After stabbing the spear in his hand into the soil, Liu Qi immediately began to rummage through the cloth. Finally, he found a foreign outline that was obvious to the touch in the inner pocket of the cloth. It did not feel heavy.
He searched his clothes and took out a gray cloth package. He opened it and saw a yellow hard note that was as wide as a finger. On it were a few vulgar words:
[Map]
[flintlock]
"Good fellow, brother, you won! He actually won the most valuable novice gift bag!”" Ding Xiu ", who had come over to read the Chinese characters, couldn't help but pat Liu Qi's shoulder. If the reward was a little more generous, he would have said," Those who see it will get a share."
"I understand the map, but is it rare to find a gun in the late Ming Dynasty?”Liu Qi hung his head in confusion.
" It's not rare, but this game is too hardcore. If you want to use a gun, you can only buy it from the villagers or make it yourself. You have to know that this game is set in the year 1629, and all the guns are made by hand. To get a gun, the materials and labor cost at least two taels of silver.
"Oh my, that means my luck is really good.”
"Yeah, I'm so envious that I want to kill you and snatch the grand prize.”Ding Xiu said that he wanted to snatch it, but his body was very honest and stayed where he was.
"Even if you snatched the grand prize, you can't exchange it, right?
Liu Qi glanced at Ding Xiu warily, then inadvertently glanced at the spear on the ground. He wondered if he could hold the spear and thrust forward before Ding Xiu drew his saber.
After all, gamers were a bunch of idiots with no moral integrity. They might be joking with you one second, but they might stab you in the heart the next second. Even if they were good brothers, they would often cheat each other.
Seemingly noticing Liu Qi's wariness, Ding Xiu flipped his hair in a carefree manner, looking as if he was feeling good about himself." Robbery is impossible. Robbery will never happen in this lifetime. Unless you become a red-named player, if I attack you without permission, my reputation will be deducted."”
"Players in this game can't PK?”
" You can spar, but you can't maliciously attack," Ding Xiu said." Look at your personal attributes. There should be 'Reputation Value' and 'Merit Value' on it. If your Reputation Value falls below 0, you will become a red-named player. If you can't raise your Reputation Value within three days, you will be kicked out of the game and banned for a month."
"Huh? Do you have a title when you fight?" Liu Qi's mouth was wide open in shock. He glanced at his reputation, 10 points.
"Feng. It's the same for NPCs. They're divided into white names, yellow names, and red names. Ding Xiu patiently introduced the game's mechanics, and his tone was even more amiable than before." White names can't be moved, yellow names can be vigilant, and self-defense is allowed at any time. As for red names, you and I both understand. Not only will we gain Reputation when we kill them, but we will also gain achievement points. This achievement point is very good. We can accumulate points by doing missions, and if we accumulate enough points, we can exchange them for items."
Ding Xiu said," I have a friend who helped the merchants unload their goods at the dock and worked for the salt workers in the salt village. He has accumulated enough achievement points and has already exchanged for a matchlock and five rounds of ammunition. His hunting efficiency has increased by five times! Yesterday, he caught a wild boar and sold it to the NPC leader [Li Yang], earning a Western silver dollar. Its purchasing power was roughly equivalent to Ming Yi.
Just as he was talking, a foul smell assaulted his nose. Ding Xiu shouted that it was not good and hurriedly asked Liu Qi to quickly cover his mouth and nose.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The pungent smell was extremely penetrating. Even with five fingers protecting his nose, he still could not resist the familiar smell and the lethality of ecstasy. It reminded him of the fear he had once felt when he was dominated by the smell of feces. As Liu Qi had expected, it was indeed the stench of feces!
A player pushed a flatbed cart past the two of them. The cart was loaded with four feces buckets that emitted a strong smell.
"I'll go!"
Liu Qi pulled out his spear and shot into the distance.
Ding Xiu chased after him.
The two of them didn't stop until they ran away from the stench and took a few deep breaths of fresh air.
Liu Qi panted and asked,"There are actually players who are 'dung farmers' in the game. Don't they find it smelly?"”
" I know that player. His name is Zhang Zhongbei. He has lowered his sense of smell to the lowest level. He is used to this level of stench. He is like those farming players who love hardcore games. The harder the game is, the more they love to play. A dozen farming players formed a team and worked with the villagers to make fertilizer and saltpeter."
"Bah!" Liu Qi felt that there was still a stench of feces on his body. He could not help but feel disgusted. He quickly adjusted his sense of smell to the lowest level, and only then did he feel much better.
After finally getting rid of the shadow of the stench of feces, Liu Qi went to the main base to exchange for the novice gift bag under Ding Xiu's guidance.
When he passed by the residential area, Liu Qi looked around and saw players in all kinds of outfits coming and going. Some of them stood in groups of twos and threes with spears and bows on their backs. Some of them formed small teams to push chicken buses loaded with rattan straw bags into the " main base." Some of them carried freshly cut logs to the warehouse. The NPCs at the door nodded from time to time and distributed wages according to the quality of the logs.
Suddenly, Liu Qi saw a player with a blank name hanging under an old crooked tree. He tilted his head in confusion and asked Ding Xiu beside him,"What's going on? There are hanging enthusiasts in this game?"”
" He committed too many crimes and became a red-name player before being sentenced to death. He's probably been banned for half a year now and has permanently retired from the game." Ding Xiu explained.
"The punishment mechanism of this game is so strict?”
" That's not the case. There are different parties involved. If you commit a crime against an NPC, the punishment that follows will be severe and severe. However, if you commit a crime against a player, your Reputation Points will be deducted according to the severity of the crime. When you deduct the Reputation Points from a Red Name player, everyone will hunt you down.”
Ding Xiu paused for a moment before adding,"Let me tell you something interesting that happened recently. A certain chaotic and evil player enjoyed destroying things. One day, he barged into a small wooden house of a strong player and set fire to the house. The final outcome sounds so painful that it makes one's teeth ache."
"What happened?" Liu Qi asked curiously.
"After setting the house on fire, the idiot became a red-named player, but was caught red-handed by the owner of the house. It's probably because the idiot player's game equipment configuration is relatively low, and there is a delay in the automatic safety exit device.
He had been stabbed in the back door by the owner of the house for five seconds!
"F * ck! Is it that cruel?"
"'He deserved it. With such an experience, how could the saboteurs dare to continue playing? Hence, they could only quit the game to ensure their safety.
Liu Qi's tiger body trembled and his anus tightened. After listening to this person's bloody and tearful lesson, he immediately decided not to play any pranks in the future and play games obediently.
The two of them quickly arrived at the main base. The weapons and map were quickly taken by Liu Qi. Naturally, he did not want the spear.
When Li Yang handed the equipment to Liu Qi, he even gave the players a few words of blessing. However, Liu Qi did not wait for Li Yang to finish his sentence before turning around and leaving. He did not give the " NPC " a chance to finish, nor did he see Li Yang's bitter face.
If Liu Qi had stayed a little longer, he would have seen the cute little loli complaining softly behind him…
"Wow! It's the British Brown Bass flintlock!"
Ding Xiu looked at the flintlock in Liu Qi's hand, and his eyes shone with a golden light. Even the long saber that he carried with him became unsightly, but he tried his best to restrain the desire in his heart and keep himself calm.
Feeling Ding Xiu's suppressed envy, Liu Qi sneakily posed with all kinds of guns, looking as if he was dying from greed, making Ding Xiu almost drool.
"A long and hard flintlock.”Liu Qi hooked his finger and teased.
Even though he wanted to touch it to death, Dante restrained his desire. "Where's the map you changed?" he asked.
"Here." Liu Qi snapped his fingers, and a map that looked like a pop-up window appeared in the air. The width of the map made of goatskin was enough for an adult man to hold it flat with both hands.
Liu Qi and Ding Xiu read the world map together. Although there was the outline of the world's plates on the map, there was a faint layer of parchment-style war shadows covering the map. Only the southern part of Taiwan Island had obvious terrain, as well as small black dots that symbolized the main base and residential areas.
"Hey! How did the fog of war here disperse?”
Liu Qi saw a piece of land meandering northward like an earthworm until it reached the place marked as " Big Official."
"A player has found a high-ranking official, brother!”Ding Xiu was excited." The Dutch established their stronghold in 1624. It has been almost five years since 1629. Why don't we go and take a look?"”
Liu Qi wasn't blind to history. He knew that the Dutchman had been running the stronghold for five years and had at least 300 to 400 troops. It was not enough for the Dutchman to explore the stronghold with just the two of them.
"Just the two of us, a broadsword and a flintlock?
"Of course not."
Ding Xiu chuckled and said meaningfully," The 'Fire-Fighting Camp' of the Strategy Group is thirsty for talents. If you're a brother, come join us!”
Liu Qi was shocked on the spot. So this person had come over to get close to him in the beginning just to pull him into the strategy group!?
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