Chapter 127 Tool Man Mission
November 12th, Earth time, the day after the second round of internal testing was opened.
"'The Westram Financial Crisis'?"
This is essentially the brilliant writing of a casual player. She also tried to improve the reputation of the Undead Chamber of Commerce when she was free. When she received a targeted task, she was very confused: "How could Westram be short of money? Didn't we help Lao Yang rob a lot of gold jewelry when we attacked Westram before?"
"Yes." Qin Guan said puzzledly, "When we attacked the caravan during the territory defense mission a few days ago, I remember seizing a lot of gold coins and gold items. Didn't we give them all to Old Yang?"
Miaobishenghua thought of something and said in disbelief, "Could it be that Old Yang is a bad person and embezzled all the gold, so Westram has no money?"
"I think this guy who will come to the game sooner or later is capable of doing this." Qin Guan said firmly.
"This is too weird. Lao Yang is set to be a high-level black magician. With such an awesome personality, why does he steal money from his subordinates?" It's hard to understand such a brilliant writing.
"Huahua, do you think it is necessary to do this mission?" Qin Guan said, "If it is necessary, we can pull the team over."
"This quest is limited to those with friendly reputation with the Undead Chamber of Commerce." Miaobishenghua frowned and said, "This restriction... is a bit weird."
Qin Guan then spread his hands.
It is not difficult to gain reputation with the Undead Chamber of Commerce. It is even simpler than the zombie NPC tasks. Just go to the Exile Town Canteen at the right game time every day, or teleport to Desolate Stronghold and Westram Town to do cooking tasks.
But... just the requirement to be on time is enough to make it difficult for most players - everyone has to work and go to school, and can only play after work or school and when going to bed at night, so it is impossible to be online at any time; once online, you can team up with others to kill monsters, and it is impossible to abandon your teammates and run off to do quests at a certain time... If you do this a few times, your reputation will be ruined and you won't be able to find a team.
At this stage of the game, those who can gain friendly reputation with the Guild of Commerce are basically casual players.
People like Qin Guan and Give Me Medicine, who are usually busy, don't have enough reputation. Among the three veterans in the closed beta test, only Miao Bi Sheng Hua, a freelancer who can go online at any time, has achieved friendly status.
Miaobishenghua thought for a while and said, "I'd better go and take a look. Although the tasks sent by the 'tool man' don't seem to be able to lead to the subsequent plot, the last task sent by Ji Tang to appease the emotions of the civilians was never followed up. However, the location of this task is a new map, and I always feel that it would be a pity to miss it."
"Wait a minute, I remember Sangsang has been doing Undead Chamber of Commerce missions for a while, and she has some reputation with the Chamber of Commerce. Let her go with you." Qin Guan shouted to the crowd that was fighting monsters, "Sangsang, come here!"
Sang Yeluo, who was waiting for the skill CD outside the team, responded "I'm coming" and came over with a sword in hand: "What's up, Vanilla?"
When Qin Guan explained the situation, Mulberry Leaves Fall became excited: "Okay, okay, I'll go with Huahua!"
Taking into account that Miaobishenghua and her companions' mission required them to go to a new map, Qin Guan took off his own equipment and gave it to Sang Yeluo, asking her to protect Huahua and take care of herself, so as not to die halfway.
Sang Yeluoluo, who had upgraded his weapon, accompanied Miao Bishenghua back from the monster spawning point to the Desolate Base, and then teleported from the Desolate Base to Westram. As soon as he came out of the teleportation point, he saw two old acquaintances...
"I said Huahua would definitely come. This mission seems to contain a lot of information and we can't miss it." Yang Ying smiled and waved, "Huahua, Sangsang, come on, let's stick together."
Miaobishenghua and Sangyeluo happily joined Yang Ying's team: "Sister Ying, do Qingyue and Xiaotang have classes?"
"Yes, I called Qingyue after logging off. She and Tangjia both have classes and can't play, and they don't have enough reputation. But Qingyue said she was interested in this mission. She just logged on and asked me to take her account." Yang Ying gestured to Miaobishenghua to look at the backpack she was carrying, and said cheerfully, "I figured I can only count on you. Look, Jialuo and I came to the teleportation point specially to wait for you."
Yang Ying is now a freelancer and can go online at any time. Jialuo is already a junior, has fewer classes and more time to play. Although they are not casual players, they have both gained friendly .
While the four girls were forming a team, two more people appeared at the teleportation point. One of them pointed at them and shouted in surprise: "Sister Ying! Huahua!"
"Hey, addicted to studying? Phantom?" Yang Ying waved his bone claws and said heroically, "Are you here to do the task of being a tool? If so, join the team, and we will stick together!"
Huan Ling, a second-generation rich man who was also a third-year student and unemployed, teamed up with them...
At this moment, a ginger cat came over from a RMB player, a big customer of Yang Ying and her dungeon work group.
Seeing Yang Ying, and Miaobishenghua, Sangyeluoluo and Jialuo beside Yang Ying, an orange cat ran over without hesitation and asked to join the team - he was very clear that he would not make much contribution if he joined the team, and he said that his equipment could be loaned to team members during the mission.
"Big guys, please help me! You have to be cute and cry!" Seeing this, the casual players who were also teleported here to do the tool task came up and hugged the big guys.
In the end, Yang Ying had to form a team and bring in the 20 or 30 players who had good reputation with the Guild and could go online on weekdays.
A bunch of players with the "salted fish" stamp rushed to the Undead Delicatessen. Zhao Zhenzhen glanced at the IDs of these players, and the information of several of them quickly flashed through her mind...
The expert group has information on all the old players. Although Zhao Zhenzhen, who came in with a mission, doesn't usually interact with players, she knows a lot about these players.
"Everyone has seen the mission introduction, right?" Zhao Zhenzhen said amiably to these players with online IDs, "Our Undead Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with the Westerm Town Hall. Westerm is in a financial crisis, and the Undead Chamber of Commerce has the obligation and responsibility to help our allies deal with the crisis—"
"Auntie, can you just tell me what the mission is about?" A fearless player raised his hand and shouted.
Zhao Zhenzhen stopped talking and looked at the player expressionlessly.
"How dare you talk like that? Can you call me sister?" The alert Huanling immediately scolded, "Sister, we don't know this guy. We don't know how he got in. Sister Ying, kick him out."
"Wait, wait, don't kick me!" The player also realized something was wrong. The player on the other side was a tool player, not an NPC, so he couldn't just talk nonsense. He quickly said, "I didn't call you wrong. I'm only eighteen years old. I was born in the 2000s!"
"In short... I hope all my compatriots can help me as much as possible and earn 2,000 gold coins for Westram within one month of game time." Zhao Zhenzhen said expressionlessly, "If the mission fails, everyone's reputation in the Undead Chamber of Commerce will be reset to zero."
Players: “What the hell?!”
"If the mission is successful, all the compatriots who participated in the mission will gain at least three thousand reputations." Zhao Zhenzhen raised three bony fingers, "The one with the highest reputation in the Chamber of Commerce at present is Ou Yan. If he doesn't come, those of you who have accumulated more than two thousand reputations can directly surpass him."
"The first few people who have made the greatest contributions can reach intimacy in one go, and can obtain a free trade certificate signed and certified by Lord Yang. They can apply to the Exile Town Hall or Westerham Town Hall for land within 300 square meters to build their own houses and shops."
"You can also form a caravan on your own, either by recruiting people or hiring NPCs, and sell local goods to other places. You can keep the income after paying taxes. Although the currency used by NPCs cannot buy the top-quality equipment produced by our Chamber of Commerce, it can be used to purchase items held by NPCs, such as the good stuff worn by the Innadri City Defense Force."
The players who were about to protest against the severe punishment for failure instantly turned into passionate fighters: "What do you want us to do? Just say the word, big sister!"
Zhao Zhenzhen smiled slightly: "No need to be so polite, just call me Sister Zhao. I've eaten white rice for a few more years than you guys, so it won't be a loss to call me Sister Zhao."
"Okay, Sister Zhao!"
Zhao Zhenzhen waved her bone claws more heroically: "Let's get started!"
Next, this elder sister, who was very good at organizing work and could easily tame even the players, unceremoniously ordered the group of huskies to move the goods and load the trucks...
The players loaded five covered wagons with goods. The orc girl Lika and her orc compatriots also brought over the lizard horses that were lodged at the car rental company - yes, the same war horses that Wagner and his companions had ridden.
Huanling, a second-generation rich man who has been into the anime for a long time, stared at Lika lassoing a horse and drooled for a while, then sighed: "To be honest, the modeling of this game should really be dragged out of Aruba. Why does a good orc girl have to go for realistic painting style? It would be better if her eyes were twice as big!"
"Damn, you like ET's type? Are you so perverted?" I was shocked when I heard someone was addicted to studying.
"I mean the cute style! Aren't cute orc girls attractive?" Huanling explained.
Zhao Zhenzhen glanced over here with a smile, and her eyes swept over Huanling lightly.
The phantom shuddered for no reason.
After Zhao Zhenzhen left, Huanling whispered to Shenmi Xuexi: "Why do I feel that this tool-man sister is not right? She is more terrifying than my high school class teacher..."
After harnessing the carriage, Zhao Zhenzhen told Lika to look after the store, and then she took Ben, who was arranged by Rex to help her, the volunteered boy Brook, and the thirty-some old players (some of whom were in the state of corpses), and officially set out for the city of Innadri.
While the old players (the lazy ones) are happily welcoming the journey to the new map, on the other hand, the novice players in Exile Town are also busy.
When Yang Ying and others were still on the way, a second-test player with the ID "Xi Shisan" came online during the lunch break. Not giving up, he ran to the Traveler's Guild to take a look, only to find that the door was closed and the official was not willing to open the NPC business during the lunch break, which was the peak online period... He said "Pooh" and turned around to find the zombie NPC to accept the task.
The second test was just launched yesterday, and the entire Exile Town was in chaos with new players causing trouble. Xi Shisan didn't get anything done when he logged in during the evening peak period - all the combat and life profession mentor NPCs in the town were almost always being dragged around the town by the annoying new players, and he couldn't accept any quests even if he wanted to.
The grief-stricken Xi Shisan had no choice but to spend a hundred dollars and buy a steel knife from an old player (the second-hand equipment sold by old players was cheaper than buying from NPCs), and followed the large group of players to the underground spider's nest to kill monsters... and then came back after being wiped out.
There is no way. Although these new players have watched many videos of the group being wiped out in the Spider's Lair recorded by old players, just watching the video and experiencing it in person are completely different...
When the sickle spiders taller than humans rushed over, few of the newbies who once laughed at the old players for making a fuss and their poor operation through the screen could remain calm - at least half of the people in the large group of several hundred people did not die at the hands of the spiders, but were trampled to death by their own people.
Xi Shisan didn’t care what other novice players thought. She was determined not to go to the Spider’s Lair before she upgraded her job and changed her profession... It was too deceptive!
While passing through an alley, a zombie NPC sitting on the side of the road suddenly waved his rotten arm at Xi Shisan who was jogging.
Xi Shisan herself didn't react in time. She stared at the zombie NPC who seemed to be greeting her, and continued to run forward until several players who were also passing by the alley shouted in surprise: "Isn't that Hugh Porter, the special NPC who sent a hidden mission to Ji Tang?!"
"Wow, this NPC actually moved! Who is it greeting??"
Xi Shisan stopped suddenly, rushed to the zombie NPC like the wind, squatted down, and pointed at his nose excitedly: "Are you calling me?"
"Hi, compatriot, you look very energetic." Hugh Porter said slowly in the long and hoarse tone unique to zombie NPCs, "Seeing you reminds me of someone."
“What the hell?!” Several passers-by who also rushed to Hugh Porter were stunned. “Wait a minute! They are all the same skeletons. They just looked at her and didn’t see us? NPCs are also playing sex discrimination? ”
