Chapter 1 The Beginning

The virtual reality game, God's Domain, was designed to accommodate a vast player base, allowing players to game in their sleep. The game's time and real-world time were different, with 48 hours passing in the game for every one hour in reality.

In the game, 48 hours constituted a day, with 30 hours of daylight and 18 hours of night, following a very regular pattern.

Additionally, the real-world nighttime corresponded to daytime in the game, allowing working adults to experience the fun of the game.

As Shi Feng entered God's Domain, he first passed through a multicolored tunnel and then arrived at a solemn golden temple.

A female angel, the size of a palm and fluttering four pairs of snow-white wings, flew in front of Shi Feng.

"Hello, adventurer, welcome to God's Domain. I am the navigation angel Gabriel. I will explain the four classes and twelve professions of God's Domain, from which you can choose your favorite."

With a wave of her little hand, Gabriel presented Shi Feng with illustrated introductions to the twelve professions.

These twelve professions belonged to four main categories:

Warrior Class: Shield Warrior, Guardian Knight, Berserker.

Weapon Class: Swordsman, Assassin, Ranger.

Healing Class: Priest, Druid, Oracle.

Magic Class: Elementalist, Summoner, Sorcerer.

The Warrior Class focused on defense and tanking, the Weapon Class on physical damage output, the Healing Class on healing, and the Magic Class on magic damage output. Each profession had a different combat style, which was a major selling point of God's Domain.

In his previous life, Shi Feng had chosen the Swordsman from the Weapon Class, and was known as the Sword Magician.

Shi Feng had invested so much in the Swordsman profession, so he naturally wouldn't choose another profession. He unhesitatingly chose Swordsman, a profession he was extremely familiar with.

"Profession selection complete. Please name your character."

"Ye Feng."

Shi Feng chose the same name as in his previous life.

"Naming successful. Do you want to adjust your facial features? Adjustment rate is 15%."

Shi Feng thought for a moment, not wanting to be too conspicuous, and chose to adjust by 15%. Although he wasn't as handsome as in real life, others definitely wouldn't be able to tell it was him.

"Please select a place of birth in the Star-Moon Kingdom."

Immediately, a map of the Star-Moon Kingdom appeared before Shi Feng, dotted with dozens of cities.

The launch of God's Domain was globally synchronized. To accommodate hundreds of millions of players, the land of God's Domain was extremely vast, comparable to two or three times the surface area of Earth. There were many countries inside, but based on the player's location and city, the country was determined from the start. Players could only choose a city in their respective country.

"White River City."

Shi Feng didn't plan to choose other cities, directly selecting the most familiar, White River City.

White River City was the fifth largest city in the Star-Moon Kingdom and an important city in the eastern part of the kingdom. Many small studios liked to choose to develop here to avoid the struggles of the large guilds.

"City confirmed. The player will be randomly assigned to Red Leaf Town under White River City. Teleportation in 3 seconds. I wish you a pleasant gaming experience."

Then Shi Feng felt a blur before his eyes and was teleported away.

Red Leaf Town, with its medieval architectural style, was filled with well-arranged houses. The streets were full of NPCs walking and talking, making it feel like another world.

Shi Feng was teleported in front of a church, wearing a set of gray newbie leather armor, with a newbie sword hanging at his waist, looking every bit like a down-on-his-luck swordsman.

"As expected, I still came to Red Leaf Town." Shi Feng smiled slightly, looking at the familiar town, full of confidence.

At this time, a large number of players had begun to wander around, talking to NPCs, looking for quest clues, and some players were directly leaving the town to kill monsters in the wild. Everyone was desperately trying to make the most of their time.

Shi Feng ignored the other players and gently waved his finger, and the player's attribute panel appeared.

Character: Ye Feng (Human)

Kingdom: Star-Moon

Title: None

Profession: Swordsman

Level: Level 0

Health Points: 100/100

Attack Power: 13

Defense Power: 4

Attack Speed: 3

Movement Speed: 4

Attributes: Strength 5, Agility 3, Stamina 4, Intelligence 2, Spirit 2.

Free Attribute Points: 4

Weapon Mastery: One-Handed Sword Mastery +5 (Apprentice Level increases one-handed sword damage by 5%), Two-Handed Sword Mastery +5 (Apprentice Level increases two-handed sword damage by 5%)

Free Mastery Points: 0

Profession Attributes:

Swordsman Attribute 1: Sword Weapon Expertise +5

Swordsman Attribute 2: Gain 8 free mastery points every five levels.

Swordsman Attribute 3: Sword skill proficiency increased by 50%.

Skills: Chop, action type, requires a sword, adds 8 points of damage, cooldown time 5 seconds, skill level 1 (proficiency 0/300).

Equipment: Swordsman Leather Armor (Gray Trash), Durability 10/10, Defense 2, Equipment Level 0. Practice One-Handed Newbie Sword (Gray Trash), Durability 15/15, Attack Power 3, Equipment Requirement 3 points Strength, Equipment Level 0.

His bag contained ten pieces of bread and ten bags of water. Eating bread restored 10 health per second, and drinking water restored 10 mana per second, both lasting for ten seconds.

All Swordsman players had the same initial attributes; the only difference was in the choice of free attribute points.

Players gained 4 free attribute points for each level gained. As the level increased, the addition methods also varied, forming their own styles.

Strength increased physical attack power and weight-bearing capacity, Agility increased attack speed and movement speed, Stamina increased health and stamina, Intelligence increased magic attack power and mana, and Spirit increased mana regeneration speed and healing amount. Each profession had different focuses.

Swordsmen belonged to the physical damage output profession, so most people would prioritize Strength. Shi Feng used to choose this way, with 2 points in Strength, 1 in Stamina, and 1 in Agility, which could be said to be a very standard and mediocre choice.

However, Shi Feng didn't plan to add points like that in this life.

Shi Feng unhesitatingly clicked the plus sign for Agility, adding all 4 attribute points to Agility. His Agility immediately increased to 7 points, his attack speed became 4, and his movement speed became 5.

Even Assassins known for their Agility wouldn't add points like this. In the early stages, they would definitely prioritize damage, adding more Strength to level up easily.

Unfortunately, Shi Feng didn't think so.

In the early stages of God's Domain, for melee classes, Agility was the best choice. This was a secret only discovered a few weeks after God's Domain launched. After it was discovered, countless melee classes beat their chests and spat blood, regretting their initial random attribute point allocation.

After adding the attribute points, Shi Feng looked around.

In just a moment, another large group of players had been teleported over. The small central square was filled with green diamond markers, all players, completely covering the yellow NPC markers, making it difficult to find an NPC.

Di Di Di!

Shi Feng's voice communication rang. He looked at the name: Black Cloud Covers the Sun. It was Hei Zi calling.

"Brother Feng, I chose Sorcerer and was teleported to Fallen Moon Town. Where are you?" Hei Zi was very excited to enter God's Domain and couldn't wait to show off his skills.

"I'm in Red Leaf Town. It's not too far from Fallen Moon Town. Come to Red Leaf Town and I'll take you to level up," Shi Feng said.

"Brother Feng, are you crazy? Do you know how far Fallen Moon Town is from Red Leaf Town? The map shows it will take me 7 hours to get there. If I go, I'll fall far behind other players. Let's level up individually and meet in White River City when we reach level ten," Hei Zi said, almost spitting blood. Earning 16,000 credits in ten days was crazy enough. Entering God's Domain and not leveling up like crazy, but instead wasting 7 hours, he wouldn't do it even if he was beaten to death.

"Don't worry, just come over. I'll help you make up for the wasted time quickly," Shi Feng said calmly.

Hearing Shi Feng's tone, which was full of confidence, Hei Zi said excitedly, "Brother Feng, do you have information provided by closed beta testers?"

Before God's Domain launched, it invited many people to test it. These people were called closed beta testers. Closed beta testers could be said to have first-hand information about God's Domain. Although God's Domain would make changes, what closed beta testers knew was definitely more than ordinary players.

"What do you think? Just come quickly," Shi Feng said with a mysterious smile.

Hei Zi was excited when he heard this, knowing that Shi Feng must have reliable information, or he wouldn't have said that, "Okay, Brother Feng, wait for me, I'll go now."

After hanging up Hei Zi's communication, Shi Feng walked towards the dark alleys in the town.

The entire Red Leaf Town had hundreds of NPCs, but only dozens of NPCs actually gave quests, and there were only five hidden quests, and only one unique quest. The unique quest was unique; once completed, it was gone.

And this unique quest in Red Leaf Town was only discovered two months after God's Domain launched. At that time, it caused a sensation in the entire White River City because this quest was unique. So the lucky person posted the walkthrough to show off, and many players were very envious. Unfortunately, the quest was already gone, and they couldn't do it even if they wanted to.

Shi Feng naturally wouldn't miss this unique quest in this life.

Shi Feng came to the dark alley, which was full of beggars in tattered clothes. When they saw Shi Feng coming, they were like hungry wolves seeing meat, and they all surrounded him, begging for food.

Some players had given these beggars a lot of food. These beggars would then ask for more things, and they became increasingly expensive and rare. The player actually agreed to all of them, satisfying the beggars' requests more than a dozen times. However, these beggars really didn't give anything in return, almost driving the player to death from anger, becoming a joke.

"Get out of my way!"

Shi Feng shouted loudly, drew his newbie sword. The beggars, who had no ability to resist, saw it and scattered, hiding on the side.

The beggars scattered, and Shi Feng walked to a corner, where a beggar was lying, a down-and-out middle-aged man. He was no different from the other beggars. The only difference was that this man didn't beg for food, showing a lot of integrity.

"Sir, do you need any help?" Shi Feng looked at the man and said very formally.

"Can you give me some food? I haven't eaten for five days," the beggar man said.

Shi Feng smiled slightly and said seriously, "I'm very sorry, sir, I cannot grant your request."

If a normal person heard this, they would probably be so angry that they would spit blood, but the beggar only sighed and said nothing more.

"However, if you are willing to pay the corresponding price, I can give you the food you need," Shi Feng said.

The beggar looked up at Shi Feng, his eyes filled with expectation, "If I had money, I would definitely be willing to pay this fee, but I have nothing now. If... if you are willing to help me, I will pay a sufficient price. Are you willing to help me?"

"What do you want me to do?" Shi Feng asked.

The beggar said very seriously, "Please help me kill Klose, the mayor of Red Leaf Town."

Although Red Leaf Town was a small town, the mayor was a level 15 Elite, and there were level 25 guards protecting him. In addition, killing an NPC would result in being wanted by the NPCs. Killing the mayor was undoubtedly a very crazy act. No player would believe this was a quest. It was simply asking players to commit suicide. No one would agree to such a terrible request.

"Okay, I promise," Shi Feng said without hesitation, with a smile.

System: Accepted unique quest "Sherlock's Request".

Quest content: Kill Klose, the mayor of Red Leaf Town, and give the mayor's badge to Sherlock. Player level cannot exceed level 10.

After accepting the quest, Shi Feng turned around and walked towards the town hall where the mayor was located.

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