Chapter 343: Plan

Inside the Palace, Heiniu wore a smile on his face.

He looked at the few people in front of him and said cheerfully, "Welcome everyone to Twilight of the Gods. Please do not be shocked; this is a real game world."

"Holy crap, that's absurd!"

"Is this really a game world, and not me having transmigrated?"

"The group owner didn't lie to us?"

"Is this what it feels like to not be nearsighted? The world is so bright, and that man is so ugly!"

In front of Heiniu were thirteen people.

These thirteen people were the new batch of closed beta players.

"There are actually girls!"

"The girls are so cute."

Among the crowd, two boys with "simp" attributes spoke up, their eyes glowing.

As for the others, they were clearly not attracted by the girls, but were instead carefully examining this world.

It had to be said that this real world attracted the attention of most people even more.

Little Tough poked his head out, his face full of curiosity: "It's actually real. This is my first time playing this kind of game, too."

Little Tough was somewhat different from the other players; he came from the Special Zone and could be said to have been a cut above others since birth.

The games he had played and the high-tech he had experienced were far superior to those of an Ordinary person.

However, even so, he was still shocked by the scene before him.

"The wind is weeping, the clouds are trembling, and the earth is bleeding.

In the distant Starry Sky, the gods are heartless, treating the myriad living beings as mere grass.

Warriors from another world, this world awaits your arrival.

Please help me change this world together.

You may call me Manager, or perhaps... Lin."

Lin Chao turned into a machine reciting lines, reading some language that blasphemed the gods.

However, because he was speaking Daxia Language, and the gods were not omniscient or omnipotent and could not understand his language, he could not be considered to be blaspheming the gods.

"He is the Manager, the NPC of this game, and also our... boss," Heiniu explained to the others. "He can issue us quests and provide us with food and drink.

He can be considered the core of the game, the authority, and also our big daddy in the game."

As Heiniu spoke, a strange smile played on the corners of his mouth.

His life after entering the game world had actually been quite bumpy.

One day, he didn't want to do quests and even tried not to do the Manager's quests.

The result... was miserable; he had nothing to eat.

He had originally wanted to try snatching some food to eat, but he couldn't even beat the maidservants.

He almost starved to death in the game.

After this incident, he became well-behaved.

He was looking forward to seeing if any troublemakers would appear among the other players to challenge the authority of the game.

"Manager is so handsome!"

"So handsome, I really want to adopt one."

"I'm done for."

The two girls chattered away, the noise they made even drowning out the dozen or so boys present.

It had to be said that Lin Chao's current image had a rather high level of attractiveness, and he also carried a trace of a melancholic temperament, quite like a melancholic prince from the non-mainstream era.

"It rained heavily yesterday, and the wall in the southwest corner of the Palace collapsed. A few warriors, can you help me fix the wall?" Lin Chao ignored the two girls and looked at the others.

"The quest is here?"

"Repair the wall? I don't know how!"

"I'm not a bricklayer!"

"You guys are too stupid. We have so many people; can't we even fix a wall?"

The dozen or so people discussed it heatedly.

Among them, Little Tough looked at Shengtian: "Are you the group owner? What are your daily quests?"

Shengtian smiled, and before he could answer, Heiniu hurriedly said, "We are all professionals now, unlike you; we have to go kill monsters and level up."

Indeed, apart from Slay-ing shadow rats, they had been killing monsters in the city these past few days.

However, the monsters they were currently killing were all very weak, and the locations of the monsters had all been confirmed, so the danger coefficient was very low.

They had also wanted to go to the real wilderness, but the Manager had not permitted it.

Heiniu also felt that this was because his level was too low, and he hadn't opened up new maps or dungeons.

"Can we go kill monsters?" Immediately, some newcomers looked at Heiniu and Shengtian.

Shengtian shook his head: "You are not professionals yet; your strength is too weak to kill monsters.

If you go rashly, you might end up like Ye Di and accidentally fall into the sewer.

You had better complete these beginner quests first and earn experience to reach level two; then you can choose to become professionals."

"How strong are professionals?" Little Tough asked, full of curiosity.

In ordinary games, they were the ones controlling the characters, and the strength of the characters was displayed on some game screens with various blood-red numbers above their heads.

But this was different; this was a world with a high degree of realism compared to the real world, and he possessed a body in the game.

In such a game, powerful strength could be truly experienced by oneself.

"The strength of a professional is beyond your imagination... Watch the sword!"

With a *whoosh*, Heiniu crossed ten meters, and before the level eight Little Tough could react, he used his hand as a sword to press against Little Tough's throat.

"I am a brilliant Assassin, am I impressive?"

Heiniu was very proud, having subdued the level eight Little Tough in one move.

Unfortunately, this was only in a game; in real life, he did not possess that kind of agility.

"Damn, what speed!"

"That rivals a professional athlete!"

"But Heiniu, are you sure you are an Assassin?

Are Assassins always this open and aboveboard?

You big lug, you are too conspicuous!" someone said.

Heiniu held his head high, smugly: "As long as I am Proficient in the superb Assassination Dao, I am the most perfect Assassin.

As long as I Slay everyone who sees me, that is the most perfect assassination."

The others laughed, looking forward to this game even more, especially to becoming professionals.

Of course, the most important thing now was to complete the novice quests, reach level two, and then specialize.

Inside the Palace.

Shivana was not wearing her fiery red armor, but had changed into more casual clothing; her hair was tied up in a ponytail, making her look cleaner and more agile.

"Prince, we have already taken Tieshi Mountain."

Some time ago, the Prince had given her a task, which was to secure the ownership of Tieshi Mountain.

Although Lin Chao was a Prince, it did not mean that he had the final say in all of Koya City.

Other factions in Koya City did not hold Lin Chao in high regard.

Tieshi Mountain was an Ordinary deep mountain forest, but it also had many wild beasts and monsters on it.

Such a large mountain still had quite a bit of development value, and the ownership of this mountain had always been in the hands of a Shang chamber.

However, recently, a Space Rift appeared in Tieshi Mountain, and this mountain became dangerous.

Tieshi Mountain became an abandoned land.

Lin Chao then quickly bought it at the bottom, securing the ownership of Tieshi Mountain.

"Prince, there is not much iron ore left to develop on Tieshi Mountain, and... now that there is a Space Rift, Abyss demons could come out at any time; it is not worth the loss for us to take Tieshi Mountain."

This was not the first time Shivana had advised Lin Chao.

Originally, there was not much money in the Palace.

This time, it had emptied almost all of the Palace's savings, just to get an abandoned and dangerous Tieshi Mountain.

"Tieshi Mountain... I have my own great use for it." Lin Chao's gaze was profound.

Others feared Tieshi Mountain like a poisonous scorpion, but Lin Chao was different; to him, Tieshi Mountain was the best place to grind monsters.

On Tieshi Mountain, there were Ordinary monsters, and there was also an entrance to the Abyss.

Placing the players' base camp on Tieshi Mountain could help them level up quickly.

This would also be of great help to the improvement of Lin Chao's own strength.

"Tomorrow, bring a dozen tents and take those people to Tieshi Mountain." Lin Chao issued the order.

Those people naturally referred to the players.

"What is the Prince doing..." Shivana was completely baffled.

What was the Prince doing?

Putting some Ordinary people on Tieshi Mountain, wasn't that just courting death?

"You just need to do as I say." Lin Chao's words were unquestionable, carrying absolute authority.

"As you command." Shivana did not ask anything further, but she still felt some anxiety in her heart.

She guessed that the Prince must be worried about the Space Rift on Tieshi Mountain, so he was finding some professionals to watch it.

But Shivana had seen that the professionals the Prince found were truly... very useless.

A dozen people repairing a wall took an entire day to finish.

Moreover, they were not professionals at all.

Not to mention Abyss demons, they couldn't even deal with the monsters on Tieshi Mountain.

Relying on these professionals, the Prince wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.

"Remember to prepare more grain and food." Lin Chao gave another instruction.

Watching Shivana leave, Lin Chao closed his eyes again.

The Manager System opened, and he could clearly see the status of these players.

Shengtian was squatting on the ground, seemingly watching ants move house.

Heiniu was in the pond, practicing the Assassination Dao.

The level eight Little Tough was currently sleeping on the ground with no regard for his image.

Coming into a game to sleep, this guy had good creativity.

"Players are hailed as the Fourth Calamity; what they bring to the world is mostly destruction."

Lin Chao squinted.

He wanted to become stronger.

But he did not want to bring disaster to this world for his own selfish reasons.

If this were truly a game, then the players would be like locusts; after they passed, not a blade of grass would grow.

To the players, this was a game, but to Lin Chao, to Shivana, and to the shoemaker Hank, this was the real world, their actual lives.

"I must place restrictions on the players, otherwise if some chaotic elements come, then..."

Lin Chao does not resist evil, and he does not blindly revere goodness either.

There is a famous saying: when the apocalypse comes, kill the "saint" first; this perfectly interprets that goodness is not necessarily a complimentary term.

"It would be better to imitate a game and divide the registered players into factions."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Chao followed the settings in the game and divided the registered players into:

Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, Lawful Evil.

Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral, Chaotic Evil.

"To the natives of this world, order is greater than good or evil." Lin Chao has been an Emperor and has also practiced immortality, so he has many insights.

For a Manager, good and evil are actually not important.

Order is what is most important; it is the guarantee for the common people and the foundation of civilization's development.

If the players who come are of the chaotic faction and love chaos the most, then it will be very easy to bring great turmoil to this world.

Players of the lawful faction will not; even if they are evil, they will still abide by some kind of order, at most being nothing more than refined egoists.

Lin Chao does not feel repulsed by such people; on the contrary, he somewhat appreciates them.

"Therefore, for players who enter later, the lawful faction will be the preferred choice."

Factions can change, and Lin Chao can only first ensure that the large base of players can remain lawful, so as not to cause a locust-like disaster to this world.

Lin Chao does not want to leave this world in a state of utter ruin when he departs.

Having sorted out these thoughts, Lin Chao felt suddenly enlightened.

"Once the base of Tieshi Mountain is initially established, the players' spawn points and resurrection points will be placed at Tieshi Mountain in the future.

As for the Space Rift..."

Lin Chao was pondering.

With his current strength, he cannot completely suppress this Space Rift.

To suppress it, he had best have Legendary strength.

"Fortunately, there are still three months left.

I hope that in these three months, these players can..."

Lin Chao's idea is to slowly expand the number of game players within three months, so that his own strength can also rapidly increase, ideally reaching the Legendary Realm by the time the Space Rift fully erupts.

That way, the entire Tieshi Mountain will become his true base and the players' stronghold.

That Space Rift could even become a resurrection point for players.

In the City Lord Mansion, City Lord Morei climbed off the body of the young woman Baishahua, a glimmer of sharp light flashing in his eyes.

"Prince Lin bought the ownership of Tieshi Mountain from your Shang chamber of commerce?"

The woman named Baishahua beneath him was called Beisha, and she was a famous pretty widow in Koya City.

At the age of fifteen, she married a noble in the city to bring good luck to the critically ill noble.

As it turned out, that noble did not last half a year before he let go and passed away.

That noble's several heirs also died inexplicably.

The entire family was then grasped in the hands of Beisha.

Beisha's ruthless methods made many nobles fearful.

However, she was too beautiful, like a rose with thorns, and many nobles wanted to possess her.

Many nobles knelt at her feet.

Beisha also became one of the three women in the city who must not be offended.

"He bought it." Beisha narrowed her eyes, breathing into the City Lord's ear, "Why is Lord Morei so interested in that little fellow?

It's a pity, I invited him to my house to play chess last time, but he didn't come; otherwise, I would know his depth."

Beisha's breath was like orchids, and her voice was extremely seductive.

A red light flashed in Morei's eyes, and he slapped Beisha's buttocks hard: "Slut!"

Beisha let out a giggle: "Isn't that just how you like me to be?"

Morei caressed Beisha, his expression unreadable: "I heard he brought everyone from the Palace to Tieshi Mountain?"

"The recent Tieshi Mountain has a Space Rift; it is not very peaceful." Beisha was thoughtful, a trace of mockery hidden deep in her eyes.

"You say, if the demons of the Abyss appear and Prince Lin dies in the demon army, will the Royal Capital be shaken?" Morei spoke, a trace of killing intent in his gaze.

"He is just a neglected prince and does not hold a position in the Song Church; if he dies, he dies, no one will care." Beisha touched Morei's chest, "Do you want me... to help you?"

"Good." Morei remembered that letter, and the killing intent in his eyes grew even stronger.

Prince Lin must die!

(End of this chapter)