Chapter 19 Tuttle Joe
Tuttle Joe, 31 years old, was a former core member of the "Saint Crow" thieves gang.
No one is born willing to be a criminal. Born into a middle-class family in the Rhine Kingdom, Tattle trained in physical fitness and archery under the guidance of his father from the age of ten. Naturally, he did not aim to be a thief.
If Tattle Joe's father had not blocked the path of a certain rich and powerful young man to enter the National Garrison and gain a gilded position, then Tattle, who was in his prime, would have taken over his father's job and served as the officer of the National Garrison Archery Team in Kargas, the largest city in the Rhine Kingdom, receiving a generous salary and enjoying treatment better than that of ordinary citizens, happily serving as the head of his middle-class family.
Unfortunately, there is no "if" in reality... So six years ago, when the down-and-out Tuttle met Hal Maxwell, who was "ready to make a big splash," in a tavern, he jumped on board without hesitation.
In short... whether it is on Earth or in this magical plane, the middle class, or middle-income earners, are essentially no different from leeks - if they are more resilient, they will grow out one after another and be slaughtered at will; if they are less resilient, they will fall to dust after being cut once.
Tattle, who came from a relatively good family, was the one who paid more attention to the details of life among a group of barbaric thieves. His tent was the cleanest. After Yang Qiu distributed the so-called employee benefits of daily necessities at a supermarket special sale, only Tattle carefully shaved his beard, washed all his inner and outer clothes, and used mosquito repellent cologne as perfume... In short, he dressed quite decently, and there was absolutely .
However, the players don’t care whether the NPC providing the task is decent and clean or sloppy and bad. Tuttle, who "goes to work" with the best spirit and demeanor, still "enjoys" the treatment of players blatantly breaking into his tent, trying to steal the task tools, and harassing his rest time.
That would be fine, but what made Tuttle unbearable was that when he was eating normally at mealtime, this bunch of extremely dirty undead would watch him inhumanely...
At twelve o'clock noon, game time, Tuttle looked at the sun hanging directly overhead and returned to the tent to prepare food.
All their daily necessities and three meals a day were provided by the black magician Yang. Once a week (in the other world), they would go to Yang to collect the following daily necessities:
Soft bread wrapped in a strange film - this is Tuttle's current favorite staple, and it is no worse than the bread he ate when his father was still alive.
Sweet cookies of various flavors, crispy and crunchy, various dried vegetables, cucumber slices, dried sweet potatoes, hawthorn slices and other snacks - Tuttle has the habit of eating snacks, and this snack gift package is very thoughtful for him.
A box of instant noodles - this stuff is very popular with Hal and his friends, but Tuttle thinks the taste is too pungent and he doesn't really like it. He got a box when he came here and hasn't finished it yet.
In addition, there are cereals, energy bars, candies, starch sausages, etc. that can be used to quickly replenish consumed supplementary foods.
Well... all of the above are the products that are about to expire or even expired and are removed from the supermarket shelves. Yang Qiu is not picky at all. He will take them no matter how bad they taste or how unsalable they are. Supermarkets like this kind of customers who are willing to help them deal with expired food for a long time and have paid a half-year deposit. If the supermarket removes the products, they will be brought here by small trucks...
These obsolete products caused by overcapacity in modern industry are removed from their packaging bags and packaged in large bags using vacuum packaging machines purchased on the second-hand market and then transported here, directly solving the three meals a day problem for human employees.
If I didn't think it was unfair, I might have given Yang Qiu the expired cat food...
There was no meat available (it was still summer in the other world, and the temperature in the Tarantan Wasteland was high, so the expired frozen meat, which was cheaper than expired cat food, could not be preserved for a week). This welfare food was a little lacking, but a group of former thieves, including Tuttle who came from a middle-class family, were very satisfied, and were willing to stay and work even if they were harassed crazily by the undead...
He started a fire in the stone pile outside the tent, boiled water in an iron pot, soaked a bowl of oatmeal, threw some dried vegetables, sweet potato chips and biscuit crumbs into the oatmeal, took out the small square stools and cushions that served as the dining table, put multi-grain oatmeal, two palms thick lunch bread, a strip of starchy ham, and a plate of biscuits and candies as a snack, and then Tuttle officially started eating.
Having learned from the lesson of last night when he had dinner outside the tent and was surrounded by a bunch of dirty undead, Tuttle hid in the tent to eat this time. Although it was a bit stuffy, it was better than having a bunch of skeletons surrounding him curiously and shouting such inexplicable crazy words as "He is actually eating", "Damn, the food doesn't seem to be a sticker, he really ate it up bite by bite", and "It's fucking amazing, the planner must be crazy in pursuing realism".
It would have been fine if they were just onlookers, but Tuttle couldn't stand the curious skeletons trying to poke their dirty finger bones into Tuttle's plate...
After having a lunch that Tuttle considered to be "decent food for a middle-class family" under the protection of the soundproof barrier and various defensive traps outside the tent, Tuttle cleared the table and took the dishes outside to wash.
Although Exile Town has been deserted for many years and the wells in the town have been abandoned, there is still groundwater. In order to make the human "NPCs" live in peace, Yang Qiu went to the farm machinery store and bought a hand-operated water pump. He took the time to reinforce and repair the few wells that could still be used with earth magic and threw water purification tablets into them. Now these wells can be used normally, and there is one next to the planned construction site of the Traveler's Guild.
When Tuttle pressed the handle to pump water to wash the dishes, a player who had just logged in came over curiously, squatted beside him and looked around in confusion...
"Is this NPC washing dishes? Can NPCs eat and wash dishes?"
The voice of the skeleton with the ID "Your teacher is always" was a clear and intellectual lady's voice, which made Tattle, who had no good feelings for these strange undead, couldn't help but turn his head to take a look.
"Yes, he was still making a fire and boiling water to make oatmeal before you came over." Another skeleton with a sweet and youthful female voice said with amusement, "Teacher Yuchi, why is your game ID so weird?"
"Hey, when I created an ID on the official website, there was no reminder that the ID would not be displayed if it had more than six characters. I originally named it 'Your teacher is always your teacher.'" Teacher Yuchi waved his hand and stood up with his knees. "This game is really different, Xiao Liu. The three hundred yuan I spent on the helmet was not wasted."
Yes... that's right, this helmet of Mr. Yuchi was also bought from the studio, and the middleman made a profit from the price difference...
As for whether the studio owner who bought a large number of helmets and then quickly sold them vomited blood today when the game was launched for internal testing, it is unknown.
"Of course ." The female player named Xiao Liu laughed, "I came online to play for a while and earned some copper coins by completing tasks. I just saw someone say that someone else was offering a 5 to 1 ratio for game coins, which is enough to pay for a meal."
"Hey, I can make money playing games." Teacher Yuchi was happy, "Okay, then you keep busy, I'll look around."
"Teacher Yuchi, don't you do quests?" Xiao Liu pointed at Tattle, who was squatting by the well washing dishes. "There are many people who do this NPC reputation. I guess the ranger will be a popular profession in the future. Do you want to play a ranger too?"
Tuttle looked expressionlessly at the skeleton who was pointing his finger bones at him rudely and casually.
If Yang hadn't stipulated that these filthy undead souls could not be killed at will, this rudeness alone would be enough to make him draw his bow... No matter how sweet and soft the voice was, it would die!
Teacher Yuchi noticed that Tuttle actually responded to what Xiao Liu said, and was particularly surprised and said, "Hey, Xiao Liu, he seems very dissatisfied with your attitude?"
"Normal. The NPCs in this game are very smart and have bad tempers." Xiao Liu said nonchalantly, "At noon, when it was dark in the game, this NPC went to sleep. People who were going offline to eat were in a hurry to hand in their quests, but this guy came out with a bow and chased them around the block. He even went to complain to the lord and set up a lot of traps around their tent. He is more bossy than the players."
"Hey, the NPC can also complain!" Teacher Yuchi was amused again, "This game is really interesting. Come on, you do your task. I have to go around and see if there is anything else fun."
"Okay, then you can go and have fun, teacher." Xiao Liu said, "Be careful not to go to the south of the town. There is a very big rat there. It has killed many people today."
Teacher Yuchi was just about to leave when he saw several people running towards him.
"Brothers and sisters, please pay attention! The market price is as high as 8:1 for copper coins. We support Alipay and WeChat transactions. The transaction ends when 300 copper coins are collected. If you are willing to sell game coins, hurry up!"
"It's rising so fast? It was closing at 5 to 1 just now." Xiao Liu looked over in surprise.
"Why do they charge such a high price for the money they collect from the game?" Teacher Yuchi was also quite surprised. "When the gold coins in World of Warcraft Classic were at their most expensive, they weren't this outrageous."
"Oh, it's because of some bidding activity organized by the NPC." Xiao Liu said, "The treasure expert NPC at the construction site over there refreshed three deception beads, and there was a knight instructor at the construction site over here who refreshed an undead horse. The undead horse in particular, the starting price alone is one thousand copper coins."
"Wait a minute, doesn't this mean that buying a mount would cost at least several thousand RMB? Is this robbery?" Teacher Yuchi was shocked.
"It's the first mount in the game, so some people care about the face. " Xiao Liu said, "The next undead horse will be released in a month, and it will also be auctioned at that time. Moreover, the server will produce more game coins at that time, so I don't know how much it will be raised to. It won't be cheaper than the first one."
"It's just a game, not necessary." Teacher Yuchi shook his head repeatedly.
"Hey, let alone this kind of black-tech holographic game, when out-of-print mounts are released in PC games, people still fight to the death for them. Some people spend hundreds of thousands to buy mounts for their little ones to ride. At least in this game, players can ride the mounts themselves, and the experience is great." Xiao Liu said with a smile.
"That's too exaggerated." Teacher Yuchi still disagreed.
At this time, two more people hurried over to the Youxia construction site where the most players were moving bricks, and shouted at the top of their lungs, "The highest price in the market is 10 to 1 for game coins! Take as many as you can! If you are selling, please contact me quickly! I will receive it by tomorrow morning!"
Teacher Yuchi & Xiao Liu: “What the hell?!”
"Teacher, I won't work on the Ranger reputation for now. I'm going to go to the zombie NPC to earn money." Xiao Liu said decisively, "There's one more copper coin there than here, and there's a chance to increase the potential value during the mission. I'll go get the money for the helmet first."
Having said that, the girl ran away impatiently...
Some of the players who were working hard to earn reputation and copper coins immediately found buyers to cash in the copper coins in their pockets, while others seemed to think that the copper coins still had value and decided to wait and see. Regardless of whether they were cashing in on the spot or waiting and watching, they immediately packed up their task tools and prepared to move on...
As soon as Tuttle finished putting away the washed dishes, a group of skeletons pounced on him ferociously and demanded to complete the task.
Tuttle retreated back into the tent with an expressionless face and took out his longbow.
The players who had just been scrambling for the front row like crazy dogs immediately calmed down and lined up obediently...
