Chapter 24 Two Updates Combined into One "I've been having nightmares lately."...

Amuruo said that the dwarves would come to help, and the dwarves really came.

Xia Xifeng looked at the dwarf carrying a sledgehammer, and the half-elf wearing a loose vest and a safety helmet who was carrying a sledgehammer behind the dwarf engineering team... Amuruo also sent the official urban construction team of Green Sand City.

Of course, the official urban construction team was there to earn extra money. Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang's debts, without their consent, had skyrocketed.

They quickly filled in the IOU.

It is impossible to default on a debt; this is their code of conduct.

The official urban construction team is awesome!

In the game, the official city construction team also appears.

Player-built settlements are essentially "Pioneering Knight Territories." When players expand their new settlements, a cutscene featuring the official city construction team will appear. The animations for the official city construction team will differ depending on the main city to which the player's "Pioneering Knight Territory" is affiliated.

The painting style of the official city construction team of Green Sand City, a "newbie village", has been complained by players many times.

Dwarves, humans, and even dragonborn carrying giant hammers are all acceptable. These half-elves really let themselves go.

Fortunately, the style of the elves is still correct.

Among all the official city-building teams, only the elves are still dressed beautifully, waving magic wands and driving puppets to build the city.

Seeing that Damon was leading the city construction team again, Xia Xifeng couldn't help but grumble, "Are you the only laborer in the entire Green Sand City?"

Damon said helplessly, "Of course not. But you have too many secrets, and the city lord is worried about others. You will see me often in the future. Are you touched?"

Xia Xifeng said, "Why are you so touched? Even if you weren't assigned to my job, you could still come to my house for meals every day, right?"

Damon was speechless: "Do you think I'm as shameless as Leo? Who would disturb you and Qin Lang every day?"

Will I be struck by lightning if I disturb the cohabitation of a young couple every day?

Leo popped up: "I seem to hear someone saying something bad about me?"

Pereira tied Leo up with vines and dragged him away.

After the infrastructure of the Knight Territory began to be built, knowledgeable adventurers immediately realized that this Knight Territory was a good place to go, and more and more people wanted to join the Knight Territory.

They were very busy helping Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang interview members who wanted to join the Knights' Territory.

Although Pereira was also impatient with these trivial matters, they had promised Xia Xifeng and had to do it well.

Escape is absolutely not allowed!

Leo: "Pereira, I didn't run away, I just wanted to relax."

Pereira: “Hehe.”

Damon watched Leo and Pereira go away, feeling sad.

Why were all his friends in couples? Couldn't they just be a happy bachelor like him?

After hearing Damon's muttering, Xia Xifeng thought that Damon was only talking about Leo and Pereira and didn't associate him with it.

He patted Damon's shoulder sympathetically.

Give up. You are a companion character specially reserved by the game officials for players. How can you have a CP? If you don't treat players wholeheartedly, how can players cry for your sacrifice and pray for your resurrection every year during festivals?

Although Daemon is an unwanted single half-elf, you are very popular among players.

Damon dug Xia Xifeng's hand away.

Although Xia Xifeng didn't say anything, Damon felt that Xia Xifeng didn't mean anything good when he saw his mean expression.

If Xia Xifeng and Leo were not of different races, Damon would really suspect that Xia Xifeng and Leo were brothers.

Damon asked curiously, "You and Leo's faces are more exquisite than those of the light elves. Why do you have to make such mean expressions?"

Xia Xifeng touched his face, which had been slightly adjusted after the time travel, and his skin texture and facial features had been slightly adjusted, resulting in a huge increase in appearance. "Thanks for the compliment, I'm just handsome!"

Damon turned and left.

He couldn't expect Leo's half-brother of a different race to say anything serious.

Qin Lang, who was passing by, nodded in his heart.

That’s right, Xia Xifeng is a mental halfling, and a mentally ill one at that.

He and Xia Xifeng went to clear the Evil God Yingsen's dungeon together, and it was during a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple, leaving family members unaware of each other. The Mad God Yingsen was clearly the main deity of Xia Xifeng, the psychotic halfling!

Xia Xifeng picked up a stone from the ground and threw it hard at Qin Lang.

Qin Lang turned his body to avoid it: "What are you crazy about?"

Xia Xifeng chased after him and cursed, "You're definitely scolding me! Your expression is scolding me!"

Qin Lang turned and ran.

He could quibble, but he and Xia Xifeng were too familiar with each other, just like he could sense that Xia Xifeng was cursing him in his heart, so quibbling was useless.

Qin Lang, who supervises the construction site while also finding time to level up, has already reached level 30 and has unlocked Shadow Step.

When Xia Xifeng was "hunting" him, his figure sank into the shadow world and quickly disappeared, leaving Xia Xifeng jumping in anger.

Damon also took the opportunity to slip away.

He would rather work than listen to Xia Xifeng complain about Qin Lang, just like he didn't like listening to Leo and Pereira complain about each other.

Oh, when a friend finds himself no longer single, is it time to end the relationship? Damon, a staunch single, thought anxiously.

Apart from being occasionally annoyed by Qin Lang, Xia Xifeng's life after returning from the dungeon was simple and happy.

Well, a simple and happy life of paying off debts.

Xia Xifeng made a batch of leather armor and weapons, half of which he sold in bulk to the system and the other half to Green Sand City for purchase.

The quartermaster of Green Sand City is a human woman who carries a greatsword. Her profession is a sworn knight named Leila.

Leila's publicly displayed strength was that of a Great Knight, a single-class Oath Knight between levels 50 and 59. However, during the first defensive battle, Leila broke her oath, declaring "killing is not the way to protect," and transformed into a black-armored Knight of Vengeance, nearly reaching the realm of legend.

Before the final battle, players and NPCs from the dream world repeatedly broke into the divine realm eroded by the outer gods to purify the distorted divinity of this world. This battle is known in history as the "Battle to Recapture the Divine Realm."

Leila died in a "battle to recapture the divine realm" and fell before the final battle.

Xia Xifeng was a little timid towards big sister Leila, not because of Leila's brilliant record afterwards and the cruel fighting style of the revenge knight who returned from hell, but because they, a group of story players, had been captured and imprisoned by Leila too many times.

In order to try out all the hidden plots and take screenshots of every NPC dialogue, story players will definitely make various attempts.

Well, cough, looking up at the sky is just asking for death.

In fact, finding out how many different conversations Leila can have when she captures the player is also a task that the story players must complete, right?

Because he had played too many pranks on Leila and interfered with her patrols too many times, Xia Xifeng couldn't help but put on a flattering smile when he saw the real Leila.

Leila only knew that Xia Xifeng was a distinguished guest of the city lord and the powerful city lord, and might even be a disciple of the powerful city lord, so she was very friendly to Xia Xifeng.

She was surprised to see that Xia Xifeng seemed a little afraid of her.

Although she is a knight, Leila is not serious at all and is very friendly to others.

Leila asked Xia Xifeng if she had any misunderstandings about him.

Xia Xifeng didn't expect Leila to be so perceptive. He immediately blamed Leo: "Leo said that you, Captain, are very serious and asked me to be careful."

Leila's face immediately fell. "I'm only serious with hooligans like Leo who will casually break the city's laws. Feng, you don't have to worry."

Wow, Leo's a bit of a thug, so what are players to Layla? Shit?

Xia Xifeng immediately patted his chest and assured that he was absolutely a law-abiding citizen of Green Sand City.

Leila was amused by Xia Xifeng.

After turning around and leaving, Leila went to have a sparring match with Leo, who was wearing a power-suppressing rune, and warned him not to lead Xia Xifeng astray.

Being blamed, Leo said to Perilla in disbelief, "Does Feng still need me to lead him astray? Isn't he worse than me?"

Perilla said, "Everyone will believe the wind, not you. Please reflect on why you have such a bad reputation."

Leo: "..." I can't keep this good brother anymore. I don't know if I can give it to Xia Xifeng in exchange for a small cake.

When the captain of the dwarf caravan, who was under surveillance and had specimens secretly collected for experiments, learned that the lord of Green Sand City attached great importance to the new pioneer knight, and that this new pioneer knight was a skilled craftsman, the captain of the dwarf caravan, who had normal thinking at the moment, immediately expressed his desire to visit Xia Xifeng.

As the captain of the caravan, he has a keen business intuition. This is a huge source of goods!

The caravan captain immediately found his good friend Leo and asked Leo to help introduce him.

A friend of a friend is a friend. Leo, why don’t you take the initiative to introduce your friends to me?

Leo reported the matter to Amuruo.

Amuruo pondered for a long time, and after discussing with the dwarf sage, he asked Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang for their opinions.

After reviewing the game's plot and the Outer Gods' "godly design," Xia Xifeng nodded in agreement. "Their purpose isn't to kill, but to distort things. When they're in hiding, they're no different from normal people. I'd like to try to get in touch with them; maybe I'll gain something new."

Qin Lang: "No problem, I can kill him."

The dwarf caravan simply didn't know the characteristics of these monsters, which was why they were tricked. If you were a player, you could look up a guide and level up by picking off lone shadow monsters at level 20.

What's more, Leo, Pereira, Damon and others are all here. As long as Qin Lang can avoid being killed instantly, his companions will arrive immediately.

Seeing that Qin Lang and Xia Xifeng were very confident, Amuruo agreed to let Qin Lang and Xia Xifeng contact the dwarf caravan.

He originally didn't want the dwarf caravan to come into contact with the two younger generations, but he and the great dwarf sage had secretly placed restrictions on all members of the dwarf caravan, but the other party's behavior did not change at all, and they seemed to be completely unaware.

Furthermore, the other party had already noticed the two juniors. If they were too deliberate, it would only alert them. Since the two juniors had the courage, they could take the risk while they were still under his protection.

Amuruo went to inform Sur, but Sur was still in meditation, so he took it as Sur's agreement.

Although Xia Xifeng agreed, he was very nervous.

Whenever he got nervous, he would crawl into Qin Lang's bed and talk to him.

If Qin Lang fell asleep halfway, he would push Qin Lang awake and continue muttering.

Qin Lang pulled up the quilt to cover his head.

Xia Xifeng pulled down the quilt and continued reading.

Qin Lang couldn't stand it any longer: "If you don't sleep, I'm going to knock you out."

Only then did Xia Xifeng let Qin Lang go.

When Qin Lang woke up the next day, he saw Xia Xifeng sleeping soundly, clinging to him like an octopus, and he was lost in thought for a long time.

He was thinking, was it that Xia Xifeng's sleeping posture had improved, so he didn't kick him awake, or was it that his sleep had improved, so he didn't get kicked awake by Xia Xifeng.

After a moment of deep contemplation, Qin Lang reflected on himself. He was too sleepy yesterday and forgot to tie Xia Xifeng up.

"woke up."

"Oh, oh."

Xia Xifeng rubbed his eyes, sat up, and then lay down again.

Qin Lang placed his hands on Xia Xifeng's side, gave himself a strength buff, and flipped it. Xia Xifeng rolled to the edge of the bed, barely grabbing the edge before falling off, frightened and breaking into a cold sweat.

"woke up?"

"Qin Lang, you bitch!"

Seeing that Xia Xifeng was fully awake, Qin Lang went to wash up with satisfaction.

Xia Xifeng followed behind, cursing.

After being frightened by Qin Lang in the morning, Xia Xifeng was no longer nervous when he saw the dwarf caravan.

Qin Lang always thought that Xia Xifeng was single-threaded and his mind could only be occupied by one thing.

"Hello, a friend of a friend is a friend. Can you give me a 50% discount in the future?" Xia Xifeng shook hands enthusiastically with the captain of the dwarf caravan.

Dwarf caravan leader: “?”

With a smile on his face, Leo was very alert in his heart: "..."

Leo looked at Pereira.

Pereira looked at the sky.

Even though they knew that the dwarf caravan captain was a monster at heart, they still felt that Xia Xifeng was very ashamed.

The captain of the dwarf caravan laughed heartily and said something very blunt: "Are you really a long-legged man, not a goblin in disguise?"

Xia Xifeng also laughed heartily: "It's not just the goblins who are so frugal. Look at us in the Knight Territory. We're short of everything, especially money. I really spend every penny very carefully."

"Okay, okay, stop joking." Leo pulled Xia Xifeng away to prevent Xia Xifeng from embarrassing herself in front of the monster.

Even if he wanted a discount from the dwarf, he deliberately grew a long beard. If you want a discount from someone, you should at least give something. Why would you just ask for it without any reason?

Shameful!

The captain of the dwarf caravan actually likes Xia Xifeng's personality.

As a businessman, he does not discriminate against greedy people.

If he wasn't greedy, why would he risk his life to form a long-distance caravan?

After Xia Xifeng exposed his "greed", the captain of the dwarf caravan no longer had to hide it and could talk to Xia Xifeng directly about interests.

The captain of the dwarf caravan can provide Xia Xifeng with the materials needed to build the city.

If Xia Xifeng urgently needs any materials from other places, the captain of the dwarf caravan can give priority to purchasing them for Xia Xifeng - for the sake of Leo and Green Sand City.

The dwarf caravan captain asked, "Wind, can you sell me the goods you provided to Green Sand City? I will help you promote your craftsmanship throughout the world."

Xia Xifeng was first surprised that the captain of the dwarf caravan was so fond of the low-level green and blue equipment he made, but then he quickly realized that in this "real" world, low-level equipment was the most lacking.

The pinnacle for most professionals is only around level 50. Above level 50, you are an elite. The maximum level for a single profession is "Legend". When both professions reach the maximum level (that is, the player reaches level 200), Qin Lang can solo the evil god BOSS.

Low-level equipment with enhanced attributes is in high demand and in short supply. For a large caravan, finding a stable and high-quality source of supply is not easy.

Xia Xifeng will not produce low-level equipment in large quantities in the future, but he can build a "fully automatic factory" and hire others to make equipment for him.

No production game can allow players to just manually tinker with things; building an assembly line is the ultimate gameplay. Xia Xifeng's system is no different.

The quality control of the assembly line is the same as Xia Xifeng using only system skills to manufacture items. Once the Knights recruit enough people, Xia Xifeng will not lack product output.

He readily agreed and signed a supply contract with the captain of the dwarf caravan.

Looking at the dwarf caravan captain carefully considering the contract, Xia Xifeng felt a little melancholy.

Is this what the dwarf caravan captain originally looked like?

Is this really a disguise, or is the dwarven caravan captain on the line between life and death, and is it really him who is chatting with himself now?

How would he feel if he knew he was dead?

Xia Xifeng turned his gaze to the dwarf captain, who was carrying a big axe and looked very tired.

"What are you looking at me for?" Jim said in a muffled voice.

Xia Xifeng said, "I heard that Mr. Jim is from the Hammer family. I have always wanted to learn skills from the Hammer family."

Jim's unhappy expression eased slightly: "That's easy. I'll write you a letter of introduction."

Jim took a step forward and swayed.

Xia Xifeng instinctively wanted to support Jim. Qin Lang, who had been silent all the time, pulled Xia Xifeng back and then reached out to support Jim.

Jim frowned and stood up straight. "Thanks."

The dwarf caravan captain asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? Are you still asleep?"

Jim rubbed his eyes and said, "A little bit. I've been having nightmares lately, and the calming potion hasn't helped."

Xia Xifeng winked at Perilla.

Although Perilla didn't understand why Xia Xifeng called him, he also walked to Xia Xifeng.

Xia Xifeng said, "Perilla is a master of medicine. Mr. Jim, you can tell him about your illness. He will make a medicine for you that will definitely be more effective than others."

Perilla said hurriedly, "I'm not yet a master of potions... Oh, don't push me. Okay, I'll make the potion for you."

Leo quickly chimed in: "Perilla is my good brother, trust him! Apart from Mr. Sur, no one in Green Sand City is better at making potions than him!"

Pereira: "I'm not that great... Hey, I told you not to push me! I didn't say I wouldn't make potions for Mr. Jim!"

The captain of the dwarf caravan immediately said to Jim, "Why don't you thank Pereira? Leo, you didn't even tell me you had such a powerful friend. The Master of Potion is someone I can't even meet even if I pay a fortune."

Leo smiled proudly and said, "When I left, Pereira wasn't even a master potion master yet. I know a lot of powerful people. You'll be surprised later."

The dwarf caravan captain gave Leo a thumbs up.

Leo leaned over and grasped the dwarf caravan captain's shoulder, winking and saying, "You're quite a capable person, that's why I want to be your friend. Give Xia Xifeng another 10% discount?"

The dwarf caravan captain punched Leo in the face, but Leo caught it.

The captain of the dwarf caravan said slowly, "This is business, not friendship. Get out!"

Leo smiled and let go of his hand on the dwarf caravan captain's shoulder.

He still couldn't sense the evil power in the dwarf caravan captain's body.

When Jim heard that Pereira was a master of potions, he immediately said respectfully, "Thank you, Master."

Perilla said, "Your condition is private. Let's go to the next room and talk about it."

Xia Xifeng stood up and pushed Qin Lang into the chair. "You accompany Captain Shang to visit the Knight Territory. I can also make potions, so I'll go help Perilla. Captain Shang, it's more important for me to please Mr. Jim of the Hammer Family right now. Don't be sad."

"Go away, I won't be sad." The captain of the dwarf caravan laughed.

Xia Xifeng and Pereira took Jim to the next room.

Leo looked at their backs, his worry hidden in his eyes.

Qin Lang: [Prepare weapons with shield abilities.]

Xia Xifeng: [You don't need me to tell you. I've already prepared everything. I've even put on the most powerful heavy armor!]

Qin Lang took a look at Xia Xifeng's equipment page before he felt relieved and signed the contract for Xia Xifeng.

Even this contract probably cannot be fulfilled.