Chapter 4

"Hey? That's not right!" When Jiang Fei discovered that his backpack was full again and tried to transfer items into the ring, he found that the items inside the ring's space had decreased!

"What's going on? Can they just disappear?" Jiang Fei, surprised, began to carefully examine the ring.

"Clunk!" A barely noticeable light sound, and a piece of delicious rabbit meat vanished from the ring's space right before Jiang Fei's eyes!

"Damn! What's happening?" Jiang Fei muttered to himself, wondering if the ring's space required a storage fee.

After a period of observation, Jiang Fei finally discovered the secret of the ring!

It turned out that the 36 slots in the ring's space were not all the same. These 36 slots were divided into two parts: the upper half had a faint blue tint, and the lower half had a faint red tint. The colors were very light, and if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice them at all!

Through Jiang Fei's observation, only the items in the lower red slots would disappear, with an interval of about ten minutes, though it wasn't fixed. Moreover, each time an item disappeared, the surface of the ring would gain some fine marks. After more than two hours, these marks were almost circling the ring!

"Clunk!"

As another ingredient disappeared, the marks on the mysterious ring finally formed a complete circle!

"Hum!"

A flash of white light, and all the marks on the ring disappeared as if they had never been there!

"What's going on?" Jiang Fei hurriedly examined the ring on his hand!

"Damn! It actually added attributes!" Jiang Fei was startled when he saw that the mysterious ring still provided a 36-slot space, and in addition, it had an extra 10 points of luck!

Luck is a hidden attribute in "Dawn," which players cannot see on their attribute panel. Only a few pieces of equipment can provide this hidden attribute. Luck affects the player's chance to dodge attacks, the chance of critical hits, and the chance of rare item drops when monsters are killed, among other things!

The dodge chance here is not caused by the player's dodging behavior but rather by the luck attribute, which can forcibly exempt you from an attack that should have hit you!

The critical hit chance works similarly. Players can control the chance of a critical strike by targeting weak points on the enemy, causing three times the damage. A critical hit, however, is left to fate, causing double damage that ignores defense. For some high-defense targets, the double damage from a critical hit can even exceed the triple damage from a critical strike!

As for drop rates, they are entirely left to fate. However, with more luck, you naturally become a favorite of fate. While it's impossible for a wild chicken to drop a legendary item, in the same drop list of a monster, the higher your luck, the more likely you are to get better items!

"What exactly is this ring?" Jiang Fei wondered aloud. This ring was definitely not an in-game item; it was more like a cheat. Although it wasn't recognized by the system, it was indeed working!

"Damn! Although using cheats is immoral and carries the risk of being banned, I can't even enter the game without this ring!" Although Jiang Fei was more suspicious that this ring was a cheat, he had no choice now!

Moreover, Jiang Fei discovered that the mysterious ring upgraded by consuming items. The marks were a progress bar, and the 18 red slots were for sacrifices. But what were the 18 blue slots for?

After observing for a while, he still found nothing. Jiang Fei, being a typical optimist, decided not to think about it and started playing the game happily!

After another seven or eight hours, Jiang Fei finally collected all the items required by the NPCs in the village, and his level also increased to level 4! In "Dawn," leveling up is very slow, and the drop rates are quite low. Even with 10 points of luck, collecting these items was still quite difficult, taking almost an hour to gather each required item!

"Thank you so much, adventurer! You've done me a great favor! This deer hide vest is your reward!"

"Clunk! Deer hide collection task completed. You gained 550 experience points and a deer hide vest!"

Jiang Fei submitted his first task and only received some experience and a white item. The tasks in the beginner village were simple, and the rewards were quite mediocre.

In "Dawn," the game's equipment is divided into six regular types: gray, white, green, blue, purple, and gold, as well as seven-color growth equipment with unique attributes and unattainable legendary items!

Gray equipment, known as damaged equipment, is only worn in the beginner village. It has only 50% of the base attributes. Once you leave the beginner village, gray equipment can only be sold to the store at a low price to get some repair fees, making it standard trash.

White equipment, known as basic equipment, has only base attributes and no additional attributes. However, besides selling it directly to the store, it can also be sold to players learning the forging skill, who can smelt the equipment back into metal ingots, which fetch a much higher price!

Green equipment, known as excellent quality equipment, has 130% of the base attributes and one to two additional attributes. Two additional attributes are considered the best of the excellent quality. This is the main component of the average player's equipment.

Blue equipment, known as fine quality equipment, has 150% of the base attributes and two to three additional attributes. The value of the additional attributes exceeds that of the same-level excellent quality equipment. Three additional attributes are considered the best of the fine quality! Fine quality equipment is a symbol of a player's strength. In the mid to late game, a full set of blue equipment that matches the player's level is a symbol of an elite player!

Purple equipment, known as epic quality equipment, has 180% of the base attributes and three to four additional attributes. The value of the additional attributes exceeds that of the same-level fine quality equipment. Four additional attributes are considered the best of the epic quality! Purple epic equipment is a symbol of the rich and powerful, and only a few experts can gather a full set. For most experts, obtaining one piece is already impressive!

Gold equipment, known as legendary quality equipment, has 200% of the base attributes and four to five additional attributes. The value of the additional attributes exceeds that of the same-level epic quality equipment. Five additional attributes are considered the best of the legendary quality! This level of equipment is a legend in itself, and gathering a full set is almost impossible. Finding one piece is a sign of peak strength and luck!

Seven-color growth equipment can only be obtained through the class change tasks of hidden classes with unique attributes. Its attributes are equivalent to the best legendary equipment of the same level, and it grows with the player, so it won't become obsolete as the player levels up! Obtaining this is entirely based on luck. While hidden classes are not as rare as hidden races, which have only 36 slots, they are still very rare. The only way to get seven-color equipment is to have good luck!

Legendary items are unique items with unique attributes that can only be dropped by killing gods, with unimaginable power! The way to obtain them is... well, you know!