Chapter 258 A Dog's Last Wish
The commander's last wish.
If Su Xia knew about Li Yun's situation, she would definitely be extremely surprised.
Li Yun's initial experience in the game was exactly the same as Su Xia's, and even his name was the same as the NPC Li Yun, making him seem like a chosen one.
If he were in a novel, he would be the perfect template for the protagonist.
As for why he was able to escape from the laboratory, he did not lie. The psychic suppressor that blocked his psychic powers had aged, giving him the opportunity to escape.
He escaped back to the base, received the mission reward, and continued to be the leader of the Clouded Leopard Organization.
Moreover, his organization was not completely destroyed, and he still had one or two hundred people under his command.
He was not facing the crisis of insect infestation and had enough time to develop slowly.
At first, Li Yun was very excited. He thought he could make a lot of money with this identity.
But soon...
He discovered that the organization under his command, called Clouded Leopard, seemed a bit poor.
Not to mention being poor, they have to hide in the wilderness all day long like a group of moles, unable to see the light. It's really depressing.
Li Yun had also been to temporary gathering places like the Oasis Camp and learned about the development of other organizations, but he was not optimistic. There were even small organizations that were poorer than his.
There are enough food and fresh water resources in the wilderness, so food and clothing are not a problem, but -
How to make a lot of money?
The human resistance army has many sources of economy and materials, such as donations, looting of mechanical materials, and excavation of resources from abandoned cities after the war.
The purpose of war is to make money. If he could successfully intercept a batch of military supplies from the Mechanical Clan, it would be enough for a small organization like his to develop for several months.
There are also a lot of secret donations, most of which come from surrounding human cities.
Although those cities are controlled by the mechanical race, there are still many people in the city who are unwilling to surrender. They secretly provide them with living supplies, money, information and even weapons to support their long-term struggle.
For the victory of all mankind, many people spent all their money to support them.
There were indeed a lot of things piled up in the warehouse of the Clouded Leopard Organization. It was not that poor, but Li Yun was very worried: "I can't turn these supplies into money."
Even as the leader of an organization, he cannot do whatever he wants.
In the warehouse, every piece of material is marked, and there are dedicated people responsible for recording and classifying it. These records are detailed down to every bullet, and private individuals cannot use it without notification.
Li Yun thought of many ways, but finally found out sadly that he really couldn't make money with this identity!
If he wants to make a lot of money, he has to lead all mankind to overthrow the mechanical race, re-arrange the order after the war, and sit in a high position. At that time, he can make money in any way he wants, but is that possible?
The mechanical race is so strong that there is no hope at all.
He thought about it and finally found that there seemed to be only one way to go -
surrender!
During the initial period of the server opening, he had been paying attention to news from the surrounding cities, especially Coral City.
He saw that Zhao Si, who betrayed the Beifeng organization, was not only not liquidated, but instead rose step by step to a high position and lived a comfortable life that ordinary people could hardly imagine.
"I'm so envious, that's the life of a god." At that time, Li Yun was quite envious of Zhao Si. He felt that Zhao Si was a complete winner in life, with money, women, and status.
You can get all this just by betraying your brothers. Is there any easier way to get rich in the world?
Anyway, he was not familiar with these guys in the game, and Li Yun, the leader in the minds of those NPCs, had already committed suicide by taking poison.
Of course, this is also related to the promotion of Coral City.
At that time, Zhao Si had always been the focus of the mechanical clan's propaganda, just to let other resistance organizations know how comfortable life would be after laying down their weapons.
Li Yun was confused by this propaganda, but he could not find a good excuse to leave the organization and contact the mechanical clan.
Later, people from Longcheng came to unite the small organizations in the wilderness and expressed their intention to relocate.
During this period, when meeting with other organization leaders in a temporary settlement, Li Yun was surprised to see that there was a big golden retriever with the player nickname "Mercury Gravity" on its head.
The big golden retriever acted so well that the surrounding NPCs didn't recognize him at all. He was wriggling in the arms of a beautiful middle-aged woman, his ears drooping, his eyes squinting, enjoying it so much that his saliva was almost dripping.
He added the friend through the system and asked curiously in the private chat system: "Why are you acting like a dog?"
Mercury Gravity was also surprised and asked him, "How did you become an NPC?"
In this way, the two started chatting, and after a while they learned about each other's opportunities, and they all exclaimed that this game was really amazing.
Mercury Gravity, who controls the big golden retriever, also chose [Random Map Start] when he first entered the game, and landed in the wilderness, a novice map called [Polar Night].
The reason for this name is that this is the base of a resistance organization called Polar Night, and the person in charge is Ms. Liu Ye.
After the server was launched, many players wandered around the camp, looking for NPCs to talk to one by one, trying to trigger some novice tasks.
Mercury Gravity did the same thing at first, but he soon discovered that there were too many players and if he stayed in the camp he would just be lost in the crowd, so later he rushed out of the camp directly, did not compete with ordinary players for tasks, and tried his luck outside the camp.
There are many people like him.
"After talking to some NPCs in the base, I only got two small tasks of 'killing mutant rabbits', which was really boring, so I went to find other things to try to talk to, such as wild flowers and grass on the roadside, ant nests in the corners, corpses in the graves in the back mountain, etc...."
At that time, Mercury's gravity responded to Li Yun like this.
Under normal circumstances, doing this is just a waste of time. He should go kill rabbits after receiving the small task, otherwise his level will gradually fall behind other mainstream players.
But Mercury Gravity was lucky and he really got a hidden mission.
A Dog's Last Wish
There are piles of graves in the back mountain of the Polar Night Station, with tombstones forming a forest. The air is gloomy and filled with old trees and dead vines. Mercury's gravity discovered a small tuft of golden dog hair.
The tuft of golden dog hair was in front of a tombstone.
He looked carefully and saw the name of Ms. Liuye's husband engraved on the tombstone.
This triggered the task and showed the task details.
It turned out that a few years ago, Ms. Liu Ye’s husband was exposed during a rescue operation and was beheaded in public by the Lord of Anlan City. Even his body could not be retrieved and is still hanging on a crooked tree on the outskirts of Feijia City.
The grave here is empty, and the big golden retriever is the last thought her husband left her.
In times of war, separation and reunion, life and death were all too common.
Many people know that every separation may be the last time they see each other.
The big golden retriever was already old and had become intelligent. He sensed that he didn't have much time left and felt sad, so he left the camp, not wanting to make his mistress sad because of his death.
At the same time, it also wanted to go to the outskirts of Feijia City to see the body of its male owner.
But it didn't go far before it collapsed in the wilderness due to old age and lack of strength.
Following the mission instructions, Mercury Gravity left the base and after walking for nearly a distance, saw the body of the golden retriever.
After hastily burying the golden retriever's body, he gained a seemingly useless skill - turning into a dog, and he could only turn into the appearance of this big golden retriever.
The task requires him to appear in front of Ms. Willow in the form of a big golden retriever at least three times a day, and each time must not be less than ten minutes. The reward is quite high, which is a 15% upgrade speed bonus.
He felt a little awkward at first.
But soon, after getting close to Ms. Liuye a few times, he felt...
Being a dog doesn't seem to be something unacceptable.
"Being a dog is more comfortable than being a human!" Mercury Gravity said this to Li Yun at that time.
In fact, at that time, Mercury Gravity was also thinking about what benefits he could gain from this identity.
After the two communicated, they agreed that surrender was a good choice.
Later, Shi Shishi left Longcheng.
The two met the third NPC player who had infiltrated the incident and was the real mastermind behind the incident, Shi Shishi's young disciple Chang Rui.
Things were simple after that.
The three of them planned slowly and could have succeeded, but they ran into Su Xia, an outlier, at the oasis camp and Su Xia saw through their identities at a glance.
They once suspected - could Su Xia also be a player disguised as an NPC?
How else can you see through them?
But then they thought, how could one player get the recognition of so many people?
If they were facing an insect swarm crisis, they might have died that same day.
Fight against the insect swarm?
Impossible things.
Run if you can, save your life first, what does the survival of the oasis camp have to do with them?
In fact, they didn't know that under the circumstances at that time, the camp was surrounded by dangers. Su Xia had been targeted by the bugs and was regarded as a spiritual tonic. Even if he wanted to run away, he couldn't and would be killed by the bugs halfway.
After being seen through by Su Xia, Chang Rui's identity as a disciple played a key role.
The identity of Master Shi Sishi is heavyweight, and no one can ignore him. He almost has the final say in the joint camp.
However……
It was finally exposed today.
"well……"
In the prison, Li Yun sighed and said to Lu Ba outside: "Brother Lu, how many years have we known each other? Almost ten years, right? When we first met, we were both just youngsters in a small organization."
"You don't need to waste time." Lu Ba looked at him coldly, "The transfer of the camp has already begun. It's useless to waste time. Tell me, who are you?"
"I really am me."
Li Yun acted sad and lamented repeatedly. His acting skills were superb and he portrayed a good brother who was not understood vividly.
It didn’t matter that the Union camp retreated.
As long as he can be released, retreat with the camp, and record the route, the mechanical army can still attack.
Now he just hopes to clear himself and cut off his relationship with the big golden retriever. After all, there is really no evidence in Lu Ba's hands.
But Lu Ba remained unmoved, his expression did not change at all.
"Brother Lu, our friendship over the years is not worth a few words from Bei Feng?"
As Li Yun spoke, he felt a little regretful.
He did not regret betraying the camp, but regretted not completing the system task given by this NPC body.
After escaping from the laboratory, in addition to the mission "Commander Li Yun's Last Wish", Li Yun also received many small tasks.
Such as the last wish missions of ordinary members, the missions of eradicating monsters in the wilderness, the missions of blocking wandering mercenaries, etc. The mission rewards are quite generous.
Several of the quests even have powerful skill rewards.
As long as he completes those tasks slowly, he will become stronger little by little, and may even gradually gain the same reputation as Commander Beifeng.
But he had made up his mind early on to make a fortune by selling out the joint camp. Plus, many missions were dangerous and he might die in battle. An NPC has only one life, so if he dies, he's really dead, so he never did it.
If he had completed those tasks, received the rewards, and slowly upgraded, and was strong enough now, he might not have been imprisoned here.
“Woof woof——”
The big golden retriever barked twice and wagged its tail, looking innocent with pure eyes, still making a final attempt.
Different from his appearance in the game, he is almost going crazy in the real world.
He and Li Yun sent a message to Chang Rui together, asking him to bring the old man Shi Sishi back quickly.
As long as Shi Sishi comes back and regains control of the camp, they can still be saved.
[Hurry up, if you don't come back, our money will be gone! ]
[Come on, are you fucking dead too? ]
[Are you still alive? Are you dead? Give me a reply. All the NPCs in this camp have started to withdraw. We are locked up! ]
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The two men were so impatient that beads of sweat began to appear on their heads. They watched the money and status that were about to be obtained slowly slip away, and they were so upset that they wanted to find a place to kill themselves.
The other side.
Chang Rui was also stunned when he received the news.
"I've been pretending for so many days, how come I was suddenly exposed on the last day?"
The two men urged him to find a way to bring Shi Sishi back.
But what can he do?
Chang Rui looked up at the treetops that blocked the sky. He was still surrounded by the endless and horrible jungle. He couldn't help but feel like crying. He didn't even know where he was.
In the past few days, he followed Shi Sishi all the way deep into the forest. More than a dozen people in the team have been injured, and the morale of the entire team is getting lower and lower. If this continues, let alone finding the Longcheng team, they themselves will need rescue.
Now, even if we want to return to the joint camp, we won’t be able to do so in a short time.
It's late at night.
The light from more than a dozen fragile flashlights could barely illuminate the depths of the jungle, and the deeper part was colder and darker.
The trees in the distance were dim and shadowy, the ground was covered with fallen leaves, and there was no telling where a trap might be. There was danger everywhere.
How long will this aimless progress continue?
They made a lot of marks on the way here, and now that half of the supplies are almost used up, it's time to return along the marks.
In fact, as early as this afternoon during the break, Ms. Liu Ye mentioned the matter of returning on behalf of the other members of the joint camp, but Shi Sishi insisted on moving forward.
"We should find them soon."
The old guy said this as if he didn't pay any attention to the status of the entire team.
As time passed, the temperature in the jungle became lower and lower.
Every step taken by the crowd seemed extremely heavy, as if their legs were filled with lead as they stepped on the soft humus. It was extremely difficult. No one even spoke, and the only sound was the sound of leaves being crushed.
Silence, a long silence...
They advanced in this cold and silent environment, and their condition became worse and worse.
…
On the other side, there is an open space.
Su Xia and the other two took a short rest.
Sun Lang lit a bonfire and roasted canned dried meat. He also cooked a pot of stew with the dried meat and vegetables, and then took out two cans of low-alcohol liquor that he had found in the alien spaceship.
"Come on, we've been searching hard all day, let's have a drink first!"
The fire flickered and sparks flew everywhere. It was quite warm sitting around. After taking a sip of hot soup, a lot of fatigue from the whole day was driven away.
After eating and drinking, the three people and the machine continued to move forward.
Not long after, they found another marking symbol left by the Dragon City team.
Su Xia looked at the mark and said the same thing as Shi Sishi: "We should find them soon."
