Chapter 133: Total Annihilation

After paying respects to his good brother, Amao collected the spoils of war from his good brother and the people around him. This wave of players suffered heavy losses; over a hundred people went up the mountain, but only eleven came down.

Amao was one of the lucky ones, and each of these lucky ones carried back over a hundred Red-tailed Dragonflies.

However, according to the agreement, these dragonflies would be distributed equally among every player; after all, this harvest was not the result of one person's efforts.

"Only this many people came back?" Zhongshan Laoren felt a bit glad he hadn't gone, though he had been curious about it originally.

"Don't even mention it, it was terrifying. Those dragonflies would bite anyone they found alive to death. But we threw all those corpses into the mountain. If there are still Red-tailed Dragonflies left, we'll go back up tomorrow to take a look; maybe we can still get a harvest." What Amao said seemed to completely disregard his own kind. Although they had all died quite miserably, the harvest was indeed good.

According to what was written in the book, the players quickly soaked these Red-tailed Dragonflies in water, because these dragonflies were only unconscious; if they weren't soaked in water, they would kill the players once they came back to life.

So, while they were still unconscious, they had to be soaked in water first. Once these dragonflies were thoroughly dead, they would take advantage of the moisture to wipe them clean and hang them out to dry.

As for the subsequent preservation method, the book didn't write any more about it, only mentioning that the subsequent method for extracting the venom was very complicated.

The players were too lazy to do such complicated things anyway; these dragonflies could be sold directly.

"It seems taking two days off is necessary. You all go and deliver these things to the grocery store in a while, and then stay in the city tonight. Come back tomorrow evening," Zhongshan Laoren reminded them. "Oh, right, Bishop Andrew said he would settle part of your wages. It is said that quite a lot of the bricks we fired have been sold, which is just enough for you to stroll around the city."

"Can we collect it on behalf of others?" Amao became excited at once.

"I don't know, but I estimate not, since they are NPCs." Zhongshan Laoren recalled Andrew's temperament. This middle-aged man looked quite old, and he was meticulous and very careful and serious in doing things.

It was impossible for players to play tricks in front of him; it was very likely that when the AI was calculated, some traits were tailor-made for this NPC.

Soon the dragonflies were mostly dried. The players tidied up, put all the dragonflies into two crates, covered them with a tarp, and walked toward the city.

It took over an hour by carriage, but the players had to walk for nearly four hours.

Along the way, the players saw quite a few manors under construction.

"This game is made too detailed. There's no need to show these manors under construction at all. I remember the day we first arrived, these manors were still laying foundations, and now they are almost finished."

"Our own houses were built like this too, it's just that these serfs work too slowly. If it were us, it wouldn't take this long." Amao said while observing, "If it were us, we could build it in a week."

"I think it's doable. Anyway, we don't have much work now. The current Steel Plant can already be handed over to those children to do, though of course, some people still have to go do the work." Yousun chimed in, "We only need to pull out 20 people, and we could do better than those serfs. There's just one thing: we have to be well-fed. Those serfs can't eat their fill."

"Yeah, I've talked to those serfs," said a player who was better at Tana Language. "Those serfs only get one meal a day, and they aren't even guaranteed to be full."

"We'll find a way to negotiate when the time comes, it just depends on whether those nobles want efficiency or to save money." Amao looked at the fences of those manors, already having a plan in his mind.

A three-hour map is definitely considered huge. Walking from the suburbs to the city area, some players' shoes were almost worn through.

The people patrolling in the city were all the players' own people, so they didn't make things difficult for Amao and the others, and they walked to the Store Street very smoothly.

"I knew this place was prosperous, but I didn't expect it to be this prosperous." Yousun looked as if he had entered the city for the first time, finding everything fresh.

Compared to the manors, this place was much livelier, and the shop styles were different from the commercial streets offline.

The players also had some new innovations. Although the shop names were all in Tana Language, the shop signs were all in Chinese, and there were also some pictographic icons.

The two styles blended quite well. Seeing the sign for the grocery store, Amao and the others hurried inside. They were still waiting to get their money from Andrew in a while and then go to Feng Buxi's bar for a spree.

"You guys actually managed to get them?" You'eryuan and Luolita looked at them as if they were looking at monsters. "That guy Zhuguli told us a few hours ago that the whole army was wiped out."

"Weren't they trained by the War Church?" Amao was also shocked that Zhuguli's whole army could be wiped out.

One had to know that his own group hadn't even been completely wiped out; how could those trained players have their whole army wiped out?

"You tell us first how you managed to do it, and share it on the forum later," Luolita said curiously. "I was going to go too, but I thought I needed to stay here to make acquisitions, so I didn't go."

Compared to doing business, Luolita preferred exploring.

If You'eryuan hadn't stopped her and told her to gain a day's experience before doing it, she might have gone to die with the more promising Zhuguli today.

"Just lie flat and don't move, and wait until those dragonflies are completely unconscious," Amao reminded. "Those who moved around all died. These dragonflies are indeed quite troublesome; it might be very troublesome if you encounter them during a battle."

"So that's how it is. Maybe because they had some ability, Zhuguli and the others were all moving around," Luolita said with a smile. "The problem now is that we don't dare to go and recover the corpses and equipment left behind by Zhuguli and the others. How about we go take a look in a while?"

She had originally thought those dragonflies were very hard to deal with, and after receiving the news that Zhuguli's whole army was wiped out, Luolita hadn't dared to go over and look at all.

Now that it was fine, knowing it wasn't a problem with the dragonflies but a problem with the people, Luolita felt relieved.

"No, we still plan to stay in the city for a day. If we go to the mountain now, we might not be able to come back by night." Although he was thinking about the money, Amao preferred to play in the city for a while.

After all, he had been playing this game for so long, and he hadn't played in the city yet.

"We think so too." Yousun exchanged glances with the other players. Everyone didn't want to go to the mountain again, and counting these dragonflies as soon as possible and starting to enjoy the prosperous life of Tana City was what they wanted to do more.

(End of this chapter)