Bronze Lifespan Token

"Madam, leave this to us!"

"Madam, be careful not to cut your hand!"

As the two maids cried out in alarm, Madam Chen's five fingers had already touched the cup shards.

With a slight exertion, she grasped a shard.

However, the shard was terrifyingly sharp. Her fingers easily passed through it, separating from her palm. Her fingertip fell to the ground.

Madam Chen froze, staring blankly at her bleeding, fingerless palm, then screamed.

"Madam, Madam, your hand!"

"Ahhh!"

Amidst the screams, the cup shards whizzed into the necks of the three people.

Their clear eyes instantly became like ink dropped into water, turning pitch black in an instant, and they fell silent.

Madam Chen calmly picked up the severed finger from the ground, put it in her mouth, chewed a few times, and then spat it out.

She frowned, as if saying it tasted bad.

She paused, then a strange smile appeared on her face as she looked towards the room where Fang Yue had previously lived.

Screech!

The door suddenly shattered into several pieces and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the room was empty, Madam Chen frowned and shifted her gaze forward.

Wherever Madam Chen's gaze fell, knife marks appeared on the ground. The wooden doors were all cut into several sections, and the lanterns hanging from the roof fell.

The entire corridor looked as if it had been hacked by countless knives, a complete mess.

"What sound? Wh..."

Two servants rushed over from a distance. Halfway there, one of them suddenly had his upper body fall to the ground, his body separated, and blood stained the corridor.

"An... Anomaly!"

The other was completely stunned and scrambled backward.

A maid beside Madam Chen silently rushed out and instantly appeared before the man. She placed one hand on his head and lifted gently. The man's body separated like a clay figure, his head coming off cleanly. His corpse fell silently.

More people heard the commotion and rushed over from afar.

Under the large banyan tree in the center of Ancient Moon Village.

Five people gathered, watching the setting sun with anxiety.

When they saw a figure walking slowly from a distance, their faces lit up with joy, and they surrounded him.

"Brother Ye, why are you so late! It's almost You Shi! Niu Niu said the Patrol Team doesn't offer this quest after dark."

Fang Yue wished he could be faster, but his body wouldn't allow it.

Of course, Fang Yue wouldn't say that on the surface.

"Don't rush, you can't eat hot tofu if you're impatient."

Shi Wuliao didn't have the patience to listen to Fang Yue's lecture. He transferred the money and took out the 50 coins they had painstakingly earned.

"Brother Ye, this is the silver we earned from NPCs during the day doing quests. It's not much, just 50 coins, don't mind it."

Fang Yue had never seen in-game currency before.

Taking the 50 coins, Fang Yue examined them, finding them to be ordinary ancient copper coins with nothing special about them.

He weighed them slightly and found them surprisingly heavy.

No, my body is just too weak...

He put away the money, and the transfer arrived instantly.

"Dear user, your virtual account 5203 has received 5000 yuan!"

5000 yuan, earned so easily!

Fang Yue beamed with joy.

"Let's go, we're going to accept a quest."

"Okay!"

The others happily agreed. With a professional Player like Fang Yue, they felt like they had a stabilizing force, and their moods became much calmer.

They arrived at the Guard Team's outpost and were surprised to see someone they knew inside.

"Captain Lin? What are you doing here?"

Lin Ling was even more surprised than Fang Yue.

"I should be asking you, what are you doing at the Guard Team?"

Shi Wuliao and Niu Niu, seeing that Fang Yue knew the captain, were initially happy, thinking they might get some extra benefits.

Seeing Lin Ling's attitude, it seemed like their relationship wasn't right, so he quickly shut his mouth and didn't speak.

Fang Yue said at this time, "Uh... I'm here to pick up the night patrol mission."

"What?"

Lin Ling raised his voice.

"Lord Han went to the next village to find medicine for you, and you're risking your life to take on the night patrol mission?"

What?

Lord Han went to find medicine for me?

Fang Yue was stunned, feeling a little touched.

Lord Han was truly good to him. Even though he had become useless, he still hadn't given up.

But Fang Yue thought about it carefully and felt something was off. Lord Han's kindness towards him, a stranger, was a bit too unusual.

But Fang Yue couldn't figure out why Lord Han was so good to him. He couldn't come up with a reason.

Could it be that he really saw me as an heir?

Is this a windfall?

"Let me be clear first, I don't mind if you go to your death. If you want to patrol at night, I fully support it and don't oppose it, but I've warned you. Going is equivalent to seeking death."

Lin Ling shouted a few sentences, completing his perfunctory duty. Then, he grinned and processed Fang Yue's application.

"System Notification: Congratulations to Player for accepting the daily quest Ancient Moon Village Night Patrol."

"Quest Name: Ancient Moon Village Night Patrol."

"Level: Village Grade Mid-Rank."

"Time: You Shi to Mao Shi."

"Number of Participants: 6 people."

"Quest Reward: Unknown."

That's what the system said, but it didn't mean the quest reward was truly unknown.

Fang Yue asked, "Captain Lin, after the night patrol is completed, what benefits will we get?"

"Benefits? Of course, it's Lifespan."

As he spoke, Lin Ling threw a bronze token to Fang Yue and Niu Niu.

"This is called a Bronze Lifespan Token. It contains 6 hours of Lifespan. It means the Guard Team will cover your Lifespan consumption during the night patrol. When the night patrol is completed, we will add another 6 hours of Lifespan to the Bronze Lifespan Token as your reward for patrolling. If you discover an Anomaly and assist in killing it, you will be rewarded with additional Lifespan."

Fang Yue and Niu Niu exchanged glances, both showing joy.

6 hours was a bit short, but they hadn't encountered any Anomalies yet. If they worked hard, they could definitely earn more.

Shi Wuliao and the other four people beside them immediately turned red-eyed, staring dryly at Lin Ling, waiting for him to hand out tokens. However, Lin Ling completely ignored them.

Instead, he tossed Fang Yue an unlit torch and a yellow talisman.

The talisman's style was very ordinary. It was drawn with some unknown pigment, with three dots in the middle, and that was it.

"Anomaly Detection Talisman. You can only get one per month, so use it sparingly. Soul Fire Torch. It can be lit by burning soul. You won't need it if you don't leave the village, but if you encounter an Anomaly, burning soul to light the Soul Fire Torch can increase your chances of survival."

After explaining the function of these two items, Lin Ling ignored them.

At this point, Shi Wuliao became anxious.

"Um, Captain Lin, what about our equipment?"

"You guys?" Lin Ling raised his eyelids, a look of disdain on his face.

"Non-Guard Team members can only accept missions led by Guard Team members. You are not allowed to use Patrol Team equipment during the mission. You can collect your rewards from me after the mission is completed."

Although Lin Ling's attitude was bad, Shi Wuliao's eyes lit up when he heard about the rewards.

"Is the reward Lifespan?"

"There will be a reward of 3 hours of Lifespan. Let's see if you can make it back alive first."

Lin Ling pouted, clearly not optimistic about them.