Ye Miao paused, not knowing what was happening, and went to the farmland with Sun Chen.
Around the farmland, other members were still speculating wildly about the cause. Ding Yu said, "Is it because it's so dry today that the land is drying up so quickly?"
Wu Zhen: "...Now that you mention it, it seems a bit dry today. I've been craving water. But the land can't possibly dry up so quickly, right? Is that scientific?"
Ding Yu: "What's the point of talking about science with games?"
"That's true." Wu Zhen couldn't deny it. "For the apocalypse to suddenly arrive when we were living so peacefully, and even build a gaming system, that's already unscientific enough. Nothing that's happening now is surprising."
Su Xinran said, "Maybe the soil has changed?"
Lu Weiwei: "Fuck, there won't be an earthquake, right?"
Su Xinran was speechless. "I said soil quality, not crust... Wait, are we experiencing crustal changes? Like drifting to the equator overnight? I think this damn game is capable of anything."
Everyone was talking at once, fully tapping into everyone's wisdom, but there wasn't much logic.
When Ye Miao and Sun Chen came back together, they had already advanced to the plot of "Is it possible that there is a giant beast underground that has drunk up all the water, and if it can't get any water one day it will come out and cause trouble."
"..." Ye Miao coughed, feeling both amused and helpless.
Everyone turned around, realizing their chuunibyou remarks had been heard, and smiled awkwardly but politely, greeting him: "Boss!"
"Let me see." Ye Miao walked closer to the edge of the field.
On the way here, Sun Chen had already given her a brief overview of what was happening in the fields. Su Xinran continued, "Look, Boss! We plowed the fields carefully this morning, loosening the soil, watering, fertilizing, and catching insects. We went through every possible schedule, and the progress bar was perfectly normal. But by the time we had lunch, the fields were dry. Isn't that strange?"
Ye Miao squatted down, checking the land situation while quickly recalling any other immoral crises that had occurred in the game.
Her first thought was the heat. Under high temperatures, the soil would naturally dry out quickly. But look at today's weather...
Ye Miao dismissed the idea.
After thinking for a while, she clicked the [View Detailed Properties] button, and the specific properties of dozens of fields in front of her popped up instantly. Each field had its own health, moisture and nutrition.
Among them, health is affected by "catching insects" and "loosening the soil", moisture depends on "watering", and nutrition is improved through "fertilization".
According to the game settings, all three values are essential. If any value is zero, the product will die immediately.
However, generally speaking, it is not easy to clear a single value to zero, because the consumption rate of the three values is similar, and players usually complete four tasks in a row when farming, so it is unlikely that a single value will be too low.
But now, Ye Miaoming clearly saw that the "health" and "nutritional content" of each field were almost full, except for the "moisture content", which was all below 50%, and the lowest had reached single digits.
This state made Ye Miao have some guesses. He looked up at the team members in front of him and asked, "Who has the lowest level of planting skills?"
Everyone was silent for a moment. Wu Zhen walked out with his head lowered, and said embarrassedly, "Should it be...should it be me?"
"Okay." Ye Miao stood up from the edge of the field, walked a few meters to the side, and pointed to the three adjacent fields in front of him. "The current moisture content of these three fields is 12%. Let's each water one field once and don't do anything else. Then we'll see the results."
"Okay." Although Wu Zhen was puzzled, he nodded. Sun Chen also stepped forward in confusion and did as he was told.
In the game, the only factor affecting the speed of any task is the level of the Planting Skill. For the same basic farmland, Sun Chen, with a level 65 Planting Skill, needs about three minutes to complete the progress bar, while Wu Zhen, with a level 10 Planting Skill, needs nearly 15 minutes. As for Ye Miao...
Sun Chen watched as Ye Miao picked up the watering can next to him, watered the ground for at most two breaths, and then put it down.
Just let it go...
"Boss, have you finished watering?!" Sun Chen couldn't believe it, but when he moved his eyes to the field and opened the panel, he saw that the humidity level clearly showed: 100%.
At that moment, Sun Chen's scalp was numb - how omnipotent is their boss!!!
Ye Miao waited idly. Fifteen minutes later, Wu Zhen finally finished watering the plants. Without a word, she told everyone to click on the three panels and wait for the results. After a minute, the values changed.
Wu Zhen's plot, which he had finished watering a minute earlier, saw its moisture level drop to 95% a minute later. Sun Chen's plot, which he had finished watering 13 minutes earlier, now showed 99%, while Ye Miao's plot, which he had finished watering first, showed 99.5%.
Ye Miao confirmed his judgment and sighed: "Soil erosion."
"Soil erosion?!" Sun Chen was surprised.
"Yes." Ye Miao nodded firmly. "Soil erosion in the game is separate and has nothing to do with temperature or rainfall. The land won't be able to retain moisture these days, making it difficult for crops to survive. Wild crops will likely die in large numbers or see reduced yields. The player's level of planting skills will affect the rate of soil erosion. The higher the planting skill, the slower the moisture level decreases."
"..." The team members fell silent. After a few seconds, Sun Chen asked Ye Miao with a complicated expression, "Boss, could you please tell me what level your planting technique is at now?"
Ye Miao chuckled and directly displayed the implantation panel in public mode, which clearly read:
【Planting Technique】Level 100
The team members held their breath and dared not say a word. Sun Chen's mouth twitched: "...Boss." He laughed stiffly, "Ha...haha...Boss, you don't farm the land yourself and let me do it. Is it mainly for charity?..."
"Really not." Ye Miao said frankly, "To be honest, I can't take care of it."
"Is that so?" Sun Chen felt relieved, realizing he was actually useful. He then asked Ye Miao, "Then is there any way to solve this 'soil erosion' problem?"
Ye Miao thought for a moment and said, "The best solution is to redistribute the work. Those with higher planting skills can temporarily only be responsible for watering and not do anything else. The others can take on other tasks, but not watering. According to the game settings, the yield of primary farmland is fixed. As long as the crops don't die, you can harvest them. As for intermediate farmland, every time the moisture level drops below 20%, it will cause a slight reduction in yield. If players with relatively high planting skills water the farmland twice a day, this problem can be almost avoided."
"I see." Sun Chen breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it, he became curious. "Boss, where did you know this?"
This was a sudden crisis, but she seemed to know it in detail.
Ye Miao was already prepared, so he started to lie without hesitation: "As a territory owner, the system has dropped a few Easter eggs for me. They contain some simple strategies for future events. It seems that soil erosion is the most similar to the current situation."
"So that's it." Sun Chen suddenly realized and didn't feel that there was anything wrong.
Games always have special perks for high-level players. Their boss is so awesome, what's wrong with dropping a few Easter eggs?!
"If there is any new situation, please contact me in time." Ye Miao said.
Everyone agreed. The sense of security brought by the senior boss made everyone trust her explanation, and they immediately felt more at ease.
Near Fearless Village.
The players finally made it through the Zerg Swarm and were able to go out and gather monsters again, and everyone was delighted. However, it wasn't long before the foragers noticed something was wrong, and they frowned in confusion: "Why does today's harvest feel noticeably less? Is it because I haven't been able to gather for days, and my memory is distorted?"
"Probably not. I also feel like the harvest is less," said a player who was picking with her companions. "The picking speed hasn't changed, but the amount of fruit available on each plant is clearly different. I remember that I could pick around twenty berries from a raspberry bush before, but today, fourteen or fifteen is considered a lot. Some even have only five or six left."
"Why is this happening?" teammates asked.
"...I'm not sure." The person who answered pondered, "Maybe I left home late today, someone else had already picked them, and the system hasn't had time to refresh yet?"
As she spoke, she herself felt that this explanation was unreliable. Because if someone had picked the fruit, of course they would have taken the entire tree. How could they have picked half of each tree and left half?
But other than that, she couldn't think of any other reason.
The teammate couldn't think of any other reason, so he put his hand on his chin and said, "Then let's go out early tomorrow and try. Otherwise, this amount of stuff won't be enough to help us rank up, and I don't want to be eliminated."
The other party frowned and remained silent.
Her teammates looked at her and said, "I know what you're thinking. I want to go to the Pure Land, too. But on the one hand... each person has to pay 3,000 gold to ensure convenient travel. On the other hand, Xu Wu has recently recruited a lot of high-level newcomers. What if she wants to recruit more soldiers and then flatten the Pure Land? If we go there now, wouldn't we be sending ourselves to die?"
"That's right." The listener sighed.
The teammate said, "Let's just hide for now. In the apocalypse, life is the most important thing, so we can't make decisions lightly. Come on, let's hurry up and finish the remaining items, then go kill monsters and try to save up some gold!"
"Okay." The other party nodded. He had no other choice but to listen to his teammates.
A village that became rich overnight. After leaving the farmland, Ye Miao immediately went to the reception hall and began to make announcements.
The problem of declining farmland yields seems to have been resolved, but soil erosion isn't limited to farmland. Compared to players with planting skills, there are significantly more players who rely on picking for a living. Now, soil erosion is causing a decline in the yields of all crops, which is a disaster for these players.
As the owner of the territory, she was able to react in time to ensure that these players could safely overcome this predicament.
[Ye Miao] Attention members whose primary job is picking! If you have not yet activated five skills, or if your activated skills include "Beast Taming," please gather at the village reception hall in 20 minutes.
[Ye Miao] Attention members whose primary job is picking! If you don't have Animal Taming and no slots available to activate it, but your Combat Skill level is above 20, please gather at the village reception hall in 30 minutes.
[Ye Miao] Attention members whose main job is picking! If you are picking as your main job and do not meet the conditions described in the previous two announcements, please go to the village reception hall to gather in 40 minutes.
All three announcements were published in eye-catching red fonts, and each was published three times in succession, achieving an effective screen-sweeping effect, ensuring to the greatest extent possible that every member could see the news in a timely manner.
Then Ye Miao created a small group for Sun Chen, Su Xinran, and Lu Weiwei, and politely asked Sun Chen in the group: "I remember Xinran and Weiwei both have animal taming skills, right? Can I borrow these two team members of yours?"
Sun Chen half-jokingly replied: "These two are not my team members, they are small shareholders of our team!"
Then he added, "But the boss is the major shareholder, and the major shareholder can do whatever he wants!"
Su Xinran: "Where is the boss? We'll be there soon!"
Ye Miao: "Reception hall. I want to borrow it for fifteen days, but I will be paid."
Lu Weiwei: "Hahahaha, I feel embarrassed to bring up the salary. See you later!"
The two girls quickly arrived hand in hand. They had also received the announcement Ye Miao had just made, and had already guessed something when they arrived. So, they walked in and found Ye Miao and asked, "Do you want us to bring other members to help tame the beast?"
"Yes." Ye Miao nodded. "Beast taming is not only useful for raising pets, but also for raising livestock, provided there's a suitable place. Lately, the harvest has been very low, and I'm thinking of raising animals to make up for the lack of supplies. I'd also like to teach members who make a living from picking, so they don't lose their source of income. Are you interested? 100 gold per person per day, meals included."
"Okay!" Both of them agreed without hesitation.
In fact, there are more farmlands in the territory now. No matter they focus on farming or combine farming and picking, as "shareholders" of Sun Chen's team, they share the harvest directly with Sun Chen, and the money they earn every day is far higher than 100 gold.
But they were all veterans who had joined the Territory back in the shelter, and their affection for the Territory couldn't be measured simply by money. Now, seeing other members facing difficulties, they were all willing to help. As for the money, a reasonable amount was enough, and there was no need to be too picky.
"Deal." Ye Miao smiled and took the two of them to sit on the chairs on one side of the reception hall and waited patiently.
The other gathering players had already gone out, so Ye Miao left 20 minutes to facilitate their return. About 15 minutes later, the first wave of people arrived.
The first player to enter was a male player in his fifties who had just joined the territory two days ago. He shouted as he entered the door, "Hey, Village Chief, may I ask..."
"Village chief?" Ye Miao had a complicated expression.
The male player was stunned for a moment, then carefully changed his words: "Secretary?"
Ye Miao cracked: Village Committee Secretary? That's quite a title!
Lu Weiwei suppressed a laugh: "Call me Boss, that's what we all call you, or just call me by my name."
Ye Miao nodded in agreement: "My name is Ye Miao."
"Oh... Boss." The male player still politely chose a respectful title. Ye Miao said, "Well, wait for the others."
After about ten minutes, most of the people had arrived. Ye Miao counted them and found there were 12 people in total. Each of them met her requirements, either having the Beast Taming Technique or having some unused skills that had not yet been activated.
Ye Miao introduced them: "These two, Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran, are veterinary students. Recently, soil erosion has caused a sharp decline in harvestable crops. If you're interested, you can form a team with them and try taming animals. Those who don't have animal taming skills can activate them."
"Great!" Someone breathed a sigh of relief as she finished. "I was wondering if today's harvest seemed so small. Turns out it's soil erosion! Um... Boss, I don't really have the Beast Taming skill, but I only have three skills: Gathering, Combat, and Cooking. Does that mean I can activate Beast Taming?"
"Yes, that's fine." Ye Miao affirmed, "If you're interested, go get acquainted with them first, discuss wages, and see where they want to build an animal enclosure. If you're not interested, you can pick it yourself. I won't force you."
"Okay, okay." The members responded one after another, and then followed Su Xinran and Lu Weiwei out while thinking.
After seeing off the first wave and waiting for a while, the second wave arrived.
The characteristics of the second wave of people are that they mainly engage in picking in their daily lives, have no animal taming skills, and all five skill directions have been maxed out, leaving no space to activate animal taming skills, but their combat skills are at level 20.
Ye Miao had previously guessed that there wouldn't be too many people in this group, and sure enough, there were only four. Ye Miao called over two combat players he knew and asked them, "Can you bring two more people with you?"
"Huh?" Zhang Tingting was puzzled. "It's possible, I think their combat skills are pretty good...especially this one who's level 42, very impressive. But since their gathering skills are even higher, why don't they continue picking?"
Ye Miao: "Recently, there has been soil erosion and crop yields have decreased."
"Is that so..." The two combat players expressed their understanding, and simply picked two team members each and left with the four of them.
Finally, the third wave, which didn't meet any of the above criteria, was a bit difficult to assign. Fortunately, there were only a few people in this extreme situation, only two in total. Ye Miao looked at their attributes and recommended the one with the Blacksmith skill to Zhang Xu as an assistant. The last one was left, and Ye Miao was stunned when he saw the panel.
[Name: Cao Xi]
[Gathering: Level 50, Alchemy: Level 23, Combat: Level 15, Construction: Level 10, Planting: Level 8.]
This was the first time Ye Miao saw a player with alchemy skills.
She couldn't help but ask, "How do you activate alchemy?"
"To be honest, I don't know either." Cao Xi smiled bitterly, "Maybe it's because I worked at Chow Tai Fook? Not as a salesgirl, but as an assistant to a craftsman. This is just my wild guess. If it's not because of this, I can't think of any other reason. No one else around me has this skill."
"Is that so?" Ye Miao nodded. She felt that Cao Xi's analysis made sense, but she couldn't help but silently complain about the system's bad taste.
Goldsmith - this profession is too niche!
This can be separated into a separate skill!
Then she asked Cao Xi: "Have you ever used alchemy?"
"No." Cao Xi sighed. "I got two Alchemy skill cards, but after learning them, I found out that using these skills requires combining various elements, and I've never seen those elements before..."
"The drop rate of elements is indeed very low, but I have some in stock." Ye Miao pondered, "I provide the materials, how about you do the alchemy for me? The salary is 80 gold per day, and food is provided."
"Really?!" Cao Xi was overjoyed.
She had just moved here from another settlement. Although her original settlement wasn't as competitive as Fearless, life wasn't much better. She had never heard of such a good thing as a guaranteed daily salary and free meals.
The work arrangements for all the picking players have been completed. For Ye Miao, this round of crisis has basically passed ahead of time.
Starting that afternoon, everything went smoothly. On Sun Chen's side, everyone heard that harvesting yields would also decrease, so they simply stayed indoors and focused on tending the fields. They simply redistributed tasks according to Ye Miao's suggestion, and now watering fell to Sun Chen, who had the highest planting skills.
The other players who were assigned to the new positions were also busy with their own work. The two players assigned to Zhang Tingting's battle team sighed in between monster fights, "Boss is so kind! When she saw that the harvest was low, she actually helped us find other ways to make a living! And... she didn't seem to mention any fees at all!!"
"Yeah, I came from the Fearless Settlement. Oh... it's the Fearless Village now. It's quite famous, you should have heard of it. If you encounter something like this in the Fearless Village, who cares if you live or die? If you turn in the least amount of supplies, they'll kick you out, and nine times out of ten, they'll kill you to prevent future trouble."
This attracted the attention of other members: "Are you from the Fearless Settlement?" Zhang Tingting had a smile on her face and a meaningful look in her eyes.
"Yes..." The team member nodded in acknowledgment, then understood the meaning in everyone's eyes.
There is a little bit of curiosity, and more pity and heartache.
The person being cared for: "..."
No... not really... ?
Well, it seems that she is indeed worthy of this sympathy.
The first day of soil erosion passed relatively peacefully. The next morning, Ye Miao went to the vacant land chosen by Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran and built several enclosures for the animals. He also thoughtfully set up shelters for the rain and wooden troughs for feeding inside the enclosures. Then, he and Chu Cheng's team went out again to hunt monsters in T City.
On the way, Chu Cheng flipped through the chat history while walking and told Ye Miao: "Someone from Wuwei's side is coming over. I'll tell Dou Yuehui to gather a few more people so that we can make fewer trips."
"Okay." Ye Miao was very happy.
Yi Hang smacked his lips and said, "I'm willing to make two more trips! As long as you provide the food!"
"The boss is in charge of the meals." Chu Cheng explained calmly, "I just cook, but the boss pays for the meals."
"Oh..." Yi Hang responded muffledly, his eyes moving back and forth between Chu Cheng and Ye Miao.
A few minutes later, a group of monsters blocked the road and attacked. Ye Miao immediately drew his sword and led the charge. Chu Cheng was about to catch up with him, carrying a bow, but was stopped by Yi Hang.
Chu Cheng turned around and Yi Hang said, "Ye Miao can handle this little monster on her own. Don't go, I have something to ask you!"
Chu Cheng: "Hmm?"
Yi Hang frowned. "Why are you still calling me boss? And you're even charging me for food? It doesn't sound like you're chasing a girl at all, okay? Is there something wrong with your brain?"
"If you like her, do it her way. Besides—" His gaze shifted slightly, landing on Ye Miao's dashing figure as she killed the monsters, "What better way to pursue a lord in the apocalypse than to work hard for her and provide some help when her territory and team need it?"
After hearing this, Yi Hang still felt that Chu Cheng had been kicked in the head by a donkey, and retorted: "No, let's talk about the fact that you called her Boss. Do you think this title sounds a bit intimate?"
This time, before Chu Cheng could speak, Li Chenqi, who had the most experience in love, spoke first: "I think Chu Cheng did nothing wrong this time."
Yi Hang: “?”
Li Chenqi chuckled, "Not all girls put love first. Our boss is clearly focused on expanding her territory. If Chu Cheng keeps showing off his affection, I think he'll be kicked out and blacklisted sooner or later. Maybe we'll be in trouble too. Fighting side by side like brothers now will actually make it easier to build a closer relationship!"
After hearing Li Chenqi's words, Chu Cheng looked relieved: Good brother, you understand me!
Yi Hang stared at Li Chenqi and complained in his heart: I suspect you are just saying this because you are afraid that Ye Miao will kick you, but I have no evidence, and I am also afraid of being kicked, so I shut up.
Near the village, Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran easily found the species they wanted to raise.
In fact, in the previous game process, they had already discovered that many monster cubs could be captured, such as wild boars, goats, sheep, cattle, and cows.
But perhaps because they saw Ye Miao raising a Pixiu, they were controlled by the inertia of their thinking and subconsciously thought that after taming the animals, they could only keep them as pets.
Since they were raising pets, who would raise wild boars or goats? So they didn't try until the cute sika deer calves appeared.
But if they were livestock, it would be a different story. The two men, relying on their memory, led the team forward, skirting the hill at the end of the orchard. Sure enough, a familiar flock of sheep appeared on the other side of the hill.
"Adult sheep can't be tamed, only young ones can." Lu Weiwei patiently explained, "Those who have animal taming skills can follow Xinran and catch sheep here. Those who don't have animal taming skills can follow me."
So five people in the team stayed behind, and the remaining seven continued to follow Lu Weiwei.
Lu Weiwei walked and searched for nearly half an hour, and finally saw the small lake again.
There were wild ducks and geese on the lake, but she and Su Xinran had only been there once before, and they hadn't considered raising birds at all, so they just hunted some and brought them back.
When the team saw the wild ducks, they asked curiously, "Ducks lay eggs, so can we just take the eggs?"
"...Theoretically, that's right, but there are no incubators in this apocalypse, so we can't hatch the eggs we take home." Lu Weiwei laughed dryly, "So, it's better to capture the young. Let's start with wild ducks. They're low-level, so they're suitable for you to activate your animal taming skills."
"Okay!" After receiving Lu Weiwei's instructions, everyone immediately rolled up their sleeves and prepared for action.
Sun Aimei's daughter, Sun Yuanyuan, was also in the group. She tiptoed to the lakeside and saw a large duck preening its feathers 20 or 30 meters away, with a group of ducklings sleeping in their nest. She immediately walked over with bated breath and reached out to catch them.
The ducklings were caught completely off guard, and two of them were caught in the act! The other ducklings scattered for their lives, while the two in their hands began to struggle frantically.
Sun Yuanyuan watched the progress bar above the duckling begin to read, and she nervously tried to control the duckling, refusing to let go. After a long wait, the progress bar finally reached full, the duckling gave up its struggle, and the system popped up the words: Taming Successful!
[System prompt] Congratulations on successfully activating [Beast Taming], current level: Level 1.
[System prompt] Your [Beast Taming] has been upgraded to level 3, and you have gained the sub-skill [Basic Bird Taming].
"Wow! It's level 3 in one go!" Sun Yuanyuan was ecstatic.
However, soon after, she discovered that a big duck not far away had spotted her, and immediately flapped its wings and ran towards her, quacking.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry! I'm leaving!" Sun Yuanyuan ran very fast.
The big duck did not continue to chase her. When he saw her running away, he went back to continue combing his feathers.
At five o'clock in the evening, Su Xinran and Lu Weiwei returned to the village one after another. Lu Weiwei's team caught 32 ducklings, and Lu Weiwei caught 16 goslings on her own.
Su Xinran's team captured 6 goats, 4 oxen and 2 dairy cows.
After sending various animals into the pens, Su Xinran and Lu Weiwei lay on the wooden fence, looking appreciative: "That's great, can we raise animals exclusively in the future? Compared to farming, I still think I'm better at raising animals." Lu Weiwei said.
Su Xinran nodded: "Me too. But what does Sun Chen say? We've been working together for so long, wouldn't it be a bit hurtful if he suddenly quits?"
Lu Weiwei thought about it seriously. "No, we'll just tell him what's going on here honestly. Then, we'll just ask for a symbolic share of the farmland, 5%, 2.5% each. We'll also give him 5% of the harvest from raising animals. Don't you think this is a good idea? Nothing to be uncomfortable about, right?"
"I think it's okay!" Su Xinran said with relief, "Then let's wait a few days. If raising livestock is really a good idea, we'll go talk to him. Hehe... In the future, with both fields and livestock in our territory, we won't have to worry about food and drink anymore, right?"
"Of course." Lu Weiwei began to fantasize with a happy face, "If some cooking master gets the hot pot skill card, we can make hot pot, right? Look, look... how delicious does that lamb slice look?" She pointed to a lamb in front of her.
Little Lamb: What?
Fearless Village.
After two days, everyone noticed the problem of reduced crop yields, and many players began to worry.
In the Fearless Village, although everyone focuses on combat power and collects daily supplies either by killing monsters or hunting players, many people also arrange part of their time to pick, because continuous monster killing is very physically demanding. If you want to replenish your physical strength, you have to drink medicine, but medicine is not only expensive, but also not necessarily available.
Therefore, for players who are short of medicine, spending some time gathering is a relatively compromised method. Gathering consumes relatively little physical strength, and the things you gather can not only be sold for money, but some of them can also be eaten directly, killing two birds with one stone.
Now that crop yields have decreased, many things have even died, and many players have been caught off guard.
So someone went to discuss with Xu Wu: "Can we reduce the initial amount of materials to be handed over?"
It's just about lowering the "initial quantity". The essence of the material handover rule in Fearless Village is "last-in-first-out". Under this rule, everyone must work hard to roll up their sleeves. Lowering the initial quantity does not mean that the final total amount will definitely be reduced, but Xu Wu refused.
Xu Wu's answer was, "After upgrading the village, the initial number has already been reduced, and the tax has also been reduced by 10%. Difficulties are constantly emerging in the apocalypse. If the standards keep being lowered, should we just stop collecting taxes in the future?"
This logic silenced the old members who had been subjected to PUA for a long time, and they just felt that life was not easy.
Next to the campfire, a female mage flew into a rage after hearing this. She turned around and walked away angrily: "What a lousy place! I must have been blind to come here. Damn it, I won't serve you anymore!"
She cursed as she strode towards the door, pressing the panel at the same time and exiting cleanly.
Xu Wu received a notification that a member had withdrawn, and soon someone ran out of the small building, glanced at the gate, and chased after him.
The female mage was walking in a hurry, and because she was angry, she didn't pay attention to the movement behind her at first. But the moment she stepped into the tunnel, the surroundings became quiet. The arched tunnel had an echoing effect, which amplified the sound of her footsteps. She noticed something was wrong and turned around.
The three people who were chasing them stopped and the two sides confronted each other coldly.
The male soldier in the middle sneered: "It seems like you want to get rich overnight?"
"None of your business." The female mage was not polite. She clenched her right hand lightly, and the staff took shape in her hand. "This is my freedom!"
"It seems that you don't know why others have to pay to pick them up when they leave." The male warrior slowly drew out his sword and held the shield in his left hand.
A male mage and a female assassin nearby also took fighting stances, and the battle was about to begin.
The female mage was not panicked. She raised the corners of her lips and responded indifferently: "It seems that you don't know why I was able to join this broken village, nor why I dared to leave alone!"
As she finished her words, she swung her staff and strode forward. A green light flickered on the staff, signaling a Grass-type skill.
The three opponents immediately rushed forward to meet the attack. The male mage cast a skill on the spot, and lightning flashed in the tunnel like a knife. The female assassin threw darts at the same time, and they fell like rain.
The male warrior in the middle heard her arrogant words and knew that she was not easy to deal with. He did not give her the chance to knock down the two teammates with relatively low health points. He quickly stepped forward with a shield and blocked the female mage's damage one by one.
The female mage saw the right moment and cast her skill: "Vine Entanglement!"
Several vines suddenly sprang out from the ground and tied up the male warrior.
But at the same time, the female assassin and the male mage unleashed another wave of skills, lightning and darts flying at them. The female mage had no time to dodge, so she gritted her teeth and endured it. At the moment when the last dart passed her face, she swung her staff again: "Wrap with grass leaves!"
A gust of wind suddenly blew up in the tunnel, carrying countless grass leaves with it, wrapping the female assassin layer by layer, like a green cocoon.
There is only one male mage left.
While he was stunned, the female mage cast [Advanced Healing], restoring her health to full. Without even taking a breath, she ran towards the male mage, shouting, "Tree Shadow Bewitching!"
Six large trees suddenly appeared around the mage, surrounding him and spinning wildly, making him dizzy. He tried to break through the blockade and attack, but the thick trunks blocked his way.
"Fuck it!" the male wizard cursed.
Many mages have control skills, but since each skill has a cooldown, it is difficult to use them continuously. Most players use control skills as a supplement, first casting a control skill to control the enemy in battle, and then casting other spells to attack.
But this guy actually made three control skills to rotate? There are only so many cards available now, and how many skills are there in total? Is this crazy!!!
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