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Chapter 100 Impact of Large Scale Internal Testing_1

Chapter 100: Chapter 100 Impact of Large Scale Internal Testing_1

In the third year, Mu You began to abandon his impatience for quick success and truly focused on the study of magic potions. He reopened the first notebook and started reading from the beginning again.

This time, he no longer pursued progress, no longer wasted time on meaningless calculations, no longer restrained himself within the seven-year timeframe.

He realized what he truly needed was to learn the magic potion study, not just to complete the tasks set by Vivian. What if it took more than seven years? After all, he had infinite time. He would finish whenever he learned everything.

Mu You no longer tortured himself. When he wanted to rest, he closed his eyes and rested. When he had enough rest, he got up and continued reading.

When he no longer regarded reading as a task and genuinely desired to learn something, he gradually began to experience the joy of the study of magic potions, slowly immersing himself, unable to extricate himself for a time.

He continued with such a thirst for knowledge, maintaining it for seventeen years, and finally finished reading the first seven notebooks.

Mu You stroked the seven notebooks, exhaled a breath, stood up, and the shield was lifted automatically.

He chose to stop not because the task was completed or he didn’t want to continue, but because he knew that the mental fatigue accumulated over the past seventeen years had reached a critical point. If he continued, his efficiency would drastically decrease. It was unnecessary to intentionally torment himself.

Holding the cat with a poker card, Mu You turned around to see the canary on the nearby grass.

"You’ve changed a lot," Vivian looked up at him.

Mu You now, compared to seventeen years ago, had not changed at all in appearance, but his gaze had become deep and serene as water, concealing much of his heat and passion.

Mu You smiled, not responding.

Yes, he had changed. His mind had become cool and calm, his heart had become determined and strong, and he had developed great patience.

But above these, more importantly, his perspective had changed! He no longer looked down upon himself, no longer regarded himself an insignificant person, he knew what he truly needed to pursue, and he understood the views seen by Vivian and other top magic potion masters. He’d reach the height she had reached, or even surpass it someday.

He was looking forward to that day, but he wouldn’t be hasty for quick success anymore.

The growth of mentality in these seventeen years may be more important than the knowledge gained.

"Not bad."

Vivian looked into his eyes, rare to praise him, which somewhat stunned Mu You.

Over these seventeen years, Vivian had never told him well done, but always verbally abused and mocked him. The most frequent phrases Mu You heard were ’stupid’, ’so stupid’, ’even xxx is too much for you’, ’what a shame’, ’I have never seen such a foolish student like you’, ’don’t tell others you are my student outside’ and so on.

Mu You’s ears had almost grown calluses from her words. At first, she felt very hit, but afterwards, he had grown immune to such comments and took them in stride.

He didn’t expect that at the moment the class was over, Vivian didn’t speak any harsh words about him spending seventeen years reading only seven books, but praised him. Her tone seemed... relieved?

"The class for today is over. You take a break," said Vivian, changing the subject.

"Take a break?"

Mu You was somewhat amused and also embarrassed.

Indeed, he, in fact, felt not tired in the slightest because he had taken adequate sleep in the shield. During these seventeen years, he spent almost half of his time cooling down and slacking off. Otherwise, it would not have taken such a long time.

It was Vivian instead who had gone through the full seventeen years, unaffected by the time lapse, helping him keep time in silence, timing him with magic using the pocket watch outside the shield. To be honest, she was the one who had not taken any rest from beginning to end.

After finishing the class, Mu You sprawled out on the grass. With nothing else to do at the moment, he took out his phone and started the game "Fool".

He logged into the game, still in Old Farmer’s house.

It was time was only 5 a.m., not time for breakfast yet.

After logging in, Mu You first took out the three new Magic Cards he obtained from the conference: Dark Transfer, Tenacious Light, Summon Zombies.

They were inscribed one by one in the crystal, replacing the original three secret techniques.

Without hesitation, he then used Dark Transfer inside the thatched cottage.

[You have set up a Dark Teleportation Array. After setting up the same Array in other regions of the same plane, a connection can be established for mutual teleportation. Current teleportation nodes: Thatched Cottage at the foot of Foggy Mountain.]

Mu You examined the crystal. The power consumption of the array was minimal – it used less than one-tenth of his natural magic power.

That was convenient. He decided to set up a teleportation array at the Dwarf Blacksmith’s and also in the small hut in the Peace Village. It would be much more convenient to travel back and forth in the future.

After setting up the Array, Mu You didn’t rush to leave, but clicked on the granny’s text and typed in ’barrel’ in the box.

[You said you need a barrel, and the Old Farmer told you to look for one in the basement, where there are many empty barrels abandoned.]

[You went to the basement and found a large empty barrel with some leftover bad wine residue in it.]

[You brought the barrel to the well in the courtyard of the thatched cottage, cleaned it up, and then filled it with well water.]

[You have obtained ’Barrels filled with Well Water’.]

After a series of actions, Mu You clicked on the barrel text.

A chubby wooden barrel over a meter tall appeared in front of him. Opening the wooden stopper at the top, Mu You saw that it was indeed filled with well water.

This barrel was specifically prepared for the Drunkard Blacksmith. Next, Mu You needed to find a blacksmith to help him craft backpacks and weapons.

However, he couldn’t store alcohol from Earth directly in the game, so he had to mix well water with alcohol to exploit the game bug.

Mu You immediately left his house and ran to a nearby supermarket. He found the international counter and bought a crate of Vodka with a high alcohol content of 96%, known as ’Water of Life’.

Upon returning home, Mu You began his grand liquor mixing operation.

Half a barrel of well water+ half a barrel of vodka = Well water mixed with unknown liquid.

This wine was so strong that even after dilution it was about 40-50 proof. After the blend was complete, Mu You took a spoonful to taste.

"emmm..."

All he could say was the taste was peculiar. Mu You couldn’t taste the aroma of the alcohol, instead, it tasted spicy and choking, with a hint of bitter water. He wasn’t sure if the Drunkard Dwarf would like this mix...

"Whatever, let’s try it out first..."

Mu You sealed the barrel and sent it into the game.

[You obtained ’A Barrel of Well Water Mixed with Unknown Liquid’.]

[You ride a donkey towards the foot of the southern mountain. You are traveling and expected to arrive in half an hour...]

As usual, Mu You had half an hour to wait. He was planning to go out to grab breakfast, but before he could leave, a new message popped up on the screen.

[While you are on the move, an ’Anonymous Person’ suddenly jumps out from the side of the road and launches a sneak attack on you!]

[You easily killed the Anonymous Person (Level 1), Life Span +1, Experience +1, Remaining Life Span 132 years.]

Huh???

Mu You was startled. It had been a long time since he faced any attacks after leaving the Peaceful Village.

Anonymous Person? Level 1?

This couldn’t be a new player who hasn’t obtained a skin yet...

Mu You thought a bit and realized that today was the day of the large-scale internal testing of the game, with ten million new players pouring into the game. Naturally, there should be many players around his vicinity. He just didn’t expect to encounter them in the game so quickly.

Mu You didn’t pay much attention to it. He was currently level 7, and in the last few days, he had taken the full ten free attributes from Granny’s porridge. Adding the previous three points, he had two rounds of attributes allocation.

His current attributes were: Strength 10, Agility 20, Intelligence 30, Constitution 7, and one remaining free attribute point.

This attribute panel was like a killing machine to the newcomers whose attributes were still around 1. He could crush them with a single finger.

So, Mu You didn’t pay much attention and continued on his journey.

However, he did not walk for more than ten minutes before two more messages popped up.

[An ’Anonymous Person’ launched a sneak attack on you!]

[You easily killed the Anonymous Person (Level 1), Life Span +1, Experience +1, Remaining Life Span 133 years.]

...

[You randomly encounter an ’Anonymous Person’ on the roadside, who attacked you with a knife!]

[You easily killed the Anonymous Person (Level 1), Life Span +1, Experience +1, Remaining Life Span 134 years.]

...

"What the hell, are all these new players so aggressive?"

Mu You had a twitch in the corner of his eyes, wondering if these new players saw him riding a donkey and mistook him for an NPC they could bully. One after another, they came out to die.

At this moment, Mu You truly felt the impact of the large-scale internal testing: Players indeed became much denser. He encountered three players in such a short time, and most importantly, he didn’t come across a single wild monster or herb during the journey!

It was obvious that the competition for resources was rapidly intensifying.

Having said that, this was just internal testing, which only added ten million players. The impact was already so noticeable, what would it be like when the public testing began and billions of people swarm in, wouldn’t the Star Spirit World be crowded out right away?