Chapter 2: with translation of chapter title

Not long after, the panel began to flash, displaying Li Qingxuan's occupation, with 【Weird Master】 prominently shown.

【Name: Li Qingxuan】

【Age: 24】

【Gender: Male】

【Constitution: 6】

【Spirit: 7】（Adult average value is 5）

【Occupation: Weird Master】

【Ability: Weird Encyclopedia, Domination, Devour Evolution】

【Evaluation: An ordinary and somewhat handsome man; if he doesn't grow quickly, he could die any second.】

Li Qingxuan saw the occupation column showing Weird Master, his face excited as if he'd taken a stimulant, "Holy shit, awakened Weird Master, I'm not gonna fly!"

Li Qingxuan hurriedly calmed his emotions and began to check his abilities.

【Ability: Weird Encyclopedia】

【Description: Can display information about encountered weird creatures; after killing a weird creature, its data can be recorded in the Weird Encyclopedia.】

【Ability: Domination】

【Description: Can dominate weird creatures whose spirit is no higher than one's own, up to (Spirit/50) in number.】

【Ability: Devour Evolution】

【Description: The Weird Encyclopedia automatically records weird creature corpses, absorbing their energy to increase Constitution or Spirit, and has a chance to gain the weird creature's ability.】

"What the hell is this, can't even dominate a single one? This Weird Master is just a bare-bones commander, boo hoo, my dream of a million-strong army is shattered."

Li Qingxuan thought to first check the Weird Encyclopedia to learn about weird creatures in this world, but unexpectedly found no weird information at all, and he felt utterly disheartened: "I'm tired, let it be destroyed."

"Forget it, better to check the chat channel to ease my mind and maybe get some info."

Upon opening the chat channel page, I saw the chat channel divided into World Channel, Regional Channel, Private Chat, and Friend List.

The World Channel is gray and cannot be opened at all; the Friend List and Private Chat channels are empty, so I opened the Regional Channel.

【Regional Channel, Number of People: /】

【Li Erlong: No, you little* bastard, where the hell did this bring me? Is this still domestic?】

【Wang Xing: We're already in another world, stop joking, hurry up and think of what to do!】

【Liu Xing: Hahaha, I awakened as a Soul Emissary, I'm gonna rise, let this world tremble before me!】

【Zhao Liu: Old Four, are you there? I'm your brother, reply me as soon as you see this!】

【Sun Teng: Oh dear, it seems I and my son have both come here; having kids early was also a mistake! Son, are you there? I'm your dad!】

【Ling Dong: Are you still in the wooden house? After awakening as a Nether Warrior, I came out to hunt monsters; not saying more, there's a ghoul-like guy ahead, watch me slaughter in all directions, hahaha!】

【Wu Min: What occupations did you all awaken? I awakened as a Tailor, but I don't know what it's useful for.】

【Liu Siqi: As a girl, I awakened as a Spiritual Plant Master; this is basically a farmer, can I switch occupations?】

The messages in the Regional Channel rolled by like flowing water, there was also an option to send anonymously; Li Qingxuan hurriedly searched, finally locating the sentence Ling Dong said; when he clicked on the avatar, he found the avatar had dimmed to gray; glancing at the number of people, people, in a short moment, 68 lives had silently perished.

"So reckless, life only has one chance, this is too casual, looks like I should play it safe!" Li Qingxuan roughly browsed the messages, understanding that everyone's occupation is divided into Life Occupation and Combat Occupation.

Li Qingxuan hurriedly finished checking the remaining Trading Center and Personal Backpack.

Opening the Trading Center, it was empty, with no posted information and no items for sale.

Looking at the backpack, it has ten slots, three loaves of bread, three 500ml bottles of mineral water, an axe, and a candle neatly arranged; items can be stacked, the panel's description is simple and clear, these are basic supplies.

Only after looking at the bottom-left corner page did he notice the time and countdown displayed in the top-right corner.

【Time: 10:21】

【Night Countdown: 06:14】

Li Qingxuan closed the virtual panel, took a candle from the backpack and placed it on the candlestick, tore open a loaf of bread and ate it, then drank a bottle of water; after eating and drinking his fill, he felt much more comfortable.

"Let's go out and have a look, being careful should be fine." Li Qingxuan muttered to himself, slowly walked to the window, looked outside through the glass; outside was completely silent, no trace of any weird creature.

Afterwards, he pushed open the wooden house door and stepped out, seeing the wooden house at the foot of a low hill about 40 meters high, sitting north and facing south.

About fifty meters behind the wooden house, the mountain slope was steep as a cut, with open ground all around; on the open ground of less than 4,000 square meters, weeds and branches were scattered sparsely.

Twenty meters in front of the wooden house lay a lush forest, trees towering into the clouds, among them several trees black and twisted, resembling ghosts, giving a sense of chill.

"This position is still relatively safe; if weird creatures rush out from the forest, I only need to guard the front and both sides; they probably can't burrow out of the hill to ambush me," Li Qingxuan thought.

Li Qingxuan took an axe from his backpack, walked to the forest's edge to chop trees, "Damn, this wood is so hard, chopping 100 units of wood would take till the year of the monkey and horse month!"

Finally, Li Qingxuan spent over an hour felling a tree; as it fell, he almost got grazed by the rebounding trunk; seeing the prompt that it could be harvested, he stepped forward and collected it, obtaining 15 units of wood.

"Only got 15 units of wood from that tree, which looks tall but is surprisingly stingy. It seems relying solely on chopping trees won't get me by; I need to find a way to 'cut the leeks' to rise quickly." Li Qingxuan paused, then continued muttering, "It would be best to find survival supplies everyone lacks, or find a river; just selling water could gather the materials needed to upgrade the wooden house."

Seeing that there were less than five hours left until dark, Li Qingxuan entered the forest, walked about thirty to forty meters, observed his surroundings, and noticed a figure in the southwest direction about fifty to sixty meters away, wandering there.

Li Qingxuan held his breath and focused, stealthily approaching that blurry figure. When the distance closed to about twenty-four or twenty-five meters, he slowed his steps and cautiously poked his head out— a weird creature resembling a ghoul came into view. It was about 1.5 meters tall, with a gaunt, stick-like frame, a ferocious and terrifying visage; beside it lay still a black iron treasure chest.

Li Qingxuan focused his spirit on the weird creature, and the Weird Encyclopedia appeared in his mind, displaying this weird creature's information.

【Weird Creature: Ghoul】

【Type: Flesh Type】

【Constitution: 12】

【Spirit: 3】

【Rank: F Rank】

【Ability: Eat Corpse】

【Weak point: Head】

【Description: Low-level weird creature; consuming large amounts of other creatures' flesh allows rapid growth, and cannibalism among its kind greatly increases its growth speed.】

"Compared to this monster, my stats are pathetically weak; I can't even beat a ghoul. Although its spirit stat is low, I also have no means of spirit attack."

Li Qingxuan hid behind a tree and observed for a while, "This ghoul's strength is astonishing, its speed is also ridiculously fast, it seems I have no way out, I'd better retreat quickly." Li Qingxuan muttered while slowly retreating to a distance.

At that moment, the ghoul suddenly sniffed hard in the air a few times, then turned its head, fixing its hollow eyes dead on Li Qingxuan's position.

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