It is issued by Liyue, which is governed by the Geo God." Skadi explained.

"Then how do I use it?" Young Mistress asked in confusion.

Skadi patiently explained, "Don't worry. I've already contacted Mondstadt. Mondstadt will arrange for merchants and people from all walks of life to settle in the town built by the travelers."

The moment Skadi finished speaking, a server-wide announcement appeared before every player.

[System Notice, Server-Wide Announcement: Player ID Young Mistress has completed a hidden quest and unlocked the currency system: Mora.]

[The large map has been unlocked: the entire Elf Forest.]

[Level ten class advancement has been unlocked.]

Three consecutive messages drifted before the players' eyes. In an instant, every player erupted in an uproar.

"Holy crap, there are hidden quests?"

"That's not the point. Didn't you notice that level ten class advancement was unlocked too? Without completing the hidden quest, our classes couldn't have advanced."

"That means our actions as players can affect game updates and later storylines. Damn, this is so freaking realistic—it's just like the real thing." Another player added.

Qi Lin, who had watched the entire process from the side, finally realized why this person's ID had sounded so familiar.

"Young Mistress... isn't that the prodigy who owns more than half the land in the Player Camp?" Qi Lin belatedly realized.

After Young Mistress, who owned more than half the Player Camp's land, left—

Qi Lin finally stepped forward to Skadi and turned in her daily quest.

The quest was completed smoothly, and Qi Lin successfully reached level six as she had hoped.

Just then, the system displayed a notification that she had an unread message.

Qi Lin opened it curiously and found that it was a message from Dun Qu Qi Yi.

Dun Qu Qi Yi @ Tianhe Sheriff: "Sheriff Sis, I've already made all the items dropped by the Wild Boar King into equipment."

"Tonight, let's meet at coordinates 2351, 259, 7584. There's an orchard there, and we can have a meal together and distribute the finished equipment."

When Qi Lin saw the coordinates, she realized it was the very grove where she had gathered Sunset Fruit for her first quest. After thinking about it, she replied.

Tianhe Sheriff @ Dun Qu Qi Yi: "No problem. I'll notify them to gather at the orchard."

Dun Qu Qi Yi quickly replied, "Um, Sheriff Sis, I also want to invite some friends I just met to join us for dinner."

Qi Lin smiled and replied, "It was your proposal. You can decide whom to invite."

Dun Qu Qi Yi quickly replied, "Thank you, Sheriff Sis."

Seeing Dun Qu Qi Yi's reply, Qi Lin smiled helplessly. "This kid really treats me like an older sister."

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