Chapter 68: Institutions

After a short voyage, Qingyi's feet re-stepped on the beach of Snow White. He called the "Fermat airship" and rushed back to the "city of waiting" that he had missed for a long time. While boarding, he used his soul wavelength to communicate with his subordinates stationed in Snow City to learn about the situation of the city in recent days.

Because of the World Tree (the underworld), there is an endless stream of players who want to enter the Sea of Bones, but the approval is too strict, and the number of people is limited to one hundred per day, and the rest can only sigh in front of the Isinger Fortress. Even so, the enthusiasm of the players is still undiminished, and the rankings have been scheduled until the middle of next month. The most intuitive changes brought about by the increase in passenger traffic are the rise in prices in Snow City and the frequent conflicts in the city. The Dusk Empire has officially used the means of expanding agriculture and animal husbandry to stabilize prices, but there is still no better countermeasure to the vicious + event, many necromantic NPCs have been killed, and good multi-functional buildings have been destroyed.

Qingyi thought about it for a little and understood. The bosses of the werewolves, witches, and blood elves all rushed to Astant with their elites, so that the security of Snow City was insufficient. Most of the living players are veteran players before the "Doomsday Confrontation", and the level is generally at level 55-65, and it is difficult for ordinary NPCs to defeat them, let alone mediate between them. Some of the Bloodship sailors who went to Snow City to drink also occasionally lectured the perpetrators, but with little effect.

"Call up the list of perpetrators and announce it to all necromantic adventurers, let them do the freezing task, and freeze the perpetrator's account. For each freezer, a certain reward is given, and it is important to motivate the adventurer. Qingyi commanded below. By the way, give the Assassins Guild a post, the Assassins don't mind making a small buck. ”

On the World Tree there is an entrance to the Underworld and an incarnation of the Grim Reaper. Players can receive a repeatable special quest at the Grim Reaper's Avatar, and the quest process is as follows: the player selects a target, and the Grim Reaper will issue a task of corresponding difficulty for that target, and when the player completes the task, the Grim Reaper will put the target to sleep completely (i.e., freeze the target's character). After being frozen, even if the target is online, it will only appear in a confined space with nothing but the incarnation of the Grim Reaper, and it is impossible to contact friends or fight monsters to level up...... In short, it's no fun to play. In the past, there were players who opened plug-ins, and after being found out, the characters were also sent here. To get things back to normal, players will have to complete the unfreeze task themselves or ask a friend to complete it. However, the task is extremely difficult and time-consuming to do, taking three or four days if it is fast, and about half a month if it is slow.

There are no experience rewards for this task, no gold rewards, and the only advantage is that it can make the enemy feel aggrieved (and by the way, slow down the leveling process of others for more than three days). Theoretically, as long as you can complete the mission, even god-level players will be trapped in a confined space; Of course, if you really want to do a task for the great god, the difficulty of the task is not much worse than PK with the great god. This special quest is available for the first time in Qiankun, and it is currently only available in the "City of Waiting", so players will flock to the "City of Waiting", otherwise who will be bored and run to the Necronomical Land? In Qingyi's vision, this task is precisely used to punish the perpetrators. No matter how dare to cause trouble, it is impossible for him to challenge the authority of the Bone Tyrant after being frozen many times.

The World Tree is a rare resource that is only one in the world, and whoever holds it has a certain right to speak. Qingyi can freeze which one is not pleasing to the eye now, as if he has become a GM who abuses his private power, and this right to speak cannot be bought with money.

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The Esinger Fortress has been restored to its former grandeur. When Qing Yi looked down from the airship, he felt that this Xiongguan was looking down on him in turn. The arrow towers and forts are like canine teeth piercing the sky, the female walls and iron gates are like huge lips, and the slopes full of horses and deer are long tongues...... Isenger was a beast of all kinds, and he was majestic just by lying still.

Players obediently line up and go through security. When they walked into Isengard, hundreds and thousands of times the necromantic warriors stared at them without emotion, and they were silent. Qingyi is very satisfied with this.

Soon, the airship entered the Blackstone Valley.

Thanks to the hard work of the adventurers, the Sea of Bones has been stocked with many necromantic monsters, such as knifeback sharks, necro piranhas, and XCOM jellyfish.

Knifeback sharks only lift their iron-gray dorsal fins out of the sea and weave silently through the waves. Their bodies are stiffened, and their dorsal fins are as sharp as steel knives, and they can cut off ordinary small wooden boats with a single sprint; The body surface is still streamlined, and it can maintain high speed, but the stiff body is not easy to turn, so it is easy to lose the momentum when sprinting and break three wooden boats in a row. In addition, their powerful bite is not inferior to that of Frankie during the Red Devil Hound, which is enough to make the person who falls into the water have a painful memory.

The structure of the necromantic piranha is very different from that of ordinary fish, it is directly a skull and a fin-like propulsion device, which can burn the soul fire and charge, and the attack method is the same as that of the knifeback shark, only [bite] and [rush]. This little guy has a lot less soul than the necromantic creatures of the same level, but he has a lot of them (it's an assembly line product of the crafting workshop), and he can disassemble a puppet into parts when he swarms it. Of course, this is not an artificial life, it can only be regarded as infusing soul fire into an artificial body, which is the same principle as [Summoning Bone Beast].

If the knifeback shark represents zombies and the necromantic piranha represents skeletons, then the XCOM jellyfish represents ghosts. When the Flesh Slime falls into the sea, the flesh melts and the soul fire expands into a new form, which is the XCOM Jellyfish. They emit a faint phosphorescent light, sometimes in the air, sometimes in the sea, completely unconstrained by the terrain, and even float to Esinger. They have a larger illumination range than normal soul fires, and they also have the means to attack: veteran psychic magic [Psychic Shock], and [Stealth].

The most special, however, is the Styx Ferryman.

The Styx Ferryman is a guide from the underworld, who travels from the River Styx to lead the dead to the place of eternal rest. They propped up a small red boat with a dim oil lamp hanging from the bow, and the light of the lamp was even brighter than that of a soul fire that could not swim. The Styx ferryman held the penny silently and slowly, the bones rustling under the penny as bugs grinded their mouthparts. Beneath the oppressive clouds of death, above the boundless sea of bones, the sight of a deep-colored ship of blood gently swaying can silence anyone.

Of course, these are not really Styx ferrymen, but bloodship sailors under the command of Captain Ghost. Although their bodies can be replaced repeatedly after the battle, it is an indisputable fact that a large amount of soul power is consumed, so they retired from the ghost fleet and came to the Sea of Bones to serve as boatmen. The fare is only a silver coin, but if you have to pay for this small amount of money, the boatman will sink the whole ship into a sea of bones.

In order to better manage and take responsibility for the safety of passengers, all living players and NPCs must cross the Sea of Bones in a Blood Boat, while Necro players and NPCs can take the "Fermat Airship" and Blood Ship. Those who travel on both modes of transport will not be attacked by necromantic beasts, but if they insist on walking or flying, the "City of Waiting" will not compensate for any accidental damage.

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After arriving at the "City of Waiting", Qingyi walked towards the City Lord's Mansion alone.

Because of the World Tree, the Wandering Soul Square needs to be repaired urgently, but seven full days have passed, and there is no difference between it and the original, the ruins near the roots of the tree have not been demolished, at most the broken bricks have been transported away by the Flesh Slime. Qingyi was a little puzzled, with Brian's efficiency, why hadn't he completely handled such a trivial matter until now? In such a big city, there is no manpower to be transferred, how can it not be justified?

Walking along the road, Qingyi saw a lot of players, both living and undead. Because of the conflict between the camps, everyone walked cautiously, and the degree of vigilance was comparable to that of agents. It's easy to tell the difference between living and undead, as living players wear "necromantic masks". The "necromantic masks" they were given were flawed and only limited for one day; But they don't have to hoard a lot, because even if they are lucky enough to get in line, each player will only be able to stay for three days. At this time, a guy who had been stranded for a day was sent out of the city by the guards, and he scolded very unconvinced as he went.

As the number of players increases, the number of NPCs decreases. In Qingyi's impression, there should be more people. What jobs currently require a lot of manpower? In this case, "the Ghost Square has not been repaired" can also be explained. Communicating with Brian from a distance, Qingyi walked into the City Lord's Mansion and walked directly to the meeting hall.

A sloppy uncle in a prison uniform and a military coat sat in the conference hall, with his left ankle resting on his right knee, and he had to jerk his thigh a few times obscenely, as if it was uncomfortable if he didn't do it; His face was a little thin, his chin was full of beard, and there were signs of age on his forehead and at the corners of his eyes; His eyes are skeletal and peasant-like, and it is impossible to guess what he really thinks; He held a pipe and swallowed the clouds and smoke leisurely, but his movements and expressions were so rude, and from time to time he bent down and knocked the soles of his shoes with his pipe and knocked out the ashes, not like a pipe, but more like smoking a dry tobacco pouch. In short, this is a man who has no style, but insists on pretending to be a showman, and turns out to be clumsy. As soon as he saw Qingyi, he put down his left foot, got up and laughed: "Dear idiot emperor, how am I doing this time?" ”

Qingyi also smiled and hugged him, and said, "Skaul, share the victory with me." ”

System Prompt: Your subordinate, the Necromantic Commander Skoll, has won a major war and successfully advanced to Heroic Rank, receiving rewards: "True Reflection" and Limb Return.

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(I just watched "Notes on Tomb Robbery" and saw a hundred-legged dragon.) Emas Field, that's your relative? )