Chapter 11: Must Pay Money

You'eryuan: What? Only two weeks of testing in total, and resurrection actually takes 24 hours?

Tuorsuo: If I had known, I wouldn't have been so reckless, *sob sob sob*.

Luolita: Caught the "sob sob" monster above. The point is that this setting is quite realistic. We were actually all molded by the God of Calamity. It takes 24 hours to mold something like this?

Feng Buxi to Luolita: Perhaps He is watching the forum right now...

Luolita: I was wrong, I won't dare do it again. The female players are still quite good-looking.

In the face of a 24-hour resurrection time, other updates were nothing. The bugs that players had originally complained about were met with a wave of dissatisfied grumbling after being fixed.

After all, there were quite a lot of dead players.

Yaohuanghuang: My corpse was thrown back into the Sewers. Can I resurrect early? @Calamity Apostle

Calamity Apostle to Yaohuanghuang: I can't, you know. It also takes time to repair the body.

Yaohuanghuang to Calamity Apostle: Ow, if I had known, I wouldn't have gone to join in the fun, o(╥﹏╥)o

These players were indeed quite easy to satisfy. After this ghost-story-filled update log was posted, the level of discussion among the players suddenly climbed to a new height.

There were even quite a few people hoping that players who hadn't tested yet would transfer their Helmet to them.

After all, who doesn't have a few friends or relatives? Wouldn't it be great to drag a good friend along to jump into the water together?

Chen Zhi happily watched the forum until Saina arrived at the Sewers and respectfully requested a meeting.

The Believers brought by the Lord had all died, and it was necessary for Saina to explain the reason.

She stood before the Calamity, feeling somewhat uneasy, not knowing how to weigh her words.

"Rest assured, I will not blame you, but you must explain to me what exactly happened last night." Before Saina could speak, Chen Zhi had already asked.

This would help to increase his prestige.

Upon hearing Chen Zhi ask this, Saina finally revealed a fearful expression.

She had thought that the power of the Calamity was no longer that strong, at least... He shouldn't know about the matter at the Farm.

"I am very sorry, I can explain," Saina said with a frown. "Several of them trespassed into my castle. It is also my fault for not giving clear instructions; those guards struck far too heavily."

"There were others... because of the Red Moon Believers. There were some Red Moon Believers within my Farm," Saina said, gritting her teeth. "They were blinded, sacrificed their own children, and ultimately led to the Red Moon spiraling out of control!"

"Red Moon?" Chen Zhi immediately searched within his system.

Regarding the Red Moon, the Lord of Calamity only had a rough impression.

It is said that when the Calamity was in deep slumber, the Moon Mother God was betrayed, and some gods divided up the authority of the moon.

Just like how cutting fruit always results in some juice being lost, the remaining moon relics were sealed away after being divided.

However, the Believers who worship the moon believe that the Moon Mother God will resurrect sooner or later.

Especially since many people heard the Oracle of the Moon Mother God during the Red Moon.

Thus, worshiping the moon is also known as worshiping the Red Moon.

"These fanatics didn't know where they heard about the sacrificial Ritual, and currently, most of the serfs on the Farm are dead or injured. Today I have been busy dealing with the people from the Wealth Church..." Saina stated the excuse she had fabricated from the beginning.

The people from the Wealth Church were not difficult to handle. The people of the Golden Church only recognize money; if you give them enough, you can make them shut up, and you can even replenish serfs from them.

As for those Believers of the Calamity, no one would truly investigate if they died. After all, this was a matter belonging to the Red Moon, and Saina had not participated in the Ritual; she just needed to investigate those serfs.

In Tana City, worshiping strange gods is nothing new, and a few dead serfs are certainly not a big problem.

However, in other places, dead people are not a small problem.

"Amy is only 17 years old. I truly cannot believe that she would worship the Red Moon." Amy Hilton's mother, Lady Hilton, wept bitterly. She had brought her young daughter Amy to Tana City last week for a visit, but she never expected that her daughter would come into contact with Red Moon Believers in Tana City and die a tragic death in the Nongzhuang located in the aristocratic district due to a sacrifice.

Feng Bu'er, who was in charge of the investigation, had a grim expression. He thought only one evil sacrifice had occurred yesterday, but so far, five evil sacrifice incidents had already taken place, and all were because of the Red Moon.

Damn it, these incidents all occurred in the Rich District. The place with the most deaths was Saimierdun Farm; counting the few lunatics killed by the guards, a total of fifty-six people died.

These serfs had low status, and it was possible for them to know all kinds of people. Their lives were already not very pleasant, and coupled with the black rain from a few days ago, which caused many poor people to fall ill and die, it was no problem for some ignorant fellows to worship a strange Evil God.

By the same token, if the mistresses of several big shots worshiped the Red Moon because of certain issues, it was not considered a big problem. After all, they always hoped that the Red Moon, being female herself, could give them some help to make them more charming, which was something the Red Moon was rumored to be able to do.

But the problem was that Amy Hilton was different, and those fellows who were as wealthy and noble as her should not worship those strange Evil Gods.

You must know that besides Amy Hilton, two other nobles died in the same sacrificial Ritual. Three noble mistresses died at Viscount Philip's party... these annoying problems now all belonged to the Golden Church. Who told them to control the wealth?

Those nobles were all willing to be Believers of wealth, and even if they weren't Believers of wealth, they would still place their estates within the jurisdiction of wealth. After all, this was not the capital; it was Tana City, and here, wealth was everything.

This problem was just a bit tricky. If Earl Hilton asked, it wouldn't do without a reasonable explanation.

At least some people needed to be caught.

"We need to understand Miss Amy's itinerary for this week." Fortunately, Earl Hilton did not know that so many things had happened on the same night, otherwise... Feng Bu'er rubbed his temples. "We will definitely find out the cause as soon as possible, and please accept my condolences."

I didn't expect the Golden Church to let Saina off so easily. Then again, there was nothing to investigate regarding the serfs, even if quite a few people died.

Chen Zhi gained a bit more understanding of Tana City. Originally, through the players' descriptions, he felt that this place was just a little chaotic and that places like bars were not very safe.

Now he felt that it was perfectly normal for it to be unsafe. The biggest church here didn't care at all about the fact that fifty or so people had died; it would be strange if it weren't chaotic.

"I understand. There are a few Believers here who can help you harvest the farmland, but you need to pay wages," Chen Zhi said.

"Pay wages?" Saina frowned, but quickly nodded and said, "They are not serfs, they are... free men?"

"Yes, Andrew is already handling their identities. Once the busy farming season is over, they will leave your Nongzhuang." Chen Zhi did not want players to die on the Farm in a muddled way again, but if he wanted to find a stable job for the players, Saimierdunzhuangyuan was the most suitable place.

(End of chapter)