Love is not as fun as World of Warcraft

After decisively taking it off and throwing it into the trash can, Shirasaka took a comfortable shower, removed the dirt on his body, and fell headfirst onto his bed.

There were still spare uniforms in the closet, and with a huge sum of money coming in, Shirasaka didn't bother with the details any more. For him, the most important thing to do right now was, of course, to sort out the rewards he had received after a busy day.

Improvements in attributes and skills are very intuitive and will not be noticed by others, but other things can only be determined privately.

I glanced at the gold coin balance in the upper right corner. The amount of 35 didn't seem like much, and in fact, it couldn't buy anything.

A hungry ghost gives 5 gold coins, and a mountain witch gives 25 gold coins. If you kill a few more, you can at least get enough starting funds to build a building.

Although I now have the magical skill of collecting, before I find a gold mine that can provide me with collection, my only source of funds will definitely be the drops from monsters.

As for the amount of wood, Baisaka was no longer so worried. Gold mines were hard to find in this world, so why would he be afraid of not finding wood?

These can only be considered as extras. The real big deal is actually the half-open treasure chest-like box that appeared on the body of the mountain old man at the moment he was killed, which only Shirasaka could see.

It was not until Shirasaka took it out of his backpack and opened it that the treasure hidden inside revealed its true appearance.

[Shadow Cloak: When equipped, the hero gains invisibility. Unless detected, the invisible hero cannot be targeted by the enemy. If the hero moves, attacks, or uses a skill, the invisibility status will be lifted.]

A scarlet cloak with golden patterns embroidered on the edges appeared in Shirasaka's hand. Just looking at its gorgeous appearance, it was difficult to associate it with the word "invisibility".

As one of the four lowest-level dropped treasures in Warcraft, Baisaka is very familiar with this thing.

However, in the game, this thing is usually sold in a store for forty gold coins. After all, its actual effect is too useless in the game.

Even the one that Baisaka is holding is a product that has been strengthened once in the later period. The original shadow cloak is equivalent to the concealment skill that every night elf has. It can only keep invisible at night. How can it be effective during the day like it is now?

But even so, to put it simply, it's just playing the ostrich. There are so many anti-stealth things in the game that you can't attack or move. The price of playing the ostrich is just to passively take a beating.

Compared with the other three treasures that add attributes in a direct sense, it is no wonder that some people dislike it as just a piece of garbage that takes up space.

But in reality, the effect of this invisibility is no less than a qualitative leap for Shirasaka.

This is the stealth ability that many people dream of. In reality, there is not much so-called anti-stealth. Invisibility is equivalent to invincibility most of the time. Whether from the perspective of combat or lurking and gathering intelligence, this thing can be called a magic weapon.

Just squatting there can make you invisible infinitely. Shirasaka would never have dared to dream of such a good thing.

He was envious of the special effects of Ichinose Kagami's ninja uniform before, but then he got an enhanced version. Shirasaka felt that the blow he took was worth it. If he could get more treasures like this, he would be able to take two more blows without any problem.

Happily putting the cloak in his hand on himself, Shirasaka stopped all his movements. At this time, his body seemed to be covered by something and gradually became transparent.

Just two seconds passed, and Shirasaka disappeared completely, as if he had been wiped out from this world.

The next second, as Shirasaka moved forward, his figure appeared in the room again.

Looking at the cloak with delighted eyes, Shirasaka's satisfied smile grew even wider. The effect of this thing was better than he had imagined. Not only was it invisible to the eyes, it even concealed his own breath. He couldn't even hear his own breathing and heartbeat.

What made Shirasaka even more satisfied was that even though the item description said that his figure would be revealed once he moved, attacked, or used a skill, this effect would not be triggered by simply moving his upper body slightly. In other words, he didn't have to stay completely still like a piece of wood; at least his arms could still move slightly.

This is enough for Shirasaka. After all, there is a huge difference between being able to move and being completely still.

After putting the cloak into his backpack with satisfaction, Shirasaka took out another dropped item.

Compared to the Shadow Cloak which is a treasure, the remaining one is simply something that Shirasaka forgot to turn off the automatic pickup and just stuffed it into his backpack and brought back. It is questionable whether it can be considered as fallen items.

That's right, what appeared in Shirasaka's hand was the kitchen knife that Yamaba had used to pierce his chest. The three-foot-long blade was covered with rusty lines, and an ominous black air shrouded the handle. The blade was so cold that just one glance at it would make people feel as if their vision was cut off.

How to say it, this thing does not show any attributes in the backpack. The reason why it did not disappear, Shirasaka suspected that it was because he just put it in the backpack. But no matter what, at least Shirasaka still felt that this knife was very easy to use.

As a sharp weapon, it is absolutely sharp. Coupled with the faint black light surrounding it, it is definitely more stylish than those equipment without special effects.

Equipment with particle effects must be of superior quality, otherwise Shirasaka wouldn't have brought it back.

After all, this thing can be considered a weapon with some monster elements. At least it looks much more reliable than the bricks that Shirasaka used before. Except that the shape of this kitchen knife is not suitable for a teenager like Shirasaka, the rest meets all his requirements for a weapon.

Especially, this is a kitchen knife. For a fish killer like Shirasaka, isn't it a perfect exclusive weapon?

Chapter 36: Work? Work!

After holding the kitchen knife in his hand and swinging it in front of him, creating a brilliant flash of light, Shirasaka put it into his backpack with satisfaction.

Although there is no attribute bonus, it is still completely sufficient to kill monsters.

The only pity is that these two things come from the mountain hag, and the hungry ghost that serves as a foil has nothing useful except some experience and gold coins.

Shirasaka sighed, then got up and walked towards the small park outside the apartment.

The backpack full of bricks that he had finally picked up was almost used up. Although he now had the kitchen knife as his main weapon, if he wanted to carry out long-range attacks, throwing objects such as bricks were still indispensable.

Considering his current strength of three points, Shirasaka knew without a doubt that the brick he threw out with all his strength at this moment would probably be no different from one thrown out by a catapult.

If hit, it will take away half of his life. With the current attack power, it should not be a problem to kill a hungry ghost with one brick.

Before Shirasaka could walk out of the apartment door, the sound of a door opening was heard on the upper floor of the apartment building behind him. A figure in white pajamas walked into the corridor with slippers clacking on their feet and greeted him loudly.

"Break the fungus~"

The unclear voice took Shirasaka a long time to realize that it was his name. Turning around, he saw the girl leaning against the corridor on the third floor, a toothbrush in her mouth, and a tired look on her face as if she had just woken up.

Calculating the time, it seems that this is indeed the time when she wakes up and goes to work.

"what?"

Shirasaka tilted his head, confused as to why she would call him at this point.

Could it be that he has no money to eat again, so he has to find a way to extort money from himself again?

If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't be so shameless, but this person is Chiya Asano, and Shirasaka wouldn't be surprised no matter what he does.

"Pfft, pfft, it's okay. I just wanted to say hello to you early in the morning. Are you going out?"

After taking out the small toothbrush from his mouth and spitting out the remaining foam in his mouth, Asano Chiya's voice returned to normal. He subconsciously placed his pair of cumbersome things on the railing in the corridor to relieve the pressure, and asked Shirasaka.

"Morning?"

Shirasaka twitched the corners of his mouth and looked up at the crescent moon not far away, which was already half visible. Perhaps only for this guy could this time be considered morning.

"Yes, I'm doing morning exercises."

Rolling his eyes, Shirasaka followed Asano Chiya's lead. In a sense, he wasn't lying. What else was going to the park for if not morning exercise? Was he going to tell her that he was going to pretend to be Baldy Wang and secretly chop down trees?

"Hey? Are you free after your morning exercise?"

With her hands supporting her little face, Asano Chiya's mouth still had white foam left from brushing her teeth, but she continued to ask questions as if she didn't notice.

"Just say what you want to say. Don't beat around the bush. Why don't you ask me if I've eaten?"

Shirasaka glanced at her and immediately knew that she must be worried about something and might need his help. As the saying goes, if someone shows kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. Her sudden concern for him must be something bad.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"..."

"Okay, okay, actually I just want to ask, are you free tonight? I just bought a new game, are you interested in playing it together? I have a lot of online games in my library that I haven't opened yet."

Seeing Shirasaka turning around and preparing to leave, Asano Chiya anxiously called him, then shyly expressed his thoughts and carefully extended an invitation to Shirasaka.

"Why didn't you just tell me earlier that you had something good in your house?"

Shirasaka sighed helplessly. This guy was behaving so abnormally that he thought he was going to force him to do hard labor again. But if he was just inviting him to play games, he could still agree.

After working so hard all day, can't you just enjoy yourself?

“It’s a new game!”

"Okay, I'll come over when I'm done."

Shirasaka nodded. He had no reason to refuse this normal exchange between friends. Besides, he was also looking forward to seeing what kind of interesting new game Asano Chiya was talking about.

"Well, can you help me again?"

"You said."

Looking at Asano Chiya's embarrassed expression, Shirasaka inexplicably had a bad premonition.

"Look, we can't just play games, right? I prepared some drinks, but the snacks in the fridge are gone... Can you come along..."

Asano Chiya's eyes were dodging, and her pair of killing weapons were trembling because they were resting on the railing. It was a pity that Shirasaka was not in the mood to pay attention to this tempting scene, but covered her forehead as if she had expected it.

He told her not to have any expectations of this girl, as she was indeed waiting for him here.

"Okay, okay, wait until I come back. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll treat you to a big meal."

He sighed helplessly, but thinking that he had made a small fortune today, Shirasaka quickly smiled again. After waving to Chiya Asano behind him, he walked out of the apartment door directly.

Behind him, Chiya Asano in the corridor excitedly clenched his fists and made a victory gesture.

Yay, it’s time for dinner again.

-

The park is quiet at night. Not everyone has the habit of doing "morning exercises" at this time like Shirasaka. Except for some slight bird calls and insect chirps, everything in the park seems isolated from the world.

This was exactly what Shirasaka wanted. After casually collecting a few bricks he needed on the roadside, he tiptoed to the bottom of a big tree in the park.

Rubbing his hands in anticipation, Shirasaka looked around and once again confirmed that there was no one else around, and that there would not be two brown bears getting in the way, before he used his newly learned skills on the big tree.

After all, this tree is a public resource. Collecting it secretly is definitely not recommended from a moral point of view.

However, the scene of Shirasaka cutting down trees as he imagined did not happen. Instead, it was somewhat unexpected that the moment he used the gathering skill, his body turned into a green light, wrapped around the tree, and then began to circle around it.

As this scene happened, the wooden columns on the Shirasaka panel also increased at a very stable frequency of +1 per second.

So I was judged to be an elf?

Shirasaka, who felt like he was spinning in circles uncontrollably, curled his lips. He was still curious before coming here. He didn't have a base or sawmill built, so even if he collected wood, it might be a problem where to hand it in. But now, the collection method directly told him the answer.

Unlike the other three races, although the night elf farmers also have the same skill called gathering, they do not need to carry wood around to chop down trees. They can resonate directly with the trees and can do this magical operation anytime and anywhere.

This effect is definitely more beneficial than harmful to Shirasaka. After all, it means that he does not need to build those logging buildings, and it also saves a lot of trouble in transportation.

But at the same time, it is not completely without disadvantages. For example, at the moment, Shirasaka only dug a hundred pieces of wood before he stopped, covering his mouth. An abnormal paleness appeared on his face, and his expression became as if he had eaten a bitter melon.

Then, as if he had been punched, Shirasaka finally lost control and leaned forward, spitting out a rainbow in front of him.

"Fuck, how did this little elf manage to spin in circles for 24 hours without getting dizzy?"

Chapter 37 The Function of Armor

(The bug regarding the elves collecting wood in the previous chapter has been fixed. Thank you for your reminder.)

However, there is one thing about this elf's gathering ability that other farmers cannot match: it will not destroy the wood it is gathering. In other words, in theory, if Shirasaka plants a money tree at home, it is equivalent to having unlimited wood.

As long as he could solve the problem of dizziness, Shirasaka would no longer have to worry about anything in terms of wood. At this efficiency, he wouldn't even need farmers to collect wood. Just relying on himself and walking for a few minutes every day would be enough for him to collect the wood needed for a full-population army.

After holding his forehead for a long time, Shirasaka finally felt better from the dizziness caused by spinning around. He planned to find a place to buy a potted plant during the day. It would be a good idea to move the collection of the plant to before going to bed at night.

After fainting, I fell asleep directly, so there will be no sequelae!

After figuring this out, Shirasaka clapped his hands in satisfaction, and then, with a serious look, prepared to test the last thing.

He stretched out his hand and took out the kitchen knife he had taken from the mountain lady. After hesitating for a long time, he decisively slashed it across the back of his hand. After a flash of cold light, a blood mark appeared on the back of his hand.

At the same time, the health bar on his panel directly decreased by eight points, showing the final damage he suffered in this attack.

Just one strike was enough for Shirasaka to figure out many things. For example, his attack seemed to have no upper or lower limit and was always a stable nine points.

Then, the moment the blade touched his skin, he deeply felt the effect of the newly added armor value.

It is not like giving yourself a degree of physical damage reduction in the game, but it is more intuitive, allowing you to directly obtain a buff similar to skin and muscle hardening when attacked.

After the initial experience, Shirasaka felt like the moment when he tried to pierce his skin with a knife, it was like cutting a piece of iron sheet, and there was an obvious feeling of getting stuck in the flesh.

This does seem like some kind of manifestation of defensive power, but it must be said that, at least for Shirasaka, this is not a bad thing.

You know, if you calculate according to the algorithm of World of Warcraft, even if you manage to stack up 40 or 50 points of armor, you can only achieve about 80% physical damage reduction because of the unique defense calculation formula. The higher the armor, the smaller the increase in damage reduction.

Later on, stacking armor became the most meaningless thing.

Although the damage reduction of up to 80% looks good, for a fragile character like Shirasaka who only has a little over 100 HP at most, the actual effect is just that.

Moreover, high-frequency damage is very easy to achieve in reality. If someone fires a volley of bullets at you with a machine gun, you will still die even if the damage is reduced by 80%.

But if you look at it from the current armor formula, the effect will be completely different. Shirasaka can feel at this moment that even a little bit of armor is enough to make him basically unaffected when facing the punches of ordinary people. Once it is piled up high, it means that it is not impossible for him to become a humanoid Terminator.

It is equivalent to turning your entire body into a solid block of steel. Increasing the armor will increase the hardness, and you will be immune to damage below a certain attack power. This is completely different for Shirasaka.

Shirasaka roughly felt it and thought that if the armor's enhancement did not decrease, he would only need to stack another seven or eight points of armor to completely ignore the impact and damage caused by guns. That means that most modern weapons can no longer pose a threat to him.

Thinking of this, the days suddenly became hopeful.

You know, it's not difficult to stack up armor in World of Warcraft. Any low-level treasure can give you a +5 bonus. Once you get it, it's equivalent to gaining immunity to firearms.

At the very least, you don't have to worry about being shot in the middle of the road by some high-ranking assassin who suddenly comes out of a black car at the intersection.