Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 12 Announcement to the Entire Village
I spent some time organizing the warehouse.

Previously, the potions in each storage box were not full. After Lin Hanchuan sorted and categorized them, all the potions could just fill eight storage boxes.

Among them, Lin Hanchuan also found three bottles of special medicine.

One bottle of identification potion (demon-oriented). The bottle that the Dark Claw Demon originally had should have been obtained from here.

Two bottles of Basic Strength Stabilizing Potion are far more valuable than Identification Potion. Each bottle increases Strength by 2 points, and up to 5 bottles can be used simultaneously!
"The newbie village actually has this!" Lin Hanchuan sat on the storage box, looking at the two bottles of Strength Stabilization Potions in his hand. Generally speaking, they are not available in cities. Occasionally, they can only be purchased from some cross-dimensional merchants or dropped by killing BOSS-level monsters.

"It's likely that the original owner of this apothecary had a hidden mission. The Power Stabilization Potion and the Demon Identification Potion were both used as mission rewards!"

Lin Hanchuan could only guess in this direction.

Identifying potions and potions for permanent strength can indeed be rewards for hidden quests below rank E.

"Unfortunately, he and his daughter have been killed by the devil."

The demons in Wangyue City can only play the role of a villager after he dies, continuing to live by the pretense of their previous relationships, and cannot add any new roles.

In other words, this pharmacy was indeed previously run by a father and daughter.

The father may have sensed something was wrong with the surrounding villagers, which is why he prepared this rare potion as a hidden quest reward for players who will enter the novice village of District 56 in the future.

But he didn't live to see that day.

Just die.

The reward for the potion he left behind still exists; it can be obtained by killing the two demons who replaced him and his daughter.

"The planners of [Descent] are quite something!" Lin Hanchuan muttered to himself after speculating on the general situation, and then drank the Power Forever Potion.

"Ding! Successfully consumed a bottle of basic Strength Permanence Potion, Strength value +2."

"Ding! Successfully consumed a bottle of basic Strength Permanence Potion, Strength value +2."

After drinking two bottles, Lin Hanchuan's strength attribute on his personal panel had reached 15 points, and his overall health and defense had also improved.

Turning his gaze away from the attribute panel, Lin Hanchuan looked at the organized storage boxes. The eight boxes contained all the potions needed for a beginner village, a rather large quantity overall.

If relying solely on the storage capacity of his backpack and spatial ring, Lin Hanchuan wouldn't even be able to take one percent of the potions from the warehouse.

Of course, Lin Hanchuan didn't intend to take it all; there was so much that he couldn't possibly use it all by himself.

We must act quickly!

After thinking for a moment, Lin Hanchuan got up and walked out of the warehouse.

Looking at the long corridor in front of him, which was full of traps, Lin Hanchuan silently opened his personal panel, found the settings, and turned on the replay.

The player panel that appears has a caching function.

From the moment a player enters the game, the system will cache the game video from their first-person perspective.

The cached videos are saved for 48 hours. After 48 hours, they will be overwritten by new video content unless the player makes any changes. This is mainly to make it easier for players to find materials and create guides.

In the cached video, Lin Hanchuan found the video of him following the young female shop assistant through the corridor, extracted the clips, and played them back.

Following the replay video, Lin Hanchuan avoided the traps and easily arrived at the shop.

The shop door remains closed.

Lin Hanchuan opened the door, and the bustling street was filled with people.

"Selling daggers, level 2 black iron +3, a slightly excellent weapon, is currently the best choice for top assassins and thieves to level up quickly."

"Potion! Potion! Basic healing potions are on clearance sale with tears in my eyes!"

"I have an E-rank mission, and I need a warrior teammate. Everything is negotiable!"

If you want to sell the potions in the apothecary behind you, these players hawking items on the street are the best choice.

Don't be fooled by the fact that they are all level 1 newbies, and some of them don't even have any experience points on their panels. At least three of them have studios or even more powerful conglomerates backing them.

Believe it or not, when the first server of [Descent] was launched, it became a hit across the entire internet with its near 100% virtual realism, attracting the attention of countless conglomerates.

Now, whether you're a casual player or someone looking to make money, you'll be joining the game and enjoying its spiritual world.

Several years ago, major leading technology companies began seeking cooperation with the official [Descent] organization, intending to transform it into a paradise world where human consciousness enters after death.

After all, what humans fear most is death. If you could allow your consciousness to enter a world that is even richer than the real world you once lived in after you die, what would you do?
Aside from the life-or-death business.

【Descent】has become a platform for major companies to advertise and sell products due to its massive user base. Currently, there are many top guilds in the eight mature regions, each with a major sponsor.

Some investors even directly recruit people and run their own guilds.

The arrival of this place has become a second home for some people outside of reality.

Even casual gamers are normal to keep some potions at home just in case.

Lin Hanchuan had no trouble selling the batch of medicines he had on hand; he could even sell them at a high price.

"We can find two merchant players to sell all the potions in this apothecary, and we can raise the price by about 50%!"

Just as Lin Hanchuan was looking for trading partners, preparing to use the potion to make a fortune, several players who had met him once before at Old Man Blackbeard's house walked over from not far away.

"Brother Night, look! It's that big shot again!"

A reminder from his companion drew Dark Legend's attention to Lin Hanchuan, who was standing at the entrance of the potion shop. He had a strong impression of this player who had reached level 3 within half an hour of the server opening.

I never expected to run into you again when I came to the pharmacy to buy medicine.

Dark Legend asked instinctively, "What level is he?"

"Level 5!" the player with the detection talent replied in a low voice. Night Legend was shocked: "Level 5?!"

Wasn't it level 3 before?

"How did he get promoted so quickly?!"

"I don't know!" The teammate shook his head, equally puzzled.

They worked themselves to the bone completing three tasks before barely reaching level 3.

I'm planning to buy some potions to leave the village and farm monsters. On the way here, I chatted with "Arakawa White Owl," whom I had met once before. I think his level is at most level 4, and most likely level 3.

did not expect--

He's level 5!

She stood there, alive and well, in front of the pharmacy, her gaze drifting away, a smile playing on her lips.

As expected of a pro, while everyone else was struggling to level up in the newly opened Ninth Server, he had already reached level 5 with ease!
"Let's go see if we can add him as a friend and get some guidance from a pro. He must have some unique upgrade secrets," Dark Legend immediately decided.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

It's normal to associate with influential figures in the early stages.

Haven't taken two steps yet.

The system notification tone sounded without warning.

This is not a personal suggestion.

It was a notice for the entire village.

"Ding! Attention all players in Beginner Village No. 56: The potion shop located at No. 18 Blackrock Avenue has been successfully robbed by player 'Arakawa White Owl,' and all potions have become his personal loot!"

Dark Legend and his teammates suddenly stopped in their tracks.

The way she looked at Lin Hanchuan had changed.

"Rob the potion shop in the newbie village!"

"It worked!"

"More importantly, they weren't flagged as criminals!"

"Wow, this guy is awesome!"

Underworld is truly impressive.

He played in Zone 3 to Zone 9 for at least three years.

I've never heard of anyone robbing a potion shop in a newbie village and getting all the potions in the village.

This account must be a high-level account created by a top player from a certain region; most people wouldn't have the courage or drive to do this.

"Could it be that District 9 is different from other districts, where killing NPCs doesn't result in a red name? And not only do you not get a red name, but you also get a lot of extra experience points, far exceeding the normal experience gained from questing and grinding monsters!"

Dark Legend then thought of a possibility, only this could explain why Arakawa White Owl, who had always been in the village, could still level up steadily and quickly. "The guess is a bit bold, but we can try to verify it."

"Assuming there was an NPC in the house where I met the big shot before, and he killed him and leveled up to level 3, then it means that he now has the experience points to level up to level 5. If he gained the experience points by killing the NPC in the potion shop, then I only need to go into the potion shop and see that I don't see the shopkeeper and the staff, which would prove that my guess is correct."

He visited the pharmacy when it first opened.

It wasn't to buy potions, but to see if there was a chance to get some quests from the store.

Obviously, they didn't get it.

But when I went back later, I didn't see the store manager or any of the staff...

The thought of this made Underworld feel a little excited.

He felt like he was about to discover the hidden secrets of the Ninth District's beginner village.

Clench your fists.

Dark Legend shifted his gaze from Lin Hanchuan to the apothecary behind him.

From our current position, we can only see the inside of the store from the side, but so far, no NPCs have appeared.

The shop is very quiet!
"call!!"

Taking a deep breath, Night Legend lifted his foot again and walked towards the apothecary.

Several team members followed closely behind.

And at this moment, it's not just them.

After the system's village-wide announcement ended, the players in the streets surrounding the apothecary seemed to be put on pause, and all their eyes were fixed on Lin Hanchuan, who was standing at the entrance of the apothecary.

A real werewolf!
now!

The system voice sounded again!

"Given that this is the only pharmacy in Beginner Village No. 56, in order to prevent individual players from monopolizing potions and affecting the development of all players in Beginner Village No. 56!"

"Following system adjustments, the probability of obtaining potions by all players in Beginner Village No. 56 through quests and monster hunting has been significantly increased!"

"The specific adjustments are as follows: Upon completion of an E-rank mission, an additional potion reward will be guaranteed! Monsters of level 3 or higher will always drop potions upon being killed!"

Lin Hanchuan: "Holy crap!!"

(End of this chapter)