Chapter 7 Where is my mission reward?
The rest of the journey was as boring as ever.
Except for the occasional caravan driving a carriage, there were no wild monsters that Chen Shicheng expected to encounter.
After asking the old man, he learned that the officers and soldiers of the county would regularly clean up the area around the official road, so the closer to the county, the smaller the chance of encountering wild monsters.
But for some reason recently, all the officers and soldiers in the county seemed to be missing, which is why they were chased by soulless bandits on their way back to the county from Lijia Village.
Chen Shicheng originally wanted to collect 100 experience points to upgrade before arriving in the county to see what it would be like.
But after the old man said this, he temporarily stopped thinking and started asking questions about the game content.
As an NPC, the old man knew more about the background of the game. He was not very clear about the game mechanics on the player's side, but from the only information, he still learned a lot of useful things.
Three years ago, the stars were bright and the night was like day. The number of unconscious wild monsters that could appear out of thin air like soulless bandits began to increase gradually.
In the past, you had to go deep into the mountains and forests to encounter them, but today, three years later, you can see them everywhere even on the official roads. If it were not for the officers and soldiers to clean up regularly, ordinary people like the old man would not even be able to leave the city.
At the same time, a group of magical humans who were almost the same as wild monsters but had the ability to be reborn after death suddenly appeared in the villages around the county.
As soon as these people appeared, they rushed around to help the villagers with work and asked if they had any tasks.
There are also some people who seem to be a little delirious. As long as there is a crack that can be drilled and a hurdle that can be climbed, they must go up and have a look. Even if they are stuck in it, they will look excited and shout "Too It’s real.”
And this is still mild, some people are more serious, killing the chickens of the fellow villagers, poisoning the dogs of the fellow villagers. If the village chief had not led people to protest, it is estimated that the old cows in the village would not be saved.
Of course, these are all mild remarks.
The little girl couldn't understand the reason for Chen Shicheng's change in strength, but she knew that Chen Shicheng was probably the same guy as those people after seeing an old man who could make players stronger quickly.
So when I said this, I still had reservations
How could Chen Shicheng not see that the old man was concealing some facts? As a modern person who has played games, he knew very well What are the virtues of these players known as the Fourth Natural Disaster?
Why do you feel embarrassed when others poop in the street? !
Chen Shicheng had no choice but to change the subject and talk about something else, and began to ask where those players had gone, and then received an answer that shocked him.
Players in Huangchi County and surrounding areas have disappeared bit by bit in three years!
According to the old man, he is the only player the old man has seen in the past six months!
What's going on?
Could it be that the map is changed after the level is high?
As for the idea of other players quitting the game because they found it not fun, Chen Shicheng had never considered this situation at all.
All fools know what a game that is 100% realistic and has NPCs that are the same as real people means. One or two of them are possible, but it is impossible for them not to play this kind of thing.
So what happened?
Chen Shicheng instinctively felt that the disappearance of all players was not simply a matter of changing the map. There must be other reasons.
It’s just that he thought about it, but he couldn’t figure out what other reasons would cause players to disappear collectively.
Time passed slowly in his deep thoughts, and he didn't come back to his senses until the old man spoke.
"Young hero, Huangchi County is ahead!" Looking at the tall city wall in front of him that was almost visible to the naked eye, the old man took the little girl and saluted Chen Shicheng with fists.
At the same time, the system prompts also sounded.
[Mission: Escort (Completed)] Is this gone?
What about below?
Chen Shicheng looked at the system prompt without any explanation, and a question mark rose above his head. I accepted the task and delivered the person. Now you just send me away after just one sentence?
Perhaps
The person giving out the rewards is this old man?
He looked up at the old man, looking up and down.
"Why young hero."
"Dad!!!!"
Before the old man could finish his words, a cry of grief came from inside the city gate.
Looking in the direction of the sound, Chen Shicheng couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, what a man!
The person who came seemed to be a hunter. Although he looked young, he was tall and tall, about 1.95 meters, which was ten centimeters taller than Chen Shicheng.
He wore a sleeveless dark cloth on his upper body, and his arms were muscular. He looked like he could run a horse. He also carried a long bow on his back, and tied around his waist was the fur of the prey and a bag of cold light. of arrows.
"Uncle, grandpa and I are here!" The little girl looked surprised and greeted her with open arms, "Uncle, I miss you so much!"
Chen Shichengben He thought that the next step would be a warm scene of family members embracing each other, but he didn't expect that this man completely ignored the little girl who was running away, and directly passed her and pounced on the old man.
The little girl froze on the spot, her mouth pouted and tears fell, "Uncle, didn't you see me?"
The young hunter completely ignored the tears. The little girl kept checking the wounds on the old man's body and started mumbling.
"Dad, are you okay? Daddy, what happened? Daddy, I will help you get revenge right away. Daddy, please tell me who hurt you like this."
Chen Shicheng almost laughed out loud because the little girl was teasing him, but he managed to hold it back. However, looking at Orion, who had such a huge contrast between inside and outside, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Seeing that the laughter attracted Orion’s attention, he quickly held his breath and pretended that nothing had happened.
"Who is this?" Orion glanced at Chen Shicheng, whose face was extremely distorted, and turned to the old man in confusion.
"Oh, this is the young hero who saved us, his name is..." Halfway through the words, the old man remembered that the two parties had never announced their names.
"This is Chen Shicheng, it's just a simple task, no need to worry about it." Chen Shicheng said quickly.
"Li Hu, I can't repay the kindness of saving my father. I"
"Stop!" Chen Shicheng directly interrupted Orion, who was in the same line as his father in repaying his kindness, "Just do it like a cow." There’s no need for horses or anything like that. Is there anything practical about it?”
Although it’s fun to pick something up for nothing, the reward cannot be offset.
Although I didn’t encounter any big dangers along the way, and the only four wild monsters I encountered were easily defeated by me, the mission is the mission, and if you do it, you will get something. This is the most normal universal thing. values.
(End of this chapter)