Chapter 2: Advent

In the year 774, forty miles east of the foot of Hengduan Mountain, in an abandoned manor.

"What to do, what to do? What if this kid really dies? People are my countrymen......"

A sallow young man with a torn jacket over an old sweater walked anxiously around, muttering nervously from time to time.

"Martin, calm down! He just fainted with fright. The middle-aged man lying on the sidelines with his eyes closed was a little impatient.

"But ......"

"Nothing! You shut up! ”

As if sensing the wrath of his superiors, Martin finally stopped pacing and instead crouched beside a "corpse" with a complicated expression.

The two belong to the Red Hat Chamber of Commerce, responsible for promoting each event of the Chamber of Commerce, and by the way, they gather people, which is simply a combination of publicity and human resources department, but the means are not very bright.

This time, the Chamber of Commerce received a big deal, sixty miles away from the town of Yeju, at the foot of the Hengduan Mountains, found a copper mine with reserves said to be at least 20 years old, and the surveyor also vowed that the lower the temperature, the more valuable the cold copper was likely to be found.

For this reason, the two people in charge of the nearby manpower deployment used all their strength to kidnap and deceive them into battle, so that they could get enough of the twenty miners needed above. It's a pity that when the twentieth person happened to be together, trouble also followed.

The "corpse" lying on the ground was the twentieth man, who was seventeen years old, an orphan with no name, and was called "Little Black" or "Grasshopper" by the townspeople. Because of his thin build, conspicuous black hair (black hair is a rare hair color in Lokan), coupled with his fatherlessness, motherlessness, and lack of skills, he is named after him every year like a grasshopper worrying about how to survive the winter.

At first, Perrault (a middle-aged man) lied to him that he had brought him here because he had gone to work as a lumberjack in the mangrove forests on the outskirts of town, but after Martin was in a hurry to tell the truth, this guy shivered and fainted!

Although the two of them usually do a lot of hurtful things, this is the first time they have caused a human life, but fortunately, the object is a wild child that no one cares about, and it is estimated that there will not be much turmoil if something happens, so the old Perrault did not take this matter to heart, but was thinking about where to deceive the twenty people.

The boy on the ground seemed to him to be a dead man. He checked, that guy's pupils were dilated, and his limbs were cold, if he could still come back to life, it was probably the manifestation of Goddess Mia.

"Wear ...... Big Brother Perot...... He, he seems to be awake? ”

"What!?" Perrault almost bit his tongue.

Mia ...... Is it really apparitional?

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When Mu Yan's consciousness regained again, it seemed that a long time had passed.

In the future, it's better to log out normally.,It's too brain-burning to shut down with the server.。 He thought so before consciousness returned to his body.

He couldn't be clearer about the situation now, because he was almost constantly immersed in the virtual world, and every time he regained control of his body, there was a delay of two or three seconds, or more than one minute, and during that time it was dark in front of him, and he couldn't feel the presence of the physical body, which he jokingly called "soul body double division".

However, this separation seemed unusually long, so long that he thought he hadn't quit the game yet.

So what happened to that period of unconsciousness?

With such thoughts, he subconsciously silently recited "system" in his heart.

There is hardly any lag, and the familiar character panel and operation interface appear in the field of vision-

Human male, Shamu, Rank 1

Strength 4, Agility 5, Intelligence 7, Constitution 4, Resistance 5, Knowledge 20

Comprehensive strength evaluation: 0.7 (1 is a normal adult male)

Charm 8, Lucky 2, Perception 5

Languages: Lingua franca (native) Dwarven (proficient) Elvish (erudite) ...... (Twenty-seven items remaining)

Health: 40/40 mana (elemental passage not yet open)

Experience: 0

Occupation:

1. Scholars 80/80:

[Basic knowledge 20/20, general history of Lokan 120/120, biography 120/120...... (Forty-four items remaining)】

Legendary Scholar (You nerd, you have all the most useless books in Lokan in your head!) )

2. Librarian 14/20:

[Book Sorting 18/20, Scroll Transcription 8/20, Cleaning 7/10]

And so on –

This panel!? SYSTEM BUG?

First of all, how could he be level 1 and also have 0 experience? In "Dusk Era", you can gain experience by completing anything, and the character level is the highest professional level, and you are obviously a level 80 scholar, why is the level 1?

In addition, there is a problem with his own attributes.

As a force sensitive body that the system forcibly got to 5, plus the bonus brought by his legendary scholar badge, his attributes should be: [Strength 5 + 1 (1), Agility 5 + 1 (1), Intelligence 5 + 1 (5), Constitution 5 + 1 (1), Resistance 0, Knowledge 20] is right, why not only are the corrections and real data gone, but even the equipment plus CD is gone?

Wrong!! I obviously logged out of the game, why is there a system interface?

For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, so that the text interface in his field of vision flashed.

Stuck in the game world? Consciousness temporarily stored in the game warehouse? Or is it a big joke made by the official with himself?

He didn't forget that on the day of the decisive battle against Hogarth, after he broke through the weakness of Duke Garden, Duke of Ashes, the Star Guild only took three hours to achieve the world's first kill, which made European and American players exclaim "cheaters". Since then, officials have sent letters suggesting that they should not interfere with the normal flow of the game, and have cut down on a small portion of the library's collection.

Is this revenge? The bad taste of the staff at Villefort?

After a brief moment's hesitation, he seemed to feel his body.

But...... The interface hasn't disappeared yet, so why can you dominate the body?

All kinds of unreasonableness beat his nerves, as if someone was slapping him in the face.

No, someone is really hitting me in the face!

"Brother Perrault, this kid can't be stupid, right?" Martin asked.

Perrot thought about it, looked at Mu Yan's dull eyes, and picked up the wooden barrel next to him to take a splash.

Stimulated by the icy well water, he quickly regained his senses.

The two faces that were close at hand didn't look like good people, and he hurriedly shrank back and asked warily.

"Who are you?"

"What do you mean, amnesia?"

Martin and Perrault looked at each other.

Mu Yan was even more confused, but the mixed knowledge in his mind made him subconsciously start to analyze.

The broad face, creeping roughness, high nose bridge, thick lips, prominent cheekbones, large nostrils and lush nasal hairs indicate cold air, coupled with clinging curls and quite a few frostbite hands, this seems to be the Kansa near the Hengduan Mountains? Judging by what they are wearing, they should be farmers or small workers.

"Excuse me, this is the Kansa region at the foot of the Hengduan Mountains?" Mu Yan, who has decades of experience in communicating with NPCs, took the lead in asking questions.

Perrault looked at him for a moment, and then said suspiciously: "You really don't remember me?" ”

Mu Yan frowned and shook his head. He hadn't figured out the situation yet, why he had been teleported here, and his level had been cleared.

Damn, is it really Mia who has appeared? Perrault was suddenly a little frightened, but the imminent start date and the death order from above made him decide to take a risk, even if the situation in front of him was not as strange as losing his job.

So he shouted in a thick voice:

"You can't be amnesia, right? Don't forget that you promised us to go to the miners. ”

Martin glanced at Perrault in surprise, and received a vicious warning look.

"The miners?" Mu Yan couldn't help laughing: "I'm sorry I don't have much interest in life and career, not to mention that I don't think Your Excellency can afford to pay my commission, so I quit." ”

After saying that, he was about to stand up, but Perrault grabbed his hair.

The middle-aged man came up viciously, the tips of their noses were about to touch each other, and the pain of their hair being pulled made Mu Yan almost burst into tears.

What's the case, have my pain settings been reset as well? And this NPC is too rude, right?

"Boy! Don't be embarrassed! There's a limit to pretending to be a ghost! ”

Mu Yan didn't have time to reset the pain sense, and subconsciously raised his hand to push him away.

However, the moment he raised his hand, his whole body was like a heavy blow.

This...... Not a holographic game.

Is this reality?

This TMD turned out to be a reality!? I can actually lift my hand in reality!?

Although the two are similar, and the former claims to be an immersive experience, in order to prevent too many people from becoming addicted to the virtual world, the official deliberately controls the distinction between the two, making the distinction as much as possible without disrupting the gaming experience.

It seemed to sense that Mu Yan's mind had changed, and a chaotic memory poured into his mind.

"I eat lemons!"

He let out a rare foul blow, and then fell into a fainting spell again.

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An hour later, on the main road not far from the manor.

Mu Yan, who had half a swollen face, and the large army gathered together, and most of his companions were young men in shabby clothes, and his thin body was somewhat different in it.

"Isn't this the fool in Yeju Town, who wants to mine with just his little strength?" An uncle with missing front teeth scoffed.

"Say less, Hans." Perot, who was in a very comfortable mood, said a word for Mu Yan.

One more person means one more competition, only a few of the miners were cheated, and most of them still dreamed of making a fortune. After all, the folklore of poor miners picking up gems underground and then making a fortune as a knight originated in the Kansa region.

Mu Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head, sober up, when is it, and the origin of these folklore.

He has figured out the current situation, and there is two good and bad news in front of him, although it is good news, there is some forced optimism in it.

The bad news is that he seems to have come to a world very similar to "Twilight Era", but unfortunately, so far, he has not even been in contact with a literate person, and he has not been able to collect any information, the only conclusion of this is that he deduced it based on his surroundings and the language of the characters.

After all, he's a mobile database that knows a lot of dialects.

The good news is that this body comes from a healthy teenager, although the first seventeen years have been extremely difficult, and in the end he was scared to death because of timidity, but he is still healthy, and I don't know how much better it is than myself. And it seems that the entire system of "Twilight Era" has also followed his consciousness.

Is this a traverse? It is said that it was a popular online literary theme more than 60 years ago.

Having cleared his mind and familiarized himself with his body, the novelty and desire for a new life quickly diluted the sadness - of course, Perrault, who gave him a punch because he had been in a daze for a long time, also sped up the process.

At the same time, out of the demeanor of a scholar, he did not respond to the provocation of the toothless uncle Hans.

In the game, the human character he chooses is born in the warm and humid Turing Empire, in the southeast of the Horse Plain, near the sea. At that time, Calypso, the god of the sea, had not fallen out with the lord of the water, Isu, and the sea tribe had not switched to the latter, so there were often shrimp soldiers and crabs that did not have long eyes to attack the villages by the sea.

Those low-level monsters that look like seafood are also one of the beginner tutorials for players born in a seaside fishing village. As a scholar, he was sent to a higher town at the beginning to learn how to work for the town's owner, the Knight Master. So he is very uncomfortable with the current dry and cold climate.

The cold air irritated his nostrils, and he forced himself not to be distracted to think about whether he would freeze to death and how pungent the smell of sweat emanated from the ignorant and savage peasants, and he mustered up his mind to get close to the NPC first.

"Little brother, were you a lumberjack before? Why did you come to be a miner? He asked as he approached a man with a red nose and curly brown hair.

The other party's thick felt hat was covered with sawdust, and there were scars from saws on his hands.

"Well, my home is in Chick Bee Town, and the woods around there have been cut down, so I'm here to try my luck."

"Uh...... I would venture to ask, do you know what time it is? I mean, what era exactly? He asked again.

The lumberjack looked at him in surprise.

"November 4th, about eight or nine o'clock in the morning, what does the epoch mean?"

“…… What year is it? ”

"You have to ask this question to the priest in the town, it seems that what Ye Nian is, I forgot."

"The Year of the New Leaf!?" Mu Yan blurted out.

"That's right, it's this."

He thanked the lumberjack brother, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.

774 years of faith!

Also known as the Year of the New Leaves, the first big expansion of "Twilight Era" "The First Small Expansion of the Embryonic Age"!

It's also the first year of the game!

(As in the previous chapter, all kinds of requests!) Take a bow! )