Mrs. Caroline's new home.
"How's it going, Maggie?"
Chen Lun stood beside the sofa in the living room and asked.
Mrs. Caroline was sitting on the sofa, looking a little nervous.
She trusted Chen Lun very much and accepted the examination of this "young female doctor", but she didn't know that the plague was lurking in her and Mr. Taote's bodies.
Maggie had just come down from upstairs after examining Mr. Tote. She moved a chair and sat in front of her, doing some examinations on him... Of course, during this process, she quietly displayed her extraordinary powers.
After a while.
"No problem!"
Maggie gathered her things and stood up.
She turned around, lowered her head and leaned close to Chen Lun and whispered:
"The disease has not yet taken shape. You only need to take the medicine I prepared to cure it..."
Chen Lun nodded.
"Mrs. Caroline, you are in perfect health."
He turned and smiled at Mrs. Caroline.
"I'm sorry to have the audacity to come to your house with Dr. Maggie today. I really don't trust the hospitals in the outer city. There are often many accidents there because of the 'urine bath plan' and 'bloodletting therapy'."
Mrs. Caroline was very happy to hear Chen Lun's words.
"Little Jack, it's nothing. It's all because of your concern... and I really like crowds. If you have time, you can bring more people over. I'll cook some delicious food for you."
She covered her mouth and chuckled twice, then enthusiastically pulled Chen Lun to sit down, and she got up to make scented tea.
Although the flower shop at 7 Denton Street closed, she did not give up this hobby, but instead began to arrange flowers and potted plants again in the yard of her new home.
There are even plans to build a greenhouse in the backyard to grow some special flowers.
"After several months of observation and research, I have already formulated a medicine that can treat the Black Death and Yellow Fever... But I still have no clue about the Red Dance. At present, the best I can do is to suppress it."
Maggie took out two light blue potions and handed them to Chen Lun.
"I'll name this potion 'Plague Killer Beng Beng'. It's going to be quite expensive, about ten gold pounds per bottle..."
Chen Lun chose to ignore the name of the potion that Maggie had chosen, and encouraged him after taking it:
"Well done. I'll add 100 gold pounds to your research fund when I get back..."
He was happy because the circus also knew the treatment for the plague. Although the cost was not low, it was good news after all.
Some things can be done without, but cannot be absent.
Chen Lun suddenly thought of something and smiled.
"Also, I have found the drug tester that I promised you. I believe you two will hit it off immediately."
"Oh yeah! That's great! I have dozens of ideas, but I don't have the right opportunity to test them... So when are we going back? I can't wait!"
Maggie was beyond excited.
"Just be patient."
Chen Lun said soothingly.
At this time, Mrs. Caroline also came over with a cup of brewed flower tea.
Chen Lun took the teacup and thanked him.
He drank tea and chatted with Mrs. Caroline for a while, then found an opportunity to take out the two "plague potions".
"Mrs. Caroline, this is the anti-epidemic medicine developed by Dr. Maggie. It is similar to the candy before, but this one is more effective..."
Chen Lun handed the medicine to Mrs. Caroline with a smile.
"You and Mr. Tote should each take one. Please take it as soon as possible."
"Thanks so much, little Jack."
Mrs. Caroline looked grateful.
"I have experienced so much during this period of time, and I can feel the preciousness of kindness even more..."
She put down the teacup, turned around and secretly wiped the corners of her eyes with her handkerchief.
After a while.
Mrs. Caroline gave an embarrassed smile.
"Oh by the way, little Jack, I have something for you."
She seemed to remember something and got up and went upstairs.
A few minutes later, she came down with a cardboard box in her arms. Chen Lun came forward and helped her put the box down.
puff!
A little dust was raised.
"Phew... I found these books when I cleaned out the attic. Although they are a bit old, they are all treasures."
Mrs. Caroline patted the air gently with her handkerchief, as if that would make the dust obey her.
"I know you like reading, little Jack, so I plan to give all these books to you."
"Yes, Mrs. Caroline, I didn't expect you to remember."
Chen Lun said with a smile.
"Thank you so much."
He casually flipped through the books in the carton in his hands.
When his fingers touched a not-so-thick book, Chen Lun was slightly stunned.
Looking down, I saw that the cover of the book had fallen off, revealing the yellowed title page inside. The original title and author information had been lost.
But in his mind, a prompt box popped up:
[Discover the mysterious book! Extraordinary experience "Dream Town Kazt" (complete)! 】
Chen Lun's eyes flashed with thought, but quickly returned to normal, and then he put the book into the Blood Poetry Ring.
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Chen Lun said goodbye to Mrs. Caroline and left the apartment with Maggie.
He turned and waved to the old woman standing at the door, and the two of them got into the carriage.
After returning to Jack's manor.
The players who were waiting in the residential area came to the lobby on the first floor of the villa and found Chen Lun.
In addition to Polaris, Su Keying and the centaur, there is also a handsome bearded young man, an icy woman and a loli with twin ponytails.
The bearded young man is "Dongyang", the vice president who was pulled over from the "Yingling Pavilion" guild by the centaurs, and the ice-cold woman is "Chenxi", the president of the "Chuxi" guild. The ID of the loli with twin ponytails is very long, named "A happy song ending with a sad ending".
She is the number one rich woman in Su Keying's "Jack Support Group". She spent a lot of money to have Su Keying bring her to "meet" Jack and get close to her idol.
But because her ID is too long, everyone calls her "Weiyin".
In the eyes of NPCs, it doesn’t really matter what the player’s ID is. They will understand it in a unique way and justify it.
The three new players were all wealthy, so they directly "donated" gold pounds in exchange for a large amount of "circus contribution points", thereby obtaining the "Silver Snake Ring", a token of official membership.
"Mr. Jack, we want to buy something from you."
Dong Yang, the vice president of Yingling Pavilion, spoke.
Chen Lun glanced at them and gave a charming smile.
"sure."
bite!
The golden word "Exchange" suddenly appeared above his head.
The six players' eyes lit up.
Among them, the girl with the last word Lolita’s eyes lit up simply because of Chen Lun’s smile.
“——Seeing him up close, he’s really different from the video, so handsome! (drooling emoji)”
In a private chat room opened by several people, Taiyin spoke.
Ma Ren and Dong Yang looked at each other in silence.
"--Speaking of which, since I've spent enough, can I get some of Jack's personal belongings?"
Tailtone continued to speak.
This time, even Polaris looked at him sideways.
The other players' faces were filled with question marks.
Su Keying coughed and asked Chen Lun:
"Mr. Jack, I remember you left a message in your letter saying that you would open the hidden exchange list to us official members ."
"Yes."
Chen Lun smiled.
He secretly operated the exchange panel.
In the eyes of the six players, two ink bottle-shaped bombs, a ticket and ten ordinary pages suddenly appeared at the end of the store catalog.
"!!!"
The players held their breath.
Dongyang stared at this extraordinary knowledge with his eyes fixed on it, his mouth slightly open.
"——All paths?! All ten supernatural sequences?! What is this?!"
"——When I first heard Su Keying talk about it, I thought there was only one way, but I didn't expect... the seven true god sequences, plus the three hidden sequences, all of them are available!"
Chen Xi, the president of Chuxi Guild, looked surprised.
“——That’s too much!”
"——This means that even if you don't join the church or the official supernatural organization, you can still choose the path you want to take!"
The centaur spoke.
The players had another private conversation, because this was information that even Centaur, Polaris and Su Keying didn't know, which directly caused the three new players to fall into deep shock.
They had more doubts about Jack's identity and the circus organization. It seemed that the mysterious aura of this man officially dubbed "the guide of destiny" was getting stronger.
They turned their attention back to the store list.
The ticket was called "Admission Ticket to Wonderland" and was very expensive, 100 gold pounds plus 100 contribution points.
After exchanging information, the six players all knew clearly that this was the credential to enter Jack's exclusive advanced copy "Wonderland".
"——I heard from the centaurs that the Fairyland dungeon is quite dangerous and it is definitely not possible to fight alone... You and I are both elites from our respective guilds, or top individual players. We should try our best to prepare our own tickets and then team up to go to the dungeon."
Dongyang said in the chat room.
"——Well, the description of the 'Wonderland Admission Ticket' clearly states that a maximum of ten people can enter, so we'd better gather ten trustworthy people. This will be safer."
The centaur added.
"——Neggotty Gold and Forgotten Wuji from the God's Love Guild previously participated in the 'Save the Rotten Persimmons' operation. Now their contribution is negative, and the circus's favorability has dropped to disgust. If they want to participate in the dungeon, they will probably have to pay a heavy price."
North Star spoke.
"——Mr. Han also took part in the operation as a leader. It should be difficult to join the circus now."
Chenxi sent a text message.
The silly guy accepted Shen'ai's employment without consulting the president, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
But after all, he is an internal test cadre of his own guild and the only extraordinary player in the guild, so Chen Xi still wants to let Mi Juicy Fool participate in the advanced dungeon.
"Mr. Jack, can this silly boy join the circus?"
Chen Xi turned to Chen Lun and asked.
Everyone looked over as well.
They immediately saw Mr. Jack's face turn cold.
"Honey Fool, Gan Ziwen, Dog-Headed Gold, and Forgotten Wuji, four strangers, were originally warriors that I valued, but they chose to disobey the circus's killing order and fight against the organization."
The black-haired young man leaned back on the sofa, his hands resting lightly on his knees.
“They must be severely punished!”
Chenxi's hopes were dashed and he couldn't help but frown slightly.
The others also sighed.
This is the price. I don’t know if it is stupid to give up such a good opportunity for a little money.
Chen Lun took in their expressions and smiled secretly in his heart.
As a veteran player, how could he not understand the nature of players? He never had naive ideas about players, thinking that they would be loyal to the circus.
What is the fourth disaster?
They are a group of players full of uncertainty. They are profit-driven creatures, strong-admiring creatures, and destructive creatures with overflowing curiosity, but they are never loyal creatures.
All you need is to use them as tools for development and improvement.
He is not angry about players who break the rules, but happy instead, because this way he can justifiably single them out as the "chicken" who makes the rules, and kill them to warn the monkeys!
On the premise of having strong appeal, we will cooperate with official means to deter them, and then increase efforts to squeeze their value.
Such punishment is far more in line with one's own interests than simply kicking someone away.
As long as the players still have something to ask of themselves and the circus, no matter how they are "exploited", they will regard this result as a legitimate punishment and be happy with it.
Even feel lucky because they can still stay in the circus.
Everyone discussed in the chat room whether they should contact some reliable experts and invite them to come to Amber City to form a team of ten.
But because the journey is too long, this matter may be delayed for a long time, seriously hindering their development.
At this moment, Jack spoke:
"You are the first group of foreigners accepted by the circus, so I chose to give Dog-Head Gold and Forgotten Wuji a chance. This is also the only time I will show mercy..."
He pulled his hat down.
"Of course, this will come at a price. The two of them will be downgraded to 'peripheral members', their benefits will be reduced, and the cost of purchasing the organization's services will be higher.
As for Gan Ziwen and Honey Juice Stupid Bag, they will be included in the 'Circus Killing Order'!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed again.
Chen Xi's pupils shrank.
She immediately sent a text message, asking the silly guy to leave Amber City immediately.
After receiving the text message, Han Bao was a little confused, and then he saw the president telling him about the wanted order.
“——I’m wanted by the circus?! (crying emoji)”
The silly boy is in tears.
She sighed deeply, and finally listened to the warning of President Chenxi and went to the train station immediately.
"I should have known I wouldn't have accepted the offer from the God's Love Guild!"
She gritted her teeth and regretted it deeply.
As for Gan Ziwen, he still doesn't know that he has been put on the circus' wanted list.
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"Mr. Jack, I need ten bombs, five red and five blue... The contribution points are not enough for now, so I choose to use gold pounds instead."
Vice President Dongyang spoke.
The price of both red and blue ink bombs is the same, priced at 30 gold pounds plus 10 contribution points.
Their cost, currently under Connie's control, has been reduced to around 4 gold pounds.
"In addition, I need one hundred muskets and matching bullets, twenty pairs of mechanical gloves, ten of each of the three-color potions, and one hundred packs of anti-epidemic candy..."
Chen Lun nodded with a smile.
But he was muttering in his heart that Heroic Spirits Guild was indeed one of the three major guilds. It actually raised so much money in such a short time.
All these things purchased by Dongyang cost more than 500 gold pounds in total.
Next, Chen Xi, the president of Chuxi Guild, also started her big purchase.
The demand was similar to Dongyang's, but Chenxi bought more mechanical gloves and matching fuel blocks, and only six bombs, three red and three blue.
It also cost more than 500 gold pounds.
Adding the amount of gold pounds the two donated in order to join the circus, Chen Lun earned more than 1,500 gold pounds from them alone.
"It's easy to make money from the consortium... All my efforts over the past few days have finally paid off."
Chen Lun thought.
In fact, Dongyang and Chenxi also sighed secretly. The guild spent huge amounts of manpower and material resources to raise these funds in a short period of time.
Because the amount is too large, and in the early stage of the public beta, the cost of running the map is not small, and the exchange rate of the injected funds in reality is seriously distorted. Often more money is needed to exchange for the original number of gold pounds.
Even so, the money they have is not enough to buy extraordinary knowledge.
So they had no choice but to buy some special products from the circus to add strength to the guild. At the same time, they reported to the consortium and urged them to raise gold pounds to buy extraordinary knowledge.
Jack had the information about the introductory knowledge of the ten sequences, which they also handed over. They believed that the consortium behind them would increase investment and support all their activities in the circus.
"I will give the items you purchased to Connie, the housekeeper, and temporarily store them in the manor warehouse..."
Chen Lun spoke.
Because the two bought so many things, Chen Lun was willing to give this "big customer" a little convenience, allowing them to ship the goods away in several batches.
"Thank you for your care, Mr. Jack."
Dongyang and Chenxi saluted him.
One took off his hat and touched his chest, while the other lifted his skirt and bent his knees.
The guild has detailed information on these etiquettes, which can help them better integrate into the game world.
Chen Lun responded with a smile.
It was obvious that both of them bought these things for the guild, so it was no wonder that they were so generous. After all, there were very few mysterious merchants known to the players, and none of them could compare to the circus.
The weapons, bombs, potions and other items are second to none in terms of both quality and quantity!
And Jack's hidden shop here is even more unique.
At this stage, apart from this place, there is no other place where you can spend money to directly exchange for extraordinary knowledge. Once you miss this opportunity, you will never find it again.
Scorpion poop is unique.
Ma Ren did not choose to exchange. He seemed to have discussed with Vice President Dong Yang and decided to withdraw the money from the items he had just purchased.
This is his benefit as an internal test cadre.
As for rich Loli Weiyin, she just casually looked at the items on the store page, then bought several copies of all of them, and even bought one for Su Keying.
The deep love of Jimei can be seen from this.
The finale cost about 200 gold pounds.
As for Polaris, he only bought some ammunition and fuel blocks, and then two bags of epidemic prevention candy.
The total consumption is 60 silver cups.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to buy the things on the redemption list, but that he can’t afford them.
He suppressed his strong desire and stared at the last page of the store list, which contained the hidden path "Faction of Destiny" among the ten pieces of extraordinary knowledge.
Polaris concluded in his heart that Jack, the "Destiny Guide", was taking this sequence path, so he believed that this sequence had a bright future!
He gritted his teeth secretly and told himself not to spend money carelessly and must save money to buy it!
Only in this way can you keep up with the times and stand on the same level as the elite players around you.
Only in this way can he go further and realize his dream.
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Soon after the six players left.
Goutoujin and Forgotten Wuji returned to Jack Manor again.
The centaur informed them in advance, and fortunately for the two, they were not kicked out of the circus.
"——Luckily, we let Jack off the hook and didn't kill any of his men...otherwise, we would have been wanted just like Gan Ziwen and Honey Stupid Bag."
Goutoujin said with lingering fear.
"——Isn't it that we have been demoted to 'outsider members'? Now the hidden shop is closed to us. Let alone supernatural knowledge, we can't even buy bombs and fairyland tickets."
Forgotten Wuji replied.
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The two stood at the gate of the manor and looked at each other.
"—but we sacrificed for the Guild, the World Boss submitted the application, and now we have money!"
"——Uh, I still can't buy supernatural knowledge, bombs, and tickets to Wonderland."
Oblivion shrugged.
Goutoujin was startled and let out a long sigh.
"——Let's see what Jack says. If that doesn't work, we can spend money to buy contribution points and see if we can regain the qualification of 'official member'."
"——Well, the circus's favorability is still disgust."
"——Shut up! Why are you talking about something irrelevant? Can't you be more optimistic?!"
The two of them were a little nervous when they entered the door.
Because they were no longer official members, they were afraid that the two circus servants guarding the door would kill them with a single knife.
Fortunately, the gatekeeper just glanced at them coldly.
Come to the lobby on the first floor of the villa.
Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji saw the familiar gentleman in the black hat sitting on the sofa, and next to him, there was a woman with messy hair.
She seemed to be looking at herself with a burning gaze, just like a butcher looking at a piece of good beef, preparing how to cut it.
Upon investigation, like other circus cadres, there were all horizontal lines indicating unknown and red "fatal" warnings.
Above her head, the ID shows "Disease Doctor - Maggie".
"Two foreign warriors, welcome back."
Jack's familiar voice came, but it had lost its former enthusiasm.
Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji felt a little cold when they saw the look under his hat.
My heart skipped a beat, and I realized that it was because of what happened before that caused my favorability to be so low.
"You two originally accepted the mission of the 'Circus Hunt', but turned around and chose to fight against the Hunt. I am very disappointed."
Chen Lun shook his head, his tone dejected.
Goutoujin swallowed his saliva, and Wangwang Wuji beside him said:
"Mr. Jack, we are very sorry about this. Is there any way for us to make up for it? We will do our best!"
Chen Lun looked at them quietly.
Both of them felt creepy from the indifferent look.
At this time, Mr. Jack spoke:
"Since you didn't kill your own people, I will give you one and only chance..."
He paused for a moment and then continued:
"Of course this is an extremely difficult task. I wonder if you are willing to do so?"
Both of them eyes lit up.
There is still a chance!
[Trigger D-level mission: Fresh beef! ]
Mission description: The circus's pharmacist, Doctor Maggie, has recently hit a bottleneck in her research on medicines and is in urgent need of drug testers to assist.
Become the "fresh beef" of the sick doctor and help her research new medicines, then you will regain the status of "official member".
The process may be a little painful, but it will be comfortable once you get used to it.
This is Mr. Jack's mercy, please seize this opportunity.
Mission reward: Official membership of the circus.
"Yes! Of course we do!"
The two chose to accept the mission without any hesitation.
But they were completely unaware of the excitement in Maggie's eyes and the smile on Mr. Jack's lips.