She was interrupted by a small child voice standing in front of her view.
Ming Sulin looked up at the kid, a little girl.
"What do you want?" she asked flatly.
"Hi, me Nancy," Nancy waved, all bright-eyed.
"….." Ming Sulin looked around, seeing that there was no owner to collect this creature.
When the little girl kept waving, she glanced at her, saying,
"Bye, me Nancy," she waved in a shoo-away motion.
The kid didn't take the hint. "Can you take me to the potty?"
"Nope."
Ming Sulin scooted a distance away.
The little girl moved closer than before.
"Please, cousin Amy."
She seemed she wasn't going anywhere until Ming Sulin went with her.
"Ugh, fine." Ming Sulin rolled her eyes after a while of trying to play dead until that child left. Clearly, she wasn't blessed with good luck anymore.
"Come on, cousin Amy! Let's go see Nancy's cabin!"
Still dizzy, Ming Sulin followed.
Together, they cut through a path past the woodshed, down to a smaller cabin tucked away from the cluster, standing lonely among the trees.
Inside, Ming Sulin trailed Nancy, distracted, her eyes catching every corner like she was scanning for weak points.
When they reached the cabin she noticed something. Ming Sulin bent down at the doorframe and—click—her fingers brushed metal.
Keys.
Not just one—three hidden ones.
[You have found the last x3 hidden keys! Congratulations for finding all hidden keys before day seven! You received 50 EXP and a bonus 2 attribute points!]
[Congratulations you have leveled up to level 5! People on your planet will now be able to recognize you as a ruler as long as you allow it. But just a reminder, some residents may be able to sense that you are the ruler of this planet. Congratulations ruler for being one of the first rulers to level up to level five on day two of living in the survival game world! please pick a main profession and subclass]
[1. Combat-Crafter Hybrid
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• Main Profession: Shadowblade Huntress (stealth combat, daggers, tracking, beast-killing)
• Sub-Class 1: Bonecrafter (crafts weapons, armor, charms from monster parts)
• Sub-Class 2: Rune Forger (embeds runes/enchantments into crafted gear)
• Sub-Class 3: Oceanic Crafter (crafts food, bait, potions, water survival tools, armor, basic items, passive EXP from body of water catches)
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2. Survivalist Explorer Hybrid
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• Main Profession: Beast Slayer (focus on killing beasts and gaining loot/essence)
• Sub-Class 1: Herbalist (potions, poisons, salves from plants)
• Sub-Class 2: Stonewright (building and fortifying shelters, traps, defenses)
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3. Assassin-Artisan Hybrid
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• Main Profession: Blood Dagger Assassin (specializes in triple dagger skill, fast strikes, bleeding damage)
• Sub-Class 1: Shadow Fisher (uses fishing as both food-gathering and a sneaky combat trick — hooking enemies, stealth riverside hunting)
• Sub-Class 2: Bonecrafter (turns kills into weapons/armor)
• Sub-Class 3: Charm Weaver (uses loot like bones, feathers, stones to craft talismans for buffs/debuffs)
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4. Merchant-Warlord Hybrid
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• Main Profession: Battle Trader (earns extra from loot, unique bargains, special upgrades)
• Sub-Class 1: Rune Forger (to sell or create rare gear)
• Sub-Class 2: Beast Tamer (can capture/sell beasts, or use them as allies)
• Sub-Class 3: Fish Market (opens a store where steady trade goods & survival food source)]
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Finally!
Hehe, Level Five!
Ming Sulin had quite a bit of classes and professions to choose from.
How wonderous!!
Ming Sulin grin spreads slow and meaningful.
"Oh, DungDung. You left me really good treats," her tone is dragged as she speaks.
Ming Sulin decided that at the moment wasn't the best time to pick her Profession or sub class.
She felt that she'll need time to carefully decide everything. Also Ming Sulin prefer to wait until she left the first floor, or got home to her boat home.
Though she was eager to reach level five she wasn't so eager to make rash decisions that she will come to regret later.
She pockets the keys and tears through the place, snatching up anything not background scenery.
Everything—tools, trinkets, forgotten supplies, even sticks and pebbles—nothing is overlooked.
Each find only fuels her delighted mood.
[You have obtained x4 sofa cushions, x2 box of expired condoms, x2 wooden bedside tables, x1 welcome mat, x1 blue-grade little black book, x19 sticks of wood, x87 small stones, x2 pillows, x5 plates, x3 broken cups, x4 eating utensils]
She clicks on the description for the black book and is flabbergasted.
Blue-Grade Artifact – Little Black Book
Cursed Ruler's Petty Relic | Grade: Blue (upgradeable)
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Description: Indestructible diary that records debts, humiliations, and grudges. Always finds its ruler.
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Effects: Tracks debts, favors, and promises (including yours). Reminds you of every humiliation until avenged. Preloaded with centuries of trivial grudges. Logs scandals and secrets with snark.
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Drawbacks:
– Can't be destroyed, sold, or abandoned.
– Constantly nags and calls out forgotten obligations.
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It seems her good luck is a fluke. It's really run out.
"Another cursed item! And one I will not be able to get rid of it."
Ming Sulin is no longer in the mood to loot.
She feels that she will pick up more cursed items from this shitmaster.
She had plans to do this in every cabin, but now it is what she can't take she will destroy!
"You wanted me trapped, and cursed, huh?" she mutters.
"Well, guess what—your dungeon's getting stripped clean. I am finally Level Five."
She storms through drawers and shelves, cackling as she goes.
Nancy trails behind like this is the best game in the world—at least, until her smile slips.
Nancy tilts her head, watching her silently for a moment.
"What are you doing?"
She freezes.
Ming Sulin forgot she was with someone.
"Looting—erm, I mean checking for thieves," Ming Sulin says flatly, catching her mistake but not glancing back, assuming that the girl was an NPC.
"Wait," Nancy whispers, tugging at Ming Sulin's sleeve.
Her voice drops into something small, scared, real.
"You're… you're a player too?"
Ming Sulin stops altogether.
Slowly, she turns.
Nancy's eyes aren't carefree anymore—they're tired, cautious, and haunted, the kind that have seen too much for her age.
"…You're not an NPC?" Ming Sulin whispers, a little confused.
She didn't know there were other players still alive inside.
Nancy shakes her head fast, tears falling.
"No. I've been stuck in here three days."
"What have you been doing the whole time?" Ming Sulin squats down to her height.
"Hiding. I thought I was the only one left alive. I—"
Nancy swallows, taking a deep breath, pausing to gather her thoughts and nerves.
"I was running from bad guys, slavers." Nancy's eyes begin filling with tears.
"Daddy was caught, but my brother fought back, saving daddy only for them to both get zapped by bad guys and dragged away," she weeps as she recounts everything.
"They were waiting outside. This was the only place I could get away." She cries, clenching the bottom of her shirt in her fingers.
For a beat, Ming Sulin just stares, thinking a moment.
The black market must be closer than she realized. She had already found a few players—sadly, passed—who seemed mostly to be escaped slaves.
There aren't too many coincidences in the world if she found several of them. It has to explain why they would escape straight here versus anywhere else.
"All Blue World… mhm," Ming Sulin quietly speaks out loud.
Nancy's breath suddenly stops, her eyes widening.
"You Blue World too?" she states, more than asks.
"Yeah," Sulin says flatly, covering the flicker of shock in her chest.
"That's me. Lucky you."
Nancy clutches her sleeve tighter, desperation breaking through her voice.
"Please don't tell the bad guys. Please don't let them find Nancy."
Sulin sighs, long and heavy, then crouches to her level.
"Listen, kid. I'm not here to sell you out. If you want, you stick with me. Next four days, we ride this dungeon out together. After that—" she smirks faintly—"you'll owe me big time."
Nancy blinks, then nods hard, relief pouring over her face.
By the end of it, Ming Sulin stands in the doorway, face full of smiles, chin lifted like she's won something huge.
For Ming Sulin?
She has won something huge, a bit of her self-respect back.
She got a lot of loot today, and her mood improved leaps and bounds.
Which woman doesn't like shopping for free things?