My name is Wang Dachui... Ah, no, my name is Zhang Pingfan. I'm a penniless nobody who has nothing. Girls, seeing how pitiful I am, all thoughtfully distance themselves. I swear today you ignore me, and tomorrow you'll have to look up to me.
"Myth," a super-era virtual reality online game, swept the globe. With my 22 years of solo gaming speed, I was sure to farm treasures, buy gold, and get rich. Thinking about it made me a little excited.
My name is Zhang Pingfan. The director of the orphanage hoped I would live an ordinary life. Now... damn it, after entering the game, I've become a Village Chief NPC serving players.
I intended to pull the rug out from under them, but instead, reality delivered a swift kick.
As soon as Zhang Pingfan entered the game, like other players, he was preparing to find the Village Chief of the新手村 (newbie village) to complete his first game quest.
Before he could walk two steps, he was surrounded by several players.
"Village Chief, hurry and issue the quest! I need to be the first on the game leaderboard!"
"Village Chief, don't just stand there, hurry up and give us quests!"
The surrounding players bombarded Zhang Pingfan.
Zhang Pingfan curiously looked up at his head.
Holy crap, five large green characters, "Newbie Village Chief," appeared above his head!
At this moment, Zhang Pingfan's heart was churning with ten thousand CGI horses!
As more players arrived in the新手村, Zhang Pingfan found himself surrounded by an increasing number of them. Zhang Pingfan absolutely couldn't accept this fact and died on the spot...
"What the heck, did our newbie village chief encounter a bug? Why isn't he moving and issuing quests?"
"Who knows? Isn't this just a pure waste of my time? What's wrong with this game? Didn't they say it was jointly developed globally? How can there still be bugs?"
"I'm not waiting anymore, I'm going to go kill monsters directly. Newbie quests just give a bit more experience. If I keep waiting like this, I can't afford it!"
Many players who had surrounded Zhang Pingfan began to slowly disperse!
However, some players remained unconvinced, believing there must be a special quest.
"You bunch of idiots, everyone leave, hurry and leave. Once you all leave, the special quest will be mine!"
Although quite a few players remained unconvinced, as time passed, no one had any more patience.
Zhang Pingfan looked at his attribute panel, no longer knowing how to describe his feelings. Apart from his name and profession being Village Chief, everything else was blank.
"Why am I so unlucky? I came here to make money, not to be an NPC for you guys. What a waste of time, I'm deleting my account and starting over!"
Zhang Pingfan clicked to exit the game, returned to the character selection screen, and then clicked the delete button.
[Ding! Character deletion failed!]
"What the heck, what's going on? Big brother, don't joke with me. I bet my entire fortune on this game, and now you're pulling this stunt. I'll be begging on the streets tomorrow!"
Zhang Pingfan, refusing to give up, clicked to delete the character again.
[Ding! Character deletion failed!]
The hot-tempered Zhang Pingfan frantically pressed the delete character button.
[Ding! Character deletion failed!]
...
[Ding! Character deletion failed, this character cannot be deleted, please do not repeatedly click!]
"Holy crap, it's over, it's over. I put all my hope on you, and you pull this stunt on me. This is forcing me to go work in a factory and screw things in!"
[Ding! Village Chief System officially activated!]
Hearing the sound, Zhang Pingfan thought he had misheard. He, who was about to exit the game, paused.
[Ding! Binding with host Zhang Pingfan, binding successful, your exclusive system is about to come online!]
[Ding! Welcome Master to the Myth world, I am your exclusive intelligent system!]
Zhang Pingfan was a bit bewildered. After this string of system prompts, he didn't understand anything, but he thought the synthesized electronic female voice was quite pleasant.
"What does this mean? A cheat code?"
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully activating the Newbie Village Chief System. Please return to the game and check your attribute page!]
"Wait, I'm here to play the game, not to be your game's NPC. I want to make money, I want to make a lot of money. I've even invested my bride-price money. Stop trying to fool me into being an NPC, quickly call your manager! I want to complain about your Myth game!"
[Ding! Please Master return to the game and check your attribute page!]
"What the heck, can't you understand human language?"
[Ding! Please Master return to the game and check your attribute page!]
"..."
Damn it, why am I arguing with an intelligent system? I'll look, but if I'm not satisfied, I'm quitting.
Zhang Pingfan returned to the game once more.
When Zhang Pingfan opened his character attribute page again, the page had changed drastically.
Zhang Pingfan: Level 0! (Cannot upgrade!)
Profession: Newbie Village Chief.
Skills: Issue quests from Level 1 to 10, quest difficulty from Normal to SSS!
Warehouse: Stores all novice village chief supplies. (Cannot be dropped, cannot be stolen!)
Talent 1 (S Talent): Can customize own faction. (Factions: Humans, Monsters! Humans are divided into good and evil factions!)
Talent 2 (SSS God-tier Talent): Turn Enemies into Friends! (Can permanently convert enemies into your combat units, cooldown 24 hours!)
Upon seeing his attribute panel, Zhang Pingfan still frowned. Although he saw the SSS God-tier talent, it wasn't what he wanted.
"Hey, what's the use of these things? I can't even level up, what good are they to me?"
[Ding! Master is currently the Village Chief of the新手村 and can freely issue quests of any level to players. After players complete the quests, Master will receive corresponding rewards!]
Hearing this, Zhang Pingfan's eyes lit up. Does this mean he's about to strike it rich?
Keep the quest difficulty the same, lower the requirements, let players complete quests easily, and he can reap the benefits.
Thinking of this, Zhang Pingfan couldn't help but get a little excited!
[Ding! Master, please do not daydream. Quest difficulty and requirements cannot be modified!]
"What the heck, what's the use of this cheat code? Can't you give me something else, like a max-level account?"
[Ding! Master can dream, dreams have everything!]
"...I seriously suspect there's a sweaty guy behind that voice!"
[Ding! System is being recalled...]
The sound made Zhang Pingfan quickly apologize.
"Sister, I was wrong, I was really wrong!"
A true man knows when to yield and adapt. Apologizing is harmless!
Since it's a cheat code, it must be extraordinary, especially with a God-tier talent. Perhaps the rewards will be greater than if he were a player.
"Ahem, as your master, don't I get any welcoming gift? Like a newbie gift pack or something!"
[Ding! Please check your mail!]