Chapter 8

Reborn Zhang Yi had a very clear goal: to make himself increasingly powerful through all his efforts from now on.

Therefore, Zhang Yi's biggest goal was to gain reputation as quickly as possible and to level up his [Dragon Bloodline].

Upgrading the Dragon Bloodline to Level 10 would give him a chance to join the Dragon Clan faction. Joining the Dragon Clan faction was different from merely possessing the Dragon Bloodline. Once a player joined the Dragon Clan faction, they could receive the powerful support of the Dragon Clan.

He remembered that in the previous life, a few years after the merging of various regions in the world of Tianqi, during the national war, a player from the [Heaven] Dragon Clan faction activated the Dragon Clan's power and summoned a dragon cavalry to massacre a Level 2 main city, [Cloud City], which had a population of 100,000 players.

This ultimate goal would take at least a year or two to achieve, making it difficult to level up the [Dragon Bloodline] to Level 10.

So, before that, Zhang Yi's immediate goal was to reach Level 10 and complete his class change, as only after the class change could he learn skills. Level 10 was a significant milestone for early-game players.

Without the experience from his previous life, anyone who had played the game knew that combining quests and grinding monsters was the fastest way to level up.

Zhang Yi, who had been reborn, basically remembered all the distributions in Hope Town, including where to find NPCs who could give quests, the locations of the pharmacy and equipment store, and more.

In his previous life, Zhang Yi was an ordinary, even trash, player who spent a whole month in the beginner village before reaching Level 30 and heading to a Level 3 main city.

During that month, Zhang Yi remembered every detail of Hope Town, including where the "No Littering" signs were posted.

Thus, relying on his memory, Zhang Yi walked straight down the street, weaving through the crowds of NPCs. Soon, he arrived at a small house with a red roof. At the door of the small house, a little girl with two pigtails, who looked to be about eight or nine years old, was sitting on the ground, her hands supporting her chin, looking unhappy. Above her head, in addition to the blue "Lingling" icon, there was a large yellow "?" above her ID.

This indicated that players could receive a regular quest from this NPC.

In the world of Tianqi, quests were divided into regular and hidden types. Those with a question mark above their heads were regular quests, while hidden quests had no prompts and were difficult to trigger. The rewards for hidden quests were so generous that they were beyond imagination.

However, Zhang Yi was very clear: there were no direct hidden quests in Hope Town.

So, Zhang Yi approached the girl, "Lingling."

"Little sister, what's wrong? Why are you so unhappy?" Zhang Yi squatted in front of Lingling and gently asked, triggering the dialogue.

The NPC girl, Lingling, lifted her head, her big, watery eyes staring at Zhang Yi. She cried, "Big brother, my father was killed by monsters a few days ago. Can you avenge my father and kill those monsters that killed him?"

As soon as the girl spoke, a light screen immediately appeared in front of Zhang Yi—

"Ring~ Do you accept the quest [Revenge for Father] (Difficulty Coefficient 20, a beginner quest, the system recommends you to accept it)?"

A simple and clear quest trigger.

Zhang Yi accepted the quest without hesitation.

"Ring~ You have accepted the quest [Revenge for Father]. Complete the quest according to the rules, and you will receive generous rewards! Cheer up, adventurer!"

He opened the quest interface—

[Revenge for Father] (Regular Quest):

Quest Difficulty Coefficient: 20

Description: With the invasion of alien races and the rise of mutated beasts, the world has fallen into an unprecedented crisis. Countless human survivors have been killed by fierce monsters in the wild. Lingling's father went to the factory three days ago to retrieve materials for making weapons and has not returned, likely having met with a tragic end. Please follow the map to [Doomed Factory], kill the [Man-Eating Bugs] inside, and avenge Lingling's father.

Quest Progress: 0/100

Quest Reward: +600 Experience, +100 Copper Coins, +10 Level 1 Reinforcement Stones, +1 Random Equipment, +20 Human Reputation

Remaining Time: 11 hours 59 minutes

On the surface, this seemed like a regular beginner quest, just like the many monster-killing quests available in the safe zone. However, only Zhang Yi knew that this quest was not ordinary...

After accepting the quest, Zhang Yi got up and bid farewell to Lingling.

Lingling continued to sit at the door, looking sad, with the question mark still above her head, waiting for the next player to accept the quest.

Looking back at the NPC girl, Zhang Yi felt a pang of emotion.

Although he didn't know her, Zhang Yi knew that this NPC girl, Lingling, was actually a real little girl from the real world who had been converted into the game. In other words, in the real world, "Lingling" had been erased by the [Tianqi] system.

Not just Lingling, but all the NPCs in the safe zone and the entire world of Tianqi were real people who had been erased from the real world. Zhang Yi couldn't imagine what was happening in the real world outside the game at this moment.

Looking down, he realized that wearing shorts and flip-flops was too awkward.

So, before leaving the safe zone to complete the quest, Zhang Yi went to the equipment store in town.

From the train station to Hope Town, he had killed monsters and earned a total of 21 copper coins, plus 10 silver coins from achievement rewards, giving him a total of 10 silver and 21 copper coins.

10 silver coins were a considerable amount of money in the first hour of [Tianqi]'s launch.

So, Zhang Yi spent a little money to buy a set of beginner equipment at the equipment store—

Beginner Boots, +2 Defense, 20 copper coins.

Beginner Pants, +2 Defense, 20 copper coins.

Beginner Shirt, +25 Health, 25 copper coins.

Beginner Ring, +3 Attack, 35 copper coins.

All 1-star, Level 1 items, considered trash equipment. Zhang Yi bought them just to make himself look a bit better...

After equipping the beginner set, he opened his simplified status panel to check—

[One Promise to the City] (Lv2):

Resurrections: 2

Talent: Godly Enhancement

Physical Attack: 26

Physical Defense: 7

Magic Defense: 7

Health: 175

Energy: 75

Experience: 3/250

Special Status: Dragon Bloodline (Lv1)

After buying the equipment, Zhang Yi went to the pharmacy and spent 50 copper coins to buy 50 Level 1 red potions. Then, dragging his large iron hammer, he walked out of Hope Town.