Returning to the dogtail jungle again, he silently deviated from the trail and ran southwestward, eradicating the glow-in-the-dark leopard and the frantic ring-horned deer along the way, until he reached the pond shown on the edge of the map of Yueyin Village, where he saw a diminutive cat-eared boy and a cat-eared girl with short red hair, sitting side by side by the river, fishing. There was no visible structure around it except for a wooden shed built on a small boat, and the humble wooden shed could be seen through the interior at a glance, filled with fish buckets and empty.

"Excuse me, which of you is the owner of the fish shop?" Silence stepped forward to inquire that he had come over to complete the task of [Bring Back 10 Fish] issued by the innkeeper.

"Shh......h Speak quietly and don't scare away the fish underwater. The red-haired girl made a silent gesture and reminded in a childish whisper.

The little cat-eared boy sitting next to her turned his head and replied, "I'm the owner of a fish shop, do you want to learn art or buy fish?" ”

"I'm here for a mission." Silent took out the brown paper with the details of the mission written on it and handed it to the fish shop owner.

"Want to get 10 brocades? Yes. Jinyu 50 copper plates, 10 a total of 500 copper plates, to pay for delivery. The owner of the fish shop did not reach for the kraft paper, but glanced at the contents of the paper and quoted the price.

"So expensive?" Silence was startled, and thought to himself: [The reward for this task is only 300 copper coins, isn't this a pure loss?] ］

At this time, the immature voice of the red-haired girl rose again, reminding him: "You don't need to buy the golden fish, you can catch it yourself." ”

"How do you fish?" Silence walked over to the girl and asked.

"Learn from him." The red-haired girl finally turned around slightly, revealing a playful side face, and looked at him with blue eyes of the same color as Momo, and pointed to the fish shop owner beside her, "Didn't the boss just ask you if you want to learn art or buy goods?" You can learn fishing skills from him. ”

"Understood, thanks for the reminder." Silent smiled awkwardly, embarrassed by his once-in-a-lifetime sluggish reaction.

Then he turned his head again to face the fish shop owner and begged, "Boss, I want to learn to fish." ”

"It's right to learn to fish, and it's true that beginner fishing skills are taught for free, but rods and bait cost money." The little boss quoted with a serious face, "There is only one size of fishing rod, rattan fishing rod, 300 copper plates, and a set of 30 copper plates contains 15 baits. ”

"It's so expensive...... "Silent took out the only 45 copper plates on his body and looked at them again and again, and then poured out all the trophies he had just hunted in the dogtail jungle from the burlap bag, including 3 deer skins, 2 pairs of antlers, and 4 bundles of noctilucent leopard whiskers, "These are all sold to you, how much?" ”

"All add up to 130 copper plates." As he spoke, the owner of the fish shop took out the coins and handed them to him.

"130 copper plates, plus 45 copper plates, I have 175 copper plates...... It's still not enough, it seems that I can only come back later......" Silent scratched his hair, and was about to turn back to the jungle area, when the red-haired girl who was fishing suddenly stopped him-

"You're new, aren't you? Look like you don't understand anything. ”

"It's a newcomer." Silence stopped and met her gaze.

"I can lend you the money to buy fishing gear, is it enough to borrow you 300 copper?" The girl put down the fishing rod in her hand, stood up, and really handed him 300 copper plates, and introduced herself, "My name is Dory, and I am also a player. ”

"You're a gamer?" The first time in my life to borrow money from a girl, and the first time I met a character who was confirmed to be a player in the Brave Continent. Although he was very embarrassed, his curiosity about her overcame his embarrassment. He scratched the back of his head, accepted the copper plate handed by Dory, and responded to her introduction, "My name is Silent and I just came in today." ”

"Just here...... How many levels are it now? Is there a level 5? ”

"Just went up level 4."

"Level 4...... There is a long way to go......" Dori exhaled with a helpless expression, "Then I have to wait for you~ a long time before I can go to the Sleeping Forest to do elite missions together......"

As soon as he heard the words Sleeping Forest, the silent cat's ears suddenly straightened up, and he asked, "Is the elite mission you are talking about the one entrusted by the prophet Cleya, about the task of destroying the host of hypnotic flowers in the Sleeping Forest?" ”

"That's right, I've completed all the tasks that match my level in Yueyin Village, and only this elite mission has not been completed. Actually, I also tried to enter the Sleeping Forest by myself once, and that experience was too difficult...... As a result, not a single monster escaped without killing it, and almost died inside. I'll tell you, the first time I tried to get in, it was already level eighteen—now level twenty. Saying that, Dori couldn't help but sigh, "Speaking of which, there are really not many people in this village, or maybe I came too late, most of the players have already walked out of this novice village, in short, I really haven't seen even a serious gamer." I got stuck on the mission of the Sleeping Forest, and I didn't even have a companion to team up for an adventure......"

"Is there really none of the other players?" Silent thought back to the lively scene in the city, "I saw a lot of people in the hotel and the square, are all those people NPCs?" ”

"I've tried to talk to them, and it's really the reaction of an NPC, which I think is weird......" Dory said and sighed, "Before I started indulging in brainwave games, I heard people say that if players voluntarily give up cognition in brainwave games, or because they have been in a realistic space for too long, they have cognitive confusion and start to treat the virtual world as the real world, their behavior will become undoubted as the NPCs in the game, if this statement is true, It's possible that the people in those streets and taverns are actually players, right? As he spoke, Dori shuddered unconsciously, "Oh, that's a terrible statement!" It's better not to take it seriously......"

"So, how long have you been in this game?" Silence couldn't help but ask.

"The time system of this game is actually the same as the 24-hour system in the real world, but they use the ancient oriental method of time as a way to record, although the Moon Hidden Village is always the scenery of the night and the white moon, it is easy to feel the passage of time, but you can still find the calendar and the quarter hour to record the hour in different places in each building, if I am not mistaken, I should have stayed in this game for almost twenty days."

"So long? Stayed for twenty days to get to level twenty? Silence's eyes widened.

"The first fifteen levels rise quickly, and there are mainly enough tasks to match the level to do, and you can also gain a lot of experience through the tasks. Later, it slowed down significantly.,This is also related to the low level of monsters in the hunting area of Moon Hidden Village.,After level 15, affected by weight.,The experience gained from low-level prey becomes very small.,It's even more difficult to level up after leveling up to level 20...... No, I'm bored and can only fish here all day. If I continue like this, I'm about to become an NPC who specializes in fishing......" Dory smiled unconsciously and self-deprecatingly.

"That's right......" the silence fell into a momentary thought.

"Alright, don't bother! Hurry up and learn to fish, do the quest, get to level 20, and then let's go into the Sleeping Forest and do that damn elite quest! Dory patted the silent shoulder and shouted encouragement.

"Does level 20 really need to be?" Silence's beautiful face came to mind, "I met a man who said that I can take me into the Sleeping Forest as long as I reach level 10." ”

"Joke, huh? Level 10 is the level where you can remove the host's wanted mission, but if you want to enter that weird forest to complete the mission seriously, I'm the one who has entered and escaped at level 18! ”

"So, you've never met a system character named Zero? Isn't he the one who always has the cues around and acts like a game commentator? "Silence once thought that Zero was really one of the systematically arranged plot characters, so beautiful, so patient-[isn't it?] ］

"Isn't the game commentator's name Teresa? When she first came in, the girl in red appeared once, and there was no shadow of the narrator behind her. Dory's serious face really didn't look like he was joking.

This made Void feel strange for a while- [Isn't Zero a system character?] …… Could he be an advanced player? …… In the end, Void Silence thought that at least the goal of going to the Sleeping Forest to complete the Crea mission was placed here, and both Dori and Zero were willing to work together to achieve it, so they gave up the temporary entanglement and proposed, "I really met someone who said that level 10 could take me into the Sleeping Forest...... In this case, I'll clear the task at hand first, get to level 10 as soon as possible, and then call the person I said, and let's go into the Sleeping Forest together. How is it? ”

This was of course a good suggestion for Dori, who had been waiting for her companion all along, and she made an OK gesture, then stretched and sat back down on the riverbank to continue fishing.