Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 16 New Version of the Game

Then, the game guide stepped forward and put medals on each warrior who had made meritorious contributions - combat medals made from urgently melted silver.

The five players who were laughing and hesitating just now, immediately held their heads high and looked straight ahead, as if they were back to the serious military training moment.

Only after Li Mu came forward did they lower their heads to allow the NPC to put the medals on them.

At the same time, each MVP player also received additional rewards of varying degrees, ranging from an additional five taels of silver to free gifts of sugar, barbecue ingredients, cola, and baseball bats...

The players on the stage won so many awards that Huang Zilong in the audience was envious.

On the material level, there are silver, prizes, medals, and everything else, and on the spiritual level, "honorary titles" also maximize the emotional value.

Who among the tough guys who play games wants to hear the praises of his teammates such as "Wow, pentakill", "Big boss, you're the leader", "Awesome", "I'll give you a cowboy boot" after a game, not to mention receiving the award in front of hundreds of people.

Huang Zilong looked at his belongings: a spear, a sword, a shield, five taels of silver, a bamboo hat, and a dozen merit points. He didn't even have a basic set of leather armor or chain mail.

Huang Zilong, who was eager to make a contribution, quickly clicked on the main task, but it was empty, with nothing but one special task.

[Escort merchant Lin Jianghe back to his hometown and help him eliminate all trade threats and stabilize trade channels]

Only designated special players can participate in the mission.

Special player?

Does it have to be the players designated by the guide to carry it out?

Huang Zilong was just wondering when he suddenly saw a game prompt pop up on the system, indicating that the game version had been updated.

"Is your update just like this?"

All the players opened the game logs and whispered about the updated content. In the eyes of the players, this was a trivial matter.

But in the eyes of the villagers, this uniform and strange behavior seemed like all the "potato soldiers" were performing a collective ritual, casting invisible spells to influence something invisible.

As for the reason and target of the ritual, no one knows, but the villagers know that the Heavenly Master and the Potato Soldiers are extraordinary beings and cannot be viewed with worldly thinking.

Those "former hostages" who had never seen the Taoist priest summon new players were dumbfounded. What on earth were these soldiers doing? Which village had they been rescued to?

Huang Zilong flipped through the update log and found that the game version changed from 0.1.15 to 0.1.30
The updated content is summarized below.

Each player is allowed to spend 20 merit points to purchase an activation code to invite friends and family to join.

The player mall is initially open, listing some common items that can be purchased with merit points.

Each player can choose a career focus to unlock higher permissions and experience more game content——

Military Combat

【Production and Construction】

【Scientific Research】

【Village Development】

【Explore the hidden】

Freeman

Each profession focuses on the needs of the NPC, generating different bonuses and rewards, and also leading to completely different side quests and special tasks.

If you don't want to choose anything and just want to experience the game content freely, travel around, do justice, kill a few bad guys when you feel like it, and look at the scenery and listen to music in brothels when you feel tired, then choose [Freeman].

However, if a free man wants to go out of the area directly controlled by the NPC, he needs to redeem "exploration tickets" to travel freely.

The current control area is limited to the twenty miles around Yangjia Village. You are not allowed to go out on your own unless it is a special mission, unless you choose to focus on other professions.

Huang Zilong clicked [Military Combat] without thinking.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was a time of chaos, with countless battles. You can quickly gain merit points by taking on some side quests.

With his career focus successfully assigned, Huang Zilong discovered that he could actually click on the "Caravan Escort" special mission and successfully join it. As the number of special missions slowly climbed, Huang Zilong suddenly realized that participating in the escort mission would allow him to leave the village and head to the nearest county town.

Great!
Finally, I can leave the Novice Village.

"Hey brother, we meet again!" A familiar voice appeared behind him, and Huang Zilong knew who it was without turning his head.

Lu Xiaobu.

"You again." Huang Zilong said with a sour face.

The first time I rejected the other party's invitation to team up, and the second time I half-jokingly thought that the other party really had some strength. It turned out that the so-called master was just a rookie. After bragging for a long time, he was killed by arrows as soon as he showed his head.

If this happened in other games, I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn't put some pressure on him.

"Hehe, the last time I was killed instantly was just a momentary negligence. If I really showed my power, those mere bandits would not be enough to fill my teeth." Lu Xiaobu rubbed his hands shyly, looking like a big-headed fly cleaning a limb.

"As expected of a grassroots leader who didn't even get all five rank positions, how many kills and assists did this Lu Shen get in the last dungeon?"

"Not much, not much, just three assists."

"Not a single kill."

"Not once."

"Have you ever seen a great player with a zero-bar-three record? It's just a hallucination of a great player before a rookie dies, right?" Huang Zilong glanced at him with disdain.

"Well, I'm kind-hearted and don't kill easily..."

"That being said, I do have a question. Why is it that when I kill an enemy, all I see is pink blood? And the enemy's wounds and severed limbs seem to be blurred out. It looks even more fake than those gory movies."

"You've asked the right person!" The originally shy Lu Xiaobu instantly perked up. "It seems to be a system restriction. Players under the age of twenty-four are not allowed to play bloody modes or erotic content."

"No, an 18X game, you have to be to unlock these things? Wait, how do you know there's no pornographic content for those under ? Oh, what widow's door did you reward yourself in front of?"

"Widows in rural areas are so boring, old and ugly. Only the skinny horses of Yangzhou and the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai are more exciting." Lu Xiaobu closed his eyes and imagined, and suddenly he shuddered all over, as if everything had become dull.

"Don't talk nonsense."

"Well, actually, it was a few players who charged too far ahead and rushed into Black Wind Village. They saw the remaining minions discussing the principles of life with the women. Some people could see clearly, while others could only see a blurry mosaic and couldn't get close to touch. There was even an echo in their ears that interfered with the music. Never..."

"Fuck! I knew the title of this song after just the first word—"

The two smiled at each other, then said in unison, "Never Gonna Give You Up!"

"By the way, did you choose your career focus in the previous game update?" Lu Xiaobu said.

"Military combat. I just received a special mission to escort a businessman home. I plan to go to the county town to do something big."

"Hey, it's fate, brother. I'm also a caravan guard. How about we form a team when we get to the county and become bigger and stronger together?"

Lu Xiaobu stretched out his hand excitedly. Although Huang Zilong was a little disgusted, he still extended his right hand to shake hands with the other party.

"Very good, now the number of the 'Yulin Army' is five."

"Huh? After all this time, the team only has five people, including me?"

"Don't worry, all the competitive games on the market are played by teams of four or five people, such as Dota, CS, Battlefield... Even with a small number of people, you can still make a big move." As soon as Lu Xiaobu opened his mouth, a machine gun opened fire, and saliva flew everywhere.

Huang Zilong opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back.

He changed the subject and said, "I see the caravan guards have only grown to 30 people, and all the players combined should be at least a hundred. Why are there so few combat players? I thought everyone wanted to leave the village and kill."

"I heard that military combat is just one category, but it's actually divided into several groups. There are at least eighty combat players. Some are assigned to take over the surrounding villages, and some are going to the treasure point in Black Wind Village to dig for items... These special missions can't be accepted just because you want to. It depends on the randomness."

"So we're both pretty lucky."

"Brother, you are so lucky. With so many people escorting the merchant home, we will definitely complete the mission successfully. The advantage is mine!" Lu Xiaobu laughed heartily. That smile was even more confident than that of a bald old man with a Zhejiang Fenghua accent.

(End of this chapter)