Chapter 4 Living in Dragon City

In the next two days, Tears took advantage of the novice period and inquired about all kinds of common sense in this world.

The world as a whole is called "Illusion" or "Illusion", and it was originally a complete continent, but in a natural disaster thousands of years ago, the continent was torn apart and turned into several huge islands. Among them, Shenzhou Island, Yingzhou Island, and Flame Island are the three major islands inhabited by mortals, separated by the ocean, and you need to take a boat to and fro.

In addition, the legend of the fantasy land also exists on Penglai Island, where the gods live, and can only be reached by a special means of transportation "airship", which is extremely expensive and ordinary people dare not think of it.

March decided to take a boat to Shenzhou, because Taoyuan Village, where Qi Tear was born, is located on Shenzhou Island, and her master Ji Zixun also lives in Dragon City, the largest city on Shenzhou Island.

Dragon City is a rather magnificent city, the city walls and streets are made of white marble, people come and go, prosperous and lively.

Upon entering the city, March's eyes were immediately drawn to the sculpture in the center of the city—the sculptures of the ten heroes who responded to the catastrophe thousands of years ago.

Adventurers in Fantasyland have five major classes, which are swordsman, assassin, warrior, warlock, and pharmacist. The common weapon used by swordsmen is the sword, the assassin is a concealed weapon or short blade, the warrior is a halberd, the warlock is a staff, and the medicine man has no weapon and is marked by a medicine gourd.

March took a closer look, and according to the clothes and weapons of the statues, these ten heroes happened to be two people in each profession, a man and a woman.

The corresponding names are engraved at the foot of the sculpture, and when I look at it one by one in March, in addition to the upper and lower southeast, northwest, and northwest that I learned in Yingzhou, the remaining three people are surnamed Zuoqiu, Murong, and Dugu.

Fortunately, except for Zuoqiu, they are all common compound surnames. The system is really heartbreaking in order to facilitate the player's memory.

March observed the statue while taking out a pen and paper to make a simple record.

Swordsman: East Wind, West Gate

Assassins: Beichen, Nangong

Warrior: Zhong, Zuoqiu

Warlock: Shangguan, Xiahou

Pharmacist: Murong, Dugu

These are the basic information provided by the system, and everyone knows by default, and as long as they come to Dragon City to see the statue, they can obtain this information. Even if there are ones that haven't been seen, the NPC will tell them.

In March, the four surnames of Dongfeng, Nangong, Shangguan, and Xiahou were ticked, and the names of Dongfeng Shou, Nangong Yanzhu, Shangguan Fucang and Xiahou Lingxiao were marked respectively, indicating that the candidates had been confirmed.

March put away the pen and paper and took one last look at the statue.

The sculptures are all made of white marble, pure white throughout, and somehow, the faces are so blurred that they can barely distinguish between men and women, and it is impossible to obtain information such as hair color, skin color, and appearance. It's obviously deliberately hidden by the system, why? March came up with two explanations: one is that it has nothing to do with the main plot and reduces the amount of calculations; The second is that this information is very critical and left to the players to dig out for themselves.

You know, the amount of computation required to construct a huge virtual world is simply astronomical, not to mention that it only took less than two hours. In order to save resources and increase efficiency, a lot of useless content will be discarded. The appearance of ten people a thousand years ago was indeed dispensable, and after more than ten generations, it is normal for the descendants to look completely different from them. I haven't figured out the hair color for March, I'm not sure if it's natural, whether it's genetic, and if it's skin color, the illusion people she has seen so far are all Asian yellow people, and if there is a white or black person, it's really obvious. However, the official website mentions that for some reasons, the system will prioritize the allocation of players with the same common language and skin color, and the generated world should be as close to their culture as possible. Although the technology of instant translation is quite mature, when players of different languages use the translation system, there will still inevitably be subtle differences in tone, emotional color, and loss of certain details, which has a great impact on role-playing games. The consideration of skin color is to avoid corresponding disputes, after all, game companies only want to make money, not lawsuits.

- In other words, in this game world, there may not be any other race at all.

With the information she has so far, she can't draw any conclusions at all. March gathered his thoughts and took a brief turn around the city, as an old fritter, every time he went to a new place, he had to go around first - no one knew when the battle plot would be triggered, and he was not familiar with the venue during the battle, so he definitely suffered.

Both the east and west sides of the city are markets, with hawkers hawking along the streets and crowds of tourists. There is a huge round white marble platform in the south of the city, which is currently empty, and I don't know whether it is a stage or a ring. There is a small fountain in the north of the city, known as the "Trevi Fountain", which is the "guest book" of Dragon City. Just throw a strip of paper or cloth into the Trevi Fountain to send a message to others.

Won't the slip of paper get soaked if you throw it in? March complained to himself, and when he came to the pool, a note suddenly floated in the pool. She picked it up and saw that there were only two words "March" written on the note, which was the note she had left for herself in the wishing tree before she left Yingzhou, in order to test whether the "guest book" in various places could be interconnected.

Sure enough, the message boards of each city are interoperable...... I don't know why, although the note has just been picked up from the water, it is not wet at all, most of it is blessed by the mysterious power of the system, and there is no need to worry about being soaked at all.

Seeing that there were a lot of notes at the bottom of the pool, March leaned over to fish, but it turned out to be all phantoms, except for the stone bricks at the bottom of the pool, nothing could be touched. March was very happy with this, and it seems that messages between players are encrypted and cannot be accessed by anyone except the designated recipient.

Roughly familiar with the terrain of Dragon City, she came to a small shop in the west of the city, with a medicine gourd painted on the cyan flag at the door, which was the medical hall of Ji Zixun, the master of tears.

It is rare that there is no business in the store, Ji Zixun rested on the back of the chair, heard the sound of the door opening, immediately sat up straight, and turned his head to look over. He was a middle-aged man with dark green hair, drooping eyebrows, narrowed eyes, and upturned corners of his mouth.

"Apprentice, you're back, how have you been out this year?"

"It's a good life. Is there anything I need help with, master? March laughed.

"There is a real dilemma right now...... Don't worry, let the teacher see if your medical skills have improved. ”

According to the summary of the forum players, the existence of a character mentor is basically an NPC. Temptedly, as expected, just ask "Is there anything you need help with?" and the NPC will be eager to post the quest...... March was relieved, dealing with artificial intelligence is much easier than dealing with players.

However, she immediately realized that she was rejoicing too soon.

Ji Zixun first found a few very similar herbs for her to identify, then asked her to write prescriptions for several diseases, and then assessed her acupuncture techniques. Each of these items made March very painful, and although the system instilled the corresponding knowledge into her, it did not mean that she could use it immediately and freely, and she had to rummage through it like looking up information. Moreover, her brain can't be like a computer, and she can find the answer immediately by typing in keywords, and she needs to rack her brain to remember.

In the end, Ji Zixun was very dissatisfied, thinking that she was too lazy when she traveled abroad, and neglected her medical skills, and asked her to stay in the medical hall to help for a few days and hone her heart.

There is no opinion on this result, and the medical skills set to pray for tears are at the top level, and it is really embarrassing for her to go out at her current level. Moreover, it seems that the task to be released by Thistle Training has high requirements for medical skills, and if it does not meet the standard, it will not be accepted.

Calculating the time, her novice period has ended, and it is inevitable that the difficulty of the game will increase. On the bright side, the hospital includes food and accommodation, and you can make a small profit if you have a consultation fee.

- The system will not set up useless maps, since she was told that there is a place on Penglai Island, eighty percent of them will go in the future, and in order to take the airship, it is necessary to save money.

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After working in the infirmary for a few days, March soon felt more changes.

The NPCs who were originally enthusiastic and active have become silent and unapproachable. Unless you help them complete tasks such as finding things, passing messages, and fighting off monsters, don't try to pry the slightest bit of information out of their mouths.

Sadly, even after completing the quest, the NPC may not necessarily tell you the answer directly, and will probably say, "I don't know about this, you can ask someone else." "Fortunately, after helping, the NPC's attitude towards her will be kinder, similar to other games, and the favorability will increase, and you can chat with her for a few days when you are free.

Through the exchange of messages, she learned that conservation is not much better, and she has been running around for the task of the teacher these days, and her psychology has been balanced.

Under the supervision of Ji Zixun, her speed of "checking information" is getting faster and faster, barely reaching the level of flexible use. Ji Zixun also finally released a task: to treat the people of the Nangong family.

"Nangong is a family of assassins that has been inherited for thousands of years, you must be extremely careful." When he said this, Ji Zixun's usual squinted eyes widened, his gaze was sharp, and his tone was serious, "Assassins are a profession that walks in the shadows, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and they will not care about any morality. ”

March nodded slowly, the pharmacist has a transcendent status in the rivers and lakes, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, even if the disease is not cured, the pharmacist cannot be offended, after all, the sword has no eyes, and everyone has a time to seek medical treatment. It's a pity that the Nangong family obviously won't comply, if they can't cure the disease, their lives will be in danger.

Obviously, this mission is about an important plot. Knowing that this act was auspicious, she still took the task head-on.