Chapter 1: There is an expert called System

  "Shenlin" world, Lie Shan City, western suburbs.

  Ye Chen looked at the three red-name players from the Lie Hu family who had surrounded him, his face a mixture of anger and helplessness.

  "Listen up, kid! I just told you that the Liè Hǔ family has booked this whole place. If you don't leave now, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

  The swordsman of the Liehu Family smiled slyly, waving his long sword and staining it with a blood-red glow. That bloody glow was the level 20 skill of the swordsman, Bloodlust.

  He approached Ye Chen with a smile, saying to his two companions beside him: "You guys just watch from the side, this 15-level little noob, let me handle it, bullying noobs is what I love most."

  Ye Chen's right hand tightly grasped the staff, his fingers were pinched white, his eyes stared intently at the Lietu Family swordsman who was approaching him with a ferocious smile, his eyes were about to spew fire. This guy was at least level 20, while he himself was only level 15, and still a fragile spellcaster profession, this was simply bullying.

  Looking at the other two players staring tightly at him, Ye Chen knew that he had no way out. His eyes flashed with determination, and his staff shook violently. With a short chant, a black fireball shot out from the top of the staff, shooting straight at the swordsman several steps away.

  Puff... -45! The dark fireball landed on the swordsman's body, but the damage it caused was too weak.

  "Veggies, veggies, veggies, it's really too veggie! Is that root of yours for cooking?" The swordsman burst out laughing and completely ignored Ye Chen's attack, not even counterattacking. He slowly took step by step towards Ye Chen, allowing Ye Chen's black fireballs to land on his body.

  One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps, the swordsman walked to Ye Chen's front, looked at him with a teasing gaze, and swung his long sword forward with a bloody glow: "Youngster, go back to the city."

  Bang! Instant kill!

  Ye Chen's vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already respawned at the revival point inside the city!

  "Ding, you were killed by Fierce Tiger's Roar, your level has dropped to 14."

  Listening to the prompt in his ear, Ye Chen's heart was like a fire burning, making him feel uncomfortable, and he dropped a level, a whole level! He had practiced hard for two days for this level!

  Angry, yet filled with helplessness, he wanted revenge, but had no power.

  The enemy is a high-level player of the big family, but he is just a logistics worker in an ordinary workshop, a 15th-level small fry, a tragic amnesiac man.

  He stood still at the respawn point for a whole minute before Ye Chen let out a soft sigh, but he didn't have the heart to continue leveling up. He glanced at the time and it was already past 9 pm. He wasn't in a hurry to log off either. As an amnesiac, he still yearned to interact with this society, and in the game, the best place to do so was undoubtedly the tavern where dragons and snakes mixed together. So every day before logging off, he would go sit in the tavern for a while.

  He headed to the tavern in the west of the city, surrounded by people coming and going, the sounds of peddlers calling out and the din of noise never-ending. Looking around, there were half-orc berserkers, elven archers, gnome elemental mages, red dwarf knights, small giant swordsmen, vampire thieves... all kinds of races, all kinds of professions, all kinds of attire, it was as if he had entered a completely different world.

  This world-renowned game is called "Shenlin", with a total of 1.8 billion players worldwide, and the game's history is also very long, having been open for a full 15 years. However, Shenlin adopts a five-year-one-district policy. The server Ye Chen is currently in is Shenlin's fourth district, which has just opened for more than half a month. Shenlin's leveling up is not fast, and the highest level player is only around level 30. As for Ye Chen, this rookie, he is only level 15... uh, no, he has already become level 14. This is still due to the reason that the early stages of the game are easy to level up; otherwise, it would be good if he could reach level 10.

  Ye Chen's profession is Dark Priest, who worships the dark magic god and can use healing magic, but is more skilled at using powerful dark magic. He can heal and fight, which sounds impressive, but in reality, players with experience in old districts know that this profession is far from being as strong as everyone imagines. The spell attack can't keep up with elemental mages, and the healing effect is even worse than holy light priests. Although they are more welcome to team up, there's no outstanding place, making it difficult to become a true master.

  In fact, Ye Chen didn't really like this profession either. He preferred being a domineering Berserker or a handsome and elegant Elf Archer. However, as a logistics staff who mixed with the crowd to eat in the workshop, he had no choice but to follow the organization's arrangement and practiced a Dark Priest, commonly known as "Second Lady".

  He had been daydreaming all along and before he knew it, he was already standing in front of a tavern on the west side of town.

  The name of the tavern has some meaning: there is a tavern between them.

  Ye Chen walked into the tavern, ordered a bottle of wine, chose two small dishes, and then casually found a corner to sit down. The consumption here is not high, and it can be settled for tens of silver coins at a time. The wine has a strong flavor, and the dishes are delicious, which is quite amazing.

  Eating on one side and listening to a group of people boasting and bragging on the other.

  "Who's the strongest in our four servers of 'Shen Lin' now?"

  "Of course it's Mo Xiao Tian, known as the Crazy Blade, he is the number one master on the ranking list."

  "Bullshit, apart from his high level, what else can he take out? If I'm being honest, One Sword in the Dust is still better. He's a top player who has been transferred from the total station district."

  "He's just a loser who couldn't make it in the downtown area and ran to the fourth district, a stray dog daring to call himself the number one master?"

  "Then who did you say it was?"

  "I said it was Swordsmile, but he's actually a hidden profession, with a pretty high level and decent equipment."

  "Haha, I laughed. Just the other day, he was beaten by Yijian Lingchen, didn't you know? You must be from Mars, that's why they say Yijian Lingchen is better - a dead camel is bigger than a horse!"

  "Let me tell you, everything you've said is wrong. I know a super powerful being that surpasses all of what you've said, and even in the entire station district, no one dares to compare with it."

  "Who is it? Who is it? You tell me and see."

  "System, great system! You tell me, who's more powerful than it? It's an all-powerful being."

  "Haha, you're absolutely right. What super high-handedness, what god-level Boss, all are just fleeting clouds in front of him, and can be wiped out with a wave of his hand."

  "Not bad, not bad. Whoever knows the old man will find it hard not to prosper! Want as much gold as you want, want whatever equipment you want, in short, nothing is impossible!"

  System! System Grandmaster!? Ye Chen's eyes lit up, who is this expert? What kind of person is this? Such a powerful grandmaster himself had never even heard of before!

  The tragic amnesiac man obviously had no understanding of the technological term "system", and took it as a game username.

  Is it time to seek his help, in case he is in a good mood and willing to lend a hand, wouldn't that be enough for me to escape my miserable situation and become rich?

  Ye Chen's eyes sparkled brightly.

  Well, I heard that even if you don't know someone, you can still exchange letters with them. So, I'll write a letter to this "System" deity myself. Who knows, maybe it's in a good mood and I'll get lucky!

  I didn't expect that my unintentional move would actually hear such a secret, it turns out that there are still people like this in the game, Ye Chen is getting more and more excited, no way, must go write a letter to the great god called system immediately, otherwise all these people in the tavern will know about it, being robbed of the scoop would be too unjust.

  While thinking about it, Ye Chen hastily settled the bill and rushed out of the tavern to head straight for the nearby post office.

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