Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

【You chose option one.】

[You have acquired the skill: Mozambique Shooting (Basic)]

[You have acquired the skill: CAR Shooting (Intermediate)]

[You have acquired life skills: Precision Machinery Manufacturing (Expert Level)]

Mozambique Drill (Elementary): A close-quarters gunfighting technique that involves firing two rapid shots at the target's body, followed by a single shot to the head.

[CAR Shooting Technique (Intermediate): Increases your Agility by 1 point. This unique gunfighting technique combines melee and ranged attacks, significantly increasing your combat effectiveness.]

[Precision Machinery Manufacturing (Expert Level): No one in this world understands precision machinery better than you.]

"That's fine." Zhou Ning looked relieved.

In the game "Apocalypse", there are never too many skills, because in addition to the fact that basically all skills are useful, it also involves a special gameplay in "Apocalypse": skill fusion.

Players can consume experience points to fuse two or more intermediate or higher-level skills into a new, elementary skill.

There is a chance of fusion failure, the initial success rate is 60%, and the success rate increases with the initial skill level.

For example, the fusion of two high-level skills is almost 40% successful, but the fusion of two intermediate skills has a % chance of failure.

After a successful fusion, this new skill may not necessarily be very powerful, but it must combine the characteristics of the fused skills.

And even if your skills are not very good, you still have the opportunity to try again, because the original skills are still there, only the proficiency is reset to zero.

For example: Warrior players have a must-have skill formula, which was basically a must-have for everyone in the past.

The Warrior class has a combat skill called [Slash]. When combined with the general skill [Dodge], it creates a new skill called [Dodge Slash]. This is truly a powerful skill that combines both offense and defense.

Zhou Ning was very interested in the universal skill of avoidance, but the prerequisite for understanding avoidance was that the agility reached 10. When Zhou Ning just crossed over, his agility was only 8 points, but now it has reached the standard.

This is one of the most attractive aspects of Apocalypse. As long as you have enough experience, you can combine many new skills. After the new skills become a system, you can even create a new profession from NPCs.

However, in the previous life, the game had been running for more than four years, and no one could succeed.

This is Zhou Ning’s goal.

This body has zero affinity for the Force and zero affinity for arcane magic, so I can't be a warrior or a mage. So I might as well create a new class and play it myself.

There was still a month and a half until the closed beta test began, and he wanted to complete his new class within that time. As for the name, the initial consideration was to call it the Wandering Gunner.

A profession that uses firearms as its main means of attack, taking into account both mysticism and mechanics, and is extremely good at fighting dark creatures.

Of course, the most important thing is to be handsome, so that you can better exploit the players.

The game board changes again.

Name: Zhou Ning/Wayne Stewell

Race: human

Template: NPC [Countdown to internal beta: 47 days, 12 hours, 22 minutes]

Rating: 2

Occupation: Student/Teaching Assistant [1/10]

Secondary occupation: Linguist [2/10]

Natural Force Affinity: 0

Arcane Affinity: 0

Talent: Tony Stark (Purple)

个人属性：力量10、敏捷13、体力8、意志9、精神9、魅力99

Life: 80/80

Stamina: 96/96

Willpower: 9/9

Mana: 0

Life Skills: Alchemy (Elementary), Mysticism (Intermediate), Precision Machinery (Expert), Gambling (Advanced)

General skills: English proficiency (expert level), pickpocketing (intermediate level), shooting proficiency (advanced level), pick-up proficiency (expert level), ripple breathing (beginner level), Mozambique shooting (beginner level), CAR shooting (intermediate level).

The rest is omitted for now.

In the task bar, the progress of the hidden task [Literary Life] that I had accepted before has reached 523/1000. It seems that I read a lot in the last world.

The harvest was quite good. Zhou Ning contentedly opened a book he had borrowed from the library. Learning makes me happy.jpg.

This is a book about the alchemist's secondary profession. The title of the book is "Equivalent Exchange, the Origin and Development of Alchemy". The author is Tom Chambers, an unknown alchemist.

The contents of the book were all boring alchemical theory knowledge, as well as some obscure terms and illustrations. Zhou Ning read it carefully and patiently. After half a minute, the information finally popped up on the panel.

[You are currently studying alchemy on your own. Due to your willpower, your proficiency has increased by 2 points (Extreme Calmness +0.2)]

[You are currently studying alchemy on your own. Due to your willpower, your proficiency has increased by 3 points (Extreme Calmness +0.3)]

[You have mastered a new alchemy formula.]

"It's just like in the game." Zhou Ning was delighted, calmed down, and began to turn the pages of the book one by one.

After flipping through a 150-page book, his proficiency increased by nearly 200 points. So Zhou Ning picked up a second book... and by the time he had finished reading all the books he had brought with him, his proficiency in basic alchemy had reached almost halfway.

As for the new recipes, I also comprehended two of them. One is the elementary bull potion that can increase attack power after drinking, and the other is the elementary stone shield potion that increases defense power.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

It should be that guy John, right? Zhou Ning ran out without wearing a coat and opened the door.

When he opened the door, he saw a pretty girl standing outside. She had brown hair, light brown eyes, and looked to be in her teens. She was wearing a Braxton-style skirt. Her legs were very long, so the skirt looked a little short, revealing a pair of straight, white, long legs. He couldn't help but take a second look.

It turned out to be her... the second wife in the minds of future players, the alchemy genius Rosie Lily. The reason for naming her as a wife is very simple. She is beautiful and has long legs. After all, who doesn’t love a cute girl with long legs?

In my memory, although this girl and I both followed the same tutor, Professor Weasley, we didn't have much interaction and she was quite shy. Although she usually looked serious, every time she met him, she would avoid him with a blushing face like a frightened deer.

"what……"

Rosie Lily covered her mouth in shock, looking at the shirtless Zhou Ning. Sure enough, she lowered her head again, rubbing the corner of her clothes, and her straight long legs moved uneasily. "Senior Wayne, can you put on some clothes?"

Zhou Ning didn't make things difficult for him. While putting on his shirt, he asked, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Speaking of business, Rosie rubbed her face, thought seriously, and said in Professor Weasley's tone, "Professor Weasley asked me to tell you that you can make other potions as you like, but don't make healing potions anymore. Also, you will be responsible for the orientation in four days."

To be honest, the imitation is quite similar. Zhou Ning nodded with a bit of amusement: "I understand, is there anything else?"

"Hmm? Do you want some red bean cake?" Luo Xi subconsciously took out a red bean cake from her arms and said.

"Eat." Zhou Ning took the red bean cake from her hand, touched it, and it was warm.

"..."

Rosie came to her senses and lowered her head in shame. She had a bad habit of eating when she was nervous. The more nervous she was, the more she liked to eat. As a result, she accidentally said the wrong thing.

After seeing Luo Xi off, Zhou Ning smiled and shook his head. He didn't expect that this girl was quite cute.

For the next two days, Zhou Ning routinely crisscrossed the Alchemy Building, the library, and his apartment. Though his memories were still fragmentary, he gradually became familiar with his former life's interpersonal relationships. His best friend was his roommate, John, and he also had a good relationship with a fat guy named Fred in the next dorm. As expected, every protagonist has a fat friend.

Zhou Ning didn't make as many potions as he did on the first day. On the first day, he made a basic mana potion and a basic bull potion. On the second day, he made a few basic mana potions and a basic stone shield potion. By noon the next day, his alchemy level had been upgraded, and with it came the long-awaited panel notification.

[Your proficiency has reached 100%, and alchemy has reached the intermediate level.]

[You have obtained the secondary occupation: [Alchemy Apprentice], Willpower +1, and you have gained 1 free attribute point.]

[You have mastered the new skills [Potion Mixing], [Item Refining], and [Transformation].]

[You have mastered new recipes: Intermediate Healing Potion, Intermediate Mana Potion, Gold to Iron]

The benefit of reaching the intermediate level of alchemy is not the three somewhat useless new recipes, but that he has finally reached the threshold to learn a god-level alchemy recipe.