I am the Lucky Cat of an MMORPG

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2. Another Lucky Cat?!

Bai XiaoYu was now standing in the middle of the Novice Training Camp's castle. An NPC approached him, "Welcome, LuckyCat, to Asgard Online. I am in charge of guiding new players, NPC1. Would you like to start the tutorial?"

"Sure."

"Tutorial Lesson 1: Summoning the Menu. When you wish to check your equipment, look up Character Information via the System Menu and so on, please recite in your mind 'System'. Then, select what you wish to look up using the tab that materialised. Please summon the System Menu now, LuckyCat."

XiaoYu mentally recited 'System' and a transparent dialogue box appeared in front of his eyes. The options listed at the very top were 'Equipment', 'Stats', 'System Settings', 'Real-Life Notification Settings', and more. He thought for a while and selected 'Equipment' first.

A miniature Bai XiaoYu immediately popped into existence. There were only three pitiful items in the Equipped boxes: Top - Newbie's T-Shirt, Def +1; Bag - Newbie's Cute Little Knapsack, Bag Space 20; Bottom - Newbie's Cute Little Suspender Shorts, Def +1. XiaoYu's eye twitched. What's with this name...It seemed like the first equipment to be changed would be these pants. Although it's slightly stronger than the white underwear the System forces on players after taking the bottoms off, the name is just dreadful. No way. He must get them changed as soon as possible.

Bai XiaoYu tapped into 'Stats'. Other than Luck and Charm which were hidden, his stats were all at 5 with his Hunger at 20/100. Stats in AO are increased by levels. The game would give 5 points per level to be allocated as the player wished. As such though two players' levels, classes, and equipment are the same, their health and attack power may not be the same. This increased playability, and also increased the number of guides and arguments in the forums.

The Hunger stat is for realism. To prevent any "Daredevil Third Brothers" from appearing, the game created this stat. When Hunger is 100, the player will die - from starvation. When Hunger is at -100, players will have a "Stuffed" status. Under this debuff, they cannot move quickly or eat any other food.

Within 'System Settings', the most important are the few related to the game's settings. For example, the Pain Sensory can be set from 10% to 50% with a default of 20% - Bai XiaoYu promptly changed it to 10%. Are they joking? He's here to experience a different life, not to be tortured - Volume settings, Skill Effects settings, Log Off settings etc.

'Real-Life Notification Settings' provide the ability to check the player's bank balance, notifications when the phone rings or when the doorbell rings, and so on. But these have little to do with him.

"Congratulations on completing the quest 'Summoning the Menu', LuckyCat. EXP +10, Milk +1." After he looked at a few other options in the System Menu, NPC1 finally opened their mouth. "Tutorial Lesson 2: Check Inventory. When you wish to look at your inventory, please recite in your mind 'Inventory' while tapping on storage equipment like knapsacks, waist bags, storage bracelets, storage rings etc. You can then access your inventory via the tab that materialised. Please summon the Inventory tab now, LuckyCat."

Bai XiaoYu examined himself up and down before realising the equipment he had on at the moment should be the little knapsack on his back. He stretched his arm behind and recited 'Inventory' while touching the bag. A space made up of tiles popped out before his eyes.

The lower right corner displayed the bag's storage space and how much money he had at the moment. Looking at the great big "0 coppers", XiaoYu faintly felt like supporting his forehead with a hand. Never mind. He'll have money in the future T-T The 2/20 indicated the bag could hold at most 20 types of items, two of which had already been taken up.