The castle lobby is the most popular location for players to log off daily.
Player [ Zhongde ] opened his eyes.
It was already late at night in this World of Disorder, and the castle was much darker than usual.
But now he felt a surge of anger rising within him.
Damn it, I wonder what will happen to those apostates in the end. If only players could vote freely, I'm sure everyone would make the most satisfying choice.
He got up and looked around; many other players had also woken up one after another.
Five or six of them were members of the [ Zhongde ] engineering team.
These newbies, whose levels and experience are still insufficient, are currently helping him farm the gray economy. Because the game time is generally short, even if some people have obtained Duolin's qualification certification, most of them are only guaranteed rewards such as " Logistics Warrior ".
When recruiting people, [ Zhongde ] would ask about their basic information. Most of the people in his team were college students like [ Concrete Mixed with Spaghetti ] or former high school students who had recently been released from prison.
These people are precisely the ones who have the most free time during the summer vacation.
Soon, nearly ten people gathered around Zhongde.
For a player group of only fifty people, such appeal is already terrifying.
Before going live, [ Zhongde ] had already obtained authorization from working professionals like [ Great Wei Boxing Champion ]. Under his command, everyone quickly became equipped with tools for digging and shoveling rocks.
"Big brother, how do we get to White Wax Town?"
[ Concrete Mixed with Spaghetti ], who always considered himself a junior, was the first to ask.
Twenty kilometers is obviously not something you can run there.
[ Zhongde ] pondered for a few seconds and said:
"There are still the rafts we built earlier on the riverbank outside. Once we've mastered the Directed Alienation, we'll try to get the oars out and sail downstream to scout out the way for the follow-up troops."
"Isn't that raft... a little too small?"
One of the players asked.
[ Zhongde ] also realized this, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Let's go to the river and see how much we can hold."
When the group arrived at the riverbank, they encountered someone they hadn't expected.
Duolin looked at the players led by [ Zhongde ], his face showing some fatigue:
"His Holiness the Bishop has instructed me to wait here for you all. There is a newly built ship here to be delivered to you for your use."
Beside Duolin, Aoda and the others sat on the ground, panting heavily. Their arms remained in the shape of tools, and they seemed too weak to even revert to their original hand shapes.
Behind them, in a makeshift dock, lay a small wooden boat that could hold three or four people lying upside down.
Now Zhongde no longer had to worry. With this small boat and raft, his team could easily reach White Wax Town.
He quickly led his team to push the boats that had not yet been launched to the riverbank, and then made arrangements:
"I'll take three people on the raft, [ Concrete Mixed with Spaghetti ] you take the rest on the boat. Everyone, once you leave the shore, row hard! I've already gotten the waterway map from [ Dark Archmage ], so just follow me and you won't run into any problems."
"Good!"
The players erupted in cheers, quickly boarded the boat, and began paddling vigorously. Soon, they drifted downstream and disappeared into the vast night.
On the shore, Aoda looked at Duolin, who had sat back down, and asked:
"Captain, what exactly are the arrangements made by His Holiness the Bishop? Why send a group of people over first?"
Duolin shook his head:
"His Excellency the Bishop must have his reasons for doing this; let's not speculate."
Aoda's brow furrowed even more:
"Sending some elite troops would be understandable, but those people just now, apart from the leader, were all ' Logistics Warrior.' Is that really okay?"
Duolin hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said:
"Perhaps... true warriors are forged through real battles... Let's all give it our all, we still have a big ship to build."
The wait for reinforcements was always long. The [ Dark Archmage ], lurking in the forest, kept an eye on the patrol schedule in White Wax Town while editing his new post on the forum.
The post seeking help is gaining popularity, but there's even bigger news yet to be revealed.
And now is the time.
After clicking send, the [ Dark Archmage ] let out a long sigh of relief, listening to the sound of the river flowing around him in the darkness before dawn, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
The phone screen lit up silently. Cui Yuan, who was coding, glanced at it casually and saw the new pop-up window:
The player you're following, [ Dark Archmage ], has posted a new thread. Come check it out!
Um?
Cui Yuan's hands paused, sensing that things weren't so simple.
His first thought was a thank-you note, but it was clear that this crisis couldn't be resolved in less than an hour.
In just forty-five minutes, even if the Hoofed Beast ran on Mars, it would only barely reach the vicinity of White Wax Town. How could it possibly have completed the rescue so quickly?
He glanced expertly at the director's office, then picked up his phone and went in.
Post: The Guide's True Identity (Plot-Driven Easter Egg)
Cui Yuan's attention was immediately drawn to it.
Content: [The two NPCs digging the tunnel in White Wax Town are actually very important. As the author learned in the previous post, they knew about the shady dealings under the White Wax Town Church, and because they were afraid of being exposed, they had to carry out the rescue independently.]
However, because it was a post asking for help, the author did not elaborate on how they knew the secret.
The truth is that a month ago, the couple unintentionally helped a boy covered in injuries. It was this boy who told them about the church's corruption and shady dealings. So, what was this boy's name?
As some of you may have already guessed, he is Ed Adrian.
So our guide has quite a few secrets: he's an experimenter, a summoning Master, a lord, a bishop...
All the author can say is that the production team has endless things buried inside. Are there any "lost scholars" who would like to join me in digging for the truth?
The number of comments and likes below the post is steadily increasing.
Ah, this...
Cui Yuan put down his phone and fell into deep thought.
Is that how it is?
Ed was actually an experimental subject who escaped from that dungeon, but the feeling he exuded was completely different from that of the experimental subjects.
Compared to the children in those photos, Ed, though about the same age, seemed to possess a kind of spirituality that was different from their numbness.
Moreover, he was not missing any limbs; if one had to name one, he was only missing an eye. But the tree growing in his eye socket was not an ugly thing at all; its Crown- like canopy actually had a unique beauty.
Cui Yuan recalled some games he had played before, where each guide was only responsible for guiding players in one area. When players unlocked new maps, either other NPCs would take their place, or they would make a dramatic sacrifice in the final storyline to elicit a wave of tears and then disappear without a trace.
But Ed is clearly different.
Is he really the main character of the story?
While meticulous gamers were deep in thought, a gasp of surprise echoed from an ancient castle in another world:
"Holy crap, who opened my box?!"