As the sky gradually brightened, Ren Guoqing and Wang Yong each led their teams out, and coincidentally met at the gate of the territory.
As time went by, although the two teams were in the same industry, there was no conflict at all, and they gradually became "old friends". When they met, there was no longer the awkwardness of meeting colleagues, and they walked together talking and laughing.
This time, the two teams were heading to different destinations: Wang Yong was heading east, and Ren Guoqing was heading west. Wang Yong, pondering the recent sales figures for commodities, hesitated for a long time before finally asking, "Brother Ren, have you noticed any changes in popular commodities lately?"
"Hot products?" Ren Guoqing was stunned for a moment before he understood what he was talking about. "Do you think white and blue foods are particularly popular lately?"
"Right!!!" Wang Yong nodded heavily, frowning. "In the past, purple equipment was the most sought-after. No matter how many pieces you brought, they would basically sell out within five minutes. The next most popular items were medicine and purple-quality food. This is understandable, because most territories lack pharmacists and full-time chefs, so medicine is always in short supply, and no one can make purple food. But blue and white food..."
Wang Yong paused, then chuckled. "This is 'basic food.' These two are the most sought-after every time they're put on display. It makes me feel like I'm not out there to make money trading, but to provide security services. Last time, I brought fifty steamed buns to a territory. Normally, I just sell them casually or give them as small gifts to high-spending customers. But this time, they were so popular that a few players almost got into a fight... Fortunately, the territory doesn't allow players to attack each other. I was scared to death!!!"
"That's not surprising." Ren Guoqing sighed, "Did you know about the recent soil erosion?"
"Huh?" Wang Yong looked puzzled. His entire team was focused on trading, with their daily schedules packed, so he hadn't really paid much attention to the collection aspect.
Ren Guoqing said, "Soil erosion has reduced crop yields. Gatherers can't gather much, and cooks have fewer ingredients, which has led to a sharp drop in the amount of finished products available for sale. As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable. It's obvious that there's a food shortage right now, so food prices will naturally rise. However, the goods we brought haven't increased in price, so naturally everyone is scrambling to buy them."
"Is the production reduction so severe?" Wang Yong was a little surprised. Thinking about it carefully, he was even more puzzled. "Then why haven't prices increased in our territory? Besides, I've been to the market recently and haven't felt that there's a shortage of goods. Some familiar stall owners are still accepting my large orders as usual!"
Ren Guoqing said, "We have our own farmland, so we don't rely entirely on gathering from the wild. As for how we solve the soil erosion problem on our farmland, I'm not sure. Also, our boss seems to be very responsive. When he saw the harvest was poor, he immediately assigned new jobs to the gatherers. This way, the gatherers themselves won't starve to death, and they can also earn supplies from raising livestock or killing monsters, which can help make up for some of the loss in gathering."
"Our boss is really something..." Wang Yong exclaimed.
"Yes." Ren Guoqing nodded in agreement. Seeing that the fork in the road was right in front of him, he said goodbye to Wang Yong's team and led his team west.
It was through conversation with Ren Guoqing that Wang Yong understood why white and blue quality food was so popular recently. Then, as a businessman, he suddenly realized that the price of these things should be increased!
When it comes to food shortages, the logic behind “price increases” has never been “if there’s a 10% shortage, the price will increase by 10%”, but rather “if there’s a 10% shortage, the price will increase enough to kill 10% of people”, so that a balance can be achieved.
Wang Yong didn't want to face the bloody loss of life like that, but it would be okay to make a little more money by raising the price a little while supplies were scarce, right?
After careful consideration, he told Zheng Sisi, the second-in-command of the team: "Today, the price of all blue-quality food will increase by 20%, and the price of white-quality food will increase by 30%."
Zheng Sisi was startled, obviously hesitant, but soon nodded: "Okay."
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Yong's team arrived at their destination, the Light Source Settlement.
After the disappearance of Fearless Village, Light Source Settlement became one of the territories closest to the Overnight Rich Village, so they would come here roughly every two or three days, and Ren Guoqing's group would also frequently visit. As a result, the members of Light Source Settlement were already familiar with both groups. As the team checked in at the post station, they heard cheers from the territory: "The Pure Land caravan has arrived!!!"
Following the shouts, countless players swarmed in. If you looked closely, you'd see that the largest number of people were pouring out from the thatched hut.
At this time, everyone should have been out hunting monsters and gathering, but today, many players did not go out as they estimated that a caravan from the village that had become rich overnight might come.
Before Wang Yong and his team could even put their goods out, a crowd of people gathered in front of them. A child's voice in the crowd called out, "Do you have any buns? I want some buns!"
"Buy it, buy it for you. Let's buy 10 and eat them slowly!" The mother felt sad while coaxing him.
For several days, the physical strength of both mother and son remained on the edge of the safe value, and there was no way they could buy more food.
By the time the caravan had displayed its goods, the players had already lined up in a long queue.
White-quality food is worthless in the Get Rich Overnight Village. It only costs one or two gold coins to buy it in the territory grocery store, so it is generally not sold very expensively in the small market, usually around 5 gold coins.
But in the outside world, the regular price of white-quality food is 20-30 gold. So Wang Yong's team set the price at 10-15 gold, so that players can save money and they can also make money.
Now it will increase by 30%, which is about 14-20. It doesn’t seem to be much more expensive, but for low-level players who can only afford white-quality food, they know that spending one more gold coin is a waste.
So, the customers in line quickly noticed the price change and expressed uneasiness: "You guys raised the price too? Oh... let me do the math."
The customer before them was only about fifteen or sixteen years old. She lived with her younger sister and relied on gathering for survival. Crop yields had recently dropped significantly, leaving them with very little income. Food prices in the territory had also risen sharply. They had originally planned to stockpile ten steamed buns to last them three days, but now that Wang Yong had raised the prices, their budget was exceeded.
She looked at the 150 gold coins left in her pocket and discussed with her sister who was protecting her: "Steamed buns used to be 15 gold, but now they've increased to 20. We can't afford them anymore... How about we all buy steamed buns? Steamed buns have increased from 10 gold to 14. If we buy 10, we'll still have 4 gold coins left."
The younger sister was only eleven or twelve years old. Although her eyes were fixed on the buns, after her elder sister finished calculating the bill, she nodded sensibly: "Okay..."
Wang Yong stood behind the stall, feeling irritated.
The team members looked at her in silence. Zheng Sisi gritted her teeth and said, "Brother Yong..."
Wang Yong kept a straight face and said nothing. The little girl in front of him counted out 140 gold coins and handed them to him: "We want 10 steamed buns."
Wang Yong lowered his eyes and stared at the ground.
Zheng Sisi made up her mind and, as the second-in-command of the team, took the initiative for the first time: "No price increase, steamed buns will still be 10 gold each. Do you guys want all the steamed buns, or a few buns?"
"Ah!" The two sisters were immediately delighted, and the elder sister immediately said, "Then we want 7 steamed buns and 3 dumplings!"
"115 gold." Zheng Sisi calculated the bill and directly took the 140 gold coins she handed over, then counted out 25 and handed it back along with the steamed buns.
The two sisters skipped away, and Zheng Sisi glanced at Wang Yong again, feeling guilty. Wang Yong felt her gaze and waved his hands in annoyance, "No increase, no increase! Damn it, I finally figured it out. I just wasn't meant to make money like that! If I were a little more ruthless, I'd probably be a millionaire long ago!"
"Hahahahaha." The team members laughed easily. Li Han took out a glass of orange juice from his bag and handed it to him, "Don't be angry. Come on, drink something sweet to improve your mood."
"Get out!" Wang Yong rubbed his temples painfully, pushed Li Han aside, and pointed at the two little girls who hadn't gone far. "Send them to those two kids. I'll reimburse you when you come back."
"Okay!" Li Han received the order and ran after them. He took the initiative to take out another glass of orange juice and gave one to each of the two sisters, intending to ask Wang Yong for reimbursement together.
A village that became rich overnight.
This time, Lu Gang carefully avoided the robbery period yesterday and did not act at noon. Instead, he waited until the players came back in the evening and then quietly followed a boy of about eleven or twelve years old.
Children of this age should join the territory with their parents. When their parents go to kill monsters, they will let them collect things everywhere, and they don’t necessarily have to wait for each other before returning to the territory, so there will be time for them to be alone.
Zhao Xiaofei, who was carrying a small backpack, had no idea that he was being followed. He was just thinking: I didn’t step on anything today. Fortunately, the boss asked my parents to join the monster-hunting team. Otherwise, the three of them would have starved to death if they had to rely on gathering for a living as before!
As he was thinking, he walked into the residential area. Seeing that his cabin was not far away, Zhao Xiaofei was about to walk over when he was suddenly strangled by the neck from behind: "Don't shout, give me the backpack, hurry up!" Lu Gang said in a deep voice.
Zhao Xiaofei panicked, and the next second:
“Help!!!”
"You're looking for death!" Lu Gang raised his left hand to cover his mouth, while the dagger in his right hand was against his throat.
Zhao Xiaofei struggled hard, and the skin on his neck was instantly cut by the blade. The system determined the damage: [-400].
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Xiaomei and the blonde girl were patrolling not far away, when they suddenly saw a number symbolizing the drop in health from the corner in front of them.
The two NPCs looked at each other, and Xiaomei rushed over: "Come quickly!"
The blonde girl followed immediately, and when she turned the corner, she saw a player being kidnapped. She immediately used [Primary Treatment] to help Zhao Xiaofei recover his health.
At the same time, Xiaomei lashed out at Lu Gang with her skills: "Red fire! Red fire! Red fire! Red fire!"
Four consecutive fireballs forced Lu Gang to let go of Zhao Xiaofei in a hurry, and then he raised his knife to kill Xiaomei.
Although Xiaomei was a mage, Ye Miao had previously stuffed her with several pieces of messy equipment. Seeing this, she immediately took out a shield from her backpack to block the attack. The blonde girl took the opportunity to send a message: "Ms. Ye, come quickly!!!"
The location coordinates are sent along with the message.
In Hu Haomiaolin's RV, Ye Miao was happily slurping noodles when he suddenly received a message from the blonde girl. He was shocked and threw down his bowl and ran out.
Miao Lin was startled: "Huh?!"
Ye Miao, who had already run a few meters, said, "Don't take the bowl, I still want to eat! I'll pay you when I come back!"
"This isn't about money!!!" Hu Hao yelled back, "What's wrong with you!!!"
But this sentence received no response. Ye Miao had already left in a cloud of dust. The players all made way for him and started whispering to each other.
"Am I seeing right? That's the boss, right?"
"Yeah...it seems like the eldest sister likes to wear twintails."
"What's the matter? Why are you so anxious all of a sudden? Is the water at home boiling?"
"Hahahaha, there's no setting for boiling water in the game! But it's quite strange, let's go and take a look?"
Many players who couldn't contain their curiosity rushed towards the direction where Ye Miao was running.
In the thatched hut, Zhao Xiaofei was huddled in a corner, stunned by fear, while two NPCs were fighting fiercely with Lu Gang.
Lu Gang's combat skills are level 65. Xiaomei was level 60 when she first opened the box, but she doesn't use it very often, so she is only level 61 now. It is impossible to agree to Lu Gang's request, so she can only delay it reluctantly.
As for the blonde girl, she is at a lower level and basically has no effect on output, but she can use her healing skills to help Xiaomei recover health.
So Lu Gang became more and more angry in the fight with the two of them. He wanted to kill Xiaomei first, but there was someone next to him who was recovering health crazily; he wanted to kill the blonde girl first, but Xiaomei held him back and he couldn't get close to her.
As the fight got intense, Lu Gang suddenly shouted behind Xiaomei, "Come and help!"
Xiaomei thought he had an accomplice, so she turned around suddenly, but there was no one behind her.
Lu Gang seized the opportunity and quickly approached the blonde girl. Xiaomei came to her senses and wanted to chase him but it was too late.
With only two steps left, Lu Gang raised his sharp knife and was about to strike. Ye Miao's pupils suddenly shrank as he was running. He jumped up without hesitation and punched the ground hard: "Hit hard!"
The skill triggered with a boom. The ground beneath her feet began to crack, centered around her, extending 10 meters in all directions. Simultaneously with this crack, her attack power gradually decreased from the inside out.
Lu Gang felt his feet tremble, and he lost his balance unexpectedly and fell to the ground.
The blonde girl quickly took a few steps back. Seeing this, Lu Gang felt very sorry. He noticed Ye Miao and went to meet her with a knife in his hand, his eyes full of anger.
Seeing him attacking her, Ye Miao was not panicked. She waited coldly, and when she saw that he was less than three meters away, she raised her hands. Her wrist guards collided carelessly, and Lu Gang, who had just approached her, was instantly knocked back.
Just now, when Ye Miao launched [Heavy Attack], she was far away from Lu Gang. The damage value of [Heavy Attack] decreased from the inside to the outside, and when it reached Lu Gang, only 10% of Ye Miao's normal attack power was left. Therefore, Lu Gang, who did not understand the skill mechanism, did not think she was that powerful.
But now the [Wind Shock Repel] made Lu Gang realize that Ye Miao was not someone to be trifled with.
In fact, the damage of [Wind Shock Repel] was not high, but he could see that the damage was caused by the wristband, and then he saw that it was a purple item.
Then, Lu Gang noticed that there were many players not far away who were curiously coming closer to watch the fun.
He quickly calmed down and said, "We have private matters to deal with. You are an outsider, don't get involved!"
"Outsider?" Ye Miao found it amusing. Perhaps because she could attack, Lu Gang had assumed she was also a trader.
Lu Gang was obsessed with Zhao Xiaofei, saying, "This kid bought something without paying, and then tried to run away after taking it! Of course I have to deal with him! It's not your turn to be a hero!"
"No way!" Zhao Xiaofei suddenly became anxious, as if he was afraid that Ye Miao would not care. He ran over and explained with a red face, "He robbed me! He asked me to give him my backpack! He even held me hostage with a knife! I, I didn't buy anything from him!"
Zhao Xiaofei spoke incoherently out of fear.
"Don't be afraid." Ye Miao pulled Zhao Xiaofei behind him, stretched out his shoulders, and calmly activated the skill: "Overlapping Reality and Illusion."
As soon as she finished speaking, groups of people appeared around her, and each of them looked exactly like her, which scared Lu Gang so much that his face turned pale.
The system detected what Ye Miao wanted to do, and a total of 13 figures, including her own body, formed a perfect circle, trapping Lu Gang in the middle.
At present, no one has obtained many gold cards, and the gold card skills they have seen are also limited. Lu Gang has never seen such a creepy posture. He suddenly fell to the ground: "You, you, you..."
Thirteen identical figures, each with the same exact movements, wielded twin swords. Like two small fans, the swords spun swiftly between their fingers. Though seemingly effortless, the movements brought with them an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Thirteen people approached together. "No one here seems to know about the bug that allows residents of the Inn to attack members of the territory. But it seems you don't know either. It's not just residents of the Inn who can attack in the territory."
Lu Gang stared at the figures around him with hollow eyes in disbelief: "How is it possible..."
Before he could finish his words, the figure in front of him grabbed his collar and said, "How dare you harm people in my territory? Tell me, how do you want to die?"
Lu Gang opened his mouth, too frightened to speak.
The little Loli standing nearby had round cheeks and a pair of ponytails that swayed with her steps. There was a harmless smile in her eyes and at the corners of her mouth. She didn't look like a fierce person at all.
But because of this, the scene became extremely terrifying.
"You, you, you...you are the lord here?!" Lu Gang finally understood.
Ye Miao, however, regarded this as an attempt to evade the question and tilted his head slightly: "Don't want to choose? Then follow my method!"
After saying that, she raised her eyelids and her gaze fell on the number above Lu Gang's head that was jumping every second. She read out the number seriously in a tone similar to the voice of a calculator: "Minus, three hundred; minus, three hundred; minus, three hundred; minus, three hundred..."
Lu Gang looked up hurriedly, and only then realized that he had been losing blood!
She has a passive skill!
He realized the seriousness of the situation, but it was obviously too late. Although the girl in front of him was thin and small, he was completely unable to break free when she grabbed his collar. He swung the knife in his hand and stabbed her randomly, but she didn't even bother to dodge, which showed how high her level was and how much health she had.
After only about twenty seconds, Lu Gang's health was reduced to just over 1000. Ye Miao calmly released his hand, still smiling, and said, "Run."
Lu Gang was stunned for a moment, without bothering to ask or think more, he stood up in a hurry and ran away in a panic.
However--
The skill range of [Night Demon's Invasion] is 3 meters, and it will take another 5 seconds for it to expire after leaving the skill range.
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Ye Miao watched him motionlessly until his whole body suddenly stiffened and he fell straight down.
She twitched the corners of her mouth and spoke in that calculator-like voice again: "Reset to zero, reset to zero, reset to zero."
Three seconds later, Lu Gang's body turned into powder and drifted away in the wind. Ye Miao stepped forward to pick up the backpack and looked up at the crowd of onlookers a few meters away.
Wherever his eyes fell, everyone subconsciously shrank back, their eyes filled with awe.
Ye Miao smiled indifferently and introduced them to everyone in a loud voice: "Xiao Mei and Blondie are NPCs I got from a blind box before. They will be patrolling the territory from now on. You can find them if you encounter danger. In addition, I will also modify the settings of the post station so that robbers will no longer be allowed to appear."
After that, she looked at Zhao Xiaofei: "What did you lose?"
"Huh?" Zhao Xiaofei was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses. He quickly shook his head, "No, it's not lost. He hadn't even taken it away when these two sisters showed up!"
"Okay." Ye Miao nodded and looked at the crowd again. "Is the guy who was robbed yesterday and asked me to borrow money here? Also, is there anyone else who was robbed? Come over here together."
"I, I'm here!" Wei Yingying squeezed out of the crowd and came to Ye Miao. Not far away, another male player also squeezed out and whispered, "I was robbed too. It was this person..."
"Okay." Ye Miao casually tossed Lu Gang's backpack to Wei Yingying, "You two can split the stuff in here equally."
Wei Yingying hurriedly caught it and said in a complicated tone, "Thank you, Boss!"
Ye Miao said nothing and walked back the way he came. The crowd tacitly made way for him in the dead silence. Ye Miao walked over and found that he seemed to hear no breathing at all.
Then Wei Yingying chased out and broke the silence: "Boss... give you back your money!"
"Oh." Ye Miao took it. Seeing the gold coins displayed as [gold coins * 400], she laughed dumbly, shook her head, took out 71 coins and handed them back. "In principle, usury is prohibited in the village of overnight wealth."
Sweet Orange Village.
After careful consideration, Liu Yin left the Dark Night Settlement where she lived in a Buddhist way but had no food to eat, and came to seek refuge with her two sisters in the Tianju Village.
They had previously parted ways due to disagreements, but there had never been any conflict. So, when they saw Liu Yin coming over, even though they themselves were not well off, they still shared their delicious food with her. The three of them ate dinner together. Liu Yin devoured even a simple stir-fried cabbage, and when Fang Siyu gave her soy milk, she exclaimed, "It smells so good."
Song Feifei and Fang Siyu looked at each other in bewilderment at this scene: "We thought we were miserable, but how come you look even worse off than us?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yin's eyes immediately turned red, and her voice became choked. "I've always made a living by gathering. Crop yields have been low lately, so I can't gather anything and earn any money. And the food prices in the territory are skyrocketing. A single white steamed bun costs 50 gold coins. It's driving me crazy!"
"50 gold coins?! That's too expensive!" Fang Siyu's eyes widened in surprise, and suddenly she no longer disliked the coarse flour steamed bread she had been eating these days.
Although coarse flour steamed bread was of the same white quality as steamed bread and tasted even worse than steamed bread, at least it was given out for free in the territory! Besides, she didn't just have coarse flour steamed bread, she also had matching soy milk and porridge. Eating them together, the coarse flour steamed bread wasn't particularly hard to swallow.
Liu Yin wolfed down her food until she was half full. Finally, she remembered to ask, "Hey, where's Zhou He?"
"Zhou He..." Song Feifei and Fang Siyu looked at each other awkwardly, and told her in a few words about their previous quarrel.
Liu Yin suddenly showed her worry: "She left on her own?! You haven't contacted her since? Aren't you afraid that something might happen to her?!"
Song Feifei said awkwardly, "Of course, neither of us would be the first to give in after deleting each other... Besides, she's the best fighter among the three of us. She should be able to join another territory quickly, and nothing will go wrong."
Fang Siyu lowered her head and said, "Actually, thinking about it recently, I'm still quite worried. The main thing is... Look at us here, everyone is pretty good at fighting, but it's still hard to eat and live in the lower class. As for Zhou He... I think she should have joined a very powerful territory, so she might be in a similar situation now..."
Liu Yin smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "That's true. I think...all the territories are pretty much the same now."
"Oh, yes." Song Feifei sighed, "The only exception is probably 'Pure Land', right?"
Liu Yin was stunned, her eyes filled with confusion: "What do you mean by 'Pure Land'?"
"Fuck! You don't even know about the Pure Land?!" Song Feifei was a little surprised, then guessed that Liu Yin's previous territory was too inconspicuous, so she didn't have much contact with players from other territories and had never heard of the "Pure Land." The "Pure Land" merchant teams didn't travel around randomly, so they probably overlooked this small territory as well.
"I have to give you some advice on this!" Song Feifei became interested, cleared her throat, and planned to tell Liu Yin about the biggest legend on the current map of T City.
The village became rich overnight. Ye Miao flipped through the panel of the post station, but there was no option to "prohibit post station guests from launching attacks in the territory". He didn't know whether it was a loophole or the system's malicious taste.
So she had no choice but to issue an announcement to inform the members about this matter, notifying them to be more careful in their daily lives and to seek help in time if they encountered danger. She and the NPCs under her name had the privilege to launch attacks and would provide help immediately.
After the announcement was made, the members didn't panic too much—extreme cases like these could happen at any time, let alone a pattern. But the Pure Land environment was friendly, and only one robber had been discovered in such a long time, so it wasn't enough to cause anyone too much anxiety.
Besides, it is impossible for everyone to stay at home just to avoid the small chance of robbers appearing. Wouldn’t that be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
In the red brick house, after Ye Miao sent the announcement, he packed his luggage and decided to move into the three-story villa.
Perhaps because the players didn't have much savings, she hadn't sold one of the three two-story and three three-story villas she had built a while ago. Rather than leaving it empty, she decided to move in.
The three three-story villas were arranged next to each other. She knew that the one in the middle was bought by Chu Cheng, but she didn't pay attention to the buyer of the one on the far right. After moving in, she walked over and saw that it was actually Fang Yuming's house.
How come Fang Yuming has leveled up so quickly recently and saved up so much money?!
Ye Miao had doubts in his mind but did not delve into them further. Instead, he knocked on Chu Cheng's door and asked as soon as he entered the room, "Are you interested in challenging the Mutant Worm King again?"
"Do you have a way to beat him?" Chu Cheng looked at her.
Ye Miao shook his head: "It's not a solution, but I have a new idea."
"What?"
Ye Miao said slowly: "Although the system didn't say it explicitly, is there a possibility that the Mutated Earthworm King could be a large group?"
Chu Cheng was obviously stunned.
Ye Miao continued slowly, "Think about the Mutated Earthworm King's mechanics—it deals more damage when weakened, but after it weakens, it begins to sway towards its ultimate. Once the sway begins, it can't be interrupted. However, if you can control it before the sway begins, you can delay the ultimate indefinitely."
She paused. "If we have enough people, we can attack it frantically while it's weakened and kill it as quickly as possible. We can also take turns controlling it. Wouldn't that prevent it from casting acid rain?"
"That makes sense." Chu Cheng pondered, "But if we follow this logic, the team needs a lot of control players, otherwise all our efforts will be wasted if we can't keep up with our skills."
After all, as soon as the acid rain starts, everyone's equipment will lose durability rapidly. The players with better equipment will be less likely to risk having their equipment scrapped to kill monsters, so they can only retreat.
Once the player moves out of the attack range, the monster will quickly recover health, which is equivalent to a direct refresh.
Ye Miao pondered, "Control skills cool down very slowly. I think we need to form a team of at least 40 people, at least 18 of whom have control skills. Six people in a group will take turns controlling its tentacles. This way, we can rotate three times, which is enough to almost complete the skill cooldown. Of course, if we can get four groups... that would be more stable."
"Hmm..." Chu Cheng hesitated for a moment, "Boss, you know we don't have many combat talents, right?"
"I know." Ye Miao lowered his head and sighed, "So let's give it a try first. Also, if we can find a way to get Deng Wei to join... then one of the teams will only need Deng Wei and one or two other players."
"Deng Wei?" Chu Cheng had no impression of this person.
Ye Miao explained, "I originally only ate the pancakes she sold, and then I noticed her during the siege of Fearless Village. Her damage output isn't high, but she seems to have several control skills."
"Oh——" Chu Cheng understood.
He didn't know the name, but he had eaten pancakes.
He then said naturally, "Then I'll form the team, and you make the other preparations."
"Thank you for your hard work." Ye Miao nodded in gratitude and stood up from the sofa. "I won't bother you anymore."
"Goodbye." Chu Cheng politely sent her to the door, turned around and closed the door, and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling refreshed.
——Unconsciously, they had reached a tacit understanding. When something happened, she would not only seek him out as a partner, but would also naturally let him take charge of forming the team.
That's exactly what he wanted to do.
A small village market that became rich overnight.
Deng Wei's small business is booming: "All three without spicy?"
"Let's make it spicy! If it's not spicy, let's have another one and crack an egg!"
"Okay!" Deng Wei smiled, her pancakes smooth and silky smooth. "Add an egg for 5 gold coins, 95 gold for three!"
Chu Cheng walked closer to take a look, then lined up calmly.
About fifteen minutes later, it was his turn. He bought one for each of his teammates, five in total. Then, while Deng Wei was making pancakes, he said, "The boss has specifically asked for you to join the monster hunting group. Are you interested?"
"Ah?" Deng Wei glanced at him and smiled awkwardly, "Do you want to hear the truth?"
Chu Cheng: "You say."
"Honestly, if you ask me, I find selling pancakes more enjoyable than killing monsters. Look at how good my business is! If Zhang Tingting hadn't been so insistent on tricking me into going out with her every day, I'd really want to sell pancakes from morning till night."
"..." Chu Cheng was silent for a moment, "Then after you kill the monsters, your drops will be yours, and my drops will also be yours."
"?!" Deng Wei was baffled. "What are you trying to do?"
Chu Cheng said frankly: "I said I was responsible for forming the team, so of course I want to get things done. The boss only mentioned you by name. If I didn't even bring you in, wouldn't it be useless?"
"Oh..." Deng Wei nodded slowly in understanding, clicked her tongue, and said sheepishly, "I'll think about it. I'll try my best... But I have a question..."
"Um?"
Deng Wei cleared her throat uncomfortably. "I always feel like... I think I've seen you before... on TV or online? You're an athlete, right?"
"Yeah." Chu Cheng didn't deny it. "I'm an archer and I won an Olympic gold medal once. If you watched the Olympics four years ago, it was indeed me."
"I said I remembered it correctly!" Deng Wei laughed, and then thought to herself, the Olympic champion is so powerful, why would he have to help out in someone else's territory?
She didn't ask directly, but made two pancakes while thinking, and guessed a clue in her mind.
When she started to make the third pancake, Deng Wei's face showed the typical smile that girls would have when faced with gossip.
Chu Cheng noticed something: "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, ahem—" Deng Wei quickly straightened her face, quickly spread out the third pancake, bagged it, and handed it to him along with the first two. "A total of 90 gold."
Chu Cheng didn't answer, but raised his eyebrows: "I want five."
"Oh, right!" Deng Wei continued to spread the pancakes awkwardly. She looked at him twice and asked casually, "I remember there were five of you archers, right? Then why don't you bring one for the boss?"
"She didn't ask for pancakes, why should I bring them!" Chu Cheng's voice suddenly became heavy, and he refused very bluntly, but Deng Wei clearly saw that his cheeks suddenly flushed an abnormal color. It was not obvious, but it was still visible.
She guessed right!
Deng Wei's curiosity, eager to watch the action, suddenly surged, and she made a quick decision: "I'll go kill the monsters! We'll divide the drops however we want. I won't take advantage of you!"
"Okay, thank you." Chu Cheng's heart relaxed. After the last two pancakes were ready, he paid and turned to leave.
Behind him, Deng Wei looked at his back and couldn't help laughing again.
There was no entertainment in the apocalypse, so watching other people's love gossip was a rare pleasure. As the number one gossip contestant in the police station back then, she certainly couldn't miss the show of the archer boss pursuing the lord.
"I'm so bored!" Deng Wei muttered to herself as she scraped off the remaining dough on the pan with the spatula in her hand while no other customers ordered.
The next moment she sighed again: This kind of "boredom" is actually a luxury.
Before the end of the world, she often saw people complaining about being "bored" on the Internet. But in fact, feeling bored often means that people who have enough food and clothing, and who are busy making a living and worrying about survival, will hardly have free time to feel "bored".
Now that we are in the end times, being bored will become even more rare.
One can even say... perhaps only people in this "pure land" have this kind of leisure time.
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