Chapter 15 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

When Li Mu came into the forest, he felt more deeply that The Kingdom of Elves was real.

The ancient trees were straight, their branches clasped each other, and their bark was covered in dark green moss. The vines of big trees were entwined as if many layers of large nets were covering them, and the lush grass was as tall as a person…

The air was extremely fresh and pure with a peculiar smell of vegetation and soil.

Occasionally, flying birds passed by with very crisp and clear chirping sounds, and there were also unknown animals roaring with all their mystery and vicissitudes.

This place was a completely primeval forest.

Because of the elf-style scene music that resounded through the players’ minds, Li Mu could not help but fantasize that he was far away from the chaotic world.

Li Mu took off a branch, tore off a leaf, and looked at the clear outline of the veins in the leaf and pale green juice seeping from the wound. He had to exclaim at the delicacy of the game company’s production.

He could not help but exclaim, “If I hadn’t logged in personally and if the awesome background music wasn’t here, I would have really thought that I had transmigrated.”

He had already turned off the live-stream function and changed it to video recording.

In fact, under the condition of “thought acceleration,” he could not conduct the live-stream well.

After pondering for a while, Li Mu opened the game system to see the information for novices.

“The safe area for novices is the 10-kilometer radius around the World Tree. In this area, you can move freely and collect items to fulfill the tasks.”

“10 kilometers away, there may be powerful creatures. It’d be better if you don’t go beyond this limit and die before you reach the ranking of 11 in Low Iron…”

“Within the ranking of 10, the fastest way to upgrade is through daily tasks. When your Experience Value reaches the standard of Iron, you can go to the Temple of Nature to change your profession…”

Li Mu closed the information bar for novices and started checking the map in the upper right corner of his vision.

It was a round map centering on the World Tree. Currently, it only showed a 10-kilometer radius, which was also the largest area Eve could effectively control. Further afield, it was dark, awaiting players to explore.

In the forest, there was no lack of trees.

Nevertheless, Li Mu was worried while looking for a suitable target.

Li Mu felt his scalp becoming numb as he stared at those ancient trees with invisible tops and DBH of at least one meter.

“The trees here are too huge, aren’t they? If I knew this earlier, I would have organized a group of people.”

Every tree was towering into the clouds as far as his eyes could see

It took him a long time to find one tree that he could handle.

It was a tree over 10 meters high with golden bark.

“This is… fir?”

Li Mu raised his eyebrows.

As a college dog who had taken forestry as an elective course, Li Mu had some knowledge about trees. Although the tree before him was slightly different and the color of the bark was very strange, it was remarkably similar to the fir in his memory.

“Fir makes for very good building material!”

He rejoiced and began to act.

When he was a child, he lived in the countryside. His parents were both forest farm workers. In his teenage years, he had worked a lot with his elders, so it was easy for him to cut trees.

Picking up the stone axe he had just made with stones, wood and vines, Li Mu started cutting the tree.

Clank! Clank!

The impact of the collision felt so real.

As Li Mu continued to cut, he felt as if he had regained his youthfulness. However, what was different from before was the fact that this body was stronger, nimbler, and more flexible.

He liked this feeling very much.

Finally, with a loud clank, the fir shook a few times and finally fell down.

At the moment when the tree fell down, Li Mu felt as if a certain kind of power had poured into his body, making him feel warm all over.

Actually, this was the fir’s vitality. When he cut down the tree, the improved “War Sacrifice” hidden in his body began to operate, absorbing part of the fir’s vitality.

The degree of vitality absorption could be controlled in the game system, with at most 100% of the target’s vitality. It was preset that the loot could not be completely destroyed without the player’s control. Only about 20% could be absorbed, like Li Mu absorbed this time.

He kept half of the energy he had absorbed, and the other half was fed back to Eve.

Of course, Eve felt contempt for such little vitality now. This function was actually His long-term investment.

As this energy poured into his body, Li Mu felt too wonderful to describe it in words. If he had to say one word, it would be “comfortable!”

Meanwhile, he found his experience value increasing slightly by 10 points.

“I can actually upgrade by cutting down trees!”

Li Mu was delighted.

At this moment, he felt that it was worthy to work for this half an hour.

Wiping the sweat from his head, he shook his head.

“It’s still too slow for one person. It would be better to have several people cooperate in this kind of task.”

Li Mu used the skill “Twining Vines” to twine the fir well and then he dragged it back towards the World Tree…

…

The place to hand in his task was a clearing under the World Tree, which was originally covered with bushes and low meadows.

This was the place where Eve planned to have the players build a base, and it would also be the starting point of a new elf civilization.

As Li Mu entered the camp, the originally mysterious background music in the game system also changed into a cheerful style, making him delighted.

When he came here, he found that there were already many players. They seemed to have received a cleaning task because they were cleaning weeds and shrubs.

Some players seemed to have already started the second round of tasks and were trying to organize a team.

“Is there anyone whose task is to collect wood? We have four and lack one! We need a magician who can take control to help fix big trees.”

“Is there anybody who has studied architecture? We have received a construction task and lack a commander!”

“Is there a logging team that needs a member of the Strength System? I have Rage and Whirlwind Slash! I promise to cut down a tree with one slash!”

…

After searching around for a while, Li Mu soon saw the non-player character, the maiden who was surrounded by players.