Empty Valley
The United Legion sent out a team, led by Chi Xin, who piloted two thermal ships and flew to the edge of the clouds.
Backed by the logistical intelligence of the five major guilds, they naturally knew that at night, as the elemental energy of the Rainbow of the Valley gradually extinguished, endless ghouls would breed above the clouds.
As a high-level player, Chi Xin was naturally not afraid of the small ghoul. He simply avoided the area covered by the clouds, fearing unnecessary conflict with the Konggu faction.
Through the telescope equipped on the thermal ship, they witnessed an astonishing scene.
Less than a minute after the golden statue appeared on the farm, all the ghouls within a three-kilometer radius at the top of the valley disappeared.
It seemed as if all of it was swallowed into the belly of the statue.
Of course, this disappearance is only temporary.
The ghouls in the mountains of the spiritual realm can only reproduce within a quarter of an hour after midnight, but the ghouls in the empty valley can persist until dawn, waiting for the rainbow of the empty valley to shine again.
The telescope's view was quickly obscured by the reappearance of the white bubble.
However, what also disappeared was the magnificent farm and the intimidating statue.
Chi Xin frowned and thought for a moment, then ordered the team members, "Quickly notify the Second Assembly! The farm has disguised itself as a temple and entered the hollow valley!"
Duozhu Guild, you won’t be fooled so easily, right?
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All floating islands are suspended around the tower, and only the floating city stands on the top of the tower.
This description is not quite accurate, because the sharp spire pierces the central square of the floating city, holding up the rainbow of the empty valley at a height of dozens of meters.
The square should be empty late at night, but tonight it was packed with people. The Duozhu Guild and the Xiangyang Guild faced each other from afar, with the spire as their center.
The situation was tense, with only the two guild presidents hastily coming online.
Some of their men looked up at the golden temple standing side by side with the Rainbow of the Valley, while others secretly glanced at the woman standing next to the spire.
The woman was even more beautiful than the goddess Mia. She was wrapped in a white robe embroidered with gold and called herself a messenger of God.
The Xiangyang Guild members standing behind her could see clearly that the simple pattern embroidered with gold thread on the back of the woman's white robe was exactly the main god Duozhu.
The goddess Mia has an aura that keeps strangers away, but the messenger of God in front of her has a gentle smile, and his curved eyes are shining with mercy and compassion.
"You can become the main god by destroying a wave of ghouls? Then everyone in our Konggu is a god! Yintian, please be rational!"
"Oyushi, stop insulting the Lord God. Be careful of the Lord God's punishment!"
The two people who were at loggerheads with each other were Ao Yusi, president of the Xiangyang Guild, and Yin Tian, president of the Duozhu Guild.
The game allows players to customize their faces, and both of them look under 30 years old. However, their expressions and tones of voice indicate that they are already middle-aged in real life.
If Yin Tian had a few wrinkles and changed into black and red clothes, he would be the Pope in An Rou's heart.
Her eyes turned and slowly scanned the area.
Many players met her gaze, their eyes excited and fanatical.
Very good, just like their president, the Duozhu Guild believed her fabricated identity.
As for Xiangyang's players, some frowned and looked at her, while others avoided her gaze, not daring to meet her gaze. Most were skeptical.
The reason why Duozhu religion is called Duozhu religion and the main god is also called Duozhu main god is that it is obvious that most of the believers are Duozhu players.
The square seems quiet, but the surrounding area is actually very chaotic.
The ghouls have not been exterminated, and most of the players on duty are staying at their posts to deal with them.
An Rou lowered her eyes and quietly let go of the idea of getting rich quickly.
The farm floated above the square, and An Rou looked at the rainbow in the valley through the sudden wealth.
Mia, Baige, and Konggu, the two super gods, were dealing with the ghouls while paying attention to the movements in the square.
Continuing to argue is not a solution. The longer it goes on, the easier it will be to expose the fact that the so-called temple is actually a mission.
An Rou smiled slightly, and let Bao Fu carry the farm to the other side of the square and land slowly.
Mia noticed the unusual movement in the temple and quickly glanced at her own guild leader, but did not stop it.
The white doves were paying attention to Mia's actions, and the flock of pigeons that appeared in front of them did not chase after the temple, but turned around to deal with the ghouls rushing in from the sky.
Ousi noticed it and shouted, "Stop!"
Yin Tian raised his hand in response, and all the players behind him immediately revealed their weapons.
"You want to disrupt the God's descent?! The City Lord didn't object!"
There was a third wave of people in the square.
Although the floating city is called a "city", its structure is actually very simple. It only has an empty circular square and a floating castle at the south end of the square.
The owner of the castle—the supreme NPC of the Valley—the Floating City Lord, was standing in front of the gate with a group of servants, watching the situation in the center of the square from afar.
The place where An Rou commanded Bao Fu to land was just on the north side of the square, facing the castle across the spire.
Ao Yusi was furious and pointed at the castle. "The city lord didn't object, but did he agree? You don't know why he didn't object. Aren't the NPCs afraid of such a huge thing appearing in the empty valley out of nowhere?!"
Before he finished speaking, the marble square trembled slightly and the temple landed completely.
Yintian did not refute Ao Yusi. He looked at the majestic statue standing not far away and could not hide his joy.
Ao Yu immediately realized that the temple had landed at the site of the Duozhu main god's statue! That statue had been moved to the lower city a year before the Xiangyang Guild regained control of the upper city!
"Yintian, this is all your conspiracy! Right?!"
Ao Yusi strode forward and pointed at Yin Tian's nose. "What temples and statues? They were all secretly built by you, Duo Zhu, outside. Your goal is to get the dog shit statue back into the floating city!"
"You are slandering me! Do you know that your behavior is blasphemous?"
"Yintian."
Just as Yin Tian was about to retort, he was interrupted by a clear female voice. He was slightly startled and looked at the divine messenger a few steps away, a hint of doubt in his eyes.
The many players behind him quickly became excited.
"The envoy has spoken. He knows the president's name!"
An Rou's smiling gaze paused on Yin Tian for a moment, and she walked towards Ao Yusi without saying a word.
"Oyus, you can question me, but you cannot question the Lord God."
Under the white light of the ghouls in the sky, Anrou's smile radiated the radiance of the Madonna.
"Tell me, what can I do to make you a willing child of God?"
Ousi involuntarily took a step back, his brow furrowed deeply. His brow bones and nose bridge were high, and his blue eyes seemed hidden in the shadows, cautious and wary.
He failed to activate the ghoul identification function.
The "messenger of God" in front of him is not a ghoul, could it be the woman named An Rou?
No matter how secluded the valley was, as the guild manager, Ao Yusi naturally knew about the fifth copy, Yong'an Farm, which was causing a lot of buzz in the outside world.
The letter sent from Long Yan clearly told him that Yong'an Farm was located outside the valley.
Therefore, Ou Yusi immediately determined that the so-called temple was Yong'an Farm.
However, the other half of the people in Konggu were religious lunatics, and they refused to listen to Yintian's unreasonable words.
That's why Ao Yusi suspected that Yong'an Farm had already secretly colluded with the Duozhu Association and reached some kind of cooperation.
If the messenger of God is not a ghoul, then the ghoul must be hiding in the temple.
Oyusi glanced at the temple in the distance and sneered, "You want me to become a god's subject? Sure. Since you are a god and the temple is a gift from God, there should be some miracles, right?"
He spoke loudly, and the Duozhu player on the opposite side heard it and retorted loudly.
"A miracle has already happened! Didn't you see the Lord God devour so many ghouls?"
"Eliminating so many ghouls in one go, even our goddess can't do it, can you, the failed white pigeon, do it?!"
"Ignorance has blinded your eyes!"
The public was outraged.
An Rou waited for a moment, but Yin Tian didn't agree with her, so she already had an idea in her mind.
It seems that this President Duozhu, although seemingly defending the Lord God, actually does not believe in her identity as "God's messenger".
Perhaps, like Ao Yusi, Yin Tian also suspected that the temple was Yong'an Farm. The reason why he and Ao Yusi had been deadlocked for so long was because Ao Yusi had already revealed it.
——Statue of a deity.
An Rou smiled faintly: "God is omnipresent and omniscient. The miracles in the eyes of mortals are just gimmicks put on by evil gods. Duozhu Lord God disdains to use such means to attract attention. But——"
She changed the subject: “As a servant of God, I have the responsibility to convey God’s will and take care of God’s people.”
A figure flew towards the temple.
Paopao, wearing the same white robe embroidered with gold, stopped beside An Rou. He stretched out his hand and a large gold-lacquered wooden box appeared on the ground.
Various medicines are neatly stacked in the wooden box.
Ousi sneered: "What do you mean, you think you can bribe us with just a little medicine?"
An Rou smiled without answering and walked towards the Xiangyang player behind Ao Yusi.
"Bai Ge."
The player whose name was called by An Rou froze, and then An Rou took a potion from Paopao and handed it to him.
"You were injured while trying to destroy the ghoul just now, weren't you?"
"You too, Nita."
"Yavi, you've consumed too much energy and need to replenish it."
"Nanweier, mental exhaustion will affect your health."
"Bran, your weapon is broken. Please accept this sickle, which is similar to yours. The gods still need his people to eliminate evil."
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As An Rou called out the names of the Xiangyang Guild players one by one, the scene gradually became weird.
The Xiangyang players were all in disbelief, and the Duozhu players on the opposite side also widened their eyes, the fanaticism in their eyes almost condensed into flames.
Ousi rushed to An Rou and reached out to grab her collar, but missed. An Rou retreated a few steps away.
Ousi: "Tell me! Who are you from the Duozhu Guild? You must have used a disguise card!"
An Rou asked him back, "There are at least a hundred people present. How long can even the most advanced disguise card last?
"Aoyusi, you want a miracle, and I will give it to you. Whether you are Duozhu or Xiangyang, you are all God's people, and God knows everything about you.
"You are seen by God and remembered in His heart. Shouldn't you be proud of this?"
Ousi was unable to refute for a moment.
Even if, as he guessed, the "God's Messenger" was a player in disguise, it was impossible for him to know everyone present.
Not to mention Duozhu, even the players from Xiangyang Guild didn't dare to confidently say that they knew everyone in their guild.
You know, there are millions of local players in Konggu, and Xiangyang Guild accounts for half of them, which is enough to reach hundreds of thousands.
The players gathered in the square were all temporary arrivals, and even he, the guild leader, couldn't remember many of their names!
An Rou ignored him, walked back to the wooden box and waved to the many players.
"The night is still long. To resist the invasion of the ghouls, everyone needs to replenish their potions. God loves his people, come and get them."
Many players could no longer hold back and rushed over without even asking for Guild Master Yin Tian's permission.
In front of the messenger of God, no one scrambled for things and they lined up honestly.
An Rou used the same trick again, calling out each person's game ID every time she gave him a potion.
Some people get IDs that are too casual to be presentable, and they feel embarrassed and apologetic when they are called.
"Thank you, Lord God, and thank you, God's messenger."
Every Duozhu player who receives a potion will point their left fist to their forehead and salute reverently.
Even Yin Tian was stunned.
No matter where you are, it is always the lower classes who are ignorant, while the higher-ups, high above, fabricate one deceitful lie after another.
Yintian looked through the long line and looked at Ao Yusi.
An Rou quietly moved half a step to the side, blocked his gaze, and smiled at him.
"Lord Duozhu loves all his people and will give generous gifts to devout believers," she said.
Ao Yusi's eyes met Yin Tian's briefly. He thought they had reached a consensus, but when he heard these words, he was walking towards Yin Tian.
Unexpectedly, Yin Tian raised his left fist to his forehead and sang loudly: "Thank you, Lord God!"
"Thank you, Lord God—"
"Thank you, Goddess of Good Day!"
"Thank you, goddess of good day—"
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The golden gate slowly closed, isolating the believers' burning gazes from outside.
An Rou didn't move yet, so Paopao breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the boss can see everyone's ID. Otherwise, in this virtual world with dazzling skills, what kind of miracle can be considered a miracle?
It is not so easy to get rid of the suspicion of Xiangyang Guild.
"With the support of the Duozhu Guild, Xiangyang shouldn't dare to act recklessly. Boss, why don't we just stay in the Valley for a while longer and wait for Brother Baofu to wake up from his hibernation?"
An Rou had this plan.
This trip to the Empty Valley had a clear goal - the Rainbow in the Empty Valley.
In addition to weapon skills, the Soul-Calling Song also has the power of the four elements of water, fire, wind and thunder. An Rou was very curious about it.
Back in the Spirit Realm, she had intended to collect the four great potions before visiting the Miscellaneous Arts Sect. While the Miscellaneous Arts Sect was creating teleportation arrays, they also produced auxiliary cards with water, fire, wind, and thunder attributes. An Paopao explained that after activation, these auxiliary cards would manifest as spells.
Unfortunately, the joint team pressed too hard, and Chu Mo came out to cause trouble, so An Rou had no choice but to give up the miscellaneous arts sect and go directly to the empty valley.
The Empty Valley produces elemental cards. The elemental power comes from the Rainbow of the Empty Valley. The effect is similar to that of auxiliary cards. This is a well-known game setting.
It is very difficult to directly snatch the Rainbow of the Valley when the sudden wealth is dormant.
An Rou saw clearly that one of the two people on the rainbow was Mia, the top player of the Duozhu Guild and currently ranked third on the Destiny List.
If a real fight came to this, even if she managed to snatch the Rainbow of the Valley, An Rou wasn't sure if the energy in Su Fu's body was enough to kill the other person.
Furthermore, even if they managed to kill Mia by chance, Duozhu and Xiangyang Guild would definitely pursue her to the death.
The rich man is dormant, and the empty valley is the only place where the farm can hide. An Rou doesn't want to take any risks.
but……
An Rou frowned: "We can't rely too much on the Duozhu Guild. There's something wrong with Yin Tian."
"President Duozhu? What's the problem?"
"His reaction is the biggest problem."
When the farm-disguised temple first entered the floating city, Yintian showed his utmost effort in maintaining it.
After An Rou performed a "miracle" to convince Ao Yusi, Yin Tian's attitude changed 180 degrees, and he even wanted to join forces with Ao Yusi to expel the farm.
If An Rou hadn't noticed this so quickly and said "a generous gift", the farm would probably have been fighting with the two guilds by now.
"Yintian doesn't believe in the main god Duozhu at all. The so-called Duozhu religion might have been created by them specifically to overthrow the regime.
"The reason for his change of heart is simple. My miracles in front of the Duozhu believers are tantamount to competing with him for control of the Duozhu Guild. If we turn against Duozhu, I'm afraid a considerable number of believers will side with us.
"That's why I specifically pointed that out. I wanted him to understand that I have no interest in the Duozhu Guild. Our relationship is simply a partnership. If he helps preserve the temple, I can give him a generous reward."
Paopao: "What's the reward?"
An Rou thought for a moment and said, "There are only two points. You mentioned them to me."
First, many guides mention the Celestial Gods Competition, an annual event that determines the ownership of the Upper and Lower Cities of the Valley.
"Didn't you say that for the twenty years since the Void Valley dungeon launched, the Xiangyang Guild has been relegated to the Lower City? It was only after their victory in the Heavenly God Competition last year that they were able to raise their heads and move to the Upper City.
"To put it the other way around, the Duozhu Guild suffered a complete loss of face, going from being a high-ranking upper-city resident to a lower-city resident. They couldn't stand this."
When Yintian and Ao Yusi were confronting each other, An Rou observed the entire floating city through her mobile phone and found a stone foundation in the north square with two huge footprints on it.
Obviously, that was once the place where the main god Duozhu was placed.
"Allowing the statue to reappear in the floating city was the reason Yin Tian protected us in the first place. By creating the statue, we inadvertently boosted the morale of the Duozhu Guild. This is the first reward."
The second reward is the potion.
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we only distributed low-level potions worth 10 gold, but everyone accepted them, even the Xiangyang players.
"Xiangyang and Duozhu are mortal enemies. Duozhu, the Lord God, is naturally one of the Xiangyang Guild's most hated targets. Yet, they both accepted the potion from a divine messenger like me. Why?"
Paopao scratched his head: "I thought they were also intimidated by the boss's miracle and didn't dare to refuse..."
An Rou smiled. "That's possible. Religious atmosphere is contagious. The two families have been together for so many years, and it's not ruled out that Duozhu has developed many believers within Xiangyang. But this is not the main reason."
The main reason lies in the medicine itself.
Every night, the night sky above Konggu Upper City would spawn a massive influx of ghouls, and their presence wouldn't last just a quarter of an hour, but the entire night. Simply eliminating the ghouls was an incredibly stressful and arduous task.
Medicine refills are essential.
To put it more clearly, whether it is Duozhu or Xiangyang, every player needs potions, even if it is just the cheapest low-level ones.
In order to increase the persuasiveness of the miracle, An Rou chose to distribute potions, which happened to be an unintentional opportunity for Yin Tian to become interested.
Not to mention, An Rou distributed not only potions, but also a small number of red and orange level weapons.
While analyzing, Meng Ziyu climbed over the wall and ran to the two of them.
An Rou paused and asked him, "How?"
"The prices are the same as everywhere else. Low-level potions are 10 gold." Meng Ziyou said with an exaggerated expression, "The problem is, they're out of stock! I went to three stores and they were all out of stock!"
Paopao's expression was also exaggerated: "Have you been to the Sky Shop? Just now?"
Meng Ziyou curled his lips: "It's your boss who sent me to run errands."
The Sky Shop is the official shop of the Valley. It is not available in the Floating City, but it is available on the Floating Island on the lower level.
After An Rou came up with this guess, she immediately notified Meng Ziyou and he quietly ran over. The edge of the farm coincided with the edge of the square, so no one noticed him climbing over the wall.
An Rou nodded. "Sure enough. Paopao, do you remember why Siji brought us to Black Market Island No. 7? The imbalance between supply and demand for items caused the official store to raise the recycling price."
Paopao: "Because the demand for potions from players in Konggu is so great, even the official store is sold out!"
An Rou laughed.
"The reason for the out-of-stock situation isn't that simple. If I were doing business in Hollow Valley, I would definitely buy all the potions at full price as soon as they arrived in the official store, and then secretly trade with players."
The price doubled, easily.
Paopao was secretly shocked.
An Rou also has many further analyses.
The valley is secluded and has far fewer players than other factions. Logically, since this place produces valuable elemental cards, the players should be wealthy.
But what An Rou saw was that not many of these players had high-level weapons.
Gold players only use orange weapons, silver players only use red weapons, and some even have the least valuable gray weapons.
The word "poor" is clearly written on many people's faces.
Of course, the main opponent for players in the Valley is not ghouls, but weak ghouls, so the attack power of the gray warriors is sufficient. However, compared with players of the same level in other camps, it is inevitable that one feels sad.
I'm afraid they spent all their money on buying medicine privately.
The two major guilds are the only ones who have the right and ability to stockpile potions.
Simply put, the top leaders of the two major guilds are using the ghouls to exploit the players under their control to death.
But this didn't mean the guild had no shortage of potions. It was a fact that they consumed a large amount of potions in order to deal with the ghouls.
The only thing the guild earns is the gold coins of its members. It is unknown whether the gold coins fall into the pockets of certain people or are used to purchase potions outside.
"According to what you said, the Duozhu Gang has bad intentions."
Meng Ziyou's eyes widened. "Why let us land on the farm? Aren't we afraid they'll gang up on us and rob us?"
The four buildings where the raw materials for the pharmaceuticals were grown had their exteriors remodeled in a white-and-gold style, but the walls were not sealed shut. Insufficient light or poor air circulation would result in reduced raw material production.
The four buildings have eight floors in total. Standing outside the farm, you can see the rootless red flame cotton inside, which is hard to ignore.
An Rou smiled and said, "I've already let Bao Bao swallow up four pharmacies. Without the pharmacists in the pharmacies, what's the point of them just getting the raw materials?"
Next, it depends on when and how the Duozhu Guild chooses to ask for the potion.
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The Duozhu Guild's request came faster than An Rou had imagined.
The next morning, An Rou stood in front of the door of the magnificent villa "Temple", and her gaze shifted from the Duozhu players who were worshipping the statue not far away to Yin Tian.
She remained calm and smiled: "A competition between gods?"
"Yes. The omniscient Divine Envoy naturally knows that tomorrow is the day of the competition. With the potion provided by the Divine Envoy, the Duozhu Guild will surely win the competition and recapture the Upper City."
Yintian's expression was profound. "With Duozhu in charge of the Upper City, we can better serve the Lord God. The Divine Envoy—will he not agree to the request of the devout believers?"
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