Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 3 I don't think you're human.
Wangyue City is located in the hills to the east of the Green Sea Alliance. It is a city in the Duchy of Cass, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and is classified as a fourth-tier city in terms of overall strength.

To the north of Wangyue City lies the verdant plains, which lead to Baisha City, a city renowned for its silk products and a paradise for puppeteer players. The strongest puppeteer alliance in the Ninth District in the previous life was born there.

The No. 56 Beginner Village is located on the edge of the emerald plain, with steel needle-like hills to the south and an endless plain to the north.

Lin Hanchuan was teleported to the church square in the newbie village. The server had just opened, and there were quite a lot of people. Looking around, there were several hundred people.

Moreover, as streaks of milky white light flashed across the square, more and more people entered.

Because the game didn't divide regions based on real-world countries, but instead created large regions directly, the players in the starting village came from all over the world.

Yellow, black, and white—their appearances were all randomly adjusted by the system, with a 20% margin of error.

Despite their different skin colors, the languages ​​they speak are simultaneously translated into the listener's native language by the system, eliminating any language barriers.

Of course, it's called a beginner's village, but there are very few beginners.

Many of them were veterans who had created new accounts from other regions. As soon as they were teleported to the square, they immediately scattered to the surrounding areas.

They've gone off on a mission!

Especially in the case of a newly launched server, the system will announce to the entire server the first person to kill a BOSS, the first person to reach level 10, the first person to complete a job change, the first person to create a team, etc., and there will also be rewards such as reputation points, gold coins, and equipment.

In just a short while, over a thousand people crowded into Beginner Village No. 56. Apart from a few completely new players who were stunned and amazed by the realism of the online game world, most of them ran away in the blink of an eye.

Of course, there are also a few wealthy players who shout loudly in the square to recruit others.

"Form a group to leave the village and protect me while I kill monsters that are way higher level than me, 100 per person per hour!"

"We're buying currency at high prices. Anyone interested can come and chat."

The saying goes, "If you're one step ahead, you'll be ahead every step of the way."

Everyone is trying their best to seize their opportunities.

However, Lin Hanchuan was not in a hurry. He quietly opened his personal panel and opened his friend list.

After waiting a while, I received a friend request.

[Player "Bloody Hand Demon Slayer" has requested to add you as a friend!]

[Note: Captain, that's me, Cao Renjie]

Before entering the descent, Lin Hanchuan said that he would use either Night Owl or Arakawa White Owl, and that people could find him by searching for these two IDs.

I just accepted Cao Renjie's friend request.

Friend requests from Long Xiaochen and Long Xiaoyue came one after another.

[Player "Kanglong Youhui" has requested to add you as a friend!]

[Player "Moonlight Chill" has requested to add you as a friend!]

Chatting with each friend individually was too troublesome, so after his friends agreed, Lin Hanchuan created a group chat.

[Building a Bigger and Stronger Chat Group]

Start a group voice chat.

Lin Hanchuan was the first to report his location: "I'm in Beginner Village No. 56. Where is everyone else?"

"I'm in beginner village number 23!" Cao Renjie replied immediately.

Long Xiaoyue's voice was sweet and bright: "I'm in Beginner Village #2!"

“I’m in starting village #84.” Long Xiaochen said excitedly, “Captain, I saw a few guilds from server 1 recruiting people for raiding in the square. One of them is an affiliated guild of the Immortal Dynasty. They’re probably going to establish a presence in Moon Gazing City. I’ll join them later and trick them during the raid!”

Lin Hanchuan did not stop Long Xiaochen, but kindly reminded him, "You need to know your limits and not get yourself into trouble. The most important thing right now is to level up and reach level 10 as soon as possible to enter Wangyue City."

This guy looks harmless, but he's actually very cunning. When I first met him in District 1, I almost got tricked by him.

"Don't worry, Captain!" Long Xiaochen grinned, "I definitely won't fall behind in leveling up."

After a brief chat to confirm everyone's current location in the starting village, Lin Hanchuan closed his personal panel and turned his gaze to the church in front of him.

Wangyue City of the Green Sea Alliance was not Lin Hanchuan's first choice when entering the Ninth District in his previous life, but he regretted it afterward because he did not choose Wangyue City.

Many cities in the Ninth District have their own secrets, but the most exciting and eye-catching one in the early stages is undoubtedly Wangyue City.

Back then, I was doing quests and leveling up in White Cloud City of the Cloud Kingdom while keeping an eye on Moon Gazing City.

Can you imagine that the church of the Crescent Moon God in front of you, and the Crescent Moon Cult behind it, are actually controlled by the demon god in the abyss?

Some of the NPCs in Wangyue City, including the village chief, have long been replaced with demons.

According to the official settings, demons are special monsters, and players can get 200% experience points after the first kill!

If the Crescent Moon Cult has been controlled by demons, then what about the Crescent Moon God?
Lin Hanchuan looked down at his feet.

The crescent moon goddess is dead.

Her ruins are hidden within the territory of Wangyue City. In the previous life, they were jointly excavated by several top guilds within the Green Sea Alliance. All the information was kept secret, and no one knew where they found the Crescent Moon God's ruins. However, Lin Hanchuan clearly remembered that the first two demigod-level players in the Ninth District both came from Wangyue City.

Later, players on the forums analyzed the location of the ruins, and some of the locations were recognized by some players who claimed to be insiders.

Lin Hanchuan memorized those places.

"Haste makes waste; take it slow!"

Lin Hanchuan gazed at the church ahead. In all the starting villages of Wangyue City, there are generally two bosses: the village chief and the priest. Both are level 10 demon-type monsters. Killing them will trigger a hidden quest, granting a milestone title and other system rewards.

However, going up there to fight head-on now would be suicide.

We still need to level up first, improve the quality of our equipment, and have enough combat power before we talk about anything else.

Holding his staff, Lin Hanchuan looked ahead.

A long queue had formed in front of the Church of the Crescent Moon. At the front of the queue, a priest in a white robe was assigning tasks to each player who came before him.

In the starting village, the priest and the village chief can assign tasks to players; everyone has one, but they are all simple tasks.

For example, killing a rabbit, catching a chicken, or cleaning up manure...

There are also hidden missions. When your charm value drops below 0 and becomes negative, making you look like a bad person, just go up and chat with them when no one is around, and the priest and village chief will assign you a mission to kill villagers.

Killing a villager and bringing back his body will grant you a large amount of experience, as well as a monetary reward of copper coins or more and some decent items.

The first player in the Ninth District to reach level 10, which was announced to the entire district by the system, came from Wangyue City. He revealed the hidden quest himself later.

The villagers who were killed were replaced by low-level demons of level 10 or below through a sacrificial ritual performed by the priest.

They did this not because they had no way to summon a more powerful demon, but because demons are a race that completely adheres to the supremacy of strength. If they were too powerful, the positions of the priest and the village chief would naturally be challenged.

They were having a comfortable time in the starting village, so naturally they didn't want to summon a demon stronger than themselves to become their villagers and then serve as its dogs, unless they had masochistic tendencies.

In other words, at this moment, some villagers in the starting village No. 56 have definitely been replaced by demons.

Unlike priests and village chiefs, they are of low rank, cannot issue any missions, are not protected by the system, and can be forcibly killed.

After killing the target, you will receive a first-kill reward.

There are also wild monsters outside the village, but I reckon it would take a dozen people to chase and kill one.

In this situation where there are too many wolves and not enough meat.

Lin Hanchuan naturally set his sights on the villagers disguised as demons.

The demon villagers are blessed by the demon god, and unless you have a high-level identification skill, it is difficult to see through their identity directly.

But besides identification techniques, there is another method for identification.

According to Lin Hanchuan's summary, in "Arrival", almost all villagers in the starting village will give you quests, the only difference being the difficulty and the amount of reward.

Lin Hanchuan opened his personal attribute panel, where the 5 points of charm were basically enough to trigger all the simple tasks in the beginner village.

As long as you're given a task, you're not a demon.

On the contrary, it is highly likely.

If not, then it will be soon.

Lin Hanchuan is a strong practitioner of theory.

After giving the priest a reluctant look, he turned and left the square, finding a small alley and disappearing inside.

From the outside, the starting village No. 56 looks very poor.

Unlike the Crescent Church with its red walls, green tiles, and bluestone paving, most of the villagers' houses are thatched huts built of mud mixed with boiled straw and pebbles. The roads underfoot are paved with broken stones, uneven and bumpy, making them a bit uncomfortable to walk on.

The alley was very narrow, with one house next to another.

I don't know if it's because it's daytime or because of system rules.

The doors of every house were open, and walking through the alley, you could see the people inside, each doing their own thing.

Lin Hanchuan wasn't sure where the demon villagers lived, so he could only ask them one by one, figuring he'd make a profit from each one he found.

The first one.

It was an old man with a white beard, sunbathing in the yard.

Lin Hanchuan walked in with a smile, "Excuse me, sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

The white-bearded old man, who had been squinting, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the handsome Lin Hanchuan in the sunlight, and nodded, saying, "I've been..."

The task is triggered, and a system sound plays simultaneously.

"Ding! Congratulations on receiving an F-rank daily mission..."

Lin Hanchuan immediately withdrew the foot he had just stepped through the door, saying, "Sorry, wrong door!"

Next one.

The old man with the black beard was sunbathing in the yard.
Lin Hanchuan walked in with a smile, "Excuse me, sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

The old man with the black beard, who had been squinting, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the handsome Lin Hanchuan in the sunlight, and shook his head, saying, "I don't need anyone else's help lately..."

Lin Hanchuan narrowed his eyes, stepped into the door, turned around and closed the door, and grinned at the black-bearded old man.

"No mission given!"

"Old man, you don't look like a human being!"

(End of this chapter)