Chapter 42: New Trial Slots
“What did you do?”
Lin Qi glanced at the system prompt, then quickly shifted his gaze to Yi Ye Fu Yun, whose expression was somewhat deranged.
“It worked!”
“I really did it!”
Yi Ye Fu Yun completely ignored the arm spraying blood everywhere, holding up the rubber spear with one hand, celebrating nonstop, like a beggar who had just won five million.
After a brief moment of wild joy, Yi Ye Fu Yun heard Lin Qi’s question and quickly calmed down.
“Master of the pavilion, I lost my composure. Please forgive me.” Yi Ye Fu Yun suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, hurriedly used his relatively intact hand to cover the bleeding severed arm, paused, and said, “Just now I only tried a martial skill I learned before, but the side effects of that martial skill are huge, which is why it turned out like this. Master of the pavilion, please rest assured, I will clean the room very soon and definitely will not cause you trouble.”
No one was willing to violate the new rules of the martial arts hall, especially after successfully recreating it now.
This was a leap straight to having combat power on par with Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qing Wei, no longer a player of the second tier. If he were kicked out of High Martial Arts Descend at this moment, he would probably be driven to despair.
“All right, we will let it go this time. Clean everything up in a while.”
Seeing that Yi Ye Fu Yun did not want to explain more, Lin Qi also understood that no player would explain to an npc how he took a skill from another virtual game and recreated it inside High Martial Arts Descend.
Rather than waste time asking, it was more efficient to hide to the side and eavesdrop.
“Old Ye, you are amazing!” Fang Zhen looked at the blood-soaked Yi Ye Fu Yun, full of admiration. “I always thought you were just a casual local tyrant player. I never expected you could recreate the third-tier spearman ultimate skill from Demon God Battlefield. Awesome! Seriously awesome!”
Demon God Battlefield, this fantasy virtual game, although far less popular than the wuxia epic Pilgrimage, was still a masterpiece with hundreds of millions of players online.
In it, players could play many classes, such as swordsman, knight, spearman, mage, and so on. Every class had many skills, and as the tier increased, the skills they could learn grew stronger.
The current maximum tier in Demon God Battlefield was tier five. The Spiral Demon Spear Kill of a third-tier spearman, when used normally in Demon God Battlefield, could pierce a mountain with a single strike, a terrifying attack like a coilgun.
Fang Zhen truly had not expected that Yi Ye Fu Yun, who clearly seemed like a local tyrant player, could actually recreate Spiral Demon Spear Kill. Even though it was a very simplified version and its power was less than one percent of the original.
But just being able to recreate it and directly receive a rank five martial artist review from Instructor One was something that would make anyone exclaim in awe.
“Not bad. If it were not for my Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique and my physical fitness both breaking through, I probably could not have done it.” Yi Ye Fu Yun laughed loudly. “I feel that if my physical fitness and Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique can be improved a bit further, I should be able to fully display Spiral Demon Spear Kill.”
“No wonder. I was wondering how you could spin so insanely, just like an electric light poisonous dragon drill. The final explosive power when the spear was fired, I feel that with my quasi-apprentice limit physical fitness, I could not achieve it even using Crushing Stone Fist. So you broke through.” Twilight of the Gods’ eyes lit up. “Then if I want to use that move, I just need to find a way to improve my physical fitness and Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique!”
“The gameplay of this game is really hidden too deep.” Saiwai Qiangke sighed. “No wonder the master of the pavilion previously sold Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique cheaply. It was originally to prepare us for creating our own martial skills.”
Everyone suddenly understood after hearing this, and began to realize that this game manufacturer calculated every step.
Hearing this from outside the room, Lin Qi wiped cold sweat.
He really had not thought that far. He just wanted to repair the martial arts hall and have a proper residence.
“But the 20 new introduction quotas obtained this time can ease the shortage of manpower.” Lin Qi looked at the system introduction quota limit at the bottom of his field of vision.
It had risen from the original 10 to 30, which was undoubtedly a huge improvement.
The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was too big, as large as a normal stadium. Even though he had recruited one hundred people from the abandoned area, all the repairs inside the hall depended on the players.
And winter in this world was coming soon. Based on his understanding of winter in the High Martial Arts World, it was extremely harsh, with common temperatures at minus fifty degrees, and the coldest times reaching minus eighty.
With such terrifying low temperatures, even a quasi-martial artist could not survive the winter without enough cold-resistant clothing and heating equipment.
Although players could resurrect infinitely, for the sake of gameplay, he had to prepare a set of cold-resistant clothing and heating equipment for their residences for all players.
And cold-resistant clothing and heating equipment would cost a lot of money.
Although he currently had crocodile fang rhinoceros beef and more than one hundred kilograms of blood essence rice, those things could not be sold casually. Even if he did sell them, the money would probably be barely enough to repair the martial arts hall.
If all ten players focused on repairing the martial arts hall, then no one would be out earning money, and in the end, he would still be penniless.
The twenty new quotas now had solved his urgent problem.
City of Light Chasing, Azure Crystal Weapon Shop.
A tricycle loaded with a cartful of ore slowly drove to a seven-story building. The street outside was crowded with people of all kinds of races. Sitting on the tricycle, Saiwai Qiangke and Yi Qiang Ba Jue were completely shocked by the sight before their eyes.
“This is insanely awesome! This is simply a complete fusion of cyberpunk and wasteland.”
“I really did not expect this is just the suburbs. We were actually chosen by the master of the pavilion to come here this time. Such luck!”
The two of them, like curious kids, crazily observed their surroundings, completely impressed by the grand scenes designed in High Martial Arts Descend.
Especially since the scenery of the suburbs and the abandoned area were worlds apart.
One was futuristic cyberpunk technology, the other a post-apocalyptic wasteland, completely two different worlds.
After arriving in the suburbs, the two also gained more expectations for the future development of High Martial Arts Descend. After all, since the game manufacturer designed such a city, players like them would definitely come live here in the future.
Otherwise, the game manufacturer would not have gone to such trouble to create such a grand suburban district.
“In a moment, do not say anything. Whatever I tell you to do, you do it. Understand?” Lin Qi got off the vehicle and swept his gaze over the two.
Originally, he had not planned to bring players to the suburbs. After all, there were too many people in the suburbs, and the information volume they could access was huge. Even if players could only understand human language, they could still obtain a great deal of information.
But after thinking about it, with the martial arts hall having activated the contribution points system, players now probably valued contribution value more than points. In particular, all these players were thinking about how to create their own martial skills. They no longer cared much about how many points they had and cared more about how much contribution value they could get.
Under such circumstances, he could completely open up the players’ understanding of bits. Even if they learned that the bits they earned from tasks were very little, the tasks gave contribution value, which was much more important than money.
Of course, he had two more important reasons for bringing the two here.
First was to unload the goods.
If he had to carry such a cartful of ore by himself, it would take a long time. But if players did it, it would only cost five contribution points, and not even require points.
Second was to purchase some supplies.
Now the introduction quotas had increased by twenty, but the supplies in the martial arts hall were only enough for ten people. So he needed to buy more alloy shovels, as well as one month’s worth of food and water for twenty people, which would probably fill another small cart.
“Master of the pavilion, please rest assured. If you tell us not to speak, we will not say a single word.”
“That’s right, master of the pavilion, we will not utter half a word!”
Saiwai Qiangke and Yi Qiang Ba Jue nodded repeatedly, eager to frantically build favorability in front of Lin Qi, hoping that next time they went out, he would bring them again.
“All right, go move the goods.” Lin Qi nodded and signaled them to unload the ore.
The two immediately jumped down from the rear carriage and began to carry the ore from the vehicle.
“Why is Luo Qi not here?”
Looking at the staff member from Azure Crystal Weapon Shop who came to receive the goods, Lin Qi asked curiously.
“You mean Luo Qi?” The young Azure Crystal Weapon Shop employee with three eyes hesitated for a moment, then said, “You should just think of her as not here anymore. That is better for both you and her.”
“What do you mean?” Lin Qi’s face darkened as he asked.
As an employee of Azure Crystal Weapon Shop and a formal resident of the City of Light Chasing, Luo Qi’s safety in the city should have been guaranteed. Otherwise, she would not have gone alone to the abandoned area to deliver goods to him so often.
It was hard to imagine something happening to Luo Qi.
“Do not be angry.” The three-eyed young employee spoke calmly. “You should know, this is how it is in our line of work. Weapon deliveries are usually done by employees like us, even to the wilderness. This time, Luo Qi took an order from the Green Sparrow Gang: twenty weapons and twenty sets of armor. But halfway there, they were intercepted by the Green Sparrow Gang’s archenemy, the White Feather Gang.”
“Although the Green Sparrow Gang sent quite a few people to escort them, the White Feather Gang had more people, with several teams. In the end, all the Green Sparrow Gang people died. The White Feather Gang demanded ransom from the Green Sparrow Gang to release Luo Qi, but the Green Sparrow Gang was not stupid. Luo Qi was not one of them, so of course they would not pay. Our weapon shop has always been neutral, and we are only employees, so the shop owner would certainly not pay ransom either.”
“So things are stuck like this. The White Feather Gang has also put out word that they will wait at most three more days. If no one pays ransom, they will kill her, and then it has nothing to do with them.”
“How much is the ransom?” Lin Qi asked in a low voice, frowning tightly.
“I already told you, it is better to think of her as gone. That is better for both you and her.” The three-eyed youth looked at Lin Qi, who seemed intent on paying the ransom, and shook his head slightly. “As a formal resident of the City of Light Chasing, Luo Qi is insured by the shop. Even though she went to the wilderness, there will still be a considerable compensation payment.”
“How much!” Lin Qi stared directly at the three-eyed youth and demanded.
The three-eyed youth looked at the angry Lin Qi and could not help but sigh.
“Three hundred thousand bits!”
