Nina was very generous and gave Jake a large bowl full of chicken. Although Jake had a big appetite, he couldn't finish it in the end. After letting out a satisfied burp, he took a deep breath and put the leftover chicken in his backpack, planning to eat it when he got hungry again.
"Oh, right, let's check the attributes!" Jake suddenly remembered to view his attributes. However, the result disappointed him. None of the attributes had increased, which meant that the chicken he had just eaten was just an ordinary piece of chicken.
"Nevertheless, the taste was really good. Nina is a skilled cook. I should try to get some more in the future," Jake thought to himself. While he felt a bit disappointed that the chicken didn't increase his attributes, he was still satisfied with its taste. Besides, catching chickens was just a simple task with no rewards of any artifacts, so it was normal.
"It seems like it's impossible to become level 999 in one go or receive a legendary item at the beginning," Jake understood. This game was clearly different from the exaggerated ones he had seen online before. The leveling up wasn't that fast, and they didn't give away equipment. However, the game's realism far exceeded those trashy games, whether in terms of visuals, pain perception, or even taste.
"In that case, it seems like the old man really had some skills. He managed to create such a realistic game world," Jake thought. After completing Nina's task, Jake didn't immediately go out to fight monsters or take on more quests. Instead, he strolled around the village, knowing that he was the only "player" there. There was no need to rush, and since he would be coming back to this place often, it was better to familiarize himself with the surroundings first.
He continued exploring until the sun set and night fell. Jake mumbled to himself, "If that old man didn't deceive me, it's about time for me to go back." As expected, the next moment, everything turned pitch black before his eyes. However, his vision quickly restored, and he found himself back in his familiar rented room.
"I'm back again? It seems like that old man didn't deceive me after all!" Jake looked around and muttered, "But how is this teleportation supposed to change my destiny? It was just an experience of a real game world. How can it help me in the real world? He really should have explained it clearly instead of leaving me to figure it out myself."
Jake sat on the bed, pondering for a long time, but couldn't figure out how being transported to that world could benefit his real life. "Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it for now. I should get up, eat something, and go for a run." According to the old man, time in the real world would also pass while he was in that other world, just at a different pace. He could spend 12 hours there while only four hours would pass in reality. So, when Jake returned, it was already morning.
"I wish I could take out that half bowl of chicken from my backpack." When he thought about food, Jake remembered the chicken Nina had given him earlier. Initially, he had saved some chicken to eat later when he got hungry, but he forgot about it while exploring inside and outside the village.
The next moment, Jake froze. As he thought about his backpack, a familiar virtual screen appeared before his eyes, displaying ten squares that resembled the backpack he had seen before. "What the hell! What's going on? Why can I see the backpack in reality too?"
Jake couldn't help but shout out, his expression on his face as if he had seen a ghost. He thought he was seeing things, blinked several times forcefully, and confirmed that he was indeed seeing the same backpack as before, with the half bowl of chicken still inside. Jake quickly tried to bring up the attribute panel, and the result did not disappoint him. The attribute panel appeared in front of him just like the backpack page.
Then Jake tried to take out the half bowl of chicken. The next second, he had another bowl in his hand, and inside the bowl was exactly the chicken that Nina had given him! He then tried to put the bowl of chicken back into the backpack, and it worked without any surprises. Jake was like a child who had discovered a new toy, constantly taking things out and putting them in, enjoying himself.
"I wonder if I can put real-world items in there," Jake thought as he tried to put things from his room into the backpack. The small table, no! The clothes hanger, no! The stool, also no! Jake tried many things and found that he couldn't put them into the backpack. In the end, he had to accept this reality.
"But this is still good," Jake quickly recovered from the shock, "Now I finally know how it can help the real world when I teleport there. It turns out I can bring things from that time and space into the real world!"
During the day, Jake had been wandering around the village for a long time. He knew that there was a mine near the village, and it was unclaimed. In addition to the mine, there was also a forest with herbs and some other exotic fruits. If he could bring those things into the real world, it might be helpful for his life.
The more Jake thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and he became more excited. After a while, Jake finally calmed down from the excitement, ate the half bowl of chicken, and went out. Despite not having slept all night, he wasn't tired at all. On the contrary, he felt more energized than ever.
The place where Jake lived was not far from Princeton University, a prestigious university that ranked first among all the universities in the province and could even be ranked in the top ten nationwide. The housing prices around such a school were definitely not cheap, even for renting, the prices were high.
Jake could live here not because he was wealthy, but due to some coincidences. Previously, when he was on a bus, he saw a thief trying to steal a wallet. At that time, he had just graduated and was still a passionate young man. He couldn't tolerate seeing such a scene, so he not only scolded and stopped the thief, but also subdued him. Of course, he also suffered some minor injuries during the scuffle.
However, good deeds are rewarded. The target the thief wanted to steal was a woman in her forties, and she was naturally grateful to Jake afterward. When she learned that Jake was looking for a place to live, she rented out one of the rooms in her spare house to Jake at a very low price.
This house was exactly the one Jake was living in now. Although it was small in size, there were many people who wanted to rent it, and the price was not cheap. After all, the surrounding environment was good, and it was also near the city center. So Jake has always been grateful to that woman.