Volume 10: Pride and Prejudice in the City-State Chapter 1: The Player's Appearance
(It has come out from the small dark room and will be released later.)
"...Player?"
Looking at the statement of his lecturer assignment, Li Lin raised his eyebrows in confusion.
In fact, strictly speaking, the difficulty of this mission was not high, or rather, it was very low. It was just to clean up two simple cities with few people. The university bases there were destroyed and occupied, and Li Lin needed to clean them up and recapture several bases.
The address was not a mysterious ancient battlefield, nor was there any particularly depressing data that needed to be sorted out, nor was there any mysterious and ancient family or myths and legends left over from some era or anything like that. It was simply a small town with a transfer station for the university to store data, and then it was attacked by people hired by the hostile organization, that's all. Li Lin was just a coincidence, so when he encountered such a mission, the organization decided to let him go.
Moreover, the mission conditions were particularly relaxed, and there was no requirement to complete it perfectly, just to simply take it back. Of course, it was not necessary to take it back so strictly, even if it was just to take back the research results or data inside. But what made Li Lin a little confused was that looking at the names of the organizations that attacked the university and the NPC organizations that intervened behind the scenes, Li Lin felt that his good luck period, which had not existed for a long time, had dissipated and now it had completely turned into a bad time. Because the names and organizations displayed there were obviously not serious things.
There is no need to mention the names of the organizations such as "Fireworks in March in Yangzhou", "Tasteless Alliance", "Tofu Pudding is Spicy", "MIKU is not out of fashion and we are not dead yet!". And the one who hired them was the "Alliance" that had appeared in the academy mission and then disappeared without a trace.
They call themselves the Justice League, but in reality they are a league that is solely dedicated to money and power, a league that even hell would sneer at.
Is this a coincidence or something? Did they all happen at the same time?
"Strictly speaking, our business locations that really need to be kept confidential are all strictly protected, but due to the lack of manpower in the organization, some branches are out of reach. Moreover, they have a perfect reason to block it this time, so we don't have much to do, we can only let you take it back."
"What information is so urgent..."
Seeing that the professor seemed a little nervous, Li Lin raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Then the professor looked at Li Lin with a strange expression and whispered:
" There are analysis reports and relevant combat data on the day when the Old Gods were shattered. The Holy Light Cult sorted out the information and came to make a message call. I don't know how the Alliance found out about it, and then they withheld the data exchange because of a local plague."
"So the players are...?"
"Because the price offered by the Alliance was too low, they directly occupied several towns and built them like iron barrels. The Alliance sent several people with high-level magic awakening, and almost none of them returned. The remaining one suffered from nervous breakdown due to the endless traps and attacks, and he was left with psychological trauma. Therefore, the Alliance did not get it either, and they are still in a stalemate. This is why we sent you over."
“It’s really a player’s style.”
Li Lin was not particularly surprised to hear the news.
The game has now progressed to a considerable extent. With the bravery of a wave of hardcore players and the operation of smart characters, players have appeared on the world stage like a comet. The native three-time immortality ability, unlimited energy, extremely fast learning ability, and almost absolute contract spirit have made this group of players clearly recognized by many organizations and related units.
Even high-end players have started to get involved in the university's task chain. Someone used the method of lying dead to calculate an employer of the university. I don't know what means he used to become a temporary worker. When he was about to be a regular employee, he was killed by a container because of bad luck. Later, he was found on the spot when he was resurrected. Later, the player who was about to be a regular employee was dismissed on the grounds that the race report was not true. A few days ago, he was still complaining on the forum that the setting was unreasonable. What a stupid way to show death by being killed by a container. Of course, the official is still pretending to be dead, which is also obvious to all.
But this does not mean that the university does not recognize the power of players, but it is the opposite. The university has a strong interest in the group of players. However, large companies cannot make decisions based on interests. Li Lin, the internal tester who squeezed in, is another case. Other large organizations are very cautious when facing these creatures.
After all, we have never seen these people suddenly appear and then suddenly fall asleep (register an account and then go online and offline), some never wake up (abandon the pit), and some never sleep (high-intensity hormones). It is normal for large organizations to have concerns and probation periods.
The bigger the organization, the more cautious it is. This has always been the case. And the players are happy to accept this setting.
It is not so easy to join a large organization. The ones that are easy to join are all small organizations. And even if you join a large organization, there will definitely be a lot of rules. Everyone has played so many games, so they still understand the routines.
Therefore, the Alliance's direct hiring of the player group this time is also a way of respecting and testing the players. However, it is obvious that neither side seems to be very satisfied with the results of this test. A group of players set up camp on the spot and began to use their rich database knowledge and search engines to create a bastion close to the end of the Middle Ages in the world view of the early Dark Ages. Not only is it easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also covered with various disposable spells and messy defense facilities by players who value money over life. It feels like a protracted war.
Li Lin also understands that if you pay me so little, I will definitely quit. Moreover, this game has a lot of freedom. At worst, I won't play RPG adventures anymore. I can just dig rivers, mine, blow up mountains, and farm. I can even play it as a farming game. Players don't care about these things. Even if others are anxious, players will never be anxious. They don't have this concept at all.
It's just a game, who's afraid of who?
So the moment he saw this task, Li Lin felt that his biggest test had arrived.
"Yes, they are players. They are undead people who don't care about anything like you, are extremely immortal, and get pleasure from death. After they occupied the town, they took a series of defensive measures to repel the Alliance, but we still have to get the data back. So if possible, just take the data back directly, or just expel them. What do you think?"
The professor smiled and seemed to think it was not a problem.
