Everyone seemed excited, even Lu Xuehan, who rarely smiled, was beaming like a little flower.
After buying the items, Xu Lin held an impromptu meeting to discuss development issues:
"Everyone's professions have been assigned. Now, no one knows what the game will be like. It's uncertain if there will even be a Novice Village. Moreover, nearly a hundred million helmets have been distributed globally so far, and only one server has been set up. If there aren't many Novice Villages, it's likely to be overcrowded. So, I think at the beginning, everyone should play on their own for a while. The game starts at midnight tonight, so we can start sleeping in the afternoon, wake up at eleven for dinner, go online promptly at midnight, and log off promptly at eight tomorrow morning. Report your situations. Are there any other questions?"
Xin Yu put down her cup and said, "Staying up late doesn't seem very good for beauty, and eating dinner at ten at night, isn't that a bit extreme?"
Xu Lin was expressionless: "You don't have to go online, but future salaries will be based on each person's contribution to the guild. You decide."
"Forget it, the game is more important..."
...Everyone had no questions and went back to their rooms to sleep. Lu Xuehan followed me into the inner room, and before entering, she even stuck out her tongue at me, leaving me bewildered for a moment.
I just treated it as a nap, but I woke up before three in the afternoon. I finally managed to endure until dinner time, and after eating, I couldn't sleep anymore. I simply opened the moons constant forum to check, hoping there might be some information that could help us.
I saw a post titled "Talent, Absolute Impact!" prominently pinned at the top. Clicking it open, it turned out that although the official website for moons constant hadn't been released, reliable unofficial sources revealed that each character created in moons constant was randomly assigned a talent. What exactly a "talent" was remained unknown, but at least it wouldn't affect the game's balance. Since each game account could only be for one person, and a new account could only be created a month after deleting the old one, there would basically be no phenomenon of farming for talents. Everything depended on personal luck!
I casually looked at other posts. Although there were many, most were speculative, and truly useful information was extremely rare. It seemed that moons constant's confidentiality work was very well done.
I struggled to stay awake until eleven o'clock, when Lu Xuehan punctually came to call me for a late-night snack. From her expression, it was clear she hadn't just woken up; she hadn't even removed her light makeup.
With less than an hour until the game started, the few beauties forgot all about their composure. After wolfing down their food, they darted into their rooms. Liu Yun, who was usually quiet, stayed with me to finish the egg drop soup.
Liu Yun was a very delicate woman, and I had always wondered why she got into this line of work, but I never dared to ask her. She only gave me a polite smile before returning to her room.
Shaking my head, I looked at the messy table and decided to clear everything into the kitchen before returning to my room. By the time I finished, it was already 11:50, only ten minutes until the game opened!
Putting on the helmet, the opening animation was skipped directly. The entire screen only showed the moons constant background and a large countdown in the center.
Time passed minute by minute, and I just stared. I knew that at least tens of millions of people worldwide were probably watching the countdown with me. In previous online novel games, the first few players to enter the game early received rewards, often artifacts or the like. Who knew if I would be lucky enough to encounter such a thing?
"Ten!"
"Nine!"
"Eight!"
"..."
"Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
The screen flickered, and I directly entered the game interface. The system prompted: "Please create your character!"
I unhesitatingly chose the Human race. Elves were too delicate, lacking masculinity, and half-orcs... forget it!
"Please enter your in-game nickname!" the system continued to prompt.
I quickly said: "Qing Cai Dou Fu!"
"Sorry, that name is already taken!"
"Qing Cai Bai Yu Tang!"
"Nickname complete. Now scanning facial features. Would you like to modify it?"
I looked at the young man opposite me, who looked exactly like me. This would definitely get me recognized by acquaintances, so I simply made a slight modification to my appearance, and that was it!
"Congratulations, your account has been created. Enter the game now?"
I immediately clicked enter, and the screen changed. I had appeared in a dilapidated village.
"Ding~!" System prompt:
"You are the 1,250,003rd player to enter the game!"
"Congratulations, you have obtained the talent 'Stealth'!"
Stealth? What is that?
I immediately opened the skill and character attribute panel, and sure enough, in the talent section at the bottom, it was "Stealth"!
I clicked it open and was instantly dumbfounded!
Talent — Stealth: Hidden in the darkness, monsters and players no more than 5 levels higher than oneself cannot detect you beyond four yards. The Stealth effect disappears after moving. Cooldown: 5 minutes.
What is this? Waiting for a rabbit or playing dead?
Didn't they say talents were very important to players? With such a useless talent, does it mean this account can be discarded?
Never mind that, I'll check it out first!
Opening the map, the village I was in was called Wild Dog Village. I could often hear the barking of wild dogs. The village name was a bit crude, but it was fitting.
Players continuously streamed out of the village center. It seemed this was the time when a large number of players were pouring in. Strong half-orcs, elf maidens wearing only underwear and bras... Looking at the character equipment, the equipment was pitifully scarce:
Damaged Outerwear
Defense: +2
Damaged Leggings
Defense: +1
Damaged Short Sword
Attack: 1-2
Character attributes were also the most basic, plus the equipment bonuses. The pitiful attack power of humans, even with a weapon, was only 2-3. I really didn't know what it could be used for.
A soldier was patrolling the village in the distance. I walked over and chatted with him, discovering there was a quest!
"Recently, a pack of wild dogs has surrounded the village, scaring the villagers into not daring to leave their homes. Are you willing to eliminate these ignorant beasts for the village?"
I immediately clicked yes, and the quest follow-up appeared: "Kill twenty wild dogs and bring their pelts to Village Defense Soldier Hark!"