Chapter 176 A "Guest" from Another Region
The Adventurer Host is the most dangerous and also the most important among the many types of system hosts at headquarters.
The rare resources required by other systems are mostly obtained by the adventurers who travel to various dangerous worlds. It can be said that they are the cornerstone and pillar of the headquarters' normal operation.
Energy resources need to be nurtured by the world; they do not appear out of thin air. Therefore, we must go out to find and collect them.
Adventure hosts can only be bound to those with extraordinary talents and bloodlines; they are the ones who dominate large-scale transactions.
However, not every adventure host is law-abiding. Their immense strength and high status have led to numerous rebellious adventure hosts causing trouble. The headquarters has a multitude of affairs to handle, so entrusting some of the rebellion incidents to other adventure hosts will result in a generous reward.
Wei Yanqing was an adventure host who had accepted the job. In order to squeeze in smoothly, he deliberately compressed and sealed his strength to avoid alerting the cowardly yet extremely greedy violator. He didn't want to waste any more time searching for a location.
Knowing that Wei Yanqing wasn't investigating her, Rong Yi asked calmly, "Then you're here to deal with that good-for-nothing who caused the chaos in Obsidian City?"
Wei Yanqing nodded. "That's right. He committed serious violations of discipline. It wouldn't be difficult to deal with him, but he's too good at hiding."
As soon as he finished speaking, Rong Yi yawned, "Since you're not looking for me, then forget it. You just keep an eye on me while I have amnesia, and you'll get plenty of benefits in the future."
Seeing that she didn't react much, Wei Yanqing took this opportunity to send healing energy into Rong Yi's brain.
Soon, Rong Yi's body went limp and he fell forward, landing right in Wei Yanqing's arms.
Wei Yanqing put his arm around her back. "Was the conversation just now blocked?" he asked the system he was linked to.
[Blocked; I never expected the Crimson Tyrant to look like this.]
"I didn't expect that either."
She is a legendary figure, and other adventurers know very little about her, only that she is a woman.
Most adventure hosts prefer to work alone, but they inevitably have to interact with other hosts. It's rare to see someone as solitary as Crimson Tyrant.
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When Rong Yi woke up, he was dazed for a moment, just like before.
Wei Yanqing handed her a bowl of vegetarian soup. "Want some?"
Rong Yi didn't refuse. He took the bowl, tilted his head back, and drank it down. He smacked his lips a couple of times before saying, "So you also have that thing that calls itself an adventure system."
When things went out of control, she remembered the whole process. It was as if she was experiencing the plot unfold firsthand, but she couldn't make any changes and could only watch helplessly.
Wei Yanqing nodded, "That's right. I'm here to investigate this dungeon program. It was organized by a traitorous adventure host in order to obtain massive amounts of resources without paying any price. For example, a significant amount of energy stones will be deducted after each dungeon."
Rong Yi pursed his lips and turned on the live chat.
The barrage of comments filled her view, almost all asking who they were, why the video had been cut off earlier, and what strange things they were saying.
"The comments said the video cut out earlier, was that my mistake?"
She remembered the scene as extremely shocking, which merged with the scene in her dream, and she finally understood that the ferocious insects did not disappear, but were vaporized by the ultra-high temperature.
Wei Yanqing: "A little, but mainly I block them from hearing certain things.
It wasn't that I was afraid of revealing my identity, but the fact that I was the Crimson Tyrant was too important to let the violators outside the arena know.
Thinking of this, he transmitted his voice to her: "Don't mention the Crimson Tyrant, or you'll be in big trouble."
Rong Yi understood immediately why he wasn't continuing to block him now.
What is a traitor? What is an adventure host?
[I can't understand what they're saying. Wei Yanqing said he's here to investigate this program. But this program is legally broadcast on all platforms.]
[That sounds weird]
Wei Yanqing opened the barrage and saw these questions. He also took a sip of his vegetarian soup. "The violators have done a good job of hiding it and creating a respectable social situation. But I can close the net now."
Rong Yi: "Close the net? How do we close it?"
Wei Yanqing put down his bowl. "He placed the pirated program inside every player, including the two of us. My system has already invaded and devoured the pirated program." He pointed to the back of his neck.
Rong Yi thought to himself, "No wonder my neck hurt before; it turns out the pirated program was here."
“We are now locating his position in reverse, but the phase of my self-blocking is still slowly being lifted, so the location will take longer to pinpoint.” Wei Yanqing seemed completely unconcerned, casually stating these things that should have been kept secret.
Rong Yi remained calm, turned off the live chat, and began to ask him about other things, "So, what did you mean by acquiring supplies without paying any price? What would normally be the price to pay?"
Regarding the energy stones, she obtained them in three instance worlds, but it seems she didn't pay any price.
She needs to know just how far that violator has dragged her down.
Wei Yanqing took out a familiar little gadget. “The price is generally divided into two types. One is to assist the material world in overcoming major crises, such as the Rebirth of Civilization instance, helping the natives fight against and build a new world. The second is to offer energy regeneration fragments to the material world, which is this one in my hand.”
Rong Yi recognized the small, plastic-like sphere; the gray-text system had given it to her before, saying it would be exchanged for all the ghost crystals in the Ghost Realm.
So this is the price to pay.
Seeing her staring intently, Wei Yanqing asked, "Have you seen this before? Does it remind you of anything?"
Rong Yi shook his head. "I don't remember anything. I just traded this for all the ghost crystals in the Ghost Realm. That little ball was a bit bigger than the one you have."
Wei Yanqing: "..." This is the largest fragment he can give away from his storage compartment.
Is he really the Crimson Tyrant? He's so rich.
Now Rong Yi understood why Wei Yanqing's storage items seemed so large; it turned out they were like hers, with boundless storage compartments.
Rong Yi returned to the main topic, "What will happen if we don't give them these?"
Wei Yanqing put away the fragments. "There's no such thing as a free lunch. Adventure hosts can obtain a lot of resources, but they also need to exchange fragments with the system to compensate for the losses of the resource world. In most cases, the resource world will allow more to be taken because renewable energy is more precious than any amount of inherent energy. Some hosts will help the resource world solve major events in order to pay less, but this opportunity doesn't come every time."
Rong Yi thought to himself that the violator was quite cunning, always choosing worlds with major crises.
Wei Yanqing: "Of course, the violators let us into this kind of resource world not out of kindness, but to extend the lifespan of the tool people. They take away excess resources without paying the corresponding price. The world consciousness will automatically lock them and make them passively pay the price they deserve, usually in terms of soul and luck. In short, it is very serious. But the violators get a lot of resources without paying anything. Even if the players leave Obsidian City, they cannot get rid of the influence of this program."
Rong Yi: "..."
Damn!
She helped with the Rebirth of Civilization and the Madness and Chaos dungeon world, thankfully giving us fragments of the Ghost Realm. In Rebirth of Civilization, she did some work to assist the natives and the Survival of the Brave. Although she only got a few non-ranked energy stones, they were still resources.
(End of this chapter)
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