I have to get lucky right away.

Chapter 242 Welcome to the End of the Beginner's Tutorial
September 1st is neither a weekend, nor a holiday, nor the start time of any special game event.

But on this day, even though the players of "Brave Warriors vs. Demon Kings" had just experienced a failed defense of the city at the end of the month, they would occasionally take out their phones to glance at the game after returning to work from the weekend. This was because the world's first fully immersive virtual reality game, which had been slacking off for so long, had finally started to make progress!

Chen Xuan sat at his desk, pretending to tap the keyboard every now and then to keep the computer running, but his eyes kept drifting to his phone.

He did try to find the secluded village, but compared to those professional gamers and wealthy guys who had taken time off work, he was just an ordinary office worker. When dawn broke, he could only helplessly come to the company, where he would slack off while waiting to copy homework.

By this time, more than a dozen players had found the Hidden Village, but the posts they had made so far were either complaints about how this terrible game made people want to cultivate immortality, or complaints about the NPCs' sharp tongues; there was no serious content at all.

However, the video of the library catalog that the research guy posted before was quite impressive.

Besides many existing classics of traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist works, there are also a few secret manuals describing cultivation techniques.

When the game "Brave Warriors: Demon King" was first released, players called it "cyber forced labor," but now it seems to be trying to become "cyber education."
Just as Chen Xuan's consciousness was drifting away, his phone suddenly vibrated, a notification that a person he was following had posted something.

Chen Xuan immediately perked up, opened the forum, and saw a post that had just been published but already tagged as trending:

Holy crap, this game is absolutely insane!

[Hello everyone! I'm a research fanatic. Without further ado, I've been fortunate enough to be the first player to complete the tutorial. Now, I'll show you the real game content. Okay, don't be afraid what I'm about to say!]

"We're all veteran players, we're not afraid!" Although he was just reading the post, Chen Xuan couldn't help but think of it in his mind. Then, he saw the following text—

As I said, I completed the tutorial. This doesn't refer to the Hidden Village Trial, but rather to all the game content before that – it's all just a tutorial! Haven't you all been complaining that it's a virtual reality game but lacks freedom? That's right, because those are all tutorial levels! You understand tutorial levels, right? This is attack, this is defense; naturally, you can only follow the tutorial to attack or defend. Isn't it normal to lack freedom?

"So you mean we've been playing this game for years, some even over a decade, and we've only just finished the tutorial?"

Chen Xuan thought the term "scientific research maniac" was a bit outrageous, but then he saw a video.

Although posting and making videos on forums is common these days, he was still a little speechless.

As someone who likes to slack off, he cautiously glanced around to make sure his fellow workers who had finished their work were also slacking off like him, and that the notorious "supervisor" hadn't come out for a stroll either. Only then did he take out his earphones, put them on, and open the video—

"Enough with the nonsense. I know many of you think I'm exaggerating, but now, please allow me to show you the true freedom of this game!" In the video, the research maniac is standing in a square. Judging from the surrounding environment, this should still be within the Hidden Village area of ​​the map. Seemingly to prove that he didn't cheat, he is wearing a beginner's outfit and standing in the open space. He raises his hands to his chest and kneads them like dough, with a constipated expression on his face. His actions are undeniably lewd.

Chen Xuan didn't even need to complain; countless cybernetic substitutes, one step ahead of him, had already started bombarding him with comments.

However, the content of the comments suddenly changed, from the original teasing and sarcasm like "Are you here to take a dump?" to a uniform "Holy crap? Awesome!"

Because right in that seemingly embracing hand, a magic missile actually appeared!
Actually, spell editing could be done with talismans in the previous generation, but at most it was just using different colored skills to generate light and outline a rough magic circle pattern. The ultimate creation was the Angel's Descent made by the research maniac himself.

But this simple spell missile in front of us is completely different, because it's a basic skill for mages!

But the research maniac's current account is clearly that of a cultivator!
The only possibility is that this guy really did cast a spell to launch it!
While Chen Xuan was still in shock, the research maniac had already thrown the magic missile out like he was playing volleyball. It hit the wooden stake in the center of the square with a crisp sound.

Its power is very low; from a visual perspective, it's only at the level of a mage without any talent. But this precisely proves the value of this spell.

Fortunately, the video wasn't a live stream, so Chen Xuan didn't need to worry about the person keeping him in suspense. He simply turned his body, shifting his perspective to the house in the corner of the square—

"As you can see, what I just cast was indeed a spell missile for the mage class. In fact, according to the theories we've come across, as long as you're proficient in the four elements, you can cast all spells in the game regardless of class!"

"Many people have been curious about what the NPC meant by the Four Elements. Now his disciple has given me the answer. They are the plaques in these four rooms: [Transfer], [Fix], [Transform], and [Filter]. However, I prefer to use more Taoist terms: [Move], [Still], [Technique], and [Flow].

"They are like basic strokes. Once you have strokes, you can form all kinds of characters, and then complete sentences and articles. The previous spell missile was just me fixing the released magic power into a sphere, and then using transfer to throw it out."

"If we can use transformation to convert mana into flames, it will become a fireball spell. If we use filtering to find the part with the best burning effect and replicate it to all the variations, it can become an explosive fireball or even a fireball spell."

"It's not just limited to the mage class. Following this principle, any skill whose process we can understand can be broken down using this logic. Whether it's a shield warrior's shield wall, an archer's mark, or an assassin's sap, they can all be broken down into the four basic elements. Then, as long as we can recombine them, they can be cast by any class. That's why I said the previous parts were just a beginner's tutorial—"

"Take card games as an example. The so-called warriors, mages, archers, etc., are basically the pre-ordered card decks provided by the game to help us get used to the gameplay. After several versions, everyone is familiar with the skills of each class, that is, the effects of various cards. Naturally, it's time to edit your own card deck!"

(End of this chapter)