"Congratulations player Blazing Sun for reaching Level 10. You have now entered the regular world map, Juping County, Yan State, Taishan County, Juping County. Historical time is Eastern Han Guang He Year 3 (Year 180), January! We wish you a happy game! "
Yang Rui was still immersed in the joy of leaving the Beginner's Village. However, he frowned when he heard the system notification. Juping County, Taishan County? It was a little far from where he planned to develop!
In his previous life, Yang Rui had been staying in Yongzhou ever since he entered the game. Hence, he was more familiar with Yongzhou! Moreover, Yang Rui had also studied at X 'a City in the real world. Hence, he had some feelings for it. X' a City was part of Yongzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the game "War of the Worlds", everyone's spawn point after leaving the Beginner's Village was random. Hence, it was possible for them to appear in any county. Of course, they could also choose not to register at their spawn point. However, the teleportation fee in the game was ridiculously expensive. The starting price was one gold coin. The further the distance, the more expensive it would be! If they wanted to teleport from Taishan County to Yongzhou, they would have to spend about ten gold coins!
Forget about ten gold coins. Yang Rui only had about one to two hundred coppers on hand. In the game, one gold coin = 100 silver coins = 100 coppers. Hence, Yang Rui's assets were only slightly more than one silver coin! He would not be able to fulfill his wish to teleport in a short period of time!
Running there by foot? That was even more unrealistic. "War of the Worlds" map was a hundred times larger than the real world map. God knows how long it would take to walk from Juping County, Yan State, Taishan County, to Yongzhou!
In Yang Rui's mind, Yan State, Taishan County, Yan State, had a worse development environment than Yongzhou. Yan State and Qing State were the most affected areas during the early stages of the game. Hence, there would definitely be some disruption in development!
However, it looked like he could only register at Taishan County! He could only consider whether he should migrate or not in the future! Yang Rui put these thoughts aside for now. He walked past the crowd of NPCs on the street and arrived at the registration counter outside the county office. He then hurriedly completed the registration procedures.
None of the players had gone through the citizenship process yet, so the entire process was very smooth and didn't take much time.
Next, Yang Rui used 20 coppers to buy ten steamed buns and 30 coppers to buy a pot of wine. Then, he spent some time strolling within 10 li of the county town's four city gates. It wasn't that Yang Rui had the leisure to stroll around the streets, but he was looking for a crucial mission NPC, a beggar, related to the village creation mission!
This was an important part of Yang Rui's plan before entering the game. Under normal circumstances, the Village Creation Token could only be dropped by Lord-class bosses above level 20. Moreover, the drop rate was very low. Just defeating a boss was quite difficult. Players needed to reach a certain level, exterminate bandits, pirates, and other such camps, and kill a boss to obtain it.
Of course, defeating a boss wasn't the only way to obtain a Village Creation Token. Yang Rui remembered a discussion on the forums in his previous life. On the second day of the server, Russian players had already established a territory. He believed that it definitely wasn't obtained by defeating a level 20 boss. Just like the mission Yang Rui was looking for, it was also discovered by China players not long after the server opened.
However, this type of mission couldn't be popularized, otherwise wouldn't the Village Creation Token be overflowing? See, Yang Rui had already searched the entire area where the beggar NPC appeared, but still couldn't find any clues.
Yang Rui knew that the beggar NPC wouldn't spawn in every county, and at the same time, only a few counties would spawn. Moreover, the beggar NPC wouldn't have a fixed location. After all, it was a living person, so it had to move around.
In the end, after searching the entire North Gate and still not finding it, Yang Rui thought that he had bad luck. Just as he was about to go to the neighboring county to try his luck, he suddenly found a figure squatting in the bushes under a tree on the other side of the moat.
This figure made Yang Rui happy. Although it was quite far away, from the appearance, he could tell that it was the beggar NPC he was looking for. It seemed that this guy was fishing. Quite leisurely.
When Yang Rui went around the moat and came to a place not far away, he had already confirmed the beggar NPC's identity. Therefore, Yang Rui wasn't in a hurry. He simply stood to the side and waited for the old beggar to speak first.
Fishing scenes usually couldn't be disturbed. If he directly went up to talk to the beggar, it might interfere with the NPC's progress, and it might even have the opposite effect. The NPC's intelligence in the game was very high. If there was any misunderstanding, wouldn't the mission be ruined?
"Why doesn't the fish take the bait today? Sigh! I ran out of earthworms again! "
The old beggar didn't let Yang Rui wait for long. Not long after, he stood up and looked in Yang Rui's direction.
Yang Rui quickly followed and started to talk to the old beggar. He also took out ten steamed buns that he had prepared beforehand and handed them over.
"Sir, these are a few steamed buns. Take them to satisfy your hunger."
"Aiyo, thank you so much, young hero! Thank you so much … "
The old beggar hurriedly took the steamed buns and swallowed them in big mouthfuls, muttering as he ate.
"Young hero, you are really a kind person! A kind person! In this current year, everyone doesn't have much money on hand. You have really spent a lot of money! You have spent a lot of money! "
"Sir, eat slowly, eat slowly. Here is a pot of turbid wine. I hope you don't mind. It'll be good for your mouth. I'll get you some earthworms to use as bait first! "Yang Rui took out the prepared wine and then turned to catch earthworms.
In fact, even if Yang Rui didn't take out the wine, the old beggar would have hinted that he wanted to drink it. The result would be the same. It just depended on whether the player could discover this message. If they did, they could continue the mission. If they didn't, the mission would be considered a failure. Yang Rui simply took out the wine to save time.
As for the earthworms as bait, Yang Rui guessed that it was most likely a clue for the player to chat with the old beggar.
The old beggar's turbid eyes suddenly lit up. He even forgot to eat the steamed buns! After a moment of hesitation, he reached out and grabbed the wine in Yang Rui's hand and took a big gulp.
"Wine?! Gulp … It's really wine! "
After drinking three or four mouthfuls, the old beggar stared blankly at Yang Rui who was far away. He looked at the wine in his hand and shook his head before continuing to drink.
By the time Yang Rui came back with the earthworms, the old beggar was already a little drunk.
"I've been ridiculed by the young hero. This old man has always loved wine. I've been ridiculed … But the young hero is really a kind person! A very kind person! I'll give this set of fishing gear to the young hero as a token of my gratitude! "
Yang Rui immediately rejected the old beggar's fishing gear. Not to mention whether this set of broken fishing gear could catch fish, it wouldn't be good if it delayed the Village Creation Token mission!
"Sir, you don't have to be so polite! With the current situation, it's not your fault that you're homeless. Is there anything else I can do for you? "Yang Rui continued to remind him.
In fact, Yang Rui was very clear that the old beggar was going to ask him for the sheepskin clothes. However, it would probably take a long time, and the message was also unclear. It was better for him to remind the old beggar and quickly end this meat show!
Hearing Yang Rui's question, the old beggar was first stunned, then became shy. After a moment of hesitation, he opened his mouth and said, "Then I'll have to trouble the young hero. The weather hasn't warmed up yet, and this old man can't resist the cold. Would the young hero be able to provide some clothes? In my opinion, the clothes made from the skin of the sheep on the Southern Mountain Slope would be very warm … "
As expected. Yang Rui didn't stay for long. After agreeing to the old beggar's request and setting a meeting place at the Northern Gate, he went to the Southern Mountain several miles away. After spending some time, he successfully killed a group of sheep and collected a complete sheepskin.
The process of killing monsters and collecting the sheepskin was relatively smooth. He only met a few mountain wolves. Now that Yang Rui was Level 10, it wasn't difficult to take them down. However, the Taishan County's Taishan Mountain Range was winding, and there were many small hills and mounds. Most of the time was spent on finding the path.
The next step was to customize the clothes. Yang Rui was a little worried. This step had to be completed at a tailor's shop, and it would cost a certain amount of money! Yang Rui didn't know how much it would cost. However, after spending 50 coppers to trigger the quest, he only had a little more than 100 coppers on him!
Fortunately, he was relatively lucky. The custom-made sheepskin clothes cost exactly 100 coppers! At the same time, Yang Rui sighed. He only had a few coppers on him. He didn't expect that in order to satisfy the old beggar's needs, he would become a little beggar! He had to quickly think of a way to earn money!
Yang Rui thought about the ways to earn money in the game as he handed the custom-made sheepskin clothes to the old beggar.
"The young hero is extremely benevolent! This old man has nothing to repay you with. Please accept this old man's bow! "The old beggar trembled as he received the sheepskin clothes. He was so moved that he was about to cry!
"Old man, don't be like this!" Yang Rui supported the old beggar and helped him to a stone bench by the moat. He helped the old beggar put on the sheepskin clothes and stopped talking, waiting for the next part of the scene.
Sure enough, after the old beggar put on the sheepskin clothes, he seemed to have changed into a different person. His back straightened, and his temperament changed! In an instant, he became eloquent. He recounted his past and thanked Yang Rui from the bottom of his heart for what he had done for him.
When talking about the past, of course, he would nag for a while. The old beggar talked about how he used to be a village chief. However, due to years of famine, bandits harassed him, and the natural plague, his village fell apart. He and his daughter depended on each other for survival and wandered outside, and so on!
These were all things Yang Rui was familiar with. The last sentence was what Yang Rui had been waiting for!
"Oh? May I know where your daughter is? "Yang Rui asked at the right time.
The old beggar was sad for a while and sighed. Finally, he said that his daughter was killed by a fierce tiger when she went up the mountain alone to pick herbs.
Yang Rui appropriately accepted the task of killing the fierce tiger. He knew that this was the last part of the Village Creation Token quest! So, after settling the old man aside for the time being, Yang Rui hurriedly went to find trouble with the tiger.
The difficulty of the Village Creation Token quests was not too high. The key was that they were difficult to receive. Moreover, before the specific steps were announced, it was difficult to meet the conditions to trigger the quests. The condition to trigger the beggar's quest was to give out enough food! After triggering the quest, he had to intercept the next step from the NPC's mouth, analyze and judge, and then use it!
This series of quests also represented the overall characteristics of the quests in "War of the Worlds." Triggering conditions, obtaining information, analyzing and using it … The intelligence of the NPCs in the game was similar to that of real people. They were very humane, so the quests were not as rigid as other games.
The difficulty of the last part of the quest was not small. He had to kill a Level 15 monster! Fortunately, he did not need to find the specific tiger that killed people, nor did he need to kill the Tiger King Boss. He only needed to bring back 10 tiger pelts.
Behind the mountain was a Level 15 monster called the "Mount Tai Dwarf Tiger." Its individual strength was very strong, but it was still within the range that Yang Rui could handle. The most troublesome thing was that there were not only tigers in this area. Groups of Level 12 wolves were Yang Rui's biggest problem!
Yang Rui was only Level 10, and his equipment was also very poor. After encountering the Mount Tai Dwarf Tiger, he could only slowly clear the monsters, and finally rest to fight the tiger alone with full health! As for encountering a group of more than 5 Level 12 wolves, Yang Rui could only take a detour!
In this way, Yang Rui spent almost three hours to collect 10 tiger pelts. It really took a lot of effort! Moreover, after killing so many monsters, the experience gained did not increase the experience bar by much! This showed the difficulty of leveling up after Level 10.
When Yang Rui handed the tiger pelts to the old beggar NPC, it had already been more than 10 hours since the server went online. In the early days of the game's server, the in-game time and the real time were 1: 1. Yang Rui had been busy for almost the entire night!
"Quest completed! You have received the gratitude of the old village chief. The old village chief wishes to give you the Village Creation Token. Do you accept? "
Although he was tired, when he saw the Village Creation Token in the old beggar's hand, Yang Rui could not help but feel refreshed and immediately chose to accept!
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