Emerald Town.
Under the scorching sun.
The ruins on the west side have been cleared, and a group of people are working hard to build it.
The recruited men were covered in dust, shouting and carrying the stones together, while the woman was cooking a large pot of vegetable and mushroom soup on the side.
Polaris wiped the sweat from his forehead and found that the back of his hand was covered with black dirt.
He sighed secretly.
"This won't work. I'll just be treated as a low-level worker doing simple, repetitive manual labor..."
Su Keying came over and handed him a bowl of vegetable soup.
Polaris thanked him, drank some soup and felt refreshed.
After they finished their mission at the farm in the suburbs and earned dozens of coppers, they rushed to Emerald Town without stopping. Just as the farmer said, the Red Apple Church was indeed rebuilding the church, so they signed up to participate.
But unlike what they expected, they couldn't see the monk in charge at all. Usually there were only two church guards who commanded them here.
Thus, the plan to gain extraordinary knowledge by joining the church was shattered.
"It's not that simple."
Polaris drank up the soup without leaving a drop, returned the bowl to Su Keying, and sighed.
"It's not like I didn't gain anything at all... You unlocked the worker's secondary profession, and I unlocked the cook's secondary profession."
Su Keying comforted her.
"For the group of people who are still staying on the farm, it is estimated that their occupation entries on the dashboard are still blank."
Polaris thought of the other players and couldn't help but sneer.
Before leaving, they saw a player finally couldn't help himself and attacked the NPC on the farm, but they didn't know for what purpose.
Maybe he wanted to kill the farmer and take the resources and property in the farm, or maybe he just wanted to test the game mechanism... or even treat the NPC as a wild monster to gain experience and level up.
However, every player who made a move was stabbed to death by the farmer with a pitchfork.
Although he was just an ordinary NPC in the "Newbie Village", it was still easy for him to bully the newcomers who had just entered the game. What was even more ridiculous was that after those guys were resurrected, they were chased to death by the farmer's dog again, and the dog even squatted at the "resurrection point" outside the farm.
The three daily resurrection opportunities have been used up, so that group of players wasted today.
Precious internal testing time has been wasted. If they continue to act stupidly after going online tomorrow and use up all the ten resurrection opportunities per week, then it can be basically declared that this internal testing will be a failure.
"Do you know how this church was destroyed? North Star."
Su Keying said suddenly.
Polaris came back to his senses and was slightly startled.
"Wasn't it because of an accidental fire..."
This is what he heard the workers say when he arrived, but he soon realized that Su Keying's question was definitely not true.
"What did you find out?"
Polaris suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing to act together with this woman.
Su Keying really knew something and laughed.
"I just learned from an aunt that a month ago, the Red Apple Church was attacked. All the clergy and guards were killed, and the church was burned down by that person."
Polaris was shocked after hearing this.
As a veteran and expert player in the online gaming industry, he always makes preparations in advance before entering a new game.
Although the information released before the official launch of "Mysterious Age" was limited, he also captured some information through various channels. He not only knew that there were seven major factions of righteous gods in the entire Sun Continent, but also knew that each of them represented a path of extraordinary sequence and was a major force with extraordinary power.
Someone actually dared to attack the church and was so brutal. He must be an extraordinary and ruthless person!
"Hey, you two, sorry to bother you."
A man's voice was heard, and Polaris and Su Keying looked in the direction of the voice.
I saw three men approaching, they were wearing the same linen robes as me, with game IDs on their heads, and they were obviously three players.
"I am a cadre of the 'Heroic Spirits' Guild, Centaur... These two are members of the 'God of Love' Guild, Dog-Headed Gold and Forgotten Wuji."
The leading "centaur" man stretched out his hand and smiled.
"Are you interested in cooperating? We can exchange information first."
Polaris and Su Keying exchanged glances and nodded.
He shook hands with the centaur and asked:
"How do you cooperate?"
"Let's talk somewhere else. It's too hot here."
The centaur pointed helplessly at the sun in the sky and pulled at his wet chest.
"OK."
Polaris gave a brief reply.
He turned to the church warden and applied for resignation, but he only received one-tenth of his salary, a few coppers, and was scolded.
But he didn't care.
The group found a shady place to rest. The centaur sat on the ground and spoke first:
"There are not many people in the internal beta test. You two are able to come here ahead of the rest of the group. You must be smart people who know the importance of first-mover advantage... If we work together, we will definitely gain more than if we fight alone."
The others nodded in agreement with what he said.
The centaur continued:
“To show my sincerity, let me first tell you the internal intelligence of our guild… In a remote town like this, there will usually be an official supernatural organization, a shelter, and one or two other sects.
Although they are the most direct channel to obtain extraordinary knowledge, they are extremely difficult to obtain. "
Polaris hummed and mentioned the useless work he and Su Keying did at the Red Apple Church today.
"You can't do this..."
The centaur shook his head.
"We three never planned to go there from the beginning. It's too difficult and takes too long. Besides, there are opportunities in every town in the empire. There's no need to fight here..."
The two men, Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji, also chuckled.
"We took on a mission to hunt wild wolves at that farm. We were lucky enough to unlock the combat-related secondary profession, Wolf Hunter..."
Su Keying curled her lips. These two guys were so annoying. I don’t know what they were showing off here.
She immediately shared some of the information she knew.
The centaur's eyes lit up after hearing this.
"Is the man you're talking about still in Emerald Town? He must be a transcendental person to be able to single-handedly take down a church branch... If we can start with him, the chances of obtaining transcendental knowledge will be much greater."
"They should have left. I saw the wanted poster posted by the Red Apple Church..."
Su Keying took out a piece of paper that she had collected.
It depicts a young man with black curly hair, an unknown face, and his name is Jack. Behind it is a note that he is suspected to be a member of the History and Ritual Association, and the bounty is 100 gold pounds.
If Chen Lun saw this wanted poster, he would be surprised.
Since the Red Apple Church actually used the extraordinary power of divination and learned his alias, the price must have been high.
This shows how deep the Red Apple Church's hatred for him is.
"What a pity..."
Hearing that this ruthless man was not in town, the centaur shook his head regretfully.
He immediately said:
"We should make the most of the precious time of the internal test and not waste time here. It is best to explore the surrounding map and find a big city first, so that when the official public test is launched, we can open up a gap with others..."
"But we have no money, and the cost of the long journey is very high."
Polaris frowned.
The centaur smiled, this was the drawback of being a lone ranger, the lack of important intelligence.
"There is usually a train station near a small town. We can take it to the nearest city. The price is not expensive. Just a few dozen coppers will be enough."
"Let's think about this."
North Star said.
The centaur nodded, and Polaris and Su Keying walked aside and whispered a few words.
After a while, the two came back again.
"Okay, we agree to this plan, what do you need us to do?"
"very good… "
The centaur nodded with satisfaction.
“It’s quite a distance from here to the train station. We don’t have enough money to hire a carriage and guards, so we need to walk… There are probably robbers and thieves and other wild monsters on the road, who are higher level than us and very dangerous.
So we not only had to collect enough money for the fare in the shortest possible time, but we also had to find a way to get a set of equipment to protect ourselves on the road."
Polaris and Su Keying nodded.
"Okay, let's split up and set off before tomorrow!"