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Chapter 97 - 97: 097, [A scumbag is indeed a scumbag]
Chapter 97 - 97: 097, [A scumbag is indeed a scumbag]
Chapter 97: 097, [A scumbag is indeed a scumbag]
Translator: 549690339
Looking at the title of this popular post, Lu Xun’s expression became playful.
The title of the post was – “Emperor Guild Sincerely Invites Players to Join Hidden Quest”!
“Why is it the Emperor Guild again,” he thought to himself.
“From my memory, I don’t remember the Emperor Guild posting anything like this in my previous life. Could this be a butterfly effect caused by my small action?”
It seemed possible.
After all, the appearance of the Purple Palace in the forum undoubtedly increased the beta players’ desire to interact with high-level NPCs and dig out hidden quests!
Perhaps unknowingly, it changed the course of history.
“Never mind it for now, let’s check the content.” Lu Xun directly opened the post.
The post started with a brief description of the mission content, without detailing how this hidden quest was obtained.
The mission location is in the “Three Thousand Mountains”, which is not the name of a single mountain but a collective term for many mountains.
The place is full of continuous mountains with various peaks. The number of peaks is countless at a glance, hence the name.
Therefore, Three Thousand Mountains is more like the name of a region.
In such an area with many mountains, there tends to be a larger number of minor sects.
After all, they can’t claim the famous mountains and rivers, nor the paradise-like lands, the mountains in the “Three Thousand Mountains” are a nice choice, and it’s convenient for them to gather and keep warm.
In fact, most of the sects in the Three Thousand Mountains are interconnected, forming the Three Thousand Mountain Alliance.
So, after the official test, the Three Thousand Mountains will also be a bustling place. After all, not all players have the opportunity to join the Great Sects, most players are from small and medium-sized Sects, so the Three Thousand Mountains has always been one of the gathering places for players.
One of the beta players in the Emperor Guild probably just happened to spawn near a newbie village around the Three Thousand Mountains and triggered the mission through some special channels, purely by chance.
The mission is called “Wanted”.
A mysterious man has killed the son of the Sect Leader of Tianque Gate, and as one of the most reputable Sects within the Three Thousand Mountains Alliance, Tianque Gate is a part of the alliance’s high ranks. In the end, led by the Tianque Gate, the Three Thousand Mountain Alliance issued this warrant:
If a cultivator provides useful information to help Tianque Gate find this mysterious man, he will receive an intermediate magic tool as a reward. If he can personally kill this mysterious man, he can receive a superior magical weapon!
For new players, both intermediate and superior yellow armor are invaluable items!
This mysterious man was hit by the Sect Leader of Tianque Gate, and his left hand will have a dark red mark.
“This mission feels a bit like posting about a missing pet dog on social media,” Lu Xun thought wryly.
Normally, hidden quests like the “Wanted” ones don’t possess “uniqueness”.
If Zhang San uncovers the quest, even if he completes it, Li Si could still uncover and complete it if he finds it.
So the competition is all about speed, seeing who can complete it first!
It’s not one of those “unique quests” where once you’ve taken it, other people can’t take it anymore.
Therefore, players usually compete quietly, fewer competitors could only be a good thing. Even if they can’t complete the quest, it’s better than letting others complete it, right?
The Emperor Guild publically posted the quest on the forum for a simple reason – they’ve already found this mysterious man!
The sad part is, they found this mysterious man just a few hours before the end of the beta test…
The Emperor Guild’s idea is now: on the first day of the public test, they sincerely invite the beta players around the Three Thousand Mountains to join them, forming a wild team together to chase and cut down this mysterious man!
They would give substantial cash rewards as well as experience points.
After all, it is a beta test with no deletion, some beta players might have lofty ambitions to join the Great Sects, so they are still constantly digging up the quests for joining a Sect, so they haven’t leveled up yet. However, some impatient players might have already joined a Sect or accepted a loose cultivator as a master, already learning some cultivation techniques, and have already leveled up to level two or three.
Level 2 or 3 is still weak, but they have a certain combat power.
There are a lot of beta players around the Three Thousand Mountains, and there must be quite a few who have officially become cultivators. At that time, everyone could try to cut him down together, if we could kill him, that would be the best, just go and take the Superior Yellow Armor as a reward. If we can’t kill him, then we should immediately provide clues and take a piece of Intermediate Yellow Armor as a guarantee.
In conclusion, they will submit this task immediately on the first day of the public test. The only difference is whether they would be able to submit the task with the head of this mysterious man.
The Emperor Guild is prepared to take a two-pronged approach, their actions might be high-profile, yet between the lines, it just reveals a kind of “make a gamble and see if we can fly” vibe.
If the gamble is lost, then it would be time to stop and take stock.
This could be seen as taking risks with caution!
Under the post, the players started to leave comments.
“The Emperor Guild is really sly! I’m impressed!”
“Ha, can you imagine if a public test player triggered this task within a few hours and by sheer luck, found this mysterious man, then went ahead to Tianque Gate and won a piece of Intermediate Yellow Armor. amusingly”
“Statistically speaking, it’s possible, although the chances are slim, but I’ll hedge my bets first!”
“What are you talking about, there’s no such coincidence!”
“Nothing is absolute in the world, how is it impossible? I’m going to hedge my bets first!”
“I can’t believe it, that would be too much of a coincidence!”
In fact, the reason why the Emperor Guild dared to play this hand was that they didn’t believe that the cooked duck could fly away.
First of all, this mysterious man is not easy to find.
Secondly, they have already been too cautious. Forming a team to cut him down, if they won’t be able to, they will immediately provide clues. It wouldn’t take too much time.
If they were still sniped under these circumstances, then that would just mean that fate was against them!
Lu Xun continued to look at the players’ comments, and some players raised their doubts.
“During the public test, the timeline in ‘Heavenly Dust’ will no longer be the year 3997 from the beta test. The official time given was the year 4000, are the Emperor Guild sure that NPC would wait for you guys to kill him during the near three years period? I’m really amused!”
“What’s the guy upstairs talking about! The big guild is not stupid, since they dared to post this, they must have some degree of certainty about the NPC’s movements.”
Looking at the comments from the players, Lu Xun’s fingers moved slightly, about to type something, but then he stopped.
He didn’t expect the Emperor Guild to post this mission.
In his memory, this mission wasn’t circulated on the forum until a few days after the public test, and many people took on this mission one after the other.
In other words, after the Three Thousand Mountain Alliance issued the arrest warrant, and right up to the year 4000 on the Heavenly Dust Calendar, still no clues were found.
It was only after a long time that a player finally completed this mission.
By that time, many players had reached level 5 or 6, and had formed a team. They actually managed to kill the mysterious man, and got a Superior Yellow Armor as a mission reward.
“I didn’t expect that this life, the quest would be triggered by the players during the beta test,” Lu Xun thought to himself.
At this moment, he couldn’t help but recall the ugly face of the vice-leader of the Emperor Guild, who sounded strange when he spoke.
Following that, a warm smile appeared on his face.
“Should I give the Emperor Guild a big surprise on the day of the public test?” Lu Xun wondered to himself.