After calming his inner turmoil, [ Zhongde ] suddenly looked at the pop-up window that had appeared before the task prompt box.
Basic attribute check passed, NPC trust level check passed... There was even a hidden feature like this?
However, considering these two items, plus the task name "Large-scale Scene Setup"...
It seems to be a civil engineering-related task?
In that case... [ Zhongde ] looked around and, sure enough, saw similar expressions on the faces of several of his fellow members of the Concrete Pouring Club.
Everyone, including the players dressed as community security guards, quickly left the scene, whispering among themselves:
"It looks like this task can only be taken on by one person."
"It's probably just a formality... Think about last time, the [ Dark Archmage ] started a side quest all by herself, and then she still managed to get a whole bunch of people to help her rescue the experimental subjects, didn't she?"
"That's true, the one copper coin reward is probably to prevent others from stealing the mission..."
"That makes sense, so who should go?"
The group exchanged bewildered glances. Some even considered asking [ Zhong Lele ] to do the side quest for them, since he frequently produced related content. However, due to his attributes, [ Zhong Lele ] seemed ineligible to accept the task and was currently laughing incessantly at the corpse of [ Noncompliant Nickname 1214 ].
After discussing it for a while, the task ultimately fell to [ Zhongde ]. Half an hour later, he nervously entered Duolin's office in White Wax Town.
Flipping through the few simple sketches in his hand, [ Zhongde ] couldn't help but swallow hard.
He probably knows what "large-scale scene setup" means.
This is clearly a city wall built on the southwestern edge of White Wax Town. To make it more realistic, there are even zigzag sections that bulge outwards like a bastion. It looks like a movie filming location.
Although the interior of the city wall could be largely hollowed out to shorten the construction period, [ Zhongde ] still couldn't help but look at the man in front of him:
"Excuse me... what is this thing used for?"
Duolin thought for a moment and said:
"Since you've decided to accept this commission, I can reveal the details to you, but you can't tell anyone else until the plan succeeds."
[ Zhongde ] nodded repeatedly. He could easily keep such a promise, at least in World of Disorder, keeping it a secret would not be a problem at all.
Upon seeing that the other party agreed, Duolin said earnestly:
"In a while, a group of Holy Crusaders will arrive in White Wax Town Fir City to help us fight off the Blood Corpse."
At this point, new terminology has emerged in [ Zhongde's ] field of vision—
[ Fir City ]: The capital city of the Aduolin Province in the northeastern part of the Tree Worship Church Theocracy.
[ Holy Crusaders ]: The elite mobile force of the Tree Worship Church.
"Such a good thing?"
[ Zhongde ] was overjoyed, but Duolin's expression suggested that things were not so simple.
"It's not a good thing. We've reached a certain strategic balance with the Blood Corpse, but the Holy Crusaders don't know about the Second Holy See, and we can't confirm how many Fallen One are inside. Their arrival will plunge White Wax Town into chaos."
[ Zhongde ] immediately understood what the other party meant, nodded, and fell into thought.
As a player who has been playing " World of Disorder " since its launch, [ Zhongde ] is not a blogger like [ Great Wei Boxing Champion ] and [ Zhong Lele ] who specializes in producing high-quality content, but he is a loyal fan of their real-world video accounts.
He was very clear about the world-building of the World of Disorder. As players continued to explore, many had discovered clues and connected them to confirm the current situation of their own faction.
Therefore, [ Zhongde ] knew that the Aduolin Province should be the target of the Second Holy See for the next period of time, but the sudden appearance of the Blood Corpse disrupted Ed's plans.
The arrival of the Blood Corpse, a chaotic force that is not aligned with any side, is bound to bring more variables. Since they were able to discover many clues, the Holy Crusaders will certainly be able to as well, given the average intelligence of NPCs in this game.
Putting everything else aside, the fact that most of the Soul Returner do not have symbiotic plants on their bodies and their behavior is rather eccentric already raises serious suspicions.
So this is what they call side quests?
If fighting the Blood Corpse is the main storyline, then preventing the Tree Worship Church from suspecting the Second Holy See should be a side quest, right?
After all, the current Second Holy See cannot withstand an attack from both sides, and based on real-world experience, religious organizations often hate heretics more than enemies.
"So what's the plan now? And what's the purpose of building the fake city wall?"
"The initial plan is to lure them behind the city wall, and then arrest and screen them."
"That could result in casualties..."
Duolin nodded somewhat helplessly:
"Yes, there will likely be some casualties, but we cannot let any Fallen One infiltrate the Second Holy See."
Hearing this, Zhongde couldn't help but feel a little down.
Although he had been prepared for this, he still felt somewhat unwilling when he heard that some of the NPCs he recognized might die.
This isn't like the NPCs in some games, where no matter how much you torment them, they'll respawn on the spot after respawning.
Last week, they received a special order from an elderly man from a Midstream Village who wanted to order a coffin.
This was the first time anyone had taken on this kind of job, and they completed the delivery quickly with a sense of curiosity. Then, just two days later, the elderly member of the Tree Worship Church passed away.
After the old man died, he never appeared again. Even the NPCs who were close to the old man still have sorrow on their faces. If you talk to them, different dialogues will be triggered depending on the level of trust.
[ Zhongde ] didn't want to think about how many hairs and lifespans the developers had to sacrifice for all these game details; he simply thought the game was incredibly realistic.
So when he heard that a bloody conflict might break out between the Second Holy See members, represented by Duolin, and the Pure Ones in the Holy Crusaders, [ Zhongde ] genuinely wanted to stop it.
His mind started racing. Although this was no longer within the scope of the task of building the city wall, he still wanted to do his best to provide some help to the NPCs of his own faction.
Unfortunately, he still couldn't come up with a good solution.
After accepting the task of building scenery on behalf of the infrastructure-focused player group [ Be Yourself in the Concrete ], [ Zhongde ] looked at Duolin with a serious expression:
"I will definitely find a way to reduce casualties!"
Seeing Duolin's shocked expression, [ Zhongde ] spoke in a sentence structure that the NPCs in this world could understand:
I will seek help from the other souls.