Chapter 74
Bei Qiao was still selecting suitable missions when the other players nearby began a new round of teaming up. Some of the mission rewards were quite good for them, but some of them usually worked alone and weren't as competitive as the players who had already teamed up. So, they used the mission numbers as a code to ask for a team-up, so that anyone wanting to do the same mission would know which one the number referred to.
"Number 026?" "Can I?"
"Three-seven-five?" "Here."
"Number one-five-three?"
“Number one-five-three?
"Number one-five-three, one-five..."
"Stop shouting, no one is doing the small black room mission now!" The tall player sitting next to the man became impatient with the noise and interrupted him with a wave of his hand.
"...How did you know..."
"What are you glaring at? You're having paranoia, right? The reward for this quest is so generous, who here doesn't know that? If you don't believe me, you can ask, who hasn't taken on this quest? Didn't they all fail? Otherwise, who would still be here?" Seeing that the man was still glaring at him, the tall player sneered, stood up and changed his seat: You can't sit with this kind of person.
"Yeah, I've already taken it once. I was so embarrassed when I was running for my life." The other players spread their hands, expressing their helplessness: "You came at a bad time."
To prevent the locals from noticing any anomalies, the Chamber of Commerce has strict limits on the frequency of quest completion. Each player can only accept the same quest once per day. If they fail the same quest two days in a row, their Chamber of Commerce account will be locked out, and they will be unable to accept the quest again until four days have passed. The more failures they have, the longer the lock-out period.
The quest to rescue the player from the dark room offered a very generous reward, and every single player present took on the quest, only to fail. Some players were even captured by the natives because they failed to escape in time, much like the Calabash Brothers who were captured after trying to save their grandfather.
"Is there not a single person who hasn't completed their mission?"
"If there was, I would have told you a long time ago. Just wait a little longer. Who knows, someone might be able to team up with you tomorrow." The people who came here today were only a part of the players who took on this task. No one was willing to give up a task with such a generous reward. As long as you keep coming here every day, there will always be a chance to find teammates.
"Oh..." The man sat back depressed: I have to wait, so I might as well set up a street stall in the next two days. If I delay paying the rent any longer, the landlord will evict me.
The surroundings became quiet again. Bei Qiao withdrew his gaze from watching the fun and continued to screen tasks on the forum.
She was actually a little interested in this small dark room rescue mission, but she was not sure about teaming up with a stranger. In addition, the man seemed impetuous and suspicious, and it would be difficult to avoid disputes after teaming up. Therefore, when the man asked everyone before, she did not respond.
Bei Qiao, worried about the curfew, did not stay in the Chamber of Commerce for long. After observing how other people formed teams several times, she stood up and returned to the ground. When she left the Chamber of Commerce, she did not forget to give a five-star rating to the staff who had led the way.
The staff who received the five-star praise were very happy: "Thank you, fellow countryman!" I'm so happy, today's performance was not in vain! It's still easier for players. Just bring people into the room and the registration is automatically completed. It's different for the locals. Just verifying the authenticity of the identity information can make them lose their hair.
After returning to the inn, Bei Qiao opened the forum again and found that the Chamber of Commerce tasks were still available. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I don't have to go to the Chamber of Commerce to accept tasks, otherwise it would be too difficult to make money." Currently, the Chamber of Commerce closest to the Novice Village is Linjie City. If you have to run for a whole day to accept a task, it would be too troublesome.
"All that's left is to go to the Chamber of Commerce at least once a year to check in and keep the Chamber of Commerce icon activated. This isn't a problem, since I have to travel far away every year anyway."
After quickly looking through some of the local Chamber of Commerce tasks in the capital, Bei Qiao discovered that even in this alien world, the players were very competitive. It was already ten o'clock in the evening, but many tasks had been locked one after another, and several tasks had even become completed on the spot.
"How many heroes are there..." Bei Qiao closed the forum and went out to find the waiter. Although she was willing to complete the mission, she was new to the city and was not familiar with the roads in the capital. She decided to wait and see until she got familiar with the roads. As for now...
"Sir, are you going to the tunnel?" The waiter who was stopped by Bei Qiao for questioning was stunned for a moment, and his expression gradually became nervous: "Is the city going to be in chaos?" Could it be that this guest had received some news?
"No, I want to use this to familiarize myself with the roads nearby." Bei Qiao clenched his right hand and made the movement of looking through a telescope.
"Oh, in that case, the guests don't have to go. There is no such thing in the tunnels of the capital, and we can't take the risk." The waiter breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hands repeatedly.
The capital city was different from other county towns. The Empress had a strong control over the entire city, and her secret guards were everywhere. If a telescope was discovered, not only would the house at the tunnel exit, but even the inn would be completely uprooted by the Imperial Guards.
"I see." Bei Qiao nodded: "What about the tunnel?"
"Don't worry, guests, there must be one! Every inn has one!" After spending a long time in another world, one will always experience wars and natural disasters. How can the player's residence be protected without a tunnel?
Knowing that there was no telescope, Bei Qiao gave up the method of overlooking the scenery to remember the route. He returned to the room, opened the official paid map of the capital on the forum, and began to memorize it.
The soundproofing of the inn was as bad as ever. Bei Qiao's recitation was repeatedly interrupted by the noises made by the guests next door. It took him twenty minutes to memorize several routes that could directly escape from the capital from the imperial gate or the inner city. The main idea was to be prepared for any eventuality.
"I hope I won't need it." Bei Qiao closed the map, closed his eyes and did some eye exercises, then logged off.
The next day, Bei Qiao got up as usual, had breakfast with his parents, and then logged into the game.
In this otherworld, the noise outside the room was already quite lively. Natives of this otherworld, needing to make a living, always woke up very early. If Bei Qiao hadn't logged off and left, he would have been woken by the noise outside around five in the morning and unable to fall back asleep.
After getting out of bed and tidying himself up, Bei Qiao put on a crew-neck shirt and went downstairs to the backyard to check on Hui Hui and Hong Hong. Hong Hong was tired from all the traveling, and even as Bei Qiao was brushing her fur, she was still sleeping with her head drooping. Hui Hui had more stamina than Hong Hong, and after the brushing, she excitedly carried Bei Qiao out of the inn and nibbled on a vegetable basket belonging to an old woman on the roadside.
"Let go!" Bei Qiao slapped Hui Hui's head helplessly, then turned over and held Hui Hui's mouth: "Let go! Hurry up!"
"Oh, you scared me." The old woman took a step back and patted her chest, but her hand holding the basket was very steady. A passerby looked back at the old woman and saw that she was fine, so he continued on his way.
"Ah!" Huihui let go pitifully, staring at the old woman with a pair of big black eyes, trying to be coquettish with his eyes: Can I eat it? I want to eat it so much!
"This donkey is quite obedient, unlike my donkey, which is very stubborn and won't let go of anything it bites." The old woman touched Huihui's neck and took out a bean cake from the basket: "Eat it, it's homemade bean cake, it's not expensive."
"Huh? There's a donkey begging for food here?" A few children, too young to attend school, gathered around, giggling and joking. After Huihui snorted at them, they ran off, howling. The adults watching over them burst out laughing at their frightened expressions.
Huihui, who had sprayed the child away, blinked his eyes, glanced at Beiqiao secretly, tentatively opened his mouth towards Doubing, then closed his mouth a little, glanced at Beiqiao, closed it a little more, and glanced at Beiqiao again.
"Okay, look how wronged you are." Bei Qiao took out a few coins from his pocket: "Old lady, I'll buy two bean cakes." One is for Huihui, and the other one will be taken back for Honghong to try. I don't know if it likes it.
The old woman accepted the copper coins and gave Bei Qiao three bean cakes, explaining that this was how she usually sold them. Bei Qiao took the bean cakes and stuffed one into Hui Hui's mouth. With his other hand, he rubbed Hui Hui's head and said, "Is the hay at the inn not tasty? You have to eat the bean cakes from this old woman's basket! They smell good, but you can't eat them beforehand... Forget it."
After eating the bean cakes, Huihui became much more obedient. All morning, when Beiqiao pointed east, it didn't dare to go west. Perhaps because it knew that its disobedient behavior made Beiqiao unhappy, it even learned to act cute and beg for food without any instruction. In the morning, it asked Beiqiao for a string of candied haws, a small bag of pea yellow, some dried meat, and two handfuls of peanuts. Beiqiao couldn't push them back. Finally, worried that he would eat too much, Beiqiao had to return to the inn early and send Huihui back to the backyard: "Okay, okay, I forgive you, don't ask others for more."
"Ah!" Huihui proudly shook his tail: Am I awesome?
Honghong, who had slept for most of the morning, had had enough sleep at this time. Beiqiao took out the bean cake he had bought before from his sleeve and broke off a piece for Honghong. However, Honghong didn't like it very much. She only ate the piece that Beiqiao broke off for her and refused to open her mouth.
Bei Qiao put away the remaining bean cakes, smoothed her bloated stomach, and went back to her room to log off for lunch. After logging off, the bloating left her stomach, but it lingered in her mind. In the end, Bei Qiao only ate half her usual lunch portion, which made Qiao Lin very worried: "Are you that tired? You can't even eat?"
"I'm not tired, I'm just full."
"What did you eat? You must be full. I've been at home all morning and haven't seen you come out to eat anything."
Bei Qiao: "Mom, I'm really fine! I'm..."
Bei Qiao told Qiao Lin about the incident where his donkey ate too much, which made Qiao Lin laugh out loud: "Isn't that great? You don't have to worry about being hungry wherever you go."
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