The SAO game login screen.
Familiar loading screens flashed before his eyes, stirring up Ling Feng’s memories of watching Sword Art Online for the first time.
[Character Login]
[New Players, please enter player name:]
"A name, huh?"
A name is important. Ling Feng pondered for a moment, finally deciding to use the last character of his name as his ID.
"Wind, meaning 'feng'."
In the past, he might have had to search online for the English word for 'wind'.
But for him, who now possessed English mastery, the English word for it practically leaped out at him.
[Name not in use. Please confirm name.]
"Confirm!"
[Registration Complete]
[Welco
But that was fine too. Being in the world of SAO, he at least had a companion to talk to.
After all, he was a red-named player. Few players were willing to interact with red-named players.
After a brief familiarity with the SAO operation menu, Ling Feng faced his first hurdle.
"How do I get beginner gear?"
Ling Feng looked at his empty inventory, not even a single strand of hair.
The SAO game system didn't directly give players beginner gear; everything had to be obtained by the players themselves.
The freedom was outrageously high.
It was impossible for the game to not provide beginner gear at the start, so it must be something to be claimed from an NPC.
But…
Damn it, he was a red-named player!
NPCs would run away from him as soon as they saw him, so how could they possibly give him beginner gear!
Ling Feng lowered his head, contemplating his current situation.
Given the circumstances.
He first needed to get a weapon!
Equipment and armor were useless to him at the moment.
Although his constitution had been reduced to that of an ordinary person, his combat skills and experience remained.
As long as he had a weapon in hand, with his rich combat skills and experience, leveling up by fighting monsters would be a piece of cake.
It could be said that his combat power was currently unmatched among all SAO players, excluding GMs, of course.
The early monsters were all pathetically weak, as seen from how Kirito and the others fought a wild boar in the anime.
Even if his non-shared stats had decreased by 75%, as long as the opponent could bleed, he could still defeat them.
Just as Ling Feng was contemplating a solution.
A squad of city guards marched into the player square in perfect formation for their routine inspection.
Hearing the footsteps, Ling Feng snapped out of his thoughts and instinctively looked up.
Seeing that they were city guards, his body trembled.
Damn! Why were the city guards here!
The moment Ling Feng spotted the city guards, the squad of guards also noticed Ling Feng standing in the center of the square with a red name above his head.
The air seemed to freeze at that moment.
What should a defenseless red-named player do when encountering city guards?
Ling Feng's answer was to bolt as fast as his legs could carry him.
"Screw me, how can I encounter city guards in the player square!"
Ling Feng grumbled as he fled outwards.
He didn't care about beginner gear anymore; escaping was the priority!
Seeing Ling Feng turn and run, the captain of the city guard patrol pointed at the fleeing Ling Feng and shouted.
"Catch him!"
"Yes."
The city guards responded in unison, then charged towards Ling Feng with their spears.
The momentum was tremendous.
Ten minutes later…
"Make way!"
"Quick, make way!"
"Please, make way!"
On the streets of the Starting City, Ling Feng bulldozed his way through, with over a dozen city guards closely pursuing him.
"Sorry!"
"Ah! My stall!"
"My fruit!"
Since there were too many people on the streets, Ling Feng had to run through the gaps between the surrounding stalls.
He easily knocked over and flipped the stalls of the shopkeepers.
Especially the one selling apples. The apple stall was knocked over by Ling Feng, and the apples rolled all over the ground, followed by the relentless trampling of the city guards.
"No!"
The apple stall owner nearly fainted from anger.
Who the hell was this guy!
The entire street was filled with cries of woe.
Ling Feng, still fleeing ahead, glanced back at the city guards chasing him and grumbled.
"Damn it, the city guards are still chasing me!"