Chapter 5

St. Gallen City is a main city. If players want to level up, they can use the teleportation portal to travel to various villages and towns. However, the villages can only help players reach level 10, and after that, they still need to level up outside the main city.

Lu Yang ran back to the safe zone, where there were already many players. Players were constantly entering the game, and many were teleporting to various small towns to level up.

By using the teleporter, he arrived at the Giant Town. The town was not named because of the presence of giants but because it was located at the boundary between the plains and the mountains. The nearby high mountains, when illuminated by the setting sun, resembled giants, hence the name.

When Lu Yang arrived, the area outside the town, where level 1 to level 2 monsters spawned, was already crowded with players. The vast plain was densely packed with people.

A level 1 antlered deer had just spawned and hadn't even had time to lower its head to eat grass when, in an instant, six or seven long knives swung simultaneously, and the antlered deer died with a "yaa~~" on the green grass.

As everyone hurriedly checked their experience bars, one player suddenly jumped up excitedly, laughing and shouting, "The experience is mine, the experience is mine."

Lu Yang couldn't help but laugh. In his previous life, he remembered the same scene. The developers of "Second World" had anticipated that many people would play the game, so they opened 50 beginner villages for each main city. However, they didn't expect that on the first day, 10 million players entered the game. Even with 50 beginner villages per main city, each village had to accommodate 20,000 people.

When designing "Second World," the developers had carefully calculated the experience points to prevent players from easily reaching levels 100 to 200. Leveling up was very difficult.

However, experienced players knew that a level 10 player could kill a level 13 monster, but a level 0 player could barely kill a level 1 monster and struggle with a level 2 monster. A level 3 monster was too strong for a group to kill.

The area for level 1 and level 2 monsters was limited. Most players were crowded in the level 1 monster area, while a few advanced players went to the level 2 monster area, struggling to kill monsters in groups. Players were frustrated, and the developers were at a loss.

However, the more challenging it was, the more players were engaged. The charm of the game lay in this relatively fair environment, where those who were willing to invest more time and effort, and who had higher experience, awareness, and skills, would become stronger.

In his previous life, Lu Yang had also struggled to kill monsters in the crowd. But now, having been reborn, he didn't need to do that anymore.

The reason he came to Giant Town was because there was a bug that allowed players to kill monsters above their level. However, before killing monsters, Lu Yang needed to do something else.

What is the greatest sorrow for a mage player? Being poor!

Why are they poor? Mainly because of buying potions. A mage with good positioning doesn't need much health potion, but even the best-positioned mage still needs mana.

To solve this problem, mage players in his previous life made various efforts. Later, some players discovered a secret: outside the beginner villages, there were some strange people who were not useless NPCs but could teach players special skills.

For example, Chef Bradman, who always asked for electric eel meat, stood under a big tree by the moat at the entrance of Giant Town.

Many players accepted this quest but couldn't complete it because they couldn't find the electric eels in the river. Later, someone found the electric eels in a river two kilometers away from the moat. After giving the electric eel meat to Bradman, he gave the player a gold-level cooking recipe.

Crispy Electric Eel Meat, although only a level 0 cooking item, was gold-level. Using it would restore 200 health points and 350 mana points within 30 seconds and, after continuous use for 8 seconds, grant a buff that increased intelligence by 5 points and restored 8 mana points every 5 seconds for one hour.

For mages who burned through mana in the early stages, this was a very practical buff, allowing them to kill monsters with high health even when they were out of mana.

When the strategy was revealed, it caused a stir, and countless new players competed to complete the quest. Lu Yang remembered this quest because he was one of the many players who competed to complete it in his previous life.

Leaving the gate of Giant Town, two fully armored guards stood on either side of the gate. About 20 meters in front of the gate, under a big tree, Lu Yang saw Chef Bradman.

Seeing the fat middle-aged man anxiously rubbing his hands while fishing by the river, Lu Yang walked up to Bradman and asked, "Sir, what are you doing?"

As if he wanted to confide in someone, Bradman said excitedly, "Oh, my dear girlfriend is coming to my house for a date tomorrow and specifically asked for my signature dish, Crispy Electric Eel Meat. But, this damned electric eel has disappeared from the river. If anyone can help me find the electric eel meat, I will teach them how to make Crispy Electric Eel Meat."

Lu Yang smiled and said, "Sir, don't worry. I am an adventurer. Let me help you."

Bradman clasped his hands together happily and said, "Really, sir? Can you really help me find the electric eel?"

Lu Yang picked up the fishing spear next to Bradman and said, "Of course, no problem. Wait here, and I'll be back."

System notification: You have accepted Chef Bradman's quest to find ten pieces of electric eel meat.

The game's realism was high. Fish were in the water, and Lu Yang's basic fire spells couldn't be used underwater. He could only use the fishing spear provided by the system.

After saying goodbye to Bradman, Lu Yang ran to the river about two kilometers away from the lake. Half an hour later, Lu Yang found a river.

System notification: You have discovered the Lando River.

There used to be level 1 small fishmen by the river, but they had long been killed by the aggressive players.

Lu Yang arrived under a small bridge by the river, and the surrounding players immediately became tense, thinking another player was coming to compete for monsters.

A warlock player frowned and said, "Friend, find another place. There are already too many people competing for monsters here."

Other players also complained, "Yeah, we've claimed this area. Please find another place."

Lu Yang glanced at them, gave a cold laugh, and jumped into the river under the bridge without bothering to argue.

A gray bar appeared above Lu Yang's head, indicating the time he could stay underwater, which was about two minutes. Exceeding this time would result in immediate death.

In his previous life, drowning was consistently the leading cause of death among various death methods. Many people died their first time because they didn't know about this frustrating way to die.