8: The entire race was shocked, and the rewards were generous.

[Chapters 8 and 9 serve as transitions, containing quite a few setting insertions. Patrons who dislike stat flows can read quickly.]

Gazing at the Star Abyss announcement, billions of living beings were completely stunned.

It hasn't even been 24 hours since the game started, right?

And someone has already reached the Boundary Monument?

Three people, no less?

Which clan is the Huaxia Clan? They are terrifyingly strong!

In Trial Arena 10000, a young man kicked away an incoming Level 2 Sawtooth Rat, his gaze cold as he fell into contemplation, watching the slowly disappearing light screen.

"Huaxia Clan?? My ancestors' surviving records didn't mention this race."

"Could it be a bloodline lost by a Great Emperor in the Source Universe?"

"Regardless, if we ever face the Huaxia Clan in the future, we must be cautious. It would be best to form an alliance with them."

In Trial Arena 996, a woman looked up at the sky, her brow tightly furrowed.

Although she was dressed in simple cloth clothes, it still couldn't conceal her graceful figure and stunning beauty.

"Huaxia?? Are they a remnant clan or a new clan?"

"How can the gap be so huge? My Vermilion Bird Clan is considered a top-tier High Martial Race in the Source Universe."

"Yet I estimate I haven't even completed one-third of the journey."

At this moment, all the Novice Villages belonging to the Huaxia Clan on Blue Star erupted in excitement.

"The Huaxia Clan? It can't be the Huaxia Clan I'm thinking of, right? Is our clan really this awesome!"

"Haha, our clan is born to stand at the peak of the Myriad Races of the Universe! The top three are all our people. Looks like the other races aren't that great."

"Who exactly took the top three? I'm going to carve a Memorial Tablet for him and worship him—it's such an honor."

"It looks like Star Abyss is a world where monsters are strong and races are weak. I feel like our Huaxia is about to take off."

...10086 Novice Village.

After a flash of white light, three figures appeared in the Central Square.

[Welcome, you have passed the Trial Arena and officially arrived at the Star Abyss Novice Village]

[The following functions are now unlocked for you: Regional Chat, Friend, Team, Regional Trading System... Trial Takers, please check your Panel for details.]

As soon as Huang Chen landed, he sent friend requests to the two women.

"Huang Chen, we swept the top three?" Chen Yichun looked at Huang Chen excitedly, feeling a bit unreal.

This was the top three out of 100 million trillion (a hundred billion billion) people!

"What are your rewards?" Huang Chen asked.

"This..."

Chen Yichun held out the light blue ring in her hand, excitement evident on her face.

[Frost Order · Saint Artifact (Bound):

1. Five attributes are increased by 5%

2. Deploy a Frost Domain, reducing enemy Movement Speed and Attack Speed by 50%. Range: 10 × Spiritual Power (meters)]

3. Gain 5 Potential Points for every level increase.

Huang Chen nodded in satisfaction. Just based on this Halo, any power in the later stages would treat you like the Old Buddha.

Equipment grades in Star Abyss are divided into ten tiers: Whiteboard, Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Diamond, Epic, Saint Artifact, and Divine Artifact.

As for equipment surpassing Divine Artifacts, he heard they exist, but Huang Chen hasn't actually seen what they look like.

Equipment at the Saint Artifact level and above are all growth-type.

Just like Frost Order: the higher the Spiritual Power, the larger the ring's effective range.

This is also the most scarce type of Halo equipment in Star Abyss.

Halving movement and attack speed—putting aside other factors, under equal strength conditions, one person with this ring could easily crush ten!

Meanwhile, Bai Zhaoning received a pale green ring.

[Life Link · Saint Artifact (Bound):

1. Five attributes are increased by 5%

2. Links the HP of nearby allies together. 50% of the damage received by the wearer is distributed evenly among allies, and the wearer receives 50% of the recovery effects of teammates. Range: 10 × Spiritual Power (meters)]

3. Gain 10 Potential Points for every level increase.

Clearly, this is also a Divine Artifact for team battles.

Imagine in a team battle, an Area Heal that restores 100 HP lands on 10 people. The healing effect for each person would be 100 + 50 × 9 = 550.

That's more than a 5-fold increase. What if it landed on 100 people?

Compared to the two, Life Link's effect in team battles is even a tier higher than Frost Order.

After all, there are many large-scale skills in the later stages. Although Frost Order can weaken the enemy's mobility, attacks are still unavoidable.

Life Link, however, is outrageous. As long as they aren't instantly killed, the massive healing output makes the entire legion practically immortal.

But when talking about the true Divine Artifact for team battles, it has to be the gray, ancient ring on Huang Chen's hand.

The space around the ring was slightly warped by a mysterious power, making it hard to see clearly.

[Void Teleportation · Divine Artifact (Bound):

1. Five attributes are increased by 10%

2. Personal Teleportation: Within the same space, teleports the Host to the location of a teammate or a location the Host has previously visited. Cooldown: 3 minutes.

3. Team Teleportation: Within the same space, teleports the Host and their teammates to the location of a teammate or a location the Host has previously visited. Teleportation capacity: 10 + Potential Points. Cooldown: 30 minutes after two consecutive uses.]

4. Gain an additional 15 Potential Points for every level increase.

Mobility is the eternal divine skill of the battlefield.

Imagine the feeling when, during a battle between two armies, a thousand mages suddenly drop forbidden spells onto your formation, cast their skills, and immediately flee.

After checking the rewards, Huang Chen took the two women to the Novice Village Martial Arts Hall to learn basic moves.

The main body of the Martial Arts Hall was grand and tall, occupying most of the Novice Village's land.

From a distance, it looked out of place, like a skyscraper built in a poor mountain village.

Inside the Hall, the first room on the left belonged to the Martial Master NPC.

Everyone could learn basic moves from him.

It's worth mentioning that the NPCs in Star Abyss are not cold machines; they are people left behind by races that failed in Star Abyss in the past. Although they possess their own emotions and thoughts, they have long since become part of the Star Abyss Order.

Both women coincidentally chose Basic Swordsmanship and Basic Movement Skill from the Martial Master, receiving a non-attributed Wooden Sword gifted by the system.

To learn skills, they need to reach Level 10, first go next door to the Dao Master to awaken their Talent, and then return to the Martial Master to learn skills corresponding to their attribute.

Basic skills before Level 50 can be learned from the Martial Master, but some advanced skills can only be obtained through Dungeons and Bosses.

Skills are divided into three major categories: Martial, Magic, and Support. Martial and Magic skills are linked to Strength and Internal Energy, respectively, while Support skills are only related to Proficiency. This means Support players almost always put all points into Physique, making them all HP Tanks.

Within a single Talent Attribute, a Trial Taker can choose to specialize in one direction or cultivate multiple paths.

However, if they choose multiple paths, the dispersion of Potential Points will greatly reduce their Combat Power. Therefore, Trial Takers generally choose one path between Martial and Magic, at most adding a few Support skills.

Huang Chen temporarily did not learn any basic moves.

The basic moves he currently uses are all at the Highest Realm, but because he hasn't formally learned them, the system assumes he doesn't know them.

This is also his reliance for challenging the Mirror Abyss.

Huang Chen glanced at the house in the center of the Hall. Sitting in front of the house was a venerable, immortal-like old man holding an ancient mirror.

To challenge the Mirror Abyss, one must register with this old man and then enter the Abyss through the mirror.

According to the Ranking Board, only 288 people have successfully completed the challenge throughout the countless ages.

The record of 12 days was set by Duanmu Xi of the Cili Clan in the 999th Session.

And the one ranked 288th took a full 30 days to pass.

Huang Chen shook his head and led the two women out of the Hall.

He had to use the remaining time today to help the two women grow before he could feel assured enough to take the challenge.

Based on his experience from the Previous Life, the main Huaxia forces would arrive at the Novice Village one after another after the 7th day.

Only the Level 1 and Level 2 monster areas surrounding the Novice Village are relatively safe. Going to the slightly farther Level 3 monster areas poses a life-threatening risk if one is careless.

Therefore, in the Previous Life, it led to a situation where novice players struggled to find even one monster.

In Star Abyss, obtaining resources and food requires purchasing them with Gold Coins.

In the early stages, only monsters drop Gold Coins.

Consequently, beauty was very cheap in the early stages.

After all, when starving, what isn't for sale?

At this point, it must be mentioned that the monsters in the Trial Arena are real monsters, and killing them yields meat.

But in the actual Star Abyss, monsters are virtual. To get food, you can only buy it with Gold Coins in the Mall on the Panel.

Time is life. Huang Chen didn't know how much time his challenge would require.

He didn't even know if he could pass the challenge.

If he wasn't around, the survival of the two women would be a huge problem.

Now that both women have Saint-grade equipment, dealing with Level 1 or 2 monsters is not a problem, and they could even try the Level 3 area.

Since the main forces haven't arrived yet, he can take them to grind some monsters and save up some Gold Coins.

Immediately, Huang Chen no longer hesitated. After forming a team, he led the two women straight out of the village.

The Level 1 and 2 monster area wasn't far; Huang Chen and the two women arrived after only ten minutes of walking.

What met their eyes was an Open Grassland, sparsely populated with scattered Level 1 Battle Chickens and Level 2 Mystic Rabbits. Farther away was the range of Level 3 and 4 monsters.

In Star Abyss, as long as the monster is virtual and its level does not exceed 5, its data can be viewed using the Panel Check function.

Huang Chen explained the distribution and weaknesses of the monsters to the two women while guiding them to check the information.

[Battle Chicken Lv1]

[HP 50/50]

[Attack Power: 5]

[All Resistance: 0]

[Movement Speed: 6 meters/second]

This value is slightly lower than that of an average woman on Blue Star, but the starting HP for ordinary people is 50–100, so being attacked still hurts.

Of course, for the two women, who have the blessing of Halos, this is hardly worth mentioning.