Chapter 932: Is This Your First Time Playing a Game?

Below this line of text were four other eye-catching large characters:

"DO NOT LEVEL UP!"

Compared to the line above, these four characters were slightly more scrawled; the final stroke of the character for [Level] even stopped abruptly halfway through. Clearly, the writer had been in an extremely urgent state when writing these words.

Upon seeing these two lines of text, Qi Yuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and an uncontrollable look of horror appeared on his face.

Despite losing his memory, Qi Yuan could confirm almost instantly that these handwriting marks, which couldn't be washed away, were written by his own finger.

Because the subtle patterns deliberately displayed between the lines were identical to the fingerprint on his right index finger!

There was no doubt that the handwriting on this Dharma Robe came from him, even though he had absolutely no impression of it.

What made Qi Yuan feel an even deeper sense of dread was that, according to the text, he seemed to be trapped in a virtual world called a game. To get out, he had to clear it…

But exactly how was he supposed to clear this game?

Just as Qi Yuan fell into deep thought, Mo Tieshan's rough and heroic voice came from beside him:

"Brother, since you can't remember the past, stay in the village for now. In a couple of days, once your body has recovered, I can teach you how to fish in the river."

"As long as you learn a craft, you won't starve no matter what…"

The next moment, a line of bright small text appeared before Qi Yuan's eyes:

"Life Skill Unlocked: Fishing"

"From now on, players can learn the Fishing skill from the fisherman Mo Tieshan in Xingzhu Village."

At this moment, Qi Yuan had no heart for learning how to catch fish. After carefully folding the Dharma Robe, he cupped his hands toward Mo Tieshan:

"Thank you for your kind help, Brother Mo. This Qi is deeply grateful."

"Eh? Young Master, you've already remembered that your surname is Qi?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yuner's eyes instantly lit up, her expression full of surprise.

Qi Yuan nodded and smiled, saying in a calm tone:

"My name seems to be Qi Yuan. As for other matters, I still need to think back carefully."

Mo Tieshan laughed heartily. "It's good as long as you can remember your name. When the time comes, you can go to the Immortal Mansion to check the registers; perhaps you'll be able to find your hometown."

Immortal Mansion?

Qi Yuan's expression tightened as he secretly committed the name to memory.

After coming out from Mo Tieshan's place, he saw a villager with blue text above his head running over hurriedly, saying:

"Young hero, a group of wild boars suddenly ran into my farmland. My good crops are almost ruined! Can you help me drive them away?"

As the words fell, a line of eye-catching golden text also emerged in Qi Yuan's vision:

"Quest: Drive away the wild boars invading the farmland 0/5"

"Completion Reward: Experience +50, Rough Cloth Hat x1, Steamed Bun x5"

Faced with this sudden quest, Qi Yuan was momentarily stunned, but then his heart stirred, and he nodded without hesitation, responding:

"Alright, leave it to me."

Following the farmer's guidance, he quickly found the farmland that had already been turned into a mess by the wild boars.

Unsurprisingly, besides him, there were other players panting as they hunted the wild boars.

If it weren't for the fact that the wild boars were constantly and endlessly respawning, there wouldn't have been enough quest targets to go around.

Even so, the phenomenon of 'kill-stealing' still existed.

Since these players all knew that a certain someone was a cheater, no one was blind enough to come over and steal his kills. Qi Yuan quickly raised his sword and brought it down, slaying a wild boar on the spot. The quest progress instantly updated to 1/5.

"Player killed a Level 3 Wild Boar, Experience +20."

At the same time, an illusory experience bar floated before Qi Yuan's eyes, filling up by about one-fifth.

Following that, Qi Yuan struck while the iron was hot and soon slew five wild boars. The experience bar was now completely full, and a '+' sign appeared on it, along with a helpful annotation:

"Click confirm to level up to Level 2 (Current Rank is 1)"

Level up?

Thinking of the four characters he had left behind earlier, Qi Yuan immediately suppressed the urge to level up and instead chose to go directly to the villager to turn in the quest.

A short while later.

"Quest Completed: Drive away the wild boars invading the farmland. Experience +50, Rough Cloth Hat x1, Steamed Bun x5."

Looking at the crudely styled hat and five Steamed Buns that had instantly appeared in his hands, Qi Yuan felt a bit troubled.

Now he had a tattered robe, a hat, five Steamed Buns, over ten heavy Karma Tokens, plus the Iron Sword in his hand—he was carrying a whole bunch of things.

But the problem was, he currently had no place to store things. He couldn't carry them on him at all times, could he?

What confused him even more was that this pile of items didn't appear in the hands of those other players who had also finished their quest rewards…

What was going on?

Out of curiosity, Qi Yuan pulled over a female player named [Qingben Mengmei] and asked in a serious manner:

"Excuse me, Miss, where did you put the quest rewards you received? Why aren't you carrying anything?"

Faced with this question, the female player was momentarily stunned. She obviously hadn't witnessed a certain someone's majestic display of slaughtering everything in sight earlier, so she just gave Qi Yuan a strange look:

"Handsome, although your blank name is very cool, isn't your way of hitting on people a bit too awkward? Besides, I already have a boyfriend and I'm not interested in online dating in games…"

Hearing this, Qi Yuan's mouth twitched slightly. He quickly showed her the pile of miscellaneous items on him and explained:

"Don't misunderstand, I really don't know where to put these things."

"Is this your first time playing a game?"

The female player's expression held a hint of suspicion, but she still answered:

"After entering the game, all players get a Storage Bag. Although the slots are limited, it's enough for beginners. Items from completed quests automatically appear in the bag interface."

"Research it yourself, I'm going to go grind levels. The beginner guide for this game is very friendly; even a three-year-old could pick it up quickly…"

After saying that, she turned and left without looking back, leaving Qi Yuan standing there with a face full of confusion.

Bag interface?

From Qi Yuan's perspective, besides the experience bar which had automatically hidden itself, there was only a transparent information interface and nothing else.

After a brief moment of being dazed, he tried various methods to call out the bag interface, but all were to no avail.

In the end, Qi Yuan had to accept the fact that he didn't have a bag.

To make things easier for himself, he had to put the hat on his head and use his tattered long robe as a makeshift bundle to carry everything on his back…

The reason Qi Yuan hadn't put the hat on directly just now was because he still had a Beginner's Headscarf wrapped around his head; wearing a hat on top of that would look a bit strange.

Now, for the sake of convenience, he couldn't care about that much anymore.

"Player has equipped Rough Cloth Hat, Defense +3."

The next moment, an incredible cry of surprise came from not far away:

"Eh? How can this kid equip two hats on his head?"