Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 47, Group Two
Song Zechuan, Zhao Qing, Han Yi, Wang Xun (Wang Ergou), and Jie Ran sat around a round table in a conference room of the project team, looking at each other.

"So, you already knew that the 'Ten Continents Chronicle' was backed by the nation?"

Song Zechuan stared speechlessly at the four people in front of him, feeling like a clown for being the last to know the news.

Han Yi kindly comforted him, "Well... you can't say that. Theoretically, Er Gou was the first to be recruited. Jie Ran and I were basically recruited at the same time, but he was busy handing over his work, so he only arrived today. Zhao Qing and you... found out around the same time, not much different!"

Zhao Qing, however, chose to add insult to injury for Song Zechuan: "Wait, let me clarify, I already guessed it, because the project team contacted me last week, I just hesitated for a few more days."

Song Zechuan: "..."

"Don't worry about it so much! By the way, I have some breaking news," Wang Xun said with a mysterious smile, "It's said that the second closed beta test will be held around next week, with an additional 150 slots available!"

Han Yi couldn't help but complain: "Is this a case of squeezing toothpaste? Only 150? Which game has only 200 people in its second closed beta test?"

"There's nothing we can do! Our technology is limited! Besides, I estimate that at least a dozen of these two hundred people are from our project team! Maybe more!"

Having just settled his luggage and not yet having met his coach, Song Zechuan was unaware of the bleak future ahead. He even asked with a hint of anticipation, "So what exactly is this so-called 'project team' all about?"

"Hehe, you'll find out tomorrow!"

As Wang Xun spoke, he, Han Yi, and Zhao Qing exchanged glances and burst into laughter, their faces filled with schadenfreude. Even Jie Ran, who hadn't said a word except for greetings, curled his lips into a smile.

Song Zechuan muttered to himself, "I have a feeling you guys have ulterior motives..."

"How could that be! We can't just decide that!"

Wang Xun immediately denied it, his expression as sincere as could be. Fortunately, he remembered the important matter and quickly steered the conversation back on track: "By the way, Aunt Wang and the others are still in a meeting. They'll call us for a group meeting later. She asked us to give you a brief introduction first, so I'll just give you a general overview."
"We are the second group in the entire project team. Currently, there are only five members in the group. Whether we will recruit more members later is uncertain, but we will probably only have the five of us in the first test."

"They have their own tasks, and it seems they are at a higher level. I don't know the specifics, but they may appear at any time in the game and ask us to cooperate. We just need to cooperate when necessary."

"Then there are two more groups, Group 3 and Group 4. Group 3 is the technical group and Group 4 is the logistics group. I will send you the contact information in the game later. Just add them as friends. It is said that we will have a weekly quota for gunpowder, pills and the like in the future, but we will have to wait until the second closed beta test when they have more manpower before we can start to receive these benefits."

"As for whether there are five or six groups, I don't know,"

Wang Ergou spread his hands: "This project has a very high level of confidentiality. I believe you have signed the agreement. Even within our organization, only members of each group know each other. People in different groups basically don't know each other, and we don't even know how many groups there are!"

"Then let's do it tomorrow..."

Just as Song Zechuan was about to say something, a rapid knocking interrupted them. Then, the conference room door opened, and a familiar figure appeared before them. "Hello, Aunt Wang!"

"Has Aunt Wang finished her meeting?"

Everyone stood up to greet them. Aunt Wang slapped a stack of A4 papers on the table, casually picked a chair to sit down, and said kindly, "Sit down, everyone. We've been working together for several days now, why are you being so polite! Oh, it's just that Xiao Song and Xiao Jie only arrived today. It's alright, we'll get to know each other after a few days! Come on, sit down, everyone!"

Wang Xun took the lead and sat down, and Han Yi and the others followed suit. Aunt Wang then continued, "Well, I just went to a meeting about our group's arrangements for next week. Let's discuss it together and brainstorm, since you young people definitely have more ideas and creativity than us!"

"Aunt Wang, let me first share the opinions we just had in the meeting. The next major task is to establish a community. This community is like the guilds or gangs you play in other games. It's basically decided that in 'Ten Continents Chronicle,' it will be called a 'community.' There will be no upper limit on the number of people for now. The specific establishment will be based on the exchange of prestige and contribution points. We'll have to see the specific requirements later."

"After the community is established, our second group is required to quickly become the leader among players and play a leading role in guiding the game style and atmosphere of most players. This is very important. However, Aunt Wang has seen your game skills, so I believe this will be easy for you."

"On this basis, we need to infiltrate the NPCs in the game, except for the sect NPCs. Currently, we mainly need to organize people in Shenyou Village to conduct literacy and re-education for the NPCs."

"The teaching materials are already being arranged by working overtime and will be in place in the next couple of days. Moreover, since the language of the local NPCs is highly similar to our ancient Chinese language, our project team held a meeting and decided to directly offer educational courses based on our Chinese language. At the same time, we will establish a cultivation school in the name of Sheyi to provide basic cultivation education for the NPCs. We will focus on both culture and cultivation, and we cannot neglect either."

"Also, starting next week, in addition to the courses you need to attend in the game, you will have two more classes in the project group every day: one Middle Continent language class and one basic cultivation class. Specifically, they should be scheduled before lunch, each class lasting half an hour. The time is not long, only one hour in total."

"In addition, regarding the game, our community will also organize a secret realm killing event every week, where we will kill a certain number of game BOSSes. This is a fixed task."

"In short, our main tasks right now are: First, establish community centers. Second, use these communities to encourage players to provide basic literacy and education to NPCs. Third, organize weekly dungeon events. How do these tasks feel? Are they challenging enough?"

Aunt Wang smiled as she spoke and added, "It shouldn't be too difficult, right? It's basically just being a teacher and slaying monsters. With your abilities, it'll be a piece of cake!"

"Well, Aunt Wang, the missions in the game are easy enough, but the training outside the game is really a bit too much for me!"

Wang Xun, the boldest of them all, deliberately put on a wronged face and complained, "Ever since I came to the group, I haven't had a single good patch of skin on my body. Every day I'm covered in bruises!"

Hearing this, Aunt Wang said with annoyance, "Oh dear! Look at my memory! Oh right, your class schedule has also changed. The training has been moved to the morning, and it's only for one hour. It's much easier than before, isn't it? This is something I, Aunt Wang, specially fought for for everyone!"

Wang Xun was immediately overjoyed, his face beaming with delight: "Ahhh! Aunt Wang is awesome!"

"However—" Aunt Wang looked at the five people with a smile and said, "The rest of the training will have to be done in the game!"

(End of this chapter)