“No, what are you chattering about?” Jiang Xun looked at the little squirrel, utterly speechless.
The little squirrel sighed.
Its tiny body agilely turned, then it raised a small paw and smoothed Jiang Xun’s somewhat ruffled hair.
Then, with a light leap, it jumped off his shoulder and ran into the tent…
“???”
Jiang Xun was full of question marks.
Wait a minute? Didn't it say there was a Magic Shield for protection?
Isn't this dangerous?
Such a big thing ran inside!
Not going to stop it???
You're letting everything into my tent, how am I supposed to sleep peacefully?
Jiang Xun sighed, also smoothing his bird's nest-like hair, no longer overthinking it.
“It’s just a squirrel, it’s not like it can eat me, right?”
He comforted himself, muttering silently.
The temperature outside was a bit low, and the chilly air seeped into his clothes through his collar.
Jiang Xun quickly ducked into the tent, tightly wrapped his clothes around himself, trying to ward off the faint chill.
He cursed under his breath, this flimsy patient gown was not warm at all!
After wrapping his clothes tightly, he suddenly remembered that the system seemed to have said he received some reward.
Jiang Xun curiously reached into his pocket.
First, he pulled out a few milk candies.
Then his fingers touched a cool object.
He took it out and saw that it was a necklace.
The necklace shimmered with a bright silver light, and the moment it was touched, a prompt suddenly appeared before Jiang Xun’s eyes:
【magic source】
Type: Necklace
Grade: Star (Glimmer—Firefly—Star—Bright Moon…)
Wearing Requirements: None
Effect: Increases Magic Value recovery speed by 300%
Remarks: Reward for the first step into the Magic World, unique item, upgradeable.
Hey, it looks good!
Jiang Xun rubbed the necklace in his hand, then raised his hand and put it around his neck.
At this moment, he had no concept of “Magic Value” at all.
He just felt that after putting on the necklace, there seemed to be a mysterious power surging within his body.
Some things felt more substantial.
He then looked down at the staff in his hand.
A prompt also appeared before him:
【Basic Staff】
Type: Staff
Grade: Glimmer (Glimmer—Firefly—Star—Bright Moon…)
Wearing Requirements: None
Effect: Magic Value Limit +50, Magic Conduction Rate +20%, can cast basic magic
Remarks: Novice white-board weapon, low conduction rate, poor material, just make do with it…
After reading the description, Jiang Xun secretly compared them in his mind.
Then he quickly picked up the pendant of the 【magic source】 like a treasure, breathed on it, and rubbed it against his collar to make sure it was shiny.
Seeing the necklace become exceptionally bright, he finally felt relieved.
My apologies, he wasn't respectful enough just now…
Compared to this free staff, the 【magic source】 was clearly a good item!
He picked up the staff and gently poked the little squirrel, who was peeling a milk candy on the magic book.
The squirrel swayed from the poke, glared at him in dissatisfaction, then continued to bury its head and eat.
Jiang Xun ignored it, opened the magic book, and carefully examined it under the faint light.
After quickly flipping through a few pages, the content of this “magic wasteland handbook” was indeed as the voice described.
It gave a general introduction to the basic situation of this world.
The very first page was an entire chronicle:
Here, once was an incredibly glorious Magic World. But a terrifying magic disaster destroyed everything…
Too many words, no substance, not reading!
Next page:
【Time】
blue star calendar: Year 1, Day 1, 0:55
(Night: 14:00—20:00, 20:00—6:00, Day: 6:00—14:00)
Jiang Xun frowned slightly, his eyes narrowed into a slit, filled with confusion.
Only 20 hours in a day? And the night takes up a full 12 hours…
This is clearly not the Blue Star’s day-night cycle!
He sighed helplessly and continued to flip:
【Weather】
Temperature: 15° ~ 24°
Weather Conditions: Clear sky, stable magic energy flow.
Wind Force: Breeze
Magic Atmosphere: The air is filled with a faint scent of moon-grass, indicating that a magic event will occur today.
Star Omen: In the night sky, stars are arranged into an ancient Magic Array, foretelling good fortune and encounters…
Isn't this magic book just a magic tablet?!
Jiang Xun complained, then flipped to the 【world channel】 (1/1).
He saw dense messages surging like a tide, refreshing and scrolling at a terrifying speed.
It made his eyes hurt.
The nearly 8 billion marked behind it was also roughly consistent with the total human population of Blue Star.
Jiang Xun secretly marveled, it seemed that everyone, adults and children alike, had been teleported over.
Do I have to nurse a child here?
He immediately felt fortunate to be alone, without having to worry about others…
Thinking of this, he looked up and tried hard to hold back his tears, continuing to read.
On the side of the chat box were:
【Area Exchange Channel】 (5/5)
9998 people
【Friends】
0 people
The channels were clearly switchable, Jiang Xun blinked, pondering inwardly.
9998 people?
Someone in the world channel just said that each Area had 10,000 people.
Then the two missing people must have already…
He took a sharp breath, a chill rising in his heart.
Hiss—the Magic World, is it really this terrifying?!
Immediately, he began to flip through the messages in the 【area channel】 again, the refresh speed was also extremely terrifying.
But he could barely make out a few sentences.
“Hey, hey, hey?”
“Holy cow, where is this? I was just sleeping?!”
“Does anyone know what’s going on? What the heck is this Magic Wasteland World?”
“Did you see those glowing plants outside? They’re so beautiful, but I wonder if they’re dangerous.”
“Mommy! Where are you?”
“There’s an animal like a wolf outside staring at me for a long time, drooling all over the place, what do I do?”
“There’s something screaming outside my place, it’s so scary!”
“Hungry! Do you guys have anything to eat? My hotpot was just served, and I got teleported here!”
“My brother-supporting sister is going to dominate the Magic World! Avada Kedavra!”
“Got a novice weapon! I’m going out to kill that tiger right now!”
…
9997 / 10000
“Mourn for Big Brother!”
“Mourn for Big Brother!”
“Mourn for Big Brother!”
…
“Hey, have you guys learned the Acquisition Art given by the system?”
Seeing this, Jiang Xun paused, first mourning for the brave Big Brother for three seconds, then opened his own information:
【Personal Information】
Name: Jiang Xun
Level: Glimmer (Glimmer—Firefly—Star—Bright Moon…)
Strength: 3 (5)
Agility: 5 (5)
Stamina: 4 (5)
Intelligence: 8 (5)
Magic: 210 (100)
Skills: Acquisition Art (Level 1)
The values in parentheses are the standard for a healthy adult, and it's clear that Jiang Xun, apart from his intelligence.
Is utterly useless!
No, am I that bad?
Jiang Xun saw his meager 3 points of strength and sighed, rubbing his forehead.
Actually, it wasn't his fault.
Years of being bedridden had left him with no ability to exercise, so his body was naturally very weak.
Fortunately, he could still make up for it in the future!
The “magic wasteland handbook” also had functions like a trading post and Shelter information at the back, but they were currently empty.
He pushed aside “Wala” who was standing on the magic book, hands on hips, demanding candy.
Jiang Xun hummed a little tune, hugged the magic book, and sat at the entrance of the tent.
He began to scroll through the “short videos” of the Magic Wasteland World.
“Wala” was the name Jiang Xun gave the little squirrel; he originally wanted to call it milk candy.
But he had just picked it up and looked, and this little thing seemed to be male, so he named it “Wala.”
And he didn't care if it wanted to or not…
Anyway, it couldn’t speak human language!
Opening the area channel chat box, the area channel was now bustling.
“I chose 【Novice Sword】 and it added 1 point of strength for me!”
“Mine is 【Novice Axe】, it added 1 point of stamina!”
“My 【Novice Bow and Arrow】, it added 1 point of agility and 10 points of magic!”
“Ah? Why did it add 10 magic? I knew it, I should’ve chosen 【Novice Bow and Arrow】!”
“Exactly, exactly, this isn’t fair! I want to switch!”
“Envy the big shot, if you get rich, take me with you!”
“What’s there to envy? It only gave me five arrows! The system said if I want others, I have to find materials to craft them myself!”
“Then never mind. By the way, can an axe chop trees?”
“Why chop trees?”
“Didn’t the handbook say that upgrading a Magic Tent to a Magic Hut requires 100 units of wood, 100 units of stone, and 1 unit of magic material!”
“Didn’t it say there was also a hidden upgrade method?”
“Didn’t see the specific requirements…”
“The tent can be upgraded? That’s right, otherwise I feel that outer shield will be torn open by that magic wolf sooner or later?”
“Bro, there’s a wolf outside and you’re still chatting here, is your mental fortitude really that good?”
“What’s there to fear? I’m a terrifying bipedal ape with a weapon, can an animal bully me?!”
“I’ve been working out for many years, my strength is a full 7 points, I’ll kill it after sending this message!”
“Big Brother is mighty!”
“Big Brother V587!”
…
9996 / 10000
Seeing that the area channel population had decreased by one again, Jiang Xun rubbed his temples, a headache forming.
The inherent flaws of humanity!
Even with a precedent, some people still couldn't recognize reality!
In the Magic Wasteland World, the monsters at night were clearly not something humans could deal with at this stage!
Thinking of this, Jiang Xun couldn't help but feel a surge of relief again.
Thankfully, when he went crazy earlier, that terrifying screaming magic beast didn't attack him!
He really lost his head!
He'll change that now!
Jiang Xun's originally bold demeanor instantly deflated, and he turned and burrowed back into the tent…
