Chapter 19: The Faction Leader’s Privileges Include Titles Too?!

Lin Xian did as Leaf Zhi instructed.

With a single thought, a pale blue panel floated before his eyes.

[Name: Ren Bu Xiu Ji]

[Race: Human]

[Level: 1 (Novice)]

[Experience Points: 0/100]

[Sanity Value: 100]

[Skills: None]

[Inventory: Empty]

“It’s really a game panel!”

Lin Xian exclaimed in delight.

He had thought the game, in its pursuit of 100% realism, had poured all its energy into the graphics.

After all, this was just the first test server.

Even based on visuals and realism alone, Lin Xian’s tolerance for it was maxed out!

Most test server games were half-finished products.

Some games’ first test and official launch could even feel like two different games.

But as far as Lin Xian could see, the completeness of  had already surpassed 70%!

And this was just the first test!

The game panel data was all classic.

Lin Xian glanced over it casually.

He even found the logout button at the top right of the game panel.

The only stat he didn’t understand was the [Sanity Value].

“Why does a Western fantasy adventure game have a Sanity Value system? Is there Cthulhu in this game too?”

Lin Xian was puzzled.

The world introduction by the NPC earlier hadn’t hinted at this either.

With doubts in his mind, Lin Xian clicked on the notice section below.

The notice button was specially marked in red and bold, making it hard for Lin Xian not to pay attention.

[Watcher Member Handbook 1.0]

[1. Players have one and only one faction choice: the Watcher Faction. Faction switching is not allowed!]

[2. The faction leader is solely Leaf Zhi. If Leaf Zhi dies, players lose their Aeltia anchor point, the main quest to resist the God and save Aeltia fails automatically, the game test server closes, and the game rolls back to fix bugs before restarting the test.]

[3. The faction leader holds privileges such as ‘Confinement (temporary account freeze)’ and ‘Faction Expulsion (account ban)’. Although Leaf Zhi has a gentle temper, please do not attempt to anger him.]

[4. The final interpretation right of the above clauses belongs to the faction leader.]

Lin Xian’s eyelid twitched.

Good grief, aside from the first rule, the other three were all about Leaf Zhi!

Their faction leader had so much power?

He could even ban accounts?

If he died, the game would close?!

Even if it would reopen the test later, who knew how long that would take?

If  became popular by then and he couldn’t get a test slot, what would he do?

Lin Xian resolved privately to protect the faction leader’s safety no matter what!

But… speaking of which.

Wasn’t their faction leader a skeleton?

What did it mean to be alive in that case?

Lin Xian searched for a while but found no explanation for the Sanity Value, so he gave up.

Anyway, as a hardcore gamer of twenty years, he knew exactly what that stat meant just from the name!

Lin Xian continued reading.

Aside from the character attribute page, there was also a separate quest module on the game panel.

He opened it, and a batch of quest information popped up.

[Logging: For every tree felled, gain 5 experience points. The tree must be over 8 meters tall, species not limited.]

[Street Cleaning: For each bucket of trash collected, gain 2 experience points.]

[Stone Collection: For each unit of stone collected, gain 2 experience points. Unit calculation method as follows: …… ]

[Wild Fruit Gathering: For each unit of wild fruit collected, gain 1 experience point. Unit calculation method as follows:

…… ]

The quest types were plentiful, but all were odd jobs for cleaning up the town.

It was clear that in the game’s backstory, the Watcher organization was living a tough life.

Lin Xian felt a bit emotional for a moment.

The quest with the highest experience was the logging one at the top.

He did the math.

Cutting down 20 trees would get him to level 2—not hard at all.

He wondered if there would be rewards after reaching level 2.

Ye Hui Fei had the same idea and asked proactively.

“Skeleton Lord?”

“My name is Leaf Zhi. I’m your senior, and currently the Lord of Sweetwater Town.”

“Alright, Lord!”

Ye Hui Fei immediately changed how he addressed him.

“May I ask if there’s a reward for reaching level two?”

Here it comes!

Leaf Zhi, who had been waiting for this question, spoke slowly.

“You’ve just returned to Aeltia and still need time to adjust to this transformed world.”

“Once you’ve acclimated, I will grant you Magic Enlightenment. Only powerful strength is the foundation of all things!”

“Magic Enlightenment!”

Ye Hui Fei shouted, his mouth stretching almost to the sky.

“So this world really has magic, and we can learn magic at level 2?”

Leaf Zhi nodded slightly.

Ye Hui Fei, too excited to sit still, bolted toward the door.

“Lord, wait for me! I’ll chop down 20 trees for you right away!”

“I’m going too!”

Lin Xian was now full of motivation.

Quests, I want to do quests!

I want to level up!

“Wait!”

Leaf Zhi called out.

Edegar moved instantly, pulling both Ye Hui Fei and Lin Xian back.

“I’m not finished yet.”

Leaf Zhi looked at the two calmly.

So now they remembered to be anxious?

But you have to listen to his opening speech first!

“This place is called Sweetwater Town, located on the outskirts of the Giant Oak Forest. It’s one of countless ordinary city-states swallowed by the Monster Tide.”

“Monsters are everywhere here. Except for the area within one kilometer of Sweetwater Town, other places are extremely dangerous. Do not wander off. If you do, bear the consequences yourself!”

“This is Edegar Renault. For some quests, you’ll be provided with supply items, which you can get from him.”

Edegar nodded to everyone.

“This is…”

Leaf Zhi’s voice faltered a bit.

The light orb looked at him expectantly.

Judging by Edegar’s actions, Leaf Zhi must be introducing them!

Now it was its turn, right?

As the future God of these strange humans, how would he be introduced?

To collect divine power, Leaf Zhi would definitely portray it as flawless!

Leaf Zhi mentally cursed.

He’d been so busy these days, he’d forgotten to name the light orb!

He always just called it Light Orb, and even in the scenario setup, it was called the mascot, so he never noticed the issue!

He couldn’t just call it Light God Aurel Lucian, could he?

When the real Aurel revived, the light orb might be assimilated due to sharing the same name and source of power.

That was absolutely unacceptable!

Leaf Zhi’s brain whirled.

Light orb, Light God Aurel Lucian’s Divinity Shard.

What name should he give it?

Got it!

A flash of inspiration struck, and Leaf Zhi continued:

“It’s called Xiao Ming! As a humble doppelganger of the Light God, it understands the unforgivable crimes of the God.”

“So it willingly joined the Watchers, offering its Light God power to aid them.”

“When you can learn magic, you can come to the chapel and find it!”

The light orb didn’t understand Huaguo language.

But seeing Leaf Zhi finish, it responded energetically.

“Jiu Jiu Ya Bo!”

According to Leaf Zhi, this phrase in their language was a universal blessing.

How about that?

Aren’t you moved by the humility of your affiliated God?

However.

Lin Xian’s mouth twitched.

“Xiao Ming… What a casual name. Is the Light God bad at naming?”