Chapter 008: Main Quest

[Xixi, did you log into the Divine Fall Continent? It’s amazing—it’s a whole other world!]
[Xixi, let’s add each other as friends. My ID is…]

Yun Xi didn’t say much and simply opened the game system to add Tu Jiaojiao as a friend.

[Too bad we can only top-up 648 yuan a day. I wanted to spend more, you know.]
Tu Jiaojiao complained a little—money was never an issue for her.

[Since this is a real world, there must be limits. Jiaojiao, be careful in the game. I played for a few hours, and the atmosphere felt… off. I think it could be dangerous,] Yun Xi warned her.

[Come on, it’s a game. Of course we’ll have to fight monsters and do quests.] Tu Jiaojiao replied casually.

[Jiaojiao, have you considered that we’re entering the game with our actual bodies? If we get injured or even die…]

Tu Jiaojiao was briefly stunned. She wasn’t stupid—she understood what Yun Xi was getting at.

[Xixi, I’ll be careful. You be cautious too.]

[Mm. Don’t act recklessly. If you encounter danger, log out immediately.]

That was one of the current beginner perks. During the beta test phase, logging out during combat was still allowed—one of the most crucial survival tools for Blue Star players.

At the same time, Yu Jinxiang also sent a similar message. Yun Xi added her as a friend too and gave her the same warnings.

After chatting with the two of them, it was about 6:00 PM.

Yun Xi put on the coarse linen robes gifted by the game and clicked “log in.”

That familiar sense of disorientation washed over her. When she came to, she was already back in the little wooden hut on the Divine Fall Continent.

A sliver of white light had begun rising on the horizon. She had returned just in time—dawn was breaking.

She got up and opened the door. The eerie, oppressive darkness of the village had lifted, replaced by bright and clear morning sunlight.

Compared to her hasty look around last night, Yun Xi could now take in the full view of the starter village.

Aside from six scattered wooden huts, there was only a fire pit in the center that was slowly dying out, a four-square-meter plot of farmland outside the huts, and a single well.

Her eyes lit up at the sight of the farmland.

Now that she was a spellcaster, she could visualize spirit energy.

She clearly saw a spirit array covering the farmland—meant to protect it from being corrupted by ghost energy.

That was extremely rare for a starter village.

This meant that someone in the village was a formation master, at least a Level 10 spellcaster, as only those with that level of spirit energy control could set up anti-corruption spirit arrays.

For Yun Xi, this was excellent news.

A powerful spellcaster willing to guard such a small village—for whatever reason—meant she had a degree of safety early on.

Not to mention, this person likely held significant resources. While Yun Xi didn’t plan to spend massive amounts of currency to buy them, someone at that level would definitely know the safest route to nearby towns. That was what Yun Xi valued most.

The Divine Fall Continent was virtually boundless, and villages were spaced far apart.

The wilderness was too dangerous—without a specific route, no one dared travel.

To reach a big town, one either had to ask village elders or find their way blindly.

“Adventurer, you’re awake?”

As she was thinking, the middle-aged man who helped her last night walked over.

Yun Xi nodded.

“Come with me. I’ll take you to see the village chief.”

She followed him to the most well-crafted wooden house at the center of the village.

“Adventurer, you can go in yourself. The village chief is waiting for you.”

Yun Xi knocked on the door.

“Come in,” came a warm voice from inside.

She pushed the door open and stepped in.

The layout was similar to her own hut, but larger, with more refined furniture and a clean white quilt on the bed.

The village chief sat at a table, smiling gently at her.

He looked like a young man—delicate features, clear eyes—but Yun Xi could sense the faint air of age beneath the surface. He wasn’t really “young.”

“Hello, dear adventurer. Welcome to the Divine Fall Continent.”

“Hello, Village Chief.”

“Please, have a seat,” he said, gesturing to the seat across from him.

Yun Xi obeyed.

“You’ve probably seen it already—our village is tiny, and resources are very limited. If you want to settle here, I’m afraid…”

The chief trailed off, but his meaning was clear: the village couldn’t afford to support her.

“Village Chief, please speak plainly,” Yun Xi said. She wasn’t sure what the arrangement was—after all, she didn’t know much about the Shu Yu Plains. Were they trying to send her away?

“What I mean is—we don’t support idlers here. If you want to stay, you’ll need to join the Night Watch team.

Once you join, the village will provide your daily meals, help set your training schedule, and assign a master to teach you basic martial arts. If you have spellcasting talent, I will personally train you.”

“If you wish to leave, I’ll be heading to Qinglan Town next month. You can come with me. But of course, you’ll have to handle your own food until then.”

[Ding! Main Quest 1 Activated:]
Please choose whether to stay or leave the village.
Quest Reward: 10 Copper Coins
Quest Penalty: None

As soon as the prompt appeared, Yun Xi’s eyes flashed in understanding. As expected, refugees and official players had different main quests.

She remembered that refugees had one goal: survive. For every day they lived, they received one copper coin until they shed their refugee status and the quest ended.

Official players, however, were different—even a simple choice like this came with a 10-coin reward.

“Village Chief, if I choose to stay, can I still leave later?”

“You can, but you’ll need to pay a fee—or work in the village for ten full years.”

Yun Xi frowned slightly. The rules here on the Shu Yu Plains were very different from where she had been in her past life.

The chief’s meaning was clear: joining the Night Watch meant enjoying resources upfront, and if you wanted to leave, you had to pay your dues.

“I understand. I choose to leave.”

If Yun Xi didn’t have the inheritance crystal, she might have chosen to stay. With her spellcasting talent, she could have apprenticed under this Level-10-or-higher spellcaster.

But she didn’t need anyone’s teachings.

The first closed beta only lasted ten days. This month, she could only stay in the village for that long.

The second beta would begin exactly one month later—just in time to follow the village chief to Qinglan Town.

[Ding! Main Quest 1 Completed.
You’ve earned 10 Copper Coins.
They’ve been automatically deposited into your system account.]

After Yun Xi answered, the chief’s expression remained unchanged.

“Alright. You can go. There’s no rental fee for the hut you’re currently staying in.”

Yun Xi wasn’t short on money, but she was still pleasantly surprised—this kind of treatment was truly one of a kind.