“Where did we go wrong?”

On the cover of the book, an emoticon with a look of grievance and confusion appeared.

"Is it because we made cleaning up bookworms a mandatory task?"

Su Mu shook his head: "Your biggest problem is that you only gave the task but no reward!"

That’s right, there is no reward at all for the task of clearing bookworms. Even after the book spirit appears, there is no indication of this.

It's strange that no one would be satisfied with a task without reward. It's normal to get complaints.

The book spirit defended himself: "We have rewards. The reward is the qualification to stay in the library..."

Can this be considered a reward? Good fellow, you are even more cruel than me!

Su Mu said unhappily, "Ask yourselves, can that be considered a reward? Before, you could enter the library at will, but now you have to do a pre-task. Anyone would find it troublesome.

If the rewards for the tasks are rich, resentment can be transformed into motivation, attracting students to constantly complete tasks and become bookworms.

But your mission doesn't have any reward at all. Not only is there no reward, but you also don't provide any information about the bookworms. This is too much. It's not a new mission, so students have to figure everything out on their own? Can't you put information about the types, habits, and weaknesses of bookworms in the mission description?

The more information students know, the faster they can clean up bookworms. Don't you understand this principle? Look at it now. Many students have no idea about bookworms after accepting the task. They only find out that bookworms are difficult to deal with when they start fighting. Either they are beaten up by bookworms, resulting in mission failure. Or they have to spend money to ask seniors to help them with the task.

After suffering such a huge loss and paying so much, what's the result? Apart from being able to stay in the library for a while, there is no other reward. Do you think any student would be satisfied with such a task? They just complained and protested, and it's a good thing they didn't put you in a sack and beat you up!"

The book spirit listened very carefully, and the expression on its cover changed from confusion at first, to contemplation in the middle, and finally to sudden enlightenment.

It seems that it understood.

Su Mu nodded with relief.

Then I heard the book spirit say, "No wonder my friends have been beaten up in the past few days. Even I was beaten up once. We thought a thief had sneaked into the library, but the books were not lost. Today I finally understand the reason! It turns out that it was these students who beat us up!"

Hey, there really was a student who put a sack on his head and beat up a book demon?

It seems that everyone is extremely resentful about this mandatory task created by the book spirit!

The book spirit finally realized where they were wrong.

In the past, book spirits only saw students accepting tasks and running to the library to complete daily tasks and complete task rings, but they had never learned about the detailed formulation and rewards of the tasks.

They simply think that students like to do tasks, and as long as the tasks are posted, students will rush to do them.

However, they never considered that what attracted students was not the task itself, but the reward given by the task.

The mandatory tasks they came up with don't have any rewards at all, no wonder the students are so unhappy!

But the book spirits also have difficulties: "So, as long as we add rewards to the tasks, we can effectively reduce the students' resentment and improve their enthusiasm? But we are so poor that we can't afford the rewards..."

This is the truth, the library is a poor institution, and the supplies that the book lovers receive every month are all fixed. If there are no extra supplies, they can be used as mission rewards.

Besides, bookworms are rampant this time. If we really want to give out rewards for the tasks, even if we contribute all their "salaries", it still won't be enough.

Su Mu still had a solution and suggested: "If you can't provide supplies, you can reward reputation."

"Reputation?" The book spirit was stunned.

Su Mu nodded: "Yes, library reputation!"

The book spirit was confused. Library reputation? This kind of thing, which cannot be seen or touched, can be used as a reward? Are you sure that the students will not think they are being fooled and get angry?

"What's the use of this reputation? Will the students like it?" asked the book spirit.

Su Mu smiled and said, "The usefulness of reputation depends on you."

He did not hesitate to explain to the book spirit, because he wanted to use this opportunity to improve the book spirit's favorability so as to complete his strategy plan.

"You can digitize reputation. Each time you complete a task, you will be awarded a certain amount of reputation. Then you can classify reputation into different levels, from neutral to friendly to respected, and so on. The higher the reputation, the more enthusiastic your attitude will be, and the better your service will be. And for students with high reputation, you can even provide some suggestions on study or cultivation. I think you are in charge of the vast collection of books in the library, so you can still make these suggestions, right?"

Those who guard the library are not ordinary people.

Think about the monk sweeping the floor in Shaolin Temple, and then think about the one in Peking University...

After careful consideration, the book expert felt that this approach seemed to be feasible!

Even though their cultivation and rank are not high, they have been guarding the library for so many years and know all kinds of books and materials like the back of their hands. They can act as a big talker and fool around...ah, they can still give some guidance to the students.

Thinking of this, the book spirit's mood suddenly improved a lot.

The expression on its cover turned into a smile, and it said, "Thank you, our respected friend. Your suggestion is indeed feasible. I will discuss it with other book spirits and try to formulate a detailed reputation reward plan as soon as possible to reverse the current unfavorable situation!"

Su Mu smiled and said, "It's my honor to be able to help you."

He held a piece of armored fish shell in his hand, and then said: "As a friend, I am happy to help you further."

"Further help us? What do you mean by that?" The book spirit was stunned and left in no hurry.

Su Mu said: "If I'm not mistaken, you should still be worried that only the reputation reward will not satisfy the students, right?"

The book spirit replied, “Indeed.”

The smile on Su Mu's face became pure and friendly, as cute as Gabe Newell's: "I can sponsor a batch of physical rewards for your mission."

"Really?" The book spirit was surprised and happy. It really didn't expect that Su Mu would not only help them with advice, but also sponsor them financially.

If it hadn't had hands, it would have twisted its thigh hard to see if it was dreaming... Oh, by the way, it didn't have legs either.

The book spirit asked hurriedly, "Our dearest brother, are you serious? Are you really willing to sponsor the physical rewards for our mission?"

Su Mu raised his eyebrows slightly: Listen, the address has changed from respected good friend to the most beloved good brother? Sure enough, this favorability can also be increased by krypton gold? It's really realistic...

While complaining in his heart, Su Mu nodded and said, "Of course it's true. I keep my words, especially when it comes to friends and brothers, I always keep my words!"

"Great, great." The book spirit was very happy and asked hurriedly: "What can you sponsor? How much can you sponsor?"

Su Mu said: "Spirit Runes, Peach Blossom Fragrance Pills, and even Spirit Cultivation Pills... I can sponsor you all of these things. As long as your task of clearing bookworms is not cancelled, the sponsorship will not stop. However, I have a condition."

"What conditions? You tell me."

Everything Su Mu sponsored was good stuff. As long as his request was not excessive, the book spirit would agree to not only one condition, but even if he asked for several more.

Su Mu spread out his hands and showed the shell to the book spirit.

"You must ask the students who have completed the task to hand in the bookworm's shell in exchange for task points, which can be exchanged for rewards such as Soul-Moving Runes and Burning Peach Blossom Fragrance Pills. If a student can capture the bookworm alive, the points will be doubled!"

It turned out that after Su Mu's research, he found that the bookworm's shell, although not as strong as the nine-tailed snake's scales, was also very strong. He just tried to combine this shell with weapons and protective gear, and got a new type of equipment. Although it was not as good as the snake bone knife and red scale armor, it was much stronger than ordinary swords and riot armor.

The key is that bookworms are different from nine-tailed snakes. They are numerous and reproduce quickly. Their shells can be used as materials to produce a lot of weapons and equipment!

After Su Mu discovered this situation, he decided to go to the school's APP and open a post to buy bookworm shells for a long time. What's wrong with selling some good things to the bookworms? Anyway, I'm collecting materials, and I can also improve my impression and become brothers with them, so why not do it?

"No problem, no problem."

Shu Jing had no objection to Su Mu's request and agreed immediately.

It even felt that it was a bit unfair for Su Mu to have helped them so much but only made such a small request.

The bookworm's shell is not worth anything in the eyes of the book spirit, let alone being exchanged for good things like Soul-Traveling Runes and Peach Blossom Fragrance Pills.

Of course, it could never imagine what would happen to these shells if they fell into Su Mu's hands...

The book spirit, feeling that he had taken advantage of Su Mu, took the initiative to say, "Our dearest brother, do you have any other requests? Just ask! As long as we can satisfy them, we will definitely do our best to do it!"

"No more." Su Mu shook his head and said seriously, "We are good brothers. I really want to help you through the difficulties. If I take the opportunity to make too many demands, are we still brothers? We are not the Huanong Brothers!"

The book spirit was deeply moved.

This is a true friend, a true brother! Silently supporting without asking for anything in return, it is really great to have such a brother, a friend!

"That's right."

At this time, Su Mu spoke again.

"There is something I want to discuss with you. Can you send a book spirit to follow me? Don't get me wrong, I don't have any intentions. I just want a book spirit to follow me so that when the prizes are redeemed, I can be notified in time to replenish them, so as not to delay your mission. I am thinking about you. Don't worry, I will never treat the book spirit following me unfairly. We are good brothers, how could I treat my brother unfairly? In terms of treatment, it will only be better than in the library!"