Min Zhizhou sat on the ground, looking at the countless lightsabers with different effects that were placed very carefully on a clean wooden board, his expression solemn.
He Fang sat next to Min Zhizhou and swallowed quietly as he saw this sturdy middle-aged man showing such a serious expression for the first time.
Min Zhizhou spoke up: "The opportunity for me to become a mercenary was when I got an anti-nightmare weapon from my father. That was when my father was sent out of the city as a member of the exploration team. Being selected into the exploration team means that life can end at any time. At this time, people can make a reasonable wish to the mobile city. My father's wish was to give me an anti-nightmare weapon."
He Fang vaguely felt that this topic was very heavy, and he sat on the ground obediently without daring to say anything. If it were any other time, he would have definitely skipped over this kind of nostalgic plot, but now the real hologram allowed him to feel the deep sadness coming from Min Zhizhou.
"The second opportunity was my mother. My mother's wish was to give me a set of armor. I now have a set of armor and a weapon to fight nightmare beasts. Even though these two military items are discarded garbage, they carry my parents' wishes for me. My father hopes that I will be brave and move forward, and my mother hopes that I will be safe and worry-free. However, I can't see anything except the endless labor in the city. I fled the city with my father and mother's relics."
He Fang patted Min Zhizhou on the shoulder. He understood the tragic game story setting.
"I used my armor and weapons with great care. I spent more time learning from the mercenary team. I was more cautious than anyone else and more wary of nightmare beasts than anyone else. I suspected that Fusu Nightmare Plant would rather kill an innocent person than let him go. So it took me five full years to get my first low-end, semi-new weapon to fight against nightmare beasts."
He Fang choked.
"Nightmare weapons are extremely valuable, and armor is even more expensive. I didn't have a complete set of equipment until I was 33 years old, and I started to have my own mercenary team." Min Zhizhou gradually covered his face. The tall and strong man was crying like a child. "But my incompetence led to the annihilation of the team. I thought I would die, but I didn't expect to come to the last dreamland in this world. I... I survived because of the lives of my loved ones. My luck was all given to me by those who respect and love me."
He Fang wanted to comfort her, but the story was too heavy and the game didn't give him an option to comfort himself. The socially phobic He Fang couldn't say a word of comfort.
Min Zhizhou's eyes were red, and he reached out and grasped the lightsaber on the ground.
"If we had such perfect and advanced weapons earlier, would we always face sorrow?" Min Zhizhou was dejected, and He Fang was startled.
Although I already knew that N-PC's dialogues were exaggerated, I was still shocked by how sensational it was.
"Can this weapon deal with the Nightmare Beast?" He Fang asked tentatively, although he also thought that this weapon was very powerful.
"Nightmare beasts are actually life forms controlled by Nightmare Beast seeds, but their life characteristics have not completely disappeared. Humans, animals, and insects can all become Nightmare Beasts. To kill them without being infected, we must use anti-Nightmare Beast weapons and real weapons in combination." Min Zhizhou picked up one of the lightsabers, opened it, and casually drew a deep scratch on the ground. "This lightsaber doesn't need to be that difficult at all."
"That...that's pretty impressive." Is the research institute actually quite useful?
"Yes." Min Zhizhou's eyes were lonely, "If there had been such a weapon earlier..."
He Fang looked at Min Zhizhou with a very complicated expression.
He Fang remembered that he had set up the research institute but had never used it. Now he actually felt a little guilty that he had always treated the research institute as a decoration.
In the past, I felt sad every time I saw the institute spending huge financial resources to support a group of employees. Now it seems that he was too narrow-minded.
He will cherish the graduate school in the future.
Min Zhizhou raised his head and looked at the entire prosperous city: "What a beautiful city, with smiles, people standing in the sun, cute children, and leisurely old people. This is the most beautiful city I have ever seen."
He Fang: “…”
Not really.
He just copied a street from his own small city, and the humans were automatically generated by the game.
He remembered that there were still stray dogs in the city.
The current population is only 20,000, and the infrastructure is also very average. It is not really beautiful at all. They built it this way just to prevent it from expanding too quickly and causing the economy to not keep up and eventually perish.
He felt quite embarrassed to be praised so highly by N-PC.
"With such good results, I believe that the city lord also loves your people very much, so you have produced such powerful weapons in such a short time? As long as there are better weapons, the residents will be safer." Min Zhizhou said very carefully.
"..."He just put the things in the research institute, and then the research institute developed it on its own.
"With a city lord like you who cares for the residents, the residents under your jurisdiction must be very happy."
Where is the place where one gradually feels ashamed?
There's no need to exaggerate. It's embarrassing for the players to write so many shameful texts.
Min Zhizhou looked at the family of three passing by on the roadside with gentle eyes and a smile.
He Fang just stared silently, there was no need to be so sentimental.
"Lord City Lord, my armor should be able to serve as a basis for your research, but some of my armor was left in the Nightmare Forest." Min Zhizhou looked at the weapon on the ground.
He Fang looked at Min Zhizhou, and Min Zhizhou looked away in embarrassment.
He Fang: "Do you want it?"
Min Zhizhou's eyes flickered slightly: "Can you rent the weapon to me? I... I still have some money in my account now, I can give it all to you. I know I can't afford such a powerful weapon."
"I didn't want to give it to you either." He Fang also felt that this thing was too lethal and it was not safe to give it to anyone so casually. "I can't even rent it."
It seems that Min Zhizhou himself doesn't know how to use it. Once he opened it, it split his wooden house into two. He might accidentally chop his residents.
Although Min Zhizhou had expected this, he still felt a little disappointed: "It is indeed very difficult. After all, such a weapon must be very expensive."
He Fang did not dare to say that the cost of this thing was very cheap. According to his current city taxes, he could provide one to each person within a day. However, He Fang was afraid that if such a highly lethal weapon was distributed all at once, the city would be in chaos.
The simulator of this game is very powerful. He still remembers that there was cannibalism in one player's city due to famine. It was so cruel that the player deleted the file and quit the game.
"Then can I use these plants?" Min Zhizhou pointed to the endless forest on the side.
"What do you want the plants to do? Just cut them down if you want." The facilities on the city's edge were restored quickly, just like the radishes before.
"I can use these plants to make a simple helmet, and add my original weapons. If it's just a short trip..." Min Zhizhou raised his head and said to He Fang, "I still roughly remember the location where I lost the armor part. I will get it back."
"Ah?" He Fang was stunned. "Are you really going back?"
"You have been able to strengthen the stagnant lightsaber to this extent in such a short time. Lord City Lord, your city is very powerful." Min Zhizhou stared at He Fang seriously, "I am a selfish mercenary and I don't have any concept of loyalty, but I yearn for more powerful weapons. With more powerful weapons, I have more chances to survive. I will give you the complete armor, and I also hope that you will agree to one condition of mine."
"What?" He Fang was affected by the other party's overly serious expression.
"Please give me the opportunity to purchase items produced in your city." Min Zhizhou's eyes were very serious. When a mature man becomes serious, people have to listen to his request carefully.
Want it so much, He Fang's mood is very complicated, weapons are men's romance? Cut off the room and the grudge is no longer resentful?
"But isn't it very dangerous?" He Fang asked.
"The life of a mercenary is always accompanied by danger." Min Zhizhou sighed, his expression softened. "Although I don't understand why the Nightmare Beast seeds don't invade your city, it's better to take precautions. I don't want such a beautiful city to disappear. I hope your city can become stronger."
He Fang was stunned.
He Fang was greatly shocked.
What made a selfish mercenary willing to use the opportunity of threatening his life to make them stronger? Was it the sun that burned him until his skin peeled off? Was it the small wooden house that had been cut into pieces? Or was it these garbage that he regarded as treasures?
He Fang was confused for a long time and didn't know whether he should tell Min Zhizhou. He really didn't need to cause trouble for himself.
An N-PC who shares information doesn't need to be in the spotlight.
His physical data is not even as good as the hunchbacked white-haired old man who is picking up scraps nearby? !
Or is this a mission?