Since the system became my girlfriend

Serrated Fangs (Forging Material): The fangs of a certain beast, extremely sharp, which a blacksmith might find useful!

The man-eating dog only dropped one piece of green, excellent-quality material. For Su Rui, who didn't even have a main profession, let alone a secondary profession, it was just another item taking up space in his inventory. However, once players reached level ten and unlocked their secondary professions, this item should be able to sell for some money.

"Do you want this?" Su Rui asked Feng Lixi routinely after picking up the serrated fangs.

"Give it to me!" To Su Rui's surprise, Feng Lixi actually asked for the material this time.

"Okay, here you go!" Without saying a word, Su Rui handed the serrated fangs to Feng Lixi.

“Okay! Let’s go back and turn in the mission.” Feng Lixi nodded and then put away her serrated fangs.

"Okay!" Su Rui came over without any hesitation and then took Feng Lixi's small hand in his hand.

"..." Feng Lixi gave him a light shake, but Su Rui gripped her even tighter. The girl rolled her eyes at him and then stopped struggling, letting the man shamelessly hold her hand.

Afterwards, Su Rui and Feng Lixi strolled back to the old village chief and handed over the task.

"Ah! Dear warriors, thank you for your contributions to the village. This is your reward!" The old village chief first settled the quest rewards, and then routinely issued the follow-up quest: "Go to the south end of the village and look for Manager Wang of the pharmacy. He seems to be looking for you!"

"Let's go right now!" After receiving the guidance mission, Su Rui immediately pulled Feng Lixi and headed straight for the south side of the village. Although the mission had given him two hundred experience points, it was still a long way from leveling up for him.

The starting village wasn't very big, so Su Rui and his companion quickly arrived at the pharmacy.

"Dear warrior, you've finally arrived!" As soon as Su Rui approached, Shopkeeper Wang began issuing the quest as usual. Like the old village chief before him, he was an NPC with little intelligence, only able to repeat these few sentences.

"Manager Wang, the old village chief said you needed help, so we came all the way here," Su Rui said as he stepped forward.

"My dear warrior, my pharmacy urgently needs hemostatic herbs to refine wound medicine, but the area outside the village is full of danger, and our men dare not go out. Can you help me gather some herbs?" Shopkeeper Wang began issuing the task.

“Of course!” Su Rui immediately accepted the task.

"Ding! Mission Update: Collect Hemostatic Herbs!"

Collecting Hemostatic Herbs: Shopkeeper Wang at the pharmacy needs you to collect some hemostatic herbs to make wound medicine.

Mission objective: Collect twenty hemostatic herbs.

Quest Level: 1

Risk level: Extremely low

Quest Rewards: 200 Experience Points, 20 Copper Coins, 3 Miniature Healing Potions

After glancing at the mission details, Su Rui said to Manager Wang, "Manager Wang, don't worry, we will deliver the hemostatic herb soon."

"My dear warrior, grab your hoe and set off!" Shopkeeper Wang said expressionlessly.

"Ding! You have obtained the Medicine Hoe!"

"Ding! You have acquired the Beginner Gathering skill!"

As Wang the shopkeeper spoke, a small hoe appeared in Su Rui's backpack, and a skill called "Basic Gathering" appeared in his skill list. This skill was almost a must-have for players, and anyone who wasn't foolish enough to skip the tutorial quest could learn it for free.

With this skill, along with some basic items, players can independently collect resources in the wild, such as herbs, minerals, or animal pelts.

Of course, since the skill is only at the beginner level, players can only collect low-level resources. If they want to collect high-level resources, they need to learn a special gathering-related secondary profession.

After accepting the mission, Su Rui was about to take Feng Lixi to find the hemostatic herb, but at that moment, Manager Wang called him back.

"My dear warrior, before you go to gather herbs, you can go and take a look at the tailor shop," Shopkeeper Wang said to Su Rui.

"Okay, I understand! Thank you!" Su Rui replied, then took Feng Lixi's hand and headed straight for the tailor shop.

"Why are you thanking him? He's just an NPC who gives out quests," Feng Lixi asked curiously.

"Hehe, although he's an NPC with little intelligence, he's still serving us, so it's only right to say thank you," Su Rui said to Feng Lixi with a smile.

"So what do you think of intelligent NPCs?" Feng Lixi asked casually.

"Well... how should I put it? I think that with current AI technology, these intelligent NPCs are almost indistinguishable from humans," Su Rui said casually.

"Then would you treat them as human beings?" Feng Lixi asked.

"Hmm... it's hard to say..." Su Rui frowned.

"What's wrong?" Feng Lixi asked.

"Let me put it another way. To me, intelligent NPCs are similar to players, but they are still different from real people," Su Rui said.

"What do you mean?" Feng Lixi asked.

“Look, this is a game. Although intelligent NPCs can communicate with us like people, if they are hostile NPCs, I can fight them without hesitation and even kill them, just like PK with players. But if they are real people, fighting is fine, but killing is too much…” Su Rui obviously did not understand the core of Feng Lixi’s question, so his answer was somewhat off-topic.

Because of her special identity, Feng Lixi and Su Rui became boyfriend and girlfriend, but she was worried that once her identity was exposed, Su Rui would think of her and whether their relationship would end.

Therefore, the answer Feng Lixi most wanted was for Su Rui to say that in his eyes, artificial intelligence and humans were no different, so that he might accept a girlfriend with a special identity.

However, because Su Rui's understanding was flawed, the answer, while not directly disappointing Feng Lixi, was not the result she most wanted.

"From what he said, he can treat me as a player, so at least he will acknowledge our romantic relationship in the game. As for real life... take it slow! There's plenty of time!" Feng Li looked at Su Rui's profile and secretly made plans in her heart.

At this moment, Su Rui did not notice that the girl's gaze was somewhat unfocused, because he had already led the girl's small hand to the tailor shop.

“Dear warriors…” The tailor shop owner was a young woman. When Su Rui and Feng Lixi arrived, she was enthusiastically issuing quests to other players. Compared to the blank expressions of the old village chief and Shopkeeper Wang, this NPC named Li Meili had much more vivid expressions and seemed to be an intelligent NPC.

Because Feng Lixi disliked crowds, Su Rui waited for a while until the tailor shop owner was alone before leading Feng Lixi forward to accept the task.

"Warrior, I'm running out of flax. Go and get some more!" The tailor shop owner, who had been all smiles, turned pale the moment she saw Su Rui, as if he owed her millions.