Only I Have the Law: A Realistic Cultivation Game

26 October.

It's 10:30 p.m.

The school bell rang on time.

Xu Zhiyi, carrying her schoolbag, strode out of the school gate, grabbed a shared bicycle by the roadside, and pedaled for more than half an hour until she arrived at a large open-air farmers' market in the suburbs.

By this time, the merchants had already packed up and closed their stalls.

Looking around, the huge market was deserted, with only a mess on the ground.

Mid-September is the time when the lingering heat of late summer is at its peak.

Rotten vegetable leaves, fish scales, chicken feathers, and other such things on the ground, after a period of high-temperature fermentation, emit a strong, fishy odor.

Xu Zhiyi had become accustomed to this.

Under the dim streetlights, he took out an action camera from his backpack, turned on the recording, carefully placed it on the table, and pointed the lens at himself.

He was wearing a black face mask, only his eyes were visible.

"Midnight Butcher, now online."

As Xu Zhiyi spoke, she took out a slingshot and steel balls from the side pocket of her backpack.

The slingshot is something he's played with since he was a child.

I wouldn't say I'd hit the target every time, but if I were to hit a bottle cap from ten meters away, I could hit it at least nine times out of ten!

Three months ago, he uploaded his first mouse-hunting video to a video website, which unexpectedly garnered over 300,000 views and more than 7,000 followers.

After that, he would release a video every two or three days.

He now has over 100,000 followers, and each video brings in about 100 yuan in income, which is not a small amount for a high school student.

This income is especially important to him, an eighteen-year-old boy who lost his parents at a young age!

"Squeak~"

A rustling sound came from the sewer opening.

Xu Zhiyi adjusted the camera and saw a fat, black-haired rat crawl out of the sewer and stop in front of a pile of vegetable leaves by the roadside. Its two small eyes shone brightly in the infrared lens.

He squinted and took a steel ball from his cloth pocket and loaded it.

With a slight exertion of the right hand, the slingshot rubber band tightens.

"puff!"

The black-haired mouse fell to the ground with a thud, twitched twice, and then remained still.

Just as Xu Zhiyi was about to step forward to examine the spoils, a semi-transparent blue panel suddenly appeared before his eyes:

Congratulations to the player for successfully defeating a low-level rat demon x1

[Experience points +10]

Current Level: Lv.1 (10/400)

Xu Zhiyi stopped in her tracks.

He looked around, then squeezed his eyes shut and opened them again.

The panel is still there.

And it was always in the center of his field of vision.

He picked up the action camera again, but the lens was empty.

At this point, he confirmed it.

Only he can see this blue panel!

Xu Zhiyi's throat tightened as she recalled the novels her classmates often recommended to each other.

"system?"

Panel information updated:

Welcome, player Xu Zhiyi, to the world of cultivation.

The cultivation game has been successfully loaded.

This is a world where danger and opportunity coexist. Best of luck!

[A large number of rat demons have been detected causing trouble in the nearby market, openly stealing goods from merchants. The current map quest is: Kill twenty low-level rat demons.]

[Task Rewards: 300 Experience Points, 5 Silver Coins]

The world of cultivation?

Rat demon?

Xu Zhiyi stared at the black-haired rat he had shot and examined it carefully. It couldn't be said that it was completely unrelated to the rat demon, but it was just that it was completely different!

The semi-transparent blue panel quickly shrank into a small taskbar and moved to the lower left corner of his field of vision, just like a window that had been shrunk.

Perhaps this really is a game, but people have mistaken it for the world of cultivation.

Xu Zhiyi thought to herself.

However, now is not the time to delve into this.

Anyway, his task tonight was to hunt rats.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his turbulent thoughts, and brought his attention back to the dimly lit market before him, his sharp eyes sweeping over every shadowy corner, the edge of the drain, and the gaps between the piles of garbage.

The action camera hangs around his neck, quietly recording everything.

In the early hours of the morning, it is the time when rats forage for food.

Because of the abundance of resources, the rats in the farmers' market are not only numerous, but also not afraid of people. Even if they notice someone approaching, they do not hide and continue to feast among the piles of "food".

Xu Zhiyi aimed at a fat rat the size of a palm, and after confirming that the camera could capture it, she made her move.

Unfortunately, the mouse suddenly turned its head, and the steel ball flew past the tip of its ear, startling it so much that it scurried into a nearby crevice.

Xu Zhiyi was not discouraged; mistakes are normal.

It's okay if you miss; we can just cut it out later.

He adjusted his breathing, patiently searching for prey and looking for a better angle.

Then, I acted decisively.

"puff!"

A mouse that was gnawing on rotten fruit fell over with a thud.

"puff!"

A mouse that had just climbed up the electrical conduit fell instantly.

The moment each mouse dies, a notification pops up simultaneously on the shrunk panel in the lower left corner of the view:

Congratulations to the player for successfully defeating a low-level rat demon x1

[Experience points +10]

[Experience points +10]

……

Time slips away quietly.

As yet another steel ball precisely shattered a rat's head, the translucent blue panel once again came into direct view:

[Task Completed]

Congratulations to the player for successfully defeating a low-level rat demon x20

[Rewards: Experience Points +300, Silver Coins +5]

[Ding! Your level has been increased to Lv.2!]

[Gained 1 free attribute points]

[The character panel is now open. Please check it and allocate attribute points accordingly.]

The series of messages invigorated Xu Zhiyi.

He put away the slingshot, a thought flickering in his mind.

A brand new character panel appeared before his eyes, its style resembling a popular Xianxia (cultivation) game on the market.

[Player]: Xu Zhiyi

[Level]: Lv.2 (110/800)

[Realm]: None

【property】:

Intelligence: 6 (Affects cultivation techniques, skills, specializations, and breath control, etc.)

Physical Fitness: 4 (Influences physical attributes, speed, reaction time, stamina, etc.)

Root: 5 (Affects defense, resistance, endurance, healing, etc.)

Spirit: 7 (Affects hit rate, critical hit rate, awareness, armor penetration, etc.)

(Note: The average attribute value for a standard adult male is 5.)

[Free attribute points]: 1

[Equipment]: Demon-Slaying Bow, Shadow Recording Box, Sect Disciple's Uniform, Storage Bag

[Items]: 86 steel balls, 5 silver coins

[Task]: None available (can be triggered through exploration)

Xu Zhiyi read each item carefully.

The parentheses following the attribute provide a simple and direct explanation, likely representing a data-driven representation of its status.

When he got to the equipment section, he was a little confused.

The Demon Hunter Bow is easy to understand; it probably refers to his slingshot.

What is a "image-retaining box"?

And then there were the sect disciples' everyday clothes and storage bags...

He thought for a moment.

My gaze lingered on the action camera.

The purpose of this thing is to capture images and record their forms.

As for the sect disciples' regular clothes and storage bags, those are probably just the school uniform jackets and school bags themselves stuffed inside their backpacks.

correct!

Didn't the reward list say there were 5 taels of silver?

In most games, the rewards for completing a task are automatically put into your inventory, right?

Thinking of this, he quickly opened his schoolbag, flipped through the books and clothes on it, and what came into view was a small silver ingot!

Under the dim light, it was dazzlingly white!