Chapter 330 "Apostle of the Evil God"
Zombies have no intelligence. They can only react according to set patterns and perform simple mechanical operations. The only thing worth mentioning is their fighting ability - ordinary zombies have indestructible bodies of iron and steel, while elite zombies can fight against high-level monsters.
Yang Qiu does not need the combat power of zombies, and there are very few zombies, so it is not cost-effective to use them as consumables. It is better to use them as NPCs - usually they are just there to give players repetitive tasks and collect some materials. When necessary, it is not inconvenient for Yang Qiu to directly control the zombies through the matrix to give out hidden tasks.
At this moment, in front of Teacher Yuchi, there was a zombie NPC named Stephen Bernie who usually stood stupidly in the mining map collecting slime monster skins and sandworm meat, and would not pay attention to the player unless the right keywords were given. His stiff face, with a grayish-white complexion, like old cowhide, was shaking awkwardly and with difficulty. He spoke in a slow and hoarse tone unique to zombie NPCs, and took the initiative to talk to the player: "Dear compatriot, I have a little thing to trouble you..."
Teacher Yuchi subconsciously took a breath of cold air——
What does it mean when a zombie NPC actively approaches a player?
Means hidden mission!
"Oh my god, I'm going to be super lucky one day?!" Teacher Yuchi was extremely excited. He quickly jumped in front of the zombie NPC and stretched out his little hand eagerly. "No trouble, no trouble. Do you have a task that you need your fellow undead to help you with? I'll help you, I'll help you!"
Yang Qiu, who was controlling the zombie NPC, calmly told the insignificant player the game plot...
Yang Qiu is taking his job as a game producer seriously.
Each zombie NPC has its own background story, and the newly added zombie NPCs are no exception; when the second test players entered the game, the background stories of these newly added NPCs were released, including Stephen Burney. The NPCs on the mining map were all set as sacrifices to the deceased Kazan.
In order to make the players adapt to... well, understand the background of this "game world" where gods roam everywhere, Yang Qiu has seriously integrated the "local customs and practices" of this world into the mission plot!
"I don't know why, but I've been feeling uneasy these past two days." Stephen Bernie mechanically recited his lines. "You know, fellow man, Merry, Voss, and I were all sacrificed to the dead Kazan. When we were engulfed by the terrible breath of the evil god, the horrible experience of being in hell is still fresh in my memory..."
"And in these two days, I seem to be able to vaguely feel that some terrible aura is approaching - I don't know if this is my illusion, can you ask other people for me?"
After giving the lines, a new task information popped up on Teacher Yuchi’s task panel:
"Stephen's Uneasy has been triggered."
"Stephen Burney from the mining area told you about the horrific past that remained in her memory. She claimed that she felt the terrifying aura approaching again, but she was not sure."
"Ask Voss (0/1)"
"Ask Merry Bowen (0/1)"
Although Teacher Yuchi is a teacher in real life, she was born in the 1990s and has played many online games on the market. She has a good acceptance of the extremely common task setting that the first part of the hidden task is running errands. She immediately ran to find the two NPCs, Voss and Merry Bowen. The former, like Stephen, was squatting in the mining area to issue tasks and collect materials, while the latter was squatting in the sandworm desert doing nothing.
The zombie NPC Voss denied Stephen's suspicion, claiming that she was just thinking too much; Merry Bowen, who was squatting in the sandworm desert, agreed with Stephen's guess and said that he had been feeling scared these two days.
Teacher Yuchi ran back to the mining camp to find Stephen to hand in the task. Stephen Bernie thanked his "fellow undead" for running errands, gave him 10 points of territory reputation and two copper coins, and continued to read the lines: "Are Merry and I the only ones who feel the same way... This is really hard to decide. Fellow, what do you think? Do you think Merry and I are just being suspicious, or is there really something terrible happening?"
Teacher Yuchi, who had earned territory reputation just by running errands and was eagerly waiting for the next round of tasks, said firmly: "Of course I believe you and Merry, Voss is wrong!"
" Thank you for strengthening my mind, my dear compatriot." The zombie Stephen Bernie, who had just been hesitant, became firm in an instant, and immediately and generously gave a large dynamic plot combat mission to the face of Mr. Yuchi, a lazy player.
"The Evil God's Apostle has been triggered."
"Stephen Bernie can sense the approach of the evil god's apostles. She believes that a group of apostles infected with the evil god's aura are coming from the east to the west, gradually approaching Exile Town."
"The tragedy that Exile Town once experienced cannot happen again. These evil apostles who bring disaster and suffering need to be stopped."
"Capture the evil god's apostle and bring him back to the mining camp or exile town (0/11)"
"Warning: This mission is a dynamic plot combat mission and must be carried out in team mode."
"A dynamic plot and a combat mission?!" Teacher Yuchi was suddenly excited.
Teacher Yuchi, a teacher, does not play the game very often due to her work, but she is an old player in the first test after all. She has been staying there for a long time to complete Guild of Commerce tasks and knows many big players among the core players - even Ou Yan is on her friend list.
Teacher Yuchi immediately opened her friend list and found Yang Ying, who she often saw leading a team, and told her about the matter...
Soon, Yang Ying, Qin Guan, Jia Luo, and Give Me Medicine, a group of veteran players, brought a large group of people to the monster spawning point in the mining camp and met with Teacher Yuchi.
"Teacher Yuchi has to go to work soon, so let's hurry up and get it done within three game hours!"
Qin Guan waved his hand with high spirits, and a group of players rushed out of the mining camp like a husky on the loose, and searched towards the east like plowing the land...
At the same time as the players came out of the cage, about ten kilometers away, Rhodes and his team were gradually approaching the mining area according to the map hand-drawn by the Undead Engineer.
After Yang Qiu learned that these people were all members of the Night's Watch of the Church of the Fiery Sun, he never planned to let them go - no matter which orthodox sect they were from, the purity of the Night's Watch was guaranteed; after all, they were a group that had been dealing with the dark world for a long time, and if they were not supported by a positive spirit, they would be particularly easy to be polluted and corrupted.
The only problem is... Yang Qiu cannot openly attack these Night Watchmen of the Fiery Sun Church in Innadli.
The night watchmen and ascetics in the orthodox sects naturally possess a transcendent status as long as their identities are not deprived.
The reason is very simple. The two groups of Night Watch and Ascetics are a bit like peacekeeping organizations on Earth.
When a country or region is unable to cope with the night due to war, epidemic, or when the local orthodox sects encounter drastic changes, the surrounding orthodox sects will send out night watchmen and ascetics for support, regardless of whether they have irreconcilable conflicts with the local government. This is an unspoken universal convention among the sects of the gods in this alien world.
After all, intelligent creatures have different nationalities and races, and the enemies in the darkness don’t care which country or race you are from... Whether it’s the evil cult, the void demon, or other disasters, they are all enemies of all intelligent creatures.
It is precisely because they are at the forefront of the fight against darkness that the status of the Night Watchmen and Ascetics is so unique. Even if they appear in the parish of an opposing sect, they are often treated with courtesy by the locals.
Of course, the Night Watchmen and Ascetics usually do not directly participate in any wars between countries or regions; for example, Brother Lowell, even when he was fooled by Yang Qiu into pretending to be Rex and appearing on the battlefield during the battle with the Cult of the Fiery Sun, he only stayed in the back to help watch over the camp and never took any action.
In other words, even if everyone knows that the Kenyan investigation team composed of night watchmen has bad intentions, Yang Qiu cannot act recklessly as long as there is no solid evidence... He can be shameless and have no taboos; but he must have dignity to establish a regime, and he must be trustworthy and abide by the rules when doing things.
Since Rhodes and his gang took the initiative to leave Innadeli, which was full of spies, and came to Tarantan, Yang Qiu didn't need to be polite - as long as they got the person, whether to arrest him maliciously, detain him illegally, or invite him in politely and warmly let him live in the house permanently, wasn't it Yang Qiu who had the final say?
Rhodes and the others had no idea what the Nightmare Butcher, who had behaved extremely "dutifully" in Innad, was planning. Until the second before they were hit by the undead, they were still studying the geographical symbols on the map, wondering how such a large amount of supplies could be transported out of such a large area without any signs of vehicles or horses.
When the undead running over from afar danced towards them, the first reaction of Ross and the others was surprise that they had finally found the lair of the Nightmare Butcher.
When the first group of undead came charging at them waving weapons and with ill intentions, Ross and the others were not surprised at all, nor did they panic at all - they had already anticipated this situation.
"After killing these undead, move quickly and go around to find the Exile Town marked on the map." Rhodes took off his weapon and confidently called out to his companions.
The deterrence of the Tarantan Undead is based on numbers. The group of undead that discovered them consisted of only dozens of them, which was not a threat at all.
A group of brave and skilled night watchmen who were assigned to carry out investigation missions thousands of miles away wiped out most of the players in just a few minutes...
The remaining players realized that something was wrong and ran away.
“Fuck! All eleven monsters are elites. I told you not to rush in and call for help first!” After becoming a Shadow Ranger, Jialuo became even better at escaping. She ran and cursed, “Who said that we should just charge in first and talk about it later?!”
"Stop cursing, stop cursing. It was Sister Ying who said that Sister Ying is dead and offline." Qin Guan replied in the team channel with a dejected look. Because he was holding the Greater Summoning Spell: Book of the Dead, he usually did not go to the front line, and luckily he saved his life.
"Why don't you enable unlimited resurrection? Damn, all the dead people were kicked offline! Teacher Yuchi is also offline!"
"It's just a battle mission against 11 elite monsters. How can I give you unlimited resurrections? This isn't a large battlefield!"
Miao Bi Sheng Hua and Entropy Bu Zeng were not online, Qin Guan automatically took over the command of the group and made arrangements in the team: "Okay, okay, stop talking, start the group! Call people in the Blood Alliance!"
"Ga Luo, you two second-level rangers, follow the monsters. Don't lose them. I'll go to a safer place and hide there. Once we have a big group, I'll bring everyone over!"
