Jack Manor.
The living room on the first floor of the villa.
Chen Lun sat on the sofa and watched Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji leave.
Their faces were all filled with excited smiles, and they each held a pair of mechanical gloves in their hands, playing with them lovingly.
Not long after Chen Lun came back, he was visited by Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji who had been waiting for him for a long time.
After receiving and reading the letter, the two of them were filled with anticipation and even moved directly into the residential area of the manor to wait.
As for the movements of Centaur, Polaris and Su Keying, we learned from Flo Yin that they had completed two commissioned tasks and were out on the third task.
Chen Lun nodded with satisfaction.
This is really a group of hardworking players, very good.
"We have already made some initial contact with some ordinary public beta players. Next, we should also water these selected elites..."
Chen Lun thought.
'I will start the official journey to the wonderland as soon as possible, and let them explore the way for me, and find the extraordinary knowledge of all the next-level magicians!'
Immediately afterwards, Chen Lun took out a letter from the Blood Poetry Ring.
This was given to him by Connie when he just came back. It was said that a mysterious postman delivered it to his door and specifically asked Mr. Jack to open it himself.
After thinking about it, Chen Lun vaguely guessed the sender, but to be on the safe side, he took out a gold pound and performed a simple divination.
Gently toss the coin, and the sun pattern on the front is facing up, indicating that there is no problem with the letter.
Swish!
Chen Lun's nails were covered with a layer of shiny black exoskeleton, as sharp as a knife, and he could easily cut through the lacquer marks.
He immediately took out the letter and read it.
This was a private letter sent to him by the Amber City Shelter, and the writer was the current head, Mona.
And this letter seems to be influenced by some strange thing and has a unique confidentiality.
If anyone other than Chen Lun destroyed the lacquer seal or opened the envelope by other means, the letter inside would dissolve on its own.
The content of the letter stated that a large number of strange foreigners had recently appeared in Amber City, and they had significantly increased the crime rate, causing the entire city to fall into chaos.
Mona also implicitly stated in the letter that this group of foreigners possessed certain qualities that allowed them to perform miracles such as resurrection, making them unscrupulous, destructive and uncertain.
Her teacher told her that this was not an isolated case. Similar phenomena had occurred in other cities, and the undead strangers gradually spread throughout the Trisur Empire...
The top leaders of the empire, in conjunction with the seven major orthodox churches, investigated and studied this type of immortal strangers, and finally concluded that these were some kind of "visitors from the spiritual world" that had never been seen before.
And named them - the Undead.
"The arrival of the undead heralds the approach of unrest in the spirit world."
These are the original words of Mona's teacher, Rudolph, the judge of Fossil City.
The Sun King issued a decree that the Trisur Empire would strengthen the screening and management of the undead from top to bottom and carry out strict surveillance.
In view of their resurrection characteristics, the Empire will build a number of prisons specifically for imprisoning the undead - the Undead Prisons.
In addition, the "Imperial Parliament" and the "Parliament of the Six States" have drafted relevant bills. The "Sun Code" and the "Shelter Regulations" will also target the undead, adding more than one hundred related terms and laws. If the undead violate the regulations, they will be subject to more severe punishment.
In this regard, Mona hopes that the extraordinary organization "Circus" under Chen Lun can assist the shelter to restrain, deter and suppress the undead in Amber City.
"Official commission? That's good. Not only can I get the corresponding compensation, but I can also build closer relations and improve the goodwill of the Amber City Shelter, which will help the future development of the circus, and... "
Chen Lun slowly put the letter away and a smile appeared on his face.
"By using the official name, it is also convenient to discipline the players and establish the authority of the circus... It's time to let them know who has the final say in Amber City."
At this moment, a dog barked rapidly outside the door.
Accompanied by dense footsteps.
Chen Lun stood up and walked out.
He saw a Border Collie covered in blood, running towards this side in a hurry, followed by the two gatekeepers, chasing it.
Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji had not walked far when they were attracted by this scene and stopped.
Babu fell to Chen Lun's feet, sticking out his tongue and breathing heavily.
"Master, I failed in my duty and failed to stop this dog."
The two servants knelt on one knee.
"It's okay, go down."
Chen Lun waved his hand.
The two servants then stood up and returned to the gate.
Chen Lun squatted down and stroked Babu's head. A faint green light appeared, and the gunshot wound on its leg began to heal.
After taking a few breaths, Babu realized that his injuries had healed. He rubbed Chen Lun's hand affectionately with his head, and then began to whimper and bark softly.
Chen Lun listened silently.
After a while.
He pondered for a few seconds, and an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes.
"You're doing zero-dollar shopping in my territory...? You're just in time, I'll start with you!"
Chen Lun stood up and said to Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji who were watching not far away:
"You two, please come over here."
The two players were confused, and after looking at each other, they chose to move closer.
"I have something that I need help with. Are you interested?"
"Mr. Jack please speak!"
Goutou Jin's brows lit up with joy and he spoke immediately.
This task that comes to your door is usually a good thing.
Triggering D-level mission: Circus Hunt!
Mission Description: A stranger named "Rotten Persimmon" and his accomplices have seriously violated the "Sun Code" and the "Asylum Regulations". As a good collaborator of the shelter, the supernatural organization "Circus" has the responsibility and obligation to issue a hunt for them.
The target is mainly "Rotten Persimmon", and also includes those who temporarily form a team with him, as well as all members of the "Shadow Speaker" guild.
Mission Reward: For each kill of a pair of "rotten persimmons", you will get 100 experience points and 1 contribution point. The reward for killing other targets will be halved.
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Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji were shocked.
"—When did our power organization become an official collaborator?!"
"—Isn't this good? I want to know what that rotten persimmon did to cause such a big commotion?!"
"—Why don't you go ask first?"
They looked at each other in silence.
"—Why ask that? Just accept the mission first. Look how generous the reward is!"
"—That's true. There are contribution points... Killing that rotten persimmon kid is like making 10,000 yuan for nothing? Tsk tsk, kill him first until his resurrection cooldown, then ask about the situation offline."
"—Go, go, go! My mechanical gloves are thirsty!"
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Outer city area.
Inside a cheap rental house.
In the spacious living room, Lan Shi was sitting on the sofa with four or five of his companions. Opposite them were a dozen other players with Shadow Whisperers on their heads, either sitting or standing.
"Sister Jini, you're planning on defaulting on your debt, right?"
Lan Shi looked coldly at the bald strong man opposite him and said in a deep voice.
The bald strong man named "Jini Taimei" is the president of the guild. He chuckled.
"I'm not refusing to pay, Brother Rotten Persimmon. Our people were wiped out, and all the looted property was left on the street... You were the last to leave, so you should know this very well."
The bald man raised his eyebrows.
"Since the matter was not completed, where will the money come from? Maybe you picked up those things and don't plan to return them to us..."
"Bullshit!"
Rotten Persimmon stood up, veins bulging on his forehead and spitting out of his mouth.
"That dog was so strong, we were so busy running that we didn't have time to pick up anything...
And we also lost three people, which already used up all our resurrection times. Now we have to wait five days before we can go online... The public beta has just started, time is precious, you tell me how to compensate us!"
The girl sighed.
"Although you are a member of the God's Love Association, you can't bully others like this... You don't have money, but you have your life."
He touched his bald head and said indifferently.
Lanshi clenched his fists and was about to take out his rifle to shoot the guy.
Knock knock!
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Everyone stopped talking immediately, concentrated and held their breath, and the room and living room fell into silence.
"Who?"
Rotten Persimmon frowned and asked outside the door.
"It's me, Goutoujin, and Wangwangwuji is here too."
A familiar voice came from outside the door.
Rotten Persimmon breathed a sigh of relief.
He was also worried that the killing of the patrol guards would be exposed. If he was caught, it would be a big trouble.
"He's the beta test leader of our guild. It's okay."
Seeing that Kinitamei and her group were acting as if they were facing a formidable enemy, Ranshiki sneered and explained.
He ignored the ugly looks of the bald old man and other players, walked straight to the door and opened it.
"Two big brothers, you..."
Rotten Persimmon's smile froze.
He saw Goutoujin's apologetic face, Wangzi Wuji's sigh, and a fist-sized gun muzzle pressed against his nostrils.
This musket looked very familiar to him, it was the wrath.
"I'm sorry, Rotten Persimmon, I want to be a good person too..."
Peng!
Rotten Persimmon's vision was covered by a dazzling fire, followed by a sharp pain, and everything fell into darkness.
You are dead!
Everyone in the room was startled.
"Get your weapons ready! Get ready for battle!"
When Kini Taimei heard the gunshots and saw the rotten persimmon turn into a white light and disappear, she immediately reacted and shouted.
But before they could prepare, Wangwang Wuji took a step forward, opened his big hand, and sprayed a ball of fire into the room.
boom!
The flames ignited the sofa, walls and decorations, and engulfed the dozen people in the house.
"ah!"
“It’s so hot!
”
Amid screams and cries of pain, four or five players were burned into white light by the flames and died on the spot.
The girl dodged in time and rolled under the table, suffering only minor burns.
He shouted indignantly:
"You two from the God's Love Guild! What hatred do we have?! If it was something that happened before, there would be no need to go to this extent, right?!"
He looked at his companions who were also lying on the ground not far ahead and winked at them. He then issued an order on the Shadow Speaker guild channel, allowing the remaining people to take the opportunity to counterattack.
"Oh, maybe you misunderstood... I don't know what you are talking about, and I don't care."
Goutoujin chuckled.
"We are just carrying out the mission now, and you are just the target of the mission."
"You guys are too arrogant!"
The girl Jini shouted.
Next second.
The remaining seven or eight Shadow Speakers members suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Dog-Headed Gold and Forgotten Wuji.
Rest! Swish!
Phew!
Four black shadows flashed by, and the players who were in the front had their throats cut and their hearts ripped out. They fell to the ground and turned into white light.
The few remaining players were startled, stopped and stepped back.
They saw four men and women dressed as servants, standing aside with expressionless faces, each holding a blood-stained dagger in their hands.
"A circus servant?! A top-level professional killer!"
The girl widened her eyes.
"You two! What on earth are you going to do?!"
"What…?"
The gold nugget took a step forward.
He glanced at the four killers around him inconspicuously and sighed inwardly at how powerful they were.
These are the four high-level personal fighters. It’s so cool to complete the missions with them!
It’s just a pity that those few who were killed all had their experience points and contribution points, and they were just gone like that.
"Let me introduce myself. Although the person next to me and I are both members of the God's Love Guild, we also belong to the Amber City Extraordinary Organization 'Circus'..."
The dog-headed golden man lowered his eyes, raised his mechanical gloves, and gently moved his fingers.
"Commissioned by the official internment camp, we are specifically suppressing the 'Undead' who violated the 'Sun Code' and the 'Internment Regulations'... In short, we are specifically hunting down players like you who cause trouble!"
Hearing what Goutoujin said, Jini Taimei thought to herself that it was bad.
How come this group of people are clinging to the "official" supporters? Isn't this bullying
"Brother, don't kill us. Leveling up is not easy... Or you can just capture us and lock us up for two days."
The girl chuckled.
Goutoujin shook his head.
Amid the ugly expressions of Jini Taimei and the remaining players, he raised his hand.
"There will be no reward if you catch them..."
"Fight them!"
The girl shouted angrily.
boom!
Flames spewed out, submerging the bald man's figure.
Forgotten Wuji next to him also joined in, breathing fire at the rest of the people, fearing that if they were a step slower, they would be eaten by the gold nugget.
call!
The room had been set on fire, and all the players inside had been wiped out.
Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji didn't care about the fire at all. The burning of the building had nothing to do with them. They could just put the blame on Lanshi and the others when the time comes.
The two of them showed joy on their faces as they looked at the mission rewards they received, and they wished they could pull those guys over and kill them a few more times.
"Let's go! Let's go to the water beach! Rotten Persimmon and other members of the guild have joined a small gang, and their resurrection point is there!"
"Where are the Shadowtalkers?"
Forgotten Wuji asked.
"We don't know their resurrection point, so let's ignore them for now... According to Jack, we can issue a wanted order in the name of the circus, and it will still have official effect. These people have nowhere to hide in Amber City, and there's no way we can play with them."
After saying this, Goutoujin turned and left.
This is the purpose of Chen Lun's issuing the task, to encourage the two of them to use killing as the first method. In this way, the people of Rotten Persimmon and Shadow Speaker Guild will drop in level due to constant death.
When they finally dropped back to level one, they were no longer worth killing, so Chen Lun would arrange for his men, or issue a mission, to capture them all and send them to a detention center for imprisonment.
At that time, deleting their account and starting over will be their only way out.
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President Shi Ren was browsing the game forum with a grim look on his face.
"Nughead Gold, Forgotten Wuji, why did the two of you attack Rotten Persimmon? Family members are fighting against family members, and now we have become the laughing stock of other guilds!"
"This is a mission from the Circus. Even if we don't accept it, there are others who will do it... Then it will be a good opportunity for outsiders."
Dog-headed Gold sat next to the president, drinking his own drink.
Wang Wang Wuji thought about it and added:
"This can't be blamed on us. It was that kid Rotten Persimmon who caused the trouble himself. His resurrection is now on cooldown, and we didn't guard his body.
But the Circus has already sent out professional killers to cooperate with the Iron Fist Gang in Xiashuitan to wait for their resurrection point..."
The world looked at these two capable men and finally sighed.
"Well, in this case, his account is useless... along with the eight guild members who were in the same team with him."
The world shook its head.
"But we can't just let it go like this... If our guild doesn't do something, we'll be laughed to death by other players!"
He pulled out a cigarette, lit it and took a puff.
Think for a while.
"Negative gold, forgotten Wuji..."
The voices of the world can be heard from the smoke.
"No matter what, we have to show our ability... I will send people to Amber City, and even hire other players to try to pull Rotten Persimmon and the others out of that mud pit.
You two also need to help. Don't worry, I will fully support you when the time comes. Exchange extraordinary knowledge at the 'Circus'..."
Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji looked at each other and revealed their joy.
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Today, the cooling down of Rotten Persimmon's resurrection has been completed.
But he didn't dare to go online at all, because his teammate who went online before him was shot dead by the Iron Fist Gang thugs who were waiting at the resurrection point.
Goutoujin sent him a private message, asking him to be patient and wait. The president had already used money to clear the way and called for people to rescue them.
Rotten Persimmon was angry, but he didn't dare to vent it on this big brother.
In the end, I could only reply depressedly, "Thank you, brother."
In addition to the twenty or so players hired by President Shi Ren, Gan Ziwen and Mi Zhi Han Bao also received employment invitations.
After all, they were two players who had been promoted to Transcendents during the internal test and were very famous. After a little inquiry, they learned that they happened to be in Amber City, so the God's Love Guild spent a lot of money to hire them.
But the president of the world has a request, we must broadcast live!
Only in this way can others see that their God's Love Guild is also affectionate and righteous, and will not easily give up any member.
Since they had received the money, Mizhihanbao and Gan Ziwen readily agreed.
The names of their live broadcast rooms are the same—
"The first battle of the supernatural being in the internal beta test - the commission of the God's Love Guild: Operation to save the rotten persimmon!"
The title was very intimidating, and the number of people in the live broadcast room soared to more than two million, and it was still increasing because of the hype of God's love.
As the anchor, Su Keying quickly discovered this "emerging" live broadcast room and was very surprised.
Through the communication with Honey Dumb in the game, she roughly understood the whole story, and then told the news to her teammates Centaur and Polaris.
They had just completed the commissioned mission and were heading back home to Amber City.
"Hurry up, maybe you can see a big show when you go back!"
Su Keying gossiped.
Polaris and the Centaur were sitting on opposite sides of the carriage, silently opening the game forum and entering the live broadcast room.
The number of people in the live broadcast room is still increasing, and the game forum is constantly refreshing text posts to follow up on this matter.
The Heroic Spirit Pavilion, Lost Name, Chuxi, and some other guilds were keeping an eye on this matter. Even the Shadow Speaker Guild's sister Jini and her brothers were hiding in the basement of a tavern in the outer city, secretly watching the live broadcast.
"What is this...?"
The bald man said depressedly.
"But it would be great if someone could come and rescue us!"
Gan Ziwen and his team leader, Mi Juicy Stupid Bag, brought more than 20 "merced players" to the waterside area of the outer city.
What they need to do next is to expel or kill the Iron Fist Gang members guarding the corpse and the circus killer, so that Rotten Persimmon and his group can successfully go online and escape from here.
"You are not allowed to pass through here!"
A man in a leather coat and tight pants called out to the younger brother.
Several other gang members, holding updated loudspeaker guns in their hands, were guarding under an abandoned building, staring at Gan Ziwen and his group.
"—This is the resurrection point of Ranshiki and others."
"—Do it!"
Peng!
Gan Ziwen was the first to pull the trigger.