Chapter 58: Worry

As for Zhuguli and the others, they had all ordered attack-type Runes; recently in the Sewers, they had already been able to stand alongside the veterans and fight, and because they charged to the front, they received quite a lot of rewards every time.

Players who died would even receive a large sum of pension, and they were just worrying about how to spend it.

If it were ordinary soldiers, this money would most likely be used to subsidize their families, while also purchasing some life-saving items, such as defensive-type Runes, or perhaps better armor.

But the players were different; to use the words in the Bing Ying, these Xiahui People were all lunatics, possessing an obsession with weapons that exceeded the norm.

They were indeed very obsessed; they didn't even bother with defensive equipment, and the first thing everyone did after earning money was to go to the blacksmith shop to forge the best swords and blades.

Now they even wanted to wear attack-type Runes.

To the players, the more monsters they hacked, the more money they earned; wasn't that the whole point of coming to the closed beta?

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Near the Municipal Building, Li You counted the number of people once again.

He saw the Runes hanging around the necks of those Xiahui People, and in his heart, he adjusted his rating of these Xiahui People's combat power once more.

Why was it that the Patrol Guard he had trained for so long didn't have a single person willing to put in more effort into their attack equipment?

In Tana City, only a Warrior could get the War Church to provide various resources; for ordinary Patrol Guard, apart from that set of basic equipment, all other gear had to be purchased by themselves.

He had thought these Xiahui People would rent better houses for their families, or purchase better protective gear to ensure they could live a few more days.

But these people kept refreshing his perception.

He hadn't expected that they would even get their hands on attack-type Runes.

Patting Zhuguli, Li You asked with a smile: "Young man, where did you buy this thing?"

Zhuguli pointed in the direction of the Factory District and said: "Over there."

He had already learned some basic pronunciation, such as vocabulary like over there, over here, in front, and behind.

"The Factory District? If you want to buy them in the future, you can purchase them directly from me," Li You said with a beaming smile, "My quality is better, and you can buy one for 1000 Tana."

As expected, the items sold by NPCs were more expensive than those from players; this was Zhuguli's first impression.

1000 Tana was simply too much; this NPC must be crazy about money.

He only earned 1000 Tana a day, and this Rune was a one-time-use item.

If he could experience it by spending 800, why spend so much?

However, Zhuguli didn't want to miss an opportunity to grind favorability, so he immediately nodded.

"Very good, from today on you are the squad leader of your team. If there is a reduction in personnel, I give you the authority to increase it, as long as it does not exceed 200 people." In the past few days, Li You had also observed that these Xiahui People were simply inexhaustible.

He didn't know when they had come to Tana City; even if dozens died, they could still be replenished to the original number.

Zhuguli received the squad leader's armband, which meant he could get an extra 100 Tana in monthly salary.

This time, they were finally going to arrive below the Municipal Building; because Zhuguli and his group were new recruits, they were assigned to guard the entrance of the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao, and incidentally, send a portion of people to check if there were any rats in the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao.

However, the players all knew that it was impossible for there to be rats in the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao; that Lord of Calamity would not let rats sleep by his side.

So everyone just took a symbolic stroll through the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao, and then began to follow those veterans to start slaughtering Mutated Rat.

"Damn it, why are these guys all so fearless of death?" Watching the players charging on the front line, the veterans truly could not understand.

Judging by the stance of these players, they intended to hunt the Mutated Rat to extinction.

Many players used their Runes at the first opportunity, with various buffs stacking up, making them even more valiant on the battlefield.

Even though it was only to deal with some rats.

Li You looked at the Xiahui People behind him, somewhat dumbfounded; he knew these people had purchased high-priced Runes and Charm, but he hadn't expected them to use them as soon as they started.

Even if they were paid, Li You didn't think this money was enough to make them risk their lives.

Besides, there were almost no Mutated Rat in the Sewers near the Municipal Building.

Could it be that these guys knew this was the last chance to kill rats, which was why they were all acting like they had gone mad?

It would clearly be more appropriate to kill Barbarian on the battlefield!

There were even some who competed with the Warriors charging at the very front for rats, to the point where those Warriors simply stopped and left this opportunity to these newcomers who were blinded by the bloodlust.

Chen Zhi listened to the commotion outside and speechlessly raised a few hands; he was paying attention to the players' actions, watching them go crazy in the Sewers.

He really didn't want people from the War Church to run into the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao; if this were discovered, it would likely be a divine punishment, and he would be wiped out of existence.

Of course, he even less wanted those rats to run into the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao; the Sewers had been cleaned up with such difficulty, and the smell had only just become pleasant recently—if rats got in, it would become a mess again.

Besides, the manpower Susan and Andrew left here couldn't deal with these rats.

Seeing the players going crazy, Li You looked at those few veterans who were hiding and said: "You go check the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao; don't let the rats run over there."

"Yes, Captain." The veterans all felt a fear that came from the bottom of their hearts.

Previously, they had still wanted to find time to pick on these newcomers.

Now, only someone with a problem in their brain would go to pick on these newcomers.

"Damn it, these guys are simply all lunatics." Just as he arrived at the entrance of the Fei Qi Xia Shui Dao, Mudi sat down on his butt, "If I hadn't hidden far away, they would have hacked me to death yesterday."

"This bunch of guys have gone crazy for this little bit of money; we have to think of a way. If this continues, it's possible the captain will make us pack up and leave." Like Mudi, Shitake, who was full of worry about the future, said, "Damn it, these guys are completely different from the previous recruits; it's possible we will lose our patrol jobs."

The veterans all liked doing patrol work and letting the newcomers go to the battlefield.

These veterans who had muddled along until now and hadn't been able to reach the front-line camp all had their own ways of staying here.

Being a Patrol Guard was the best; there was no need to face so many dangers, as long as they drove away those vagrants at night.

At night, they could still go to the Bar Street to have some fun, and the War Church was willing to pay money; these veterans were not willing to change positions.

If these newcomers performed too well, it was very likely they would hand over their current jobs; no one wanted such a thing to happen, but letting them face those Mutated Rat—they didn't dare, as that was truly a possibility of dying!

(End of chapter)