Chapter 19 Entering the Main City

According to the drop rate in this game, killing elite-level monsters had a 10% chance of dropping white or blue equipment.

However, Chen Zixuan’s luck could hardly be called good. Whether it was the three boss-level goblins from before, or this Thorn Boar now, none of them dropped a single piece of equipment.

Fortunately, plenty of materials had dropped. Even when split among six people, it was barely enough—just a matter of who got more or less.

Yet, when Chen Zixuan expressed her desire to divide the spoils evenly, the five-person party all refused without hesitation.

Split the loot evenly? What a joke!

It was already generous of her to let them get to level 2.

Though they said six people fought together, everyone present knew very well that 90% of the credit for killing this elite monster belonged to Cecilia.

They hadn’t contributed much damage or defense—it was purely for free experience.

“Take it. If you refuse, I’ll get angry,”

Chen Zixuan glared at Xuetong, thrusting the pile of materials into her hands.

To ordinary players, these materials might have been valuable, but to Chen Zixuan, their worth was only so-so.

Though she killed the monsters, it was the five-person team who discovered them.

She didn’t want to owe anyone a favor for the sake of these few lousy materials.

Xuetong opened her mouth, about to speak, but Peach Branch, at her side, quickly chimed in, “Just take it. If you hadn’t controlled the monster for one second back there, Old Bai would’ve died.”

“That’s right. Since it’s from the pro, you should accept it,” the sharpshooter Salted Fish said, patting Xuetong’s shoulder boisterously.

“……”

Xuetong lowered her head, not knowing what to say.

In the end, the young man made the decision—split the dropped materials fifty-fifty. Chen Zixuan would take half; the other five shared the rest.

After collecting her share, Chen Zixuan looked at the young man and asked, “What do you all plan to do next?”

“We’re heading back to the main city,”

The young man grinned openly.

“The monsters here are too high-level; this place isn’t suitable for us yet.”

“Yeah, we really have to thank Lia this time. If not for her, the five of us would’ve been out of luck, and we definitely couldn’t have reached level 2,”

Peach Branch echoed from the side.

Looking at Peach Branch’s slightly chubby, childlike face, Chen Zixuan’s lips curved up ever so slightly.

The very first group of players she met upon entering the game were actually a pretty decent bunch.

“I plan on returning to the main city too. Can I go with you?”

Chen Zixuan asked.

“Eh? Lia is coming with us? That’s awesome! Come with us!”

Peach Branch said joyfully, throwing herself at Chen Zixuan in a big hug.

Naturally, the others had no objections. One after another, they sent Chen Zixuan a friend request. Chen Zixuan hesitated for a moment, but then accepted each one.

With the loot distributed, the original five-player squad expanded to six, setting off toward the main city together.

Lorren Imperial City was the capital of the Kaloran Empire, one of the few major cities in the game, and could accommodate millions of players.

It was also the spawn and resurrection point for ordinary players. Every day, Players streamed in and out without pause.

As it was the very first day of the server, the crowds pouring through made this virtual city feel truly alive, teeming with the vibe of everyday life.

The gray, timeworn city walls stood fifty meters high, dividing the inner city from the surrounding area.

The pointed towers atop tall buildings exuded an intense Western Gothic atmosphere.

To enter or leave the imperial city, every player had to pass through the main gate, and after stepping through the massive archway, they’d arrive at a vast square, several hundred meters across.

At the square’s center was an oval-shaped fountain. It was dusk, and the blue-green water shimmered with a faint gold light in the setting sun.

Every five minutes, the water would shoot high into the air, forming a spectacular thirty-meter-tall fountain.

After saying farewell to the five-person party at the city gate, Chen Zixuan stepped through into the main city.

The moment she entered the imperial square, Chen Zixuan immediately drew the notice of a large number of players.

Though female players were now commonplace—especially in ‘Legend of Kaloran’, where the male-to-female player ratio was an impressive 7:3—female avatars could be seen everywhere in the square.

However, a loli avatar like Chen Zixuan’s, with such hair color, was still a rare sight.

Especially now, as she wore a pitch-black cloak paired with dazzling silver-white, long hair.

Amidst the crowd of new players in starter gear, she really stood out; her delicate, expressionless little face radiated a cold sense of detachment from the world, drawing plenty of awed stares.

“Wow, such a pretty girl! Is she an NPC?”

“She doesn’t look like one. But how did she get that hair color…some kind of special item?”

“Go try adding her as a friend…”

“Why don’t you? What if there’s a language barrier?”

“Hurry, hurry or she’ll be gone…”

The constant chatter of the crowd made Chen Zixuan feel a bit overwhelmed.

She twitched her lips slightly, expression cold as ice, walking briskly through the throng to a spot with fewer players, where she pulled her hood back up.

Jeez… I was in such a hurry to get to the main city, I forgot to put my hood on…

Sure enough, after putting on her hood and taking a side street, other players still looked at her with curiosity, but their gazes weren’t as intense as before.

Chen Zixuan immediately felt much more at ease.

After walking the main street for a few minutes, Chen Zixuan found an inn.

Paying the NPC clerk 5 copper coins, she went up to her room on the second floor.

In ‘Legend of Kaloran’, game time was synchronized with real life, with 24 hours to a day.

From 6 am to 6 pm was considered daytime, and the next 12 hours—from 6 pm to 6 am—was night.

To promote healthy gameplay, the developers set up an anti-addiction system.

After 6 pm, the experience and money earned from adventuring dropped by 30%.

So, to avoid falling behind, most well-off players would pay to stay at an inn; even when offline, they could still gain some experience and not lag too far behind the hardcore “grinder” players.

It was said that later in the game, once they’d saved up enough gold, Players could even buy their own houses within the city, purchase land, open shops, and make money from other players—forming a world that mirrored society itself.

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