Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 289: Emptying All My Things
The soldiers sat in a makeshift thatched school, like well-behaved primary school students, sitting in an orderly manner, imitating the instructor's accent and learning the pronunciation and writing of each Chinese character.

When asked by the heavenly soldiers, they said that the general was kind-hearted. He ate a pot of mixed grain porridge himself, but gave the soldiers delicious steamed bread and vegetable soup. Everyone felt that the heavenly soldiers were the incarnation of Bodhisattva, and were so kind that they did not seem like real people at all.

The pawn's explanation made the players suddenly realize that it was their gaming habits that caused the NPC to have a wonderful misunderstanding.

For players who are accustomed to the game settings, they don’t need to consider the taste and texture when filling their stomachs, they just need to quickly maximize the status of the game character.

The most efficient way to do this is to mix carbohydrates, fats, and proteins together to make a paste and drink it. Taste is only a hobby for a small number of chefs and the spiritual needs of immersive gamers.

In response to the admiration and gratitude of the volunteers, the instructor of the Chinese translation group smiled faintly and continued to teach how to read and write Chinese characters.

This ordinary smile seems to say that humility and politeness are basic virtues and are not worth mentioning at all.

This touched Jin Wu's heart even though his circumstances had changed.

How many years of training does it take to engrave these excellent qualities into the brain and make them natural instincts?

He had been a slave for decades, and from the words and deeds of those above him, he had only learned cruelty, cunning, betrayal, greed, and tyranny...

However, the daily words and deeds of the heavenly soldiers are very different from those of the yangban. It is not a deliberate disguise to win people's hearts, but the humility and politeness engraved in their bones.

Jin Wu heard that the Beiwei Army's soldiers were mostly refugees from Liaodong, who had endured more than ten years of hardship before fighting their way back.

What kind of firm belief supports their hearts, allowing them to maintain rationality and politeness despite bearing national hatred and family feuds?
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the heavenly soldiers are invincible.

What made Jin Wu feel even luckier was that the instructors did not charge any tuition for teaching Chinese characters.

You should know that although North Korea invented Hangul to annotate Chinese characters with pronunciation, official documents, history books, etc. are mainly written in Chinese characters.

However, Korea was not the culturally prosperous Ming Dynasty. There were almost no official schools, clan schools, or private schools, and Chinese character education among the people was monopolized by the yangban aristocracy.

Ordinary people don’t even have the opportunity to learn on their own, let alone pay for tutoring classes.

Besides, if you learn Chinese characters, you will most likely be able to move up in the military and political hierarchy of North Korea. Who doesn't want to make progress?

Now that the heavenly soldiers have personally taught them the standard pronunciation of Chinese characters, the volunteers naturally cherish learning them very much.

The instructor’s method of teaching Chinese characters is quite easy to understand. Under each Chinese character, there is a corresponding evolutionary picture, which transforms the complex image into a standard Chinese character.

For example, a pedestrian standing upright on two feet was simplified into a stick figure standing on two feet, and finally became the Chinese character "人". Simulated lips were simplified into square lip petals, and finally became the Chinese character "口"...

If you still can't learn the method of picture association, then read and write each word dozens of times, record it in a rote manner to form an instinctive memory, and then boldly communicate with the Tianbing in Chinese, and grow rapidly in a language environment full of Chinese characters.

Apart from these simple common characters, Jin Wu and the others first learned their own names and the numbers one, two, three, four...

These "former slaves" who came from poor backgrounds were all simply called by derogatory names, and had been called countless times by their relatives and friends.

When his name was written on the palm of his hand, Jin Wu gently recited his name in Chinese characters, as if he heard a response from the depths of his soul, and something became different.

Secondly, they learned many simple daily expressions.

For example, hello, thank you. Good morning, good evening. I'm home. Nice to see you. I'm fine. Thank you...

Or they use swear words.

When it comes to swear words, the volunteers' learning talent suddenly increases, as if everyone is a genius at learning swear words, and they can master all kinds of swear words in Chinese after learning them a few times.

Dozens of days of training have made the soldiers more capable. They have passed the review of assembling, marching, fighting formations and other items, and they can also shout simple Chinese slogans loudly and in unison.

At first glance, I thought they were soldiers from the Ming Dynasty.

Even the usually strict Beiwei Army couldn't help but give them a thumbs up to express their praise.

Adequate and nutritionally balanced food and gradual physical training have made these Korean volunteer soldiers a brand new force.

In the past, they were warriors who spontaneously resisted the invaders. They had experienced the hardships of climbing mountains, raiding, and fighting. They had much more endurance and physical strength than ordinary farmers. They were trained by the players' scientific training mechanism and became even stronger.

The pawns' physiques were strengthened, and with the added knowledge of Chinese culture, their mental outlook was greatly improved.

Many volunteers became more confident and cheerful, and their gestures and movements had shed most of their vulgar temperament, which attracted the women in the nearby villages to point fingers at the "bandit-catching camp."

Many young men who have been single for years have caught the attention of young girls and widows.

According to the Tianbing, "goblins" like them have finally become popular.

Only then did Jin Wu realize that there was a deep meaning behind the heavenly soldiers gathering these righteous soldiers together.

Even if they had spontaneously resisted the invaders in the past, they were all unsystematic and random attacks. The victory or defeat depended entirely on fate. Whether they had enough food depended entirely on eating the rich. Their body functions were like the ebb and flow of the tide, extremely unstable.

Now, they have been trained by the Heavenly Soldiers for quite some time, and have also taken many cultural courses. Their physical strength has improved a lot, and their speech has become less vulgar and vulgar.

When some married soldiers returned home on leave, their wives would praise their husbands for their changes. They used to be limp, sickly cats, but now they were strong and fierce tigers, with endless energy, as if the whole house was shaking.

The ordinary and boring daily life was instantly filled with spring-like excitement, feeding the women until they almost fainted.

The short vacation was over, and the women in the same village were reluctant to let their husbands leave. They stared at their husbands' departing backs, hoping that their husbands' next day off would come sooner.

The rumor about this health-enhancing method spread, causing countless middle-aged and elderly men to come and beg for the secret recipe to "become stronger".

The Heavenly Soldier looked at these gray-haired guys in silence, and silently performed a set of Eight Section Brocade...

One-third of the members of the bandit-catching camp were on leave at any one time, and soon it was Jin Wu's turn to go home for vacation.

He was alone in his home, which was dull and tedious, so he ran to the Heavenly Soldiers' Base before daybreak, hoping to spend some happy time with these people.

But he went too early. Except for the heavenly soldiers on duty, everyone else was sleeping like the dead in their coffins, with their hands pressed against their legs and their soft breathing sounds barely heard.

Since he was a "Green Celebrity" familiar to the Heavenly Soldiers, he was allowed to approach the Heavenly Soldiers' resting place.

Jin Wu knew that these soldiers on duty were all called "Liuzi": American Liuzi, British Liuzi, German Liuzi, Russian Liuzi...

In the past, he was full of confusion when he heard these special pronunciations. Now, after learning some Chinese, he finally has some understanding of them.

He gradually learned to distinguish between heavenly soldiers and clay dolls.

The Ming Dynasty soldiers, who were brave in battle but still afraid of death, were mortals who were afraid of pain and death.

The clay doll summoned by the Taoist priest is fearless, leads by example, is willing to do anything for his teammates, and craves endless killing.

These clay dolls called "Liuzi" are a strange type specially customized by spells.

They are different from ordinary "clay dolls", no, it would be more appropriate to say that these clay dolls who treat their own people kindly are "spiritual soldiers" full of intelligence.

When the spirit soldiers are usually active, these spirit soldiers, called "Liuzi", are usually resting, rather than taking turns to work. Just like in some weird stories, some monsters can only hide during the day and come out at night.

As the fixed time arrived, the dead-like spirit soldiers came back to life.

Some people stood up like zombies, got off their horses and started jumping around, as if the floor was bubbling with hot lava. Some people shouted loudly that they would continue to work hard on the mission to accumulate merit points today. Others quickly put on their clothes in silence, put on their armor in a well-trained manner and left.

It seems that the spiritual soldiers have some big event to do today, and half of the spiritual soldiers in the base will participate.

They borrowed Jinwu's mule and wagon to carry a large tarpaulin and bamboo baskets, while they themselves carried bags and boxes of supplies...

Jin Wu naturally would not refuse Ling Bing's request, and was also allowed to go together.

More than ten people talked and laughed along the way, and finally arrived at the surrounding hilly highlands.

"Brothers, please help!"

The spiritual soldiers cooperated tacitly and quickly took down the objects and assembled them. The tarpaulin and the bamboo basket were soon tied tightly with ropes.

The tarpaulin looked like a huge bag, big enough to hold dozens of men from the bandit-catching camp.

I saw the spiritual soldier light the brazier on top of the bamboo basket, and then manually pulled some mechanism, causing the burning flames to spray towards a fixed direction in bursts. After a while, the shriveled tarpaulin swelled up, as if it was filled with something.

Jin Wu watched in shock as the tarpaulin swelled, floated up, and then rose little by little before his eyes.

The fully expanded cloth bag was like an ellipsoid, with its hem pulling a bamboo basket. It was only raised to half a person's height when it was pulled by the hemp rope fixed to the ground and began to sway gently from side to side.

Several heavenly soldiers quickly moved the boxes and cloth bags they carried with them onto the bamboo basket, and then climbed in.

"I really envy you guys for being able to buy advanced exploration tickets. We can only satisfy our cravings by following the main quests..."

"Old players will tell you that you should earn more reputation and break fewer rules. The sooner you start, the sooner you can enjoy the game." The spiritual soldier who climbed into the bamboo basket carefully checked whether all the equipment was complete.

"Don't they say you need a hundred people to explore abroad?! I heard there's an expedition team in Busan that's going to take a ship to Japan."

"That's restriction number two. We're big guys with reputations up to 500, so we're not subject to that kind of restriction... Okay, it's getting late, and we brothers are going on a world tour. You'll be able to see a video of us in Japan in a few days."

In a month, we will be filming the New World video. We will be taking photos with the Indians against the backdrop of the sunset, and we will be working together to kill the Spanish colonists..."

"Haha, that's a wonderful idea, but I'm afraid we'll be hit by a storm midway. Even if we reach the New World, the Indians will chop off our heads and use them as bowls."

"Look at you, you're so sour! Just wait and see. When we drift to the New World and establish the first Chinese settlement, we'll be explorers recorded in the annals of game history. And when the New World establishes a Chinese Autonomous Region, we'll be the ones with a dedicated column of illustrations in textbooks."

"Ah! I want to travel around the world too! But unfortunately, my reputation is only over 200!"

"Don't worry. I suggest you do more quests to improve your reputation now. Once we've established a foothold in the New World, you can take the Arctic route directly to the New World. Besides the extremely low temperatures along the way, the entire journey will be shortened by half.

It’s getting late, we’ll leave first, bye!”

With the help of the spiritual soldiers on the ground, the hemp rope that locked the bamboo basket was pulled out and released. The floating ellipsoid was like a canary flying out of a birdcage, flying higher and higher.

The spiritual soldier standing in the bamboo basket was still waving at the ground, and the sound gradually faded away.

Jin Wu was immediately shocked.

He had previously seen from afar in Pyongyang a "big ball" tied in the air, floating above the nearby mountains and forests, but he thought it was just an illusion and quickly put it out of his mind.

Now that I have witnessed with my own eyes the miracle of a "spherical kite" carrying people flying, a tingling sensation mixed with excitement and fear rushed from my lower back straight into my head, and I was so shocked that my scalp was numb.

Is it the spirit soldier itself that is casting the spell, or is it this "big ball" magic weapon that is unleashing its power?!
Any rumors, education, slander... are not as real as what you see with your own eyes, hear with your own ears, touch with your own hands, and smell with your own nose.

Jin Wu slapped himself hard, and the burning pain reminded him that everything in front of him was real.

Several spiritual soldiers who were walking on the ground just now suddenly flew into the sky.

Jin Wu hurriedly took out a booklet he had bought and used the charcoal pencil given by Tianbing to write down crooked Chinese characters. If there were any that he couldn't write, he would use simple interjections to express them.

His mind was in a storm of thoughts and his hands and feet were shaking.

Simple words and pictures could not express the excitement in his heart at that moment.

He really wanted to understand what the spiritual soldier's magic was, and he wanted to fly to the sky with the spiritual soldier.

The highest place Jin Wu had ever climbed in his life was a mountain near his hometown. He had climbed the mountain to escape the encirclement of the government troops, and the mountains were within his sight for miles.

As the spiritual soldiers flew higher, the originally huge "big ball" had shrunk to the size of a temporary tent in their eyes.

Jin Wu stared at the thing for a long time. What would the view be like when looking down at the ground from such a height?
After releasing the "ellipsoid", everyone went back home. Jin Wu, who followed them on the road, became more and more curious about what the magic of flying was.

Jin Wu subconsciously asked Lingbing what that flying thing was.

It’s a pity that he didn’t learn much Chinese in such a short time and couldn’t convey his meaning at all. It was only when a certain heavenly soldier knew a little Korean that he could understand his “mixed language” of Chinese and Korean.

The other party told him that this knowledge is called science. As long as he masters science and makes and assembles some parts of machinery, he will be able to fly high into the sky and overlook the earth.

What is the magic of "Ke Xue"?
Tianbing told stories about immortal heroes, in which some of the techniques and skills were taught by certain sects.

I think if you want to learn science, you have to join the "science" and "mechanics" factions. Once you join the science religion or the mechanics religion, you can learn magical skills.

Jin Wu immediately ran to the front of the team, knelt down solemnly and kowtowed three times, expressing his willingness to join the Church of Scientology, and then added that the Mechanicus would also be fine.

His poor accent imitating "science and machinery" made all the spirit soldiers laugh.

"Wow, the Mechanicus was actually founded here."

"This really makes the Machine Soul very happy, hahahaha..."

Seeing several spiritual soldiers laughing, Jin Wu thought that he had been accepted as their apprentice, and kowtowed several times to express his gratitude.

"Get up."

A spiritual soldier grabbed Jin Wu's arm and pulled him up.

Jin Wu raised his head and looked at everyone with a smile, not knowing who to call "Master" when he suddenly heard a muffled whooshing sound. An arrow flew from the side of the road and pierced the spiritual soldier's throat.

The splattered blood fell on Jin Wu's face.

The blood was only warm, but Jin Wu felt as if it were boiling water, scalding his body so much that his heart ached.

(End of this chapter)