Shadows of the Eternal Forest

By Lee Duong

Shenzhen in March was already sunny. Walking on the street, sweat kept coming out, and the sticky body was very uncomfortable. Hao Fuxing looked up at the sun in the sky and decided to continue walking. It was a rare opportunity to do aerobic exercise when sitting in the house to work every day. Hao Fuxing was moving tod

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shadows of the Eternal Forest
• Release date: May 20, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869386885

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My name is Hao Fuxing

Shenzhen in March was already sunny. Walking on the street, sweat kept coming out, and the sticky body was very uncomfortable. Hao Fuxing looked up at the sun in the sky and decided to continue walking. It was a rare opportunity to do aerobic exercise when sitting in the house to work every day.

Hao Fuxing was moving today. As a boy, he didn't have much luggage. The big stuff had already been checked in to the destination, and the only things he brought with him were small items.

Fashionable Shenzhen is full of youthful atmosphere. Even at noon, the streets are still crowded with people. Especially those beautiful girls wearing cool clothes, which really feasted Hao Fuxing's eyes. The white thighs kept shaking in front of his eyes. Even if he tried hard not to look at them, he was afraid that they would fall into the sewer if he was not careful.

He quickened his pace, not caring about the pain of sweating. Who told Hao Fuxing to have a good sense of time? If he said he would arrive at 1 pm, it would never take more than a minute. Well, more importantly, the person Hao Fuxing was going to meet was a classmate of many years, and Hao Fuxing moved in with her.

I haven't seen you for a few years, and I don't know what Haitang looks like now. He thought about it and guessed the changes in his old classmate.

When there were still ten minutes to 1pm, Hao Fuxing had already arrived at the destination. Standing in front of the door, he saw a pretty girl opening the door for him. He was immediately surprised by the change in his old classmate Bai Haitang. So pretty! Ahem, once upon a time, I had pursued this girl, but I was young and ignorant at that time, and I didn't know what love was. The feeling at that time should have been a kind of ignorant affection.

Bai Haitang is as her name suggests, not only has fair skin, but also has the elegant temperament of a begonia. She wore a blue suspender, and her surging breasts were extremely eye-catching, which immediately made Hao Fuxing unable to help but take a few more glances, and the shorts she wore on her lower body perfectly showed off her slender and delicate legs.

My god! Girls really change a lot when they grow up! Hao Fuxing sighed again, when I liked her back then, this girl was very ordinary.

Fuxing, come in! Bai Haitang looked at Hao Fuxing with a smile, stepped slightly away and made a gesture of invitation.

Haha, you've changed so much! Hao Fuxing said with a smile. He was depressed to find that he was so busy looking at the beauties that he forgot to introduce himself. Hello everyone, my name is Hao Fuxing, I'm 21, 22, 34, 25 years old this year, ahem, you can guess the exact age. I'm currently single and I've been wandering around Shenzhen all year round.

Hao Fuxing walked into the big house with three bedrooms and one living room. This is Luohu District. Bai Haitang's adoptive father really loves her and actually bought her a house here for her to live in alone. Throwing his backpack on the sofa, Hao Fuxing looked Bai Haitang up and down and said, Haitang, what do you usually eat? Why are you so beautiful?

You're still so talkative, so annoying! Bai Haitang rolled her eyes at Hao Fuxing, but she wasn't angry at all. She brought Hao Fuxing a glass of juice and said, Hao Fuxing, do you admit your guilt?

Hao Fuxing was stunned and asked, What crime has Hao Fuxing committed?

Humph! You've been in Shenzhen for three years, and you haven't come to see me once. Do you think I, your old classmate, should be embarrassed? Bai Haitang complained angrily, and said faintly: If it wasn't for the stinky egg who told me that you were in Shenzhen, how long would you have kept it a secret from me?

Hey, didn't I want to bring one more person? Who knew that girl wouldn't pay attention to me.

Hao Fuxing joked that he had known that Bai Haitang was in Shenzhen for a long time, and he deliberately didn't contact this old classmate. After all, they hadn't seen each other for several years, and her family was well-off. Hao Fuxing would feel inferior if he saw her. It was just that a buddy, the rotten egg in Bai Haitang's mouth, said that Bai Haitang had suffered misfortune this year, her adoptive parents passed away, and all the family property in Hong Kong was gone, leaving only this house in Shenzhen.

To put it bluntly, Hao Fuxing moved here to accompany Bai Haitang through this sad period. She was an orphan, and her adoptive parents had done a lot for her. Now that her adoptive parents had passed away, Bai Haitang suffered an unprecedented blow. After many classmates knew about this, they all expressed their willingness to let Hao Fuxing move here. However, they did not consider that living here would make Hao Fuxing 20 kilometers away from the company.

However, Hao Fuxing did not object to this. After all, life is long, and it is definitely a good thing to have a group of friends who care about you. Therefore, Hao Fuxing must learn to care about others.

Hao Fuxing and the others sat casually in the living room, chatting about everything under the sun. What she didn't expect was that Bai Haitang actually kept her elementary and middle school graduation photos, as well as the most recent group photo. Whenever she talked about the funny things that happened to her classmates, she would laugh happily, even laughing so hard that she fell forward and backward.

Oh my God! She had no understanding of men's feelings. Didn't she notice that Hao Fuxing's eyes were lost between her breasts and legs, or didn't she see the bright red blood under Hao Fuxing's nose!

To be honest, Hao Fuxing never realized that he was a chatterbox. He chatted from afternoon to night, and even after dinner, he still had endless topics to talk about. If she hadn't reminded him, Hao Fuxing would have even forgotten to take a shower.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, cold water washed away the sweat on his body, and Hao Fuxing lay on the bed, smiling and took out a sky blue helmet. Free Tomorrow is the most popular virtual online game, and Hao Fuxing spent three thousand dollars to buy it.

The reason why Hao Fuxing bought this gaming helmet was not for gaming, but to make money. Yes, to make money. Hao Fuxing is a child from an ordinary family. His parents worked hard at home so that Hao Fuxing could start a family and build a career as soon as possible. Hao Fuxing really couldn't bear to see his parents working so hard, so he always wanted to find a part-time job after work.

Free Tomorrow is definitely a game with potential!

This is not just Hao Fuxing's evaluation, but the evaluation of the vast majority of people.

So Hao Fuxing decided to go to the game to make money. Of course, Hao Fuxing also knew his own strength, just one of the thousands of people in the river. Without much gaming experience, a large network of contacts, and an extraordinary physique, Hao Fuxing's starting point was not high. Hao Fuxing understood this very well, so he positioned himself early on - to make money as his purpose, not to have fun.

So, Hao Fuxing, an ordinary person, entered this extraordinary game with an ordinary dream of making some money.

When Hao Fuxing regained consciousness again, he was shocked to find himself floating in a universe of infinite light and darkness. Four big words vaguely appeared in front of him - Free Tomorrow!

It seemed like a long time had passed, and the space and time seemed to be frozen in eternity. Suddenly, the horizon began to change and speed up. Hao Fuxing was like a shooting star, sliding forward rapidly. The surrounding planets flashed by his eyes like a passing show. In this situation, Hao Fuxing really experienced the loneliness of a shooting star.

After flying for several light years, Hao Fuxing finally stopped at a nearly infinitely large hall. It was hard to tell what kind of building it was. It was also floating in the universe. Hao Fuxing could only see nine pillars with a diameter like a train. Different pictures appeared on each pillar, most of which were time, completely different times.

Welcome to the Temple of Time and Space. I am Banban, the temple's messenger.

A strange object appeared in the temple. It looked very strange, like a starfish that had been magnified several times. It was slowly floating over and smiled at Hao Fuxing and said, Welcome to Free Tomorrow. Please choose a character race.

It seems that it is responsible for guiding the creation of characters, but why isn't she a beautiful woman?

Puzzled, Hao Fuxing cast his eyes to the three virtual self-portraits in front of him. All three were Hao Fuxing, a human like in reality, a mighty orc, and a handsome elf. Different races had different attribute bonuses, there was no good or bad, it just depended on one's own ideas.

Hao Fuxing still thinks that humans are more suitable for him. Well, I, Hao Fuxing, should be a human. Let me have a chance to be a human (it turns out you are not a human yet…). Human race.

Please set the character name.

Lucky star!

The character name is available, please select a combat profession. There are seven combat professions in Free Tomorrow: Warrior, Knight, Assassin, Archer, Summoner, Priest, and Mage.

Seven game characters who looked exactly like him appeared in front of him. Hao Fuxing curled his lips and thought, I'd better be a mage. This guy seems to have a special preference for long-range professions.

………

In three minutes, Hao Fuxing completed all other settings, such as appearance settings, sound effects, sensory levels, quick calls and so on.

An extremely gorgeous white light flashed, and Hao Fuxing Dafuxing was in the novice village No. 5858 - Jinshan Village. Oh, what an auspicious number, 5858 I will make money, I am destined to make a fortune!

02 Let’s do the task

The name of the Novice Village is really extraordinary! Jinshan Village, look how auspicious it is!

Hahahaha! Da Fuxing laughed arrogantly (the game calls him by that name in the game).

I don't know who it was, but when passing by the lucky star, he said in a floating voice: Where did this 2B come from?

Ahem, that person is really unromantic, he doesn't know how to praise such a nice village. Da Fuxing said to himself awkwardly, and found that everyone around him was in a hurry, trying to seize the precious time at the beginning. I have to seize the time too! Da Fuxing imitated others and ran away.

Like other novice villages, Jinshan Village is not too big, but it has everything, including equipment stores, pharmacies, and clothing stores! Amid the comings and goings of people, Comrade Dafuxing walked around, talked to several NPCs, and finally received a mission from the guard at the entrance of the village.

The guard at the entrance of the village was frowning and sighing: Those rats are so abominable. Not only do they destroy the crops, but they also often run into residents' homes and destroy furniture and clothes. Can you help me get rid of some of them?

Ding, do you want to accept the mission 'Eliminate Rat Infestation'? The mission requires killing at least 10 large rats. The difficulty is 100%.

When the system prompt sounded, Da Fuxing agreed without hesitation. There were not many tasks in the game, and although the difficulty was 100%, he had to take them on.

Da Fuxing didn't start the task right away. He decided to buy some medicine first. Safety first. While trotting towards the drug store, Da Fuxing checked his condition.

Big Fortune, Human, Level 0

Constitution (affects Qi and blood value, weight bearing.) 7

Intelligence (affects mana, magic damage, and magic defense.) 10

Strength (affects physical damage, physical defense) 5

Agility (affects speed, hit rate) 5

Luck (affects critical hit, burst rate) 1

HP: 56

Mana: 40

Magic Damage: 35

Physical defense value: 25

Magical Defense Value: 30

Weapon: Apprentice's Staff, increases magic damage by 5 points.

Equipment: Apprentice suit, increases physical defense by 10 points.

Skill: Small Fireball (Low Level) Currently at a low level, adds 10 points of magic damage, has a cooldown of 1 second, and consumes some MP.

These are the most basic attributes. Dafuxing did not look at the detailed attributes. When a character is born, the system will give a gold coin as everyone's starting capital. I thought this gold coin would last a long time, but Dafuxing sadly discovered that he underestimated the stinginess of the main brain.

In the drugstore, Da Fuxing looked around, and finally pouted helplessly. He spent all his money and bought four bottles of red medicine and one bottle of blue medicine, all of which were primary recovery potions.

Outside the village, in the green wheat fields, large gray mice were roaming recklessly. These mice were so bold that they didn't care about the humans in front of them at all.

When Da Fuxing arrived at his destination, he looked up at the sky. It was