Virtual World - Earth Online
Ch.4 - Quest to Build a Village
With a short hum and a flash of white light, Ouyang Shuo found himself being moved to a strange place. He opened his eyes after a while and found himself lying on an antique wooden bed. Before he could look around again, a relieved voice filled his ears.
“Master, for the sake of our great fortune, you finally woke up! The black flag army will come to us tomorrow. We can't waste time! ”
Speaking those words was an old man grandfather in elegant palace member clothes. He looked quite intelligent and waved the fan in his hand. His branching beard swayed as he spoke.
Village Building Quest is actually a search scene.This type of 'situational search' is the Earth Online search system. The players receive a search and are sent to a separate search space, automatically playing a certain role there. At the end of the search, they were sent back to the main map once again.
The time during the search moves much slower than on the main map. Spending two days in the quest only amounted to two hours in the main world. Scenery tasks and hidden tasks are very rare, but once completed, the results can also be very rich.
After waking up, the sound of the system now rang out in Ouyang Shuo's ears.
“System Notice: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for opening the Quest S-Ranking Village Building (non-compulsory situational search).
Search background: In the 15th year of the XXX calendar, October 7, the Black Flag Army of Li Lin ordered eight thousand trained soldiers to attack Sishui City. Sishui City will fall.
Search requirements: The player is the ruler of Sishui City and has just recovered from an illness. Players must take control of the endangered Sishui City, and drive the enemies out of the city. Task Rewards: Village Creation Tokens, Call Tokens, and Resource Bags. ”
After reading the search tips, Ouyang Shuo formed an idea. A powerful enemy came to attack and at this critical moment, the city lord was sick and unable to maintain control. Thus, people started to panic. Therefore, the first business order is to calm people and restore spirit.
Ouyang Shuo quickly got up and told the aide to let the news of his resurrection spread, and then called the city's top official to the audience room. With the help of a servant standing nearby, he wore official state attire, and with unhurried steps and attitude moved down the hallway towards the audience hall.
As he walked, Ouyang Shuo slowly recalled what the previous players had posted about this quest on the forums, about what was going to happen and how to deal with the invasion. Sishui City was just a small town, the city guards numbered less than three thousand and were also untrained, with no battlefield experience. If he wanted to withstand the attacks from the trained Black Flag Army, he could only rely on the city walls for passive defense.
To defeat the attacking forces, the players have to use many tricks and use many unconventional strategies such as using Fire, poison, rolling stones and others. However, most tactics have only slightly worked.
For example, using numbers to win: If the victim reaches twenty percent, the morale of the army drops drastically. Just because you want all your soldiers to have a fearless heart of steel and iron guts, doesn't mean it's going to happen.
One of the most famous guides is by the player who earned the golden rating of the Village Creation Token from the quest. It was by a man named Xunlong Dianxue, a professional gaming fanatic known for his quest completion.
He entered the game after a week. Within a week, the God players had tried almost every method, but were still unable to reach the hidden conditions to obtain the golden Village Creation Token.
Completing the mission perfectly upon entering the game really demonstrates Xunlong's skill set. Ouyang Shuo recalled that this player, having not received the golden village, grew to become one of the top rulers of China, brimming with glory. But this time, Ouyang Shuo would shamelessly steal Xunlong's thunder. Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo even felt a little pity for that person. If he had the chance, he would pay Xunlong well.
According to what he said, he accepted the quest, but did not do things conventionally. Instead of hastily organizing the city's military as well as the civilians and sticking them on the walls, he continued to talk to the NPCs in the city, he said, try to find hidden clues or other resources that can be used to complete the search successfully.
His hard work paid off, and he eventually learned something from the water management officials. Not far south of Sishui City, there was a dam. When the Black Flag Army camped out, if one were placed to suddenly dig a dam, the raging flood was enough to annihilate the Black Flag Army. But the approach was quite harsh, as the flooding outside also inundated many farms and villages, which would also suffer.
If players did not take the initiative and ask questions, the NPC would not provide the essential information needed to complete the quest. Maybe this is where Xunlong is above the rest. When so many people focus on conventional defense and counterattacks, the focus has been jumping out of the city to learn about the surrounding area and find opportunities there.
Ouyang Shuo arrived at the audience room, and the main officials of the city lined up to receive him. Despite their attempts to look calm, it was clear that they were all restless, with a nervous frame of mind.
After asking them to sit down, Ouyang Shuo examined them one by one, calmly saying, “You don't need to panic. I've come up with a plan to defeat the enemy. All you need to do is calm the civilians. We will enforce a curfew tonight to prevent thieves and looters from robbing others. In addition, get the city guards to start fortifying the walls, and send scouts to track down the enemies. We must always know the location of our enemy, do not fail in this. ”
This action completely confused the officials there, but in the presence of their master, they did not question him. It would only invite trouble upon themselves, so they nodded obediently and left with him.
“Mr Zhu, stay here. I've got something to talk to you about. You are all free to go! "Master Zhu is the old man from before and trusts master.
With a concrete plan, Ouyang Shuo instantly sent away a group of NPCs. As for the matter of breaking the dam, this was certainly not something he had to talk about in public. If the Black Flag Army found out about what he was planning, his plans would be futile.
After the other officials left, Ouyang Shuo informed Master Zhu of his duties, and arranged for the people to go to the water dam that night as well. Tomorrow morning, the Black Flag Army will arrive and camp. The gates here would hint with smoke, the workers would break through the dam, and the Black Army would be washed away.
The next day, early in the morning, the Black Flag Army arrived on schedule and set up their camp about five miles outside the city. Waiting until the Black Flag Army was filled with all of its troops, Ouyang Shuo gave a firm order to light a smoke signal.
When the signal appeared, the people who had been waiting at the dam overnight immediately broke into it with a large hole. To prevent accidents, the team had already done more than half the work the night before. In less than ten minutes, flowing flood waters had flowed out of the reservoir and like a winding dragon, towards the Black Flag Army camp five miles away.
At this time the Black Flag Army was preparing to make dinner and had no time to respond when the wave swept over. Before the flood, humans and animals were killed. Ouyang Shuo led the city officials in watching the destruction, standing on top of the city wall.
Looking at the scene of hell from the sunken land before him, Ouyang Shuo's expression became solemn. Although they were only NPCs, only data packets, he could only blame the game for being too realistic, and pretend not to be moved by what he saw.
At this point, the sweet tones of the system clang.
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for completion of the S-class Village Building quest, Sishui City. There were no casualties for the Sishui army and the Black Water Army had been annihilated. It has met the requirements of the hidden reward. You are awarded a gold-level Village Creation Token, an emperor-level Summoning Token, and a medium-ranked Resource bag. ”
Fortunately this scene was in the search room, so players in the quest could not hear any announcements outside or release announcements. Otherwise, there would definitely be a commotion!
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for completion of S-Rank Village Building quest with 100% completion%. An additional experience reward of 10,000 experience points, 500 reputation points, and 100 gold coins will be awarded. "
"System Notice: Player Qiyue Wuyi has been flattened to 6!"
For the quest of this village, the more people and soldiers died, the lower the number of quest completion. The only way to obtain a gold-level Village Creation Token was to have no casualties, which in the ancient war was almost impossible. So, only an eccentric method like this could solve it.
Village Creation Tokens, Call Tokens, and Resource Bags are called village creation sets. Every player who completed the Village Building Quest would be rewarded with this item. With full completion, naturally the Village Creation Token was upgraded to the gold level and the Summoner Talisman along with the Resource Bag would both raise the level. Ouyang Shuo could hardly wait to see what he had received, as this was a key step in his future success or failure.
Name: Village Creation Token (gold)
Special: 50% increase in attracting settlers. 20% increase in attracting special talents. 50% increase in crop production. 20% increase in proficiency of population production skills. 20% increase in experience for soldiers.
Exclusive: The success rate of breakthrough talent in the region increased by 10%.
Evaluation: This is a sign that can increase territorial strength on all fronts and surpass normal artifacts. The way to use these gifts is left for the players to explore on their own. This item cannot be destroyed or traded.
Gold-class tokens have a tremendous advantage over other tokens. It was the level of difference that changed the world.
Summoning Tokens (emperor rank): Summoning random Emperor level historical figures to your city.
Historical figures began at the King level and rose to the rank of Emperor, Divine, and Saint. It was said that there was another level higher in Saint Saintight rank for Confucius, which stood alone above all the others.
In past games, no God could make Confucius work for them or even meet the requirements to even invite Confucius to settle there. The old man loved to travel around the country, never staying in one place for too long.
Resource Bag (Intermediate): 5000 units of food, 500 units of wood, 500 units of stone, 500 units of iron ore.
The resource bag holds four resources which the player calls the basic resources. Basically, everything used in developing a region is tied into these four resources. In addition, bags are disposable items, and you can't put anything in them, just use them. When the last resource is removed, it will automatically disappear.
The medium resource bag was five times the size of the basic resource bag, which made Ouyang Shuo much more confident with his ability to implement his initial development plan. Of course, the most critical award was 100 gold coins. This is still the early stages of the game and the main currency is still copper coins.100 gold coins is now just a huge sum of money!
“System Notification: Search is complete. Teleport back to the main map? "
"Send me back!" Ouyang Shuo ordered immediately.
There was a buzz and a white flash, and Ouyang Shuo disappeared from the search room.
