Chapter 2 Breakthrough
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Panel ended, Li Yuan saw numbers again.
The numbers floated beside Yan Yu, a “0-1”.
He reached out to grab them, his fingers passing through the “0-1”.
A thought flashed through his mind, and he looked at himself, only to see a “0-1” floating there too.
“This is…”
Li Yuan thought, and the number disappeared; he moved again, and the number reappeared. Thinking of the panel from before, he suddenly understood.
To verify his idea, he carefully moved his left arm, trying to withdraw it without disturbing the woman.
But this movement still woke the woman.
Yan Yu, having experienced lovemaking for the first time, had transformed from a girl into a woman, losing her naiveté and gaining the mature allure of a beautiful woman. Her almond-shaped eyes, hazy, looked at the young man, and she breathed softly, “Brother Yuan, lie down a little longer this morning.”
"Sister Yan...last night..."
Yan Yu stared at him wide-eyed, paused for a moment, then sighed softly and said slowly, "Yesterday evening, I went to Aunt Wang's house to borrow grain and saw that Old Lin's sick son had died.
Ha, sick and without food, of course he died!
Our family isn't that bad off; we still have some money left, but once that's gone, I really don't know how we'll survive, what will become of us.
If, by any chance, I have no choice, I'll clean my face, dress up a little, and you can sell me to some gentleman in the county.
But...I want to get rid of my body first..." "I'm leaving this to you.
Whether you live somewhere else or die, you'll feel better."
Yan Yu buried her face in the young man's arms, her thin, pale shoulders trembling slightly, and choked out, "Yuan-ge'er, I only want to be with you, I don't want to be with anyone else..."
Li Yuan hugged his beautiful wife tightly and said, "Sister Yan, I'm going outside for a walk. If I really can't take it anymore, we can use the little emergency money we have. I'll figure out what to do next."
He pulled his arm away, put on his undergarments, then his old cotton trousers, and slipped his feet into his boots. Then he grabbed a cotton coat from the rack.
"Hmm..." Yan Yu nodded listlessly, then said, "There's a bowl of porridge left from last night, Yuan-ge'er, you can eat it."
Li Yuan responded, went to the table, and hurriedly ate half a bowl of porridge.
It was cold and rough, but at least his stomach felt a little better.
"There's half a bowl left for you."
"Oh, Yuan-ge, you've eaten it all! I... I'm not going out, I'll lie down a bit longer, I'm not hungry."
"Just eat it."
Li Yuan said, slinging his hunting bow over his shoulder, inserting his machete, grabbing his trident, and walking outside.
Suddenly, he paused, glancing to his side, and saw that the floating "0-1" had changed to "1-2".
Li Yuan's expression shifted, and he quickly went outside, looking around, then deliberately walking along the main road of the village, quietly observing the villagers.
Along the way, whenever he encountered someone, he could see numbers floating above their heads.
But most of them were "0-1".
Those holding sickles, hoes, shovels, etc., would show "1-2", but some who looked thin and listless still had "0-1".
Li Yuan stopped, he understood.
Sure enough, this was the operating system of a game he played in his previous life.
There was a panel, points, and the meaning of these numbers was "comprehensive strength".
Normally, someone who hasn't practiced martial arts has an overall strength of "0-1";
after acquiring a weapon, this value fluctuates, so the overall strength becomes "1-2";
however, some people with poor physical constitution remain at "0-1" even after acquiring a weapon.
In my previous life, when this game was first released, it was jokingly called a "value game."
Players would wander around and attack any monster with lower stats than themselves; some unscrupulous players would also attack any player with lower stats outside the city…
But after a while, these players got confused.
Then, the game changed its name to "Old Six Game."
Can you imagine someone with "3-4" attacking someone with "1-2," only for that "1-2" to suddenly pull out a treasure and become "10-20"?
However, this sudden change relies on the "equipment slot."
Without the "equipment slot," this trick can't be performed.
Wait…
he has an equipment slot.
Although it's not unlocked, it's definitely on the panel.
And he also has that immortality ability.
Li Yuan glanced at the supernatural power again.
Immortality: limitless lifespan, maintaining the current appearance, never aging or dying…
Only now, after confirming it wasn't a hallucination, did a genuine feeling of ecstasy well up in Li Yuan's heart.
Immortality! He could actually live forever!
This was something he could only dream of.
But… Li Yuan calmed down slightly.
This "immortality" only meant "not aging and dying," not "not dying."
In other words, if he encountered danger but lacked the power to resist it, then… this supernatural power of "immortality" would be completely useless.
And if he wanted to maximize the use of this supernatural power, he needed to avoid danger and accumulate strength.
Li Yuan silently walked for a while.
“Since that’s the case, I can’t live ostentatiously from now on. I need to use time to accumulate strength and trump cards. Anyway, I have plenty of time… Anything that can be overcome with time isn’t a problem.”
“But first, I still need to fill my stomach and get through this current difficulty…”
He suddenly stopped and walked into the old forest. He walked a few steps deeper into the forest until he was alone. He thought to himself, “Add points.”
On the panel, a small “+” appeared after each of the two skills.
Li Yuan tried adding 1 point to “Basic Archery” first.
He didn’t feel anything.
Li Yuan continued to add 3 points to “Basic Archery”.
As the skill information changed to “Intermediate Archery (0/20)”, a keen sense of archery emerged.
It was as if he had been holding the bow and arrow in his hand, completely focused, practicing day and night for dozens of days.
During these days, he had poured out his sweat without any distractions, which was why he had made this small progress.
However, as time passed, the consumption of these practices had been submerged in the long river of the past and had not affected him in the present.
Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, adding points won't cause any consumption or depletion of health or mana.
That makes things much easier."
He casually added the last point to "Basic Tracking."
Instantly, his stats changed:
[Name: Li Yuan]
[Stats: 0]
[Realm: Unranked]
[Cultivation Technique: None]
[Skills: Intermediate Archery (0/20); Basic Tracking (5/10)] [
Supernatural Ability: Immortality]
[Equipment Slots: Unlocked]
He glanced at his side again; his overall strength had changed from "1-2" to "2-3".
The change didn't seem too big, but he hadn't seen anyone at "2-3" level along the way in the village, which made Li Yuan feel a little more at ease.
With his overall strength as a reference, he could better play it safe.
But if he encountered someone weaker than him who lacked awareness, he could also choose not to play it safe.
...
... Practice makes perfect. Li Yuan returned to the outer area of Xiaomo Mountain. After walking along the mountain path for a while, he took out his woodcutter's knife and entered a nearby forest through a small path. After
passing through the forest, he came to a clearing.
He put away his woodcutter's knife, took out his bow and arrows again, and remained vigilant.
In the distance of the clearing was an almost dried-up stream.
From his memory, Li Yuan knew that there would be plenty of prey in this area in the spring, but now… it was really difficult to encounter any wild animals here.
He went to several other spots he remembered where he might encounter wild animals, but still came up empty-handed.
“It seems that if I really want to hunt, I’ll have to go around to the back of the Second Mountain…”
“I’ll wait a little longer.”
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