Chapter 164 Battlefield Test Version
"Charlie Rex" is no longer a person or a name, but a symbol.
A unique symbol used to represent a kind, compassionate, heroic, noble, compassionate young aristocratic ruler who cares about his country and the people.
This symbol has now been rooted in the cognitive system of the people of Westram - no matter what new policies the town hall introduces, as long as it is prefixed with Rex, the people will accept it well - the next step is that Yang Qiu needs to embed this symbol into the cognitive system of the people of Innadri.
The reason why we adopt such simple and crude means that will lead to endless troubles, such as establishing heroes, setting benchmarks, and symbolizing heroism... The reason is very simple. In a specific historical period in the process of social development, the appeal and influence of symbolized heroes on the masses are indeed more efficient and quicker.
Anyway, the symbol of "Charlie Rex" can no longer be monopolized by any one person (Rex himself cannot find another way and go it alone, let alone others), and Yang Qiu just needs to grasp the right degree and not let the "hero" he created run wild in the direction of personal heroism and lone chivalry - even if he neglects it, the national team will pull the reins.
In short, it doesn't matter whether Charlie Rex himself has a good reputation or not, but the Lord of Westham, who is marked with the symbol of "Charlie Rex", must have one.
"No need to worry." Yang Qiu gave Wagner a reassuring look and immediately took him to see the human combat effectiveness on the Tarantan side.
In the hall of the Walkers' Guild, Wagner saw... a dozen lifeless, dazed, and irritable Sokri people.
If the ethnic differences between the people in the central and eastern countries are still subtle and easy to confuse without listening to the accents... then the characteristics of the people from the Sokri Empire in the south are obvious - dark and delicate skin, deep black pupils, thin and soft white hair, and no one would mistake them unless they were blind.
Yang Qiu waved over a bearded man and introduced him to Wagner with a smile: "This is Ken, the leader of the mercenary group from Sokri. You have met him before. Captain Ken and his brothers are now providing services for our undead friends."
Wagner stared silently at Captain Kenya, who had a lifeless face. Ken's dull black eyes also focused silently on Wagner.
Every year, a caravan from Sokri would enter Innadri. The mercenaries that followed the caravan had to register with the city defense forces every time they entered the city. Naturally, Ken and Wagner knew each other.
The two brothers had met each other during the chaotic battle in Horseshoe Lake Village...
Wagner thought that all the Sokri people captured by the undead were locked up in the Westram guardhouse, but he never expected that these mercenaries could be even worse off - just after standing in this strange hall of the Walker's Guild for a while, he was already getting a headache from the noise of the undead coming in and out. He really didn't know how these Sokri mercenaries could endure it.
Yang Qiu ignored the complicated feelings of the two old brothers and said with a smile: "Captain Ken and his brothers have volunteered to join this battle of honor between Westram and the Fiery Sun Cult. Wagner, you have to take good care of them and not let them lose manpower in the battle."
"Voluntary?" Wagner said with a twitch of his mouth.
"Of course it's voluntary. I never force others, right, Ken?" Yang Qiu said calmly.
"Yes, we are willing to join the war." Captain Kane took a deep breath, tears flashing in the corners of his eyes, "As long as we can pay back the huge amount of food expenses owed by our brothers... we are very willing to fight for Mr. Rex."
"Uh...food expenses?" Wagner's eyelids twitched, and he had a bad feeling.
"Of course." Yang Qiu said confidently, "The canteen of the Undead Chamber of Commerce run by our undead friends provides everyone with three standard meals on time every day. If we don't pay, wouldn't it be like eating their food for free?"
Wagner:"……"
Wagner subconsciously calculated in his mind how many days he had eaten for free in Westham... and then he began to feel terrified.
When Wagner looked at Yang Qiu again with a calm smile, he felt that this guy was simply a devil hiding his claws under his smiling face - it was obvious that if he showed any intention of shirking Yang's request to host the battle, the other party would definitely come to settle the food expenses with him!
Without the unfriendly part of someone's implied threat, the joining of the "Sea Lion" mercenary group with a certain reputation did reduce a lot of pressure for Wagner.
Kane himself was an excellent commander in battle. He had an action team that could serve as scouts, four assault teams and six tactical teams under his command. If the undead had not relied on their infinite resurrection to madly attack the defense line, and the "Sea Lion" mercenary group had not had to protect their employer's caravan and could not abandon their positions and fight mobile warfare, they would not have been captured so easily by the undead.
After getting reliable teammates, Wagner will face the biggest challenge of this battle: making the undead obey his commands.
The strength of the Cult of the Fiery Sun is obvious. Without an army of crazy undead who fight to the death and resurrect infinitely, they will never be able to defeat them with just the few troops in Wagner's hands and the people of the "Sea Lion" mercenary group.
But thinking about commanding the undead to fight... Wagner was not old enough to suffer from amnesia, and would never dream of this - in the battle at Lakeside Village, Wagner had personally experienced how chaotic and disorderly these undead were.
Fortunately, Yang did not just leave the matter to him and did nothing. He introduced Wagner to Kane, and the black magician smiled kindly and said, "Our undead friends are indeed too lively and active. If we want them to fight this battle without disturbing the world, we need some unconventional means... Are you ready?"
Wagner didn't react. Ken, who had suffered a lot, asked cautiously: "Wait, what do you want to do?"
"Let our undead friends get used to the battlefield, or more precisely, get used to facing battles in a way that allows them to complete their tasks under clear orders." Yang Qiu said leisurely.
After Yang Ying repaired his equipment, he ran to the tunnel entrance in the northeast of Exile Town to meet up with his friends.
The tunnel entrance discovered during the "Family Letter" mission has now become a popular spot for team formation. Hundreds of players clamored and occupied all the standing spaces around the tunnel entrance, and some even climbed onto the roof.
"Here comes the super popular group of celebrities! The highest record in one night was 26 excellent poison beads! Here comes the healer and the high-damage walker!"
"Little walker looking for a group~~"
"Ten waits for a milk, one milk and then leaves!"
"Little warrior, please change your job. Brothers and sisters, help me kill the poison sac!"
"I'm buying poison sacs and poison beads magic residue at a high price! Large quantities can be settled in RMB!"
"Don't form a group with a stupid warrior with the ID '麻泡子'. If you don't give him priority when dropping poison sacs, he will pull monsters and harm others!"
"Is there anyone who wants a knight? Please take me, little knight!"
Yang Ying found his teammates next to an abandoned well not far from the tunnel entrance, and continued to squat down and wait for people with his friends.
"Qingyue, why is it so slow to come online? She just said in the group that she would come online to form a team after eating." Tang Jia had been waiting for a long time and was getting a little impatient. She was restlessly refreshing her friend list. "Hey, Jialuo, didn't you say last time that you met a new player who plays the game of Mage? Is he online? Call him to come and play with us."
Jialuo sat cross-legged on the edge of the abandoned well and said lazily, "He's definitely online. That guy is pretty hardworking, but we can't call him over to play with us. You know how popular the Mage is. He just got added on WeChat by several teams after he changed his job, and a cute girl even asked him to join a fixed team, so he can't pay attention to us."
"Oh, if I had known earlier, I would have become a mage. Why would I play a knight?" sighed the orange cat boss who had joined the girls' regular team.
Jialuo patted the orange cat boss on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much, boss. If you want to play a wizard, then you are very handsome and have a good face if you can complete the job change within half a year."
"Don't be so sarcastic. How do you know I'm not handsome?" The orange cat boss said unconvinced.
" Look, even the orange cat boss didn't deny that he couldn't complete the transformation to a wizard within half a year." Sister Gala laughed.
"With Ji Tang becoming the mayor of the Player Town, we are missing a great general. We can't go to the Spider's Nest without our nurse." Tang Jia said gloomily, "If I had known earlier, I would have advised Qingyue to give Ji Tang some advice. What's so good about being the mayor of the Player Town?"
Yang Ying was so angry that he couldn't help laughing: "Don't let others hear you, or they will be laughed at. Let's not talk about Ji Tang, look at how much fun Brother Lahong and his friends are having after they got the mayor of Exile Town? Miaobishenghua and Give Me Medicine came back from Innadri with us last time, and with Brother Lahong's approval authority, they are having so much fun. Now they don't have to go to fixed places to spawn monsters like us, they can spawn monsters in their own bases, they are having so much fun."
Players who have reached a friendly reputation with the Chamber of Commerce can obtain a free trade certificate and apply for land for building their own homes and shops. The former is not known for its benefits... It has not been developed yet, but the latter has real benefits: after applying for land for building your own home and handing over enough materials to Lao Yang, you can get an exclusive teleportation point.
The so-called exclusive teleportation point is one that can be used by the land owner and the guests allowed to register by the owner - it cannot be used as an entry and exit point or a resurrection point, it only has teleportation function.
This function may seem useless, but it is actually very powerful - the land that the player's mayor of Exile Town can approve is extremely vast!
Brother Lahong directly approved the homesteads applied for by Miaobishenghua and Woweiteyao in the wilderness far away from Liufang Town, where there were monsters everywhere. So their "homestead" became their gang's exclusive monster-spawning base... They were as happy as they could be .
Others who have earned enough reputation in the Chamber of Commerce in the last Innadili mission can also play this way. However, in addition to paying money to the system (Yang Qiu), the approval of the land also requires the approval of the player's mayor. In this regard, Brother Lahong is a bit rude - he is not a member of their blood alliance, and he refuses to approve the land.
Ji Tang was easy to talk to, but the wilderness of Westram was clean and there were no monsters to kill...
"It's too late this time. Next month, I will work hard to improve my territory's reputation. The month after next, I will try to grab the position of player mayor of Exile Town?" An orange cat boss, who was also one of the individual players who was stuck in Brother Lahong's approval, said unhappily.
"Then we might as well hope that Ji Tang can be drawn to be the mayor of Exile Town next time." Jia Luo shrugged.
"Jia Luo, do you look down on me?" the orange cat boss said seriously.
"No, I treat you as a friend and I don't want to coax you into spending money recklessly." Sister Jialuo said casually.
This was very useful to the owner of a ginger cat. Not only did his anger disappear, he even started to smile foolishly...
"Oh my god, Qingyue is finally online. I'll add her in." Tang Jia jumped up immediately when she saw the friend list flashing.
As soon as En Bu Zeng joined the team, several rows of yellow words suddenly popped up in the information column of the current online players:
"[System Announcement]"
"Dear players, the battlefield test version has been opened. Players who are interested in participating, please go to the Exile Town Hall to find Lord Yang to sign up."
"The single-player mode is not available in the battlefield beta version yet. Please form a group of 25 people and then have the team leader sign up to participate in the battle."
“Random combat missions will be available in the battlefield test version. The party that wins and completes the combat mission will receive a surprise reward of their choice and corresponding territory reputation.”
