Chapter 277 Hidden Mission
At the beginning, the monsters were just feeling the strange evil power emanating from the monster star around them.
But soon some monsters couldn't help but peel off the flesh and blood from the monster star, swallowing it and refining it.
And immediately discovered that it can greatly enhance the demonic power and even transform and evolve.
This demon star can not only enhance the demonic power, but also completely liberate the demonic nature of the demon.
The so-called demon nature, to put it bluntly, is animal nature - the instinct of the beast.
Different beasts have different natures, but two of them have the same nature.
That is the most basic ability of beasts, one is to hunt and eat, and the other is to mate and reproduce.
As the influence of the demon star deepens day by day, the entire area around the demon star suddenly becomes a large-scale chicken eating scene.
At first, it was just an occasional incident, an isolated fight between monsters, with the winner devouring the loser. This is also a common thing among monsters, but soon, the battles became more frequent.
The practice turned into a fight, and the monsters soon discovered that eating the weak was faster and more convenient than normal practice. The monsters not only ate each other's chickens, but also had various forced or non-forced mating activities.
Monsters of different races, different types of ethnic groups, devour each other and blend with each other.
Continuously multiplying, the strong become stronger, and countless hybrid offspring are born. Originally, it was difficult for monsters from different ethnic groups to have offspring. However, under the influence of the power of the monster star, every shot was sure to hit.
No matter how different the races are, they can successfully breed offspring.
So much so that in just a few years, many strange descendants of the demon clan were born around the demon star, and the descendants gave birth to descendants, and they continued to merge.
There is even a monster that has characteristics of more than a dozen different species.
In the end, a powerful demon king was born among the demons. He ordered the demons to build a hundred-foot-high tower around the demon star. The demons continued their evil deeds in the demon star tower and bred more monsters. The many descendants will continue to devour each other and eliminate the weak... This is the origin of the Demon Star Tower.
In the following decades, the power of the Demon Star Tower continued to multiply and grow, and finally one day launched a full-scale attack on Kyushu. Countless hybrid monsters emerged from the Demon Star Tower and swept across Canglin Prefecture.
These monsters are so twisted and terrifying that even the monsters are deeply frightened and frightened when they see them, and they can only retreat to survive.
Canglin State soon fell, and Yao Star Tower continued to attack Jiuzhou. It was the end of the empire at that time, and the last Dragon Emperor summoned an army to fight against Yao Star Tower, but it was still difficult to resist.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, a group of immortals came to the world, defeated the demon king with powerful immortal magic, pushed the demon army back to the demon star tower, and completely destroyed the demon star tower.
He also left three volumes of heavenly books in Canglin Prefecture to educate the monsters in Canglin Prefecture to prevent any more monsters from falling into evil ways.
However, I don’t know what the demon star is. Even the power of the immortals can only destroy it, but cannot completely eliminate it. Its broken flesh and blood has taken root in the ground, and many things have grown around the demon star tower. A strange red plant grows a sarcoid-like fruit. The fruit is like flesh and blood. Eating the fruit will give the monster great power.
Presumably what Niu Dali and Li Jinlin ate was the demon fruit.
In the hundreds of years that followed, scattered monsters gradually reunited around the ruins of the Demon Star Tower. More and more monsters gathered together, and finally a large army was reorganized and the Demon Star Tower was rebuilt.
Fortunately, I was already in charge of the position of state shepherd at this time. When the Monster Star Tower was destroyed, the last Dragon Emperor built a Great Wall to prevent the monster army from reappearing in the world.
I established the Canglin Tianyu Army and stationed it on the Great Wall to prevent the forces of the Demon Star Tower from moving northward. However, it is easy to defend, but it is even more difficult to completely destroy the Demon Star Tower.
Hearing this, Xiao Jie suddenly realized that there was such a thing in the past, and then he had a trace of doubt.
"If that's the case, then why don't you ask the immortals for help now?"
Master Xiaoyue sneered: "Humph, those timid young people have long been frightened by the prophecy. , I don’t know where I have been hiding, and I don’t know where I dare to show up.”
Xiao Jie was also curious, "What are the immortals afraid of?"
"The fourth natural disaster!"
Xiao Jie was stunned for a moment, "What is that?"
< br>"I also heard what the old dog from Kaiyang said. At that time, a group of immortals gathered together to deduce the eternity and the Great Evolution. After calculating seven, seven and forty-nine days, they calculated that there would be four disasters in the world.
The first one is the calamity of evil spirits, which is a crack in the sky and the invasion of demons from outside the territory
The second scene is the calamity of Yin evil, which is when the gate of hell opens and the Yin soldiers of the underworld invade.
The third scene is the calamity of evildoers, which is when the evil star comes into the world and causes disasters among all the evildoers.
As for the fourth disaster, they calculated it over and over, but they couldn't figure out what kind of disaster it was. They only calculated that this disaster would completely destroy the world of Kyushu. After the disaster, Jiuzhou was destroyed, heaven and earth collapsed, and all things perished.
They tried their best but could not figure out what kind of disaster was so severe. Seeing that the day of disaster was coming, all the immortals retreated one after another and hid. "
After hearing this, Xiao Jie had some guesses in his mind - could the fourth natural disaster refer to players?
No wonder he would associate it with this, he had read a lot of novels about the Fourth Natural Disaster.
But after thinking about it, I felt it was impossible. Although the player's destructive power is not small, it is in other games. Players can be resurrected an unlimited number of times, so they can naturally do whatever they want.
And the number of players is extremely large, so that it can cause devastating disasters and even completely ruin the game.
This is not the case in novels about the fourth natural disaster.
But in the game "Old Land", players only have one life. In a sense, they are not much different from NPCs.
In this way, players will naturally not cause trouble randomly, everything will be safe and sound, and even PVP is very rare.
On the contrary, most people do things like slaying demons and killing monsters to save people, in order to gain benefits from NPCs, and it can even be said that they help the world more.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like it can destroy the world.
This fourth natural disaster most likely has nothing to do with the players. It should be some kind of background setting of the game. The players are here to save the world.
He couldn't help but think of the opening animation he saw when he first entered the game.
Two lines impressed him deeply.
【However, when the end of the world is approaching, terrifying evil spirits are roaming the world, cities are turned into ruins, and fields are filled with corpses and blood. 】
【Only the saint knows the truth of this doomsday. Only the saint can discern the mystery of salvation. 】
It seems that if you find the saint, you should be able to know what the fourth natural disaster is.
However, after playing this game for so long, I have seen a lot of immortals, saints and so on, but it seems that I have never heard of relevant information.
I haven't even heard anyone mention it.
"Does Master Xiaoyue know about saints?"
"Saint?" Master Xiaoyue shook his head: "I have never heard of any saint."
Xiao Jiexin said that was strange. As a state pastor, Xiaoyue Zhenren could be said to be a top-notch existence in this game, second only to the immortal level. She didn't even know about the saint? Well, it seems that there are more secrets in this game than I thought.
Maybe you can ask the immortal next time you meet him.
But this matter is not too important. After all, it is just the background of the game. It has little to do with him at the moment. Besides, which game is not the end of the world? The world will be destroyed? This kind of design is terrible, right?
"Then why didn't Master Xiaoyue hide?"
"Hmph, I, Xiaoyue, won't be a coward. I want to see what kind of disaster it is that can scare that person. Everyone who helped Old Immortal hid.
It’s not like I’ve never seen natural disasters before. The Demonic Star Tower was so terrifying back then, but now it’s not blocked by me from the south, but I can only do this. In the past three years, demons have appeared everywhere in Canglin Prefecture. If it wasn't for the Demon Star Tower that was behind them, the strange bird that Li Jinlin and Niu Dali talked about must have been the messenger sent by the Demon Star Tower.
This. You did a good job, I will accept this head, come forward and receive the reward.”
System prompt: Get the mission reward [Shenlong Haoran Sutra] and get the bounty - 300 taels of silver.
System prompt: Your reputation in Canglin Prefecture has increased by 1000 points, and your reputation in Canglin Prefecture has reached respect.
System prompt: You have obtained the title [Demon-Conquering Warrior]. Since you already possess this title, your title has been strengthened and changed to [Demon-Conquering Hero]. Xiao Jie took a look at the title change.
The two titles have similar effects, except that the 3% monster bonus damage has been changed to 6%, and the 10% hatred value bonus has been changed to 20%, which is considered an upgraded version. title.
Xiao Jie immediately equipped this newly acquired title.
Yinyue Suifeng (demon subduing hero): Level 22, HP 620.
The real person Xiaoyue glanced at Xiao Jie, and suddenly said thoughtfully on his face: "By the way, the messenger from the Monster Star Tower must still be active, and will definitely send monster fruits to other monster leaders. You should be more careful when doing bounty missions in the future, and don’t take things too seriously.
If you kill two monster leaders, you will definitely be noticed by other monster leaders, so be careful. ”
Xiao Jie was about to answer when a dialogue option suddenly popped up in front of him.
Option 1, I understand, I will pay more attention when subduing demons in the future.
Option 2, since the real person is annoyed with the demon star tower messenger doing evil everywhere, how about I get rid of this messenger for you? (Heroes who subdue demons).
Hey, why did the dialogue option suddenly appear? Xiao Jie glanced at the two options and immediately realized that it seemed that it was a hidden dialogue triggered by his title.
If you choose 1, there should be no follow-up and you can continue to do the tasks normally.
If you choose 2, you should be able to trigger the mission of hunting strange birds.
Xiao Jie decisively chose 2. Although he didn't know how strong the strange bird was and whether he could win it, the mission must be accepted first. The worst thing is not to do it.
"Since the real person is annoyed with the demon star tower messenger who is doing evil everywhere, how about I get rid of this person for you?"
Xiaoyue real person was a little surprised when he heard this, "You? Haha, you do have a few You have to be brave, but you have to know that since the demon star tower messenger dares to cross the wall alone, he must be strong and elusive, and difficult to catch. Are you sure you want to accept this mission?"
System prompt: Trigger mission: Hunt down the demon star tower messenger.
Mission introduction: You accidentally discovered the truth behind the turmoil among the demons in Canglin State. It was caused by the messenger sent by the Demon Star Tower. You volunteered to hunt the strange bird in exchange for Xiao Xiao. With the appreciation of Master Yue, if you can complete this important task, you will definitely get a huge reward.
However, you know nothing about the origin of that strange bird, and this mission obviously hides potential crises.
Task reward:? ? ? ?
Although it did not explain what the mission reward was, Xiao Jie felt that it would not be too bad.
Maybe you can make your own request to Master Xiaoyue.
At this time, the dialogue options have changed again.
Option 1. Don’t underestimate the heroes of the world. I will definitely capture the mere messenger of the Demon Star Tower. (accept task).
Option 2, the real person is right. The strength of the demon star tower envoy is unpredictable, so I will not participate in this matter.
Option 3, what the real person said does make some sense. The strength of the demon star tower messenger really needs to be treated with caution, it is better to... (humanity and worldliness).
Xiao Jie thought for a moment and decisively chose option 3.
Option 1 is to accept the mission directly, option 2 is to give up the mission, and option 3 seems to be free to play, with additional benefits.
But what to order? Xiao Jie's eyes lit up, he had it.
"What the real person said does have some truth to it. The strength of the demon star tower messenger really needs to be treated with caution. How about... let me recruit heroes to complete this task together."
Such this If you turn a single-player mission into a team mission, the benefits will be huge, and you can also bring some benefits to your friends.
Isn’t it better to have fun alone than to have fun together?
Master Xiao Yue shook his head, "No, this matter is a big deal and should not be exposed. If someone with ulterior motives knows about the existence of the demon fruit, we don't know how much trouble it will cause.< br>
This matter is only known to you and I, and no third party should be allowed to know about it. If you make such a big show of it, the messenger from the Demonic Star Tower will definitely find out about it, and there is a possibility of alerting the enemy. ”
Damn, it’s so troublesome?
I just don’t want to give more rewards. I’m sorry, everyone, I’m not a solitary person, so there’s really no way.
Fortunately, although I refused, San The option is still there, and you should be able to continue selecting it.
Xiao Jie clicks option 3 again.
"There is some truth in what the real person said. The strength of the demon star tower messenger really needs to be treated with caution. How about... the real person gives me a powerful magic weapon to help me fight against the demon star tower messenger?"
Xiaoyue The real person was speechless after hearing this, "What a wonderful idea you have. If there is such a magic weapon, I can just send my trusted followers to kill the strange bird, and you are still needed? How can I trust you? What if you do it again? You’re talking nonsense, let’s leave this task to others.”
The option bar flashed back to the three-option interface.
The three options are still there, but behind the three options, a countdown message appears, 10——9——8——
Damn, there is still a time limit. of.
Xiao Jie knew that he only had one last chance left. If he couldn't explain the reason, the mission would be ruined.
How about asking Master Xiao Yue to give him a subordinate to help him fight?
No, Master Xiaoyue made it clear that only you and I know about this...
Seeing that there were only a few seconds left in the countdown, Xiao Jie could only click on it.
"What the real person said does have some truth to it. The strength of the demon star tower messenger really needs to be treated with caution. It's not as good as... it's not as good as... it's not as good as..."
"Why not? You tell me."
Xiao Jie said in a hurry: "The demon star tower messenger can fly and is elusive, so it must be difficult to hunt. But since it wants to incite the demon leader to rebel, why not... the real person gives it to him? How about I get an amnesty decree and let me bribe a monster leader to help me hunt down the monster star tower messenger?"
Master Xiaoyue thought for a moment, and finally nodded this time.
"Your idea is good, but the amnesty order is useless. Since those monsters cannibalize people and turn into monsters, they must be aggressive, rebellious and unruly people. It is useless to just let the past go. So - I I will give you a recruitment certificate. If you are willing to abandon the secret and turn to the light, you will not be held accountable for your previous mistakes, and you will be given an official position. In this way, the monster leader may seek refuge."
As he said this, he took out a scroll from his arms. , handed it to Xiao Jie.
[System prompt: Obtained the item [Recruitment Certificate], and you accepted the mission [Hunting the Envoy of the Demonic Star Tower].
Xiao Jie opened the backpack and took a look, and was immediately delighted. This thing is pretty good.
[Recruitment Certificate (Strategic Item)
Use: Recruitment. Immediately convert a monster into a friendly NPC unit (players can increase the success rate of recruitment through persuasion).
Number of uses: 1/1.
Note:
For every level the monster exceeds the player's level, the success rate of recruiting is reduced by 1%.
When the monster is an elite unit: the success rate of recruiting is reduced by 33%.
When the monster is a BOSS: the success rate of recruiting is reduced by 50%.
When the monster is a leader-level BOSS: the success rate of recruiting is reduced by 66%.
This item can only be effective in Canglin State.
Item introduction: A letter of recruitment stamped with the seal of Canglin Prefecture’s governor represents the authority of the state capital of Canglin Prefecture and gives those rebellious bandits a way to redeem themselves. 】
(End of this chapter)