Xie Xiaomeng and the others looked at the map and found that the straight-line distance was not far, about more than a hundred kilometers. Based on the player's footsteps, it would take about three or four days to reach it, but they would have to cross several nightmare swamps, mountains and canyons along the way.
, most of them are the habitats of high-level wild monsters, and many of them are inaccessible places shown on the map, so straight-line distance cannot be used to calculate them.
If we take a detour, passing through several novice villages and making a big detour, the journey will not be more than 100 kilometers.
Expect it to take approximately two weeks.
Two weeks?
The day lilies are all bright.
Therefore, even if Xie Xiaomeng and the others were willing to do this escort mission, they would not be able to catch up. I heard that the situation at Novice Village No. 119 was extremely tense. Even the peripheral spawn area was occupied by the so-called monster tide. Players could only rely on fortifications.
, hiding behind the city wall, not daring to go out.
Logically speaking, the server has just opened. Even if there are monsters attacking the city, it shouldn't be so fast. Players nowadays are generally at the first and second level. What can they do? But who knows what Canaan Company is thinking.
After the rain stopped, Xie Xiaomeng and the others parted ways with the team of veteran players escorting the NPC. After a moment of regret, they continued their adventure.
After the rain, the jungle seemed to have been washed by water. The sky was transparent, and the midday sun showed a dazzling golden color. On a rainbow across the jungle sky, Bei Gaoyang and Xiao Ai looked down at the flooded land and the monsters.
An isolated island surrounded by.
"...So, is this a new situation?" Bei Gaoyang said, looking at No. 119 Novice Village below.
I did not expect that such mistakes would occur just after the control of the jungle was released. Not only No. 119 Novice Village, but many novice villages showed signs of being attacked by wild monsters.
"I think this is a good thing, sir." Xiao Ai said.
"On the second day after the server was launched, most of the players were only level 1 or 2, and the system did not intervene. Several novice villages were about to fall. How could it be a good thing?"
"This is the inevitable result of letting go of wild area control. You know, sub-human monsters like kobolds, lizardmen, and fishmen, although they have been demonized, still have certain social attributes. When the system exits, they will inevitably return to their normal state.
The original ecology can naturally influence and dominate other monsters with lower strength and intelligence."
"The large-scale online presence and invasion of players threaten them, and monster siege is an inevitable phenomenon."
"It seems that you have anticipated this situation?"
"Yes."
"Tell me about it."
"The jungle should be the main gameplay of adventure and management. The vast map and the upgrade of the magic network make this future possible. I think the system should not interfere too much and let it be freely interpreted."
"But I plan to let players build cities and produce in the wild area."
"This does not conflict with you, sir. Imagine how many coincidences, treasures, challenges and miracles that the system can't predict in an endless, unknown, desolate, and autonomously deduced game map? Let players play in such a game environment.
Only by exploring and expending great effort and energy to conquer and expand, can you reap the greatest sweetness only through fruits watered by sweat, right?"
Bei Gaoyang laughed when he heard this: "We can also let the system's pseudo-gods participate, and even let external forces join in. The game area and the magic network also have a layer of buffering and good disguise?"
"It can also serve as an interface with the civilized world, a firewall!"
"Then what should we do now? Just sit back and watch the fall of Novice Village?"
"Can a regional expansion pack be released?"
"Today's players are of no use."
"No need for players, just NPCs."
"You are really cunning, NPPC. I have read your plan and you have long planned to use it in this place!"
"Yes, allowing players to see the stages of each profession in advance will also be helpful for them to choose their own career path."
"So, this regional expansion pack and monster siege will still be based on NPCs?"
"Just treat it as a large-scale plot animation."
"Since you have already planned it, let's do it this way!"
Bei Gaoyang is very satisfied. Xiao Ai has really grown up. In this case, let him do it.
No. 119 Novice Village, on the low city wall, the magic aura is as rich as the ripples of water. On the city wall, fully armed guards are handling various harvesting equipment. The city wall is thick, and the excited players are noisy, as if
What grand festival are we celebrating?
"Expansion pack, there will definitely be an expansion pack!"
"Monsters are attacking the city, it's so spectacular."
"Shooters above level 3 join the team, shooters above level 3 join the team..."
"Freshly baked bread costs 2 coppers each. It is safe and non-toxic. Only when you are full can you kill monsters!"
"..."
From the launch to the present, many players have never stepped outside the city wall. The general level is one or two levels lower than other novice villages. Many level 0 players who went online for the first time encountered such a big thing as soon as they came up.
It was a mess, and no NPC was seen standing up to maintain order.
Outside the city wall, the various monster armies have spread to the mountainside, and all the refresh areas have been occupied. Many old players went out to explore, but did not bring back much valuable information.
Not long ago, the village chief of Novice Village issued a regional announcement, saying that he had sent messengers to nearby Novice Villages to ask for help. He also said that reinforcements from major cities and churches were on their way, so that players do not need to panic. No. 119 Novice Village will definitely be able to
Get through this sudden crisis.
The story of the expansion pack comes from this. Many clever players tried to trigger plot missions, but all failed, and the guards did not prohibit players from going out, leaving players at a loss as to what the system was buying.
Seeing that it has been four or five hours now, the so-called expansion pack and the plot have not yet unfolded. The players are getting restless in the city, and some of them are bold enough to form a team and go out to try their luck.
"As long as old players, elite teams above level 4 and bastards stay away, don't make everyone look bad!"
"Anyone with agility 5 or above, new or old players are welcome, guerrillas, just follow the command!"
"You're kidding me, why is a level 0 newcomer joining in the fun? Get out, get out!"
Teams are leaving the city one after another, and Qiao Shan is one of them. The team is all veteran players, level 3 or above, and everyone is very confident.
I have never heard of the ID of the captain's prodigal son Xiao Li before. I heard him boast about winning gold medals and being in the top 50 of the professional competitive rankings. He played as an elf shooter before, but this time he plays a tank barbarian.
This guy is very talkative, and the profiteer NPC at the city gate has become familiar with him. When he passed by, he even chatted with the mysterious Didi for a while, and he didn't know what he said.
Every old player has his own 'secrets', and it's not easy for Qiao Shan to find out. After leaving the city gate, there are dense shrubs and jungles in front of him. Outside the jungle, there are groups of demonized goblins wandering around with sticks, and demonized goblins.
Giant mosquitoes, demonized hamsters, etc. were all destroyed in the first few tests.
Old players will naturally not take these low-level monsters seriously.
The prodigal son Xiao Li assigned their respective positions and tasks, and kept approaching in a loose formation.
"Stop, that's not right!"
The teammate with the highest perception discovered the camp behind the hillside. The camp was made up of many dirty tents. A few rare trolls were patrolling the outside, and a rough pillar stood in the camp.
"What's going on?"
"How come the monsters are still organized?"
"Troll? Level 15 monster? Is there any mistake?"
Trolls are rare. They only appeared on a large scale in the Alpha Battlefield expansion pack. However, that was already the third test, and now there are so many of them, and they are so close to the Novice Village.
Monsters like trolls cannot be killed by purely physical attacks. They have extremely abnormal limb regeneration abilities. Even if they are cut into pieces, the corpse will spontaneously fuse into one piece. It must be burned with magical flames.
In order to inhibit their regeneration ability.
They are infinitely powerful, fearless of death, agile in movement, and violent and cruel in temperament. Not to mention now, even if you are a first-level professional below level 10, you can only run for your life when you encounter them.
Level 15 elite monsters can only serve as guards. What else is there in the camp?
Everyone looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and the confidence of the old players was no longer there.
"go back?"
"Look again!"
It might not be possible to force it, so the few of them found a dense bush to hide in, ready to see what else was in the camp.
The wait lasted for more than half an hour.
Midway, teams came out one after another and discovered the camp and the guarding trolls. No one dared to alert the enemy. Just kidding, one troll might be able to sweep across the entire Novice Village.
The hard work paid off. More than half an hour later, a monster that looked like a kobold priest walked out of the tent, and then more strong kobold totem warriors gathered under the strange pillar.
"It's actually a kobold!"
Kobolds are old friends, and the famous Kobold Mine dungeon is still an inauguration level. Everyone knows that this kind of monster is very intelligent, and it is not surprising that it can dominate monsters with low IQs like trolls.
"Where did this kobold priest come from? Is it in the dungeon?"
"No, I know all the bosses in the dungeon that turned into ashes, but this one is not like that."
"It's too far away and I can't see the ID clearly."
"It must be a BOSS-level monster."
"Have all the kobolds outside the dungeon been killed?"
"Maybe it's new from this test?"
"Look again, look again!"
The kobold priest led the kobold totem warriors to dance around the pillar. Everyone watched for a long time but couldn't figure it out. On the contrary, more and more low-level monsters came out of the jungle. Many kobold warriors appeared among the low-level monsters.
, can actually command and control them.
"It seems like it's coming, let's go back!"
"Leave now? Don't you want to try?"
"Don't be stupid, do you think you are still over level 20?"
Everyone was about to turn around and return, but unexpectedly, a bunch of cute newbies rushed out of the city, as if they were being chased by something. The one running at the front was level 0.
"Are they...looking for death?"
Not only that, but they were also chattering without knowing what they were shouting, and rushed straight towards the monster occupying the outer edge of the jungle.
"No...what are they going to do?"
The old players were dumbfounded, watching helplessly a group of noisy ducks running past, listening to them shouting about missions and investigations...
"No way, the system is asking us to die!"
A teammate shouted in surprise.
Qiao Shan was also confused. Most of the first and second level players were useless. What kind of aircraft was the system doing?
"Are we going or not?"
"There are only three free resurrections per day..."
There was some hesitation in the team.
"There are less than 3 hours of game time left, right?"
"...Go and try?"
"Just try it, let's go!"
"You go ahead, I won't go!" Qiao Shan didn't want to join in the fun. There was no point in going to die in vain. Even if there was a mission, he could go back to the city and ask the NPC to find out. He wasted a chance to resurrect.
Not so stupid.
The last two teammates went to try their luck, and the rest returned the same way.
As soon as I returned to the city gate, I saw a continuous white light coming on behind me. When I returned to the city, well, almost everyone had returned, including the two teammates who were trying their luck.
"I died without him knowing what was going on. I even touched the monsters!"
"It seems there is area magic damage. Wait a minute, I'll take a look at the system log."
"Sure enough, there is a reconnaissance mission, and the notification has been completed."
"5 points of experience, 2 points of reputation in Novice Village, exchanged for one chance of resurrection, it's a loss."
"Haha, you deserve to be so impulsive!"
The city was even more chaotic than when they left. After such a sudden encounter, the newbies finally understood that the battles outside could not be overcome by sheer numbers. They all started to make a fuss, asking how they could survive such a difficult plot.
, is there a BUG in the system?
At this moment, the teleportation array in the center of the square began to flash, and groups of people with the title of [Extraordinary], wearing high-end equipment of various professions, and wearing green and silver-edged cloaks walked out of it. There were people of all races.
, and all conform to the default racial template.
There are human mages, elven jungle wanderers, orc barbarians, paladins and priests wearing the holy symbols of various temples, bards with various faces but all of them are beautiful and exquisite, and they almost look like they carry shadow effects with them.
The faceless thieves, each one rides a tall horse, and even the war horses are fully clad, which is particularly classy.
"For our common cause!"
The head of the Novice Village appeared to welcome these reinforcements from afar, and the plot started.
"Wow!"
Players were amazed and their eyes were glued to these professional ‘template NPCs’.
"We are the resistance!"
The leading ‘paladin template’ rode a unicorn-like war horse, raising his right hand high.
"We resist the tyranny of the gods!"
The village chief of Novice Village turned around and looked at the crowd of players.
"We sow the seeds of revolution!"
"Looking forward to the raging prairie fire burning everything that is filthy!"
"Come and witness our strength, tenacity, perseverance and faith!"
"Resistance forces, attack!"
The city gate is wide open, and the system prompts the sound of "Ding Dong" incessantly. More than a hundred template NPCs of various professions mobilize their war horses and step onto the path that the players have stepped out of. The fluttering cloaks are like pieces of green clouds rolled up.
!
…
At the same time, a large number of kobolds, lizardmen, jackals and goblins gathered in a valley, including some rare high-level monsters. A young green dragon poked its emerald green head out of the dragon's lair, like
Sensing something, a pair of amber, glass-like dragon eyes looked towards the sky.
