Underworld Player Chapter 19 - Stats Befitting a Cripple

Due to the depth of his addiction to video games, Bai Zhi was cripplingly antisocial, but online, at least, he had managed to make a few friends.

These were invariably people whom he met through his games—all netizens, deeply rooted in online culture. The person going by [ Infinite Divine Wing ] who had just invited him to play was one such netizen.

After chatting briefly to prove that he was not dead, Bai Zhi turned his full attention to understanding the Player system.

Similar to most MMO* games, this interface, which was only visible to himself, was plain-looking, with seven panels: [ Player Information ], [ Attributes ], [ Skills ], [ Inventory ], [ Marketplace ], [ Auction ], and [ Quests ], respectively.

The [ Player Information ] panel proved extremely sparse.

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[ Player Name: Bai Zhi ]

[ Player ID: KM4553*****352 ]

[ Handle: ＿＿＿ ]

[ Age: 18 ]

[ Race: Human ]

[ P. Level: 1 ]

[ Experience: 50／100 ]

[ Coins: 0 ]

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That was all.

Bai Zhi noticed the fourth-last line and realized something. "Race... So Players can be something other than human?"

"Handle..." Bai Zhi struggled for a moment—naming things always stumped him. Finally, he decided simply to use his handle on QQ.

"Black...&White."

A reminder message popped up before him.

[ You won't be able to change your handle. Are you sure? ]

A quick tap of the OK button, and Bai Zhi was done setting up his account in this dangerous game with the world as its arena. Next, he turned his attention to the panel that most intrigued him—the Attributes panel.

Attribute panels seemed to be a feature common to all games, and allowed players to get a good grasp of their basic capabilities at a glance.

Bai Zhi was quite eager to know what his capabilities were, in numerical terms.

The Attributes panel was noticeably more interesting than the Player Information panel, and it showed seven attributes: Strength (STR), Dexterity (DEX), Constitution (CON), Intelligence (INT), Perception (PER), Charisma (CHA) and Sanity (SAN).

The first t

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