[Zhong Shenxiu: I've finally saved up enough experience to learn a skill, hahaha!]

[Er Ha: Actually, you don't have that much experience... Acquiring experience in this game is as hard as I've ever seen in my life. I'm on my knees for the development team, just begging them to give me more quests aaaah!]

[Martial Artist Just with Less Hair: Buying beta test accounts and brand-new equipment, price negotiable, PM me for a private chat!]

[Dora Mi: Same as above (LOL)]

[Lin Bai: Doesn't anyone want to protest against those damn planners? We players finally find a BUG, and in the blink of an eye, it's patched. Now we have to run corpses and grind monsters, such a hassle!]

[Bai Youyou: The person above is too young, don't encourage him...]

[Star's Glimmer: I'll just smile, I won't talk, dear planners, I have nothing to do with this (Save me with dog emoji)]

...

Clearly, after playing for some time, the players had all understood what kind of character the game development team and planners possessed.

Of course, character aside, quitting the game was out of the question.

Xie Biqi had actually become somewhat addicted as well, but she still used her case investigations to numb herself.

Come nighttime, she couldn't wait to lie down in bed and log into the game.

Newbie Valley.

The crooked wooden walls had been repaired to look somewhat presentable.

Ever since the official website set the respawn point here and added a new professional NPC, Newbie Valley's status was unshakeable, and the likes of Woniuzhai with its cheap allure could only roll aside.

What does it matter if there are more supplies and interaction with the outside world? Is that better than having skills?

The players discussed it on the forums and unanimously decided not to leak the secrets of Newbie Valley. Otherwise, if people were to block the door to guard the spring water, it would be too tragic.

At this moment in Newbie Valley, a large group of players had gathered to see that NPC.

"Wow!"

"So cute!"

A few female players' exclamations could be heard.

Xie Biqi made her way over and pushed through the crowd, only to see a... Er Ha?

That's right, the black and white fur and the unmistakably dumb and dazed air was just like her friend's goofy pet.

Except for the fact that it had a dog's head on a human body.

Moreover, the shining 'Martial Artist Career Advisor' title above its head confirmed everything.

"So adorable!"

A female player couldn't help stepping forward and rubbing Er Ha's ears, causing him to stick out his tongue involuntarily.

"Sit!"

"Shake hands!"

Er Ha subconsciously thought to comply, then suddenly became enraged.

Pfft!

A huge dog paw came crashing down, slapping the female player to the side: "Show some respect to the messenger of the god, I am the emissary of the great Lord of Order, and you are but servants!"

"Wow, it really talks!"

"So smart!"

"And it attacks players..."

"Wonder if it eats? I really want to feed it... It feels like that would increase its affection level."

The players weren't frightened off, but became even more excited.

"Did you hear that, he claimed to be the 'Lord of Order's' emissary... Is this some background introduction?"

'Zhong Shenxiu' stepped forward and asked, "Who is the Lord of Order?"

Er Ha rolled his eyes, feeling that these servants' faith was very problematic: "The Lord of Order is the god of the game, the sovereign of data, the protector of players, it was He who called you to this world, you must keep respectful towards such an existence!"

"Oh, so it's just the development team."

The surrounding players suddenly realized.

"No! You've all missed the truth... Look, this profession instructor's dog-headed, human-bodied form, as well as guarding the novice valley respawn point, and possessing the authority over life and death—haven't you guys figured it out yet?"

'Fate, Indescribable' exclaimed, "It's the deity in charge of death from the Pyramid civilization—Anubis! And it's just the messenger of the Lord of Order, the god of the game. So the Lord of Order, is that the god above gods, the Creator God, the creator?"

"Anubis?"

Xie Biqi widened her eyes, "But I think it looks exactly like my friend's Er Ha!"

"Leave this to me!"

'Fate, Indescribable' stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "Great profession instructor, are you an incarnation of Anubis?"

Er Ha somehow felt that this guy was a bit more polite and felt good about it, so it answered, "I am not Anubis..."

"So what does the great Lord of Order represent then?"

"He is the Lord..."

Er Ha subconsciously wanted to reply, then its dog face drastically changed!

It triggered the 'Ha Seal' set in its brain due to a potential breach of confidentiality!

"Awooo... Woof woof!"

Er Ha transformed, its head becoming as large as a house, taking the shape of a husky with a scarlet tongue, and eyes that seemed to turn into mosquito coils.

Immediately, a strong innate desire to destroy overcame its heart.

It howled at the sky and started galloping on all fours, sending players flying and unintentionally killing who knows how many in the process.

Then, Er Ha fiercely headbutted the wall of the Novice Valley.

That poorly constructed wooden wall instantly broke open with a large hole.

Amidst the flying dust, the voice of 'Wan Donglin' came through, desperate and angry, "My Evil Valley, my newbie wall..."

...

In the end, after paying the price of half of Novice Valley being destroyed and numerous players killed or injured, Er Ha's seal expired on time, and it came to its senses, transforming back into its dog-headed, human-bodied form.

With its rationality restored, upon seeing the ruins it had caused, it pretended to know nothing and said to the resurrected players, "Would you like to learn some skills?"

"We don't even need to unlock any favourability or prerequisite quests? Great!"

The resurrected and newly logged-in players didn't care about what happened before and even kicked 'Fate, Indescribable' far away, excitedly rushing forward, "I want to learn, I want to learn!"

Er Ha nodded and opened an attribute panel.

This was the authority given to it by Zhong Shenxiu, similar to a personal shop, allowing players to spend experience points to learn skills.

It also had the authority to issue daily tasks to collect a certain amount of experience points.

Xie Biqi also stepped forward and opened the panel, then she was stunned:

[Black Tiger Fist (Entry Level): 100 experience points]

[Black Tiger Fist (Proficient): 200 experience points]

[Black Tiger Fist (Advanced): 400 experience points]

[Note: You must learn Black Tiger Fist (Entry Level) before purchasing the content that follows!]

[Black Tiger Strength (Entry Level): 200 experience points]

...

"Black Tiger Fist and Black Tiger Strength seem to be standard at the Black Tiger Escort Agency... Where did they drop from?"

"Either way, it's still better than the Pu Family's martial arts. That Old Pu isn't that strong; even practicing his family martial arts to the limit he's only a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist... At least the Black Tiger series has produced a Sixth-Grade!"

"The key isn't that, it's the experience points! With so many players here, does anyone have over 100 experience points?"

Dozens of players looked at each other and shed tears of poverty...