Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 125 Appointing the Factory Director (5K)

Resurrection Square.

"Any experts out there? I'm from the village, and this is my first time in the city. Can you show me around?"

"Holy crap, there are so many people. I thought there wouldn't be many players even though I entered the city so early."

"If you had released your shield to help me block it, we wouldn't have died. Now we've lost levels and have to run over on foot. This is really bad luck."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to, I was a little slow at the start, I'll definitely be more careful next time."

"Hurry, hurry, run forward! If we're slow, the monsters outside the city will be stolen!"

What type of mage are you planning to switch to?

"We'll see! I wonder what type of mage Arakawa Haku has chosen. I wish I were like him."

"Dream on! Just switch to a more stable mage class. Once our team is formed, the DPS role will be yours!"

……

……

Standing in the center of the square, sounds from all directions flooded into my ears; more and more players were entering Wangyue City.

The line for those changing jobs has stretched from inside the church to outside the door.

The square was filled with players busily working.

Remove the imposter's mask.

Facing the familiar surroundings, Lin Hanchuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The battle in the Dark Forest was incredibly exciting. If it weren't for the final crucial moment when the weak demon god's divine skill broke the spatial confinement...

He can forget about coming back this time.

The experience is also extremely enjoyable. With the combination of two SSS-level skills and a divine skill, the Star Gate can forcibly summon any Star Race below the demigod level that you want.

"But Professor Morris is still the strongest!"

Thinking of Morris's power, Lin Hanchuan felt a little envious. "If I have the chance in the future, I'll also try to fuse with the blood of the Lord of War!"

"The desire for battle is simply invincible in combat!"

"However, Professor Morris, just how many trump cards does he have up his sleeve? After using two divine techniques, he was still able to survive, just like me, under the divine techniques of a weak god!"

Morris's strength remains a mystery to Lin Hanchuan.

Because so far, Maurice has never fought at his peak condition; he has always been under some kind of strain in every battle.

Even so, he was still able to advance and retreat freely under the repeated attacks of the demons. Lin Hanchuan even suspected that if Morris hadn't wanted to leave alive, he could have forcibly broken through the demons' encirclement and left directly when he activated his battle desire.

The [other] space is not stable.

The demons most likely have a way to break through, otherwise Morris wouldn't have cast a defensive spell on himself before entering the alien space.

The demons didn't do that simply because Morris was their primary target.

But if Maurice chooses to leave by force, the demon will intervene, shatter the alien space, and use Maurice as a hostage.

Lin Hanchuan felt that this was pretty much the truth of the matter, which was quite disheartening, but that was the reality.

"I wonder if Professor Morris escaped!" Before leaving, Lin Hanchuan only confirmed that Morris was not dead; he didn't know whether he had successfully left.

Ding! !

Just then, a friend message popped up.

I glanced at it; it was sent by Cao Renjie.

Cao Renjie: "Boss, are you still in the Dark Forest? I have something to tell you: Star has been upgraded."

The stars have been upgraded again?!
Lin Hanchuan quickly replied.

"What happened? Tell me in detail." — Lin Hanchuan was very concerned about Xingchen's condition. He had just leveled up not long ago, so how did he level up again?

Cao Renjie: "After you left, she was always depressed. We kept telling her that Brother Huang was safe and would be back soon, and she felt a little better. But she seemed to have overheard Long Xiaochen and me talking about high-level maps like the Dark Forest, and suddenly she became nervous again, and then... and then she broke through!"

After sending the message, Cao Renjie couldn't help but glance at Xingchen, who was being held in Long Xiaoyue's arms.

He was promoted 5 levels in a row.

I'm already level 15!

At that moment, he had a bold idea and quickly sent the message before Lin Hanchuan could send it.

Cao Renjie: "How about you go somewhere for a while, or go offline and watch some TV? I think I've discovered a bug in the Star upgrade system. As long as you tell me more about your miserable experiences, it can upgrade again and again!"

Just as Cao Renjie was feeling smug about his suggestion, Lin Hanchuan replied with a message.

"Get out of the way! Quickly tell Xingchen I'm coming right away!" — Lin Hanchuan
Cao Renjie: "Alright, alright! Eldest brother, when you become a father, just spoil him like this!"

"I'd love to!" — Lin Hanchuan
Upon seeing Lin Hanchuan's message, Cao Renjie shrugged, but without delay, he quickly squatted down, approached Xingchen with a smile, and whispered, "Xingchen, Brother Huang is on his way back!"

"It'll be there soon!"

Seeing Xingchen's suspicious look, Cao Renjie immediately made a guarantee.

"I'm really not kidding you!"

"Those who know me know that my biggest flaw is honesty!"

"Yes, thank you!" Xingchen nodded earnestly.

"You're welcome!"

After saying that, Cao Renjie quickly opened the chat interface and sent the message to Lin Hanchuan.

Cao Renjie – “I’ve already said it!”

"That's good!" Lin Hanchuan breathed a sigh of relief, but then thought of something else.

Bone Demon's Bone Powder!
That was part of the Bone Demon's corpse, one of his lost items.

If the player doesn't pick it up within half an hour to an hour, the system will reclaim it.

I'm still in Resurrection Square. By the time I get to the sewers in West District 3 and enter the Dark Forest through them, it'll probably be too late.

We had no choice but to send Cao Renjie and his group.

"You didn't destroy that one-way teleportation array in the sewer, did you?" — Lin Hanchuan's first question was about the teleportation array.

This is the fastest known way to reach the Dark Forest from Moongazing City.

Cao Renjie – “No! No!! That’s a still-functioning teleportation array. I’d be stupid to destroy it. Before we left, we even set up some guards around it to prevent us from running into it again next time we come.”

"That's good! Either you or Long Xiaochen, one of you must go to the teleportation array in the sewers right now." — After sending the message, Lin Hanchuan immediately sent a new set of coordinates.

"Once you reach this coordinate point, take a good look around, and you'll find a pile of bone dust! This isn't ordinary bone dust; it's left behind after we killed a large number of Bone Demon NPCs in the sewers. It's probably level 100 or higher, King-level or higher." — Lin Hanchuan
I saw the message from Lin Hanchuan.

Cao Renjie exclaimed in surprise.

"Fuck!!"

"What's wrong with you?" Long Xiaochen, who was sitting not far away and looking at the information of his newly summoned elite jungle cat, looked up at Cao Renjie.

Without looking up, Cao Renjie replied, "The Bone Demon is dead! It was the one from the sewers!"

Long Xiaochen asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Long Xiaoyue also looked up.

A top-tier monster that I just discovered.

He died so quickly.

While sending a message to Lin Hanchuan, Cao Renjie replied, "The boss said he died in the Dark Forest, leaving behind a pile of bone powder, which is estimated to be of level 100 or higher, King-level bone powder."

"They even gave me the specific coordinates, telling me to go to the Dark Forest right now via the sewer teleportation array to retrieve it!"

Upon hearing about this, Long Xiaochen immediately declared, "I'll go, I'll go!"

Cao Renjie reminded him, "The boss sent me!"

"Brother Jie, I'm begging you!" Long Xiaochen pleaded. Ever since he learned that the one-way teleportation array led to the Dark Forest, he had wanted to go there.

An undeveloped, high-level map.

Treasures are everywhere.

Unfortunately, Lin Hanchuan had given orders that no one was allowed to go, so he could only stay in the weapons factory, doing nothing.

Now that the captain has agreed, Long Xiaochen is naturally determined to seize the opportunity.

"Alright! Since you're so sincere, then let you go! I'll send you the coordinates later." Cao Renjie said generously. Of course, the most important reason was that as a jungle summoner, Long Xiaochen would be fighting on home turf in the Dark Forest, which was much better than for him, a tank.

Bone powder of level 100 or higher (of the highest quality) is a highly valuable tonic made from rare and precious medicinal plants, and its price is extremely high.

To ensure that I can get it.

Even if Long Xiaochen didn't say it, he would still make Long Xiaochen go.

"Thank you, Brother Jie!" Long Xiaochen immediately grinned, then called to Jungle Cat and went out.

After sending the coordinates to Long Xiaochen, Cao Renjie replied to Lin Hanchuan.

Cao Renjie: "Boss, Long Xiaochen is gone!"

"Okay!" — Lin Hanchuan
Close the panel.

Lin Hanchuan quickened his pace toward the weapons factory.

After completing the mission and taking Xingchen with him, he needed to hurry to the Gray Forest.

The spirit field obtained from Morris is just the right amount to grow the rare and precious medicinal plants found in the Dark Forest.

He noted the coordinates of the trees he had found earlier, without disturbing their roots, so that he could come back again next time.

Now that he has the spiritual fields, Lin Hanchuan naturally wants to uproot them and plant them himself.

Whether I eat it myself or sell it for money, I can do so.

They walked briskly all the way.

It took twenty minutes to get from Resurrection Square to the weapons factory.

At the entrance, he encountered Cao Renjie and his group who were waiting for him.

Xingchen was the first to rush over. Lin Hanchuan picked her up, looked around, and then asked Cao Renjie, "Where did Roger go?"

"It's inside!" Cao Renjie pointed to the factory building and said, "How's that mission going?"

Lin Hanchuan carried Xingchen inside and replied, "It's done! We found his brother's body in the Gray Forest and brought some of it back."

Cao Renjie caught up with Lin Hanchuan and asked, "Boss, what's the situation with that Bone Demon? How did he die in the Dark Forest?"

"The Bone Demon and other demons went to the Dark Forest to besiege my job change teacher. Later, something happened, and my job change teacher killed him!" Lin Hanchuan said briefly before entering the factory.

Roger was wandering around the factory.

Upon seeing Lin Hanchuan arrive, Roger strode over and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Arakawa Shirakage, my brother's body?"

"I'm very sorry, when I found him, he was already in pieces, and I only brought back a part of him." There were no outsiders in the factory, so Lin Hanchuan took Roger's brother's body out of his spatial ring and placed it on the ground as he spoke.

Indeed, quite a few parts are missing.

However, the head and seven fingers of the right hand were still present, and the tattered clothes allowed Roger to confirm at just one glance that the corpse in front of him was his brother.

Roger held the body, tears streaming down his face. After crying silently for a while, he choked out to Lin Hanchuan, "Thank you so much for bringing my brother back. I have nothing to give you, but I happen to have a special staff here. I wonder if it would suit you."

As he spoke, Roger took out a pure white staff from his spatial ring and handed it to Lin Hanchuan.

A system message notification suddenly sounded!
"Ding! Congratulations, you have completed the A-level mission - [Retrieve Roger's brother's body]. Mission rating: A."

An A rating is already quite good.

After all, Lin Hanchuan only brought back a little over half of what he had brought back this time.

"Congratulations! You have received the following rewards: 1 experience points and a Desperate Staff (Level 15 Gold +8)."

[The Desperate]

Level: 15

Quality: Gold +8
Basic effects: After equipping, maximum mana +800, mana regeneration speed +20%, intelligence +30, spirit +20, spell damage +15%, spell penetration +50 +10%, critical strike chance +5%, life steal +5%!
Gemstone Grooves: 0/2 (Number already set/Number that can be set)

Equipped Skills: [Despair], [Damage Increase]

【Despair】: A D-rank skill. Each time an attack hits a target, it will cause the target to feel a certain degree of despair. The lower the target's resilience, the stronger the feeling of despair, until the target collapses.

[Damage Increase]: E-rank skill. Each time an attack hits a target, it will deal an additional 2% to 10% magic damage to the target.

Required Classes: Mage, Druid, Priest, Divine Sorcerer, Cleric...

Assembly requirements: Intelligence greater than 120 points, Toughness greater than 2 points

A golden staff with excellent attributes.

After reading the information, Lin Hanchuan immediately threw his top-grade bronze staff into his spatial ring and replaced it with the Desperate Staff.

The staff has a very good texture; it feels smooth to the touch, yet has a faint warmth. The grooves are also perfectly positioned, both located slightly above the staff handle.

A normal gold-grade weapon has a groove.

It's already quite good that there are two people in despair.

Roger was still weeping over his brother's body.

After he had finished crying, and although he looked a bit haggard, he seemed to have accepted the truth. Lin Hanchuan then said, "We have been entrusted by the city hall to find the people who were committing crimes in the West Third District. They have been killed. There will be no more large-scale disappearances and deaths in the West Third District in the future."

Roger looked over.

Lin Hanchuan continued, "The city hall has begun mobilizing a large number of capable and dedicated individuals like us to handle all the recent events in Wangyue City."

"Soon the city will be safe again, and with the increasing number of foreigners arriving, the city's economy will take off in the near future..."

When Lin Hanchuan got to this point, Roger seemed to sense something and his eyes immediately lit up with alertness. "Mr. Arakawa Shiro, our transaction is documented in a written contract, and the document bears the official seal of the City Hall Land Transaction Center, making it legally binding."

"It's not something you can just back out of, and as businesspeople, we should indeed have a certain sense of contractual responsibility."

He was grateful to Arakawa Haku for bringing back his brother's body, and he had also given him appropriate compensation in return.

However, if he wanted to cancel the previous contract and get back the 5 gold coins, that was a different matter. Whether Wangyue City would be safe in the future or whether its economy would take off was not what he was concerned about now.

Because these 5 gold coins are enough for him to live on for a lifetime.

Lin Hanchuan shook his head with a wry smile. Being able to snag a weapon factory for 5 gold coins was already a huge bargain, so how could he possibly turn back the fat meat that was already in his mouth?

Even if Roger begged him, it would be impossible!

"You've misunderstood!" Lin Hanchuan said softly.

"Huh?" Roger asked, puzzled.

Lin Hanchuan explained, "I've told you all this not because I want to go back on our previous deal. I just wanted to ask if you're interested in staying in this factory as the factory manager, and I'll give you a fixed salary of 200 gold coins every month."

Factory management also requires professional personnel.

In Lin Hanchuan's opinion, no one was more suitable to be the director of the weapons factory than Roger, the former director.

200 gold coins is the lowest price he can offer right now. If Roger still hesitates, Lin Hanchuan can raise it a little higher, up to 1000 gold coins per month.

Don't be fooled by the high salary Lin Hanchuan is offering now. Once players enter a stable development phase, their demand for weapons will be enormous. As the only weapon factory in Wangyue City, it will be a goldmine in the future.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Defenses can not do without.

Lin Hanchuan couldn't possibly let the Faceless Passerby manage all the shops.

The power is dispersed.

In addition to players, there also need to be NPCs.

This makes it easier for Lin Hanchuan to manage.

"Are you sure?" Roger, who was about to refuse and leave, hesitated for a second or two after hearing the offer. Then he looked up and stared directly at Lin Hanchuan, asking, "200 gold coins a month?"

200 gold coins is a very high amount in the eyes of these NPCs.

Putting everything else aside, just take the city guards standing at the entrance of the city hall. Lin Hanchuan learned about what happened in the West Third District from them with just one gold coin.

Roger was tempted.

Having 5 gold coins seems like a lot, but if you really want to spend them, they'll only decrease little by little, far less valuable than having a stable job.

More importantly, Lin Hanchuan has connections in the city hall, so he can get whatever he wants done just by asking, which is much easier than when he was his own boss.

Earning 200 gold coins a month with no pressure, Roger naturally wanted to do such a job.

Before Lin Hanchuan could answer.

Roger quickly added, "If you really give me 200 gold coins every month, then I am willing to continue serving as the factory manager of this weapons factory and follow your instructions."

"Okay!" Lin Hanchuan made the decision.

The current weapons factory does indeed need someone to manage it, or at least someone to keep an eye on the factory to prevent equipment from being stolen. Even the loss of a single piece would be an expensive expense if it had to be purchased in full.

Lin Hanchuan couldn't think of anyone more suitable than Roger at the moment.

After the factory manager's matter was settled.

Roger went off to attend to other matters.

Lin Hanchuan asked Cao Renjie about Long Xiaochen.

(End of this chapter)