"Open the Reputation Shop!" Lu Chen hesitated for a moment, temporarily giving up on quitting the game.
A semi-transparent template quickly appeared in front of Lu Chen.
Currently, he had 5 points of Monster Reputation, and the shop only displayed two items he could afford.
[Talent Evolution Shard (Tier-0)] and [Quality Evolution Shard (0-Star)]
Lu Chen still remembered seeing such information on his attribute panel.
[Talent Evolution Shard: 0/10 (Tier-0 Shard)]
[Quality Evolution Points: 0/10 (0-Star Evolution Points)]
The materials in the Reputation Shop were exactly what was needed to enhance talent and quality!
"If I can gain experience, it means I can level up, and if I gather enough shards and evolution points, I can evolve too?" Lu Chen pondered with a frown.
"Speaking of which, players don't have talents before choosing a class. Even though my talent is trash, at least I have one... Oh right, I also have a weapon!" Lu Chen glanced at the crude wooden club in his hand. Those women just said this thing could sell for two or three hundred!
Lu Chen came to play this game, to be honest, not to conquer or flirt, but for a simple purpose: to make money!
If he could level up and evolve, then there was no need to worry too much about becoming a wild monster!
Having figured this out, Lu Chen was no longer in a hurry to quit the game.
"Killing players can earn experience and Monster Reputation, but what about killing wild monsters?" Lu Chen turned around and saw the "companions" around him.
Level 1 Weak Gnolls were only slightly stronger than Level 1 players, and with the use of a healing potion gifted by the system, those five girls had actually brought three Gnolls to black health and two to red health.
As for why they didn't use more healing potions, it's because healing potions also have a cooldown time, and they couldn't hold out...
Lu Chen looked at a black health Gnoll, confirmed his target, and finally raised the wicked butcher's knife, "Brother, sorry for the trouble, but I'm a Gnoll with ambitions!"
With one swing of the club, Lu Chen instantly killed the black health companion.
[Killed Weak Gnoll (Level 1), captured 10 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi, obtained 1 Talent Evolution Shard (Tier-0), obtained 1 Quality Evolution Point (0-Star).]
"Holy crap, there's experience, and talent shards and evolution points, I'm rich! Not only that, when I attacked the wild monsters, the other wild monsters didn't attack me!"
Having confirmed his hypothesis, Lu Chen naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity and quickly took down the other two black health Gnolls.
After using a potion, he also dealt with the other two red health Gnolls.
"50 points of experience, plus the previous 50, that's 100! And 5 Tier-0 Talent Shards, 5 0-Star Quality Evolution Points!" Lu Chen's heart suddenly started pounding.
If he exchanged the previous 5 Monster Reputation points, he could already upgrade his quality or talent once!
The Inferior Werewolf Bloodline was really too trashy, unable to cause a qualitative change for the time being, so Lu Chen unhesitatingly exchanged for 5 0-Star Quality Points.
[Quality Evolution Points: 10/10 (Upgradeable)]
"Haha, I can really level up! Upgrade!" Lu Chen didn't hesitate and directly upgraded his quality.
A golden light descended from above Lu Chen's head, and he noticed that the words "Weak Gnoll" above his head had changed to "Gnoll"!
"I'm no longer weak, no longer need to look at the faces of other Gnolls!" Lu Chen laughed triumphantly, "Open the Personal Panel and take a look."
[Character Bound: Lu Chen]
[Character: Gnoll]
[Quality (0-Star): Normal (No base attribute bonus)]
[Level: 1 (Level Up Progress: 100/200)]
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[Physical Strength: Strength: 5 Agility: 5 Constitution: 5]
[Attack Power: Physical Attack 7-10]
[Defense Power: Physical Defense 3]
[Health: 100]
[Talent "Inferior Werewolf Bloodline" (Unranked): Normal attacks have a chance to critically hit, 1% chance for double critical hit.]
[Talent Evolution Shard: 0/10 (Tier-0 Shard)]
[Quality Evolution Points: 0/20 (1-Star Evolution Points)]
[Monster Reputation: 0]
"Haha, my Three Primary Attributes are finally normal!" The previous frustration was swept away after that golden light.
"It seems I can continue to evolve later! If that's the case..." Lu Chen squinted his wolf-like triangular eyes slightly, revealing a sinister gleam, "Then this is getting interesting!"
Having tasted success, Lu Chen naturally turned his attention to the companions around him.
As a powerful "Normal Gnoll," he could now easily take on other "Weak Gnolls"!
But just then, a commotion suddenly came from afar.
"The wild monsters over there should have respawned, hurry and grab them, they'll be gone if we're late!"
"There are people everywhere now, and more new accounts are popping up..."
"Damn, I checked the official website, and our Starter Village has eighty thousand people, and it's still growing at an astonishing rate!"
Lu Chen looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large number of figures moving in the forest, at least a dozen people!
"Damn, so many people came!" Lu Chen's mind raced. If these people found him, even with his companions, he would surely die.
At this point, forget about leveling up, escaping was the priority. Lu Chen hurriedly took his club and scurried into the depths of the forest.
***
In Nine Heavens, the Three Primary Attributes are: Strength determines physical attack and defense, Agility determines attack speed and movement speed, Constitution determines health and stamina. It's said that after level 10, players will also gain "Spiritual Power" and other attributes, but that's a distant matter.
Running and attacking both consume stamina.
Lu Chen didn't know how far he had run, but his stamina was completely exhausted, and he could only rest against a tree stump.
There were many Gnolls along the way, in groups of three to five, and even some at level two or three, but fortunately, they didn't actively attack Lu Chen.
"Phew, it should be safe here, for now, other players definitely can't get here."
Although killing players grants Monster Reputation, just listen to what those people were saying, is that even human language?
Eighty thousand people scrambling for wild monsters... As a level 1 wild monster, this doesn't seem like good news.
Speaking of which, does a Starter Village have tens of thousands of people?
The National Server claims to have 500 Starter Villages, divided by player IP regions. Calculating the total, just the National Server alone has millions of players flooding in.
Nine Heavens has only been open for a few minutes!
Just thinking about it made Lu Chen's scalp tingle.
"It seems it's better not to provoke players for now, let's kill some wild monsters."
After recovering his stamina, Lu Chen searched for wild monsters nearby.
His target was clear, only looking for level 1 Weak Gnolls.
This game is too hardcore. The system initially gifts five healing potions and 1000 copper coins, but Lu Chen couldn't go to the Starter Village to buy potions. With only five healing potions, and having just used one, he had to use them sparingly.
The good news is, no matter how crowded it is near the Starter Village, there were only wild monsters around Lu Chen!
Literally all wild monsters, even he himself was a wild monster.
He didn't need to worry about attracting monsters; as long as he didn't attack first, the current monsters wouldn't attack him.
Therefore, what he needed to do was to go all out against a level 1 Weak Gnoll!
[Killed Weak Gnoll (Level 1), captured 10 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi, obtained 1 Talent Evolution Shard (Tier-0), obtained 1 Quality Evolution Point (0-Star).]
[Killed Weak Gnoll (Level 1), captured 10 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi, obtained 1 Talent Evolution Shard (Tier-0), obtained 1 Quality Evolution Point (0-Star).]
[Killed Weak Gnoll (Level 1), captured 10 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi, obtained 1 Talent Evolution Shard (Tier-0), obtained 1 Quality Evolution Point (0-Star).]
***
After finally dealing with 5 Weak Gnolls, Lu Chen stopped to rest and simultaneously opened his Personal Panel.
"Upgrade Talent!" Lu Chen said excitedly.
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