[Name: Wang Zhifan.]
[Status: Normal.]
[Level: Lv1.]
[Experience: 74/100.]
[Profession: Blademaster.]
[Physique: 18.]
[Strength: 19.]
[Agility: 17.]
[Spirit: 16.]
[Skill: Basic Swordsmanship Lv3.]
[Equipped: None.]
[Inventory: Wolf-Slaying Blade (Rare), Short Blade (Common) (Damaged), Wolf Hide Armor (Fine Layer), Cloth Armor (Common) (Damaged), Handgun Ammo Box (Fine Layer).]
As shown on the panel, after using the Tiger Soul True Pattern and Tiger Blood Potion, Wang Zhifan's personal attributes saw a significant boost. His Physique and Strength increased by 7 points each, while Agility and Spirit went up by 5 points each, already far surpassing the average Lv1 player level overall.
Don't underestimate the importance of player personal attributes; their significance is truly profound.
The level of Physique basically determines a player's bodily strength, reflecting their damage endurance and self-recovery ability, as well as their stamina level.
Strength is quite easy to understand, representing a player's physical power, which largely dictates their physical damage capability and speed.
Agility is related to a player's nerve reaction speed and coordination, granting high-agility players faster reactions to external threats and making it easier to complete precise and complex actions — an essential attribute for any expert.
Spirit is somewhat special, generally more crucial for magic-oriented players, while for other professions, its main significance lies in boosting perception ability.
Overall, the four main player attributes all have significant uses but differ in importance depending on the player's profession. For Wang Zhifan, currently a Blademaster, Strength and Agility are definitely the most important, followed by Physique, with Spirit as the least crucial.
"I feel my body has become somewhat reckless now; if I'm not careful, I might exert too much force. I need to adapt to this for a while."
When personal attributes nearly double in a matter of minutes, anyone would feel a bit uncomfortable initially, and Wang Zhifan is no exception. He realizes that his sudden increase in strength makes it easy to apply excessive force inadvertently, potentially causing damage, such as breaking doors or windows. This situation requires some time to fully get used to.
Thus, for the rest of the day, Wang Zhifan left his rental house to wander outside, aiming to perfectly master his enhanced physique quickly.
After walking outside for less than an hour, he soon noticed his stomach growling, realizing that the energy from the buns he ate before entering the dungeon in the morning had almost been depleted.
"With a stronger body, the consumption increases, which makes sense... but my wallet objects."
Wang Zhifan currently only has a few hundred bucks on hand, and unfortunately, he's an unemployed drifter with no income, so making money is an urgent matter for him now.
Luckily, he has long prepared for this, and after leisurely dining out, he took the bus to another area of this city known as Dongjiang City, arriving at a bustling street filled with crowds.
This is Tianhua Pedestrian Street, essentially one of the most vibrant streets in Dongjiang City, home to various high-end and mid-level establishments, including player shops that suddenly emerged in recent years.
Wang Zhifan's original self came here when finding channels to buy Player Professional Cards and met a merchant named Qiang, who greatly conned him into purchasing a nearly worthless Blademaster Professional Card.
However, today Wang Zhifan didn't come here to find Qiang. That guy has a wide network but is too shady; he plans to conduct his transactions elsewhere.
Tianhua Pedestrian Street is long and wide, covering a vast area with countless shops. Before long, Wang Zhifan spotted a potential trading target.
It was a medium-sized shop aptly named "Player Mall," and stores with "Player" in their names almost certainly deal with player-related business.
Quickly entering the shop, Wang Zhifan first saw two rows of stylish glass display cabinets showcasing various items related to gaming themes, such as game consoles, game cartridges, gaming PCs, and gaming magazines.
But Wang Zhifan knows well that these seemingly visible goods are just surface business; the Player Mall truly sells other items not displayed here.
This half-hidden business model exists because the upper echelons in Xia Country haven't unified opinions on the extraordinary player phenomenon yet. Some believe in completely sealing off player information and managing all players centrally, while others advocate for emulating foreign open attitudes and embracing the mysterious extraordinary feast. Neither side convinces the other, resulting in Xia Country's current semi-open stance towards players, suppressing most online player group information officially yet allowing those with intent to discover and acquire channels.
"Welcome! How can I assist you, sir?"
As soon as Wang Zhifan entered the Player Mall lobby, a young woman in a black business suit greeted him with a smile, assuming he was just a regular customer buying video games.
"I want to sell player items, those kinds of player products. Do you offer buyback services here?"
Wang Zhifan directly stated his intention to the woman without wasting words, already well aware through his original self's frequent visits how to communicate with them.
"We do offer buyback services here, sir. However, may I ask what level of items you want to sell? We mostly don't purchase Level 1 items now; Level 2 items have more flexibility, and Level 3 items have no restrictions..."
The Player Mall receptionist understood Wang Zhifan's intention, then started explaining in terms unfamiliar to the average person, indicating they don't buy everything.
The so-called Level 1 items refer to Common-level player goods they mostly don't acquire currently. Level 2 items are those at the higher Fine Layer level, where they don't buy all but some. Level 3 items are Rare-level goods, the quality they never refuse to buy.