There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

Chapter 44: The Training Room

[Exquisite Kerosene Lamp: A refined and classic black iron-colored kerosene lamp that emits a soft, warm light. In areas illuminated by this light, the player's stamina recovers more quickly.]

[Notebook and quill pen: A book made of parchment and a quill pen made of fine goose feathers, capable of automatically recording important matters and occasionally discovering things that ordinary people cannot.]

[Rough Mirror: A rather crude floor-length mirror that allows you to see the player's status and reflects their true appearance.]

[A rudimentary training ground: A simple training ground with only wooden dummies. It can train some skills recorded in the hut. With Dream Coins, it can be used to further develop the recorded skills.]

The original functional buildings of the cabin have been upgraded, and two more have been added.

One is the mirror placed in the corner, and the other is the extra door in the small house, which leads to the training ground.

Looking at the friends list, Fang Qingrou hadn't sent a friend request yet. She probably hadn't entered the dream yet, or she had something to do.

Before that, Lu Qing planned to check out the upgrade options for the cabin.

Approaching the wooden table, Lu Qing looked at the kerosene lamp placed on it. Unlike before, the kerosene lamp had become much more exquisite, and now it had a handle that could be lifted.

When she was bathed in its light, Lu Qing felt as if her strength was slowly returning.

Beside the kerosene lamp, besides the notebook and quill pen, there seemed to be something else.

Lu Qing looked at the notebook and quill pen, where a stack of books had appeared at some point.

She randomly picked up the book with the red cover at the top, and saw a sharp dagger drawn on the cover. Above the dagger were four words that surprised Lu Qing.

[Basic Dagger]

He quickly looked at the other books, and sure enough, all of them contained knowledge that the cabin had previously recorded.

"Dagger Throwing, Wilderness Walk - Forest, Ripper's Throwing Knife Technique..."

Lu Qing slowly opened the basic dagger in her hand, glanced at it, and found that the contents written on it were not much different from the one the blacksmith had given her.

However, there are some minor details that have been added to the book I have, and much of the content has been rearranged to make it easier to understand.

The same applies to the book "Walking in the Forest." All the knowledge the priest shared was recorded and organized, but some pages at the end are blank, presumably because the data entry was incomplete.

Upon seeing this, Lu Qing couldn't help but feel a little excited. She had forgotten a lot of the things she had written down before, but the little house had recorded them all, so she could review the knowledge in the little house.

Lu Qing put down the book in her hand and looked at the notebook and quill pen.

The notebook's cover had turned blue, with a small house drawn in white lines on it. The words "Notebook" were written in large characters on the cover, and next to it, a pure white quill pen sat quietly in a bottle of ink.

Lu Qing opened the notebook. The first page was still the table of contents. As she continued to flip down, a huge illustration appeared in her eyes.

This is a group portrait, in which she stands in the center holding a mithril dagger, with a priest and a hunter standing beside her.

The evil spirit Anna floats behind her, obediently hugging her father's shoulder, while the background of the entire illustration is a giant worm covered in holes.

At the very top of the painting, the four powerful characters "Misty Town" are written.

"The drawing is good, but what's the use?" Lu Qing thought to herself, somewhat speechless.

As Lu Qing opened the notebook, lines of beautiful handwriting came into view.

The fluent writing and exquisite illustrations make it so captivating that readers feel as if they are actually there.

After looking at it for a short while, Lu Qing put down the notebook and opened the game forum. With a try-it-out attitude, Lu Qing opened the creation space.

With a thought, Lu Qing uploaded all the images she had just captured using the system, extracted the text and illustrations from them, and then uploaded them to the novel category.

"It's a pity that the novels in the Dream Game can't be paid, but I remember you could give tips..."

As soon as the idea popped into her head, Lu Qing couldn't help but laugh. It might not even become popular yet, and she was already thinking about giving tips.

"It's so slow, is Xiaorou ready yet?" Lu Qing glanced at her friends list and asked instinctively after finding that there were still no messages.

It wasn't until she finished speaking that she realized she had just called Fang Qingrou "Xiaorou".

"This must be a habit of the original owner of this body," Lu Qing thought.

Putting down the notebook, Lu Qing looked at the open window in front of the wooden table.

She had been wondering what was outside the cabin, and she was even more curious when the cabin was upgraded to have an extra sliding window.

Reaching out and pushing open the window, Lu Qing was greeted by a gray and white world.

A gray-black fog enveloped the area, leaving it completely empty. The ground was scorched and lifeless, and a faint sense of death permeated the space.

After looking at it for a while and finding nothing particularly noteworthy, Lu Qing stopped looking. However, she didn't close it; instead, she used the window's built-in bracket to keep it open.

In case things change, it's best to leave the windows open for now.

Instead of looking at the full-length mirror, Lu Qing pushed open the wooden door of the training room and walked in.

The training room wasn't very big; the floor was made of smooth, waxed wooden planks, and in one corner stood some rather rough-looking wooden figures.

Lu Qing found a stone platform next to the door of the training room, where several lines of writing were shining brightly.

[Basic Dagger] [Dagger Throwing] [Ripper's Throwing Knife Technique]

Besides these three skills, there was one less skill left, which was rather dull. Lu Qing tapped it lightly, and a line of text popped up.

This skill cannot be trained in the current training room.

Lu Qing glanced at the smooth floor of the training room and expressed her understanding. It would be truly strange if [Wilderness Walking in the Forest] could be trained in such a place.

[Basic Dagger]

A clean, white finger gently tapped the skill, and two more options popped up.

[Training] [Drill]

Instead of immediately clicking on [Training], Lu Qing decided to first check out the [Deduction] option.

【Fancy Dagger (10 Dream Coins)】

【Dagger Upgrade (30 Dream Coins)】

【Dagger Assassination (40 Dream Coins)】

Dual-wielding daggers (40 Dream Coins)

【Fatal Blow (60 Dream Coins)】

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Chapter 45: Player Status Abnormal!

Most of them are skills whose names are self-explanatory, but what pains Lu Qing the most is that none of these skills are ones she can afford.

Moreover, this is just a simulation. Even if the simulation is successful, it will still take time to practice. Thinking about this made her feel even worse.

"So I should just stick to practicing the basic daggers properly," Lu Qing thought.

Before that, however, she was curious about the skills [Fancy Dagger] and [Fatal Strike].

She had occasionally heard of "Fancy Daggers" in her past life, but she had no idea what it was. As for "Fatal Strike," she knew even less. Thinking of this, Lu Qing stretched out her finger and gently tapped the two skills, displaying their specific information.

[Fancy Dagger Handling: This is a pretty useless skill. The only benefit you get from practicing it is that it makes you more familiar with the weight and size of the dagger in your hand, improves your finger dexterity, and... makes you look cooler when using a dagger?]

【Fatal Strike: The ultimate skill derived from the basic dagger, unleashing the full power of the user in an instant to attack the enemy's vitals. It is unexpected and difficult to block, suitable for sudden attacks and when the enemy exposes an opening. However, please note that because the power released in an instant is so great, incorrect technique may result in self-harm.】

"I see."

Lu Qing finally understood what these two skills were like. As for the fancy dagger, it should be something like twirling the knife, which looks cool but is actually not very useful.

As for the Fatal Strike, it should be considered a technique that bursts out instantly. I didn't expect that this skill would cost more Dream Coins than the other skills. I can only say that it is indeed the ultimate deduction skill.

"In short, I can't deduce any of them right now," Lu Qing thought helplessly.

She only had three Dream Coins left, one of which she needed to buy an event ticket.

"I don't think I'll need to use Dream Coins for training," Lu Qing couldn't help but think.

She quickly opened the training app, and several pop-up windows appeared in Lu Qing's eyes.

[Free Free Training]

[Basic Training (10 Dream Coins)]

Intermediate Training (Not Yet Unlocked)

【? ? ? 】

"......"

Lu Qing finally understood; it seemed that without Dream Coins, nothing could be done in this training ground.

No, that's not right. She is capable of training independently, but...

[Free Training: This will generate an immobile wooden dummy that players can train at will.]

[Low-level Training: During training, a combat-capable training dummy will be generated. The dummy's strength can be adjusted. In addition, the player's training speed will increase by 20%!]

In general, free training is useless and no different from training alone. However, using low-level training not only provides a wooden dummy to use as an opponent, but also increases training speed.

"I can't afford it right now, I'll go back and wait for Xiaorou." With a helpless wave of her hand, Lu Qing silently left the training room.

"Why haven't we heard anything yet?"

Looking at her friends list, Lu Qing couldn't help but feel a little worried when she saw that Fang Qingrou hadn't sent her a friend request yet.

"Is she trapped in a dream again?"

Worrying is pointless. Lu Qing decided to look in the mirror. If Fang Qingrou still didn't respond after she looked in the mirror, Lu Qing planned to leave the dream and go to reality.

Back in the lobby, Lu Qing went to the full-length mirror in the corner and looked at herself in the mirror.

Unlike what she had seen on the mithril dagger before, her entire body was now reflected in the mirror.

With her fair and smooth skin, long silver hair cascading down to her waist, petite figure, and delicate features, it's hard to imagine the power the girl in the mirror possesses.

Suddenly, the image on the mirror blurred, and a line of text quickly appeared on the mirror.

[Warning, player's current status is: Abnormal!]

"abnormal?"

Lu Qing was startled. Having already developed a basic trust in the cabin, she quickly checked her body but found nothing.

She felt that she had no problems, no discomfort, and no physical ailments.

"Perhaps I can ask the mirror to help me see," Lu Qing suddenly thought.

The mirror's description states that it can reveal a player's true appearance. Even now, Lu Qing still can't understand what "true appearance" means. However, she doesn't feel anything unusual right now, so she can only try using the mirror for now.