Amazing Stats
Zhang Wei logged out of the game and went outside. He did some simple stretching exercises after lying in the game capsule continuously for 7 hours. A few minutes later, Sui Jianguo, Yen Qiang, and Gan Li came out of their respective capsule rooms. Like Zhang Wei, they also did a simple stretching. This is part of their routine after each game session of Earth 2.0.
"So, how is it?"
"Great, we followed your guide and all at level 16 now." Replied Gan Li. Sui Jianguo and Yen Qiang nodded in agreement to Gan Li's answer.
Zhang Wei created a customized guide for these 3 people with Alice's help. The guide was the best for them, so they could level up faster than casual players. Without the guide, it is impossible for them with their basic skills to keep up with the farming speed of the experts.
"Okay, in two hours, meet me at the northern transfer portal of Azfield Town." Then Zhang Wei went to the kitchen to cook dinner.
Gan Li, Sui Jianguo and Yen Qiang went back to their respective houses 300 meters away. This is one of the reasons why Zhang Wei chose this place as their place of work. It was easier for them to be with their family every day after work.
Zhang Wei took his dinner in front of a laptop. He was looking at the official forum of Earth 2.0. A player named KheMeia kept appearing in many discussions on the forum.
"The player KheMeia had leveled up 6 times on Azga map, fake?"
"KheMeia the highest rank in the world?"
"KheMeia vs LiGHTNing, who is stronger?"
"Details about the player KheMeia"
"KheMeia please join our guild."
"KheMeia please invite me to join your party."
"KheMeia is the GM, with proof here!"
And so on... So many titles were opened in the forum about the player KheMeia. Zhang Wei closed the forum and watched an online news channel focusing on Earth 2.0.
The news anchor with 2 invited guests talked about him, the first player to reach level 20 on the whole server.
Newscaster: So what do you think about this player, KheMeia? Some say he is the representative of the game company.
Quest No1: I do not know how he farmed, but with that fast leveling speed, a big guild will invite him eventually. About being a company representative, that must be a joke!
Quest #2: I do not mean to disrespect KheMeia, but I think he had a lot of help from his friends. I was informed that, LiGHTNing is still at level 18. As for the rumor, I have never seen a company try to cheat players by sending their own people into the game. That would be pure suicide, isn't it?
The conversation went on and on without Zhang Wei really learning anything interesting. He finished his dinner and rested on the expensive sofa for a few minutes. 15 minutes before the promised time, he went to his room and took a quick bath. Everything was available in this big house.
Mrs. Lim used her connections and a large amount of money to buy these two bungalows. After obtaining all the necessary documents for this building, she renovated it and converted it into an office wing for the company. Only the senior management of AOSIS and employees with a purple card have access to this building.
At first, she was surprised when her boss ordered her to buy and renovate these two bungalows. Her initial investigation revealed that converting a residential unit into an office building required a lot of paperwork and money. She even suggested Zhang Wei reconsider his decision, but was flatly rejected.
However, after receiving the explanation, she immediately bought the two bungalows at three times the market price. The two previous owners sold the two bungalows at a hefty price of $2 million each after a long back and forth discusson.
The current market price for each of the bungalows was $600,000, but the owners refused to sell it under $2m. Ms. Lim wanted to choke these 2 owners for taking excessive advantage of her.
Zhang Wei went back to the ground floor and saw that the 3 were already sitting on the sofa waiting for him. Zhang Wei asked them to be back in 2 hours, but they were all an hour early.
"With all the benefits we have received from the company so far, we all feel that we should return the kindness with an extra effort" Sui Jianguo and Yen Qiang nodded after Zhang Wei looked at them. Obviously, the three of them had a discussion before coming back.
"Alright, let us meet at E2. I'll be waiting for you guys at the north portal of Azfield Town." Zhang Wei went to his gaming room and logged into E2.0.
Zhang Wei appeared at the place where he had last logged out. He quickly made his way to the north of Azfield Town. The good thing about this game is that players can not see your name without checking you out. Only a small green marker above the player's head indicates that he is a player and not an NPC. A simple command by typing "/info otp" (info about this player) in the chat window will be answered with a system message like this;
System: IGN KheMeia, Level 23, Class Neutral, Profession None.
System: For more detailed information, please use the info box sold by NPC Caryn.
Zhang Wei checked his status. Last time, he had failed to check his status due to the public nuisance.
Player : KheMeia
Level : 23
Class : Neutral
Job : None
Equip : 4/10
HP : 1265hp
MP : 309
STR : 81
VIT : 45
DEX : 34
INT : 45
AGI : 44
ATK : 256 + 10 CRI
DEF : 1+45+38 = 84
APSD : 78/2 (39% more action per second damage speed)
Weight : 181
Weapon : Beginner's Epic Sword.
Equipment : +4 Headgear, +5 Tight Shirt, +4 Trousers, +4 Boots (bought new + 38)
Weapon : Beginner's Sword (Epic Rank)
Title : King of the Novices
Coins : 38,000 copper @ 380 silver @ 3.8 gold
Cash : $37000 (unclaimed)
Looking at his status, he was quite amazed and pleased. With his horsepower alone, he could rival a pure tanker class. His stats at level 23 are comparable to a level 30 player. In a 1-on-1 fight, it's impossible for anyone to kill him without outside help. Basically, he is the MVP at that moment.
After a while, Sui Jianguo, Yen Qiang, and Gan Li came. Zhang Wei gave them 7000 copper coins respectively to upgrade their weapon. There are a lot of players' personal shops selling equipment and weapons in the middle of the town. Since there were 5 minutes before the 1 hour meeting time, he went to check the players shop randomly.
On the 4th player's shop, he randomly checked, one of the items listed for sale by the female player was a fragment of a sword. This one fragment alone does not have any high value. However, if a player is able to gather 1000 fragments of a sword, it can be used as the core to create a Legendary Weapon. At this moment, nobody knows the value of the fragment of a sword.
The only problem when a new MMORPGs was introduced, many players will sell their item at ridiculous prices. Not knowing the usage and fair market value of certain items, hence, they jack up the price to avoid accidentally selling valuable items at a low price. At this moment, the female vendor is selling the fragment at ridiculous 100,000 copper coins.
Trying to gather 1000 fragments of a sword at 0.001% drop rate is already a big ask. Buying it at a high price is just like throwing the money into the ocean. It will take many years to gather all the 1000 fragments. Based on the previous data, no one ever successfully gathered the 1000 fragments.
"Hellow, I would like to buy the fragment of a sword at 1000 copper coins. Pm me back if you agree." Zhang Wei left the msg hoping the player would reply to him back.
This is one of the best features available for Earth 2.0 compared to other virtual reality (VR) games. Those who set up a shop were allowed to turn off their games, but the shop will remain active selling their items. The system also allowed any player to open their own personal shop, as long as they are level 11 and above and completed the Vendor Quest.
After leaving the private message, Zhang Wei checked around and bought a few pieces of equipment to replace his existing equipment. After replacing his equipment, his defense value increased. Now, any damage received from the monster will be reduced by 84 points.
"Zhang Wei, we are here already. Where are you?"
"Meet me at the North-Town portal, I will be there shortly."