Chapter 23: Career Transition

The Assassin profession mentor didn't waste any words. With a wave of his hand, a golden light entered Wu Shaochen's body, and a system prompt sounded in his ears:

  "Ding! Congratulations on successfully changing professions. Would you like to reallocate your free attribute points?" Players have the opportunity to reallocate their attribute points once when they leave the beginner village after their first profession change. This opportunity is mainly for the benefit of mage players, as they rely solely on basic attacks in the early stages and cannot allocate points to intelligence, which would severely hinder their development. So, in the early stages, players generally allocate points to strength. When they change to become a mage, the previous attribute points become void. Therefore, during the first profession change, the system provides an opportunity to reallocate attribute points, which is quite considerate.

  Wu Shaochen thought about it and felt it was unnecessary. Besides having 5 points in constitution, he had allocated all the other points to agility, which perfectly matched the Assassin attribute. So, there was no need for reallocation, as it would be a waste of time. He chose "no" directly.

  "Ding! Congratulations on becoming a great Assassin. After changing to the Assassin profession, players will automatically receive 2 additional attribute points in agility each time they level up, in addition to their free attribute points. Every 10 levels, they will gain 2 more points." Each profession has its own exclusive attribute points. Warriors have 2 points in strength, mages have 2 points in intelligence, shield guards have 2 points in constitution, archers have 1 point in agility and 1 point in strength, priests have 1 point in intelligence and 1 point in spirit, and other attribute points can be freely allocated by the players.

  After a successful profession change, the previously suppressed experience points were released, and the level instantly increased to level 11. Wu Shaochen gained 40 health points, 20 mana points, and 10 free attribute points. His agility automatically increased by two points.

  Level lv10—lv11, Health: 1710—1750, Mana: 150—170, Agility: 76—78, Movement Speed: 100—102, Remaining attribute points: 30, Experience: 2060/30000.

  At the same time, a server-wide announcement rang within the Chinese server.

  "Server Announcement: Congratulations to player Dust Sealed on a successful profession change. As the first player to change professions, the system rewards you with 1000 reputation, 50 gold coins, and a special skill book. This announcement is hereby made!"

  "Server Announcement: Congratulations to player Dust Sealed on successfully changing to the Assassin profession. As the first player to change to the Assassin profession, the system rewards you with 500 reputation, 20 gold coins, and a skill book for this profession. This announcement is hereby made!"

  The consecutive server-wide announcements once again plunged all players on the Chinese server into silence. It was this Dust Sealed again. It can be said that there is no one in the entire Chinese server who doesn't know this name. Since the server opened, Dust Sealed has been on TV multiple times, making it hard for anyone not to recognize him.

  "Who exactly is this Dust Sealed? Why is he so amazing?"

  "Yeah, it's only been a little over a day since the server opened, and he's already been on TV three or four times."

"Damn, I'm only level 8 and others have already changed professions. We all started playing at the same time, and I haven't even logged out yet. How is the gap so big?"

"Please share your contact information, I need someone to help me!"

Aoshixiatianxia's expression darkened as he looked at his 50% experience at level 9.

Numerous experts in various beginner villages frowned, as most of the real strong players had already reached level 9. They all felt a sense of regret.

"Junlin, the first place for Assassins is already taken!" Haoran said regretfully.

"I didn't expect him to change to an Assassin. It's a bit of a pity, but Archer suits me too," Junlin said. He had originally wanted to change to an Assassin since Assassins have a high critical strike rate and he liked melee combat. However, Archer also matched his talents.

"Yeah, if we reach level 10 and no one takes the first place for Archer, you should change to Archer. I can feel that the skill book given for the first profession change must be powerful," Nanfeng said.

"Alright, let's level up quickly. The teleportation array in our beginner village has been repaired. Once we reach level 10, we can change professions. That's our natural advantage," Junlin said.

"Okay."

Upon hearing the system announcement and seeing the rewards for the first profession change, Sumu Xue glanced at Liu Shu and said, "Liu Shu, let's work together to level up. This is a rare opportunity. I feel like we can strive to be the first player to change to a Mage."

"Good, we should have done this earlier," Liu Shu said. With his insight, he couldn't miss such a good opportunity. If Sumu Xue became the first player to change to a Mage, it would definitely be extremely advantageous for their future development.

After hearing the system prompt, Wu Shaochen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly logged out to eat. He had breakfast around 8 in the morning, and now it was almost 4 in the afternoon. He was extremely hungry, but he had been enduring it just to get the reward for the first profession change. Now that he finally got it, he naturally wanted to log out and have a meal right away.

Taking off his helmet, Wu Shaochen habitually took out his phone to check his bank account balance. It was his favorite thing to do now. Balance: 486,200 yuan.

"Damn, I made nearly 500,000 in just over a day!" Wu Shaochen exclaimed in surprise. He had been busy grinding monsters and hadn't paid attention to his income. He didn't expect to have this much money already. 500,000 yuan. If he earned that much in the past, it would have taken him more than ten years of work without eating or drinking. Haha, this time he really hit the jackpot. But all of this was thanks to his talent. He still didn't know how he obtained his talent.

However, earning money would be much harder from now on. Players nowadays are very picky. Basic equipment hardly sells, so he would have to go fight bosses.

Wu Shaochen freshened up, put on clothes, and walked out. He hadn't eaten properly for two days, so today he planned to have a feast.

He went to a relatively large restaurant near his rental place. He used to hesitate to eat here, but now he wanted to try it out. He ordered several dishes all at once and waited for them to be served while scrolling through short videos on his phone. Even the short videos were recorded in the game now, and the highest-liked ones were the guilds' strategies for the Wild Boar King. Wu Shaochen couldn't help but marvel at the power of the guilds. If he didn't have the talent to counter the Wild Boar King, he wouldn't have been able to defeat it anytime soon.

The restaurant was noticeably less crowded than before, with only a few tables occupied by small groups. Most of the conversations revolved around the game.

"I didn't expect that in just over a day, the game's influence would reach such a level," Wu Shaochen thought to himself.

At that moment, his phone rang, and he glanced at the caller ID: "Haotzi." He hesitated for a moment but decided to answer.

"Chen Ge, you finally answered the phone. It was really hard to reach you. Are you still in Shenzhen?" an excited voice came from the other end.

"Yeah, suddenly remembered to call me?" Wu Shaochen's voice sounded a bit cold.

Seemingly sensing the coldness in Wu Shaochen's voice, Haotzi's voice also calmed down and said, "Chen Ge, are you still blaming Boss? About that incident..."

"Enough, if you have something to say, say it. If not, I'm hanging up!" Wu Shaochen interrupted.

"Alright, Chen Ge, do you know about the game Oracle?" the other person asked.

"I know," Wu Shaochen replied.

"It's like this, we've been playing Oracle these past two days. It's truly a game of a new era. This game will definitely become the second world for humans. Boss has decided to create a guild in Oracle, and among us, you're the best player. So Boss asked me to invite you to come back and develop together in SH. This game is very profitable, definitely better than your job there," Haotzi eagerly explained. It was clear that he really wanted Wu Shaochen to join them.

"I'm not going. You guys can play on your own," Wu Shaochen replied directly, then hesitated for a moment and added, "Haotzi, don't be too naive. Occasionally, you should be more cautious."

"What do you mean, Chen Ge?" Haotzi asked, confused.

"It's nothing. Just try to understand on your own. Well, that's it for now. I'm hanging up!" Wu Shaochen said and hung up the phone.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Shaochen chuckled softly, "Shen Wenfeng, you have a good family background in reality, something I can't compete with. But since you're planning to develop in the game, you'll need to ask me for help."