In the central tent of the camp, Han Xiao stared at the blueprint on the table, pondering how to leverage the players' strengths.
At this point, his task posting limit had increased, with the highest single reward exceeding 60,000, still a bit short of the 80,000 standard for posting Grade C tasks. His daily total limit was seven times that of a single task, meaning he could post tasks with a total reward of 420,000 experience points per day. He discovered that the simplest way to increase his limit was to start building affinity with factions. Level and rank would come naturally, while Legend Points was something that could not be forced.
No experience is required to increase the credit limit.
Building a city is such a huge task that his quota alone is just a drop in the ocean. So after much deliberation, Han Xiao decided on a method for issuing tasks: to divide the construction of various aspects of the Gray Iron Ruins into different departments and set up a person in charge. Players can go to the person in charge to receive work (tasks) without consuming their own quota.
Establishing the Third Sanctuary is a main storyline, and since the player can assign tasks to others, other NPCs in the party should also be able to do so.
"This should solve the task limit limitation. Other NPCs don't have task panels, but since they belong to the city-building team, issuing tasks shouldn't be a problem."
By having other NPCs issue quests on his behalf, he avoids his own quota limitations and it even helps his own quest, because he receives a unified quest. Therefore, the final result of the player's city building is the result of his quest. The difference between the two quests stems from their different roles; Han Xiao is the overall head of the Sanctuary, which is his advantage.
Han Xiao suddenly had a new idea: if he encountered a similar major mission again, he could replicate this experience, using his advantage as an NPC to gain a higher faction relationship, thus becoming the mission issuer and achieving his goal with the help of the players.
"This way, I only need to manage the person in charge, which allows me to oversee the overall situation and be a hands-off manager. I can use all my free time to build machinery and meet the requirements for the five pieces of purple equipment to advance to the next job." Han Xiao nodded to himself. He could focus on the main storyline while also having time to develop his own skills. It was perfect.
Moreover, this isn't a scam against players. Players can also complete tasks and reap benefits. Their participation in building the city can foster a sense of unity. Once the Sanctuary is established, all participants will feel a sense of accomplishment and pride in "this is a city built by us players ourselves."
A win-win situation!
Han Xiao had a bold idea.
"Perhaps I could develop this Sanctuary into something similar to a player's main city. The boost to my influence would be unparalleled; everyone who comes to the Sanctuary will see my name!"
After finalizing the details, he convened a meeting with some junior officers from the engineering team and the guard team, bringing them all together.
"Where's Liu Chao? Why isn't he here for the meeting?" Han Xiao glanced around.
At first, no one reacted. Someone cautiously said, "You sent him out to contact the wanderers..."
"Nonsense, how could I forget?"
Han Xiao glared at them, and before anyone could react, he coughed and said seriously, "Building Sanctuary from scratch is a huge project. I've divided the blueprint into thirteen departments. This is the documentation, covering construction, exploration, and so on... Each department has a person in charge. My goal is to complete the blueprint as quickly as possible, ideally within a month."
"We don't have enough manpower, and even with all those Inhuman outside, it's not enough..." someone said.
"Don't worry about that, we'll have the manpower sooner or later." Han Xiao tapped his fingers on the table, emphasizing again, and said, "Is everything clear?"
Everyone could only nod. A month was too rushed, but since it was their superior's requirement, they could only do their best, or they would be in deep trouble. Although Han Xiao was still quite amiable, no one forgot that he was the organization's strongest fighter, a legend who had killed countless people, and currently ranked number one on the assassin list.
Han Xiao announced the appointment of the person in charge, but Huang Yu was not included.
Huang Yu was actually quite happy to have nothing to do. Although thousands of Inhuman had arrived, it was still a drop in the ocean. It was impossible to complete the initial structure in a month. In the end, the Third Sanctuary could only be completed step by step over several months. By then, the First Sanctuary would have long been completed. As an assistant, he would not get much benefit from it, so he had no intention of helping.
Huang Yu had just told Bennett about the arrival of the Inhuman to help Han Xiao. Bennett remained calm and had no objections, which showed that Bennett trusted Black Phantom and that the two had a very good relationship. Huang Yu also roughly understood why Bennett had chosen him as his assistant—to select a capable assistant to help his friend.
"It's all because I'm too outstanding," Huang Yu sighed helplessly.
As the meeting drew to a close, Han Xiao had already explained the tasks of each department. His expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Everything that needed to be said has been said. Now there is a very urgent task that must be done first."
Seeing Han Xiao's serious expression, everyone became tense as well.
Looking around, Han Xiao said seriously, "Write down the name of the Sanctuary first, and remember to use my name."
The tense expressions on everyone's faces immediately relaxed.
The heads of each department left the camp and, following Han Xiao's instructions, organized their manpower in an orderly manner. The players who had been waiting immediately surrounded them, choosing different roles according to their own preferences and triggering different city-building tasks.
The Gray Iron Ruins are divided into five areas: east, south, west, north, and center, which is easy to see at a glance. The quests for players are also divided into different areas.
After receiving the quest, players immediately formed teams on the spot, finding others to do the quest together, making the night even more lively than the daytime.
The most important tasks first and foremost are to drive away the beasts and clear the ruins before any construction can begin. Centered on the stadium, player teams radiate outwards and disperse to various areas of the Gray Iron Ruins.
Gunshots rang out intermittently, and there were many wild beasts inhabiting the Gray Iron Ruins, giving players ample opportunities to fight.
These construction tasks can be repeated and offer substantial rewards. The panel also indicates that the player is building the Third Sanctuary, and success will grant a massive amount of additional experience, further fueling their enthusiasm.
The Black Phantom's Third Sanctuary, a city whose name contains the words "Black Phantom," makes Han Xiao even more memorable to players.
It sounds prestigious to name Sanctuary after a person.
On the first night, the players cleared out a large area, and their efficiency astonished everyone on the Dark Net —it was equivalent to the speed of ten thousand workers!
Players are all superhumans with enhanced work abilities and a panel that makes tasks clear and purposeful.
While the players and the Dark Net construction team were working hard on the project, Han Xiao received a call from Maple Moon. He had previously given Maple Moon a quest to come find him at level 20, and remembering it, he brought her into the camp.
Having not seen each other for a while, Maple Moon looked around curiously. Han Xiao also called over the other three, intending to give the four of them some extra tasks.
The four backup options finally met. With Han Xiao's current abilities, training four players was more than enough. Frenzied Saber and Hao Tian were two professional pros from their previous lives, one now a mechanical warrior and the other Pugilist Class; Maple Moon was one of the first mechanics to rise to prominence in his previous life; and Meat Bun Hits Dog was a well-known video creator.
These four individuals each possessed unique strengths and could offer different forms of assistance. They stood before Han Xiao, sizing each other up.
As the only female player, Maple Moon received preferential treatment; the other three nodded to her in goodwill.
"Ah, so cute." Maple Moon stared at Hao Tian, her eyes shining, looking as if she wanted to devour him whole.
Sweat beaded on Hao Tian's forehead. He stood stiffly, watching as Maple Moon darted into his arms... or rather, into the Baby Bear he was holding, kneading and rubbing it with obvious affection.
The Baby Bear looked completely bewildered, snuggled closer to Hao Tian, and then gently nibbled on Maple Moon's finger a few times.
"Ahhh, so cute~" Maple Moon's eyes lit up, her maternal instincts overflowing. She looked up and pleaded, "Great God, can I have a hug?"
"Explain more clearly next time." Hao Tian's face stiffened, and he impatiently handed the Baby Bear to Maple Moon, took two steps back, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Meat Bun also came over, reaching out to tease the Baby Bear. The Baby Bear was adorably clumsy, always a beat slow to react, and its chubby paws kept slapping away the large hands that were kneading its bottom. Frenzied Saber, standing to the side, kept his eyes fixed on Han Xiao, looking serious and ready to receive any orders.
"Alright, alright, stop playing with my bear." Han Xiao coughed to interrupt them, saying, "I'm building Sanctuary, you guys go help." As he spoke, he assigned the four of them extra tasks: completing a certain number of tasks from each department head would earn them additional rewards.
Other players don't receive this preferential treatment; these four players are his own people, which is why Han Xiao is putting in the effort to cultivate them.
The four of them had no objections and headed out after accepting the mission. Maple Moon, however, stayed behind and cautiously asked, "Can I learn a skill?"
https://m. hetushu. com. com Han Xiao nodded and opened the panel for her. He could teach these four players skills at any time. Apart from his most secret abilities, the others could be used to earn experience.
Maple Moon also chose the Mechanic route, so he can be trained as an apprentice. Maple Moon is a casual player who prefers life-oriented gameplay, so training him as an assistant would be worthwhile. Han Xiao is not stingy with his resources, and he also has a good impression of Maple Moon.
In his past life, Han Xiao, a novice Mechanic, started playing from version 1.0, choosing the Mechanic Class. He had experienced a losing streak in PvP and was once disheartened with the Mechanic Class. If it weren't for his love for it, he almost switched accounts. In the professional arena of version 3.0, Maple Moon, participating in the competition for the first time, became a dark horse, representing the rise of the Mechanic class and giving Han Xiao a lot of encouragement. He was even a fan of Maple Moon for a while when he was young.
Later, as his skills became more and more refined, he gradually became one of the representative masters of the Mechanic Class. Although he was not a professional player, the legend of Master Han spread throughout the community. On the forums, players often discussed what rankings famous amateur masters would achieve if they participated in professional leagues, and Master Han was a perennial hot topic.
Master Han is getting stronger and stronger, but Maple Moon is like a comet, leaving a strong mark on the game's milestones, but quickly disappearing into obscurity. She only shone in the third and fourth versions. After all, Maple Moon was a casual player, and her PK skills improved slowly. Not everyone has the interest of Master Han in studying a game so diligently.
In later versions, Maple Moon almost disappeared from the professional scene, reportedly having terminated her contract with the club. Her brilliance remained only in the memories of veteran players.
The Maple Moon in front of him was pretty and cute, which was hard to reconcile with the image of her who had dominated the professional league in his memory. Looking at the Maple Moon struggling to choose a skill, Han Xiao felt a little complicated.
"I wonder what will happen this time?"
With him acting as a plot-changing butterfly, who knows if Maple Moon's future will be as fleeting as it was in her previous life?