General York gently stroked the stubble that stood up like steel needles, and then said: "Yesterday, a new oracle came from the Temple of Light. The place of trial has been opened. Let me find suitable adventurers to accept the Lord God's command.
Trial! There is no distinction between good and evil in the trial place. There will also be people from the dark camp participating. Everyone in the kingdom is paying attention to this trial! I think you and your team can handle such a difficult task.
competent!"
General York's words contain a lot of information. The positions of NPCs and players are different. For players, there may be no reasonable or unreasonable background plot for certain version updates, and players will not go too far.
Let’s delve deeper into these things, but NPCs live in the background of the game, so any events that intersect with them must have an official explanation in the game, and the military rank copy given during the version update is officially in the game.
The background explanation is a trial.
"Thank you for your trust, General. I will do my best in Yueguang!"
Ding! The system prompts that the main plot trial mission [Rise of an Empire] has been activated. Do you want to accept it?
[The Rise of the Empire]: Light and darkness are once again at war, because the God of Chaos has set up this trial. Both the light side and the dark side can send brave adventurers to the trial. In this virtual environment,
Adventurers will be able to witness with their own eyes the entire process of the empire growing from scratch. I hope that adventurers on both sides can cherish the hard-won peace and end the war as soon as possible!
Oh my god, it’s still a main plot mission? It’s so worthwhile to grind this horse today! I took a quick look at the content of the plot mission, and I was very tempted. The introduction of this thing is quite implicit. According to my understanding, to put it bluntly, it’s both sides.
No one of the gods can completely destroy the other, nor can they abandon everything and fight for their lives, so they can only send their followers to fight. In the game, players are completely like pawns crossing the river. As long as this pawn is the first to pass the trial
The end is over, which means that one side's fighting power is stronger than the other's, and the gods of the winning side will have more dignity. As for any rare peace and cessation of war, it is just burning newspapers on Qingming graves to fool ghosts.
accept!
Ding! Congratulations on successfully accepting the trial mission [Rise of an Empire]. The large-scale trial plot mission is officially activated!
Ding! World Announcement!
The moonlight under the player's eaves has successfully activated the large-scale camp plot trial mission [Rise of the Empire]. All players who meet certain requirements can begin to attack the trial land. The first player team to successfully complete the trial will receive generous rewards.
!
Ding! System prompts! Since your team is the first to activate the plot mission, it will receive additional privilege bonuses.
In the Rise of Empire trial plot environment, the upper limit of the number of command troops in the later stage is increased by 20%.
The system prompts made me a little confused. I turned around and looked at everyone. I was confused. They were not much better. I wanted to ask more details, but after the progress reached the current situation, General York has completely become
The wooden man obviously wouldn't give us any hints. In desperation, a group of us had no choice but to walk out of the handsome tent with doubts in our minds.
After walking out of the commander's tent, he discovered that a huge magic array had appeared in the square in front of the commander's tent. The high-level magicians accompanying the army had placed large and small magic essences in the center of the array.
, there is a huge divine symbol floating, a faint holy light seems to be emanating from the divine symbol, and the entire magic circle is in an activated state at any time.
"Dear Marshal! Is there anything else that needs to be prepared?" The NPC mage who was setting up the magic circle saluted, then pointed at the magic circle that was waiting to be activated and asked.
We were relatively well prepared when we came. Everyone nodded and there were no other questions, so I said, "Ready!"
Then, the old mage led us to the center of the magic circle. With a flick of his finger, a trace of magic emerged from his fingertips, activating a corner of the giant magic circle. Then the magic crystals in the entire magic circle melted rapidly, and a large amount of energy filled the entire magic circle.
, then the divine symbols above our heads suddenly lit up, and we standing below lost consciousness instantly.
After a while, a group of eight of us woke up. Our standing position had not changed. We were still at the border area of the Blackstone Mountains. However, the camp that was there just now was completely gone. The surrounding area was empty and quiet, and there was no sound at all.
.
Xiao Ke took out the magic torch that he had prepared in advance, and then the surrounding field of vision became slightly brighter. This thing is somewhat useful to others, but it is completely useless to me who has night vision ability.
"Uncle, what's going on? It's so quiet around here, so scary!" Qianqiong nervously pulled on the hem of my leather armor.
"It's so quiet here!" Xiaoyou also leaned closer to us.
Girls are timid, but Tudou, Xiaoke, and I were not that scared. With a thought, I opened the progress prompt of the task. Sure enough, it was almost as expected, and there was a prompt!!
Trial Tip 1: Find the nearest camp and gain the trust of the camp garrison captain!
With the system prompts, this is easy to handle. I opened the mission map and took a look, and walked towards the border line, Lingyun City. In my memory, there was a relatively large NPC camp here. Many people used to be reluctant to spend money.
Those who are poor on teleportation fees like to use that camp as a supply point. Although it takes a few more steps, it can save teleportation and other expenses.
Now we should be equivalent to going back to the past, hoping that the big camp will exist now.
Everyone hurried on in a hurry, and after half an hour, they finally arrived at the target location. Far away, they saw a small human camp there, with the light of the swaying bonfire shining through. It looked very strange in the dark night.
weird.
"Who!!" Just as we were approaching, two human NPC soldiers suddenly emerged from behind the simple fence. They were holding one-handed swords and shields in their hands. The one who asked the question had a mark on the right side of his face.
There was an eye-catching wound. The wound had just begun to heal, and the sutures were still exposed.
I hurriedly walked forward: "Hello, we are adventurers from afar!"
"Hey! Drunkard Rogerev, these are humans! You can come out now!!" The scarred male warrior shouted into the black shadow not far away. After hearing the shout, he slowly emerged from here.
A leather-armored NPC warrior holding a crossbow. I didn't notice him just now with my eyesight. He must be a thief who is proficient in concealment.
"Oh, damn, I thought it was the skeleton soldiers summoned by the damn Corpse Witch again!!" Rojef muttered and walked towards the door.
"This is already the edge of the Dark Realm. How did you come here?" Scarface asked.
"We planned to join the army, but the recruiting team in Newx Town had already left, so we came here together, hoping to do something!" I thought about it and casually said the name of the NPC town, Newx Town.
The people of Kes Town are fierce and martial, and it is mentioned several times in the history of Lingyun City. It is said that several famous generals in history have appeared here.
"Hey! We are lucky. They don't look like rookies!!" Another swordsman holding a shield muttered, and then their guard relaxed.
After a few seconds, people started to gather in the camp. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing bronze armor. He had blond hair, a tall nose, a broad chin, deep eyes, and a face like a star.
He looked very handsome, and on his forehead was a name, Newland Parker.
"Boss, they are citizens of Newx Town and want to join the army!" Scarface said to the blond captain.
"You guys come in first!!" Parker gestured to us, and then returned to the camp.
The camp is very small, with only four or five tents. In the middle of the tent, there is a large bonfire. Although the fire is not very bright, you can still feel a touch of warmth from a long distance away.
"We are the garrison in this camp. The fighting is getting more and more intense, but the backup team has not come yet. We don't know how long we can hold on here. There is fire and blood here, and it can be fatal at any time! Will you join us?
?" Captain Parker looked at us calmly.
"We do!!" I agreed.
"In that case, you will stay. According to the regulations on the management of soldiers in front of the camp, Newland Parker, the captain of our camp garrison, officially recruits you to become my soldiers!!" Parker waved his hand, and our originally empty
On the chest, there is a small private medal.
Ding! Trial progress 1 completed!
"You guys go to my tent to rest tonight! There are still eight hours until dawn. I will set up your tent after daybreak!!" Parker said.
Ding! In the initial stage of the trial, players are allowed to log off and rest in the tent after entering the dark night!
The system prompt rang promptly. Oh my God, what kind of international joke are you kidding? We slept all afternoon to prepare, but now after entering the dungeon, we are allowed to go offline to sleep??? We all looked at each other helplessly.
, and then chose to go offline.
Staying in the tent is a waste of time anyway. Almost all of us have gone offline and switched to the forum. After the version update, various information has begun to be updated in the forum. Some are collected by enthusiastic players, and some are officially released. It is very large.
The proportional information is all about this camp plot trial. Many people in the forum have given feedback on their experience of entering the trial land. What is different from us is that after they entered the trial land, they all immediately
After joining the battle, the plot process is that after the player enters, he will encounter a battle between NPCs and dark creatures. In the melee, he will help his friends win. The progress of the first section is completed. The player will become a popular person in the camp and gain access to the camp.
Internal supplies and rewards for taking missions.
I carefully compared the plot gap between our team and everyone else, and found a surprising problem. Ordinary players only cooperate with NPCs, but we actually penetrated into the NPC army! Could it be said that in the future, we will become the decision maker?
The key figure in the battle? This ridiculous idea was rejected by us just after it was formed. What kind of international joke are we kidding? Although the game is relatively open, there are certain restrictions no matter what. If our performance really determines the battle, it is estimated that
If one operation is not done well, there will be no Lingyun City.
After falling asleep with all kinds of questions, everyone woke up very early in the morning. After having a simple breakfast, they collectively boarded the game.
I don't know if it was a coincidence or if it had been set in advance. After we walked out of the tent, it was just dawn in the game, a big sun rose from the east, and four NPC soldiers were changing guard at the entrance of the camp.
We had a very boring day. We followed the NPC soldiers to the forest and cut down a lot of trees to build new tents and reinforce the camp fence. Not to mention a decent battle, we didn't even see the lowest level skeleton.
At noon, we have an hour's rest time. During this time, we can go offline and have a meal.
This boring time lasted for three days in a row. Three days of contact also allowed us to get to know most of the soldiers in the camp. The scar-faced one is called Jack, a thief who is good at hiding and sneak attacks, and the drunkard Rogerif, the only one.
The military mage named Marison, an NPC with a name, has basically become more or less close to us. The camp of more than 20 people also became a little more lively because of the addition of our team.
In three days, the fence in the camp was completely raised and thickened. I didn't know what the purpose of this thing was, but seeing the captain looking so serious, I couldn't ask any questions.
Finally, on the morning of the fourth day, we won the first battle, and it was this battle that gave us a new understanding of this trial.
A low-level corpse witch commanded dozens of zombies and two ghouls to attack our camp. It was only then that we discovered that the elite equipment we had on us could no longer be used.
, only have the same armors, weapons, and even skills as NPC soldiers, only a limited number of them are left, and many of the skills have been temporarily sealed. A monster of this level, with the strength I had in my heyday, can be used with just a wave of my hand.
They can be killed instantly, but the reality now is that they have thrown the entire camp into chaos.
Fortunately, although the equipment and skills are gone, the combat literacy is still there. With relatively tacit cooperation and the operation of professional players, we successfully cleared away the monsters that attacked the camp.
"Holy shit! Boss, are we being plotted by someone? Why did we clear a dungeon and end up in a state where our skills and equipment are all sealed and we have nothing? Fortunately, I just snatched Jack's broken shield for use, otherwise we would have been
The ghoul was torn in half!!" Tudou was very depressed. He said that he was used to relying on high-end equipment. Basically, when not dealing with bosses, he relied on attribute hard-tops. But now it's good, all the minions are under his control.
He was in a hurry and couldn't accept the huge gap.
"Stop talking nonsense, who would plot against us? The game company? They don't have the guts!" Cang Qiong rolled his eyes at him and said.
"Then why are we like this? If we have equipment, we can't use it, but if we have skills, we can't throw them away!" Tudou said.
Just as I was about to speak, Sister An Ran beside me spoke first: "Don't be depressed, haven't you noticed that we are different from ordinary trial players? We have now successfully penetrated into the NPC. With our actual combat power,
If we join rashly, we will definitely have a one-sided advantage. In this way, the difficulty of obtaining certain tasks cannot be evaluated. If I guess correctly, the strength we can use should gradually lift the seal until the end of the trial.
By then, it should reach its peak state!”
I also said: "What Sister An Ran said makes sense, it is indeed such a problem! Every loss must have a gain. If you pay a lot, I think you will gain a lot in time!!!"
At this moment, Xiao Ke, who had always been quiet, suddenly said in surprise: "Boss, look at your skills! My backstab skill has been unlocked!!!"
After Xiao Ke shouted, we all checked our skill bar. Sure enough, after a battle, my flaming arrow was also unblocked! Xiao Ke, Tudou, Cangqiong, and Birds all had one more to use.
primary skills.
Since the seal is temporary, everyone feels at ease and cleans the battlefield with the NPC captain, and then gets two low-level trophies from the pile of corpses.
Everyone who is used to seeing jewels felt helpless when they saw these two trophies. A blue-quality ring and a green-quality one-handed dagger. The jewelry was not originally there. The properties of the one-handed dagger are better than those of the whiteboard NPC soldier.
Weapons should be high-end. In the past, this kind of thing would take up space even if you throw it away in your backpack. But now in order to increase your strength, you have to carefully weigh who should equip it to achieve the greatest effect.
After some weighing, both pieces of equipment were given to Tudou, who serves as the team's mt. Whenever possible, it is never wrong to arm the mt that resists monsters first.
