Chapter 30: The Spiritual Banner of the Undead Race
"Side quests have been updated."
"The Inaudible Cry"
"You found five letters left by a man named Morris. Through the old parchment, you glimpsed the beginning of the tragedy that once took place in this town."
"Found Maurice's remains: 0/1"
"Morris's left arm: 1/1"
Give Me Medicine shared the updated mission text with teammates, and complained to myself: "This is just the beginning of the tragedy. The idiot planner is clearly not a human being."
"Whether the planner is a good person or not , the mission still needs to be completed." Entropy said, "The town has been repeatedly cleaned up by players. It is unlikely that Morris' remains will be on the surface. The zombie NPCs in the town are basically intact, and I have never seen a one-armed zombie. What do you think?"
"It can only be underground." Brother Lahong said casually.
"Hey, this range is too wide. The underground cave is underground, and any random place to bury it is also underground. There is no way to find it." Qin Guan said with a headache.
Miaobishenghua thought for a moment and spoke out his guess: "I have an idea. If the planner wants to use hidden quests to show the background story of Exile Town to players, then every aspect of this quest should be related to the game content that can be opened after completion. The first phase of the open content, 'exploration mode, players can form teams, and spawn monsters' is obviously related to the first side quest "Family Letter". The wrong tunnel that Morris' wife accidentally entered is the spawning point for our players."
"Hmm?!" En Bu Zeng's tiger body trembled, "Wait, if that's the case, then this "Inaudible Crying" is related to the territory reputation opened in the second stage, and completing this task can unlock the town reputation? Wait, wait, if you think about it this way, then the process of us finding Morris's body is the process of us solving a bigger tragic puzzle, so- "
"Yes, the corpse is most likely not underground, but in a place we least expect, but also in a logical place." Miaobishenghua nodded seriously.
"Can you two speak Mandarin?" Qin Guan asked expressionlessly.
Miaobishenghua explained: "The name of the mission is 'Inaudible Crying', and Morris's letter also mentioned 'they turned a deaf ear to the crying that was so close'. For the characters in the plot, the 'tragedy' of this town is actually something that is in plain sight, but everyone turns a blind eye to it. If this is a hint from the dog planner to the players, then we can also interpret it as: Morris's body is placed where everyone can see it, but we didn't find it."
Qin Guan, Give Me Medicine, La Hongge and others: "……(▔︹▔ )"
"Please, just tell me the conclusion directly. I just want to play the game easily without using my brain." He said expressionlessly while giving me medicine.
"I understand a little bit now. What you mean is that Morris is actually in the most conspicuous place, right?" Jiang Wei, who had not participated in the discussion, suddenly said, "Then the most conspicuous place in the town is obviously the town hall, right?"
The brilliant pen snapped his fingers: "Bingo."
Give me medicine and look at the one who speaks in shock, only hard work can win.
No, buddy, I don't hold a grudge against you for going back on your word and taking the photo of the fraudulent pearl. Why do you pick the time when you hit me in the face to make a scene? !
Next, this group of players hurried to the town hall...
The town hall where the NPC Lord is staying is a building that is not fancy at all. It is a square mud house that is not much better than a rural mud house. Because the NPC staying in it almost ignores people and even the reputation needs to reach level one to be refreshed, there are currently very few players who come here on purpose. Most of them buy a bag from the tailor next door and leave.
A group of players rushed to the place, and without even looking for it, everyone's eyes were focused on the doorplate at the entrance...
On the wooden doorplate hanging on the town hall, there were a few large words written: Exiled to the Town Hall.
Above this row of large characters hangs a decorative skull.
Not to mention the players who usually pass by here, those who have gained the lord's reputation through hard work, brilliant writing, or entropy, have never noticed this skull - the NPC squatting inside is a black magician who goes around with the title of "Undead Race Resurrection Instructor". It's not surprising that a black magician's residence is decorated with a skull.
But now... the players who received the story mission and ran around for two hours (in-game time) felt very different when they saw this skull...
Even En Bu Zeng, a rational and intelligent person, couldn't help but complain: "Although I know very well that the resurrection mentor of our undead race is not a good person , but using real dead skulls as decorations - I really underestimated you, Lord Yang!"
"Oh my god, the undead race is confirmed to be an evil camp? Are we really the minions of the villains?" Qin Guan also had a look of astonishment on his face.
Despite the complaints, the players were still very polite and threw identification skills at the skull on the doorplate:
"When the black magician Yang first entered the Exile Town, he encountered an extremely aggressive zombie. After defeating it, he used part of its limbs as fertilizer for the flowers, abandoned part of it in the river, and left the relatively intact head as a decoration."
Players: “…”
Give me medicine, walk up with a fucking face, and take the skull off with your own hands...
"Side quests have been updated."
"The Inaudible Cry"
"You found five letters left by a man named Morris. Through the old parchment, you glimpsed the beginning of the tragedy that once took place in this town."
"Found Maurice's remains: 0/1"
"Morris's left arm: 1/1"
"Morris's Skull: 1/1"
"The villain nature of the mentor of the undead race has been confirmed. It was this guy who dismembered Morris!" He said as he gave me the medicine to drink.
"Extremely aggressive... Does that mean Morris is really different from other zombie NPCs? In that case, thinking about his 'dream', it's even more terrifying..." Miaobishenghua complained while waving her hand for everyone to follow her to the underground medicine field.
In the underground medicine field, players who saw the strange creature called big-leaf vine for the first time once again complained about the villain attributes of the NPC leader of the player camp, especially the one who asked them to give them medicine, and they said firmly that "Lord Yang will come to the base sooner or later."
After scanning the medicinal field with identification magic, the players successfully found "Maurice's torso" and "Maurice's right arm".
When they were running towards the river carrying four "parts" respectively, some players who had just logged on saw them and looked at the three people except for the head with crazy looks...Except for the skull, it seemed that the other parts of Morris were completely invisible to people who did not have the mission.
Next, in the river where a lot of garbage, gravel and sand had been cleared by players, a group of people searched from beginning to end twice before they found Morris's two legs...
"Side quests have been updated."
"The Inaudible Cry"
"You found five letters left by a man named Morris. Through the old parchment, you glimpsed the beginning of the tragedy that once took place in this town."
"Found Maurice's remains: 1/1"
"There are many old signs of battle on Maurice's remains. Perhaps the zombie general Lancelot Edgar knows something."
Seeing the newly refreshed task text, I had the urge to smash the table: "Why didn't you just go find the zombie general earlier? Why is there so much trouble? Your game is not a point card system, so why do you force players to grind for everything?"
"Calm down, brother, this is how quests are done." Lahong didn't treat himself as an outsider. He put his arm around the shoulder of the person who was giving me medicine and walked away. "At least this quest only requires running errands in town. When I was playing World of Warcraft before, I had to travel across several continents to complete a quest."
The three dead Yang Ying, Tang Jia, and Chen Mi Xue Xue came online and joined the others. Yang Ying curiously looked at the zombie leg from left to right and said, "Qing Yue, we have been digging in the river for many days, why haven't we seen this thing before?"
"This is normal. Many games have phase settings for quest items or quest NPCs. Players who don't have quests can neither see quest items nor quest-related NPCs." Veteran player Tang Jia took the initiative to explain on behalf of his childhood friend.
A group of people carrying Morris's entire set of parts rushed to the zombie general. Before the player could speak, the zombie general, who had not reacted to the players coming and going, took the initiative to look over. The particularly refreshed zombie's ugly face trembled with excitement: "Isn't this Morris, compatriots, have you found him?"
"Yes, he was dismembered by the evil black magician Yang." He gave me medicine and made the accusation without hesitation.
Unfortunately, these zombie NPCs have low intelligence. Unlike human NPCs, they don’t respond to what the player says. Even the zombie generals who have the strongest “language function” and “interaction performance” among all zombies are no exception...
This guy completely ignored the bad report about me taking medicine, and recited his own lines, as if sighing: "Maurice is a sensitive and delicate person. He is always more emotional than others. Because of this, he is always trapped in the past and cannot be freed no matter how many years have passed. He seems to have fallen asleep forever, which is the best result for him."
"Hey, hey, can you hear what I'm saying? Morris was killed by the black magician Yang, and his body was dismembered!" He said as he gave me the medicine.
"It's probably because of the mission process that once the general sees Morris's corpse, he will accept the fact that Morris is dead. Don't force it." Miaobishenghua comforted the friend who was getting more and more impatient the more he did this mission, and stepped forward to interact with the general, "We saw the letter Morris wrote to his wife. Can you tell us what happened in this town?"
The zombie general was silent for a moment, and said sadly: "This is a sad story. Are you ready to accept the truth, my compatriots?"
"Of course." Miaobishenghua's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned on the recording function...
The zombie general said in a gloomy voice, "I don't remember how many years ago it was, maybe fifty years, maybe sixty years. I was on a mission at the border of the Principality of Shiga when I received an urgent request for help from the pioneer group, so I brought you, my soldiers, to Tarantan."
Miaobishenghua and Enbuteng looked at each other and could see each other's excitement - here it comes! The background story of the undead race is here!
"General Charlotte, the leader of the pioneer group , was once my superior, and the members of the pioneer group, Morris and Yarlin, are all old acquaintances. I am not worried that their pioneering mission will fail, but I am still concerned about their safety. After all, Tarantan has never been peaceful."
"When we arrived here, the atmosphere in the pioneer group was not too tense, but Morris's condition was not good... According to Yarlin, Morris might have been provoked by something and accidentally killed Bildad."
"I went to see Morris first and found that he seemed to be afraid of something approaching and could not communicate with us."
"I asked the soldiers to keep an eye on Maurice, and then I went to see Bildad, whom he had accidentally killed..."
“But Bildad’s body is missing!”
"Faced with my repeated questioning, Yaerlin had no choice but to tell the truth—"
"General Charlotte pocketed all the money for buying slaves. After the pioneer group arrived in Tarantin, Charlotte led the soldiers to attack the villages of the neighboring Rhine Kingdom and captured a large number of citizens of the neighboring country as serfs!"
"Although the Rhine Kingdom does not believe in the goddess of prosperity like our country, they are followers of the insatiable gold coin lady. However, since there is no war between the two countries, how can Charlotte plunder, torture, or even kill the citizens of another country?"
"Bildad sympathized with the poor people killed by Charlotte and resonated with the suffering souls. His spirit was polluted. Even if he was not killed by Maurice accidentally, he would have lost control and turned into an undead."
"Bildad had been 'reborn,' but the contamination he had received was passed on to Maurice."
"Our friend Arlin couldn't bear to kill Maurice. He tried his best to hide the fact that Bildad had been transformed into an undead and that Maurice had been contaminated. He hoped that I could bring Maurice back to the country and try not to let Maurice be accused of being a 'traitor'..."
"But...Charlotte won't allow us to take Morris away."
"Charlotte firmly denied the fact that he had captured and enslaved foreign nationals at will, and refused to admit that he had anything to do with the tragedy of Bildad and Morris. He demanded that Morris be executed, and asked me to promise that I would never say a word that would tarnish the reputation of the pioneer group."
"Neither of us could convince the other, so Charlotte went crazy and wanted to kill all of our border guards."
"When we chose to fight back in anger, no one thought that it was not just Maurice and Bildad who were tainted. There were more people who sympathized with those innocent citizens of the Rhine Kingdom than Charlotte imagined."
"I was also infected without knowing it, and heard the desperate and crazy laughter coming from nowhere."
At this point, the zombie general sighed sadly: "I don't remember the details of that chaos. When I woke up from my confusion, I had become like this, and some of my soldiers fell asleep forever, while others became ugly zombies like me."
"Charlotte and Arlin, never saw them again after that."
"After being forced to do heavy work such as reclaiming wasteland and digging underground shelters, the Rhine citizens not only failed to wait for the promise of returning to their hometown, but were massacred underground. No one knows which name they called out in despair... Whether it is Charlotte who persecuted them, Bildad who sympathized with them, or us, none of them can be forgiven..."
The lost zombie general quickly cheered up after saying this and said solemnly: "But even if we lose the qualification to be born as a human being and lose the honor of the border guard of the Principality of Shiga, we are still soldiers whose duty is to defend. We cannot lose this pride, compatriots."
"I can't tell who among you is my soldier, who is a former townsman, or who is Charlotte's lackey, but since you have woken up in front of me, you must respond to my call. I ask you to regain the honor of being citizens and soldiers of the Principality of Shiga. As a new race of order, we will take over the pioneering mission that was desecrated by Charlotte. This is our mission and our responsibility!"
This zombie general's language ability is really good. With his hoarse and low voice full of villain flavor, he speaks such impassioned lines without any sense of incongruity. Not only does it sound very convincing, it also sounds quite refreshing and encouraging.
"This is what a faction leader should be like!" I slapped my thigh and said, "Give Me Medicine", who was originally very dissatisfied with the healing plot of this mission.
“Born from chaos but yearning for order? Not bad as a spiritual banner of the undead race.” Miaobishenghua also gave a thumbs up.
"This general was a good man when he was alive. He would speak up for those who died unjustly and dare to challenge his old boss." Yang Ying said respectfully.
Before the players had finished giving good reviews, the ugly but righteous zombie general said seriously: "We have received friendly help from a black magician. He brought humans who are willing to be friends with us undead and help us build a home for our undead race..."
"General, wait a minute! Are you sure you got the help of the black magician and you're not just usurping his position?! That guy even got the title of Lord Tarantan!" Qin Guan complained.
"General, listen to my advice. It will be good for us to let Yang Jinben come in!" Give me some medicine to drink.
"Down with evil humans! Tarantan belongs to the undead!" Tang Jia started to make a fuss.
In the town hall, Yang Qiu, who had been paying close attention to the progress of the players' tasks, calmly drank a sip of milk tea.
What players are complaining about is the evil black magician Yang. What does he have to do with the earthling Yang Qiu?
