FPE Chapter 5

As soon as Chi Yizhen focused his mind, he noticed his vision blur slightly. Then the physical Childhood Amusement Park in front of him suddenly became ethereal, rose into the air, and immediately pressed down heavily, sealing the hole that had been continuously spewing out magic beasts.

Without the endless stream of magic beasts pouring out, Chi Yizhen’s entire body relaxed, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.

Only then did he have time to survey his surroundings. He discovered that when the park had risen into the air just now, it had carried with it about ten meters of empty ground around it. When it fell back down, it naturally pressed down on the hole at the park entrance. But this was not a long-term solution—the hole in the world barrier was vortex-shaped and was still constantly surging, attempting to break through the ground and fly out.

And this park, like him, was now level 2. It could suppress low-level magic beasts, but if mid- or high-level magic beasts came, the park might not be able to hold them down. Just as Chi Yizhen was thinking this, the game’s mechanical reminder sound rang in his ears again.

[Ding, main quest activated.] 

[Main Quest 1: Restart the park and receive more than ten real visitors.]

The word “real” was specifically emphasized for visitors, completely dispelling Chi Yizhen’s idea of hiring people to farm experience. Immediately after, the game sent another reminder: [Please complete the quest within three days, or you will be in mortal danger.]

Chi Yizhen’s expression changed slightly. What danger could he absolutely not avoid and could only face head-on by improving his strength? magic beasts! In other words, if the park couldn’t level up within three days, those mid- and high-level magic beasts would break through the park and tear him apart alive! Even Raymond, the Palace Captain of the Guards of the Kingdom of Theodore, had to take detours when encountering mid- and high-level magic beasts. Chi Yizhen, with only level 2, was just a weakling in front of mid- and high-level magic beasts, not to mention ordinary people!

He opened his personal information and took a look. 

Player Name: Chi Yizhen 

Player Level: 2 

Player Points: 1000 

Player Experience: 20 (3000 experience needed for next level up).

He then clicked on the dropdown list next to level—stamina, defense, strength, speed, and magic power were all 200. The peak data for an ordinary Earth human body was 100, and the difference from extraordinary beings was that their magic bar was zero. When he created Sal, although he had chosen a muscular body type that obviously had substance, Sal’s attributes couldn’t be changed. Each stat averaged only 60, which was actually his own value. So even though Sal’s body looked very strong, he couldn’t withstand the torture at the prison, because the strength was only superficial—inside was still Chi Yizhen, a modern society homebody who lived comfortably and neglected exercise.

One low-level magic beast gave 10 experience points. He had just beaten up 20 of them to reach level 2. To reach level 3, he needed 3000 experience points, but level 3 still couldn’t beat mid- and high-level magic beasts—after all, even Raymond, a Palace Captain of the Guards, was level 10. Wanting to level up to above level 10 by killing low-level magic beasts on his own within three days was simply wishful thinking. Never mind whether he could do it—even if he leveled up, when the mid- and high-level magic beasts arrived after three days, could he beat one at level 10? Could he beat a whole group? He’d still die. So he had to open the park quickly to gain experience, or else when the mid- and high-level magic beasts broke out, the entire Jin’an City would become a living hell.

Chi Yizhen felt an imminent sense of urgency. Chi Yizhen’s parents had died, and he had been raised by his grandmother since childhood. The amusement park had been his grandmother’s life’s work when she was young. Later, when his grandmother got older and her energy waned, the park’s facilities couldn’t keep up with the times, and it eventually closed down. By today, the park had been closed for exactly four years. He approached the amusement park. This park was already quite old. The walls still had that outdated style from the last century, the iron gate was rusty and mottled, secured only with a U-shaped lock. Through the bars of the iron gate, one could see facilities that were dilapidated from years of wind, sun, and rain exposure, as well as grounds overgrown with weeds.

After walking in and inspecting inside and out, Chi Yizhen felt like he was suffocating.

Terrible, too terrible! This park that had been abandoned for several years could no longer be described as old—this was simply ruins!

As he passed by the ticket window, he was nearly hit on the head by a falling sign. After walking around in a circle, Chi Yizhen sat down in front of a dust-covered rocking ride. He was so melancholic he wanted to eat a piece of candy, but when he felt his pockets, there was nothing.

The way the amusement park looked now, forget about visitors—even ghosts wouldn’t dare come in. “This won’t do. I must complete the quest within three days. Even if I have to trick them, I need to get ten people in here. As long as I haven’t taken the wrong path, there are always more solutions than difficulties.” Chi Yizhen rallied himself and was just about to take out his phone to find someone to fix up the park when he suddenly remembered that although this park was small, it still had nearly two acres of land. The cost of hiring people to clear it wouldn’t be low. Even just removing the weeds and hauling away the broken facilities would cost at least several thousand yuan. And running a park wasn’t just about having a park—although he had decided to use the magic beasts as a selling point and trick visitors into coming for free power-leveling, he still needed equipment and staff.

And the current park not only had nothing, it especially resembled a body-dumping site from film and television dramas. If he dragged people in here, they might think he was trying to rob and murder them.

After surveying his surroundings, Chi Yizhen took a light breath. His brows furrowed slightly, and with a serious expression, he picked up his phone and made a call. The moment it connected, he spoke heavily, “Uncle Wang, taking work? Printing flyers and banner production… What? Three hundred yuan? At most one hundred fifty… Forget it, forget it, two hundred, no more than that!”

Then Chi Yizhen took photos of various places in the park and started making phone calls.

Before 2 PM that afternoon, Old Wang arrived on his electric scooter to deliver the goods. He took one look and exclaimed, “So you’re determined to reopen the amusement park?”