A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 2 is actually the complete guide to secondary professions.
"Wait, what about my Paladin/Priest, Rogue/Mage/Druid, Warrior/Hunter/Shaman, and Monk/Demon Hunter? Why are they all secondary professions?" Li Wei's eyes widened as he processed all the information in his mind.

So the so-called "Complete Guide to Azeroth's Classes" actually refers to secondary classes, not combat classes?
Isn't this a classic case of false advertising?
While the secondary professions in Azeroth are also amazing, how can they compare to those powerful combat professions?
Furthermore, all secondary professions in Azeroth require materials produced in Azeroth.

How could the Marvel Universe possibly contain the materials from the games?
Does that mean these side jobs might be completely unusable?

Isn’t this too confusing?

Li Wei couldn't help but curse the thing that had transported him to this world again in his mind—he still didn't know what kind of being had transported him, but it certainly wasn't some "god," so Li Wei could only call it a ghost.

However, after cursing for a while, Li Wei realized that he couldn't change anything, so he could only force himself to calm down.

He had only seen the movies, not the comics, but since the strange thing that transported him to this world was supposed to be part of the movie plot, then everything must be following the movie's storyline.

It's only 2003, and the main storyline hasn't even happened yet, so should we go back to our country and hide?

According to what circulated online in my previous life, the Chinese people in the Marvel Universe seem to be even more awesome.

Moreover, the father of this body runs a trading company. Although he is not extremely wealthy, he is still quite well-off.

Returning to China to live is relatively easy, but obtaining a green card is not so easy.

Hmm... wait a minute?
Just as Li Wei was lost in thought, he suddenly felt that something had entered his mind.

Upon closer inspection, I discovered that within my consciousness, there was not only the previously bound baggage, but also a small map similar to one in a game, displaying the terrain and scenery within a certain range.

At this moment, many small yellow dots are displayed on the minimap.

He was very familiar with this little yellow dot; it was the resource point indicated by the game's gathering skills such as mining, herb gathering, and fishing.

Could it be?

In the game, hovering the mouse over a point displays the resource's name. Now that he doesn't have a mouse, how should he operate it?

So he tried to focus his attention on one of the small yellow dots.

Sure enough, a piece of information appeared in his mind: Tranquilizing Flower

Then I tried to focus my attention on another small yellow dot.

This time, silverleaf grass is being displayed.

This discovery filled Li Wei with immense joy.

Because Peacebloom and Silverleaf are among the most basic herbs in the game.

Now that we have Peacebloom and Silverleaf, do other herbs and minerals in the game also exist in this world?

Looking at the location shown on the mini-map, the silverleaf and peace lilies were all in the front and back gardens of the house—the house he was currently living in was a small villa on Long Island, New York, with a sizable garden in both the front and back.

So Li Wei followed the map's directions without hesitation and came to the backyard garden—because the backyard was more private than the lawn and garden in the front yard.

Soon, Li Wei found one of them in the grass, marked as a yellow dot on the minimap as a Peace Lily.

Upon seeing this clump of plants, Li Wei fell silent.

Is this some kind of calming flower?!

Although Li Wei didn't know much about plants, he happened to recognize the plant in front of him.

This flower is called chamomile, a very common wildflower in the Asteraceae family, which grows in many river valleys, open fields, and along field edges.

In the garden, however, this thing has grown much larger.

No wonder there are so many yellow dots.

But you have to admit, its flower shape does look a bit like the icon for the Peacebloom in the game.

So it's not that the herbs of Azeroth also exist in this world, but rather that these herbs already exist on Earth, only with different names?

Yes, when game designers are designing, they don't just create everything out of thin air. Many things are actually adapted from real-world objects.

If that's the case, then these side jobs of mine aren't as useless as I thought.

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but get excited. Although he no longer had a combat profession, the items produced by those secondary professions were all quite amazing. If he could really create them all, then he wouldn't be completely powerless to protect himself in this world—although he might still not be able to compare with those top combatants, he shouldn't be too useless compared with those regular superheroes or supervillains.

It would be even better if this world weren't in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...

Just thinking about this made Li Wei's brows furrow again.

Then I looked at the list of pharmaceutical skills among the side jobs I had learned and fell into deep thought.

The above only shows a few of the most basic recipes.

He didn't know the highest level his secondary profession skills could reach in the game, or what the recipes were, since in the game they all required money to learn or were obtained as drops from monsters.

The same applies to many advanced materials.

Forget about that for now, let's just start practicing.

With so many secondary profession skills, mastering them in the game is incredibly difficult, let alone in the real world.

Some are too busy with their own lives.

Hmm, let's start with gathering herbs!

So, how should one gather herbs? Li Wei pondered, looking at the "Tranquilizing Flower" in front of him.

Just as he had this question, the collection requirements came to mind.

It turns out that all you need to do with the Peace Flower is collect its flower branches.

A typical "Nestle" plant has 3-5 branches, with 3-5 flower clusters on each branch.

One branch counts as one copy.

Therefore, one Peace Flower can yield 3-5 portions, which is slightly more than in the game.

As Li Wei retrieved the flower shears from the toolbox under the eaves, he cut off the first branch.

A progress bar flashed through his mind: 2/999.

It's the skill proficiency progress bar in the game.

When Li Wei checked those secondary profession skills before, there was no progress bar displayed. It seems that the progress bar will only appear after he uses them once.

The progress bar started at point 1, then increased by 1 point after collecting "Tranquilizing Flowers", so it's now at point 2.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Seeing the upper limit of 999... Li Wei was confused.

The good news is that I no longer need to unlock skill caps one by one according to the beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert, and master levels in the game.

The problem is, which version's skill cap is 999 points?
If he remembers correctly, in version 7.0 of the game, the cap for secondary profession skills was 800 points.

In version 8.0, it was changed to version collection, with 150 points per version.

There is no version with a 999 upper limit at all!

In other words, the secondary profession skills in these games may not be exactly the same as the secondary professions in the games that Li Wei is familiar with.

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing!

With a sigh, Li Wei composed himself and continued gathering herbs.

However, even after he collected one plant and obtained four portions of Tranquilizing Flower, the progress bar did not change.

It seems that, just like in the game, no matter how many copies of a Tranquilizing Flower you collect, your proficiency will only increase by one point.

Without thinking too much, Li Wei quickly threw himself into the great task of "herb gathering".

(End of this chapter)