Chapter 14: You Did Very Well. Don’t Do It Again Next Time.
The sky gradually darkened, and time passed bit by bit. Xiao Wen sat inside his territory. First, he upgraded the Barracks to the highest level currently available, raising the militia in the camp to soldiers.
Afterward, having nothing else to do, he began looking through some other information in the faction.
For example, when a group of players attacked a Level 2 village, they made good use of various loopholes, constantly pulling and trapping monsters, dividing them up and devouring them one by one. In the end, after paying a certain price, they successfully conquered the Level 2 village.
This method was not particularly difficult, but its margin for error was rather low, and the amount of time it consumed was quite moving.
If the disturbance was too great while pulling monsters, it could alarm all the enemy soldiers. At that point, they would swarm over together, and all previous efforts would be wasted.
As for the time consumed?
Mm...
Three or four hours to conquer a single Level 2 village. As long as they could take it down, it was not unacceptable.
At the very least, they succeeded!
After these beginner-level bug-exploiting methods succeeded, they soon spread through the player faction channel.
Of course, behind all these methods, the name Half-Journey Through the Mortal World was naturally added.
...
Xiao Wen withdrew his gaze from these messages, only to see that a message had arrived in the chat window.
The message was from Shen Shuyi. She said that after borrowing Xiao Wen’s method and spending a large number of ingots, she had finally used a terrain advantage to defeat a Level 2 village head-on. She had specially sent this message to express her thanks.
Defeated a Level 2 village?
Spent a large number of ingots?
This girl couldn’t have bought that thing, right?
Xiao Wen silently opened the game shop, then glanced at the consumables category.
Bloodburst Pill!
[Bloodburst Pill]
Type: Consumable
Cost: 10,000 ingots
Effect: After swallowing this pill, one can burst out with 150% strength for one minute. Each general can only use it 8 times in their lifetime.
So...
This girl used a Bloodburst Pill?
This thought flashed through Xiao Wen’s mind. Then he silently sent her a message.
[Half-Journey Through the Mortal World]: You used a Bloodburst Pill?
[Dancing Moon with the Wind]: Mm. Wasn’t this what you meant by a pay-to-win strike, boss? But this thing really is useful. After my general used it, his strength skyrocketed. He charged into the crowd and slaughtered enemies left and right.
Almost immediately after Xiao Wen sent his message, Shen Shuyi replied in seconds.
Facing this reply, the corner of Xiao Wen’s mouth twitched.
It was not that he felt sorry for Shen Shuyi spending 10,000 ingots. What he felt sorry for was the limited number of times the general could use it in his lifetime.
This kind of thing lost one use every time it was used. Unless absolutely necessary, it was best to save it for later, to save it until the virtual descended into reality, until everything became completely real.
Only at that time would this item’s true value be fully displayed.
As for now...
Why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?
[Half-Journey Through the Mortal World]: Uh... you did very well. Don’t do it again next time. That’s all. Something came up, I’m leaving first.
After leaving that message, Xiao Wen directly closed the chat window.
Then he heard a warning from the game system.
Warning: Your general Ma Chao has discovered enemies.
Xiao Wen’s heart tightened, and his expression became slightly solemn. He directly opened the general interface and switched to Ma Chao’s perspective.
At dusk, golden afterglow spilled down from the sky. Faint golden-red radiance could be seen emerging in the heavens.
Under the illumination of this light, a large army could be seen rushing in from the distance.
This army’s marching speed was very slow, and their condition was not very good either.
Although they were far away, one could still see their ragged clothes, dust-covered faces, and even wounds of various sizes across their bodies.
However, all these soldiers had yellow scarves wrapped around their heads.
And those yellow scarves revealed their identity.
The Yellow Turban Army!
Or rather, a Yellow Turban Army that had just experienced a great battle!
It’s them!
Seeing this group, Xiao Wen’s heart stirred with excitement. Following Ma Chao’s line of sight, his gaze finally landed on a general in the middle of the Yellow Turban Army.
That man was riding on horseback, wearing white armor. However, the armor that should have been white was now stained with blood. Some parts were red, while others had turned black.
He held a long spear in his hand, its tip slanting toward the ground as he slowly moved forward.
It’s actually him!
When he saw this general, Xiao Wen was shocked.
Yellow Turban general, Zhang Baiqi!
A fourth-tier general!
And a heavily wounded fourth-tier general!
If he remembered correctly, there should be a hidden mission here to recruit Zhang Baiqi, right?
Just as Xiao Wen thought this, a system notification sounded.
Ding! Detected that player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World’s troops have encountered the Yellow Turban Army. Main storyline prologue quest activated—The First Appearance of the Yellow Turbans.
Quest: The First Appearance of the Yellow Turbans.
Overview: A Yellow Turban Army that has suffered a bitter battle and fled in defeat is passing through your territory. Faced with this fat sheep, will you choose to raise the butcher’s knife, or let them leave?
Hint: Letting them leave grants 0 rewards. Choosing to intercept them and raise the butcher’s knife will grant rewards based on quest completion.
Rewards: Quest completion tiers: 10%, 30%, 60%, 90%, 100%.
Warm Reminder: When quest completion reaches 100%, you may obtain a hidden player-class advancement token and a large number of rare rewards.
When the notification sounded, a trace of surprise appeared on Xiao Wen’s face.
In his previous life, he had never triggered this quest. Later, he had only heard others mention part of its information.
However, Xiao Wen remembered two things very clearly.
The first was the technique to reach 100% quest completion.
The second was the reward after reaching 100%.
Especially the reward related to hidden class advancement.
This involved a hidden player class—
Dragon God General!
Just as this thought flashed through Xiao Wen’s mind, the Yellow Turban Army opposite him had already entered Ma Chao and the others’ ambush area.
Ma Chao’s expression turned sharp as he shouted in a low voice, “Attack!”
The next moment, battle cries rose to the sky. Five hundred soldiers charged out from every direction, directly attacking the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army.
Ma Chao also let out a long roar. Claw Yellow Flying Lightning beneath him kicked off the ground, its four limbs moving as it transformed into a streak of flowing light and charged into the battlefield. The Profound Heaven Sky-Piercing Spear in his hand swept out as he charged ahead of the soldiers. Advancing at extreme speed, he successively picked off and killed nearly ten Yellow Turban soldiers.
The battle erupted instantly. Facing this sudden attack, the Yellow Turban Army first froze, and panic flashed across the faces of the soldiers. But they quickly returned to normal, formed ranks to meet the enemy, and raised their long spears toward the soldiers under Xiao Wen’s command.
After Xiao Wen’s soldiers had their troop type upgraded, they were also extremely fierce, fighting forward with all their might.
“Kill!”
Ma Chao shouted in a low voice and charged forward. The Profound Heaven Sky-Piercing Spear in his hand stabbed ahead, truly brave and unmatched, with no one able to stop him.
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