Phantom Seed

Chapter 4

There are five arable land in the building, each about twenty square meters. From the outside, the building is only the size of a hut. But when he went in, the size was bigger than he thought.

Looking at the plowed fields, he took out the phantom seed and the little leather bag. He started sowing the wheat seeds. The small bag is only enough for one field. After sowing the wheat seeds, he went to the farthest place and found a small piece of separate land, which was in the shape of a circle. He took out the phantom seed and planted it there.

When he finished planting, several lines of numbers appeared above the fields. It shows how long it takes for the seed to mature and be ready for harvest. When he played the Phantom online closed beta test, it used to take 14 days for the plants to mature and be ready for harvest. But when he looked at the floating number, it showed 2 days and 23 hours.

Satisfied, he left the farmland. The moment he left, the farmland became invisible. Feng Yue was a little paranoid, so he set it to stealth mode. Although it can't be accessed by anyone unless he allows it, he still sets it in stealth mode just to be on the safe side.

As he walked towards the central area, he saw a man in white robe sitting around a campfire. Although the face was familiar, Feng Yue didn't intend to greet him. So, he sat opposite the man. The campfire was about two meters wide and surrounded by a stone. Sitting here, he could only vaguely see the man's figure.

He took out a piece of cold bread from his backpack and started to eat. Although he had food and drink inside his inventory bag, it was buffed food after all. Eating it to fill his stomach was a waste of resources.

Buffed food could be regarded as treasure, because the chance of successfully triggering the buff when cooking is only 30%. The higher the life skill level, the higher the chance of getting the buff effect. After the player eats buffed food, they will get the buff for a certain duration, which is very helpful for fighting monsters or venture dungeons.

By the time he finished eating, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Only 7 hours until night time. Feng Yue decided to explore more and find more cards. As soon as he walked out of the winter night camp, he encountered a swarm of bees. Those bees are small and difficult to kill, not to mention the number and speed of a swarm of bees.

These bees are level 2 monsters and could be said as one of the early monsters in the Phantom Online. It drops 6 to 10 coins, 1 to 4 bottles of honey, and a small chance of other materials. He used to love killing these bees and collecting a lot of material from them. But when he saw the black swarm in front of him, his skin was covered in goosebumps.

While he was still thinking whether to retreat or advance, a man suddenly appeared, and Feng Yue saw him unsheathed his long sword and pointed the tip of his sword towards the sky and said softly, “Blade Pentagram.”

In the next second, five crystal-like blades descended from the sky, forming a five-pointed star formation that enveloped the bee colony.

Before he could see what was going on, he heard that man say, "Phantom Blade."

When he finished with his words, he disappeared from that place and reappeared inside the formation. Countless blades danced in the formation like phantoms, piercing the bees at high speed with his every move. His white robe fluttered, like an immortal. His dark eyes were sharp and a faint smile was on his face as he killed the bees.

Seeing his attack being so domineering, Feng Yue's jaw dropped and his eyes widened. Within a minute, all the bees were killed by him alone. Looking at the mountains of coins and materials piled up on the ground, his eyes were full of envy.

“It would be great if I could be as strong as that man. Ay~”

After the man collected the coins and materials, he glanced at him and walked north. Feng Yue sighed, turned around and walked in another direction. Since a strong player has already gone in that direction, he might as well go in another direction. Lest he gain nothing.

Feng Yue searched every corner along the way, and finally found another blue card under a park bench. When he walked up to the blue card, he was startled, because there were not one but three cards floating there!

He grinned and took the cards quickly. As soon as his fingers touched the card, blue-ranked shoes and two bags of seeds appeared in his palm. He checked the status of the shoes and put them on quickly. The shoes are cotton shoes with defense +12, movement speed +7, agility +3. This is a great starter gear.

Feng Yue searched for several hours, and finally returned to the camp when he saw that it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

When he arrived at the camp, he saw a group of people sitting around a campfire with the man in white robe. He took a closer look and saw that they were the same group of people he had met in the park earlier. Their numbers have decreased significantly. Earlier in the park their team was more than fifteen people, and now their team is only seven people.

When the group heard his footsteps, they were startled and stood up vigilantly. One of the girls saw Feng Yue and smiled sweetly, "Hi brother, we meet again."

Looking at her disheveled clothes and tired face, Feng Yue nodded at her but said nothing. He walked to the central area and sat down by the campfire. When the clock showed ten o’clock in the evening, the sky suddenly darkened and a warning box appeared in front of everyone, with flashing red words.

[ Temporary residence fee : 10 coins / 24 hours. Permanent Residence Fee : 500 coins. Please choose one. Players without a residence permit will be prohibited from entering the Winter Night Campsite until daylight. Time remaining : 1 minute 50 seconds. ]

Seeing the warning, they were stunned for a moment and one of them shouted angrily, "What the hell?! This is a safe area, why should we pay to stay here? I refuse to pay!"

Before long, the group disappeared from there and reappeared outside the camp. Seeing this, Feng Yue was speechless. This feature was new to him, and even if he as the campsite’s owner wanted to let them stay, there was nothing he could do. The system will automatically teleport unauthorized people out of the camp.

While he was dumbfounded, he heard that man say, “Don’t bother about them too much. We don’t know what exactly is happening right now. It depends on their own capability to survive.”

Hearing his words, Feng Yue could only agree with it and sat by the campfire. The man was right, he had no idea what was going on. Not to mention helping others, he dared not even say that he could survive in this strange world.