"Another group of small fries has entered. It feels like more and more Combat Professionist are Awakening recently. I've seen quite a few myself!"
"Isn't that the truth? Just now, I saw a bunch of people crowded in the Rank 1 monster area, ganging up on those rabbits. The rabbits were really getting beaten up."
"Haha, weren't we all like that back in the day? It really makes me nostalgic for the youthful energy of our younger days!"
Shen Xingyan was currently wearing a virtualized outfit. Looking around, the street was packed with all sorts of people in strange equipment. It was clear at a glance that they were all members of the Human Race who had experienced combat, and an unconscious, fierce Qi emanated from their bodies.
Combat Professionist, considered rare in the outside world, were ubiquitous in this small village. This contrast made Shen Xingyan feel like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, a bit overwhelmed!
The street was a cacophony of hawkers' cries, shouts for team formation, and various discussions, creating an exceptionally lively atmosphere.
"Is this what people were like in the distant past, without external pressure? What a relaxed feeling!" Shen Xingyan couldn't help but exclaim.
He thought about how, in the outside world, they could be attacked by Disasters at any moment. So, apart from training and going out to buy necessities, people spent most of their time in heavily fortified rooms, subconsciously feeling a sense of security.
This kind of scene, however, only occasionally appeared in the Central District and its surrounding areas, but the atmosphere there was never this relaxed and pleasant.
Shen Xingyan thought to himself: No wonder those who have Awakened a profession like to stay here all day. Firstly, it's true that they can raise their Professional Rank here and earn the money needed to improve their real-world strength.
Secondly, it must be this relaxed atmosphere that allows them to temporarily forget the ever-present pressure of the outside world.
Shaking his head lightly, Shen Xingyan checked his item bar.
With a thought, an item bar with thirty-six slots appeared before him. The empty slots made the entire item bar look particularly desolate.
Only the first three slots contained the essential items provided by Xingyuan World for new players: a coarse cloth pair of pants, a linen shirt, and a hoe.
Item: Coarse Linen Pants
Attributes: No Rank requirement, no attribute bonus, no durability limit, provides basic cold protection and warmth. Essential pants for new Farmer players.
Item: Coarse Linen Top
Attributes: No Rank requirement, no attribute bonus, no durability limit, provides basic cold protection and warmth. Essential top for new Farmer players.
Item: Hoe
Attributes: Physical Attack +1
No Rank requirement, no durability limit. An essential tool for the Farmer profession.
Shen Xingyan looked at the attributes of these three professional starter items and couldn't help but smile wryly. Such attributes were truly far from what was described in books, perfectly fitting the description of essential starter equipment.
Now he just needed a straw hat, and his complete Farmer image would be set.
However, Shen Xingyan also discovered one good thing about the starter equipment: there was no durability limit. As long as he kept wearing this outfit in the future, he wouldn't need to go to the tailor or blacksmith for repairs, which would save a large sum of money.
After checking the equipment, Shen Xingyan then turned his gaze to the bottom right corner of the item bar, to the magical wallet that could circulate normally in reality.
At this moment, it displayed "10 copper coins," which was also one of Xingyuan's basic provisions for new players.
After all, engaging in professional activities in Xingyuan World required stamina consumption. This money allowed new players with no economic foundation to buy food to replenish their stamina when it was low.
This prevented their stamina from dropping below 3 points, which would lead to a weakened state.
The silver coin and gold coin slots, of course, both displayed large, bold, colorful "0"s, as if mocking Shen Xingyan and giving him an urge to eliminate them.
Through repeated understanding in school, Shen Xingyan knew that the conversion rate between gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins was 1:1000.
The value of 1 copper coin, according to what was taught in school, was equivalent to 10 cents before the Original Energy outbreak.
And these 10 copper coins were equivalent to 1 yuan from before. By analogy, 1 silver coin was equivalent to 100 yuan, and 1 gold coin was quite a lot, equivalent to as much as 100,000 yuan from before.
For Shen Xingyan to eliminate these "0"s with his Farmer profession, it was truly a long and arduous Dao.
After checking these, Shen Xingyan's mind moved, and he immediately appeared in his Professional Space.
"Congratulations! You have entered the Farmer Professional Space for the first time. Reward: one bag of wheat seeds!"
As soon as he entered the Professional Space, this prompt appeared beside Shen Xingyan's ear. He subconsciously opened his item bar, and sure enough, the wheat seeds from the prompt had appeared in the fourth slot of his item bar.
With a thought, the attributes of the wheat seeds also appeared before Shen Xingyan's eyes:
Item: Wheat Seeds
Attributes: Maturity period 10 days, plantable area 600 square meters.
Seeing the seed's attributes, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but marvel at how considerate Xingyuan World was. It had almost considered all the items a new player would need.
Now, clothes, tools, and seeds were all provided for him; all that was left was for him to get to work himself.
Although considerate, the value of these items was too low, making the Original Energy World seem a bit too stingy.
Shen Xingyan's gaze shifted, surveying the space around him that belonged to him, and a sense of security arose in his heart.
Every life Professional would have such a Professional Space of their own. This was a unique function for life Professionals compared to Combat Professionist in the Xingyuan World.
Life Professionals like Shen Xingyan could gain corresponding professional experience points by using their Professional Skills and harvesting their professional results within the Professional Space, thereby achieving the goal of upgrading their Professional Rank.
At the same time, the harvested professional results could be sold to the Xingyuan Mall or traded privately with others, thereby obtaining Xingyuan's most important resource—money.
Combat Professionist did not have the Professional Space function. They only needed to accept various quests, then go to the wilderness or dungeons to kill monsters, level up, and obtain loot.
Of course, Combat Professionist earned money much faster than life Professionals like Shen Xingyan, after all, plundering always yielded greater rewards than creating!
Shen Xingyan looked at the small plot of land in the Professional Space, estimated to be about one mu, or around 600 square meters. Although it didn't look large, it was enough to keep him busy all day.
As the saying goes, with grain in hand, one's heart is at ease. With this space, Shen Xingyan felt that he and his sister would not starve in the future.