Chapter 2: Hidden Profession

Level 8 great gale.

"Ding~ This nickname has already been taken."

I'm the most handsome.

"Taken…"

A rich woman fell in love with me.

"…"

Don't make the name too long.

"…"

This nickname is taken.

"…"

What a talent—Su Sheng himself is hopeless at coming up with names; the names he thought up from hot memes have almost all been taken.

It's actually quite normal; the ten-year-old hit 《Heroes》 has already earned Teng Long Company a reputation, plus the extensive promotion over this period.

The popularity of 《Chasing the Deer》 is unprecedented, and these character creation options can be done before the game officially starts.

So, almost all players had finished creating their characters before the game officially launched; it's estimated that only Su Sheng, among the first batch of players, created his character after the game opened.

Think about it, that ID I used before was either thought up by myself or helped by my die-hard friend; that friend is a semi-literary youth… well, he gave himself that position.

Forget it, why am I suddenly recalling all those messy past things?

Mo Wen Qianchen has regrets…

Got it, naming.

Mo Wen Qianchen.

"Taken…"

Then, Mo Wen Qianchen.

"Detected nickname available, use it?"

"Confirm use."

"Ding~ Nickname confirmed, character generation in progress."

"Character generation successful, entering the game."

"Ding, esteemed player, you have entered Newbie Village No. 999989; wish you a pleasant journey."

Wow, there really are a lot of people.

Looking at the system notification's newbie village number, Su Sheng felt a wave of emotion.

A feeling of weightlessness came, followed quickly by the return of senses.

Su Sheng only felt a sudden headache.

It's not that he's unaccustomed; having experienced 《Heroes》, he's long adapted to scene transitions in virtual games.

But it's too noisy.

A deafening noise surged in from all directions.

"Don't squeeze, people in front move forward."

"Having collision volume is really annoying; hurry up, you in front—I specially came late into the game, why haven't you gone out to fight monsters yet?"

"Who the hell touched my ass, I'm a guy!"

"You damn it, there are no girls here, stop squeezing or you'll get pregnant!"

Because of the realistic tactile feedback of the virtual reality game, male and female players are separated during birth teleportation, with females appearing in another square of the newbie village; although it's the same newbie village, the spawn points are separate.

Huaxia's massive population base means this game is definitely crowded to the extreme, and it's only thanks to the game's sufficiently grand background and sufficiently large map.

Su Sheng spent some effort to squeeze out of the crowd; he didn't expect that even after entering the game so late, there would still be so many people.

He still underestimated the Chinese people's enthusiasm for Teng Long Company's 《Chasing the Deer》.

After squeezing out of the crowd, Su Sheng opened the character panel.

Nickname: Mo Wen Qianchen

Class: Apprentice Knight

Level: 1

Attack: 1 (Physical)

Defense: 1 (Physical)

Defense: 1 (Magic)

HP: 110 (Players automatically gain 10 points per level up.)

Satiety: 100 (Daily activities consume hunger points; if hunger is too low, it affects stats; at zero, HP continuously drops.)

Battle Intent: 0/100

Strength: 1 (Affects physical attack and physical crit rate)

Intelligence: 1 (Affects magic attack and magic crit rate)

Constitution: 1 (Affects physical defense and HP)

Spirit: 1 (Affects magic defense and mana; magic class boosts magic penetration)

Agility: 1 (Affects movement attack speed; agility class boosts armor penetration)

A pretty standard combat-5-trash newbie.

Looking at the backpack, there's a novice wooden sword that adds one attack, a wooden shield that adds one defense, and five steamed buns that only add hunger.

Equipping the weapon and shield adds one to attack and defense, huh… still combat-5-trash.

The clothing he's wearing has no attributes.

By the way, I still have one lottery draw chance, right?

Soon Su Sheng found the lottery interface in the system interface, with 1 use left.

A big roulette wheel, containing all kinds of miscellaneous items.

Grades are distinguished by color: white, green, blue, purple, orange, red, and colorful.

The white region occupies about seventy percent, green ten percent, and the rest combined make up twenty percent; the colorful region is practically just a single line.

Su Sheng couldn't help but complain in his heart, wishing he could avoid giving it if possible.

Never mind, it's free anyway—getting anything isn't a loss.

Thinking this, Su Sheng felt a bit relieved and directly clicked to draw.

The pointer started spinning.

Having prepared himself mentally, Su Sheng simply had no expectations.

Then came a slap in the face—Su Sheng's breathing instantly quickened, as after the pointer slowly paused, it infinitely approached that sliver of color.

Colorful is a Divine Artifact, the highest‑grade item in the 《Zhu Lu》 game—getting it is never a loss.

Could Teng Long Company have found its conscience?

Then, under Su Sheng's tense gaze, the lottery pointer on the wheel slowly slid across the seven‑color area…

In an instant Su Sheng was greatly disappointed—what a mind‑game! Sure enough, Teng Long is still that stingy Teng Long.

"Ding, congratulations player on obtaining the item 'Hidden Class' token."

"This lottery draw is over; the lottery interface will close shortly."

Huh? Su Sheng raised his eyebrows, only then noticing that the pointer had passed over the colorful area but stopped in the red area.

Second only to the colorful Divine Artifact is the Red Legend.

At this moment, the lottery interface closed, and even the opening link disappeared—obviously it was a one‑time use.

Su Sheng hurriedly opened his backpack.

Hidden Class token (Legendary)

After use, one can obtain a Hidden Class matching the player's profession template.

Bound to: Mo Wen Qianchen

Note: Cannot be traded, cannot be dropped (honor players who relinquish their honor nickname receive compensation for the lottery draw, limited to honor players themselves).

Regarding this, Su Sheng pursed his lips, thinking it could be traded; if tradable, he'd give it to Huan Jie, after all he entered the game just to help Huan Jie, not necessarily investing much effort.

But for now it can only be used by himself, so he couldn't be bothered to keep it.

Use.

"Ding~"

"Using item, Hidden Class token."

"Detected player profession template as Knight, obtained Hidden Class, Lion Knight."

"Profession template changed; please check it yourself."

Lion Knight? What the heck is that?

Su Sheng had thought he'd get something like a Death Knight.

He had never even heard of a Lion Knight.

Afterward Su Sheng opened the character panel; overall there wasn't much change.

Just the profession changed from Apprentice Knight to Young Lion.

Just gained an additional profession talent.

Every profession has an initial talent; the Knight's initial talent is Toughness, exempting 2% of damage taken.

The initial skill is Heroic Strike: two attacks each with 70% attack power, plus a slight Taunt effect that restores five Battle Intent.

Now there's an additional talent, Lion Stance.

Lion Stance (Lion Knight Talent)

Passive: Attack‑Defense Balance

The Way of the Lion: not only must one have a strong physique, but also sharp fangs.

Attack and defense remain equal (take the higher value).

"Holy shit! Awesome!"

Su Sheng directly exclaimed!