The NPC is such a coward!

"I know… stop making a fuss," Ember Wilde muttered to himself before saying, "If you want fine salt, you can evaporate 1kg of coarse salt from river water and I'll teach you how to refine it into fine salt."

After Ember Wilde finished speaking, a new [Salt Making] task appeared on WTF's [Task Interface].

"Hmm? [Salt Refining Skill Book]?" WTF muttered to himself as he browsed the task information.

"If I learn this skill book, I should be able to refine the salt directly, right?" he thought.

"If it's really like in reality where brine needs to be configured… this game is too hardcore," he continued.

"But then again… with enough talent, wouldn't it be possible to directly create nuclear weapons in the game to bomb those undead creatures?" he pondered.

"Uh… let's not rush this task. Let's restore my physical strength and satiety first," he decided.

WTF took the cooked two-headed fish off the grill and let it cool down a bit before taking a big bite.

As the fish passed through his throat, his eyes widened in surprise!

"Holy shit! This two-headed fish is so fresh! It hasn't been treated at all and there's not even a hint of fishiness!" he exclaimed as he took several more bites of the fish.

Although he didn't say anything more, the expression on his face was enough to show how delicious the fish was.

After finishing the entire skewer of grilled fish, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and say, "This two-headed fish is simply amazing!!!"

"If there were such ingredients in reality, 100 per pound! Even 200 per pound! I would be willing to buy it!" he exclaimed.

"It looks like I have to play this game!" he declared.

"Not to mention anything else, just for this one bite of food, I have to become a die-hard fan of this game!" he concluded.

Ember Wilde, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but smile at his words.

To be honest, sometimes he even doubted if all of this was really just written by code.

The food full of food additives in the real world couldn't compare to this at all.

If it weren't for the delicious food comforting his soul, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for long.

Facing countless wandering undead creatures every day.

How could he endure for a month!

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After eating the grilled fish, WTF leaned against the wall and patted his stomach with a satisfied look on his face.

"I never thought I could eat so well in a game! This is much more cost-effective than going out to eat!" he said after resting for a while.

He then opened his personal interface to check his status.

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Health: 100%

Spirit: 92%

Physical Strength: 70%

Satiety: 90%

Status: [Overeating]

[Overeating]: Agility -3

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After enjoying the grilled fish, WTF's spirit increased by 2%.

His physical strength recovered to 70%.

His satiety even reached 90%.

The debuffs of [Hunger] and [Fatigue] were gone.

But because he ate an entire skewer of grilled fish, he got an [Overeating] debuff.

Seeing this debuff, WTF was a bit stunned.

So eating too much really does affect your ability to move?

"Right, I think the tasks I completed earlier also gave me experience points. If I level up… I should be able to eat more, right?" WTF thought as he opened his experience bar.

The 10 experience points rewarded by the task made his experience bar increase by 10%.

In other words, leveling up to level 2 only required 100 experience points.

"The difficulty of leveling up in this game seems not high. Just doing some menial tasks gives so much experience. Killing monsters must give even more experience!" WTF thought as he got up and did some stretching exercises.

He then wandered around the respawn point for a while, touched some things, and wanted to go into the forest.

But he had only walked a few steps when he was stopped by Ember Wilde.

"Where are you going?" Ember Wilde asked with a frown.

"To kill monsters!" WTF replied without thinking.

"Don't you see that it's getting dark?" Ember Wilde said with a heavy voice:

"Night is when undead creatures are most active. If you go out at this time, are you looking for death?!"

"If I don't go out, am I supposed to hang out at the respawn point?" WTF asked in response using "player terminology" that Ember Wilde as an NPC naturally couldn't respond to.

WTF walked around Ember Wilde and went further and further away.

"It seems impossible to expect these players to hang out at the respawn point…" Ember Wilde thought as he watched WTF's back.

"If the army of undead is brought back to the shelter, it will be a big disaster!" he thought.

Then, he asked in his mind:

"System, can I directly kick this player out of the game?"

System: [You can, but I suggest letting this player explore the end of the world on his own.]

[If he completes monster first kill tasks, map exploration tasks or collection tasks, you can get planning points.]

"Oh?" Hearing the system say this, Ember Wilde suddenly felt that letting WTF go and find death wasn't such a bad thing. As long as he died outside and didn't bring the undead back with him.

Ember Wilde nodded slightly and opened the "planning exclusive" map.

There were player-specific icons on it, clearly showing WTF's movements.

"Let this guy go and deliver himself. As long as he doesn't bring the undead creatures back to the respawn point," Ember Wilde thought to himself.

WTF could die outside as long as it didn't affect his.

All he needed to do was kick him out of the game when he was running back to the respawn point.

"These players won't know how terrifying this world is until they die," Ember Wilde thought as he looked up at the sky.

Night had already fallen quietly.

She immediately ran back to his room and entered a state of hibernation.

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As a veteran game player, WTF also made some preparations before going out.

After scouring the respawn point, he obtained:

Weapon - a bone knife made by simply polishing a skeleton rib.

Armor - crushed stone tiles and a simple mask made of patchwork cloth stuffed into his clothes.

Recovery items - healing bandages rewarded by tasks.

Lighting - a beam lit by stove fire.

WTF believed that with these things, he would be able to thrive in the novice village map!

"As the starting point of the novice village map, the monsters should only be low-level skeletons or zombies. These kinds of monsters, I've killed tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands in other games. What's there to be afraid of?" WTF thought to himself with a smile.

"NPCs are just timid!" he said to himself.

"Tap tap tap~~~" Suddenly there were footsteps in the forest.

WTF turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the sound.

There… it was pitch black.

Nothing could be seen.

"Heh… I have to say, this game's environmental atmosphere rendering is not bad. It has a horror game flavor," WTF chuckled dryly.

He looked at the darkness in front of him and seemed to be unable to move his feet.

It seemed like his heart was a little panicked.

"This… this is just a game, this is just a game! What am I afraid of!!!" WTF gritted his teeth and told himself.

He carefully moved forward step by step.

"Tap tap tap~~~" He hadn't walked more than a few meters when there were footsteps again!

But this time, it was behind him!

WTF turned around sharply!

Under the illumination of the "torch", there was still nothing!

WTF hadn't even had time to build up his mental fortitude when…

"Tap tap tap~~~ Tap tap tap~~~ Tap tap tap~~~~~~"

Footsteps suddenly sounded from all directions!!!

This time, his mentality completely collapsed!

"Fuck! I'm not playing anymore!!!" WTF immediately gave up and stopped pretending.

He immediately called up the [Personal Settings] page and chose to exit the game.

[You are currently in combat. Please exit combat before exiting the game.]

[You are currently in combat. Please exit combat before exiting the game.]

[You…]

He kept clicking on exit game, but all that popped up was this information prompt.

"Damn it!!! I've already attracted the hatred of the monsters!!!" These few system prompts almost scared WTF to death.

Unable to exit the game, WTF could only run back like crazy.

But he had only run ten meters when he was knocked down by a gust of wind carrying the smell of blood.

"Bang" he fell heavily onto the grass.

WTF moved the "torch" on the ground and looked at it with the help of the firelight.

It was a red ghost with blood flowing from its eyes, staring straight at him.

The cold wind seemed to carry a shrill laughter.

In a 100% realistic game, being directly faced by a ghost.

It directly scared WTF into a daze.

It wasn't until more ghosts and skeletons emerged and buried his entire body that he let out a earth-shattering scream!