Chapter 403 402 Prepare a batch of monsters in advance as 'reserve food'
Chapter 403 402. It is indeed a good habit to prepare a batch of monsters in advance as "reserve food" - [Additional update 910]
Today's forum is as lively as ever.
Although there have been rumors among small players that a more convenient third-party platform for the public is already being produced, the most important channel left for players to exchange information is still the "Real World" forum.
As more and more people join it, the forum that originally had only a few functional areas now has different sections.
There is the "Transia Daily Morning News" dedicated to discussing game content and releasing official updates, the "Sunset Tavern" used to discuss plot trends and game details, and the "Strandstorm Senate", the base camp of the RP party, which is dedicated to
The "Propaganda Department of the Stonemasons Brotherhood" is left to craftsmen and manufacturing players, and the "MI8" exchanges various military information and monster intelligence.
More than 2,000 players and greedy parties surf the forum intensively every day, resulting in a huge amount of "spam" generated in this forum every day.
If Murphy needs manual management, then the vampire lord basically has nothing to do now.
Fortunately, Murphy has an assistant, and Xiaocui has fallen in love with the feeling of "surfing the Internet". The best thing is that in "reality", Grand Duke Blood Vulture is also a century-old homebody, which gives her a lot of things every day.
I spent a lot of time wandering around the forums.
However, a piece of heavy news broke out in today's forum in the afternoon. The source was a breaking information post posted by a player in the "MI8" section:
[High-level elite monsters appeared in the Smuggler's Grove! Our fleet suffered heavy losses! Brothers, come to support! 】
The guy who posted the post is called "Mountain Demon Bo Gang". He has his own small guild "Demon Eight Heroes Collection". He is not well-known among the player community but is very active.
These eight brothers don't know what they do in reality. They spend a lot of time surfing forums every day, but their actual time to play games is very little and very irregular.
This post quickly gained attention because my assistant Xiaocui marked it as a highlight post.
Half-Zai Happy Stick: [@山之魔波 Gang, I read the post. You just said that a group of abnormally large jackals attacked the smuggler's woodland, but you didn't say the cause and effect. This game will not have that kind of inexplicable effect.
When playing 'Mars Soldiers', all random events have causes and consequences.
So I have to ask, what was the reason for this attack? Do you know?]
Moon Demon Curse Blue: [Shit, Brother Bang, we are players and not detectives. Who knows why those crazy jackals attacked us. But the new players who are doing tasks in the Smuggler's Wood are already being killed like pigs.
, they ride on ferocious wargs and rush around, killing everyone they see.
It was too late for us to escape.
The result of the investigation of the Calculation Orb is "invincible". Come on! We can't stand it any longer. If this continues, these crazy gnolls will attack the Blood Claw camp.
Doesn’t it mean that NPCs in this game will not be resurrected if they are killed?
If Chief Hogg is killed, wouldn't the Blood Claw Clan be doomed? This is a force that we players have personally supported. Zhuo! They have broken through the sentry! The Blood Claw Clan's barbarian soldiers cannot stop them at all. They are about to collapse! Come on, come on!
!]
Ashina female swordsman: [@月之魔魔蓝, the Silver Moon Pride Group is approaching the Smuggler’s Woodland, please report quickly!]
Frostclaw Fang: [The outpost of the Blood Rat Gang has received a request for help. The NPCs and I are heading there through the portal, you guys, hold on tight. 】
Border Town Prodigal: [The professional special agent team of the Shadow Intelligence Agency is rushing to the battlefield. Brothers, hold on, a random event has been triggered on Mrs. Adele's side, and our NPC support is expected to arrive soon. ]
Meow Meow King: [We are too far away so we won’t join in the fun, but @bordertown prodigal, when did prodigal brother join this unusual-sounding organization? 】
Border Town Prodigal Son: [Hey, our brothers are not only official agents of the Shadow Intelligence Bureau now, but they are also following Sister E’s warrior mission process.
However, this organization currently does not accept ordinary players. If you want to join us, you must first go through a 7-link task chain. I have posted the specific information before.
Brothers who are not confident in their concealment and tracking skills should not try it.
All I can say is that the difficulty is quite high.]
Lorewalker Xiao Zhou: [Holy shit! E-girl is also recruiting warriors? Wow, it’s a shame to lose five million. I like E-girl the most, I even customized her pillow]
Mr. Ziweida: [The Intelligence Bureau is also currently recruiting logistics personnel. The recruitment conditions for this position are quite relaxed. If you are interested, you can come.
In addition to Sister E, Ms. Dorothy and Ms. Dana have also started recruiting warriors. Their quest line is simpler than that of Sister E, and there are enough places. If you are interested in joining a brother with the title of "Warrior"
Don’t miss it.】
Bo Gang, the Demon of the Mountain: [Damn it, brothers, stop talking! I just managed to kill one of them with a wave of human bombs. I figured out the identities of these jackals!
They are elite barbarians from the Bonegnawing Clan. According to the information given by the Calculation Orb, these guys come from a place called 'Plague Town' in the Filthy Swamp.
Why do I feel like this random event is a plot guide planted by the development team?
Are you heading into the filthy swamp?】
Lumina Yanghen: [Brothers! Look what we hit! Item link.]
Precipitated Niu Niu is not afraid of difficulties: [?The reins of the Vanguard Warg? Blanched, this is the first time I have seen a mount of exquisite workmanship. Are you sure you lost it by killing a monster? 】
Deadly Orchid Flower: [The drop rate of this thing is quite low. We just helped Hogg's guards repel a group of barbarians and only one dropped. This was because Ashina was flying fast and used the net when the wargs were escaping.
It was seized after living at one end.
Brothers who haven’t passed the Black Iron Trial, don’t try it!
That wolf's attack power is super strong. If you are unlucky, he can kill you all in one bite.】
The leading pigeon: [Blank! Lose your mount? Why didn’t you tell me earlier! All members of the @ scarlet beast group, let’s go, let’s go! Charge. 】
Ashina Female Swordsman: [Good news! The Blood Claw clan has opened the exchange of small pets. Hogg didn’t know where he got a batch of strange dead thief hands. It is said that this thing can help thieves steal things.
Don’t you guys from the Blood Rat Gang make a move?】
Show off without using your hands: [Xiao Weiming sent a screenshot, we are already on the way.]
Seeing that the random events happening in the Smuggler's Woodland had completely aroused the enthusiasm of the players, Murphy, who was hiding in the post and peeking at the screen, narrowed his eyes.
He began to think about the logic behind this sudden incident.
The vampire's conspiracy instinct told Murphy that this matter was never as simple as it seemed.
"This may have been driven by Hogg himself."
Murphy thought:
"But Hogg will not be so stupid as to provoke a confrontation between the players and the gnolls of Plague Town so recklessly without my order, and the people who appeared in the Smuggler's Grove this time were all the vanguard barbarians of the Bonegnawing Clan.
The fact that there are no gnoll warlocks from the Plague Clan also illustrates this point.
Why would Hogg do this?"
He couldn't get an answer.
It wasn't until a few minutes later, when Murphy's eyes scanned the topographic map of Transia on the wall, that he had a vague idea.
The area of the Smuggler's Woodland marked on the map only occupies one-tenth of the total area of Transia. Even if there are harassment by the Skeleton Army in such a large place, there will not be many of them, not to mention that Hogg has taken the Jackal from Plague Suppression.
The man's hand has been replaced with a command scepter that can control the undead, and the last batch of young players who entered the game have been moving around there.
It’s been almost half a month!
With the enthusiasm of the players to clear the mission, I am afraid that all the wandering skeletons in the Smuggler's Wood will be wiped out by those guys. In other words, the "novice leveling area" that Hogg is responsible for has no more monsters to clear.
Thinking of this, Murphy was very sure. He immediately used the orb to contact Miriam and asked her about the main activity areas of the little players in the past week.
The answer given by the Archon is that currently 60% of the players have brushed up the reputation of the mountain people tribe in the Xiko Territory and participated in the search for refugees, while the number of players near the Smuggler's Woodland has dropped by 20% in one week.
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This data perfectly matched Murphy's guess, and also allowed him to confirm that Hog's bitch deliberately provoked friction between the two parties in order to draw the players' attention back to the Smuggler's Wood.
From this perspective, the origin of the "warg" that Ashina had just captured is very suspicious.
Considering the special relationship between the Silver Moon Pride and the Blood Claw clan, maybe the "special drops" are the girls "playing a double act" with the gnolls.
"Have my cute little players finally become a 'special resource' that can be fought for?"
Murphy was angry and relieved when he figured out the reason.
Fortunately, Hogg's attention and attraction to the players means that in addition to him, Tris and Maxim, there are finally other leader NPCs who have discovered the value of the young players.
What makes me angry is that this bitch Hogg is pretty good at playing.
Isn't this what you mean by "false propaganda"?
Young players went to the swamp to spawn monsters in order to get the Warg Reins, but they never dropped anything. If they blame the development team, do they have to bear the consequences themselves?
"Ding"
Just as Murphy was thinking, the vibration from the core orb represented a private communication request.
He lowered his head and saw that it was the communication request sent by Hogg. When Murphy connected the communication, he heard Hogg tell him the ins and outs of the incident quite honestly and proactively.
Hogg asked Murphy for forgiveness. He said that he realized that he had not reported it to the superiors after doing this, but the emergency situation at that time did not allow him to think more.
"No matter how nice you say it, it can't change the fact that you launched a solo operation, Hogg."
Murphy said coldly:
"Because of your actions, I had to disclose the information about the Filthy Swamp to my warriors, and in my plan, they should now continue to contribute to the construction of Transia. You did something wrong, so
Must be punished!
Since you used the warg vehicle to lure my warriors to Smuggler's Grove and from there deep into the swamp, I must ensure that their rights are not compromised.
You must deliver what you promise!
After this conflict is over, at least twenty vanguard wargs will be given back to my warriors as rewards. If you can't do it, then they will take the initiative to 'beg' from you!"
When Hogg heard this, his heart suddenly trembled.
Good guy!
Where can I find the twenty pioneer wargs?
Wouldn't this cost you your life?
But soon Hogg rolled his eyes.
It suddenly remembered that there was a stable in the vanguard barbarian camp of Plague Town, in which were tamed worg cubs for use by the barbarians.
But the warriors can't enter Plague Town yet, so if they want to get those warg cubs, they have to go out on their own. Lame Claw needs test subjects to be vampire barbarians, and the gnoll warlocks don't trust these bone-gnawing barbarians.
!
A vicious plan soon took shape in Hogg's mind.
It knew that this was very risky, and that if it failed, its life would have to be handed over to Plague Town. However, Murphy was not bargaining with it anymore, and it could not let its image in Master Murphy's heart become bad.
It's very clear.
Master Murphy can 'make' one 'Hogg', and he can make a second one. He is not the only one, he is replaceable.
"I will do it! Lord Murphy, I will make compensation to your warriors."
Chief Bloodclaw gritted his teeth and said with the mood of a beast:
"Please wait for my good news."
"Um."
Murphy responded coldly and then hung up the communication.
He walked to the map hanging on the wall and carefully looked at the current situation in various areas of Transia. After a moment of thinking, Murphy made a decision.
Now that the conflict between the two parties has already occurred, there is no point in hiding it anymore.
It's time for your warriors to truly enter the Filth Swamp and begin to investigate and attack the Plague Clan. This undead town is a nail that must be pulled out. It makes no difference whether it's earlier or later.
The construction of the Maginot Line is about to begin. Unless the gnolls in the swamp are defeated, the construction of that defense line will definitely be interrupted frequently.
Therefore, let the warriors who have rested for almost twenty-five days set foot on the battlefield again, and leave the task of searching for the refugees to the novices who have not yet passed the Black Iron Trial.
And in view of the fact that the "novice leveling area" of Smuggler's Grove has disappeared, Murphy also decided to make some changes.
He picked up the core orb and sent a message to the Blood Rat Gang:
"Dorothy, ask your subordinates to gather in the sewers to investigate the undead cave in the sewers that has been sealed for a month. I am going to open it in two days. These vicious undead hiding under the city are a problem, and we will move forward with the next plan.
Before, these unstable factors must be resolved!"
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Ms. Dorothy, the head of the Blood Rat Gang, was completely confused when she received the message from Governor Murphy. She immediately responded:
"I can understand your handling of danger, but Lord Governor! There are nearly 10,000 dangerous ghouls in the underground caves. The Wolfsbane Clan's raid also threw 500 barbarians among them. They may have become those ghouls.
A member of the wights.
Such a huge scale means that we cannot attack them with great fanfare. The terrain there is so bad that large forces cannot deploy at all."
"Release them to the second floor."
Murphy whispered methodically:
"It's time to recreate the 'Ghoul Night' event, and there are only tens of thousands of ghouls. For my warriors, whether the temporary 'leveling area' can last for a week is a question.
I never thought that one day, the huge Transia would bother me because there weren’t enough monsters.”
"Sir! Did you forget a place?"
Dorothy said in a strange tone:
"There are so many monsters in Transia, there are two to three hundred thousand undead sleeping in the ruins of Xiko City alone.
Mrs. Adele took us on an adventurous reconnaissance there before. We found that although the intensity of the undead inside the city is extremely high, the intensity of the huge number of skeletons, ghouls, ghosts and zombies outside the ruins is not actually as strong as
A level that warriors cannot resist.
My advice is, if you're worried that your warriors won't have a place to hone their skills, you're definitely overthinking it.
As long as they are willing to fight, the land of Transia will never lack enemies for them to practice."
"Well, Xiko City is indeed a good leveling area."
Murphy rubbed his chin and said:
"It's like a delicious pastry waiting to be tasted. It should be able to withstand the constant attacks of greedy adventurers for a few months, right? By then the black disaster will break out, and the entire continent will be full of hostile creatures for a long time. I
I don’t have to worry about where my warriors will go for adventure.
It seems that their killing efficiency is too high which is not a good thing.
In short, you need to complete preparations for the re-enactment of the 'Ghoul Night' event as soon as possible.
If possible, direct and perform a play to pass this crisis onto the Plague Clan in the Filthy Swamp, so that the warriors who have newly arrived in Transia will realize that the threat from the Gnoll Warlocks is right next to us.
I need to make them aware of the seriousness of this matter in order to prepare for the big move into the filthy swamp.
Can I trust you to do this? Dorothy."
"It's a piece of cake! Just watch me perform."
Dorothy laughed and said:
"I haven't moved my body for a long time. After I finish the work here, I will go to the filthy swamp to risk my life. I hope your warriors are as omnipotent as you expect of them, otherwise my little
I guess my life will be sealed in the swamp."
"They are omnipotent, Dorothy, and they have created one miracle after another."
Murphy said firmly:
"Nothing can stop them, just like nothing can stop us who follow them. Go ahead and do things boldly. Their existence is our biggest trump card!"