Poverty makes me capable of anything.

"I'll beat you to death, you little brat!"

Dust billowed in the open space, and Zhou Jieyu couldn't help but close her right eye halfway, unable to bear watching these daredevils court death.

Not long after, the dust finally settled, and Zhou Jieyu saw a burly man straddling the young man's stomach, shaking his fist which was the size of a sandbag, and muttering, "What a disappointment, I can only get him down to 1/10 of his health. He won't lose any more health after that."

"Grandpa, please get off me!" the young man cried out pitifully.

The burly man stood up, pulling on his belt: "You dare to court death? If you dare to do it again, I'll beat you up again!"

(￣ω￣;)

Zhou Jieyu quickened her pace and walked past half of the crowd.

"Holy crap, where did you pick up that knife?"

Zhou Jieyu had only taken two steps when she was bumped. She turned her head angrily and saw that a circle had suddenly appeared not far away, and a player was holding a 40-centimeter-long knife covered in dust.

When no one had any offensive equipment, a player suddenly brandished a knife and was immediately isolated by everyone.

"Don't be afraid, everyone!" the player shouted.

But everyone is still very scared.

Don't cut me, don't cut me...

"I'm a researcher, I have a gentle personality, and I would never hurt anyone..."

It felt like the opening remarks of a psychopath.

Zhou Jieyu quickly shrank back. With hundreds of millions of players, and even more in the future, how could there not be a few freaks? It's better to stay away.

The player brandished the knife in his hand.

The surrounding circle immediately expanded by another meter in diameter.

Let's hurry up and leave.

Zhou Jieyu was about to slip away.

As soon as I turned around, a huge gasp of surprise came from behind me.

"Holy crap, what kind of move is this?"

"I never hurt others, because I only hurt myself?"

"I can't argue with people who do scientific research, goodbye!"

Zhou Jieyu quickly turned around and saw that the forty-centimeter-long knife was stuck diagonally in the chest of the player from before. If there hadn't been no one within two meters, Zhou Jieyu would have thought that someone had killed him.

"A fatal wound to the chest, causing a loss of 20 health points per second, time to death... uh..."

Before he could finish speaking, the player was killed.

(；￣д￣)

There was no body left behind; it's unknown where it went to be resurrected. And the knife just fell to the ground.

After a moment of silence, everyone rushed forward.

"This knife is mine."

"Guna, guna, come any closer and I'll chop you up."

"He's flipped over! He's flipped over! Quick, hold his feet down!"

Zhou Jieyu left silently.

This group of people is terrifying. The novel experience has driven a group of "perverts" who love exploration and adventure to have no "lower limits".

With a casual glance, she saw a fat man hugging and kissing a thin man of the same sex, but due to the game's rules, he couldn't get close to him no matter how hard he tried.

"Nonsence!"

The fat man angrily released the skinny man: "It doesn't work! emmm..."

The fat man pondered for a moment: "It might not work on players, but it might work on NPCs."

The fat man thought about it and happily ran towards the ruined town.

Only the skinny guy was left behind, vomiting for a long time but nothing came out.

Looking up at the sky.

After enduring many hardships, Zhou Jieyu finally reached the entrance to the ruined town.

I saw a middle-aged woman sweeping the floor right in front of me.

A thought struck her, and Zhou Jieyu leaned closer: "Auntie, did you see that fat man in gray clothes again just now?"

The middle-aged woman glanced at Zhou Jieyu, pointed to the sky, and then continued sweeping.

What the hell?

Is it that they can't understand what I'm saying, or are the NPCs here just not very bright?

Although puzzled, Zhou Jieyu still raised her head.

Upon seeing this, she immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

In the azure sky, a thick line stretched across, connecting two tall houses. In the middle of the line, a fat man was tied up with his hands and hung from the waist by a rope. He swayed a couple of times when the wind blew. It could be seen that the fat man's mouth was gagged.

Scared.

Zhou Jieyu quickly moved away; if the fat man got so scared that he wet himself, her life would be ruined.

As Zhou Jieyu walked, she saw an old man sitting behind the counter of a small shop on the street.

Zhou Jieyu immediately went up to him: "Sir, do you have a detailed map of this area?"

The old man yawned and nodded: "Yes!"

A wrinkled face clearly indicates old age.

Zhou Jieyu was overjoyed and said, "Grandpa, could I borrow the map to take a look?"

"No, I won't lend it to you," the old man said firmly.

"..."

Why are the people here so stingy?

"Sir, please just take a look," Zhou Jieyu continued to plead.

The old man shook his head: "No, it's 50 biru for one viewing."

"..."

"Damn it, how come the people here are so uncivilized!" Zhou Jieyu couldn't help but swear.

50 biru, sorry, she doesn't have 1 biru on her.

The old man sneered, then suddenly stood up and pointed behind him: "What makes you think that the people here are so simple and honest?"

Zhou Jieyu looked over and saw knives, guns, clubs, axes, and burlap sacks on the walls and shelves...

She broke out in a cold sweat, and when she looked up, she realized that the shop's name was "Your Grandpa's Weapon Shop".

Chapter 02 Unlocking Abnormal NPCs

Ruins Town is definitely not a small town with simple and honest folks.

Even the elderly women sweeping the streets and the old men sitting lazily yawning at the shop entrance.

The aunt knows martial arts, so your uncle is still your uncle.

Zhou Jieyu fully understood this point.

At the same time, in the subsequent conversation, she also learned more detailed information about No. 1886.

On a border planet of an empire that is constantly in turmoil, in a world where bandits roam the wilderness, there are far too many small towns like Ruins Town with their fierce and unruly people.

Even with a lot of knowledge, one still has to survive.

The game's start for the player is certainly not that difficult, especially since she also has her eye on the map in the old man's shop. In the end, Zhou Jieyu accepts the old man's offer of employment and begins to work odd jobs for "your old man's weapon shop".

There are many quests in the ruined town, including repetitive quests, as well as many hidden and unique quests, which players will have to discover on their own.

As a highly realistic online game, leveling up in 【Night of the Stars】 is not so simple.

……

In the dimly lit workshop, Anran squatted on the ground, a small miner's lamp strapped to her head. Using the dim light in that small area, she was carefully searching.

Ding ding.

An Ran accidentally bumped into something, making a crisp sound on the ground. She turned around and her face immediately lit up with joy. She picked up a piece of black metal from under the equipment and casually put it into the pocket on her waist.

The pocket was already almost a third full.

One more.

Anran quickly found another piece of metal; the workshop floor was full of "treasures".

Because she hadn't received her salary yet, An Ran was reluctant to spend money on materials, so she had to rely on "scavenging" to manufacture equipment.

"Squeak..."

Just then, the door behind him was suddenly pushed open. An Ran turned around alertly, and the headlamp on her head shone directly on Colin's face.

Colin covered his eyes with his hands and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"Ah, that..."

An Ran looked around and found that she still had a piece of metal in her hand, so she quickly threw it on the ground.

"Picking up trash."

Oh no, I've been found out. My life is so miserable.

Colin glanced at it and immediately recognized what An Ran had thrown away, and his lips twitched involuntarily.

"There's still a lot of stuff piled up behind the workshop that hasn't been cleaned up yet. It's only cleaned up once a week on weekends. If you want it, just go there and get it." Colin said before turning and leaving.

"..."

Colin, who looked like a ruthless old man, actually stood up. He was actually a kind-hearted person.