Treasure Team Formation Begins, Free Revival!

"Heh, what kind of feudal dynasty would it be if it weren't ruthless? This feudal dynasty only protects the interests of one family or one clan."

"That's true. People can't imagine things they haven't seen. Everyone says companies are shady, but compared to the imperial court, they're nothing."

"Alright, enough talk, let's figure out a way to steal some benefits first."

"That's right."

Not long after.

Elder Council Hall in East Wolf Village.

Clerk He has returned.

"My lord, I have found out everything. The current prefect of Sea Sky Island, who is in charge of Wolf Snake Island, is named Liu Daxiong. He is treacherous and ruthless. He appears to be upright on the surface, but in reality, he is a thief and a prostitute. Everyone in the court knows this, but the common people do not."

"Oh, is there anything else?" Gao Linzhi asked, not surprised by the question.

"He is 79 years old and desperately needs the Longevity Water, and he has sent many people out to find something to prolong his life."

"He secretly formed a secret guard, all clad in iron armor and wearing Ironclad Squad. It consisted of 99 men, and if one died, he would replace him. Outsiders knew nothing of their situation and called them the Undying Squad."

"Each of them is at least level 45 in strength."

"They kill without hesitation, they are ruthless and merciless, they never show mercy..."

Gao Linzhi nodded.

Clerk He was quite capable; although he was afraid of death, that was only human nature.

"Have you heard anything about the Elixir of Longevity Water?"

"I've got it! The imperial court has distributed the Longevity Water to some of the prefects. This is clearly a trick to kill three warriors with two peaches, but since the Longevity Water can extend lifespan by 200 years, the prefects, even knowing it's a trap, have no choice but to fight each other."

Gao Linzhi smiled.

This is the dregs of feudalism. In order to maintain the interests of one family, they manipulate balance and power, undermining and opposing each other, resulting in a disorganized mess from top to bottom.

When the nomadic tribes invaded, everything collapsed and surrendered.

The tougher you are internally, the weaker you are externally.

"Which prefects in our vicinity are in charge of supplying the Longevity Water?"

"Nearby islands include Sea Sky Island, Hailei Island, Haidian Island, Haifeng Island, Huihuo Island..."

"There are five islands in total, but only the Fenglei and Fenglei islands were given the Longevity Water, because they were praised for their meritorious service, for marrying royal daughters and giving birth to princes."

"I see." Gao Linzhi nodded. "In that case, the two sides will still have to fight."

"Yes, I've heard that the other three prefects are secretly plotting to kill someone and seize the treasure."

"Very good, but how do they avoid the strange occurrences at sea by doing this?"

"Well, I haven't found out," Clerk He said cautiously.

"Alright, we players aren't your government. We're humane and won't kill innocent people..." Gao Linzhi.

Because the Company Executive Players made their fortune by killing innocent casual players...

Only in this way can we quickly accumulate enough game qualifications.

And at this time...

A system notification sound eased Gao Linzhi's embarrassment.

Gao Linzhi then heard some news.

"Ding! Congratulations, player, you have successfully collected enough valuable intelligence. Would you like to Information Sharing with all players?"

"You can earn points for the first stage after sharing."

The first person to Information Sharing will receive an extra 10,000 points.

"Based on intelligence value and normal points."

Gao Linzhi glanced at it and chose not to share.

"Confirm your choice not to share?"

"Confirm."

And at this time...

Another game notification appeared:

"Ding! A player has successfully shared acquired information; points have increased."

"Based on the intelligence's value, your score increases by 2000 points, and the first person to share it will receive an additional 10,000 points."

At this time.

A new name has appeared prominently on the Overall Ranking.

[ID, Island, Points]

[Empty 2086, 2086, points]

Gao Linzhi suddenly realized.

No wonder they say they want to unify the rankings, because this information is available to everyone.

This definitely requires a unified ranking system.

This information is shared with everyone.

Regardless of which island.

Sure enough, the game then displayed a prompt:

"New intelligence has emerged in the first phase:"

"The imperial court has already distributed the medicinal herbs to several prefects on the nearby Prefectural Island."

"A scene of two peaches killing three warriors will unfold."

"You can find out for yourselves which prefects possess the Longevity Water."

"At the same time, you can join the treasure-hunting teams of other prefects."

"You can also form your own teams; the game will provide team-up support."

"The game now enables the temporary team-up function."

At this moment, Gao Linzhi noticed a team panel appear in front of him.

The options above are "Create Team", "Join Team", and "Random Selection".

One option is to create a team, and the other is to join a team yourself; you can choose either one.

Upon seeing this, Gao Linzhi shook his head.

He felt this was yet another huge pitfall.

It's common to get betrayed by teammates if you don't team up well.

There are also slackers, internal strife...

It has to be said that, even just dealing with teams is a source of a lot of hardship and tears for regular gamers.

Being Captain is also quite tiring and demanding, and you often don't even get the credit you deserve.

And at this time...

Players were also discussing it animatedly in the event channel.

"Finally, players can form their own teams."

"This is great! Now I can curry favor with someone powerful!"

"You're overthinking it. You're trash. Do you think the big shots would recruit you?"

"Impossible."

"Yeah, we poor bastards, not to mention anything else, we don't even have a ship, we're not even as good as pirates."

"Yes, if that's the case, then how do we team up to raid for treasure?"

"Don't worry, the game will definitely give us a way to get the treasure," someone said confidently.

"Even if we could team up, I wouldn't go. Don't forget, we don't have any Revival Stone."

"Yeah, if you die, you're done for. We're not high-level players who can exchange for Revival Stone."

"For these kinds of events, we're the cheerleaders."

However, the game then displayed another prompt.

"During the event, players who successfully team up can share lives."

"You can also enjoy an immunity to death aura once."

"Upon death, one will be directly returned to the ancestral hall's Safe Zone. This resurrection is proactive and unaffected by seals, imprisonment, confusion, binding, or other restrictions."

"The game will monitor the player's status in real time, and once it detects that a player is in an abnormal state, it will activate the resurrection benefit."

"Good heavens!"

Everyone was immediately shocked.

All along, haven't they been afraid of being killed?

They also worry about being misled and sealed away, with cement pillars erected around them...

Now, this game hint completely solves that problem.

"The first death can be exempted, but the second death requires Revival Stone."

"During the event, the game will ensure players' normal status."

Gao Linzhi was shocked when he saw this.

He guessed right.

As expected, the developers and operators of the Skyfall Game are not from the same family.

This benefit was clearly offered by the operator.

They hope that players will take the initiative to complete tasks.

But the players were afraid of dying, so they were given a chance to revive.

Resurrection was obviously too expensive, so much so that they had to impose restrictions.

You cannot resurrect indefinitely.

As expected, many players immediately flocked to it.

They all began to feel motivated.

"This is wonderful!"

"The game has finally become human!"

"There's even one free revive! I definitely can't waste it!"

"Yes, and you can use this free resurrection to do many things, like defeating a boss."

"Yes, when you're doing a treasure hunt mission, you can also kill a boss along the way. If you die, you can revive."

"That's right, bosses that we couldn't beat or were too afraid to fight before, we can now try to push them."

It has to be said, these players really know how to exploit bugs.

The game just gave out a perk, and they're about to cash it in immediately.

It will also be used to fight the boss.

Fighting a boss is very dangerous.

Even those of lower rank are the same.

Because the boss here has a brain.

They are monsters, spirits, and intelligent beings.

One wrong move and you could die.

As a result, one team after another was quickly formed.

Gao Linzhi chose to join the team and immediately saw a long list.

"Team name, number of players".

"I'm not embarrassed, but you guys are, 5/10."

It seems the maximum number of people is ten.

Not only that, Gao Linzhi also heard a booming sound from the center of the village.

He looked out the window.

Suddenly, a flying boat appeared in the sky above the ancestral hall.

After the flying boat appeared, a rope ladder was lowered down, allowing people to climb up.

A system notification appears when someone approaches:

"Treasure Hunting Airship"

"You only need to provide the corpses of ten level 20 monsters to board the ship."

Goodness!

This game has become a real system.

It started providing hands-on guidance and support to players in getting things done.

Now it's like a system; it gives you whatever you need.

You can choose any task you want, and we'll give you that task.

Haha, that's really interesting.

Upon seeing this, Gao Linzhi couldn't help but sneer.

Ridiculous.

The game's operators clearly intend to use this method to undermine the imperial court.

This treasure hunt event is just stirring up trouble.

Is this Longevity Water very important?

It is certainly important to Gao Linzhi as well.

But he would never take the risk to get it.

Anyway, he has game items, so he can just use those to exchange for them.

At this time, the people of the Four Village Trading Company also sprang into action.

Qingcheng* was bored, Puppet Best, Dragon Fruit, Xu Gou and others quickly arrived at the Elder Council Hall.

"You're all here," Gao Linzhi, gesturing for them to sit down.

"Boss, things have changed a lot. What do you think?" Bored asked, a little excited.

"It seems this game is supporting players more and more. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. What do you all think?" Gao Linzhi said ambiguously.

"Yes, back then there was absolutely no support; players were left to kill each other, like sharks multiplying."

"But since the various events started, its support for Ordinary Player has become increasingly greater," Bored agreed.

"Now they've even introduced game flying boats as a means of transportation to help players complete event tasks."

"That's terrifying, because what limits the entire Skyfall World is the anomaly, and the transportation problem."

Xu Gou nodded. "What 'boredom' said is true. It seems that the participation of Ordinary Player will increase."

"The game is tilting towards supporting Ordinary Player; this is about balancing."

"In the past, Ordinary Player were afraid of dying and dared not participate in the event. Now the event gives you a chance to revive directly, which is a revival worth hundreds of kilograms of gold!"

Dragon Fruit looked at the group, blinked its big eyes, and gave them a big, silly look.

"Now it seems the game developers want to control this world, which makes things quite interesting," the Puppet Best said thoughtfully. "We can use this to our advantage."

"In that case, we should now strive to be number one in this event so that we can demonstrate our value and get the game developers to allocate more resources to us," said Bored.

And at this time...

A voice appeared in his mind.

That's the single-player game mocking him:

"You idiot, your best option is to give up on this event."

"Why?"

Do you know what forces are behind this game?

"What you need to do now isn't to get some kind of Longevity Water, but mainly to develop yourself. Even outside the game, you'll still be very strong," the single-player player said disdainfully.

"Learn more about traditional skills and professions, instead of relying solely on games."

"That doesn't make sense. We're just players, it's only natural for us to rely on the Game System. Besides, if the Game System really wanted to scheme against us, what do we have that would make it worth scheming against? We're just working people."

"But that Longevity Water can extend one's lifespan by 200 years. It can be used to exchange for a lot of resources, and I also need to improve myself, so I need resources."

"It's ridiculous. You should be getting all your resources from this boss."

"You need to learn how to scrape off excess oil; if you don't, you're doomed."

"Why bother playing treasure hunting like those idiots? Don't you understand why the game gives you one resurrection? Doesn't it just mean it's very dangerous?"

"Don't forget, death comes with punishment!"

Upon hearing this, Bored suddenly realized what was going on.

Yes, the game lets you revive, freeing you from confinement, but it doesn't say you can revive without any loss.

Even with halved attributes and all skills lost, it's still a resurrection.

The single-player mode user scoffed, "You really are a newbie."

However, after thinking about it for a while, I decided not to listen to him.

From a point of view, even if there is danger, Gao Linzhi's abilities can handle it.

Moreover, seizing the Longevity Water would mean being able to greatly demonstrate one's value.

The resources the other party gives you will only increase.

Moreover, single-player games are essentially just an anomaly; they have no idea how terrifying human nature can be.

If he chooses to back down this time, there will be no trust left.

Players who play solo have no idea how much humanity craves Immortality.

Gao Linzhi definitely wants this Longevity Water.

It can be said that if he doesn't participate this time, he will lose his core position forever.

That's just how some things are.

It's those one or two crucial moments that determine your position in a position of power.

Moreover, the Longevity Water is extremely valuable.

In the real world, many people would pay a premium to buy this item.

There are no items in the game that grant Immortality.

Many people, in particular, are physically healthy, but their lifespan is still quite short.

Especially older gamers.

They would certainly be willing to spend countless amounts of money and effort to buy this thing.