Chapter 179 Recruitment
Building a team?!
There are no guns or superpowers in Devil City, and there are not even a few strong men who can fight. It is simply a foolish dream to think of forming a team. The person who comes up with this idea is either stupid, crazy, or mad!
Lu Yan also thought the system was crazy. After returning home, he closed the door and hid in the bathroom. He grabbed his hair in frustration and said in a low voice, gritting his teeth: "You are crazy! Devil City has nothing now. You asked me to lead them to form a team. Isn't that pushing them to die?!"
Although Lu Yan's words about forming a team at the entrance of Sky City were not ruled out as a result of anger, it was more because the system was rushing to launch the system. Just as he knocked Xiao Shian to the ground, the dark red heart suddenly appeared in the sky and a message popped up:
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering the main quest - City of Hope! ]
[Side Mission 1: Please create a self-defense team of no less than 20 people in the Devil City. If the mission is successful, you will be rewarded with 100 merit points. If the mission fails, 100 merit points will be deducted.]
[Since this mission has many side quests, I will not show them all for now. The rest are waiting for the host to trigger them. ]
Lu Yan had never heard of the reward of "merit points" before, and frowned: "What's the use of merit points? I'm not a monk, what do I need so much merit for?"
The system flew silently in front of Lu Yan. Its originally black and red body had turned dark red at some point, and it finally looked a bit like a normal heart. The inorganic coldness in its voice faded a little, and its speech became more normal:
[Merit points are certainly useful, and they are hard to come by, and can be very useful at critical moments. ]
Lu Yan was suspicious: "For example?"
System: [I can’t give you an example. I can only tell you that if you lose too many merit points, you may not be reborn as a human in your next life. Instead, you will be reborn as a pig, sheep, cat, or dog.]
"?!!!"
Lu Yan was shocked: "What's the difference between this and forced buying and selling?!"
System: [The mission is triggered randomly. Did you know about forced sales on the first day?]
Lu Yan: "But I have no supplies or weapons. I can't let them fight with bare hands, right?"
The system felt that Lu Yan was just asking for trouble: [The mission released now is to let you form a team, but not to find weapons for them. Just take it one step at a time. Why think so much?]
Lu Yan thought the system was talking bullshit: "Who would team up with you without weapons? They are not stupid!"
He finished speaking and looked at the time. He suddenly realized that he had been in the bathroom for more than half an hour. He finally pushed the door and walked out. Lu Xiaozhao had been sitting on the sofa waiting. When he saw Lu Yan finally come out, he hurriedly ran over and asked anxiously in a low voice: "Brother, why did you come out just now!"
As soon as Lu Yan got home, he hid in the bathroom. No one knew what he was doing. He was waiting outside and was extremely anxious.
Lu Yan glanced at him, thinking he was in a hurry to go to the restroom: "It's not like there's no restroom in the guest room, why are you in such a hurry? I'll give you the seat."
Lu Xiaozhao stamped his feet: "I don't want to go to the toilet!"
When he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that his voice was too loud. He covered his mouth in panic and looked towards the bedroom, fearing that he would wake up Xing Yuan who was sleeping. He lowered his voice again and said, "Brother, do you know that Xing Yuan is a wanderer! And he is a very high-level wanderer!"
Lu Yan thought he was going to say something, but it turned out to be this: "I know, what's wrong?"
Lu Xiaozhao glared: "You know? If you know, why don't you break up with him? He is a wanderer and a cannibal!"
Lu Yan glanced at him and said, "You are also a wanderer. Should I sever my brotherly relationship with you?"
Lu Xiaozhao choked when he heard this: "I, I, I... I am different from him."
Lu Yan asked back: "What's the difference?"
Lu Xiaozhao held his hand and emphasized: "Brother, we are brothers, I won't eat you!"
Lu Yan pulled his hand out, resisting the urge to give him a big fight. He thought that if he didn't have superpowers, he would have been bitten by that bastard Lu Xiaozhao many times. He gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I don't need a DNA test to know that we are not brothers. There are no brothers who transcend species in the world. Do you understand?"
He ignored Lu Xiaozhao's hesitant calls from behind and turned back to the bedroom.
After Xing Yuan's advancement, his energy became unstable. He spent most of the day dormant, slowly digesting the energy, and only woke up at night.
Lu Yan had just lifted the quilt and got into bed when the body next to him automatically entangled with him. He closed his eyes helplessly. The ceiling above his head was pitch black. He gently kicked the tail in the quilt: "Change back."
Xing Yuan quietly leaned close to his ear, his lips curled slightly, hiding a hint of joking: "Why don't you break up with me?"
He must have heard what Lu Xiaozhao said.
Lu Yan couldn't help but smile: "I want to break up, do you agree?"
Xing Yuan's eyes flashed a dark light in the darkness. He lay lazily on Lu Yan, speaking slowly but with a dangerous tone: "Agree."
"Once you agree, I will eat you into my stomach."
Either be a lover or be food, there is no third choice.
When Lu Yan heard him say this, the story that the system had told him suddenly emerged in his mind. According to the original destiny, he would replace Lu Xiaozhao to meet his online love object, but in the end the matter was exposed and he was strangled to death by the strong man and turned into ashes.
Who that strong man is is no longer important now. He may have been killed by the butterfly, or he may have been staying in a corner quietly waiting to meet that idiot Lu Xiaozhao.
What Lu Yan really cares about is one thing, which is the ending of the Wanderer.
It is related to Xing Yuan and Lu Xiaozhao.
The system's answer was a little cryptic, but it was not difficult to understand the meaning if you read it carefully: [In most novels, only the righteous and bright protagonists can survive to the end, and the evil villains always end up in ashes.]
There is no doubt that the protagonist of the novel is Lu Xiaozhao.
What about the evil villains? The priests, the wanderers, or Xing Yuan?
After Lu Yan's persistent questioning, the system finally told Xing Yuan the original ending: [His identity was discovered by Sky City. As for the outcome, you can figure it out yourself.]
To humans, Xing Yuan is a man-eating monster, and to the wanderers, Xing Yuan is a traitor. No matter how powerful he is, it will be of no avail. Both sides cannot tolerate him, and I am afraid that his end will be no better than being reduced to ashes.
When Lu Yan thought about this, he unconsciously pressed his right hand against his lips and bit his knuckles hard. He thought that although he had helped to conceal Xing Yuan's identity, he still had to be prepared for any eventuality. He knew the moral character of the people in Sky City best. Destroying the bridge after crossing it was the lightest punishment. Although forming a team from Devil City sounded unrealistic, it was considered to have its own strength, which was much better than fighting alone with bare hands.
Xing Yuan wrapped his tail around him and shook it back and forth: "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Yan: "Change back."
Xing Yuan: "Are you thinking about the victims of the Devil City?"
Lu Yan: "Change back."
Xing Yuan: "I advise you to mind your own business."
Lu Yan: "I advise you to change back."
Xing Yuan: “…”
Damn, I'm so angry. Which wanderer lives such a miserable life like him? Xing Yuan turned over fiercely in the quilt, and the tail that felt cold to the touch finally turned into a familiar pair of legs.
Seeing Xing Yuan with his back to him, Lu Yan guessed that he might be angry. He reached out and held him in his arms, resting his chin on his shoulder and whispered, "It's getting late. Go to bed. I have to go to Devil City tomorrow."
Xing Yuan raised his eyelids and asked, "Why are you going to Devil City?"
Lu Yan was vague: "Nothing, just volunteering."
The next morning, although the sky was still a little dark because of the red moon, it was much brighter than at night. Gray clouds piled up in the sky, which looked like a sign of a thunderstorm, but it was a rare good weather during this period.
Lu Xiaozhao followed Lu Yan, carrying a lot of stuff on his back. They walked all the way from the exit of Sky City to Yunduan Road. The patrolmen on duty nearby were staring at them. He looked around like a thief: "Brother, isn't it a bad thing for us to do this? We are competing with Sky City."
Lu Yan thought that fighting in the ring was better than being reincarnated as an animal in the next life. He found a decent location on the roadside and made sure that there was a good flow of people. He signaled Lu Xiaozhao to put the folding table he brought there: "This is it, let's set up the recruitment office here."
The so-called recruitment office was just a folding table with two plastic stools. Lu Xiaozhao brought a cardboard box from home as a billboard. He squatted on the ground and thought for a long time, but he didn't know how to start: "Brother, what should be written on the billboard?"
Lu Yan: "Have you never seen a recruitment notice? Just write it the same way others write it."
Lu Xiaozhao said "oh", lowered his head and carefully wrote the word "招" (recruitment) with a black marker, then paused for a moment and looked up blankly: "Brother, how do you write the word '招聘' (recruitment)?"
Lu Yan originally wanted to gesture to him remotely, but suddenly realized that he had forgotten it, so he withdrew his hand without leaving a trace, frowned and said, "Aren't you a college student? How come you can't even write a word? Look it up on your phone yourself."
Lu Xiaozhao muttered: "The school is gone, where will the college students come from?"
"Now that the vagrants are rampant, we are recruiting capable people from the Devil City to form a defense team to protect the city. You are welcome to sign up... Brother, isn't this a bit monotonous? I think I should add something else."
Lu Yan was puzzled: "Add what?"
Lu Xiaozhao: "Salary, benefits, weapons, etc., otherwise who would team up with you?"
Lu Yan: “…”
Lu Yan really wanted to give it, but he really didn't have it. Now was an emergency period, and Sky City had extremely strict control over weapons. It was no longer the time before when one could buy ammunition with minutes. People didn't seem to be short of supplies, and the most he could do was give out some hours as wages, but he didn't know if anyone would care. After all, Devil City was about to be destroyed, and it would be useless no matter how much he saved.
Lu Yan hesitated for a moment, and finally asked Lu Xiaozhao to add the hourly salary: "If anyone is willing to come, each person will be given 3,600 hours per month."
The average salary in Devil City is about 1440 hours per month, and Lu Yan doubled it. After all, he had killed so many wanderers that he already had countless hours on his wrists, so he might as well keep them.
He still has a lot of points in the system. He will go back and see if he can exchange them for some skills that can help ordinary people activate their superpowers, so that he can also fight against the wanderers when they come.
Lu Xiaozhao sighed: "I don't even know if I can survive tomorrow, what's the point of wasting so much time?"
But despite all his complaints, he still wrote down the welfare benefits honestly, not knowing that his action was seen by the people in Sky City.
He Zhu originally came down to inspect the Devil City to prevent the crowd from rioting and to report any news to the director in time. He stood on the defense wall and saw the recruitment notice hanging in front of Lu Yan's desk through a telescope. He couldn't help but take a breath: Isn't Lu Yan challenging Sky City to a challenge?
As luck would have it, the person in charge of patrolling today was Team 3 Captain Nie Zhuguang. He Zhu walked up to him and frowned to indicate the situation with Lu Yan: "Hurry up and deal with it. What if the director sees it? Wouldn't that be a slap in the face of Sky City?"
Nie Zhuguang thought, does Sky City still have the face? Although he is a rich man, he also feels that the closure of the city is not fair. Hearing this, he said perfunctorily: "I can't beat him. You can handle it yourself... Oh, if it doesn't work, you can find Xing Yuan. After all, they are one family."
Nie Zhuguang pointed to the side and saw a dark figure standing not far away. It was Xing Yuan. He came here today to see what Lu Yan was doing, but he saw from a distance that he was sitting at a street stall with Lu Xiaozhao. His eyelids could not help but jump.
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