One generation replaces the old with the new. Unconsciously, Alex had entered Peace Village, and not a single one of the players he knew when he first arrived could be seen anymore.
It had only been a few days.
Many of the new players would even mistake him for an NPC villager. After all, the vast majority of new players were only wearing underpants, and it was not common to see players wearing clothes and straw sandals on their feet.
Especially after Alex had established a good relationship with the siblings Ethan and Emma, when it came time to spend the night, he no longer slept by the campfire, but in his own small room in the residence of the siblings Ethan and Emma.
This is the advantage of having a good relationship with the NPC villagers.
Even the other villagers' looks at Alex had become a little softer.
It was completely dark by the end of the day, and Alex stopped his character's strength training and rubbed his sore fingers.
Clicking the screen every few seconds for a long time was also a bit tiring.
He clicked on the character's attribute interface:
Name: Alex
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Title: None
Strength: Average
Attributes: Constitution 83, Strength 97, Dexterity 77
Skills: None
Bloodline: None
Compared to a few days ago, when he first entered the game, Alex's strength attributes have improved significantly, his constitution has also improved more significantly, and even his agility has increased by 3 points during the training process.
The improvement in attributes is obvious, and this is the result of Alex's efforts over the past few days.
Practicing the acquired skill Bull's Strength Technique requires 100 points of strength attributes.
If nothing goes wrong, Alex will be able to increase the character's strength attribute to 100 points tomorrow.
I'm actually looking forward to it.
After all, for this game, Alex has spent these past few days playing it, apart from eating, sleeping, and going for walks with his father.
He has put a lot of effort into this game, and only those who put in the effort can expect results.
When he was controlling the character to do strength training these past few days, he spent a lot of time browsing the game forums on the computer.
So far, he hasn't seen any player who has gathered 100 points of attribute value, studied the posthumous technique, and been promoted to martial artist.
Could it be that he will become the first player-martial artist in this game?
At the thought, Alex's heart became even more excited.
He secretly made up his mind that after dinner and a walk with his father, he would log in to the game and continue to fight, striving to become the first martial artist among the players.
I can't let someone else get there first.
Alex's long-dormant competitive spirit had been awakened without him knowing.
In the many game novels he had read, the player who was the first to achieve a certain accomplishment could receive a generous reward. He wondered if the game World of Spirits had such a setting...
At that moment, his father Mr. Alex's voice came from downstairs, "Son, the food is ready, come down and get ready to eat."
"Coming," Alex answered.
After dinner, Alex, as usual, went for a walk with his father.
His walking route with his father was fixed. After leaving home, they walked along the riverbank, passed Riverdale First Bridge, went to the other side of the river, continued along the riverbank, reached the construction site of Riverdale Third Bridge where there was no road, and then returned the way they came. The whole process took about one hour and ten minutes.
When they left the house, it was already completely dark, and the street lamps along the river were all lit up. The night view of Riverdale was still very good. Alex enjoyed the night view of the Riverdale riverside while chatting with his father.
After passing the first bridge and heading to the other side of the river, Alex suddenly stopped in his tracks, his whole body frozen in place, his eyes staring straight ahead.
In the crowd, there was a young woman about 1.6 meters tall with student-style hair, wearing delicate makeup and a dress, walking towards him with a Bichon Frise dog.
The woman was not very pretty, but at the moment Alex saw her, his mind went blank.
It's her... shouldn't she be in Shashi right now? Why is she in Riverdale?
This woman, dressed in exquisite clothes and with a sophisticated appearance, is the source of Alex's pain these days, his 'ex-girlfriend' Shi Piao.
Alex just stood there in a daze, not even noticing that his father had already walked away.
The woman also noticed Alex at this time. There was no expression on her face, and after giving him a glance, she lowered her eyes again, led her pug dog by the leash, and continued walking, passing Alex by.
It was as if she had just seen a stranger.
It wasn't until Shi Piao had walked away that Alex came back to his senses. After hesitating for a few seconds in place, he took a few steps and then started running to catch up with his father.
"What just happened?" his father asked casually.
His father, Mr. Alex, had never met Shi Piao before. Shi Piao was the sister of a friend of Alex's brother-in-law, and it was his brother-in-law who had introduced them.
Because Shi Piao worked in Shashi and rarely returned to Riverdale County, Alex's father and mother had never met her. Even Alex, the person involved, had met her only a handful of times.
"Nothing," Alex shook his head and casually mumbled.
Next, Alex looked preoccupied and said nothing.
He had tried hard to forget her these past few days, and thought he had almost done so. But the moment he saw her, all his memories of her flooded back.
Six months ago, they first met...
Two months later, on May 20, he confessed his love to her, and she agreed to become his girlfriend...
Although they only met a few times, they kept in touch on WeChat, and he would say goodnight to her every night...
This was one of the few ways Alex, a straight guy, expressed his love.
Until that day, she suddenly broke up with him in a cold and determined manner.
And then... there was no then.
Alex took a deep breath, suppressed the dull feeling in his chest, took out his phone, entered the phone number of Shi Piao that he had written down, and started editing the text in the SMS interface.
However, after just a few characters, Alex deleted the edited text and exited the message.
What was the point of sending a message now?
Apart from making him look even more humble, what was the point?
Alex, there was no need to be humble again.
There is a saying that goes:
You can love someone to the ground.
But no one will like you in the dust.