Xia Tianqiong stood still, letting the crowd make noise.
After a few minutes, once things had calmed down a bit, he continued speaking.
"Everyone, don't panic. Let me explain. This is a world created by the supernatural. Its purpose is definitely not to benefit us humans. The supernatural wouldn't be so kind."
The game rules themselves reveal that it constantly encourages humans to kill each other; if you don't kill others, they will kill you.
Right now, everyone's level is relatively low, making leveling up easy and minimizing killing. However, after a while, once everyone's level has increased, it will become difficult to level up further by killing monsters and completing quests. What will happen then?
Will you hunt down villagers from other villages? Don't tell me you won't. In this environment, if you stop leveling up while others continue to level up, all that awaits you is death.
At that time, you will form teams to hunt down villagers from other villages, and villagers from other villages will also form teams to hunt down you, eventually leading to a war between villages.
If this game continues for a long time, eventually most people will die, and only a few strong individuals will survive. Do you think you will be one of those survivors?
After Xia Tianqiong's long speech, everyone present suddenly fell silent and fell into deep thought.
Nobody's stupid; if you think about it for a moment, you'll know that the ending he described will happen.
Many people had already guessed that the reason they were desperately leveling up was to avoid being killed in the future.
However, not everyone agrees with Xia Tianqiong's statement.
Some people think he is exaggerating, arguing that everyone is civilized and a large-scale killing is impossible.
Some people felt it was none of their business, and that even if villages started fighting each other in the future, they could just hide and wait for someone to break the mystery.
There were almost no people responding to Xia Tianqiong at the scene.
Xia Tianqiong glanced around and then said, "When our Peach Blossom Village annexes another village, all the villagers in the annexed village will be downgraded by one level, and these levels will be fed back to me in the form of Netherworld Power."
And I will distribute it to everyone who fights with me, and I guarantee that their leveling speed will be faster than everyone else's.
After hearing this, some people were finally moved, and quite a few at that.
Xia Tianqiong glanced at Liu Shan beside her, signaling that it was time for him to speak.
Liu Shan nodded, then stepped forward and shouted, "Listen up, everyone. I am Liu Shan, the captain of the 19th squad of the Imperial Capital General Bureau Patrol Team. I can tell you with certainty that Captain Xia is not exaggerating."
On behalf of the Imperial Capital Police Patrol Unit, I earnestly request everyone to join our operation. Those who perform exceptionally well will be rewarded afterwards, and in the unfortunate event of injury or death, your family will receive compensation.
Liu Shan was wearing an official uniform, and there were two soldiers beside him. Seeing them, people wouldn't think that Xia Tianqiong was deliberately trying to harm people.
Regardless, many people still prefer to believe the official stance, since the main force in combating the supernatural has always been the government.
At this moment, several people in the crowd stepped forward and expressed their willingness to fight alongside the authorities.
There weren't many of them, only a dozen or so.
But once someone takes the lead, things become easier, and more and more people step forward, and the number of participants grows larger and larger.
Unbeknownst to the crowd, those who first stepped forward were people Liu Shan and his group had recruited in the village the day before. They had already promised that once the Ghost Realm ended, the authorities would provide special consideration, such as offering them positions within the system.
Xia Tianqiong finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw more and more people stepping forward.
Two minutes later, Liu Shan counted the number of people. About 700 people were willing to join them, while many others remained on the sidelines.
Liu Shan leaned close to Xia Tianqiong's ear and asked, "Captain Xia, isn't this number of people insufficient?"
Xia Tianqiong glanced around and said, "It's definitely not enough. If we take this few people to attack a village, we'll definitely be wiped out."
"Then what should we do? Why don't you give me some time, and I'll go talk to them one by one?"
"No need, I have a way."
After Xia Tianqiong finished speaking, he suddenly took out a large handful of ghost money and held it high.
Then he shouted, "Everyone who goes into battle with me will receive 20,000 ghost money before we set off, and another 20,000 when we arrive. I guarantee that everyone will receive 40,000 ghost money every day."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present stared at him in astonishment.
Some who had already turned and left immediately came back.
Although everyone is burning paper money for the dead at home now, on average, each person can burn about 20,000 yuan worth of paper money for the dead each month without affecting their health.
Xia Tianqiong is now giving each person 40,000 a day, which is no small amount.
Spending five or six days with him is equivalent to a year's income.
Liu Shan tugged at Xia Tianqiong's sleeve from behind and whispered, "Captain Xia, are you crazy? How much does this cost?"
"It's okay, I have money."
Xia Tianqiong smiled nonchalantly.
His bronze mirror contained a considerable amount of ghost money. He had previously scavenged for scraps in the underworld, amassing over a billion. After destroying the Liu family, he acquired another billion, bringing his total to over three billion, not even counting ghost gold and ghost silver.
Xia Tianqiong addressed the crowd again: "Those who are willing to fight with me, leave the village with me now. I will give you money in the open space outside the village, and then we will set off."
After saying that, he took the lead and left. Seeing this, everyone followed him.
Originally, only seven or eight hundred people were willing to fight, but now that number has more than doubled to about 1,500.
In the wheat fields outside Taoyuan Village.
Xia Tianqiong took out stacks of ghost money and asked Liu Shan and the others to help distribute it to everyone.
At the same time, the number of people was counted, and the group was divided into about ten teams. Each team selected one person as the team leader and gave an extra 10,000 yuan in ghost money.
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