Scourge Messenger

Chapter 15 Milestone

It’s a bit boring to always have the character Yan Qing with full health. Moreover, the new account is going to gather intelligence, and being too tall would be too eye-catching - Pingcheng is different. You basically have to fight your way into the city gate, so you need full health and combat power.

This time he wanted to try a very clever start.

Just like being tall would give an extra 2 points of health, being too thin would also give an extra 2 points of agility, so he pinched out a little boy who looked malnourished and seemed like he hadn't grown up yet.

I won't invest in talent inheritance. It feels inevitable that a few small accounts will die when opening a new map. As for the name, this is Changan's small account, so it is 'An Wu'.

"Chang'an Newbie Village", start the game!
As the screen lit up, Anwu appeared in a small forest, beyond which lay a village. To Yan Qing's surprise, the village was flat and spacious, with well-maintained houses, fertile fields and beautiful ponds, and interconnected roads. No matter how you looked at it, it looked like a prosperous little village.

Is this true? Does a Novice Village really exist?

However, just as Yan Qing reached the main road and had not yet entered the village, two strong men armed with sticks came to block his way at the village entrance.

"This is Bu Liugu's manor. Outsiders are not welcome."

As expected, there is no such good thing as a novice village.

Yan Qing felt that the location of the novice village should be very good, and it was normal to be run as a manor. It was strange that the novice village of Qi State was abandoned.

"I want to go to Chang'an. How do I get there?"

The young men looked at each other and pointed west. "Follow this road to the main road and head northwest. You'll reach Chang'an County in about two hours."

Two hours. Even if Yan Qing could speed up his walking cycle, it would still take at least an hour. Now the sun was setting and it was already afternoon.

Darkness wasn't the main issue; the main issue was that it took an hour to get there. If his alt died, wouldn't it take another hour to create another? Having to run an hour before every quest—what gamer could handle that?

Yan Qing walked gradually away from the two strong men's sight and onto the main road.

Is there any way to reduce the running time?

If you can't reduce the duration, at least reduce the frequency...

An idea suddenly struck him, and he opened the in-game map. Although it was a map, it lacked any landmarks. Players had to personally survey the land to create the corresponding map. The only advantage was that the map was shared by all characters. Thus, Yan Qing could see that thousands of miles away from the Chang'an Novice Village, there were two landmarks: the Nightless City Novice Village and the Zheng Family of Zhensanshan.

However, Pingcheng was not entered into the system.

But it is understandable. After all, in the game system program, it will probably only recognize landmarks that are related to the game and exist forever, such as novice villages, such as dungeons. "Settlements" like Pingcheng that may be destroyed and disappear are not qualified to be recorded on its unchanging map.

Following the directions, Yan Qing marked a point to the northwest, then turned on the 'automatic evolution' function to let 'Anwu' run the map automatically.

Success, 'Anwu' can run the map normally.

In other words, players can assign tasks to game characters in automatic evolution.

Next, Yan Qing asked 'An Wu' to squat on the side of the road, then exited the game and created the small account 'An Liu' as quickly as possible.

When An-Six ran to the side of the road, he saw An-Wu squatting on the side of the road watching ants.

Yan Qing turned on 'Automatic Evolution' and ordered 'An Liu' to follow 'An Wu'.

After the setting was completed, I saw 'An Liu' squatting next to 'An Wu', watching the ants together!
Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and the next step was to repeat the operation, creating the secondary accounts 'An Qi', 'An Ba', and 'An Jiu', and then choose to follow 'An Wu' for all of them.

When he controlled 'An Wu' to run around the map, the four trumpets behind him also followed 'An Wu', which was equivalent to five trumpets running around the map at the same time!
Although the four trumpets behind him couldn't be controlled precisely, it at least saved them time in running around the map. Yan Qing didn't dare just leave them alone and let them run around the map automatically. Who knew if a group of knights would suddenly appear and kill them all? So he just accelerated and ran in a loop.

An hour later, the sun set and the sky was divided into one-third black and two-thirds light blue, but Yan Qing could already see the magnificent city - Chang'an.

More precisely, he saw the myriad lights of Chang'an's outer city, the constant flow of pedestrians and traffic, countless manors and mansions, as well as night markets, shops, and taverns. Just crossing Chang'an's outer city took Yan Qing another half hour, bringing the total time spent on the road to nearly two hours.

Only then did he realize that the "Chang'an County" the young man had pointed out must have been the outer circle. Chang'an County was Chang'an County, and Chang'an City was Chang'an City. Of course, there was no Chang'an County in the game, but gathering around the safe zone was a perfectly normal choice.

There were guards at the city gate, but the guards just looked at An Wu and his companions' faces a few times, without asking for a pass or an entrance fee, and just let them in.

"You have entered the main city of Chang'an." "Based on your level, you can currently obtain the following milestone information."

"Golden Tour Guide: You drew a complete map of Jiangnan, Chang'an, and the Never-Sleeping City."

"Local: You discovered nineteen Haha Grasses hidden in Chang'an City (0/19)."

"Long-distance running enthusiasts: Run around Chang'an in half an hour."

"Fly over Suzaku Street: Cross from one side of Suzaku Street to the other without landing."

"Suspect: You successfully harmed someone in Chang'an City without being caught (0/10)."

"Demolition Team: You successfully destroyed a medium-sized or larger building in Chang'an City (0/1)"

"Increase your level or unlock milestones to get more milestone information."

This game actually has a milestone system... Can I only get milestone information by entering the main city?
However, normally, players will enter the main city after reaching level ten in the Novice Village. At this time, it is reasonable to give them a milestone system to guide them in exploring the world.

Yan Qing took a few glances and realized that 'Gold Medal Tour Guide', 'Local' and 'Long-Distance Running Enthusiast' were all similar milestones. In the process of completing Local and Long-Distance Running Enthusiast, players would have basically explored the Chang'an City map and would most likely complete the Gold Medal Tour Guide.

If Yan Qing guessed correctly, the end point of this series of milestones for the Gold Tour Guide should be to draw a map of the entire territory, which is very suitable for casual players and achievement players.

The "Suspect" and "Demolition Squad" are a bit odd. Rather than being milestones, it's more like the game company using players to help find bugs. After all, Chang'an is a safe zone; how could players be allowed to casually harm others and destroy buildings? Compared to requiring players to report bugs, giving players a milestone to proactively report bugs is undoubtedly more motivating.

There were definitely rewards for completing milestones, but Yan Qing glanced at them briefly before putting them down. Putting aside the more difficult ones, the Suspect and the Demolition Crew, he definitely couldn't complete the 'Locals' alone. Normal players would look for guides on forums, and he didn't have a forum, so how could he possibly find the haha ​​...
Upon entering Chang'an, one is quite surprised to find that the city is far less prosperous than the outside. If the outside of the city is the downtown commercial area, then the city is more like a residential area. Apart from this, there are many other differences. For example, the city is much cleaner than the outside, and it is so clean that it looks like the scenery in a costume idol drama. Yan Qing guessed that the main city area may have a self-purification function.

After all, he had never seen a main city in an online game with trash cans and restrooms...

Even at dusk, many well-dressed pedestrians, some with children, strolled along the brightly lit streets. They saw An Wu and his group of peasants dressed in plain clothes. While some looked disgusted and disdainful, few actively avoided them, clearly demonstrating their confidence in Chang'an's safety.

Finding a random alley to enter, Yan Qing tried to attack 'An Liu' behind him.

An Wu threw a punch, and An Liu moved his body, and a big damage number '0' appeared on the screen.

The main city's safe zone is not invulnerable to attack, but all attacks cannot cause damage.

As for whether the token can be used, we have to wait until the sub-account reaches level ten and changes jobs before we can test it.

Yan Qing placed An Liu to An Jiu in the alley to act as mushrooms. Since they were protected by the main city, there was no need to worry about their safety when they were idle. Then he went outside to ask for the address of Anguo Temple and controlled An Wu to explore the way alone.

This is naturally to prevent the whole team from being wiped out. If something unexpected happens to 'Anwu', 'Anliu' can be arranged to continue to go out. The five small accounts will definitely be able to find out some information.

A good MMORPG, but Yan Qing played it like a strategy game.

call out.

Yan Qing raised his head and vaguely saw someone moving between the houses.

Running around on the roof at night, could he be a fellow thief?

It took them half an hour to reach Anguo Temple, and they also strolled around Zhuque Street. Yan Qing saw many restaurants and shops on Zhuque Street. For example, there was a wonton noodle shop that made him very greedy - he had been eating wonton noodles since he was a child.

Unfortunately, all the restaurants were closed, so I had to wait until daytime to buy it.

Anguo Temple was undoubtedly closed. Compared to the mockup, the real Anguo Temple was undoubtedly even more majestic and magnificent. There were dozens of steps leading up to it, and it was surrounded by a wall several feet high, like a city within a city. Yan Qing walked around twice but couldn't even find a dog hole to get into.

I can only wait until daytime to go in and take a look.

Yan Qing controlled An Wu to squat in a corner, intending to leave him alone until daytime. Just then, a figure walked up to him.

"If this donor has nowhere to stay overnight, he can temporarily stay at the Tzu Chi home next door."

(End of this chapter)