Chapter 4 Toy Pig

  Upon hearing the sweet female voice's explanation, I nodded my head. However, now I'm in a dilemma again. Should I add the remaining 30 potential points to other attributes or continue adding special attributes?

  Finally, I made up my mind. Since I've already added special attributes, why not go all the way and add them all? But this time, I didn't want to distribute them evenly. Moreover, 30 divided by 7 is a repeating decimal, so even if I wanted to be egalitarian, I'd run into bottlenecks. After carefully studying the seven special attributes, I found that the first two "Acquisition" and "Thinking" were still the most important, so I allocated the remaining 30 points to these two attributes. Now my "Acquisition" and "Thinking" potential points have reached 25 points each.

  It wasn't until now that I realized those attributes the system had previously rewarded me with weren't showing up here. I thought to myself: Maybe the ones I've already been rewarded with can't be added again.

  At this time, the sweet and beautiful voice appeared again: "Player Zhang Haogu has allocated potential points for himself. Please choose a birthplace."

  Before coming here, I went to the official website and saw that the whole game originally had 8 formal birthplaces and 8 hidden birthplaces. Now, because it's just a public test, only 4 formal birthplaces are open, and the remaining 4 formal birthplaces will be opened after the game is officially launched. The hidden birthplaces will be randomly opened as the game progresses.

  I have looked at the map and the 4 birthplaces that are open in the public test are Qingzhou Tai'an Village, Youzhou Taoyuan Village, Xuzhou Xiahou Village, and Yizhou Huayin Village.

  At this time, the birthplace selection dial also came out, and it was indeed the same as the map provided on the website. However, I hadn't thought about where to be born before. After thinking for a moment, I decided on Tai'an Village in Shandong Province, who knows if I might run into young Zhuge Liang? As for Taoyuan Village, it's obviously where Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei hang out; Xiahou Village is clearly Cao Cao's territory from the name alone; Huayin Village is unknown and probably doesn't have much to offer.

  I actually regret not taking a surname like Zhuge, Sima or Jia, so I could have a deeper connection with people like Zhuge Liang or Sima Yi and Jia Xu, and then I could choose my birthplace freely. Now I must build relationships with these Three Kingdoms strategists, so I can only be born in Tai'an Village.

  As I chose the birthplace, I heard that sweet and beautiful female voice say: "Player Zhang Haogu has chosen a good birthplace. Player character Zhang Haogu is officially generated. Player Zhang Haogu has officially entered the game!"

  As a gentle melody faded away, the scene before my eyes disappeared. Then I found myself standing in a novice village.

  As usual, I entered the game and first found an NPC to talk to, receiving a novice mission. I knew that this step was unavoidable if I wanted the rest of the game to proceed, so I ran to each NPC's side to chat with them.

  Unexpectedly, not only did all the NPCs ignore me, but even those blacksmiths, pharmacies and grocery stores that should have spoken to me in other games also ignored me. There was no mention of being able to buy or sell items from them either.

  I just realized that many players who arrived before me are also staring blankly, unsure of what happened.

  Seeing other players made me realize that many of them had arrived at the newbie village before me and had already received who-knows-how-many abnormal benefits from the system. Fortunately, I also got a lot of benefits, not necessarily less than theirs, so my heart is somewhat balanced. Moreover, I also got 100,000 gold coins, which is a small fortune no matter what.

  I started asking other players and it turned out they had been there for over ten minutes, trying everything with all the NPCs, with the same result as me. What was even more astonishing to them was that not only were there no NPCs to talk to in the newbie village, but there weren't even any monsters to fight. This left players who were used to regular games feeling at a loss for what to do.

  Following the normal game mode, players either level up to a sufficient level and leave the novice village or can find NPCs to do tasks in the novice village. However, the current situation seems to be just waiting around.

  I suggest we split up and search again, there must be some secret hidden somewhere. The other players nodded in agreement. After all, this is the first brain game, no player wants to give up easily, especially when they are still a novice.

  It wasn't until I walked out of the village that I realized how beautiful the scenery was here. In the 21st century, blue skies and white clouds, green mountains and flowing water, seem to be only in some western places. But it's so pure here, making people feel carefree. I gradually forgot that I came to play games, indulging in the green mountains and clear waters.

  I suddenly discovered a new feature in the game I developed, which is to find a truly elegant place. Isn't this peaceful world without killing perfect? Every day, I can code for a while and then come to the game to play. Anyway, my parents care more about my health than my future, so I don't have to be in such a hurry.

  Also don't know how long it took to stroll around like this, suddenly heard a player excitedly shouting: "Everyone come quickly, the secret is here."

  I turned my head to look, and the small novice village was already filled with a dense crowd of novices. Everyone was as confused as I was earlier. But after hearing the shout, they also looked in that direction first, then surrounded it.

  I don't know why I found myself running faster than others and arrived at that place before them. Some people who were originally closer to me were even overtaken by me.

  Suddenly, a thick male voice whispered in my ear: "Player Zhang Haogu is indulging in the scenery and has grasped the lightness skill 'Riding the Wind to Go'."

  I'm thrilled beyond words right now. It turns out that in this game, no matter what you do, it's all beneficial.

  But I didn't have time to be happy anymore because I had already arrived at the place where someone was shouting earlier.

  I only saw a few people surrounding a toy pig. I knew that this toy pig must have some purpose for appearing here, and seeing that countless people had already flocked over, I quickly walked to the front of the toy pig, so as not to be squeezed out by them.

  It wasn't until then that I had the chance to seriously look at the toy pig, and it was quite adorable with its silly expression. Earlier, I had also tried talking to it, but it didn't respond to me.

  As I was sizing up the toy pig, dozens of people had already begun attacking it. After a while, all the newcomers except me were attacking the toy pig. Those who stood close by directly used their fists and feet to attack, while those who stood far away without any weapons simply picked up stones and clods of earth from the ground to throw over.

  Originally, a player discovered that the only animal in the entire novice village besides humans was the toy pig. He tried attacking the toy pig and found that it had a blood bar on its body. In normal games, this is a typical characteristic of monsters. Generally, NPCs do not have blood bars. However, every time he knocked down the toy pig's blood, it would recover faster than he could attack. After 20 minutes, the player realized that one person was not enough and called for everyone to come and help.

  The situation has taken a turn for the better, as all players except me are attacking this toy pig, and the blood in the toy pig's blood tank is actually decreasing bit by bit. The players are even more excited, and everyone believes that this is the secret of the new village.

  The battle was ongoing, the toy pig neither counterattacked nor fled, but just smiled foolishly, and its blood volume was getting less and less. At this time, the toy pig gave me a strange smile.

  I'm starting to get it a bit, but I'm still not sure, just keep watching how things develop.

  At last, the toy pig's blood was only one-tenth of what it had been, but then the toy pig suddenly burst out laughing: "Heh heh."

  Something unbelievable happened, and in everyone's sight, the toy pig's blood bar suddenly filled up.

  Many players have already started scolding this abnormal game. And I've completely figured out what's going on.

  I clasped my fists and said to the toy pig: "Brother Pig, we all want to go outside the village, please show us a clear way."

  At this time, the toy pig suddenly spoke: "Haha, finally there is a reasonable one. It's not difficult to point you in the right direction, as long as you help me avenge those villains who killed me just now, I will point it out for you."

  "This." I frowned, "It's not good to kill someone for no reason."

  Toy pig hummed: "You also saw it just now, they made the first move. Now I'm just giving you a chance to execute justice. Besides, they're all new players, and even if they die, they can revive without losing any attribute equipment."

  I was still hesitating when I heard the player who first discovered the toy pig say, "Brother, don't you understand? As long as you kill all of us, we can all leave the village. It doesn't matter if we die once, what's the loss?"

  I heard him speak reasonably, so I had no choice but to clasp my fists in respect and say to the crowd: "Everyone, today is also for everyone's sake that we leave the village. Let me kill once, and if it doesn't work out, I'll let you all kill me again later, how about that?"

  "Unexpectedly, everyone burst into applause: 'For the sake of continuing the game, even if you kill us a million times, we'll still be grateful to you, don't hesitate, brother, go ahead and kill.'"

  I no longer had any worries, but suddenly I thought of another problem: "With so many people, how long will it take for me to kill them all?"

  At this time, the toy pig said: "Since you are willing to preside over justice for me and also help the players present, I will pass on a move called Eight Sides Wind and Rain to you, and give you a good knife. You can instantly kill all the players."

  At this time, a thick male voice said: "Player Zhang Haogu triggered the system's hidden task: Teach players. The system rewards Eight Sides Wind and Rain Swordsmanship and a knife baby."

  With two "dings", I found that my skill bar had added a second skill, and there was also an extra knife in my hand. At this time, it's too late to look at the properties of the skill and the knife, so I bowed to the crowd: "Sorry everyone, please automatically form a circle."