Chapter 55: Complete Status Window

[Time until this return: 71:59:40.]

"Three days of rest this time... not bad."

After returning once more, Qin Yuan logged into the forum as usual.

To his surprise, the version had updated yet again.

[Official Announcement: Internal Test Version V1.4 Update Notice (Full Player Panel Features Coming Soon)]

[Dear players, during the initial release of the game, certain functions of the player panel remained in the testing phase, causing players to only see basic information such as their class and level.]

[The full version of the player panel features has now completed all testing and will soon be launched.]

[Compared to the current stage, the full version will display much more detailed personal information, including actual numerical values for physique, dexterity, mental value, and even element affinity, which will help players better understand their own condition.]

[The update will be completed at eight-ten this morning, at which point you can reopen the interface to view it.]

[Finally, thank you once again for the support of all players.]

[Sender: Land of Souls Development Team.]

Player panel?

Qin Yuan checked the release time; it had been posted one minute ago.

That meant it would go live in nine minutes.

After waiting for a short while, he opened the player interface again.

Sure enough, right below the experience bar, additional content had appeared.

[Player ID: Qin Yuan]
[Level: LV7 (Mage)]
[Physique: 9 points.]
[Dexterity: 7 points.]
[Mental Power: 23 points.]
[Total Mana Pool: 25 points.]
[Spell Power: 16 points.]
[Owned Abilities: Element Affinity, Language Comprehension, Eye of Revelation.]
[Fixed Skill Slots: Magic Missile ★ Common, Summon Bear Spirit ★ Rare, Mana Fountain ★ Common (Effects: Spell Power +1, Total Mana Pool +3).]
[Rune Paper Skill Slots: Fire Butterfly ★ Rare (Gold), Vine Binding ★ Common, Blink ★ Rare, Frost Wall ★ Common, Lesser Fireball ★ Common.]
[BUFF Bar: Blessing of the Sacred Vein Tree (Nature Attribute Affinity +2), Grace of the Sacred Vein Fruit (Experience Point Absorption Efficiency +20%).]
[Seven Basic Element Affinities:]
[Nature: 7 points (Amplification 35%).]
[Divine: 5 points (Amplification 25%).]
[Shadow: 5 points (Amplification 25%).]
[Fire: 5 points (Amplification 25%).]
[Frost: 5 points (Amplification 25%).]
[Space: 5 points (Amplification 25%).]
[Time: 5 points (Amplification 25%).]

Qin Yuan glanced over them, and he could basically understand everything right away.

Because he had consumed the Sacred Vein Fruit last time, which increased all elemental affinities by two points, under normal circumstances, his base affinity for each element should currently be three points.

Opening the forum and waiting for a bit, he saw that indeed, quite a few players were already enthusiastically discussing this new feature.

Among them, there was no shortage of players posting screenshots of their own panels.

Qin Yuan began to browse through them.

Judging from the information above, warrior players had far less displayed content compared to mage players.

Warriors only displayed three attributes: physique, dexterity, and mental power.

For instance, he saw a level-four warrior player whose three attributes were 14, 8, and 10 points respectively.

The data displayed by another level-three warrior player was 11, 7, and 8 points.

"If we exclude certain buffs and individual variations among players, attribute values at the same level are identical."

Scanning all the way down, Qin Yuan gained a general understanding.

As for element affinity, it was the same for mage players, defaulting to three points.

After browsing for a while, Qin Yuan opened the Pumpkin Store.

On the shelf column, besides the original items, two new goods had appeared.

...

[Warrior Class Equipment ★ (Epic): Obtain 1 random Epic-quality piece of warrior equipment. Price: 5 Pumpkin Essences (can be purchased twice).]

...

[Class Advancement Potion ★★ (General Refined Type): Upon reaching level 9, drinking this potion allows for class advancement and awakens the abilities corresponding to the class. Universal for both warrior and mage classes, and compared to the class advancement potions sold by the Mage Association, this potion slightly increases the probability of advancing into a special class. Price: 6 Pumpkin Essences (can be purchased once).]

...

Neither of these seemed to be what he wanted.

After a single glance, Qin Yuan lost interest.

In the right-hand display column, his pumpkin candle balance showed 287 points.

The pumpkin essence stood at 7 points.

His primary target at the moment was that Epic-grade magic rune paper, but because the strategy guide post had a cooldown period, he wouldn't be able to publish a new one until the day after tomorrow.

Therefore, the pumpkin essences would remain untouched for now.

Qin Yuan simply used his candles to buy two pieces of magic rune paper.

[Magic Rune Paper (Spitting Fire ★ Common): Magical paper dropped by monsters. Using it will directly activate the corresponding magic rune.]

[Spitting Fire ★: Active skill, continuously consumes mana to spew flames toward a forward fan-shaped area, dealing area-of-effect damage.]

...

[Magic Rune Paper (Spiral Flying Leaves ★ Common): Magical paper dropped by monsters. Using it will directly activate the corresponding magic rune.]

[Spiral Flying Leaves ★: Active skill, releases a large number of flying leaves with cutting damage straight ahead.]

...

"Feels like I won't use these..."

After inspecting their respective effects, Qin Yuan tossed them into his backpack to gather dust for the time being.

He could put up a trade post another day to see if anyone wanted them.

If they didn't sell within two days of listing, he would just sell them to the alchemy shop the next time he entered the Land of Souls.

Because there was a limit on the number of trade posts one could have, with a maximum of five published simultaneously, his slots were currently full due to acquiring various materials.

Qin Yuan then began browsing the content related to this Twisted Dream.

Following the appearance of the Hunter's Mark item, quite a few players had started complaining.

After all, being killed by other players, in the absence of resurrection coins, was equivalent to directly losing a life.

Many players had encountered sudden ambushes out of nowhere and perished instantly.

It wasn't until this return, after browsing the forum, that they learned the specific reasons behind it.

The resulting consequence was that a considerable portion of players who lacked confidence in their own strength declared one after another that they would not dare enter the Twisted Dream next time.

After all, after scavenging hard for half a day, everything ended up making wedding clothes for someone else—this kind of behavior was extremely damaging to one's mentality.

"This is raising Gu..."

Qin Yuan thought to himself as he saw this.

Coupled with the regional division he had learned about from the carriage merchant, his specific region naturally contained the top 1% of players, meaning the others he encountered afterward were likely to belong to the absolute elite tier.

However, regarding this aspect, Qin Yuan felt quite confident in himself. Besides, he still had two unused resurrection coins left in his backpack.

"Right."

Thinking of the carriage merchant, Qin Yuan suddenly realized that other players who had purchased resurrection coins must have also obtained some intelligence.

It was likely that some of them had shared the news they saw onto the forum.

He immediately searched for it.

Sure enough, he found related posts and gained some further information.

"I heard from the carriage merchant that a new kind of monster will appear in the Twisted Forest next time, but he only said that monster is extremely good at hiding, and that was it..."

"Damn, I ran into that merchant you mentioned too. The customer service attitude of this guy is way too poor, I really want to complain!"

"Why did the carriage merchant I ran into feel pretty decent? The information it provided me was that a creature called 'Lantern Wraith' will appear next time, which has a probability of dropping pumpkin essences when killed, but physical damage cannot hit it. If warrior players want to land a hit, they need a two-star magic material called 'Soul-Lost Sword Oil' and apply it to their weapons first."

After reading through, Qin Yuan thought silently:

"Sounds like spells can directly hit that thing called 'Lantern Wraith'."

Moreover, Feather's Soul Blade could similarly inflict damage on spiritual entities.

"If I run into it, it shouldn't be much of a problem..."

Aside from that, continuing down, Qin Yuan saw that the two pieces of intelligence he already knew about were mentioned by other players below.

However, the content provided by their carriage merchants was more detailed.

"That pumpkin-headed merchant told me that if one can kill the 'Grim Reaper', they can reap the 'Ultimate Reward', but when I asked for details, he said it couldn't be disclosed for now."

Having finished browsing, Qin Yuan pondered.

Over the next few days, he planned to pay attention to the trends in the trading market.

Mainly to look for some magic materials he could use, as well as rare-quality magic rune paper.

Given the opportunity, Qin Yuan intended to replace all the spells he possessed with rare-grade ones.

...

The next day.

A leisurely afternoon.

Waking up from a nap, Qin Yuan pulled a bottle of juice from the refrigerator, leaned back on the sofa, and scrolled through his tablet while drinking.

"It's still the most comfortable here..."

At this moment, the Whispering Grimoire was reading a book in the study.

The Nightmare Slime was over there, making a ruckus while dismantling the house.

As for Feather, she had wandered off somewhere to play.

Recently, after dinner, Qin Yuan would take them out for a stroll.

There was no specific destination; he would simply ride his small electric scooter to some deserted place to let them feel the breeze and enjoy the scenery.

Because the whistle had a distance limit, the owl couldn't travel too far from him.

For Feather, who was naturally active and loved soaring through the sky, staying cooped up at home all the time was still a bit uncomfortable.

Qin Yuan even mentioned that after the next return, he could spend a couple of days taking them out on a trip.

After all, this world also possessed quite a few magnificent landscapes.

The Whispering Grimoire was quite a homebody; unless called upon, it basically stayed in the study without moving much.

After watching a movie for a while, Qin Yuan yawned while opening the forum.

Today's trending search list had a new face, and the discussion volume was quite high.

It aroused a bit of his interest.