Peacock City Jack Winery.
Back garden.
The weather today is sunny and the temperature is slightly warmer than in the past. There is a hint of warmth in the coolness. The sunshine in the garden makes the whole scene look transparent and bright.
There was a makeshift awning in the middle of the garden, and Noah was sitting under it painting.
Behind Noah, Alex watched with his hands folded on his elbows, marveling at the performance.
Even Antonio was attracted by the sight and did not play with Bip Ding Ding. It was chewing grass in its mouth, and the big white cat was holding Ding Ding in its mouth, standing on Antonio's back. The cow, the cat, and the hedgehog were all staring at the paintbrush behind Noah, and after it was stained with paint, it moved to the canvas to paint.
"Noah, you are exaggerating... Lying is not good."
Antonio spoke in human language and gave serious advice.
"Um?"
Noah stopped painting and turned to look at the cow in confusion.
"Anton, why do you say that?"
The cow shook its head, raised one of its front legs and pointed at the genitals of the handsome man on the canvas.
"How can a human being be stronger than a cow? This doesn't make sense."
Alex patted the cow and said with emotion:
"You are just a cow, you don't understand human art..."
"Maybe I don't understand, but I know that this is deceiving people... Just like you, Alex, who always lied to me about how great you are, but in fact you are just a loser."
The cow said in a muffled voice and lowered its head to take a bite of the grass.
"Damn it! Where did you learn that vulgar word?! I'm not Luther, I say it again!"
Alex broke down on the spot and beat the cow's body in frustration, but the latter did not move at all.
After Alex fell to the ground exhausted and panting, Noah whispered to his two companions:
"I'm not exaggerating! Mr. Jack's body is so perfect! He is the man with the most golden ratio I have ever seen!"
"I have great respect for Mr. Jack, but I don't believe it."
Antonio said this, standing up like a human, with his penis clearly visible to the two of them, as if he wanted to prove something.
"Look, this is impossible."
"Antonio! Get down now! Stop showing your damn thing!"
Alex screamed.
Noah also hurried to comfort the cow, and after much persuasion, Antonio finally lay down again in a depressed mood.
"Anton, don't show your body to others, especially ladies... This is very rude!"
"knew… "
Antonio was still grumbling.
It controlled its muscles and slowly retracted the sensitive part into its body.
"Is this okay? This is a way for male cows to show their charm. You humans don't understand the art of cows."
Noah and Alex looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
At this time.
Flo Yin came over with snacks and tea. Seeing this, Noah quickly put away Mr. Jack's art painting and replaced it with a half-finished landscape painting.
"Well, thank you, Miss Floin."
Noah stood up respectfully, took the tray, and said to the blind girl in the black dress.
"You're welcome."
Flo Yin smiled slightly.
The cow suddenly turned around and said to her as if telling her something:
"Noah just drew Mr. Jack's naked body and exaggerated the size on purpose."
“?!”
Noah's smile froze immediately.
"Noah?"
Flo Yin stopped as she was about to leave, turned slowly, and "stared" at him expressionlessly.
"Ms. Floin, I didn't... If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Alex."
Noah turned around in panic and pointed to his side.
But he suddenly discovered that Alex had disappeared, and the cow, along with the big white cat and the little hedgehog, had run to the lawn not far away to roll and play.
"… "
Noah had no choice but to hand over the hidden paintings.
After taking it with a stern face, Flo Yin said in an unhappy tone:
"Don't do this again!"
"Understood, Miss Floin."
Noah replied dejectedly.
But he was thinking in his heart that he should paint secretly in his room next time, because Antonio and Mr. Alex were too unreliable.
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Chen Lun was in the living room, inspecting the "new products" brought by Maggie and Connie.
The two ladies sat on the sofa at the other end of the coffee table, chatting and drinking tea, but they focused most of their attention on Mr. Jack's expression, anticipating how he would react.
At this moment, Chen Lun suddenly looked up and saw Fuluoyin holding a painting in her arms and going upstairs angrily.
"What happened to Miss Floin?"
Connie noticed Mr. Jack's gaze, followed his line of sight, and asked in surprise.
Maggie turned around and chuckled.
"It must be that Noah drew the nude picture of the leader again, and was caught by Flo Yin."
Connie remembered something, her cheeks flushed, and she stammered in silence.
Chen Lun was speechless for a moment and coughed twice.
"Maggie, the effects of this optimized version of 'Spirit Tranquility Potion' and 'Thirst Potion' are very good, and are several times more effective than the first version... What are their costs and production volumes?"
He immediately changed the subject and drew the two ladies' attention back.
When it comes to the potion she prepared, Maggie immediately became interested and excitedly introduced to the team leader the ups and downs of the potion's development process and her many wonderful ideas, until Chen Lun interrupted her and asked her to get to the point.
"Oh... The cost is not that high. It only requires three or four more extraordinary materials than the previous formula. It takes about 60 gold pounds to make a 'Spiritual Companion Shuangshuang', and 45 gold pounds to make a 'Bull Helper Bangbang'."
Maggie said seriously.
"The output is OK. With the skilled beaker you gave me, I don't have to worry about it... It works on its own."
Chen Lun selectively ignored Maggie's name for the potion, nodded secretly, and was very satisfied with the result.
He took out a thousand pounds of gold, handed it to Maggie, and told her to prepare as many "Strong Calming Potion" and "Strong Thirst Potion" as possible according to this standard.
Although Maggie was a little unhappy that the team leader did not adopt her name, she still had a smiling expression on her face for the sake of the research funds.
"Connie, I've tried this new model of long-handled flintlock rifle. Its power, range, and accuracy are much better than the first version. It can now be put into mass production..."
Chen Lun then picked up a flintlock rifle that was about 1.4 meters long and weighed about 7 or 8 kilograms and said.
This gun is called Connie No. 2. The barrel and gun body are made of alloy, while the buttstock and handle are made of wood. The style is relatively retro and simple, and the bullet capacity has been increased to ten rounds.
"Excellent weapon, Connie, you did a great job."
Chen Lun stroked the thick texture of the gun body, praised it, and also gave a thousand gold pounds of funds.
"Thank you, Mr. Jack. I will devote all my energy to the work from now on... With the help of the Black Crystal Artisan, the efficiency will be very high."
Connie said happily.
Chen Lun nodded.
At this time, he noticed that there were players interacting with the statue of Jack in the cabin area by the lake in Wonderland, so he took a casual glance.
"Huh?"
He was a little curious.
Chen Lun noticed that Beijixing, Dongyang, Chenxi and others had serious expressions on their faces, while the others had sad faces. The atmosphere was very depressing, as if they had encountered some difficult problems.
Chen Lun first told Maggie and Connie to go about their business, then he lay quietly on the sofa, immersed his mind in the fairyland, secretly observing this group of expert players.
"The store catalog still has the same equipment items, and there is no update..."
Su Keying said somewhat disappointedly.
"What should we do now? It seems our mission is really stuck."
"Think of another way. You can't let someone hold their urine to death."
Dongyang shook his head and said in a deep voice.
The rest of the people spoke a few more words and made some suggestions, but none of them were of any real help, and the depressing atmosphere became even thicker.
"Are Polaris and his team participating in the official Red Disaster Zone mission? The Supernatural Alliance..."
Chen Lun "secretly peeked at the screen" and overheard the players' conversation, and roughly knew the predicament they were facing at the time.
'I remember that in the previous version 1.0, the way players participated in the main storyline was mostly through alliances. No matter which faction they were in, they followed the NPCs of their own faction to join the battle... But players generally did not face off against the high-end combat forces of both sides, but only did some auxiliary work or helped to clean up the miscellaneous soldiers.'
He didn't expect that the Polaris group of high-level players would be deployed to the front and asked to contain and kill three mid-sequence priests.
This task was clearly beyond their capabilities.
"It shouldn't be like this. Is it because they are members of the circus? So they are looked up to by the shelter... Or is it because each of them has 1 point of regional fame, which misled the judgment of the leader of the extraordinary coalition? "
Chen Lun guessed secretly.
He finally thought about it and decided to help this group of players.
The first is to use them to better spread the reputation of the circus, and the second is to continue to increase my importance to them, so as to increase the players' sense of belonging to the circus.
The third is that Chen Lun plans to conduct an experiment on these players, an experiment on snake parasitism.
'It's a pity that Maggie's new potion and Connie's new weapon have just been put into mass production, otherwise we could take this opportunity to update the store catalog...'
Chen Lun called out the panel and performed some operations on it.
In the cabin area by the Wonderland Lake, Su Keying suddenly discovered something and hurriedly shouted to her teammates.
"There are two more items in the store catalog! Look!"
"Um?!"
Polaris, Dongyang, Chenxi and others immediately stopped communicating, triggered interactions and looked at the circus' store catalog.
"Baptism of fate?!"
"What's this?"
Polaris, Dongyang and others looked at each other.
“It feels very high-end…”
They immediately checked the details, which described—
Baptism of Destiny: Mr. Jackspeight, the head of the circus, personally plants the "Pale Mark" on the members, so that they can obtain some of Jack's power. The specific abilities are as follows:
1. Pale Messenger: The snake messenger born from the mark can convey messages to the baptized and can also fight for the baptized on their own.
2. Replacement of injuries. It can consume the lives of the snakes and bear the damage for the baptized.
3. Decline. It can consume all the life of the snake group at once, causing the messengers to devoutly and voluntarily go to destruction, releasing a strong corruption explosion. (Warning: Once decayed, the corruption process is irreversible and does not distinguish between enemies and friends. In addition, the "Pale Mark" will be completely erased, and the baptism must be completed again!)
Exchange price: 500 gold pounds or 500 contribution points.
"Boil!"
Goutoujin couldn't help but swear.
Polaris, Dongyang, Chenxi and others also took a breath.
"Isn't this equivalent to the highest level of miracles bestowed by the church...?!"