Volume 3 Chapter 14: Tiger Soul, Soul Power, Ten Thousand Kills
Returning to the headquarters, I narrated the whole process to the profiteers and others who were nervously waiting for the result of my negotiation with the Ao Shi family. When they heard how I humiliated Ao Shi and finally won ten games with one, forcing the boss of Ao Shi to have his men apologize, they all burst into laughter. Ji Mo slammed the table and said, “Xue, you are not good enough. You didn’t even take us to such a wonderful scene… Wahahahaha, the boss of Ao Shi must be very depressed now!”
I smiled and said, "If we go too many people, the effect won't be that good. Besides, there must be someone at the headquarters to prevent Ao Shi from really doing something dirty. While we are negotiating over there, we will send people to attack us here. Well, it seems that Ao Shi's leadership level is not very good. Their members are just numerous and have a high average level. In terms of combat level, they are far inferior to the members of our Jinglei League. Even if they come to attack, we can definitely hold out for a while, not to mention the support of Tianshui Pavilion and Brotherly League. And my strength should have shocked them enough. They probably won't dare to provoke us before they are absolutely sure. Everyone should proceed according to the daily work plan. As long as we develop for a period of time, who will our Jinglei League be afraid of?"
The profiteer suggested to me that I should publicize this matter to the brothers in the alliance, so that everyone can feel that I, as the boss, absolutely care about the affairs of every member and will do my utmost to safeguard their interests. This will enhance cohesion and the final result will be very glorious. The members will feel very proud when they know about it, and it will increase their pride in the alliance.
I thought about it and said, "No need." There's no need to deliberately publicize this kind of thing. It will naturally spread among the members. It would be bad if it were too contrived.
Everyone discussed for a while, and the topic was still mainly focused on how to prevent the situation in which Ao Shi declared war on us. In the end, we decided to arrange a more detailed online schedule for high-level alliance members and collect the contact information of high-level alliance members in reality. Once the war starts, we can contact as many high-level alliance members as possible to participate in the group battle online in the shortest time. In addition, intelligence work should be strengthened. Recently, Ah Wei has recruited several thieves and assassins above level 30. Although their loyalty has not been examined yet, there is a shortage of manpower and we can't care so much. The profiteer talked to them separately and promised to give them a certain amount of money every week. Let them go to various areas on the mainland to inquire about the news. Their general person in charge is Lemming. In addition to Lemming and our senior executives who know the name of each spy, even if they meet each other, they don't know that the other party is also responsible for intelligence work. In this way, possible intelligence errors should be reduced to a minimum.
After the discussion, everyone went their separate ways to do their own work. I also walked out of the headquarters, rode on Coco, ran to a secluded place far away, sat down, drew out the Tiger Soul, stroked the blade with my hand, and began to ponder.
During the battle just now, every time I killed someone, I would feel a heat flow on the hilt of the knife, but the feeling only passed in an instant and I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time.
But after saying goodbye to Bage, on the way back to the base with Ah Huo, Ah Huo said to me: "Alliance leader, when you were PKing just now... you looked so scary!"
I was shocked, and thinking back carefully, it was true that when I was PKing, I was completely different from usual. At that time, I was like a different person, just like a killing god. And why would I torture that archer in such a way? Except for the competition against that little Japanese, I have never been so cruel!
But at that time, I couldn't control myself. I just longed for more blood and was completely immersed in the pleasure of killing. Am I a murderer by nature?
That's not right. I've PKed in other online games before. Even though Fantasy is a simulation game, I've PKed many times in the internal beta test. After the public beta test, I also participated in the competition. Have I PKed less often? But this has never happened before. I remember that when I killed the first knight and the Tiger Soul produced the first warm current, I felt the desire . The problem must be with the Tiger Soul.
But I didn't have time to study it carefully at that time, so I just casually replied to Ah Huo: "Really?"
Ah Huo didn't mention it again, but the look in his eyes when he looked at me was not only respect but also fear. Am I really that scary?
After returning to the headquarters, Ah Huo traded all the equipment I lent him to me, and I returned to him the equipment I won from the bet, which was the piece of equipment that Ah Huo had pulled apart the day before, along with the "Holy Flash" that Ah Huo had returned.
Ah Huo was stunned and said: "Alliance leader, this is..."
I smiled and said, "Ahuo, this is a personal gift from me to you. I hope you can make good use of it. With this, you may not be killed in an ambush like yesterday. Of course, I believe you will not fall for such a trick again. I am optimistic about your ability and you can become stronger. This time I stood up for you, but it was a pity that I never gave you the opportunity to personally chop off that piece of trash's head. Next time, I hope you can win dignity for yourself with your own strength, even if the opponent is a powerful opponent like Ao Shi! Work hard!"
Ah Huo is indeed a talent. His last words were not taught by me in advance, but they were extremely appropriate. Not only did they greatly humiliate Kuang Zhuo without losing his demeanor, but they also secretly reminded Ao Shi Tian Xia of the truth that those who are righteous will have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous will have few. If Ao Shi Tian Xia had a brain, he would understand that if he declared war on Jing Lei League for this reason, it would be completely morally untenable, and Jing Lei League would surely unite as one to resist their invasion, and Jing Lei League's friends would more likely come to help out of righteous indignation. It would be hard to say whether Ao Shi Family could win.
While I was waiting for Ao Shi's people to come to the banquet at Taibai Restaurant, I learned from a casual chat with Ah Huo that Ah Huo had just entered the game of Fantasy on June 22nd, and in less than a month, he had reached level 34, which was a very remarkable speed. He had the potential to become a master. Although this incident was essentially a conspiracy between gangs, on the surface, I got justice for him after all, so Ah Huo was very grateful to me. Now I will use some means to win him over in exchange for his loyalty. In the future, he may become a capable subordinate of mine. How can I begrudge the holy flash worth more than a thousand gold coins? A capable and loyal subordinate is a priceless treasure in comparison!
Ah Huo took the equipment and said something that really helped me: "Alliance leader, I didn't choose the wrong gang, nor did I choose the wrong leader."
Now that I have some free time, it's time to study the secret of Tiger Soul. I observed carefully, and found that the appearance of Tiger Soul has not changed at all, but the color of the blade seems to be darker, as if more red components have been added?
I looked at the attributes again and found the problem. Everything else remained unchanged, but there was one more additional attribute: Soul Power: 10/10000.
What is soul power? I've never heard of it. But its number caught my attention. 10/10000? That means I have gained 10 soul power points. 10? I killed 10 people today!
Oh my god, the soul power limit is 10,000, doesn't that mean I have to kill 10,000 people to reach the maximum value? And by that time, Tiger Soul will definitely undergo some changes! Further inference, that may be the key to Tiger Soul becoming a perfect artifact!
And when I participated in the martial arts competition before, I killed many people with Tiger Soul, but it did not trigger the soul power attribute. Could it be because it was a battle organized by the system?
That’s not right. I had a PK with God and a mouse two days ago, and I killed the mouse, but it didn’t trigger this mysterious hidden attribute... Then what’s the difference between this battle and today’s?
I analyzed it carefully, and suddenly it occurred to me that the competition and the friendly PK afterwards were all non-punishment PK, which means that the party that died would not lose experience and equipment, and today was the real "killing" of the opponent. Yes, this is reasonable, otherwise I would take Tiger Soul and go to the alliance to find a large number of brothers to go to the fighting field for a whole day of friendly PK, let them all stand still and let me chop them, and each of them killed dozens of times, wouldn't it be easy to cultivate soul power to the maximum? How could it be so easy to obtain a perfect artifact (I later learned that the conditions were really strict, not only did it count if you really killed people, but you couldn't get soul power if you killed people who were 10 levels lower than you. Otherwise, I could also pay to hire a large number of novices, and go to the system fighting field with them to apply for a duel, so that the soul power can be cultivated very quickly, and for novices, the experience lost after a death is nothing).
As for that warm current, I guess it stimulated the nerve center through the brain wave feedback of the helmet, which had an effect similar to the massive secretion of adrenaline in the human body, stimulating the body's instinctive bloodthirsty desire, which led to my loss of control.
Damn, it would take the slaughter of tens of thousands of people to become a perfect weapon, and after killing people it would have such side effects on the owner of the weapon. The Tiger Soul is really an unparalleled weapon. It is hard to say whether it is a magic weapon or a magic sword!
After studying Tiger Soul, I stood up and patted my butt. Well, I have to be careful when using this knife for PK in the future. I am not worried about when I can train the 10,000 soul power to full. Once a group battle breaks out in the future, it will not be a problem to kill tens of thousands of people after hundreds of battles. Anyway, I am not in a hurry to upgrade Tiger Soul. Its current attributes are already abnormal enough. It's just that the situation of losing control of emotions after killing people is very troublesome. Don't let it happen that in a large-scale war, when I should retreat, I will lose control of myself and hold Tiger Soul, and rush into the opponent's main position alone. As a result, I will be pierced by thousands of arrows and cut into pieces by random knives. That would be a big joke. Alas, Tiger Soul hinders the master and is an ominous weapon. The words of the NPC are true. Although the magic weapon is sharp, it has the risk of self-injury. In fact, I should have understood in the battle against the thorn crab that there is nothing perfect in this world. However, this may be a test of my ability. I still have confidence that I can control this fierce knife and will never be controlled by human soldiers. Today, the Tiger Soul is still incomplete, but it is said that the evil spirit of the fighting tiger and its former master Chi You have resolved their old grudges after reuniting. I wonder what changes will happen to the Tiger Soul if he can put the evil spirit back into the sword one day?
Don't think too much, just let it go. It's impossible for others to have such weapons! Now that you have time, leveling up is the most practical. By the way, find a few more boss spawn points. Organize treasure hunts on weekends. Make sure the alliance members are happy and satisfied!
On the 19th, Lemmings sent several intelligence reports: First, no unusual movements were found in Ao Shi. At the same time, combined with the news that the profiteer heard from his friends, some of his friends were familiar with Ao Shi members, and he had not heard that Ao Shi had issued a mobilization in the gang. Therefore, it is basically certain that Ao Shi will not go to war with Jinglei League in the near future. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that they will risk being punished by the system and directly launch a sneak attack without declaring war. However, relatively speaking, if they launch a sneak attack, the other party will not be able to organize a large-scale force, and it may not be cheaper than declaring war directly. In order to prevent this, we have arranged sentries in various places in the garrison (of course, the remuneration must be paid by the league). Once it is found that Ao Shi members have entered the garrison of this league, the senior leaders will get the news as soon as possible. I also specially hired four NPC guards with swords and four NPC archers to guard around the teleportation point, so Ao Shi can't think of attacking the core of this league directly by sneaking the teleportation point. In fact, with my status as a count, I can hire 50 NPCs below level 50, but the cost is too high (50 gold coins per level 50 NPC per day). Even though the financial situation has improved now, I cannot be so extravagant. It is only cost-effective to temporarily hire them when I am sure that the enemy will attack.
Second, after Ao Shi was established, it did not recruit members from outside, which means that Ao Shi completely relied on its own resources to conquer the world in Fantasy. This information was also confirmed by intelligence agents lurking in major cities. No Ao Shi recruitment points were seen anywhere. Humph, this is the weakness of family-based gangs. In order to mark their identities, they will add the family name to the prefix or suffix of their names, which can enhance cohesion, but other players are free to name their names. If they are recruited, the difference between them and the original members is too obvious, which is very likely to cause internal conflicts and contradictions. The gang leader will also be in a difficult situation when dealing with such contradictions. Should he favor the direct family members? If he favors, he will offend the non-family members. If he does not favor, the family members will be dissatisfied. Therefore, it is usually difficult for an outsider player to join a family. In this model, in the past, in online games where the servers were divided into zones and there were only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of players in each zone, the family might account for a considerable proportion of the number of its own members in a zone. Even if they did not recruit outsiders, they would still be an extremely powerful force. Of course, they would have an advantage and others would be helpless if they were rampant in the game. However, Fantasy uses a brand-new quantum computer and server ultra-large-scale parallel technology. All data is run in a unified server group, which is said to be able to accommodate 1 billion players, and it can be further expanded! In other words, all Fantasy players are actually in the same world. The tens of thousands of members of the Ao Shi family are already a remarkable scale for the family, but compared with the hundreds of millions of players in total, it is just a pitiful proportion. However, they still use the old family operation model and do not think about change. Even for an organization like the Thunder Alliance, which was originally very weak, according to the current development momentum, it will continue to absorb new blood and its overall strength will surpass the Ao Shi. After hearing this information, my heart was moved. Ao Shi Tian Xia, hehe, if your strength just stays the same, I am afraid you will really become a piece of fat meat in my eyes. Myna's proposal may be worth serious consideration...
3. Yesterday and today, two gangs were established respectively, but neither of them is in the Cang Continent. They are the "Crusaders" in the western continent and the "Dream Empire" in the northern continent. Since there is almost no cross-continental communication at present, we don't know much about them. But some intelligence officers found information on the Internet. These two gangs are extremely powerful organizations, with tens of thousands of members, and they both shouted the slogan of establishing a cross-continental country in the future... Their slogans sound too far-fetched to me, unless the average level of the alliance members exceeds 80. However, as a region outside the Cang Continent, I still admire that gangs can be established so quickly. After all, Dream is a game developed by China. In the initial market division, Cang Continent players were allocated more accounts, especially Chinese players, who knew more about the game from the beginning. Therefore, most of the masters in the early stage were concentrated in China. Among the players who entered the quarterfinals of the martial arts competition, only one foreigner, Phils, was a foreigner. However, those players in Western countries deserve to have a longer game tradition than China, and their sense of cooperation may also be stronger, so they have already tied in gang formation. In the future, when we really have to deal with challenges from foreign continents, it will probably be a severe test for me and all Chinese players!
Finally, the lemmings also brought a very interesting gossip. It is said that a mysterious organization is preparing to hold a beauty pageant in the dreamland. They have dispatched many people to frantically dig out beauties in various cities and send them invitations to participate. There are many rumors about this organization. Some say it is an official event held by the New Era Group; some say it is another way to hold song and dance performances; some say it is the French Fashion Industry Alliance that wants to find models in the dreamland in this way to promote the reputation of their clothing; some say it is a large Hollywood film company that wants to discover new stars; and some say it is an attempt by the Miss World selection organization to make a change...Haha, no matter what, I think this news is enough to stimulate the wolves in the dreamland to howl. Hmm, fortunately I am immune, otherwise I will definitely order the focus of intelligence to be shifted to this news... In fact, I did the opposite. I severely reprimanded the lemmings for not doing their job and asked him to focus on the truly useful intelligence. But I suddenly thought of Xiaoyi and Wanxing. They are both stunning beauties that I have never seen before. Will they also receive invitations and participate in the competition? Hehe...