Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 174 Upgrade Death List
While Lin Hanchuan was reading the information about [Death Knell], Mo Lingyun sent him a message.

Mo Lingyun: "Thank you, Lao Lin, for your generosity! You've finally given me something rare in my life!"

Lin Hanchuan looked up at Mo Lingyun.

Mo Lingyun's E-level hidden quest, "Assist in exploring Wangyue City," is tied to the "Explore Wangyue City" quest.

The final evaluation of the former is consistent with that of the latter.

In other words, Mo Lingyun's hidden mission related to the E-level demon also received an SS-level rating!
According to past experience.

With such high praise, it's normal to receive a rare item.

Mo Lingyun noticed Lin Hanchuan's gaze.

When he looked back at Lin Hanchuan, his eyes were almost shining.

During the event, no player can resist the allure of rare items; any one of them will spark a fierce competition among top players.

Mo Lingyun never expected that he would actually get one one day, and the whole process went very smoothly. He didn't do anything, and a rare item was lying in his backpack.

"What rare item did you get?" Lin Hanchuan asked in the panel, while also glancing at the Heavenly Dao Squad chat group.

The chat group was quiet.

Long Xiaochen and the others were busy with something and were currently offline.

Mo Lingyun – “A one-star, non-unique spying crystal ball. Its function is to spy on targets within a 10-kilometer radius that are no more than 10 levels higher than the user for up to 10 seconds. Cooldown time: 24 hours.”

"Good stuff, but useless!" - Lin Hanchuan gave his evaluation. If it were level-independent, that would be great, as he could use the spying crystal ball to secretly observe the movements of high-level demons.

However, those 10 levels higher than themselves will only have 10 seconds of continuous spying time every 24 hours.

For Lin Hanchuan, it was completely useless.

Mo Lingyun: "How can I compare to you! I'm already very satisfied with having a rare item in my collection! It fulfills a dream I've had since I was in District 1."

Mo Lingyun: "Old Lin, you are really awesome. I will be your die-hard fan for life."

"Stop with all that nonsense, just treat me to a meal after you log off." — Lin Hanchuan
Mo Lingyun: "No problem, I happen to know a newly opened crayfish restaurant. I'll treat you to a meal there after I log off."

"Okay! You can get back to work now!" — Lin Hanchuan saw that Chers and his men had already gathered around Mo Lingyun, so he immediately left the chat window with him.

During the conversation just now, Lin Hanchuan made it clear that Mo Lingyun would represent him in developing industries in Wangyue City in the future.

Of the 80 million gold coins to purchase, most of it was naturally given to Mo Lingyun.

Lin Hanchuan's statement immediately made Mo Lingyun a hot commodity among the demons, allowing him to successfully extricate himself from the social gatherings.

Seeing that Mo Lingyun was surrounded by demons, Lin Hanchuan felt relieved and continued to check the last reward on the panel: the right to trigger the hidden quest "Explore Wangyue City".

[Hidden Quest Trigger]: Through your investigation, you have discovered that many human NPCs in the middle and upper levels of Wangyue City control the city's resources and are constantly causing bloodshed.

As a member of Wangyue City brimming with a sense of justice, you are filled with anger at this moment, but you are also well aware that your current strength is limited and you cannot change everything in one fell swoop.

So you'll have to do this next! (Choose one of three)

1. Continue to be patient, cultivate good relationships with the NPCs disguised as demons, find their path into Moongazing City, and destroy them. [Rank C Hidden Quest]

2. Unable to contain his rage any longer, he decided to secretly seek an opportunity to kill a demon posing as a high-ranking member of Wangyue City. [Hidden Quest, Rank B]

3. After much internal struggle, you decide to join the demon faction and help them gain a foothold in Moongazing City. [Hidden Quest, Rank B]

Two B-grade and one C-grade!
Driven by self-interest, Lin Hanchuan immediately ruled out the C-level hidden missions, his gaze lingering between 2 and 3.

Option two would undoubtedly place Lin Hanchuan on the opposite side of the demon, and it would be quite difficult; with his current strength, he really couldn't win.

It takes a lot of preparation to kill a demon that is playing the role of a high-ranking NPC in Wangyue City.

Option three, although also a B-level, has a much simpler task description. At least Lin Hanchuan can use this banquet to quickly build closer relationships with the demons in a short period of time.

Moreover, the demons currently hold the upper hand in terms of overall strength within Moon Gazing City. All I need to do is take advantage of this situation and "betray" a few people to easily complete this hidden mission.

However, Lin Hanchuan only thought about it for a moment before immediately rejecting option 3.

The future of evil is short-lived.

From the moment they entered the Apocalypse Continent, their ultimate defeat was already destined.

Joining now is no different from joining the National Revolutionary Army in 1949; at most, it's like joining at the beginning of the year.

Option 2 is difficult, but if you complete it, you can trigger a hidden quest. From the beginning, Lin Hanchuan planned to use these demons as stepping stones for his rapid growth.

After a moment's thought, Lin Hanchuan made his choice.

"Ding! Please note that you have selected the second hidden quest related to the [Exploration of Moon Gazing City] quest. You are filled with rage over the demon invasion of Moon Gazing City and have decided to secretly seek an opportunity to kill a demon posing as a high-ranking human!"

"Congratulations! You have successfully obtained the hidden quest—[Assassinate High-Ranking Demons]"

Assassinate high-ranking demons.

Difficulty: Rank B Hidden Mission

After exploring, you discover that Moongazing City has been infiltrated by demons, turning it into a sieve. Many high-ranking humans have been replaced by demons who disregard the lives of ordinary humans in Moongazing City and commit mass killings. You are furious about this and decide to choose a powerful high-ranking demon as your target.

Note: The stronger the demon, the higher the final mission completion rating.

Special Rewards:

1. Each demon you kill will increase your Demon Hunter progress by 1%!
2. For each demon disguised as an NPC killed, reputation points +10!

3. When attacked by a demon 40 levels higher than you, you are immune to the first two attacks, and for each subsequent attack, you have a 40% damage reduction!
Completion Rewards: Rewards are determined based on the final task completion rate!

Penalty for failure: None!

Special rewards 1 and 2 during the mission are similar to those for [Exploring Wangyue City], but Lin Hanchuan values ​​reward 3 more.

While being immune to the first two attacks, it grants a 40% immunity to each subsequent attack.

This made Lin Hanchuan breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he officially shifted his gaze from his personal panel to the demons clinking glasses in front of him.

These are all demons playing the roles of the upper class!
Lin Hanchuan didn't know their specific levels.

But judging from that battle in the Dark Forest, it was definitely level 100 or higher.

Don't be fooled by their amiable appearances; each of them is actually incredibly powerful.

If Lin Hanchuan makes a move now, he will be reduced to ashes in the next second.

We must first select a target and then proceed gradually.

Just then, Chers's voice rang in Lin Hanchuan's ears, "Mr. Arakawa Shiro, I heard from Mr. Jun Mowen that you plan to build a potion shop on every street in Wangyue City in the future? Would you be interested in cooperating with me and having your potion shops join my Magical Potion Guild!"

“Every month I will give you a certain percentage of the final profit!”

Following the sound, Lin Hanchuan looked down and saw the short Chers, who had pointed ears and a monkey-like face, and his eyes were full of shrewdness.

"Mr. Chels, what percentage of the profits are you willing to offer?" Lin Hanchuan asked with a smile.

Chers grinned and said, "How about a 30/70 split?"

“Seventy percent is a bit low,” Lin Hanchuan thought for a moment and replied, “but for Mr. Chers’ sake, it’s acceptable.”

Potions are essential for players.

Regardless of their profession, they all carry medicine with them.

In Lin Hanchuan's plan, he did indeed intend to establish at least one pharmacy on every street in Wangyue City, creating a vast pharmacy sales network to achieve a monopoly on the pharmacy sales industry in Wangyue City.

However, a very important problem is currently facing Lin Hanchuan: he does not have a pharmaceutical production factory and has no way to mass-produce pharmaceuticals.

Besides factories, a severe shortage of pharmacist workers is also a major problem.

However, these problems are not a problem at all for the Magic Potion Guild, as they can provide Lin Hanchuan with a continuous supply of potions.

70% profit is a bit low.

But at least it ensures that your own pharmacy will have a sufficient supply of medicines to sell in the early stages.

"No, no, no!!" Chers interrupted Lin Hanchuan's thoughts, shaking his head and emphasizing, "Mr. Arakawa Shiro, you may have misunderstood me! Seventy percent of the profits are not for you, but for me, and this is a concession I made voluntarily out of respect for the city lord."

"So you mean I get 30%?" Lin Hanchuan looked down at Chers, a smile playing on his lips as he asked.

“Yes! After we calculate the profits, you’ll get 30%! But initially, you need to deposit three million gold coins at the pharmacy as a security deposit!” Chers nodded.

According to Chers...

Lin Hanchuan provided the shop, the labor, and a three million yuan deposit. In the end, he would have to manipulate the profits so that he could take 30% of the total!

This is truly treating oneself as a great victim.

Seeing that Chers looked confident, Lin Hanchuan immediately laughed heartily.

“Mr. Chels, you have a great business sense. Thirty percent is indeed the most suitable percentage for me at the moment.”

"Thank you so much for your kind offer. I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration in the future!"

I was just thinking about who to target.

Now it's been delivered right to our door.

From any perspective, Chers is the perfect prey for Lin Hanchuan to target.

Chers controls all the magical potion resources in Wangyue City, from raw materials, production, manufacturing, and sales—almost a complete chain. Acquiring him would allow Lin Hanchuan to instantly possess a complete potion production chain.

This guy is also not well-liked.

Whether human, demon, or even Lord Sharp, they all looked down on him.

If someone were suddenly assassinated one day, it would be reasonable for them to not have a powerful demon accomplice by their side.

“Arakawa White Owl…” Gan Luo couldn’t help but walk over and pat Lin Hanchuan on the shoulder, trying to stop the deal between him and Chers.

He heard what Chers just said.

He's just a potion supplier, yet he wants 70% of the profits; he's clearly ripping off Lin Hanchuan.

More importantly, Chers is a thoroughly wicked devil, and Lin Hanchuan's 30% will basically end up in his pocket.

Anyone who works with Chers will be working for him for free.

"Gan Luo, this isn't very nice of you!" Chers looked at Gan Luo with a displeased expression and questioned, "I've already reached an agreement with Mr. Arakawa Shiro, and you're interfering again. Are you not taking me seriously?"

“President Gan Luo, I know what I’m doing!” Lin Hanchuan turned around and said to Gan Luo with a smile, “Even if Mr. Chers doesn’t come to me, I will come to him sooner or later.”

Gan Luo looked at Lin Hanchuan, remained silent for a moment, and then nodded, saying, "Whatever you say!"

The moment Gan Luo turned and left.

The demons who were watching all wore expressions of regret.

They all knew that Chers was a ruthless and heartless man.

As long as Lin Hanchuan reaches a cooperation agreement with him.

Before long, even his life will be in Chers's hands.

But things have already come to this, so everyone can only try to extract as much benefit as possible from Lin Hanchuan before he is completely taken advantage of by Chers.

"Mr. Arakawa Shiro, please feel free to tell me what kind of ore or raw materials you need for weapons in the future."

"And me, and me..."

……

After confirming that Lin Hanchuan was a victim of a great injustice.

The demons on the scene immediately made us more proactive.

Sharp frowned as he watched this scene, but did not stop it.

He only hoped that the city could be upgraded to a main city before Lin Hanchuan was completely devoured.

The banquet lasted for more than two hours.

The guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

Lin Hanchuan has established good cooperative relationships with all the upper-class figures in Wangyue City. Now, with just a word from him, any raw materials can be delivered to him as quickly as possible.

Before the banquet ended, Chers pulled Lin Hanchuan aside and asked when the three million gold coin deposit would be paid. Lin Hanchuan replied that it would be paid after more than half of the streets in Wangyue City had been equipped with apothecaries.

As Lin Hanchuan said this, he was also praying that Chers would live to see that day.

Chers nodded in agreement.

In his view, Lin Hanchuan had already fallen into his trap, and it was only a matter of time before he was devoured.

Lin Hanchuan thought so too.

Both parties, each with their own ulterior motives, ended up building the most successful relationship at the banquet through a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Lin Hanchuan invited Chers to visit the weapons factory and the tavern often.

Chels invited Lin Hanchuan to visit the Magic Potion Guild often.

After the banquet.

Chers was always the last to leave.

Before leaving, he specially gave Lin Hanchuan 20 blueprints for the construction of a pharmacy. "Mr. Arakawa Shiro, please build the pharmacy as soon as possible, so that we can work together to achieve mutual benefit and grow stronger in Wangyue City."

"Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Chers!" Lin Hanchuan was flattered and put away the blueprints for the pharmacy. He really hadn't expected Chers to give him the blueprints.

At present, although the drop rate of building blueprints has increased, it is still not easy to collect twenty apothecary building blueprints at once!
Lin Hanchuan quickly patted himself down and finally pulled out a copper coin, which he handed to Chers, saying earnestly, "I have nothing to give you, Mr. Chers. In recognition of your generosity, I can only give you my most precious possession."

"Don't underestimate this ordinary copper coin. It's the only keepsake my grandfather left me, filled with his blessings. I hope these blessings will help you on your path to success in the future."

Seeing Lin Hanchuan's affectionate expression as he handed over the copper coin, Chers's lips twitched, but he ultimately accepted it and uttered a lie.

"Thanks!!"

After watching Chers leave, Lin Hanchuan stretched in front of the weapons factory gate, having gained quite a bit from the banquet.

Completed the C-level hidden quest – [Explore Moon Gazing City].

A target has been selected for the B-level hidden mission – [Assassinate High-Ranking Demons].

At the same time, by adopting the attitude of a nouveau riche, he gained the approval of the higher-ups in Wangyue City, thus solving the problem of raw materials and even ready-made goods in the future.

At that moment, tens of thousands of players outside the weapons factory witnessed Lin Hanchuan stretching.

They came from all over after hearing the commotion at the weapons factory, hoping to join in the fun and perhaps gain favor with the high-ranking NPCs in Wangyue City.

If a player can gain the approval of a high-ranking NPC, then there will be a constant stream of quests available.

However, they witnessed from the outside that the high-ranking NPCs of Wangyue City were trying their best to curry favor with Lin Hanchuan.

Outrageous!

These high and mighty NPCs are actually all fawning over one player!
When it was time to leave, they all looked reluctant to part.

"This is unbelievable! We can only interact with NPCs in the mid-game, but we've already interacted with Arakawa White Owl. And it seems like they're the ones who are actively interacting with him."

"Look at them, the way they fawn over Arakawa Hakuo when they talk to him. Did Arakawa Hakuo cast an SSS-level charm on them?!"

“I know that short guy. He’s the president of the Magic Potion Guild in Wangyue City. When he was leaving, he actually stuffed a bunch of blueprints into Huangchuan Baixiao’s hands. After Lin Hanchuan returned the favor with a copper coin, the other party looked very grateful.”

"Having played Arakawa White Owl for three years, I've often seen players fawn over NPCs, and occasionally NPCs fawn over players, but I've never seen all the high-ranking NPCs in an entire city hold a banquet just to collectively curry favor with one player. I just don't understand what kind of magic Arakawa White Owl possesses! Besides being more handsome, taller, richer, and better at the game than me, what else does he have!"

"I suddenly realized that our way of opening the descent is a little different from that of Arakawa White Owl."

"A cover-up! Absolutely a cover-up!"

……

Amidst the players' envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Lin Hanchuan returned to the factory.

As soon as he sat down, he took out the death list and the rare item upgrade order.

"What are these two?" Mo Lingyun, sitting next to him, also took out the newly acquired Sightseeing Crystal Ball, but when she saw the two items in Lin Hanchuan's hand, her eyes were immediately drawn to them.

“Two rare items!” Lin Hanchuan replied. “This is the Death List, and this is the Rare Item Upgrade Order. I want to upgrade the Death List.”

While talking.

Lin Hanchuan directly used the rare item upgrade token.

"Ding! Please note that you are currently using a three-star rare item - [Rare Item Upgrade Order] to upgrade a two-star rare item - [Death List]."

The highest level you can upgrade the [Death List] is to a three-star rare item.

Upgrade?"

"Yes!"

The moment Lin Hanchuan made up his mind.

A faint blue light drifted out from the rare item upgrade token in his right hand and fell into the death list.

As the rare item upgrade slowly turned into mosaic ash and disappeared, the notification sound for the death list upgrade rang.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully used the [Rare Item Upgrade Token] to upgrade the [Death List] to three stars!"

[Death List]

Quality: Three-star level, unique rare item
Write the name of the person you want to kill in blood, and they will be cursed with death, slowly dying through a series of unexpected events!
Note: You can only write three names at a time. A name will only be removed from the death list when the person dies, at which point you can write the next name.

Friendly reminder: The strength of the death curse effect on the death list increases as your strength increases!
The overall effect of the "Death List" remains unchanged when upgrading from a two-star rare item to a three-star rare item; only the number of names that can be written on it has increased from one to three.

As for the ability to curse.

"It should have improved as well!"

The information did not provide specific details, so Lin Hanchuan could only make a rough guess.

As for the experiment.

Lin Hanchuan is too busy right now, as Long Xiaoyue and the people from the Long Group have already arrived from Jinling.

The banquet took too long.

They're probably already waiting for him at the stadium.

People came over to help.

You can't just leave them there like that forever!

After putting Xingchen to sleep in the weapons factory's room, Lin Hanchuan and Mo Lingyun logged off together.

Open your eyes again.

It's already a reality.

It was 10 PM when it started.

This corresponds to 10 a.m. in reality.

When Lin Hanchuan came out of the game pod, the sun was shining brightly outside.

Pick up your phone.

There are several unread messages from Long Xiaochen and Long Xiaoyue in my QQ chat.

Long Xiaochen: "Captain, Lao Cao and I are at the e-sports venue right now. Send us a message before you come over."

……

……

an hour ago.

Long Xiaoyue: "We've arrived in Yanhuai City and are now heading towards the e-sports venue."

half an hour ago.

Long Xiaoyue – “We’ve arrived!”

Lin Hanchuan immediately replied.

"Received! I'm on my way right now." — Lin Hanchuan
At that moment, Mo Lingyun sent a message saying that he had already set off.

After putting on his coat, Lin Hanchuan hurriedly headed to the e-sports venue.

Once inside the car, Lin Hanchuan finally let out a long sigh of relief, took out his phone, and sent a message to Long Xiaochen.

"I have some great news to share! The C-level hidden quest that's been hanging around for a while—[Exploring Wangyue City]—is finally complete, and the system gave it an SS rating! I got two rare items, and Lao Mo, who assisted in the investigation, got one too." — Lin Hanchuan couldn't help but share the good news immediately.

Long Xiaochen: "Holy crap! No wonder he's the captain! The captain's awesome! What level of rare item is Old Mo holding?"

"One-star! Not unique, you guys are probably all around this level." — Lin Hanchuan completed this mission and, in total, obtained six rare items!

That's equivalent to three years' worth of reserves for a large guild.

Even the top guilds would be drooling with envy.

I saw Lin Hanchuan's information.

Long Xiaochen quickly said to Cao Renjie and Long Xiaoyue beside him, "The captain just sent a message saying that the C-level hidden mission has been completed. Lao Mo obtained a rare item, and we each got one."

"Holy crap!!" Cao Renjie was completely stunned.

He was completely unprepared for this news; he had suddenly acquired a rare item.

It's like walking along and suddenly a rain of pies falls from the sky.

Long Xiaoyue was also stunned.

Seeing their reaction, Long Xiaochen was very satisfied and sent a message to Lin Hanchuan: "After I told Cao Renjie and my sister the news, they were both dumbfounded, hahaha!"

"Calm down! It's just a rare item. You'll have to learn to take it for granted from now on!" — Lin Hanchuan
We chatted for a short while.

The car arrived at the e-sports venue.

Lin Hanchuan and Long Xiaochen met, and not long after, Mo Lingyun arrived.

The next phase was busy.

However, with the help of professionals dispatched by the Long Group, the basic framework of Lin Hanchuan's Tiandao Company was built very smoothly.

I was busy until late at night.

Company rules and regulations, contract templates for different personnel, company internal structure...

Everything is settled.

They even rented an office space near the esports venue, and it's already occupied.

They are from the Long Group. They will be in charge of the initial operation of Tiandao Company. Once all the recruited personnel have moved in, they will all leave.

It's all over.

We all enjoyed a delicious meal at Lao Mo's, and after eating and drinking our fill, we went our separate ways.

Lin Hanchuan was at home. He opened the official website of Tiandao Company, looked at the talent recruitment information on it, and muttered to himself.

"Though the sparrow is small, it has all the vital organs!"

"The rest of the work will basically fall into Lao Mo's hands. Unless it's something very important, it won't be my turn."

At this moment, Lin Hanchuan felt a sense of relief, as if he were free of debt.

During the initial period after the server launch, which is a time for players to frantically grind for levels, he had to waste a lot of time on building his faction and business.

But then he felt relieved.

At least in reality, he won't need to get involved in any contractual matters.

Lin Hanchuan put down his phone, took a shower, and lay down in the gaming pod.

When I opened my eyes again, a system notification suddenly sounded.

It's about the registration red line.

(End of this chapter)