Global Mining.

Chapter 4: Practice your skills, and practice at night
When Dachun came to the dock, it was actually an old cargo ship locked in the lock pool.

When you enter the water, you will feel an elegant and smooth feeling, just like the silky smooth operation of a top-level graphics card.

Although I didn’t practice swimming during the public beta test in Dachun, I have seen Internet cafe masters fishing in the water and fishing for seashells. The feeling of stagnation is uncomfortable to watch. This is the huge gap in equipment. Of course, goggles are also important. The setting of this game is too realistic. If you go into the sea with naked eyes for a long time, your eyes will turn red, your eyesight will decrease, and you may even become blind.

——System prompt: Congratulations! You have successfully triggered the "Swimming" skill training. When your proficiency reaches a certain level, you will understand the "Basic Swimming" skill.

trigger!

The game has a high degree of freedom and has the setting to learn skills by yourself. Skills are roughly divided into five types: daily life skills, professional production skills, professional combat skills, folk skills, and academic skills.

Daily life skills are: running, swimming, cooking, climbing, weightlifting, fishing, throwing, etc. These skills are the easiest to learn on your own.

Professional production skills are: mining, gathering, skinning, tailoring, alchemy, forging, gem processing and even raising chickens, pigs and flowers. The flowers in the flower shop are flower-growing skills.

Professional combat skills are skills that can only be acquired by working in a profession. It is difficult to understand them on your own. It is better to learn from a skill instructor honestly. The Knight Physician profession also has magical skills, and it is useless to learn them from a tutor. You will have to renew them after a while.

Folk skills are all kinds of strange skills that some NPCs know. They are very complex and include various talents and proficiency. They usually cannot be upgraded and players need a certain chance to learn them.

Academic skills are various laws, archeology, astrology, art, etc. You can only spend money to go to the school library without any possibility of understanding. This is no longer the scope of entertainment for players, but after learning it, you can work in NPC organizations and get a fixed salary. salary.

Major major cities will also hold various cooking, fishing, and athletics competitions from time to time. Generally, only experts and above are eligible to participate in a mixed participation award. Once you get into the top three, the reward is as high as winning the lottery, so there are also some during the open beta. A large number of players focus on skill comprehension.

Because there are competitions in skills, the gap in skill levels is also very obvious. Skills are divided into six levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, Master, and Grandmaster. Each level is divided into 10 levels. Each level of life production skills increases to increase physical strength. Carrying weight and combat skills also reward life, evasion rate, hit rate, critical hit rate, and anti-critivity rate.

That is to say, if a player is diligent enough to practice all the currently known daily production skills to a high level that can be achieved normally, that will be more than 1000 points more physical strength. The most important attribute in this world is actually physical strength. Not only is mining easy to use, but team fighting is also a must. So what if a rookie is invulnerable in a magic suit? Being pushed and shoved until I lost all my strength, I was still nothing.

As for the 1000-point load, one person can push a fully loaded mine cart into the air. Not to mention that some artifacts such as the "Sword in the Stone" cannot be picked up without a weight of thousands...

……

What is due will come soon:

——System prompt: Congratulations! You have accumulated a lot of proficiency and successfully mastered the "Basic Swimming" skill level 1. You will receive achievement rewards: physical strength +1, weight +1.

After officially learning to swim, there was a faint glow of skill special effects around Dachun. His dynamics in the water were significantly more stable, his breath-holding time was longer, and it was easier to focus on digging for shells. At the same time, his swimming proficiency soared!

Dachun remembered that the Internet cafe master said that you can only practice calm water to beginner level 10 at most. To break through to the intermediate level, you must find a rapid current and go upstream. To break through to the advanced level, you must go to the sea with more complicated waves and vortexes. And you can't "skip the level". A novice swimmer who jumps directly into the whirlpool sea will make all mistakes and it is impossible to understand.

The negative reduction stunt of this diving suit obviously breaks through the "calm water" limit, and it will definitely reach the intermediate level.

After 10 minutes, beginner swimming level 2, physical strength +1, weight-bearing +1!

After another 8 minutes and 40 seconds, swimming level 3, physical strength +1, weight +1!
……

It took almost two hours to complete the 10th level of beginner swimming. The achievement was 10 points of physical strength and 10 points of weight. The speed of this skill will probably scare the internet cafe masters!

At this point, Dachun is as agile as a fish in water, but his swimming proficiency has hardly improved!
Dachun was stunned, unable to break through despite wearing equipment? How is this game calculated? Although it is somewhat unreliable to think about the marginal effect of a decreasing function in a game where damage is directly equal to "attack-defense", encountering this situation only shows that the "negative reduction" is not harsh enough.

How else can we reduce the negative?

Dachun focused on hunger. Two hours of such intense work is almost enough! finally:

——System prompt: Warning! Your hunger level has reached 50 and your attributes have begun to decline. Please eat in time.

coming! Internet cafe masters have said: When the attributes of the player are reduced, the movement will be deformed, resulting in the failure of various mining combat skills, but there is a slight chance of a skill breakthrough! It is the so-called "when a person is extremely hungry and fatigued, the body movements are the most effortless, natural and close to the mystery..." This is the "hungry flow" and "dying flow" breakthrough methods circulated on the Internet.

As a result, after struggling for a while, the proficiency still did not increase. Are you not hungry enough? But then the action completely deformed and failed - huh?

Dachun suddenly remembered something. There are many different swimming styles. Backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, and breaststroke each have their own characteristics. However, this game defaults to "freestyle". Is the key to breaking through this default and changing to a different position?

Then backstroke! The least labor-intensive and most suitable for calm water.

He did it as soon as he thought of it, but it was not that easy. Dachun was not a professional swimmer, so he simply dived directly into the bottom of the boat. That was when a person had to lie flat under the boat, and then he could barely achieve the upward position, and it was not Take the time to lie down and dig for shells.

Then it’s just a matter of waiting for the master’s strategy to work. This reminded Dachun of a famous saying, "The biggest secret of the atomic bomb is knowing that it can be built." If that doesn't work, why don't you take an intermediate bath in the sea water outside the dock?
While thinking about it in a daze:

——System prompt: Your swimming proficiency +5 points!
Dachun was overjoyed. He suddenly became more proficient, and the increase was 5 points. Is it because he mastered the standard backstroke posture?

Dachun immediately maintained this posture, but after increasing his proficiency a few times, he suddenly stopped increasing it. At this point, Dachun also felt that his posture was obviously deformed and it was a failure of the movement.

Check the current hunger level: 67!

Got it, it means that in the hunger range of 65-66, the deformation of the movement just meets the requirements of backstroke, so the proficiency is increased wildly, but it will not work if the hunger exceeds this value.

So the current goal is to eat something to return the hunger level to the range of 65-66! You can go to a restaurant to eat free meals for newcomers, but that will clear your hunger immediately, so it is not suitable.

Dachun has his eyes on these shells!
Of course, these shells on modern ships cannot be eaten because they absorb the heavy metal paint on the bottom of the ship and are toxic, but here is a wooden ship that is not toxic. What’s more important is that these are ingredients that are readily available and cost nothing!

So I have to learn about cooking as well! But cooking requires cooking utensils, so I had to try borrowing them from an old man.

Dachun climbed ashore and dragged his slow body back to the uncle's dormitory. At this time, the uncle was lying on the rope net hammock holding the empty bottle, snoring like thunder, one nostril blowing frost breath, the other blowing fire breath.

Damn, the special effects of this wine...

The key point is that the old man said not to wake him up, and he can only change the hoe, so what about borrowing cooking utensils?
Dachun went to the corner where the flies were flying. He saw the stove, coal, a spatula, oil, salt, seasoning bottles, garlic, onions, and peppers. No need to worry, just borrow them all. —System prompt: Warning! You have used the old drunkard's property without permission. Your friendship level has been reduced!

Damn, just lower it. I’ll make up for it by buying wine later.

Dachun returned to the dock, set up the cooker on the shore, lit a fire to boil water, then went into the water to pick up a bunch of smooth, closed shells, added salt and started to cook. These were fresh, live shells, which was common sense for a foodie.

——System prompt: You have successfully triggered the "Cooking" skill training. When your proficiency accumulates to a certain level, you will comprehend the "Basic Cooking" skill.

coming!

Cooking is arguably the easiest life skill to master—basically, you can learn it by lighting a fire and cooking. However, mastering it and developing a best-selling recipe is said to be quite challenging.

Dachun doesn’t have high requirements, as long as it can be eaten without causing poisoning.

A pot of water boils and the shells open.

——System prompt: Are you ready to finish the current cooking?

This is just the first step, no!

Take out the shells, pour out the turbid water, put oil in the pot and fry it, then crush the garlic, onion and pepper and stir-fry until a pot of red chili oil is made and a puff of green and red shimmering smoke is emitted.

Since the game can't simulate smell, it uses color to represent it. This pleasing color is mouth-watering. Now add the previously cooked shells to the pot.

This is what we call not being demanding. It’s just some home-cooked fried shellfish, and the cooking is complete.

System prompt: Congratulations! You've successfully cooked a dish. Consuming it restores hunger and stamina. You've successfully developed a new recipe, "Shark Oil Stir-fried Shells." You've earned the "Recipe Master" achievement, gaining +100 reputation points. You've also successfully mastered the Elementary Cooking Skill, gaining +1 stamina and +1 weight capacity.

- System Tip: Recipes can be transferred to others, allowing you to share your skills. The higher your cooking skill level, the better the dish will taste. The higher your reputation as a recipe master, the more likely your recipe will become a commercially valuable dish.

……

Did you figure out the recipe right away? Shark oil?

Dachun checked the recipe, and it was indeed shark oil! It was the same oil used to smear sharkskin wetsuits! This oil seemed pretty high-end, right? So… so, I had to live up to this start!
Just keep an eye on your hunger level and keep eating. After eating a few shells, your hunger level will be restored to 65 points. Then stop and go into the water to practice.

Sure enough, my swimming proficiency returned! The theory was correct, and it worked.

When he was hungry at 67:, Dachun went ashore again to eat shellfish, and repeated this process more than ten times.
System prompt: Congratulations! You've accumulated a significant amount of proficiency and successfully mastered Intermediate Swimming Level 1, significantly increasing your speed in the water. Achievements: Stamina +1, Carrying Weight +1.

System prompt: Congratulations! You've mastered the first level of "Artistic Swimming." The resistance you experience in the water has been reduced to a certain extent, earning you the following achievements: Stamina +1, Weight Carrying +1.

……

What the hell!

Although I knew I needed to break through, I actually managed to do both! While it's not the backstroke I imagined, synchronized swimming is definitely more accurate. It also reduces drag, making it a perfect match for a wetsuit! Plus, synchronized swimming is a competitive event, so you can even win a participation prize.

Dachun felt that he was swimming gracefully and flexibly under the boat, and his speed was more than half faster than before. His proficiency in fancy swimming began to soar!
Now I am much more flexible in water than on land. The next step should be to learn underwater mining, right?
Then step up...

4 points in the early hours.

Dachun was completely absorbed in his work, his intermediate swimming skills slowly advancing to level 2, but he had already mastered elementary artistic swimming to level 10. Then, with the shattering of a large number of shells, what was supposed to happen finally came:

System prompt: Congratulations! You've accumulated a significant amount of proficiency and successfully mastered the elementary "Underwater Mining" skill, Level 1. Your underwater mining speed and success rate have increased. Achievements: Stamina +1, Carrying Weight +1.

——System prompt: You have successfully resisted the corrosion of acid water.

It worked! Underwater mining, a true hidden skill! It turns out that digging up a lot of water triggers acidic water. Luckily, I have a diving suit.

After officially understanding mining, the feeling of using a hand hoe was completely different. The sound of shells crunching and collapsing was so relaxing! In a short while, the entire bottom of the boat was as fresh as a peeled egg, and the entire dock pool turned sour and turbid.

——System prompt: Congratulations! You have successfully completed the Scavenger's professional assessment. Please go to the Old Drunkard to hand over the task.

It was done, Dachun went ashore with relief, but then he remembered that the old man was drunk and asleep!
When will this thing wake up? I can’t just sit there and wait, right?
Dachun looked at the sea outside the dock. A swimsuit is not suitable for swimming in a pool. Now that he has reached the intermediate level of swimming, he can barely go into the sea. Should he strive for the advanced level?
Huh? Dachun spotted a row of small wooden boats the size of lifeboats parked on the shore. What were they?

Dachun went up to take a look and saw that they were all worn out and tattered, and he didn't know whether they were unsaleable or could not be repaired. Dachun pushed the boat and it slowly slid down the beach.

Can go into the water!
Dachun was instantly excited! Most newbies started out as porters and handymen on merchant ships and fishing vessels, never getting the chance to sail on their own. It would be days before they could even buy a small boat and start their own business. Now that he had the opportunity, he had a small boat to use, so of course he wanted to get out to sea and learn the art of sailing! He could also hang a fishing rod on the boat and practice fishing. Fishing has a built-in auto-play mode, and the old man had plenty of rods in his warehouse!

The Internet cafe expert said that fish in the sea are particularly fond of large floating objects and will gather around the boat, so there is no worry about not being able to catch fish, so this fishing technique is actually just a free gift.

At that moment, the bow of the ship hit the water, and Dachun's eyes flashed red: - System prompt: Warning! You have misappropriated shipyard goods without permission. If you are caught by witness investigation, you will bear the direct consequences.

What the hell!

Dachun quickly shrank back and looked around. In the distance, there were a few workers playing cards at the dock. Fortunately, the noise was not loud and did not alarm them.

Dachun looked up at the sky. According to the game schedule, it would be almost dark before they could get off work. So, he would wait for them to get off work and then practice at night! As a newbie, he couldn't really row the boat far, so why not just row and fish safely nearby for a night?

Although he had made his decision, looking at these old, shabby, and unreliable boats, Dachun was in a dilemma. Which one should he choose? If one of them sank, he couldn't afford the consequences...

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