Walking in the forest, Old Eggplant suddenly felt like he was on a night march during military training in college.
When he felt like singing a song.
I wonder if you can sing in this game?
Old Eggplant then asked.
"Report, Sir Knight, can we sing?"
Brown almost fell off his horse when he heard what Old Eggplant said.
What is this singing for?
Aren’t they afraid of attracting the monsters from the Black Forest?
"No, we can't make too much noise here. Once we leave the forest, you can sing whatever you want."
Brown hastily dissuaded him.
Old Eggplant had no choice but to give up, otherwise it would be a wonderful thing to sing a song about returning from target practice in the marching formation.
Fortunately, this place is not far from the edge of the forest.
Soon there was light ahead, and Old Eggplant saw that the trees were becoming sparse, and he came out into the sunlight.
A world opened before him.
He saw scattered fields and the people working in them, he saw houses and watchtowers in the distance, and he saw a desolate land.
"Is this the Kingdom of Night?"
Lao Qiezi expressed the same sentiment as other players.
This was completely different from the magical civilization they knew, and looked more like some backward and poor mountain village.
The villagers all had numb expressions on their faces and were silent. They showed no emotion at all about the appearance of this group of players, and there was no sign of any ripples.
"It seems that the debugging of the NPCs here has not been completed yet. Only a small number of NPCs have independent consciousness. I guess they are just passers-by."
Lao Qiezi thought that in many games, only key NPCs would have plot dialogues, and most of the others would just get by with one or two sentences. There are very few games where the dialogues of passerby NPCs will change as the game progresses. Most of the time, passersby only have a model, and when you click on them, you can tell that he was once an adventurer, until he was shot in the knee.
As we all know, in Lu Ban's game, the NPCs are extremely sophisticated, as if they have a huge database. There will be no circular dialogues at all, and the conversation will progress no matter what. The logical design of such NPCs must take a lot of time, so Lao Qiezi can understand why there are not so many rich response states designed for passers-by.
“The smell of this grass is quite real.”
"It stinks here, is someone pooping here?"
“The mud tastes pretty real.”
"Brother, that's not mud, that's cow dung."
"Pah, pah, pah!"
Players are like Granny Liu who entered the Grand View Garden, looking around and examining the whole world curiously.
"Will we be able to get equipment like that after we upgrade?"
"You are stupid. Now that you have come to the Kingdom of Darkness, you must learn magic!"
"I understand. Our main plot is to fight against the demonic tide."
"But there's nothing here. Do we have to build it ourselves?"
Everyone was talking about it and finally arrived at the door of the Baron's mansion.
It is called a baron's mansion, but it is actually a mud house.
The players were waiting for the Baron to come out with great interest.
Soon, a man in a red robe came out.
Then, behind him, the players saw the serious Lu Ban, Xia, Stone, and Trist.
"???"
When Old Eggplant saw Lu Ban, he was stunned and almost couldn't react.
Is this Lu Ban himself, or his NPC?
He muttered to himself as he listened to what the baron said.
"Everyone, I am the Lord of Dusk Town, Jello. I have summoned you because I want to build a fortress to defend against monsters, as well as facilities to study and fight monsters. If you use your strength, I will reward you handsomely."
Baron Jello said with a trembling voice. At first he was a little worried whether these blunt words could convince these guys who seemed to have a lot of ideas.
But it seems his worries were unnecessary.
Because as soon as Baron Jello finished speaking, the players became agitated.
"Wow, that's awesome, they're really going to fight against the demonic tide, so cool."
"Can we switch to magician? I've always wanted to make fireballs."
"I guess those characters are mentors. For example, if you ask Xia to change your job to a mage, or ask Lao Cui to change to a shooter, etc."
"So what will happen if we look for Lu Ban?"
"Becoming a psychopath?"
"It turned out to be a game of picking up trash and farming. I didn't expect that I would have to carry bricks in the game after carrying bricks in real life."
"I'm an old MC player. Building houses is what I'm best at."
Different players have different expectations, but no one questioned what Baron Jello said.
This made him feel very confused.
Because according to observation, these people, like Lu Ban and others, should have received a good education, have their own independent consciousness, and seem to be very active. Would such guys listen to an inconspicuous baron who seems to have no fighting power?
But the reality was completely different. They accepted Baron Jello's words as easily as breathing, and immediately came up with some plans.
"Let me do it."
At this time, Lu Ban walked to Baron Jello and spoke.
"Everyone, I can provide equipment and tools for purchase. You must provide useful materials to buy basic equipment. Go to the Black Forest and turn it into our fields. Go ahead."
Lu Ban pointed to the black forest in the distance.
The players turned their heads at the same time.
See the lush forest and the various creatures that may exist in it.
Greed suddenly appeared in their eyes.
Although I am penniless now and have only one set of clothes, there must be many good things in that forest.
Thinking of this, the players became excited.
"This mode is a bit like Don't Starve, except that there is a base at the beginning, and we can pick up some branches or fruits first."
"You can pick up stones to make weapons and hunt those monsters."
"I plan to walk around the village first. Maybe there is a hidden quest line."
"Yes, didn't the baron just say that he wanted to study monsters? If we capture the monsters alive, I think we can get more benefits, right?"
"You start with a stone, and you have to pick up all your equipment?"
"Just think about it, the guy just went deep into the forest and was killed, which means there are monsters in the deep forest. If we act quickly, we can first sweep the outer edge of the forest, and then enter the deeper and more difficult areas after everyone has finished sweeping. Now it can be said to be first come first served."
The players quickly took action.
Lao Qiezi has a lot of experience in this kind of massively multiplayer online survival game. He knows that resources are limited in the early stages, and being one step ahead will allow you to be ahead in everything.
Therefore, he decided to rely on his status as the team leader to get close to the knight and try to get some weapons.
Old Eggplant came up to Brown and spoke in a negotiating tone.
"Look, my Lord Knight, I have organized the team for you. Can you provide me with a weapon? I will go to the forest and catch a monster for you."
"???"
Brown was confused when he heard what Old Eggplant said.
Weapons are secondary. With your ragged clothes on, how dare you go into the Black Forest to catch monsters?
Isn’t this too brave?
Besides, I don’t want the monster you captured!
However, he thought about it and decided that it was okay to provide weapons to this guy since he wouldn't be able to use them for the time being anyway.
After making the decision, Brown called his men and gave Old Eggplant a sword.
Old Eggplant got the sword, pulled it out, and immediately felt his fighting power exploded.
The other players around him saw this and showed envious expressions.
"Fuck! I told you that if you get along well with NPCs, you can get treasures. Look at his sword!"
"No more touching the grass, let's go to the forest now!"
"Brother, we'll follow you!"
"We can just go find some monsters and kill them. I don't know if we can gain experience points by killing monsters here."
"Hurry up, hurry up. If you go any slower, we might only have the hoe left."
The players were stimulated and soon ran towards the Black Forest that the townspeople had avoided in the past.
Old Eggplant raised his sword, and at this moment, the souls of Dragonborn, Demon Hunter, Old Hunter, Ashes, and Faded One possessed him.
"Come with me and defend Dusk Town!"
He shouted, and several players followed him, quickly disappearing into the dark forest.
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