Chapter 35 Blood and Roses (I)
[World loading completed, [Blood and Roses] has been opened. ]
[World Introduction: This is a kingdom where money is everything. Most of the domestic labor force is werewolves from the edge of the forest. The price of a wolf slave is 3 coins, and overnight, all the werewolves for sale in the wolf market died.]
[The king was very angry and sent investigators to find out the truth about the death of the wolf slaves. At the same time, the wolf hunting team went to the forest village [Wutou Village] where the wolf slaves were transported, and personally selected high-quality wolf slaves to bring back to the country. ]
[Warm reminder, this world adopts two lines. Team "Black Soup" has entered the [Kingdom] range, and two players of team "Salted Fish" and eight lone wolf players have entered the [Wutou Village] range. ]
Far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, the blood-red setting sun was still bright red before it disappeared, but it could not dye the towering but lifeless red. The treetops could not touch its sky, even though it had broken through the darkness.
There is a narrow path winding forward inside the forest, and no one knows where it leads to. On both sides of the path are deep and empty forests.
A figure stood upright, with his back against a black tree, his entire body hidden in the darkness, leaving only a pair of bright and clear peach blossom eyes.
[The quest NPC has entered the world, your identity is the bird of paradise [Kang Le].]
[The marginal forest hides countless lives and unknowns. As the guardian bird of the forest, you know all the unknown secrets in the forest. 】
[The main quest has been activated. Please destroy a certain number of Wolf Hunters (0/5).]
[Note that this world already has a fixed system for players, so you can't just take advantage of it. ]
Xiang Liangyu stared at the narrow path ahead. Before entering the main world with the players, all NPCs would enter the secondary world to go through the plot. This was not only to familiarize the NPCs with the plot mission points, but also to get familiar with the fixed NPCs in the world.
In fact, it is mainly to prevent fixed NPCs from accidentally injuring colleagues.
Unfortunately, this world is played on two lines. Players and NPCs need to be divided into two parts to explore the [Kingdom] and [Wutou Village]. She and Xiu Lu Fang Zi happened to be divided into different areas and can only gather at the end of the world.
But the sense of freedom and pleasure of lone wolf action is incomparable.
The players in the [Wutou Village] area are from the kingdom's top wolf hunting team, and the main mission is to [safely return fifty live wolf slaves].
The side quest is to enter [Wutou Village] before dark.
In about a minute, players will appear on this road.
To go to [Wutou Village], she must lead the way, otherwise the player will be wiped out of the world due to failure of the side quest.
In the middle world, players must complete all tasks except those that trigger optional tasks. If they exceed the time limit or are not completed, they will be eliminated just like the main task failed.
But why haven’t I seen anyone after waiting for so long?
The system can’t stand it anymore:
[Please ask the quest NPC to go to the first quest point, [Lost Grandma].]
Xiang Liangyu: “…”
Sorry, I forgot.
"My luck is so bad that I was assigned to Wutou Village and have to capture fifty wolf slaves. Even one of them is enough!"
"My luck is so bad! Do you know who the plot NPC in this world is? Lu Jifeng, that psychopath! Who can beat him? I'm so unlucky to be assigned to the same world with him."
"It's bad. I'll die first as a sign of respect."
The team walked in a circle on a small dirt road. On both sides were the edges of a gray and dangerous dense forest. The dense tall trees blocked any traces of human movement.
The man in the magic hat at the front of the team ran his finger over the brim of his hat, and his eagle-hook eyes hidden under the brim scanned the surroundings impatiently: "Jiang Cangshu, have you found any information about this world?"
【Name: Cui Daoping
Identity: Wolf Hunter
Health: 150%
Usable props: (B-level) Magic Hat (magic hat can summon cute little animals)]
The girl on the team had neat short hair and the Wolf Hunters uniform made her look more heroic. She was holding a black mobile phone and her fingers were constantly operating on the buttons. "There is no information available above the A-level world. I think this is well known to all high-level players."
"This world has a difficulty level of four stars. Before this, there were three lone wolf players and four teams that entered, and none of them came out alive. Judging from their world progress, lone wolf players were at 3%-10% when they died, while team players were at 25%-58%, and would be wiped out halfway through."
【Name: Jiang Cangshu
Identity: Wolf Hunter
Health: 100%
Usable props: (B-level) Mobile phone (a magical phone)]
Jiang Cangshu put away his mobile phone, tucked his hair behind his ears, and looked forward: "From the progress of the lone wolf players, we can see that they died on this road."
"What! Sister Cang Shu, I will join your organization and pay five times the organization fee, so you must protect me!"
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the optional side quest [Lost Grandma]. In order to welcome her granddaughter whom she hadn't seen for three years, the grandma picked her granddaughter's favorite red mushrooms in the forest. However, the grandma hadn't been out for a long time. After picking mushrooms, she accidentally got lost in the forest and cried out in fear.]
[Players please choose whether to help grandma find the way home after five seconds. ]
Ten players stared at the grandma who suddenly appeared on the side of the road. The grandma was wearing a red cloak, her body was hunched, and her head was tightly covered by a red hat. Only the sound of her sobbing could be heard.
There was a bamboo basket hanging on her arm, and you could see that it was full of brightly colored red mushrooms, a color redder than blood.
A deserted forest path, a grandma in red suddenly appears. Who wouldn't say "the forest is scary"? And help? Help a grandma!
Cui Daoping and Jiang Cangshu said in unison: "Reject."
【The player has refused to help the lost grandma. 】
“Wuwuwua ...
The hair-raising cry suddenly rose in volume, and grandma's body suddenly twisted irregularly.
[Grandma is very angry because of the player's choice. She hates smart and selfish people the most! ]
Player: “?”
It’s broken, it’s a heart and eyes test.
Grandma stood up crying, and just before she took off her hat, a figure hugged her.
Grandma Xiang Liangyu: “?”
Jiang Cangshu ran to his grandmother and put his arm around her plump waist: "Grandma, I'm Little Red Riding Hood! I finally see you!"
Xiang Liangyu: “?”
Other players: “?”
"Sister Cangshu, you are awesome! I'm sure you will join the 'Xianyu' organization."
Xiang Liangyu's hoarse voice came from the hat: "Little Red Riding Hood, why aren't you wearing the red hat I knitted for you?"
Jiang Cangshu raised his head and tried to see the real face of his grandmother in the hat: "Grandma, when I got home, I saw you were not in the room. I was worried that something happened to you, so I didn't have time to put on my hat."
Xiang Liangyu was really impressed.
She smiled gruffly and separated Jiang Cangshu from herself: "Then let's go home, Little Red Riding Hood."
Jiang Cangshu: "Grandma, they are my friends from the city. They want to go to [Wutou Village]. Do you know how to get there?"
Xiang Liangyu smiled and said, "I know. Do Little Red Riding Hood's friends like grandma?"
Little Red Riding Hood’s friends: “I love grandma!”
Xiang Liangyu licked her lips and said, "Then grandma will take you there."
Walking in the woods, deep in the dense forest, under the guidance of grandma, the player gradually deviates from the scope of the path and shuttles through the dense trees.
In the silent forest, there are no chirping insects or birds, only the crisp sound of walking on dead leaves. Grandma's red cloak is very eye-catching, and even in this quiet and misty forest, her color cannot be hidden.
We walked through the middle of the forest, getting darker and weirder the deeper we went, until grandma stopped.
Ahead was the end of the forest, with a hundred-meter-high cliff that cut the forest apart. Xiang Liangyu didn't wait for the players to react, and threw them down the cliff one by one.
Player: “???”
After throwing all the players who had no time to resist off the cliff, Xiang Liangyu took off his red cloak, revealing his wings curled up behind his back.
She moved her stiff back. She had adapted quickly to her identity as a bird of paradise , but so far she had not been able to fly.
After finishing her back exercises, she jumped from the cliff, and her wings behind her spread and flapped subconsciously. When she was about to be stabbed to death by the tree branch upright in the middle of the cliff, she turned into a cloud of white smoke with a "bang", and then a small and delicate bird flew out of the white smoke and flew towards Wutou Village at the bottom of the cliff.
[All players are injured, and their health points are reduced by 50%. If it is lower than 10%, health points sharing will be enabled. Players are requested to treat quickly. ]
[Congratulations to the player for successfully arriving at [Wutou Village]. The side quest has been completed, and the team is rewarded with 30 world points. The world points obtained can be used to purchase items in the mall of this world.]
[Wutou Village is the central village for sending wolf slaves to the kingdom. The villagers understand the living habits of werewolves, so it is easier to capture them.]
[Werewolves captured on full moon nights will be more obedient.]
[Side quest activated: Please find the village chief and explain your purpose to him. ]
Doctor Wu Yun is healing every player at the entrance of the village. When all players form a team, a healer is indispensable in the team, even though healers are more easily targeted in the world.
personal information:
[Name: Wu Yun
Occupation: Doctor
Health: 250%
Available props: (A-level) Invincible syringe (one injection to restore full health)]
Cui Daoping covered his neck and grimaced in pain: "This old Deng is so shameless! My head was almost cut off by a branch."
The team was dropped off by grandma at the entrance of the village, which was at the bottom of a cliff, and they could hear the gurgling sound of a stream not far away.
"I'm really scared, Sister Cangshu, please protect me!"
Opposite the village entrance to the players is a square earth-gray Torii gate with a row of wolf fangs hanging above it. A small bird with colorful feathers is perched on a corner of the top of the gate, with a pointed goose yellow beak and light blue eyes staring at the players gathered below. Below the gate are weeds growing sideways, and there seem to be two figures standing on both sides.
Jiang Cangshu patted the leaves that were on her body and ignored the players behind her who were screaming for protection. She shouted at the top of her voice in the lounge to recruit teammates, but no one paid any attention to her. Once she entered the game, she knew who the boss was, right?
She doesn't care.
