The Fourth Elder's Arrangement

When Zheng Shan cooperated with them, he should have understood that the other party would have very little scruples about killing him to silence him.

"Who?" Little Cat Fishing suddenly shouted.

Gao Linzhi naturally did not come out.

After a while, Little Cat Fishing chuckled, "Looks like no one's here."

Then he walked into the house.

Meanwhile, Gao Linzhi silently returned to the Fourth Elder's courtyard.

He took a deep breath.

It truly was a cruel and complex real game.

He had only been here a few days and had already witnessed such schemes and slaughter.

He now needed to search for monster grinding spots and strive to max out all his basic skills.

He arrived at the second courtyard and found the Fourth Elder.

The elder was currently training Lin Qing, who was still learning those three basic skills.

Basic Fists and Feet, Basic Parrying, Basic Lightness Skill.

Compared to yesterday, Lin Qing had made some progress, but not much.

Gao Linzhi watched for a while. The Fourth Elder stopped and told Lin Qing to continue practicing on her own.

"Is something wrong?"

"Elder, what are the nearby locations suitable for us to level up?" He did not mention Zheng Shan's matter.

The Fourth Elder should be unaware of this; if the elder wanted to kill him, there would be no need for such trouble.

The Fourth Elder thought for a moment and said, "Foxy Slope, Myriad Snake Cave, Green Flood Dragon Beach, these are all places suitable for you newcomers to level up."

"But don't go alone, go out with the Patrol Captain and the others."

"They have rich experience and know many taboos. For example, when players encounter them for the first time, they should fight the boss monster first, then the smaller monsters. If they can't defeat the boss monster, they shouldn't farm too many small monsters."

"Understood. Are there any other places?" Gao Linzhi asked.

"Around our East Wolf Village, there aren't many suitable monster dens for newcomers," the Fourth Elder frowned slightly. "There are plenty on the West Wolf Village side."

"It's just that most of them are Corporate Players there, unlike us who still have Rogue Players."

"West Wolf Village?" Gao Linzhi's interest was immediately piqued.

"Yes, they've basically cleared out all the Rogue Players," the Fourth Elder sighed a little. "They've coordinated unified efforts for the past few months, allocated resources reasonably, and their development speed is much faster than ours."

"Whether it's land or village size, it's already more than double that of our village."

Gao Linzhi frowned slightly, thinking to himself, this is normal.

Corporate Players "don't fear death" and can use lives to grind BOSSes. The drops from a single BOSS are a huge amount of resources.

Moreover, they can concentrate resources to quickly level up a group of people. Rogue Players definitely can't compete with organized Corporate Players.

This is the same as in reality.

Unless it's a world of high magic, in low-magic or no-magic worlds, organization will always crush disorganization.

Hearing this, Gao Linzhi asked again, "Was the stone wall of our village built in the last few months?"

"Of course not. You players have actually descended several times before. These were built by players from before."

"Each time lasted for about a hundred years, and you should be the seventh batch," the Fourth Elder revealed some surprising news.

Gao Linzhi nodded.

That made sense.

So, players had descended to the Skyfall Continent before.

No wonder the offline world was managed by companies instead of countries.

This was clearly influenced by the Skyfall Continent—a few powerful individuals kept each other in check, and they established companies to manage the world.

Companies had a significant advantage over countries: they were more flexible.

If they offended an uncontrollable powerful individual, the management could simply declare the company bankrupt and flee.

Or they could use stock control and manage from behind the scenes, like cross-holdings.

But countries didn't have such convenience. Rulers were too tightly bound to their nations; if the country collapsed, the rulers often had to go down with it.

Offending a powerful individual could lead to the destruction of the entire nation.

Gao Linzhi turned to leave.

At this moment, the Fourth Elder called him back and stared into his eyes, asking:

"What level has your Lightness Skill reached?"

"Level 28," Gao Linzhi did not hide it.

"Hiss..." Lin Qing beside him gasped, her eyes revealing three parts envy, three parts jealousy, and four parts urgency.

"Good, very good," the Fourth Elder stroked his beard with satisfaction. "Since that's the case, I shall teach you the Disguise Art."

Gao Linzhi was immediately delighted and nodded quickly.

The Fourth Elder then instructed Lin Qing to practice on her own, while he took Gao Linzhi alone to a stone house by the wall in the backyard.

Jealousy that could not be contained flickered in Lin Qing's eyes.

Although her talent was immense, it was too late-game, and the early game had been too stifling.

Inside the stone house in the backyard.

The Fourth Elder took out some bottles and jars.

"These are for changing skin color."

"It's best to apply them all over your body."

"This one is for changing the spacing between eyebrows..."

"The Disguise Art also needs to be combined with the Bone Shrinking Skill and Dehydration Skill... to change height and even weight before it can truly take effect."

"To learn it, an ordinary person would need at least five years of hard work, and after that, you must continue to train constantly, otherwise, your martial arts will regress, and you will lose your skill."

The Fourth Elder rambled on.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, on successfully learning the Disguise Art (0/100).]

Gao Linzhi was very pleased.

"You learned it?" The Fourth Elder saw it in his eyes and was surprised again.

"Yes, let me try."

Gao Linzhi began to use the skill.

In the Fourth Elder's eyes, Gao Linzhi was meticulously using various bottles and jars.

But in Gao Linzhi's vision, a game screen for re-creating a character appeared...

This was the true process of the Disguise Art that players should experience.

Gao Linzhi casually changed a few facial parameters, and his entire appearance instantly transformed.

The Fourth Elder's eyes widened in shock, as if they were about to fall out.

"I only thought your comprehension was superb, I didn't expect your martial arts aptitude to be equally strong," he sighed repeatedly.

"It's a pity that we don't understand the Constitution of you Descenders, and I can no longer guide you."

He then took out a piece of paper and scribbled a few lines on it.

He then called over a tall, thin servant in the courtyard, around forty years old, with an honest face.

The Fourth Elder said to the thin, tall servant, "Qing Yi, take this person and deliver this paper to Captain Zheng Dong. Also, tell him that he no longer needs to worry about matters within the patrol team."

The thin servant quickly and respectfully said to Gao Linzhi, "Sir, please follow me."

Not long after.

Zheng Dong's courtyard.

The two children were playing again, riding a rocking horse.

Children who don't have to go to school or take exams are truly happy.

At this moment, the tall, thin servant called out to Zheng Dong.

"Steward Zheng, is something the matter?" Zheng Dong came out and then saw Gao Linzhi.

"Fourth Master asked me to give this to you." The tall, thin servant handed the paper to Zheng Dong.

Zheng Dong opened it, was first surprised, and then nodded.

"Alright, I accept the Fourth Elder's arrangement. Do I need to go back to the team to make arrangements?"