Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

[Mission Name: Escort the Wang Family (Revised)]

[Mission Details: Escort Wang Yun and Wang Feng's family to Tan County.]

[Quest Reward: 20 Low-Grade Spirit Stones]

Wang Yun persistently gave him a second task, with the same content but double the reward.

"No." Shen Hua refused again.

A mere 20 low-grade spirit stones...

[Hint: You have triggered the quest "Escort the Royal Family (Final Decision)". Do you wish to accept it?]

[Mission Details: Escort Wang Yun and Wang Feng's family to Tan County.]

[Quest Reward: 40 Low-Grade Spirit Stones]

Shen Hua's lips twitched: "They're really that insistent? It's doubled again?"

The journey to Tanxian County is only a few steps, but I need to give him 40 low-grade spirit stones.

Furthermore, the task title states "Final Decision," meaning that if you don't accept this task, there won't be a next time.

"Should I agree?" Shen Hua wondered to himself.

But at that moment, he suddenly recalled the scene when he met Wang Yun in his previous life.

He had met Wang Yun once in his previous life, but that was all.

At that time, Wang Yun was already a super demonic cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage, with black lips, heavy makeup, an icy face, and black aura surrounding his entire body.

She was exchanging ideas with a banshee from the Western world.

Banshee: "I killed a hundred people."

Wang Yun: "Very good, what about yesterday?"

Banshee: "?"

Banshee: "Can you finish it?"

Wang Yun: "?"

The Banshee: "Why kill me if you're not going to eat me?"

Wang Yun: "Killing for fun, purely for entertainment."

Banshee: "..."

Banshee: "You're ruthless."

Wang Yun: "Of course, you can also extract some souls along the way. You probably haven't seen a million souls gathered together; what a joyous sight that would be!"

Banshee: "Alright, that's enough."

The Banshee: "In that case, let's cooperate. I'll gain flesh and blood, and you'll get your perverse pleasure. We'll each get what we need."

Wang Yun: "Deal made."

……

"Well, it's best to stay away from this devil as much as possible."

Thinking of the scene from her past life, Shen Hua once again chose to "refuse".

Sure enough, no more tasks popped up after this rejection.

Shen Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at that moment, Shen Hua received a game notification:

[Hint: Wang Yun's favorability towards you has increased by 3, and the current favorability rating has risen to "First Acquaintance".]

"Huh? Wait a minute!" Shen Hua was taken aback and quickly reined in his chestnut horse.

The chestnut horse was forced to stop in place, quite dissatisfied, and let out heavy, deep breaths through its nostrils, neighing softly.

Shen Hua, however, paid no heed to its feelings and stared in shock at the game prompt.

"Wang Yun's favorability? Is it really possible to increase that?" He found it incredible.

As a second-time player, he knew that no player in his previous life had ever gained Wang Yun's favorability; not a single one had.

Wang Yun is a super demonic cultivator in the late Golden Core stage, with top-notch talent. In her previous life, countless players tried to "conquer" her.

However, everyone who tried failed.

No one can gain her favorability, and even the way to unlock her favorability is a mystery.

Shen Hua remembered a list from his previous life that listed NPCs who were impossible to gain favor with in games, and Wang Yun was on the list.

Furthermore, in the later stages of the game, she hates all NPCs and players, and all players' favorability is locked at "hostile," making it impossible to increase favorability.

But now Shen Hua has unexpectedly activated Wang Yun's favorability!

It was an unexpected success.

"What a strange thing," Shen Hua murmured as he sat on his horse, his expression odd.

Looking back now, the way Wang Yun's favorability was raised should be like this:

First, you need to gain Wang Yun's attention or do her a favor, and then reject her repeatedly.

Wang Yun is the kind of person who "wants more the more unattainable something is." Once the rejection is handled well, her goodwill is activated.

"You can only win her favor by rejecting her?" Shen Hua was speechless. "No wonder no one could do it in my past life."

"But then another problem arises..."

Shen Hua rode his chestnut horse slowly forward.

As he walked, he thought to himself, "What's the point of increasing Wang Yun's favorability? I'm not going down the demonic path."

"Could it be possible to bring Wang Yun back to the right path? Would [Heaven's Will] allow it? Perhaps it will intervene to correct things?"

Just as he was pondering, the game notification sounded again:

"Hint: Because you have gained favor with the key figure [Wang Yun], you have gained access to the main storyline [Cao Cao's Massacre of Xuzhou]."

"Note: This storyline will appear at the appropriate time, please participate on time."

Note: Story rewards will depend on your level of participation in the story.

"So it's a qualification to participate in the main storyline?" Shen Hua's eyes flashed. "It seems Wang Yun is an important figure not only in the later stages but also in the early stages!"

In the previous game, whenever an important plot point occurred, around a thousand players would be invited to participate. This is what is meant by "qualification to participate in the main storyline."

The fact that gaining Wang Yun's favorability can trigger this qualification means that she must be a very important part of the plot.

This kind of opportunity to participate in the storyline is very difficult to obtain, as there are only about a thousand slots available.

The spots are limited, so the rewards are naturally very generous.

Some players earn a lot of rewards by completing tasks in the storyline; others obtain even more rewards by altering the storyline.

[Local Necrosis] is the representative character of "changing the plot to obtain rewards".

In his past life, he changed the plot to a great extent. For example, he almost succeeded in arranging for Xiao Qiao to remarry Zhuge Liang, and therefore received a lot of rewards.

That's why he's able to rank so high on the leaderboard.

Shen Hua naturally wanted to get a share of the rewards from the main storyline, as the rewards from the main storyline were much higher than the income from his own arduous alchemy and weapon crafting.

For example, the [Mysterious Robe Binding Hand] he just obtained could be sold for several months' worth of his alchemy income, and the rewards from the main storyline will only be more generous!

Shen Hua thought to himself, "Hmm, since Wang Yun is a key character in the plot, then I'll make her the central figure to advance the mission!"

"And we can try to see if we can bring her back to the right path."

"Even if we can't turn things around, and [Heaven's Will] insists on making corrections, my reward will only increase."

"Let's see how things go in time. After all, it's only 184 AD now, and Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou didn't happen until nine years later. We'll deal with the future later."

With these thoughts in mind, Shen Hua continued riding towards Tan County.

……

After descending the mountain, the magnificent and imposing city walls of Tanxian County came into view.

Currently, flying is not prohibited in the city, and a large number of cultivators are using magical artifacts to travel through the skies above the city.

Shen Hua did not rashly attempt to fly on his sword.

He rode his chestnut horse obediently toward the city gate.