A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 13 Profession

Jiang Shuzhou climbed out of the game pod, feeling like a vampire every time he logged in and out, climbing into the coffin during the day and out at night. Perhaps the only difference was that vampires went out at night to start their nightlife.

He has no nightlife.

That was a failure.

It is said that vampires drink blood other than pure blood, as if they were eating it. In today's society, can vampires still drink pure blood?

If they can't suck blood, then when vampires suck blood they're...

I can't think about it anymore, it's too disgusting. Let's go watch some hellish jokes instead, everyone.

Upon opening his phone, the notification that greeted Jiang Shuzhou made him dizzy.

US President Trump announced tariffs on most goods, with a minimum rate of 275%!?

Is this a life that humans could even conceive of?

Are there any normal people left in the United States?

This president has been replaced by a sham!

Fortunately, this matter will not affect Jiang Shuzhou for the time being. It is their freedom to impose tariffs as much as they want. I just hope that the tariffs will not be added to the price of the game.

Unfortunately, Jiang Shuzhou's relief came too late; some game companies had already announced they would double the price of their games.

It doesn't matter. Anyway, Jiang Shuzhou plays "Astral Descent" every day now. He's already a reformer. Traditional games are nothing in the face of complete realism.

However, Jiang Shuzhou quickly realized something was wrong. Isn't the point of playing games to escape reality?

If you play a completely realistic game every day, wouldn't that be just like real life?

Could it be that reality is a completely realistic game?

I can't think about it any further, or I'll fall into the trap of nihilism.

Jiang Shuzhou has top-tier talent in the game, which allows him to live a relatively successful life. Thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem so bad.

Jiang Shuzhou only hoped that the game would soon become a reality, at which point he would become a superior person.

Stopping his pointless daydreaming, Jiang Shuzhou prepared to see what was being said on the game forums.

Contrary to expectations, the forum was largely filled with discussions about whether the game was real.

There are only a few scattered posts discussing this matter, and some of them are clearly just for show.

After reading through several posts, Jiang Shuzhou understood the reason.

Turns out this game actually has items that drop!

In Astral Descent, loot is divided into two parts. The first is like Jiang Shuzhou, who kills monsters and loots their corpses, personally taking equipment and items from them.

The other part is that after completing the personal storyline, all the enemies you kill will drop items, which will be directly added to your inventory without you having to do anything.

"Could I be mistaken? Is this really just an ordinary game?"

I can't tell them apart, I really can't tell them apart!

Jiang Shuzhou couldn't tell anymore. He couldn't tell if the game was real or not. Could it be that the game development team really just loved mages?

So, such an insurmountable threshold was set for mages?

Jiang Shuzhou didn't know, and he didn't want to know now.

Anyway, his talent in games is excellent, so why should he care about the game itself? In any case, Jiang Shuzhou won't lose out. Even if the game is just a game, he has already earned more than 700,000. Apart from "Starbound: Descent", what other game can make someone earn 700,000 in a day?

"There's no point in overthinking. Just wait and see. Focus on playing the game first, and whatever happens will be fine."

Having cleared his mind, Jiang Shuzhou gave up thinking and stopped dwelling on it.

"Huh? A 'Class Strength Ranking'? This is worth checking out; I haven't really looked at the other class descriptions yet."

This post has already received 70 million views and over 100,000 replies. The data is so good that, unlike other spam posts, it's clear that it contains valuable information.

Let me see who the author is.

Wait, isn't that Teacher 87?

Teacher 87, whose full name is "87% of her body smells good," is also the strategy writer that Jiang Shuzhou is most familiar with.

As a top game strategy writer with 1200 million followers on a single platform, Teacher 87 is undoubtedly very successful, and his success is naturally inseparable from the quality of his strategies.

7000 million valid clicks means that at least 7000 million people clicked on the post and browsed it for more than ten minutes.

Its value is self-evident.

Hurry up and bring it up, Jiang Shuzhou is already eager to taste this new strategy guide.

"Please note that this guide is the author's personal ranking and does not represent the opinions of others. My analysis and ranking of various professions are based solely on my subjective perspective. Furthermore, because talent has a significant impact on professions, this ranking is based on the gaming experience of players without talent. This guide is for reference only and does not represent my personal opinion… Finally, please forgive any offense caused."

Goodness, this is a cosmic-level disclaimer.

"Okay, this is 87. First of all, thank you all for your support. After my team visited and surveyed a total of 12456 players in my 75 fan groups, I wrote this guide after verification. I sincerely thank everyone for their support."

"Without further ado, let's begin our journey of exploring otherworldly professions!"

"Musketeer: An absolutely god-tier class, and also the author's current class. Now, some people might ask: Author, author, what was your original class?"

"I used to be a monk."

"Okay, let's get back to the topic: why is the Musketeer considered a top-tier class in the current version?"

"The answer is threefold: First, it's easy to operate and deals extremely high damage. While everyone else is still battling it out, you can simply pull the trigger from a distance, in a dark corner, and easily kill the enemy. Tell me, isn't that powerful? Isn't the operation simple? Isn't the damage high?"

"Secondly, there's the mechanics: each class has its own unique mechanics, which I'll discuss later. Now let's talk about the Musketeer's mechanics: gun proficiency and enchantment. The former can improve aiming ability and reload speed, while the latter is quite mysterious. In short, it's like the gun can talk to you. Right now, its only function is to assist aiming, but it might transform into human form in the future. When that happens... I can only say those who know, know."

Holy crap, it's auto-aiming! They're not even pretending anymore.

"Last and most importantly, it has an excellent monster-killing ability. Although the initial stochastic rifle has a slow reload speed, the damage is high. A single shot to a vital point can take down a person. What's more, you can kill monsters to earn money for weapons. The author has already switched to a lever rifle and can solo goblin dens without any pressure."

"Alright, that's all for the musketeers. Now let's talk about the T1 tier..."