Chapter 731: Among This Batch of Newcomers, You Are the One with the Best Quality

At the platform conference, Kongming, Zhao Hongmiao, and the others did not act as some god-demons had imagined, monopolizing power.

After confirming the basic rules, they decided to divide the numerous god-demons into many seats, as for major events like today.

All such matters require convening the "present" god-demons for a meeting, to establish joint discussion and decision-making.

Furthermore, the organization Wulin Shenhua no longer exists; Wulin Shenhua has officially announced its dissolution.

In its place is the Huaxia Shenmo Xingzhu Council, abbreviated as the Xingzhu Conference.

In fact, Kongming and Zhao Hongmiao's meaning is that, aside from the sole organization "Xingzhu Council (Conference)", any interest group formed by god-demons had better not appear.

But this idea is certainly difficult to achieve.

Therefore, as a fallback, if one wishes to establish any organization or group, it must be reported to the "Xingzhu Council".

Only after approval is it permitted to be established.

At the same time, the established organizations will be subject to random inspections to prevent deviation, harm to the collective interests of god-demons, and stability of the real world.

Like the former "us", and the various miscellaneous groups, they have all become things of the past.

Of course, this is only on the surface.

Privately, which god-demons have close relationships and shared interests, there is certainly no way to completely eliminate.

At least, to the greatest extent, the phenomenon of "I am a member of XX organization, so only I can hit you but you cannot hit me" occurring openly has been eradicated.

Private organizations are all illegal; once exposed, they will be dealt with according to law.

The members of the Xingzhu Council are naturally all current Huaxia Shenmo Xingzhu on the platform, each possessing voting rights.

From all members, eight standing councilors are elected by vote, led by the standing councilors to establish enforcement bodies and the like.

Handling various daily affairs.

Among the eight councilors, one is Chijing Daoist, serving as deputy chairperson, holding the position long-term, unaffected by voting.

He also does not participate in daily affairs unless he personally wishes; otherwise, he is treated long-term as an abstention.

At the same time, Xuanzang Shengsheng serves as (honorary) chairperson, similarly not participating in daily affairs, and possessing one veto power—whether it is the decision of the standing council or the conference, it holds one veto power.

After all, if there is any matter that Tang Luo disagrees with and is determined to destroy, it basically means it cannot be accomplished.

At the same time, everyone is reminded not to harbor unrealistic fantasies.

For example, proposing a motion to cancel Xuanzang Shengsheng's one veto vote, which was ultimately vetoed by one vote.

Such outrageous motions should not be raised; they waste time.

The council conference is tentatively held once a year.

In case of special circumstances, it will be convened immediately.

For example, the death or disappearance of a standing councilor will trigger a conference to re-elect.

Again, for example, if the number of conference members falls below today's 75%, it will also be immediately reconvened, though this reconvening is equivalent to re-electing the conference members.

As this time, god-demons, speaking by strength, become conference members.

Standing council members, in principle, are tentatively re-elected every three years, or if over 90% of conference members simultaneously propose re-election at the conference.

The current, and also the first-term standing council members are: Chijing Daoist, Kongming, Zhao Hongmiao, Lv Jingting, Jiang Junren, Tang Yuhan (tentative, person absent but elected, final outcome based on personal willingness), Jian Shen Nie Zheng (original Wulin Shenhua member, one of the Seven Swords), Shang Wuhuan.

Except for Shang Wuhuan, all are renowned figures among god-demons.

Of course, Shang Wuhuan is also famous, but compared to others through strength or outstanding deeds.

Shang Wuhuan is somewhat special; he is considered a merchant, with extensive connections, broad social network, and his own strength is absolutely not weak, thus earning him a seat on the standing council.

Aside from the tentative Tang Yuhan, the other council members, barring any unexpected events, will not be replaced within three years.

Six councilors displayed their tokens on the spot.

Seeing the token is like seeing the person.

After all, the time in the god-demon game has begun to flow, so they cannot possibly be present at all times.

There will certainly be times when they need to delegate someone else to act on their behalf.

This conference that determined the future pattern of Huaxia Shenmo Xingzhu lasted three days.

Three days later, all god-demons then departed and dispersed.

Tang Yuhan also, under enthusiastic invitation, agreed to become a standing council member.

As a wealthy tycoon, everyone hopes for another, another kind of meaning in "Tang Dad".

Zhao Hongmiao said, he has retired!

Even "Walk Into Science" has broadcast its final episode and officially concluded; what more bicycles are needed?

But even if retired, as a "transcendent" holding high office, the system's god-demons are still considered his subordinates.

Cooperation with the authorities is naturally still needed.

This part is omitted here.

In short, after the first conference, for many Huaxia Shenmo Xingzhu, it counts as opening a new chapter.

Especially given that the god-demon game itself is constantly changing.

Sustained stability is beneficial for most god-demons.

As for what the god-demons of other regions are like—whether trembling under Tang Luo's residual might or also trembling—impact is minimal.

Originally, those few god-demons who sought to "inherit" the Twelve Main Gods of old, or other divine fate fragments.

At first, they still thought about whether to recreate the glory of the Gods' Alliance—having such an excuse makes things easier.

After returning, they fell silent on the matter.

Everyone should focus on missions, strive hard, and grow stronger.

The future path is bright.

Regarding An'an's regret over missing the chance to become a conference member due to coming to see Tang Luo, she is completely indifferent.

Especially seeing Tang Luo at around thirteen or fourteen years old, his youthful appearance made it worthwhile.

If it were high-school An'an, she would definitely have already taken the initiative to hug and nuzzle it.

Now An'an is already a mature, steady adult, running a large enterprise together with her mother.

At most she just took a pile of photos.

A very steady female executive.

After the conference ended, several months passed.

Jiang Shang still had not appeared; expectations for his return had already dropped to rock bottom.

Daoist Chi Jing often sighed, "Of the 'older generation' of God-Demon Walkers, now only he and Odin remain."

Why don't we all meet sometime, let bygones be bygones with a smile — that would be pretty good too.

Odin naturally wouldn't fall for it: "To hell with 'let bygones be bygones with a smile' — I'll wipe out your smile, and the grudge is naturally settled."

There was never any sign of a beginning; at one point the Western God-Demon Walkers even thought, "Odin is probably really dead."

Surface calm gradually returned.

Tang Luo and the others received the advance notice for the twenty-third mission.

And this notice openly displayed the God-Demon Game's changes.

This is not an ordinary mission.

First, this mission does not require all members of Tang Luo's squad to participate — only one person is required to take part.

Second, along with the advance reminder came some information.

In this mission, participants will encounter newcomers.

Yes, after surviving six missions, the rule that God-Demon Walkers no longer encounter newcomers has changed.

For this, Tang Luo specially contacted Kong Ming.

Coincidentally, a God-Demon Walker who had experienced quite a few missions also undertook a special mission like Tang Luo's group and returned.

From that side came word: this kind of special mission is actually a "bring newcomers" mission.

After entering the mission world, everyone doing the mission together are pure newcomers entering the God-Demon Game for the first time.

The task of these veteran God-Demon Walkers is to guarantee these newcomers survive their first mission to the greatest extent possible.

After the God-Demon Game "expanded recruitment."

Newcomer difficulty also began to drop with the opening of this kind of special mission.

Recalling the beginning, the "veterans" that first-time newcomers could encounter were all God-Demon Walkers within six missions.

The first one Tang Luo met was that Uncle Zhou Zhen Guo.

But at that time, there had also never been an all-newcomer situation — at least there would still be one or two "veteran" God-Demon Walkers who had already experienced a few missions on the side.

Now, it has been replaced by "true veterans" escorting them.

Suddenly felt the God-Demon Game had become "warm-hearted."

Favoring the youngest child?

The old-guard God-Demon Walkers instantly felt discriminated against.

Tang Luo's group discussed it and decided that Tang Luo, this First Assistant, would go and properly assist that batch of newcomers.

As for the God-Demon Walkers who don't go, whether there will be rewards.

There is no definite news yet; that God-Demon Walker never joined a team, and even before this his mission prompts were still normal.

Until entering the mission world, only to pull a sudden ambush.

If Tang Luo's group weren't a squad, they'd probably have been suddenly ambushed too when the time came.

Protesting God-Demon Game favoritism — God-Demon Walkers naturally wouldn't be that bored.

In fact, from the information that God-Demon Walker brought back, this kind of mission escorting newcomers barely counts as the gods and demons' mercy.

You must know, the total number of missions is now confirmed to have a limit.

Yet the upper limit on God-Demon Walker mission failures remains five times.

God-Demon Walkers who exceed five mission failures will inevitably vanish.

Many quite powerful God-Demon Walkers, after experiencing multiple missions, are now probing wildly on the edge of disappearance.

Every mission requires going all out.

Protection mission — as long as the newcomers aren't all dead, it doesn't count as failure.

In other words, if it really feels impossible, shove the newcomers into a relatively safe spot and wait for the newcomers' mission to fail — done.

Mission time approached.

"Master, take care."

"By the way, will Doggy go with you this time?"

"What about Sand Monk?"

Zhu Bajie and Ao Yulie surrounded Tang Luo.

Xiaotian Dog and Sha Wujing originally existed as Tang Luo's possessions, so they followed in and out of mission worlds.

Unknown whether the nature changed after Tang Luo's group formed a squad.

Often, Sha Wujing's main body wasn't even worn on Tang Luo, but was with Ao Yulie or Zhu Bajie, and would still enter mission worlds.

"Don't know." Tang Luo shook his head very calmly.

Judging from the mission prompt, most likely only he alone would enter the mission world.

When the time came, Tang Luo promptly said: "Me."

The scene before his eyes abruptly changed; Tang Luo focused his gaze, and in that instant, chaotic spacetime flashed before him.

Mission information surfaced in his mind.

"Protect newcomer safety; if newcomers complete their mission, the mission is complete. If newcomer deaths reach five, mission fails."

"Number of actions taken: 6/6. Exceeding the limit results in mission failure."

"There's even this kind of limit? The God-Demon Walkers didn't mention it. Let me contact Wu Jing and the others first, see if they're around."

Seeing the "mission information," Tang Luo mused inwardly.

Howling Celestial Hound and Sha Wujing did not appear; neither of the two responded within the Gray Mist.

Proving that the two had not entered the mission world together with him.

There is also an extremely small, negligible possibility that both were simultaneously sent to a place capable of "blocking" Gray Mist chat.

The first part of the mission information was not much different from the advance intelligence obtained.

The mission failure criteria are very lenient — no, they should be called very strict: as long as a single newcomer survives, regardless of how they complete the mission, it does not count as failure.

Only if all newcomers die does it count as mission failure.

Tang Luo's mission this time required him to bring five newcomers in total.

Therefore the mission information displayed five deaths, mission failure.

As for the extra "action limit," Tang Luo felt it was the God-Demon Game's malice.

Wanting the horse to run, but also wanting the horse not to eat grass?

Veteran God-Demon Walkers really have it too hard.

Not afraid of running into an ill-tempered God-Demon Walker who, without a word, slaughters this batch of newcomers down to just one, then takes him and hides in some corner nook.

Waiting for the mission to end?

Or is this a restriction targeted specifically at him?

If other God-Demon Walkers receive similar missions in the future, they can compare notes.

Unlike when Tang Luo was in that position, this batch of newcomers had an Infinite Horror vibe — every single one lay on the ground unconscious.

It's also possible that after the recruitment expansion, this cohort's newcomer quality isn't high.

If you count it up, this might perhaps be considered the second expansion wave?

People like Lu Jingtian belonged to the first expansion wave; their strength was still very strong, and quite a few extremely talented individuals appeared.

Not rushing to wake these people, Tang Luo surveyed the surrounding environment.

Not some ordinary alleyway; everyone appeared in a gloomy, damp prison cell.

Ancient prison cell: three walls enclosed it, and in front were wooden bars as thick as bowls, the gaps in the space merely the width of two palms pressed together.

In the lower left there was a slightly larger gap, presumably used for delivering food.

High on the rear wall, there was a small little window.

The gap was slightly larger, letting sunlight project inside.

However, that small window — even reaching on tiptoe you couldn't touch it — not because the current Tang Luo is short; even if you swapped in Zhu Bajie he couldn't reach it.

Although the cell was gloomy and damp, the smell wasn't too foul — at most a musty odor.

Underfoot were quite a lot of straw; besides that, a few chamber pots were placed in the corner.

While surveying the cell, Tang Luo was also pondering the "action limit" issue.

Just how large is the scope covered by "taking action"?

It needs a certain amount of testing; anyway there are six times.

Just as he was thinking, a sound came; Tang Luo looked at the newcomers on the ground and saw a young man groggily climb up, shaking his head.

"Not bad; among this batch of newcomers, you're the one with the best quality."

Tang Luo spoke a similar classic line.

The man reacted quickly, vigorously shook his head once more, immediately stood up, and looked at Tang Luo.

"Try to recall; the God-Demon Game should have already given you the relevant information." "Guide Tang Luo" was conscientious and dutiful.

The man didn't speak for a moment; at this time, the other four newcomers also woke up almost simultaneously.

They looked around in a daze.

No light screen vanished, but the mission has officially begun!

For both Tang Luo and the newcomers, it is so.

Only difference: one is a leisure mission, the other is a fight for their lives.