"This locksmith's reputation is really not exaggerated, he is really mysterious. In a village with dozens of households, no one knows that there is such a locksmith in the village. Think about it, if the people in a village are simple and honest and there are no outside visitors, they are all villagers. When going out, they can just leave the door ajar, and there is no need to lock it. If a locksmith wants to make a living in this village with his skills, he will probably starve to death."
Lin Feng shook his head helplessly. He couldn't understand why a locksmith would come to this small village to play mysterious things. It would be much better for him to make money by opening locks and making keys for people in a big city, but he came to this small village to play mysterious things. It's okay for you to be non-mainstream, but you hurt yourself.
The main task of the game is to let him find this non-mainstream mysterious locksmith. As the main task of the game, you can choose not to do it, but you cannot choose to give up. Lin Feng had to search door to door in the village with a bitter face.
"Could it be that this mysterious locksmith is a veteran thief who retired and retired from the underworld, and came to live in seclusion in a small village?"
Lin Feng imagined that he would eventually meet an old thief who immediately saw in him a rare thief genius in a century, and that the responsibility of robbing the rich and helping the poor and stealing all over the world would fall on his shoulders. The old thief taught him various martial arts secrets, which gave him a great enlightenment. From then on, he would become a master thief and create a legend of a thief...
While unscrupulously weaving a beautiful picture with his imagination, Lin Feng was searching for the locksmith without any clues. Before he knew it, he found the last alley in the village.
"This is the last alley. If this alley disappears, then this locksmith will be completely mysterious..." Lin Feng felt a little guilty. Failure to complete the main task would greatly affect the efficiency of upgrading. However, he found an important clue the next second.
"This is the only house in the whole village with a lock hanging on its gate. Does it mean that the mysterious locksmith lives here?" Lin Feng pushed open the half-open gate and stepped in. He saw a middle-aged man sitting on a chair in the yard, playing with a copper lock in his hand.
This time, Lin Feng felt that this person was most likely the mysterious locksmith, so he quickly asked politely, "Excuse me, are you the mysterious locksmith?"
If this middle-aged NPC is really an old thief, maybe he would be appreciated by him if he is more humble. Even if he doesn't get an epiphany and start cheating as he imagined, at least he can increase his friendship. That's why Lin Feng is so polite. This is also common sense in online games.
Nowadays, online games will instill some civilized and polite concepts in people through tasks and communication. If you don't respect NPCs in language, it will reduce the friendship between each other. In more serious cases, it will also reduce the reputation of the faction. If the friendship and reputation are too low, no NPC will like you, and you may even be wanted and hunted like a fugitive. This will subtly drive the real society, making people more humble and respectful.
These are the indicative tasks that the World Online Game Alliance has assigned to major online game companies in order to improve the moral cultivation of people everywhere. Over the past few years, crime rates and conflicts around the world have been greatly reduced, and the tough customs in some areas have become much more harmonious and tactful, which has achieved remarkable results.
"Yes, I am the mysterious locksmith." The middle-aged man finally responded.
—System prompt: Complete the first step of the main quest Thief's Treasure and be rewarded with 100 experience points.
With the other party's response, the first step of the main task was successfully completed, but the experience given was a bit meager, only increasing by less than one-tenth of the experience value. From this perspective, the experience given for completing one step of the main task is just a drop in the bucket.
"Excuse me, senior. I'm here to inquire about the whereabouts of the thieves' treasure. I wonder if you could give me some advice." Lin Feng asked respectfully.
"Young man, it seems that your profession is a thief. I wonder what your understanding of this profession is?" The mysterious locksmith asked a question instead of an answer and asked Lin Feng.
"Thieves roam the world, stealing the prosperity outside their bodies. They hide in the shadows and strike with eternal killing intent." Lin Feng simply blurted out his thief motto, which is exactly his understanding of the thief profession.
"It seems that you have some knowledge about thieves. The fact that you were able to find me shows that you have good observation skills. I will first teach you a basic thief skill, 'Search'. In the future, you can use this skill to search for valuable things from the enemy, and even find some hidden treasures. Everything depends on your luck."
After the mysterious locksmith finished speaking, a flash of light appeared, and a search skill appeared in Lin Feng's skill column. Lin Feng quickly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, senior!"
Searching is a money-making skill for the thief profession. It can only be used when the opponent is in stealth mode and is unaware of it, or when the opponent's health is below 30%. Search the opponent for money, sundries, or even treasure chests. Of course, you can also search the enemy's body and any suspicious items in the game directly, and sometimes you will get unexpected gains. Maybe you will get clues to hidden tasks, or even uncover the mysteries and open the treasures of the imperial tomb. This is not a fantasy that Lin Feng imagined, because there are many examples of thieves making money with search skills in online games. Some of them accumulate a lot, and some of them become rich overnight after searching for rare treasures. Comparing these examples, Lin Feng naturally has high expectations for the search skills he just acquired.
Lin Feng didn't expect that he could learn the skill so easily by just completing the first step of the main task. It seems that the pace of this online game is quite fast, which is more in line with his gaming taste. I don't know if this search can be upgraded. If it can be upgraded a few more levels in the future, various enemies can be touched, and treasures can be searched everywhere. Isn't it easy and enjoyable to make money
After teaching Lin Feng the search skill, the mysterious locksmith carefully looked Lin Feng up and down, as if considering something. Finally, he said thoughtfully: "Now that you have the search skill, you can go find the thief's treasure, but you have to complete a task first before I can tell you the exact location of the treasure."
Following the mysterious locksmith's words, the task list was updated again.
Thief's Treasure: Step 2. Enter the matching battlefield and search for 0 copper coins on the enemy's corpse.
"You are now at level one, and can enter the human race's level one matching battlefield, Beacon Canyon. In this battlefield, your identity is the reserve army supporting the battlefield. You have not received any training, and you don't have any skills or combat techniques. Everything needs to be summarized and explored by yourself in battle. Due to the shortage of supplies, you may not even have any weapons and fight with your bare hands. Of course, if you are lucky enough, you can also find lost weapons on the battlefield and use them to fight. If you have no questions, you can start matching the battlefield now." said the mysterious locksmith.
—System prompt: Do you want to enter the first-level matching battlefield Beacon Canyon
Battlefield mode is a common game mode in online games nowadays. Through system matching, players of equal strength are selected and divided into two camps for fighting. Killing enemies and winning in the battlefield will also gain a lot of experience just like killing monsters in tasks. If the player wants, he can even keep upgrading by matching battlefields. At the same time, he can also use the honors gained in the battlefield to increase his military rank and exchange for equipment. However, the game system still recommends that players combine multiple game modes with each other. Only in this way can they experience the full range of game fun and be more efficient.
Being able to leave the battlefield at level 1 and complete the main quest, Lin Feng had no choice but to do it. He couldn't find any reason to refuse and chose to enter the battlefield directly. (To be continued)