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Chapter 97 - 93 Monster Attacks Village Incident

Chapter 97: Chapter 93 Monster Attacks Village Incident

Upon hearing Master Huang’s narration, Yang Baichuan was immediately alarmed, "What are we going to do, Village Chief? Isn’t Ginkgo Village in danger then?"

Master Huang (Ginkgo Village Chief): "No need to panic. For now, I have three strategies that might resolve this calamity, but I still need the help of two brave men. Please listen carefully and help me consider which strategy would be best to counter this dire situation."

The best strategy: the two of you assemble warriors, enter the Ancient Tomb, and slay the Ghost General before he fully resurrects.

The middle strategy: the two of you assemble warriors, and I will gather the villagers to defend Ginkgo Village with all our combined strength.

The last strategy: the two brave men should quickly go to Bixia Mountain Baiyun Temple to seek a sage to come to the rescue of Ginkgo Village.

The two of you, how do you think we should choose?"

[System Notification: Plot event "Threat of the Ghost General" triggered. The Ghost General Corpse Vulture is about to be resurrected by a mysterious man in a black robe, and Ginkgo Village faces an unprecedented crisis. As the discoverer of this matter, Village Chief Huang is seeking your opinion, and your choices will determine what happens next here, as well as whether Ginkgo Village can survive this catastrophe — Returnees, please make your choice carefully.]

A dialogue box popped up in front of them both at the same time.

Option 1: We accept this heavy responsibility, move into the Ancient Tomb, and obliterate the Ghost General. (Trigger quest—Demon Slaying Warrior.)

Option 2: We accept this heavy responsibility, but we are outnumbered; please, Village Chief Huang, allocate more manpower with us so that we stand a better chance of winning. (Persuasion check.) (Trigger quest—United in Hatred.)

Option 3: The situation in the Ancient Tomb is fraught with unknown perils; rather, let’s enhance our defenses, watch for changes, standby with the elite of Ginkgo Village and the courage of the Returning Villagers, and wait for an opportune moment, which can ensure us total victory.

(Initiates plot event: Monster Assault on the Village. This event will begin at noon three days from now.)

(Trigger quest—Unity Is Strength.)

Option 4: With such a formidable enemy, relying on us mere mortals might be insufficient; it’s better for us to go to Baiyun Temple to seek a sage to come and save us. (Trigger quest—Seeking the Sage.)

Option 5: Suddenly, I remembered that I have an urgent matter to attend to; I’ll take my leave now, Village Chief.

Looking at the dialogue box in front of him, Xiao Jie immediately realized that this plot event was no small matter. With so many choices and different potential quest lines, it likely determined the survival of Ginkgo Village. The risks faced and the potential benefits were unprecedented.

I Want to Be Immortal could clearly see this as well.

"Feng, which one should we choose?"

"Don’t rush to choose; let me think about it for a moment."

Fortunately, there was no time limit for this choice, allowing Master Huang and Yang Baichuan to patiently wait for his reply.

First and foremost, the first option was definitely out of the question. Sending a few novices down to the Ancient Tomb was akin to sending them to their death. Not to mention the possibly already-resurrected Ghost General and the mysterious man in the black robe, even dealing with the several Corpse Chasers and the terrifying number of zombies would be too much for the two of them, even with Ye Luo included.

The second option had some chance of success, as there were still some capable fighters in Ginkgo Village—Yang Baichuan, Tie Qianli, Zhou Tong... However, it still felt too risky, and escaping would be too difficult.

Compared to that, the third option was much better. Defending the village would allow them to utilize the defense systems of Ginkgo Village, along with the help of the militia and the villagers. Though the enemies’ strength might increase, at least they could still run away if utterly defeated.

Option four, though the safest, seemed to have the lowest potential rewards.

Overall, Xiao Jie leaned towards the third option—playing defense.

But Xiao Jie didn’t rashly make a choice. The game had been open for three years; there must have been similar incidents before, right? It was better to ask Wang Kai.

He sent him a private message directly.

Hidden Moon Following Wind: Wang Kai, has there ever been a monster attack on Ginkgo Village?

Wang Kai: Yeah, it happened twice. Once it was a beast tide attacking the village, led by a Wolf Demon, and the other time it was mountain bandits, led by a mountain bandit leader.

Hidden Moon Following Wind: Did you manage to defend it?

Wang Kai: We did, otherwise, there would be no Ginkgo Village.

Hidden Moon Following Wind: What about the specifics of the process? Could you tell me about it?

Wang Kai: I don’t know, I wasn’t online. I just went offline when the monster attack happened and didn’t dare to come online until they notified me via WeChat that it was over.

Xiao Jie thought to himself, damn, this guy really plays it safe.

Wang Kai: However, from what I know, both monster attacks on the village were quite fierce. There were casualties each time, but of course, the rewards were not small either. A boss-level boss will participate in each monster’s attack on the village. This thing is guaranteed to drop Purple Equipment, and NPCs won’t pick up equipment. As long as the player’s participation in the boss fight meets the pickup criteria, they can collect all the drops.

Those two monster attacks on the village really fattened up a lot of people.

Hidden Moon Following Wind: What does boss-level boss mean? Are the bosses in this game categorized?

Wang Kai: Simply put, it’s like a boss of a monster force. This type of monster’s avatar will have a skull mark, and after it appears in the current area, the boss’s health bar will be displayed on everyone’s screens. This one is a real big boss. If it doesn’t have these two characteristics, then it’s at most a minor leader, elite monster, miniboss.

A big boss, huh...

Xiao Jie couldn’t help but feel excited. To this point, they hadn’t really fought a proper boss yet, whether it was Tian Youcai or that giant rat in the barn, both were just elite monsters.

If they could get the drops from this boss, then they would really soar.

Of course, entering the Ancient Tomb to slay a boss would also yield such drops, but that kind of adventure has no way out; it’s safer to fight a defensive battle in the village.

Given his and I Want to Be Immortal’s meager strength, they normally had almost no chance to challenge such a level of boss. Now that such a great opportunity was before them, they absolutely couldn’t let it pass.

Alright, you’re the one.

Xiao Jie decisively chose 3.

"In such a critical moment, the only option is to strengthen our guard, watch patiently, and with the elite forces of Ginkgo Village, along with our returning villagers’ valor, we can wait at our leisure and achieve complete victory. Although we aren’t much, we’re also willing to contribute our strength to Ginkgo Village."

Seeing Xiao Jie make his choice, I Want to Be Immortal immediately said, "Yeah, yeah, me too!"

Master Huang nodded slightly, "Since that’s the case, two brave men, the safety of Ginkgo Village depends on you. If other returning villagers are willing to join the battle, they can also participate. As long as you help Ginkgo Village survive this calamity, we will certainly not forget your heroic deeds and will surely reward you generously afterward.

That Ghost General could attack at any time, please be sure to be ready within three days."

Yang Baichuan, go and inform Tie Qianli to come see me, and gather all the village militia. Make sure everything is ready within three days."

[System Prompt: Triggered plot event — Monster Attack on Village. This event will start at noon, 12 PM, three days from now. All players within the range of Ginkgo Village at that time will be judged as Ginkgo Village defenders.

Here are the rules for the monster’s attack on the village.

Rule 1: The monster’s attack on the village will begin at noon and end at 6 PM. During this period, as long as the village temple is not breached, the defense is considered successful.

Rule 2: Defeating the boss of the attacking monsters can lead to an early victory and a large quantity of spoils and reputation points.

Rule 3: Killing the attacking monsters will earn a small number of reputation points, which will be settled after the battle.

Rule 4: All villagers and militia will participate in the battle, and players can cooperate with them during the fight.

Rule 5: If a player flees Ginkgo Village during the monster’s attack, they will be deemed a deserter and lose 1,000 reputation points in the current State Mansion.

The situation was now set in stone, and Xiao Jie’s heart actually calmed down.

There were three days left, and the preparations in these three days were crucial for victory.

Of course, there was also ’gathering the warriors.’ Relying on just two people wasn’t feasible.

Xiao Jie immediately sent a message to Ye Luo.

Hidden Moon Following Wind: A major event is about to happen. Come to the temple for a meeting.

After thinking about it, he also sent a message to Dongfang Sheng and Wang Kai. With such a major event as a monster attack on the village, no one could stay out of it; every bit of strength had to be united.

Soon, all five of them had gathered in the temple.

Ye Luo, "What has happened?"

Wang Kai, "Man, why the rush to call us here? What’s on your agenda?"

Dongfang Sheng, "Is there something up?"

Xiao Jie directly shared the mission with the three men.

"Monster attack on the village! Interested in joining the fight?"

"Damn!" Wang Kai got a fright, "You just asked me, and I was wondering what it was about. You really went all out creating a monster invasion scenario. Sorry, I’m not getting involved. I’ll just log off and wait for your news."

Well, that outcome was not unexpected.

Xiao Jie didn’t try to persuade him, "I understand. I mainly wanted to ask, how much gold do you have on hand? I’m looking to buy some."

This great battle required ample preparation and massive amounts of supplies; the few thousand cents he had on hand weren’t enough. This time, he had to sell gold.

Wang Kai spread his hands, "I only have a few hundred cents left, all from what I earned yesterday. But if you need to buy a lot, I can put you in touch with a gold farmer in the State Mansion."

"How would it be transported?"

"This game does have a mail system. The farther the distance, the higher the postage costs. For intra-state delivery, it would cost a bit over 1,000 cents."

"Can I directly purchase supplies in the State Mansion?"

"No problem."

"Then get me fifty thousand gold’s worth, and then buy the supplies as per my requirements at the State Mansion and mail them to me."

Ye Luo, I remember you mentioned that a rich player once bought ten million worth of talismans and leveled up using just talismans, meaning there’s no demand for using talismans, right?"

In this kind of city defense battle, they inevitably had to face a vast number of low-level monsters, so enough means to clear these monsters were necessary.

Ye Luo hummed, "Low-level talismans have no usage requirements, but high-level ones do."

"Then, are there any low-level talismans that can damage in an area?"

"There are, but if you’re planning on defending the city, I suggest you don’t buy talismans. They’re too expensive. Fifty thousand gold turned into copper only makes fifty thousand cents, and that wouldn’t buy many talismans. It’s better to buy flame pots and kerosene pots, both of which are byproducts of alchemy and are much cheaper."

Gunpowder jars can create an explosive effect of 3 meters by 3 meters, and kerosene pots can ignite a small area for 10 seconds, which is enough for defending the city."

"How much are they?"

"Each gunpowder jar only costs 500 cents, and each kerosene pot only 300 cents."

Xiao Jie thought to himself that this was cheap? 500 cents could buy a piece of leather armor, and these were consumables.

However, he knew this was not the time to skimp. Good steel is used on the blade’s edge, and he had been refraining from spending real money precisely for a crucial moment like this.

"Alright, let’s mainly purchase these two types. Also, give me a quote for any other available talismans and elixirs."

He then looked at the other three, saying, "Why don’t you guys also buy some? If we can win this village defense battle, we’ll all make a big leap forward, and the gains would be incomparable to money. There’s bound to be a boss-level boss among the attacking monsters, with incredible drops."

"Plus, we have NPCs to take the damage for us, allowing us to securely harvest. This is the best opportunity we have had so far."

"It won’t be easy to come across such a good opportunity again. It’s definitely worth the effort."

I Want to Be Immortal immediately agreed, "Feng is right, I’ll also take fifty thousand gold!"

Ye Luo said helplessly, "Alright, I’ll take fifty thousand as well."

Given the circumstances, forming a team was inevitable.

"I’ll take one hundred thousand." Dongfang Sheng suddenly spoke up; he had already bought twenty thousand gold from Wang Kai before, and now he was going all in.

Xiao Jie couldn’t help but admire him; this guy was decisively all-in when it counted.

Wang Kai was instantly excited.

"Great, great, I’ll get in touch with the gold farmers right away! I’ll sort out whatever you want to buy."

A massive order of 250,000 from four people was the largest order he had taken recently. Even just the commission would be a great gain.