Civilization Paradise

Chapter 64 Red Ghost
"I see. I'll take this task."

Upon hearing this, Long Ming agreed without hesitation.

He was initially hesitant about the task, but upon hearing that it was part of the safe expansion mission, he decided there was no reason to hesitate and could take this opportunity to do it together.

"Bro, are you sure this is okay? Don't mess with me!"

"No, even if I haven't attacked the observatory base before, I can just look up the relevant information later."

"Okay, it's settled then. We'll meet here at 7:30 tomorrow morning and enter the instance promptly at 8:00!"

Qin Ye then added Long Ming as a friend.

"Okay, I'll go get ready."

Long Ming renamed his second friend list to Red Ghost, added Qin Ye, and then turned and left.

Qin Ye watched Long Ming's departing figure, lost in thought.

At this moment, Qin Ying walked to Qin Ye's side and said.

"Big brother, isn't this guy alright?"

"Yes, as long as his equipment wasn't bought and his KDI wasn't farmed, we must complete this mission!"

Qin Ye wanted to curse as soon as he thought about the Watchtower Observatory dungeon.

"Ah."

Qin Ying nodded slightly in response.

On the other side, Long Ming walked forward while pondering the matter of escorting the enemy.

At this moment, Long Ming suddenly noticed that the area around him was divided and enclosed by players from different factions, and many people were shouting there.

"Seeking top-tier escorts! Generous pay!"

"Recruiting skilled players to form a team to farm the Overwatch Observatory base."

Long Ming looked around and found that there were many people recruiting escorts, but not many people applied.

After all, not everyone is so rich that they can offer such an outrageous price.

Another point is like reputation!
Escorting isn't without its risks; employers are also worried about hiring thugs who could harm them.

Similarly, the henchmen also worried that their employers were shills, deliberately tricking them into entering dungeons to be slaughtered.

Therefore, credibility is needed to back it up.

Reputation cannot be built overnight.

As for Qin Ye, judging from the number of applicants, his reputation should be alright.

But even so, it doesn't mean there are no risks.

After all, Qin Ye had recruited a lot of thugs, and those thugs had been staring at him just now, with many of them revealing greed in their eyes.

They might accidentally shoot themselves while escorting someone.

However, Long Ming didn't dwell on it too much. Instead, he opened the store and started preparing the items needed for the escort mission.

He first searched for 40mm grenades.

It quickly refreshed and showed that a player had listed three of them in the store, each priced at 50,000 One-Dimensional Coins.

Long Ming bought all three directly, and then tried to search for batteries in the store.

He needs to power up the Red Ghost Mask and the Power Boots.

Swish!
Immediately, various battery models appeared on the screen.

Of course, not all batteries work.

Long Ming browsed from top to bottom and quickly found an energy storage device with a universal charging circuit, which should be able to charge the equipment. However, the price was also very expensive, priced at a full 50 One-Dimensional Coins.

He hesitated for a few seconds before making the purchase, and then spent another 10 to buy 3 high-explosive grenades, 1 flashbang, and 1 smoke grenade.

Finally, Long Ming searched for an automatic pistol.

Hundreds of automatic pistols were instantly displayed, the most expensive of which was a DKS-01 Venom, priced at 20.

This gun is equipped with a suppressor, uses 5.56mm ammunition, and has a magazine capacity of 20 rounds.

Although he also had a P17 automatic pistol, he felt that its performance was not very good. It was okay for doing guild missions, but it didn't match his equipment. So he bought this pistol.

After buying everything, Long Ming checked his account on his bracelet and felt a pang of regret looking at the remaining 5230600 One-Dimensional Coins.

If the compensation for this escort mission hadn't been exceptionally high, he might not have been willing to spend so much.

"Whoo~"

Long Ming let out a slight breath, then found a secluded spot and began to charge the Red Ghost Mask and the Power Machine Shoes.

A few hours later.

After Long Ming finished charging his equipment, he logged out of the game.

He took off his helmet, got out of bed, walked to the computer desk, sat down, and was about to turn on the computer and log into the forum.

Suddenly, Long Ming remembered something: if the escort mission tomorrow involved a long gaming session, the helmet wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Thinking of this, he quickly picked up his phone and sent a message to Xiaoqi.

"Xiao Qi, are there any game pods available tomorrow morning?"

"Oh? Are you in a hurry?"

Xiaoqi replied to the message very quickly.

"Ah."

Long Ming replied immediately.

Inside the Star Wish Cafe, Xiao Qi was at a loss for words as she looked at Long Ming's reply.

Where are we going to find a game pod for Long Ming right now? All the game pods are already occupied.

"wait for me a while."

Xiao Qi quickly sent a message to Long Ming, and then hurriedly ran towards the stairs.

Just then, she ran into Mira.

"Xiao Qi, where are you going?" "Sister Mira, have you seen Sister Luo Xue?"

"She's gone upstairs."

"Thank you."

Xiaoqi immediately ran up to the sixth floor in a hurry.

Mira was also puzzled by Xiao Qi's flustered state, but she didn't take it to heart.

Xiaoqi quickly climbed to the sixth floor and then ran towards room 666.

At this moment, Luo Xue picked up a magnetic card and swiped it to open the door of room 666.

"Sister Luoxue!"

Xiao Qi shouted breathlessly.

Luo Xue stopped and turned to look at Xiao Qi.

"Xiao Qi, what's wrong?"

"Here's the thing, Long Ming suddenly wants to use the game pod, but all of our game pods are full. Where am I supposed to find one right now?"

"Are you anxious?"

"Yes, I need it tomorrow."

Xiao Qi nodded in reply.

"Then let him use this room."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xue handed the magnetic card in her hand to Xiao Qi.

Xiaoqi was somewhat surprised to receive the magnetic card, so she asked curiously.

"Sister Luoxue, can I ask you something?"

"whats the matter?"

"What's your relationship with Long Ming?"

"You want to know?"

The falling snow revealed a gentle smile.

"Ok!"

Xiaoqi's face immediately showed a very curious expression.

Luo Xue reached out and tapped Xiao Qi's head with her finger, then chuckled and said to her.

"You're such a gossip. I'm not telling you. Go on with your work."

"Ok."

Xiaoqi looked regretful.

Inside the rental house.

Long Ming patiently waited for Xiao Qi's message.

If StarWish Cafe doesn't have a game pod, then you'll have to hurry up and find one in the Upper City.

At this moment, Xiaoqi's message popped up again.

"You're in luck, room number 666 is available tomorrow."

"Okay, please keep it for me."

After giving his instructions, Long Ming breathed a slight sigh of relief, then put down his phone and looked at the forum.

After thinking for a moment, he searched for information about Qin Ye.

Although this guy is probably fine, it's always better to be safe than sorry, and it's never a bad thing to know more about him.

When he searched, he immediately found a bunch of posts about Qin Ye.

Long Ming went through the posts one by one and quickly learned about Qin Ye.

Qin Ye is the young master of the Jia Ye Group in the City of Sin. He was already somewhat famous before, as he was very generous and had a barely acceptable reputation.

He invested heavily in the Rotten Serpent Guild within the Civilization Paradise and is currently the guild's biggest financial backer.

After confirming that Qin Ye was alright, Long Ming began to look up information about the Watchtower Observatory base.

Swish!
Hundreds of thousands of posts suddenly appeared.

Long Ming was a little confused by so many posts, but he still patiently selected the most popular ones to read.

More than two hours later.

Long Ming rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. Money really wasn't that easy to earn.

This Observatory Base instance is practically a death trap, and it doesn't even open like a regular instance.

Normal dungeons can be started at any time as long as you have an invitation.

The Observatory Base instance is only available once every three days, except for those requiring an invitation.

The maximum number of participants is 10000.

As for the safe mission Qin Ye mentioned, it's a mission that all players will receive upon entering this instance.

The mission involves heading to the central control room of the observatory base, activating the giant radio telescope within the base, and sending encrypted information to the command space coordinates.

This task can be completed in teams. After everyone enters the teleportation platform, the system will open the team option, with each team limited to 5 people.

Therefore, each time the observatory base is open, a maximum of only 5 people can complete the task.

Under such a mechanism, it would be strange if everyone didn't fight tooth and nail.

Furthermore, the difficulty of this instance will increase over time. Due to the limited number of invitation tickets, there shouldn't be many people entering yet. Therefore, the first person to open the instance should have the easiest task, but as the number of invitation tickets becomes more abundant and more people enter, the difficulty will definitely increase.

This is why Qin Ye was so eager to complete this task and was willing to spend so much money, since he wasn't just hiring him as a single person.

Long Ming closed the forum after seeing this and leaned back in his chair, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)