261. Li Hao: Sigh, This Group Leader Doesn't Want to Cheat Anymore

Angel Yan: "What is the purpose of guardians?"

Little Dragon Maiden: "Guardian's Exclusive Mission. jpg"

Curious, everyone clicked on the screenshot and was instantly stunned by what they saw.

Guardian Exclusive Quests: 153,600 quests are currently available.

Everyone stared in disbelief, some unable to process what was happening.

150,000 optional tasks!

Although most people can obtain various tasks relatively easily after learning the trigger conditions for tasks in Chat Group, even so, it's only relatively easy.

I didn't see how many methods Gu Santong tried to obtain the tasks, or how much time he spent getting them. And even when he did get the tasks, most of them were the kind where it was difficult to see any benefits in the short term.

For ordinary group members, the importance of the task is self-evident.

But now, there are 150,000 available tasks!

Since joining the Chat Group, they haven't even seen a fraction of the 150,000 available tasks, let alone encountered them.

Regardless of what the 150,000 tasks are like, there must be some relatively simple ones among them, right?

Even if the rewards for each task are not high, there are still a total of 150,000 selectable tasks!

For a moment, everyone was shocked by the unprecedentedly large workload.

Little Dragon Maiden is about to become famous!

After a brief moment of shock, everyone hurriedly flipped through the tasks listed.

Mission No. 056: Obtain soil from another world, no less than 10,000 Cosmic Cube each time.

Mission 136: Find a creature that contains the rules of another world and bring it back to this world.

Mission No. 2659: Find intelligent beings from another world and bring them into this world, while ensuring their integrity.

The group quickly skimmed through the tasks listed, most of which were rather tedious, and some even seemed quite bizarre.

Li Hao's eye twitched slightly.

Seriously, isn't the mission to find intelligent life from another world just human trafficking?

Also, all those legitimate transmigrators Heavens and Myriad Worlds, could they have come about this way?

Tony Stark: "This thing looks a bit like a simulation game?"

Angel Yan: "Haven't you noticed that almost half of the missions are related to another world? They're either searching for special products from that world, rare and precious materials, or creatures from it."

The Moon-Worshipping Cult Leader: "Goddess Yan means that these missions may exist to allow the world to absorb the rules of another world, thereby achieving the goal of the world's advancement."

Li Xunhuan: "Hmm, if that's the case, it seems to make sense."

The Guardians' fate is intertwined with the world's; their rise and fall are intertwined. It seems that the existence of the Guardians is remarkably similar to the World Dao Master that Goddess Yan previously speculated about.

No, they should belong to a special kind of Dao-mergering being.

Goddess Leona: "By the way, Qiao Feng, how are you? What's the difference between your mission and Little Dragon Maiden's?"

Invincible Urchin Gu Santong: "Brother Qiao Feng, how are you doing?"

Qiao Feng stared at the Chat Group notifications, remaining silent.

"Due to the low cultivation level of the group members, all the functions of the Guardian cannot be activated. Players are encouraged to continue to improve their cultivation level and get rid of their 'couch potato' status as soon as possible."

Qiao Feng sighed, "I, a lazy bum, am truly sorry for you."

"Today, I randomly earned 38 points."

Qiao Feng was speechless, but seeing another notification gave him some small consolation.

Thankfully, at least we didn't come away empty-handed.

Thirty-eight points a day, that's a thousand a month, and over ten thousand points a year!

Thinking of this, Qiao Feng's helpless feeling from being teased in the Chat Group immediately improved.

Even though the Chat Group disliked me, I'm still someone who earns points without lifting a finger!

Qiao Feng: "Because my cultivation level is too low, I cannot activate all the Guardian's functions, so there are no Guardian-specific missions for the time being."

The crowd was somewhat taken aback, and speechless.

So you got scammed!?

Cultivation level too low!?

Everyone was speechless; was this a case of paying a huge price for a game accessory that wouldn't work?

Little Fairy Yan Lingji: "Little Dragon Maiden Girl, what are the rewards for these tasks?"

Little Dragon Maiden: "There is no reward."

Everyone was completely dumbfounded and stunned.

What's going on?

No reward!?

Tushan Yaya: "Wait, do you mean that these 150,000 optional tasks are the kind where you only put in effort but get no reward?"

Little Dragon Maiden: "It's not without rewards. Completing tasks can increase the Guardian's authority level. I'm currently a junior Guardian, and leveling up will increase the corresponding Guardian authority."

Everyone was speechless.

So, there's still no reward!?

It only raises the Guardian's level; who knows what the point of raising the Guardian's level is?

Besides, these tasks may seem ordinary, but they are actually quite tedious, and many require a lot of money and resources.

If there's absolutely no benefit to it, isn't that just too much of a rip-off?

Invincible Urchin Gu Santong: "That's enough! This 'Guardian' game is a complete pay-to-win rip-off."

Tony Stark: "No, at least pay-to-win games can give you some enjoyment."

But this game called Guardian is like raising a free child, a four-legged money-devouring beast. The worst part is that it seems to offer no returns whatsoever; it's all investment with no return.

Goddess Leona: "Yeah, this is such a rip-off. If being a Guardian means becoming free labor, I would never accept a Guardian's mission, even if you paid me."

Tushan Yaya: "I won't add one."

Nine Heavens Holy Maiden Daji: "No, that's impossible too, it's too much of a rip-off."

Li Hao remained silent, lost in thought.

Since the Guardian feature is a new function in the Chat Group, it shouldn't be this bad, right?

There were no rewards, which is clearly out of character for the Chat Group.

While Chat Group can be a bit tricky at times, they're mostly fairly fair. Becoming a Guardian is so difficult; there must be some benefits to it.

Omniscient Li: "Little Dragon Maiden, what changes have you undergone since becoming a guardian?"

Little Dragon Maiden: "There haven't been any special changes, it's just that cultivation seems to have become easier. It's like, like I've been given a cheat code, with different understandings of the laws flowing into my mind every moment, making my understanding of cultivation increasingly profound."

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched slightly.

You idiot, this is just a weakened version of the permanent Enlightenment function, and you're telling us there's nothing wrong with it!?

The group was in a bad mood and suddenly wanted to kill one of the strutting seals.

Little Dragon Maiden, you must have done this on purpose, you must have done it on purpose!

At the same time, everyone felt a little better.

If it has a buff that weakens Enlightenment, it's not too bad.

Little Dragon Maiden seemed unaware of everyone's feelings at that moment, or perhaps she was deliberately trying to show off, and continued, "By the way, when I first became a Guardian, the Chat Group notified me that I had randomly gained eighty-three points today."

Eighty-three points!

Everyone stared in disbelief, some unable to process what was happening.

Nine Heavens Holy Maiden Daji: "You, you mean, you gained eighty-three points today because you became the guardian of the world?"

Little Dragon Maiden: "If no one secretly sent me a red envelope, then it must be true."

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched slightly.

Red envelopes? Wake up! Everyone's short on points, okay? Who has time to send you red envelopes?

However, it only costs 83 points a day!

That's over two thousand points in a month!

Good heavens, this means you can earn tens of thousands of points every year without doing anything!

Tens of thousands of points!

Tens of thousands a year, hundreds of thousands over ten years, and millions of points over a hundred years!

For ordinary people, living to be a hundred years old is an extremely difficult thing, but who are they? They are all cultivators who have achieved success in their cultivation.

Let alone a hundred years, for a cultivator like Little Dragon Maiden, as long as she cultivates properly, living for a thousand years is not a problem at all.

Upon realizing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

So, if you can become a world guardian, you can get stronger just by lying down?

The scariest thing is that as the Guardian's level increases, all corresponding privileges are enhanced. Does that mean that as long as you work hard on quests, these functions will become even stronger in the future?

The weakened version of the Enlightenment function, which was permanently fixed, has been transformed into the full version, and the points automatically earned every day have increased from two digits to more than three digits!

The more they thought about it, the more excited they became.

The World Guardians are amazing!

At this moment, Qiao Feng, who had just been feeling smug about becoming stronger even while lying down, could no longer suppress the grief and indignation in his heart.

Why, why is this happening!?

I have 38 points, Little Dragon Maiden has 83 points!

Isn't this disparity a bit too much?

Qiao Feng gazed silently at the sky, feeling as if the Chat Group and the world itself were filled with malice towards him.

Goddess Leona: "Haha, what did I just say? The Guardian function is absolutely amazing! I can't believe it, I want to become a Guardian too!"

Invincible Urchin Gu Santong: "Well, I also want to play pay-to-win games, not because of the Guardian rewards, but because I want to contribute to the world's growth."

Everyone felt a sudden toothache.

Gu Santong, have you no shame?

Tony Stark: "I feel that what Gu Santong said makes a lot of sense. As guardians of the world, we cannot do this kind of thing with a utilitarian mindset."

"Oh, right, I also want to contribute to the world's growth. Does anyone know the fastest way to grow up and become a guardian of the world? I don't have any special ambitions; I just want to make the world a better place, to see more kemonomimi (animal-eared girls), and to do my part for the world's development."

The crowd curled their lip in disdain.

Indeed, shamelessness knows no bounds.

And Tony Stark, you've exposed yourself, haven't you? This will lead to even more kemonomimi (animal-eared girls) appearing in the world. Tsk tsk, are you trying to create countless races?

Li Hao looked at the group of people who genuinely enjoyed the food and found it both amusing and somewhat envious.

These guys.

But since the Guardians are so powerful, shouldn't I give it a try too?

Chat Group: "Guardian is a perk for group members; group admins are not advised to participate."

Li Hao was somewhat taken aback.

What does this mean? Is it discrimination against the group owner?

Chat Group: "Ten percent of all Guardians' harvests will be automatically submitted to the Chat Group as a service fee for communication between the Chat Group and the Heavenly Dao. This harvest submitted to the Chat Group is a point reward that the group owner can use. However, because the Chat Group's current level is low, the service fee percentage cannot be actively adjusted at the moment."

Upon hearing this, Li Hao fell into deep thought for a long time.

Putting aside the issue of the Overlord service fee, the Chat Group does indeed provide a shortcut for group members to communicate with the Heavenly Dao.

The most crucial issue now is that all guardians will voluntarily hand over 10% of their profits to this group owner—oops, this group owner is innocent, it's the Chat Group will receive them.

So why should I, as the group admin, act as a guardian? Shouldn't I just focus on managing the Chat Group well and promoting the growth of its members?

Sigh, with so many cheat codes given to me, this group admin is in a real bind. I can't even keep a low profile.

There's nothing I can do; after all, I'm still the coolest guy in the group!