Potion of Random Attributes

Seeing the effect of the title, Liu Xuan's eyes instantly lit up:

"Resurrection? This is too overpowered!"

In most games, titles were either for looking cool or for granting a few stats. One that directly gave a chance at resurrection was simply a priceless treasure!

It was just a pity that the probability was a bit low, only 4.57%.

However, he quickly realized: this probability was definitely related to his rating, because his time clearing the beginner village was 457% faster than expected.

So, if he performed excellently in other "important nodes" of the Promotion War later on, could this probability still increase?

"Speaking of which, instantly killing all the rabbits in the village earlier without stacking health wasn't a complete loss..."

Health could still be farmed, but if he hadn't snatched this title and it fell into someone else's hands, it would be very hard to get back.

After all, those who didn't get the title wouldn't know of its existence, let alone its resurrection effect, so they would definitely just slowly farm stats afterward.

Meanwhile, the owner of the title would desperately speedrun, and by then, others would forever miss out on the title.

Still, Liu Xuan felt a bit surprised. How was he only leading by 457%?

He had nearly instant-killed over a thousand rabbits in the entire beginner village.

Playing normally, people would have to wait for the main force to reach around level 3 before crusading together, right?

In that case, the time would probably be calculated in days.

But then he thought of a possibility: this estimated time was probably calculated based on the theoretically fastest strategy.

In other words, it likely didn't take casualties into account.

The Bouncing Rabbits had such low stats that if casualties were completely ignored, even level 1 players could fight them.

Throwing thousands of people at them to trade lives could also take them down in a relatively short time.

Calculated like this, the 457% was quite reasonable.

Furthermore, based on this scenario, the rapid progress of other countries earlier also had an explanation.

To put it bluntly, before completely conquering the beginner village and reaching 100%, that progress meant nothing at all.

Rushing into the Killer Snake area would increase it by a large chunk.

And as long as one battlefield did this, that country's progress would be displayed based on this fastest battlefield.

For example, if someone forced others to rush toward the beginner village, the progress would naturally be fast.

This was probably the reason why other countries took the lead in progress at the very beginning.

.......

As Liu Xuan rang the bell, what appeared alongside the announcement were the villagers.

They pushed open their doors one by one and walked out. After celebrating among themselves, a white-bearded old man passed through the crowd and walked straight toward Liu Xuan.

"Young man, thank you so much for helping us clear the monsters in the village. Now we can provide some simple assistance to warriors like you."

The village chief tightly grasped Liu Xuan's hand, his face full of smiles as he thanked him profusely.

He also took the opportunity to introduce some important members of the beginner village.

The most important ones were the mentors for the three classes, from whom one could learn the general skills of each class.

Take the Priest for example; although one couldn't officially change class to a Mage or Cleric yet, they could choose to learn Fireball or Basic Healing.

In other words, one could determine their development path in advance right now.

However, this had nothing to do with Liu Xuan.

Besides them, there were also NPCs like the potion merchant, blacksmith, tailor, and innkeeper.

Materials dropped earlier, like dog teeth and rabbit fluff, could be used to craft simple equipment at the blacksmith, leatherworker, and tailor for a fee.

Liu Xuan finally understood. No wonder the monster equipment drop rate was so low.

Over a thousand rabbits in the village only dropped a few pieces of equipment.

It turned out the main source of equipment was crafting from materials.

As for the innkeeper, besides paying to rest there, one could also buy bread and water to fill their stomach.

Of course, if you gave the meat you hunted to the inn's cook and slipped him some extra benefits, he could also cook special meals and prepare better food for you.

Liu Xuan strolled around the village and found that among the items sold by each merchant, there was one level 1 valuable item.

For example, the blacksmith had a Rare quality one-handed sword.

The tailor had a pair of Rare quality shoes.

The leatherworker had a Rare quality chestpiece.

All of them were quite expensive, and only one of each was sold; once gone, they were gone.

Liu Xuan hesitated for a moment but couldn't bring himself to buy any.

Only at the potion merchant did he find a good item that tempted him.

Random Stat Potion: Randomly gain 5 stats.

Priced at one gold coin, sold out upon purchase.

Liu Xuan figured one gold coin was quite hard to scrape together. After all, he had killed over a thousand rabbits and only got a bit over 200 copper coins, which was 0.02 gold coins.

And conquering the beginner village, with a reward multiplier of 457%, only gave 45700 copper coins.

This meant the original reward was supposed to be one gold coin, just enough to pick and buy one valuable item in the beginner village.

But for the current Liu Xuan, a mere gold coin was nothing. He bought it!

He had the Potion Addict passive, which gave a 500% bonus to drinking potions, meaning 6 times the effect.

Liu Xuan paid for it without hesitation, unscrewed the cap, and downed it in one gulp.

You gained 6 Strength.

You gained 8 Agility.

You gained 16 Intelligence.

Ah, this...

So Intelligence increased the most?

As mentioned before, none of the three stats in this battlefield were useless.

Mages could add Strength, and Warriors could add Intelligence, both yielding decent returns.

But it didn't change the fact that he was a Pacifist!

He had no mana bar, no active skills, and no magic damage...

Adding Intelligence was truly useless for him.

Oh well, maybe it would come in handy later on.

Liu Xuan always had a good mindset. Besides, even just counting the 6 Strength and 8 Agility, this one gold coin was well spent.

Like in some games, when you are low level and asked to spend money on a gem that gives 1 stat point, you might think:

1 stat point for this much money, are you crazy?!!

I get so many points just by leveling up.

But when you hit the max level and your gear is basically maxed out, selling you 1 stat point might feel acceptable.

Because you have no other ways to improve.

Now, Liu Xuan's three stats had become:

Strength: 31

Agility: 24

Intelligence: 24

Many people might not even have these stats at level 10, like those with the standard 5/5/5 starting stats.

Reaching level 10 only gives a total of 45 points, which evenly distributed across the three stats would only be 20/20/20.

It really couldn't compare to Liu Xuan's current stats.

Other than this potion, Liu Xuan didn't find any other good things in the village.

The blacksmith's one-handed sword made him hesitate for a bit; it added 5 Attack and 1 Strength, priced at 1 gold coin.

Liu Xuan took a look. He did have a weapon slot and could equip weapons.

It was just that since he couldn't deal damage, he naturally wouldn't benefit from the weapon's attack bonus, but he could still enjoy the stat bonus.

But this sword was just too expensive.

It meant he had essentially spent one gold coin to buy a single stat point, and this point was not even permanent. Once he swapped out his equipment, it would quickly become useless.

If it were up to Liu Xuan to choose, he would much rather carry a shield.

Liu Xuan still had some dog meat, snake meat, and rabbit meat in his bag that had dropped from monsters. Aside from the snake meat, which he respectfully passed on, he took out a portion of the rest and handed it to the inn's cook. He also ordered a large glass of juice, finally treating himself to a proper meal.

This battlefield is simply an animal rights activist's nightmare, Liu Xuan chuckled and muttered to himself as he gnawed on a rabbit leg.

Regardless, he was thoroughly enjoying his food.

Fully fed and hydrated, feeling completely refreshed, Liu Xuan left the inn and glanced toward the farm outside the village.

Quite a few people had already pushed into the Killer Snake zone.

Some had even tried to brute-force their way through, but it obviously wasn't that easy. Instead, they ended up being chased by the monsters, screaming and running away in a sorry state.

I should get down to business first.

Liu Xuan shook his head. Before his meal, he had already confirmed that there were absolutely no quests to be picked up in this beginner village.

There was only a single main storyline, and it wasn't like traditional games where a quest is formally issued to you with the rewards clearly listed.

It was merely the village chief telling you what needed to be done.

Of course, it was also possible that Liu Xuan's specific class was the reason he couldn't receive any quests.

As for the main storyline, according to the village chief, this battlefield could be understood as an expedition, and the beginner village was simply a place for conscription and preparation.

The primary objective of the upcoming second phase was to establish an outpost on the banks of the Orchid River to the north, which would serve as a bridgehead for the expedition.

The workers were already on standby, but they lacked materials.

Therefore, the warriors needed to first capture the logging camp in the woodlands west of the beginner village, as well as the quarry to the northeast, and clear out any obstacles along the way.

Once these two locations were secured, a steady stream of materials could be transported to the outpost's location.

As soon as the outpost was built and supplies were fully stocked, the expedition could officially begin.