The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 171 - 157: This is the Highest Realm of Cyber Corvee

Chapter 171: Chapter 157: This is the Highest Realm of Cyber Corvee

Gathering ores quickly to accelerate the construction of the Main City was almost as important as searching for the Cyclops.

The former could unlock various functions, although it was unclear what the Main City could bring.

As for the latter, the rewards were very tempting.

Upon hearing the news, a large number of Undead rushed over from all directions immediately.

"I think, for a collapsed mine like this, using manpower to transport is too slow."

Let’s call it a day for today’s cyberservice!

We’re here to experience the game, not to lug bricks around; the spirit of the players must awaken.

"Do you think, could it be that Lind intentionally had someone send us the message?" Those with wild imaginations began to speculate, "He knew we would be reluctant to mine, so he lured us here with a hidden quest. I admit, he succeeded."

"Nonsense, he’s just an NPC."

The majority of Undead believed that Lind was still kind-hearted and wouldn’t possibly devise a deceitful task to trick Undead into mining.

"But, what does ore have to do with rebuilding the Main City?"

Yeah, what’s the connection.

At the current stage, the city construction still primarily uses stone and wood; the role of ores isn’t significant.

"Starlet mine was a collapse due to a plague outbreak by accident, not much to do with NPCs."

"Is there a possibility that Lind wanted us to clear the collapsed mines and deliberately added resource options in the Main City construction?"

"No way, because he’s an NPC, and his behaviors are all programmed."

"Damn, it’s definitely possible! I’ve been thinking about it, ever since I started playing this game at Star Dragon Ridge, I’ve farmed in the village of the Mad Wise Ones, on the paths of Dragon Tooth Mountain, in Holy Water Town, in Harbor Village, in... I’ve been farming non-stop! But now, besides equipment, linked accessories, and a horse, I have nothing else. Is there any NPC worse than Lin Dog?"

"Earn it at Star Dragon, spend it there, don’t even think of taking it home."

The discussion among the Undead was fervent, the topic gradually skewing.

Regardless of the reasons for this quest’s initiation, they needed to complete it; it was a major task for building the Main City.

"To speak or not to speak, Lin Dog is quite straightforward when giving out rewards."

"Yes, every time he gives a reward, he immediately releases new items and outfits, and I just can’t not buy them!"

Although they all knew that these tasks weren’t because of Lind but because the game developers were heartless, they didn’t know the developers personally, so Lind had to unwillingly take the blame.

The topic finally circled back to mining.

"How about using machinery? The game allows using machines too, haven’t you noticed the traps we bought recently are very precise? It’s possible that some kind of mechanical force once existed in this world." Someone suggested, "Since mechanical traps are viable in the game running logic, we could hand-craft a digger ourselves."

Using a digger in Magic World, you’ve got guts.

Although there was no Magic Digger, the Catastrophe Warhorses could help, at least in hauling stones.

The Undead, who verbally refused oppression and cyberservice, rolled up their sleeves and started moving bricks.

Drink a potion when you’re out of energy.

At this stage, many Undead always carried a few bottles of Magic Potion on them.

While helping Lind mine, they also had to buy their own potions to boost the GDP of Star Dragon, cursing all the while but willing at heart.

This was the highest realm of cyberservice!

And as the instigator of everything, Lind was discussing with Milan.

He had finally finished his busy schedule and had time to meet one of Leon’s nine Upper Rank, the female Archer.

The exquisite dual crossbows were held in Lind’s hands, he looked at the patterns on them and the faint white light they emitted.

A Blessed Weapon, a remarkably inconspicuous Blessed Weapon.

"Magic crossbow?"

Milan’s surrender wasn’t thorough; she wasn’t loyal to Leon, but that didn’t mean she could easily accept her status as a captive.

Especially since she learned that the nobleman came from west of the Red Dragon Foothills, and since Serene went west, there had been no news.

"How to use it?" Lind asked.

He tried to channel his power into the crossbow but found he couldn’t gather it correctly.

Milan cooperated, "Follow the guidance of the magic patterns."

She made it sound simple but didn’t mention the technique needed, nor did she say how troublesome it was to use this Blessed Weapon. Each time she used it, she had to prepare thoroughly, raise her concentration to the highest level, and then...

"Swoosh—!"

An arrow pierced through the air, brushing past Milan’s cheek and lodging into the wall behind her ear.

Boom, a scorching wave of flames burst from the side, slightly singeing her hair.

Milan blinked subconsciously, then widened her eyes.

The dual crossbows that took her so much time to master, Lind had succeeded on his second try, and its power seemed even stronger than when she used it.

"It’s mine now," Lind unapologetically declared the ownership of the dual crossbows.

The power of the crossbow was decent, but it couldn’t match the force of his swung sword.

Unlike Lance’s Ice Bow, that cursed weapon, although using it to its full potential could cause the user to suffer from freeze backlash, also had its power significantly increased.

This pair of Magic Pattern Crossbows had a low maximum but high minimum, very balanced.

"Swoosh—!"

Another arrow shot towards the wall beside Mierben, this time without bursting into flames, but instead carried a very thin chain attached to the arrow tail.

With a flick of his wrist, the arrow was forcibly pulled back, unfortunately, the arrow was not sturdy and broke during retrieval.

Lind frowned himself; the combination of the Lost Soul Chains and the arrow was nowhere near as good as using flames.

He looked towards Mierben, who was fixated on his Lost Soul Chains.

"Serene?" he mentioned a name.

Being colleagues, it was normal for Mierben to know him, but Lind noticed a brief loss of control in Mierben’s expression when he mentioned Serene’s name.

"Don’t worry, I didn’t kill him; we are on quite good terms. He does some physical and mental labor for me."

Physical labor, meaning functioning as a human battery to provide energy.

Mental labor, meaning renting out brain capacity to help Gold Badge improve computational power, and it’s taking its toll with growing dark circles.

Hearing that Serene was alive, Mierben clearly relaxed.

"You like that type?" Lind also admitted that Serene was quite "attractive," a completely different style from his own.

"Who, who likes that kind..."

"Hey, hey, stop!" Lind immediately called a halt; a good interrogation turning into blushing tsundere made no sense.

Although the atmosphere had already normalized, after all, Mierben had surrendered quite obediently from the start, Lind still wanted to himself to be conducting the interrogation.

There was much he wanted to know.

"I previously tried to get some information from Serene, but something hindered me," Lind stared at Mierben, expecting an answer.

"It was Dome," Mierben’s attitude softened upon hearing Serene’s name, "He was ordered to help Lord Leon hide secrets, everything important or not, we can’t reveal."

"Can you talk after Leon dies?"

"We never serve the dead."

Her loyalty was time-sensitive, the moment her master died, she’d switch allegiance.

Lind didn’t express inviting her to swear allegiance to him; he didn’t much need Mierben’s loyalty; what appealed to him was her access to the Magic Potion formula and some intelligence in her head.

Then she could go on to be a human battery.

This was truly maximizing resource utilization.

"Aside from you," Lind said counting, "Holy Water Town, Harbor Village, Persimmon Town, and Prey Town, how many more villages are there?"

"Two," she replied very decisively, certainly not because Lind’s twin crossbows were pointed at her head.

As an Upper Ranker, her body was actually very fragile, unlike Lind, whose head could withstand an arrow without dying, but she would likely die on the spot.

"Cazhen Town at Moon Mountain and Crying Town in Soul Valley."

"Cazhen Town? That large cathedral," Lind had heard of Cazhen Town, which was said to have experienced an outbreak of Undead, and the Kingdom even deployed troops to suppress it.

"Mierben, a madman," Mierben said, "He betrayed Lord Leon; Cazhen Town has long been out of Leon Territory’s control, now controlled by Mierben."

Mentioning Mierben, Mierben wore a look of terror.

"Didn’t Leon send anyone over?" Lind asked.

"Mierben is already a Hero Tier, sending anyone would be useless."

Leon Territory could probably only have Leon suppress him, but for Leon to act out in his condition would be akin to suicide, potentially triggering a plague.

No wonder even knowing that Cazhen Town was out of control, they were helpless; Leon must be the most frustrated powerful figure he ever saw.

It wasn’t clear whether this was good news or bad news. For the Undead, it should be good news, another BOSS to tackle.

But it definitely wasn’t good news for Lind; Leon’s strength was formidable, but it was only due to his descent into madness that Leon could be defeated.

Otherwise, even with a minimal cognitive capability, the Undead couldn’t possibly have killed him even if they fought for a month.

Lind seemed to have never seen an Undead from Cazhen Town on the forums; rather, it was often Undead from Crying Town popping up.

But he remembered the Undead from Crying Town never mentioned Leon Territory, as if they didn’t know about that place, but considering now... it seems Lord Leon was really poor at controlling his own underlings.

Three regiment commanders, only one willing to die for him, the other two fled.

Six subordinates, the strongest one had completely broken free from control, Mierben surrendered upon meeting, Crying Town also concealed the existence of Leon Territory, leaving the Undead completely unaware of Main City’s presence. The rest were easily dealt with.

"What about Crying Town?"

"Dome has been active near Soul Valley for a long time; we never go there, and we prefer not to have too much involvement with that cunning book thief."

"Book thief?"

"Dome’s nickname, he’s a villain who steals book knowledge, and he even snuck in as a principal," Mierben smirked mockingly, "He opened a Magic school."