Volume 2, Chapter 19 – Setting Out for Twinmoon City

“100 Bilu, haha, 100 Bilu, I finally saved up 100 Bilu!”

Holding up a 100-Bilu banknote to the sun, Zhou Jieyu burst into loud laughter.

After bustling around for nearly two days, running all over the old city district, Zhou Jieyu had finally scraped together 100 Bilu.

During this time, by buying low and selling high and doing missions along the way, she had also nearly finished unlocking the map of the old city district.

The sunlight in Twinmoon City was dazzling. Shining on the banknote, it made the smiling face printed on it seem even brighter, just like Zhou Jieyu’s mood.

She strode toward Colin’s repair shop.

…

【Finally made it to Level 4. Going solo this early in the game is seriously hard.】

【It gets way easier with a party. The main problem is still gear. New players should grind money and save up for equipment first.】

【The rankings still haven’t opened yet. Wonder how those big shots from other games are doing.】

【This game is way too realistic. I was hoping I’d finally turn things around, but reality has taught me that trash is still trash. I can’t even beat a single chicken in the wild.】

【I made it to the main city, hahahahaha】

【Studio recruiting. If interested, contact xxxxxx】

【Twinmoon City, here we come!】

While idly browsing the forum, Anran suddenly spotted a useful piece of information.

More new players were coming to Twinmoon City?

The poster’s game ID was “Nai Knight.”

Crap. Anran realized she didn’t know how to read that character.

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“Boss, how do you read this character?”

Anran wrote the character “柰” on a sheet of white paper with a pen.

Colin glanced at it and was just about to speak when Aila, standing nearby, suddenly said, “Nai!”

“Nai?!”

“Nai!” Aila nodded.

“Oh, so it’s pronounced nai.”

(Read after me: nai, fourth tone.)

Nai Knight. Anyone who picked that name was seriously a pervert.

Anran didn’t care whether players were perverts or not. She had no interest in the living or the dead, the tall or the short, the fat or the thin, men or women, humans or non-humans. The only things that interested her were the money on them and their mechanical skills.

According to Nai Knight’s post, a total of five players would be taking a train from Springwater Valley to Twinmoon City Station this afternoon. Since they had to transfer along the way, they would arrive at noon the next day.

Twinmoon City Station wasn’t far from the old city district. Anran was wondering whether she should show up when they arrived and see if she could get some money out of them.

“I want to change classes!”

The pen tip scratched back and forth across the paper, quickly turning the whole sheet into a mess.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out beside her ear.

Anran’s spirits immediately lifted. She looked up and saw the brightly smiling “Leading the Escape.”

“100 Bilu.”

Zhou Jieyu’s choice had already been submitted through the game interface in front of Anran.

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Zhou Jieyu obediently handed over the 100-Bilu banknote.

Transaction complete. Zhou Jieyu successfully changed classes and became an 【Apprentice Scout】.

Her attribute points increased, and she gained the skills 【Basic Reconnaissance】 and 【Backstab】.

After pouring the experience she had saved into the 【Apprentice Scout】 class, Zhou Jieyu leveled up again, and now she had 3 skill points too.

The 【Apprentice Scout】 class skill tree was neither broad nor deep, which was enough to show that this was a fairly weak class.

But Zhou Jieyu didn’t care in the slightest. Right now, all she wanted was to level up quickly. As for skill points, if she could spend them, she would spend them as fast as possible.

So Zhou Jieyu used her skill points to unlock 【Stealth】 and 【Enhanced Shot】 in the skill tree as well.

“What does changing classes mean?”

After Zhou Jieyu left, Aila asked. She blinked, and the words “curious” were practically written in her bright garnet-red eyes.

“Changing classes, huh? Changing classes means…”

Anran started explaining it to Aila, but with Colin watching from the side, she didn’t dare say anything too outrageous.

“What is Bilu?” Aila continued.

“The moment you bring up Bilu…” Anran instantly perked up. “Bilu is a wonderful thing. If people want to survive in this world, Bilu is absolutely essential.”

Aila blinked. “Can you eat Bilu?”

“No.” Anran shook her head.

“Oh.”

Aila’s tone didn’t fluctuate in the slightest. It was like a flatline on an ECG monitor.

Ice-cold.

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“But Bilu can buy food. Not only can it buy food, it can buy lots and lots of things, so if people want to live in this world, they need to think of ways to earn more…”

Anran was just about to launch into a long speech and indoctrinate Aila with her own “Bilu Studies” when Colin, turning his head, suddenly shouted, “Stop right there!”

“Mm…” Anran shut her mouth awkwardly.

Colin immediately said to Aila, “If anything your Sister Anran says to you is longer than ten words, ignore her.”

“Okay.” Aila nodded.

“…”

What kind of grudge was this?

Anran was speechless. The ten-word limit was probably because Colin thought there were still things she had to say sometimes. After all, Aila had to learn how to fit into this world sooner or later.

As long as it was fewer than ten words, she probably wouldn’t be able to pass on her life experience to Aila.

“I’m getting off work now.” Anran stood up.

Colin, completely absorbed in doting on his daughter, naturally had no objections.

11:55. Leaving work five minutes early wasn’t a big deal.

As she passed a fruit stand, Anran thought it over and bought some fruit after all. Lately, she had made quite a bit of money off “Leading the Escape,” and buying some fruit to improve her quality of life felt pretty good.

She couldn’t keep eating pastries every single day.

Sure, pastries restored stamina, but it wasn’t like Anran had no sense of taste.

Speaking of fruit…

Anran suddenly thought of the poisonous dish she had made not long ago: 【Fruit Osmanthus Cake】.

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What would happen if she made 【Fruit Mung Bean Cake】? Would that turn into a poisonous dish too?

Whether it would or not, adding another recipe meant more experience and something else to sell, so there was no loss either way.

So, following the same method as before, Anran didn’t spend much time before making 【Fruit Mung Bean Cake】.

“Obtained 【Fruit Mung Bean Cake】 x10”

“Ding-dong! You have successfully made 【Fruit Mung Bean Cake】, obtained a new recipe, received 30 experience points, and gained 200 free experience points.”

On the table, normal mung bean cakes were placed on the left, while the 【Fruit Mung Bean Cake】 sat on the right.

The two pastries weren’t that different in color. It was just that the 【Fruit Mung Bean Cake】 looked a bit more translucent.

When she had time, she’d find a player to test the poison on. She could just package it as a mission.

Before Level 10, even if players died, they wouldn’t lose experience. At most, repeated revivals within the same day would take longer. No big deal. It was the perfect stage for experiments.

Either “Leading the Escape” or the players arriving tomorrow would do.

After hastily eating a few mung bean cakes and some fruit to replenish her stamina, Anran began her midday nap.

…

Springwater Valley Station.

The five players were currently standing in a circle, and the ID hanging above the head of the person in front was exactly “Nai Knight.”

With a longsword strapped to his back, he raised a hand and shouted, “Let’s go. The train’s about to pull in. We’re part of the first batch to reach the main city, so everyone, we’ve got to make something of ourselves!”

Woooo

And just like that, the train pulled into the station.