Borrowing a sword

Chapter 3 Loyalty and Honesty!

"Snapped--!"

The sound of slaps mingled with the thunder in the night sky, and the stubble-faced man who lay on the ground had his head knocked to the side.

Chu Huaixu looked at him coldly, wanting to test whether the [Information Detection] function was still usable.

In "Borrowing Swords", players have an "information detection" function, which allows them to view some basic information about NPCs.

Of course, the content you can access is linked to your own permissions and the other party's level of permissions.

For example, if the NPC's character level is much higher than yours, or their identity is special, or they are connected to a mysterious major event, then if you send them an "Information Detection" message, it will display three question marks.

Using the cultivation system in "Borrowing the Sword" as an example, the player's "information detection" is actually similar to an enhanced version of divine sense.

However, divine sense can only detect cultivation realm, magic weapon, and cultivation technique attributes, while [Information Detection] can retrieve much more basic information.

However, Chu Huaixu's [Information Detection] function is not yet open to users.

"What's going on?" He fell into a deeper state of confusion.

If he could detect some information about the other party, he could at least know his current situation and what predicament he was in, and analyze why the other party was hunting him down and trying to imprison him.

In addition to that, there is an even more important point—[Taoism]!
"Why did he say I wanted to infiltrate the Taoist sect?" Chu Huaixu wondered.

The world setting of "Borrowing a Sword" is called the Xuanhuang Realm.

The Xuanhuang Realm is divided into four major continents: East, West, South, and North.

Among them, the Northern Continent and the Southern Continent had already fallen during the last great catastrophe due to some special reasons, and had become forbidden zones.

Chu Huaixu can see from the map that he is currently in Dongzhou.

The Daoist sect is one of the four major sects in the Eastern Continent.

Those who can join the Daoist sect are all geniuses of the Eastern Continent.

Among all the players, very few are able to join the [Taoist sect].

Once successful, it's essentially like taking off from the ground, with a much higher potential for future development.

This means that in real life, you can treat playing games as a job, and you can earn a lot of money a month by playing "Borrowing Swords".

Chu Huaixu has now basically concluded that he has transmigrated into "Borrowing a Sword", and even the timeline has changed.

Therefore, the Taoist sect became of paramount importance!

After failing to detect the information, he raised his hand and slapped the bearded man again.

I should have spared one of them first, questioned him, and then killed him.

"Useless things!"

"Reflect on this carefully: why are you so gullible?"

For Chu Huaixu, the bearded man was indeed too weak.

Chu Huaixu's ranking second on the women's "Must-Eat for Companion Games" list must be due to her outstanding qualities.

He excels in all aspects, including appearance, talent, voice, and emotional appeal.

Therefore, although he almost never accepts gaming companion orders from male gamers, he still ranks forty-ninth on the "Must-Eat Gaming Companion List" selected by men. Can you believe it?
Yes, gender is not a restriction in these two lists; they don't strictly define gender.

Given the ridiculous behavior of some players and the general demeanor of many users in the "contact list," it's easy to imagine what the final rankings will look like.

Of course, when he teams up with male players, his main responsibility is to carry them through the game; he would never offer any extra time or service.

Speaking of which, like most games, "Borrowing Swords" has a character customization feature.

Simply put, after you purchase an account and create a character, you have the right to freely change your appearance once.

If you want to customize the character's appearance further, it will cost a lot of money, comparable to plastic surgery in real life.

Believe it or not, there are some truly mentally ill people who even take out cosmetic surgery loans to get plastic surgery done on their game characters.

High-quality companions like Chu Huaixu, who are listed on the must-eat list for online gaming, will use a full-body scan when activating the "face-customization function" to perfectly replicate everything about themselves in real life, ensuring that there is no difference between their online and offline personas and that there is no fraud involved.

These types of companion games will be marked by the companion game platform and will be certified by the platform.

Foods that make it onto the must-eat list are basically of this type.

It's worth mentioning that this full-body scan doesn't waste any attempts of the "face-shaping function".

Chu Huaixu is the kind of handsome guy with a fox-like face.

If the animated series "Chinese Fantastic Tales" were to be adapted into a live-action version, he could audition for the role of the fox scholar.

He's definitely not as sinister as the anime characters, but as a male model for a game, he's certainly a good actor.

A good actor is bound to act.

There are two main reasons why he was able to easily kill the bearded man.

First, the newly created game characters in "Borrowing Swords" will have slightly higher physical attributes than ordinary mortals.

That's why he jokingly told the bearded man that he was a sports specialist.

Secondly, and more importantly, is body control! For a normal person, control over their body is certainly not 100%.

For example, if you wave your arm and try to stop it at the nine o'clock position, it's very difficult to do it exactly right.

But this can be done in "Borrowing a Sword".

Of course, having excellent body control also requires adaptation in order to understand one's limits.

As a seasoned player who frequently creates accounts, Chu Huaixu is very familiar with this.

That's why he was able to dodge the stubble-faced man's knife attacks so easily, killing him like a dog.

But the problem now is that he's too strong.

"The amount of useful information we can obtain is far too little." Chu Huaixu raised the umbrella and looked at the still rainy night sky.

He cannot even check his own identity information at this moment, and this function is also limited.

"With such a clear start that comes with an early main quest, the character must have an identity and a past," he thought to himself.

However, Chu Huaixu is now completely unaware of everything.

"Fortunately, although I transmigrated, some of the player's abilities are still there, so at least I have some cheat codes."

The next second, he heard a system notification: "Ding! The task system is about to be granted access!"

Chu Huaixu's face immediately lit up with joy.

"Yes, yes, God bless my model brother."

On a small hillside near the dense forest, two men dressed in black robes and wearing masks were silently observing everything that had just happened.

The man standing on the left is wearing a gold mask, while the man standing on the right is wearing a silver mask.

Just now, the silver-masked man couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "He killed him so easily. This new recruit sent by the organization has such strong body control!"

The golden-masked man also clicked his tongue in amazement, exclaiming, "His talent in [Art of Magic] is probably quite high."

“My lord, such a talent should be sent to the border of my [Moon Kingdom]. Although he is a pseudo-spiritual embryo, he is definitely a good seedling for body tempering. After a few years of honing his skills at the border, his achievements will likely be quite remarkable,” the silver-masked man said.

The golden-faced man nodded slightly: "It is indeed a pity to send him to the Daoist sect in the Mirror Kingdom as an outer disciple."

Both masked men are from the Moon Kingdom's spy organization and have been secretly infiltrating the Mirror Kingdom for many years.

The organization has no name, or rather, its name is simply "Organization".

The two of them were already seasoned undercover agents, jointly responsible for welcoming the newcomers.

In the past two years, the two have complained a lot, feeling that the organization has recently sent only scoundrels.

But when they actually find a promising talent, they feel it's a bit of a pity.

The work of introducing the two has now been completed.

According to the organization's tradition, their so-called "reception" work does not involve meeting new people.

The term "接引" (jiēyǐn) has two meanings: "接" (jiē) means "I know I've received him, that's enough," and "引" (yǐn) means "to guide him and teach him a good lesson."

The bearded man who had already died was a member of the Mirror Kingdom's police force.

It was these two masked men who, through some means, revealed the identity of this young newcomer to the police, which led to the chase scene just now.

The purpose is to make the newcomers stumble at the very beginning, completely unaware of how they were exposed, so that they will be more careful.

Keep a low profile! Keep a low profile! Keep a low profile even more!

What they didn't expect was that this kid really had some skills, managing to get a solo kill so easily.

Clean! Efficient! Decisive! Ruthless!
He didn't forget to show off before and after he took action.

Not long after, the masked men who had been secretly observing everything saw Chu Huaixu slap the two hands.

The bearded man's body was swollen from being whipped.

The two masked men immediately looked at each other in bewilderment.

No way! This temper and character are fucking perfect for lurking in the shadows?

"The organization's choice to send someone this time is a bit unusual, isn't it?" the golden-masked man said.

The silver-masked man nodded: "Sir, I really think he should go to the border!"

The golden-masked man raised his hand and said in a deep voice, "Never mind, the organization must have its reasons for making this arrangement. We just need to do our jobs well."

"Yes!" The silver-masked man bowed and accepted the order.

No matter how outrageous the organization's actions were, the two would obey absolutely.

Because everything they experienced from childhood had already molded them into the kind of people the organization needed them to be.

The two believed that this young man with a somewhat fox-like face must have grown up in the same way.

As long as this experience exists, as long as this unforgettable memory remains, then the three of us will have three things in common:
Loyalty! Loyalty! And loyalty!

(End of this chapter)