"Some."
Duolin nodded firmly:
" Yiden told me that the code word for the rendezvous was 'stained with sin, pray for God's resurrection.'"
Goodness, [ Zhongde ] recorded this passage. Although it sounds a bit strange when spoken in the language of the real world, at least it has some rhyme when read aloud in the language of the World of Disorder.
Now that we've obtained this quick and easy identification code, the next step... is to hand it over to the Soul Returner.
With the approval of the supervisor, Duolin, [ Zhongde ] quickly organized his team to implement his plan. He also posted recruitment notices in White Wax Town, near the castle, and on the forum. Because of the tight schedule and heavy workload, the daily wage was exceptionally high. As long as the daily construction tasks were completed, one could earn three silver and fifty copper coins, which could be completed in about six hours. This was more than double the normal hourly wage in the game.
Once the costs were calculated, groups of newbies quickly came to apply. Some of them disliked the life of fighting and killing, while others were unlucky souls whose stats weren't high enough to defeat a few monsters. In short, the construction site quickly sprang up.
[ Zhongde ] never expected that such a shoddy infrastructure project could catch the eye of the official team. Although the official team of a massively multiplayer online game would normally keep a close eye on the server data, he only just realized that there was an unseen force helping him complete this project.
On the third day of the shoddy construction project, the help in building the city walls, nearby towers, and the guard zone was surprisingly added to the Bloody Night's infrastructure task list.
Logically speaking, this should fall under the category of a side quest, and [ Zhongde ] received the activity funds after accepting the quest, so it should be distinguished from the main construction quest of Bloody Night.
But that's not the case in reality. In other words, players who help [ Zhongde ] build the city walls can receive rewards from him while also getting contribution points from Ed!
Earn two jobs with one paycheck!
Could this be some kind of game bug?
Players don't know if this is a bug, but those who don't take advantage of freebies are clearly the ones who are bugging things.
The news spread like wildfire among the players, and even [ Noncompliant Nickname 1214 ], who had already retired, reappeared and intermittently worked as a laborer, determined to squeeze a couple of copper coins out of Ed no matter what.
Some people even shouted encouraging slogans on the construction site:
"Brothers, let's work hard and bankrupt Ed!"
Encouraged by this, a hundred-meter-long wall and associated checkpoints are rising from the ground along the road leading from the southern part of White Wax Town to other towns.
As for Ed, he was already laughing out loud in the brain monitoring room:
"Oh yeah, yeah, I'm almost bankrupt! Come and grab some deals!"
World of Disorder, night.
As midnight approached, the number of online players dropped from a peak of two thousand during the day to three hundred. The vast majority of these players were from another planet in another world, while a small number were still asleep.
[ Gill's Cuisine ] carefully parted a patch of grass and stepped on the half-severed limb on the ground, making a sound of the limb squeezing and rubbing.
"Be careful, their hearing is very sharp."
My roommate, [ Western Sharpshooter ], reminded me.
"I'll be careful, but the presence of severed limbs means we're on the right track. But what about the Blood Corpse?"
[ Gill's Cuisine ] posed a question tinged with doubt, a question that was currently on everyone's mind.
The Blood Corpse's ears are indeed very sharp, but... there aren't any Blood Corpse around?
This was a group of Blood Corpse mentioned in their newly acquired intelligence. They had located the monsters and fought them off as night approached.
As darkness fell, the players expected the battle to intensify, but instead they encountered the first wave of fleeing Blood Corpse since the event began.
Under the cover of darkness, the Blood Corpse fled with extraordinary speed. Some even threw Blood Corpse unusable limbs on the ground to lighten their load.
Obviously, anyone with a normal IQ would know that they shouldn't pursue at this point. Since an unprecedented situation has arisen, there might be some highly intelligent elite Blood Corpse waiting for them nearby.
The problem is that this is a game, and those who can resist the urge to look at the potential new boss are truly exceptional in their self-control.
After a brief discussion, the cosplay team chose to pursue cautiously rather than retreat boldly. They explored the unknown area ahead with great curiosity, experiencing a thrill that is hard to feel in the real world.
Behind [ Gill's Cuisine ], a player dressed in armor and dressed as a knight walked by. He picked up the Blood Corpse arm from the ground, examined it, assessed its condition, and then stuffed it into the mismatched backpack behind him.
He knew that a player with the ID [ Haide ] had some interest in researching these things. This arm had almost no scars and was in pretty good condition. He wondered how much the other party would offer to buy it.
The knight was exceptionally tall. He looked around and asked his own question:
What happened to all the fluorescent grass we planted?
"That's right, without the Fluorescent Velvet Grass, we really can't find them anymore."
"That's why I think there must be a BOSS nearby. Think about it, a highly intelligent Blood Corpse might discover the problem with the Fluorescent Velvet Grass. If it orders its minions to pull up the grass, the fluorescence will disappear, right?"
"That can't be right, aren't elite Blood Corpse supposed to only use simple commands? A command like pulling weeds is too difficult..."
"Stop talking, brother, this is something you really shouldn't think about too much."
The group spread out and explored the area ahead. They were currently on a hill with varying slopes. The nearby plants did not look friendly and were more bizarre than those in the Second Holy See's territory. Even the Strangler Fig were considered pretty here.
In other words, these plants aren't considered monsters, otherwise they might have been wiped out.
Following the bloodstains and severed limbs on the ground, the group arrived at a small cliff about ten meters high on the hill. [ Western Sharpshooter ] was the first to stop and reached out to push aside the thorny plant branches in front of him.
A gasp rang out from the players as a cave with obvious signs of human excavation appeared before them.
In the quiet night, [ Gill's Cuisine ] heard himself swallowing. He turned to look at his companions:
"Friends, I think we've arrived at the boss's doorstep."