Pang Hong transmigrated into a forest and found himself alone near the corpse of a giant monster. A group of seven people, including a cat girl, had just killed the monster and departed, with the cat girl giving him a short sword called the Pathfinder Master Dagger before leaving. He realized he had truly crossed over and decided to survive. Remembering the cat girl’s mention of a magic core, he climbed onto the monster and used the sharp dagger to dig out a white semi-transparent core the size of an egg. Then he set off along the direction she had pointed. Stopping at a stream to wash, he examined the core and saw something rotating inside. When he held it up and tightened his grip, a cold energy surged into his arm, shattering the core and triggering a system initialization. The system merged with the world, modifying his data. His personal status showed name Pang Feng (Pang Hong), level 1, health 100, magic 100, storage space 30 cubic meters, and experience 0/50. He gained the Farmer skill, which allowed summoning a farmer using 1 wood and 10 magic power for one hour. He also received a novice gift pack leader skill Spoils I, which allowed searching enemy corpses for extra loot at 1 magic cost per use, causing the corpse to disappear.To test the Farmer skill, he placed his hand on a rotten dead tree. A wooden creature assembled itself—a crudely built Rotten Farmer with 30 health, made from logs and sticks with bark, possessing a comical appearance. It could perform simple farm work and had a wooden hoe and axe stored in its back. Pang Hong ordered it to hoe the ground, which it did, then to chop a small tree, but its axe soon shattered. Unsatisfied but accepting, he led the wobbly farmer along the path. On the way, two Jungle Jackal beasts emerged. One lunged at Pang Hong; he sidestepped and stabbed its body, splitting it open with the dagger. The other attacked the wooden farmer, biting through its head and arms, destroying it. Pang Hong killed that jackal with a backstab. Both jackals died, and Pang Hong leveled up. His storage already contained two wolf teeth and a bone spear made from wolf leg bones and teeth, with the effect of causing accelerated bleeding. He used Spoils I on the corpses, obtaining a complete wolf hide and a complete wolf skeleton. The corpses vanished. He continued, following a dirt road with a few commoners, and reached Hot Water Village, a fortified settlement with stone and wood walls, a moat with wooden spikes, abatis, and guards in leather armor carrying spears. He entered without trouble. Inside, the village was built at the foot of a mountain, with additional wooden walls and watchtowers, a stream flowing through, and steam from hot springs giving the village its name. He found the commerce street and entered the Big Green Leaf Item Shop, a stone building with armored guards. A goblin named Willywiz approached and led him to a quiet backyard to examine items for sale.Pang Hong presented the wolf teeth, hide, skeleton, and bone spear. The goblin noted that the wolf skeleton was perfectly stripped and highly valued by death mage apprentices and collectors; he appraised the hide at 8 silver coins, the skeleton at 40 silver coins, and the bone spear at 15 silver coins, totaling 63 silver coins. He explained the local currency: copper coins (small with hole), large copper coins (no hole), silver coins (small with hole), large silver coins (no hole), and gold coins, all in decimal conversion. Pang Hong also asked about the dagger’s value; the goblin said a new one cost 1.5 gold coins, but his used dagger was worth 80 silver coins. Pang Hong chose not to sell it. He received his payment in a mixture of coins and asked for directions to a restaurant. With money in hand, he headed there to eat before making further plans.
