Chapter 31 After the War
There is no prompt in the game, and you don’t understand what’s going on here at all. Players are very utilitarian. As long as you make sure there is no new plot in this map, even a veteran like Zhang Cheng will leave naturally. He did not leave too deep an impression. In fact, after seeing this ruin, he remembered that there is this in the game.
In reality, Zhang Cheng himself is the highest commander of this slaughter army, so there is no way to talk about taking on tasks and handing over tasks. From this point of view, the soldiers in the game are also useful. Although these NPC soldiers are standing idle when players fight monsters, they should have completed the work of destroying the portal in the end.
This is also the last task of the first act. At this point, the plot of the first act is over. Players will find that the new map is opened, and naturally, the player will purchase and update equipment here, leave the refugee camp, go to the new map, and enter the second act. After all, the game plays an identity similar to a wanderer or a mercenary.
The second act of the game has nothing to do with Kunwu City, it is another place.
But now, he is not that kind of identity. He is now a vassal of Doctor Kunwu, the lord of this swamp (and the surrounding land). Although he is only the lowest "corporal", the lord is the lord. This is his land. Not to mention that there is an additional jade mine here, which makes this land look more valuable.
In other words, he can not leave.
This is a dilemma. One of his biggest reliances in this world is the foreshadowing of the game plot. Without the guidance of the game, Zhang Cheng's situation would definitely be bad at this moment. Maybe he had died in the wilderness without anything, rather than the sword in his hand, armor, horses and chariots, fief slaves, and a good level in his hand. But he also knew that there should be no danger when he stayed here with Doctor Kunwu. If he followed the plot, countless dangers and battles were waiting.
"Attention!" Xiaoxiong suddenly said in his mind, which shocked Zhang Cheng.
The bear's reminder makes sense, because everyone's eyes were focused on him just now when Zhang Cheng was distracted.
It sounds ridiculous, but Zhang Cheng was distracted just now. After all, he is different from others. On the one hand, he reminds Xiao Xiong, and on the other hand, he can be sure that he has killed Bashe's clone through the panel. Others don't know this, and they will instinctively worry if they have encountered situations such as invisibility or the golden cicada escape.
No one thought that such a terrible thing had been killed by such a sword. Even if he saw the portal collapse into ruins.
However, after a long time, everyone slowly came to their senses and saw that Bashe did not appear again, everyone's vision was wrong.
Before, when everyone looked at Zhang Cheng, it was just the level of ordinary soldiers looking at unfamiliar superiors. Although military discipline required them to obey the command of the new two Simas, they were not actually the kind of sincerity from the heart, but were just obeying Zhang Cheng's command after being ordered by Doctor Kunwu. But now, everyone's eyes are different.
If the previous battle only reflected the style of the new two Simas strategizing, then at this moment everyone realized that his personal strength was equally strong.
On the way back, people began to whisper. Qian stood on the chariot. Because of the distance, he couldn't hear clearly what the soldiers were discussing, but he could guess even with guessing.
"That one is just a big spirit clone, and very weak, just a sign of it!" Qian regretted it very much. If he had rushed forward and killed the monster with one sword, then all the honor would have fallen on him. Who would have known that the guy looked so terrible, but in fact he was as fragile as a scumbag.
From this point of view, the one who was able to wipe out Huaiyi at the beginning was frightened by this guy's pretentious appearance.
For other people, Qian doesn’t care about the ownership of honor, at most they just regret it a little or reflect on themselves. But Zhang Cheng is different.
"Young Master Qian is a bit biased." Although Che You was his confidant, he was a pure warrior. He didn't speak very carefully, at least he didn't notice the shame and regret in Qian's heart. "If you don't say anything else, being able to act normally and attack actively in front of that kind of monster is itself a manifestation of strength. Young Master Zhang Cheng... has a strong strength."
If anyone directly killed the enemy in the previous battle, then most of them would be the right samurai warrior. The two bags of arrows he hung on the shaft of the chariot shot light, killing at least dozens of Huaiyi. Such professional samurai actually has a fair vision.
However, it was precisely because he knew that this evaluation was fair that Qian was even more embarrassed.
This victory is of great significance. This means that when Kunwu City faces difficulties, he will clear his worries in time. Doctor Kunwu will definitely be very happy and have a bright eye for Zhang Cheng. However, in addition to commanding, Zhang Cheng made such military achievements and was unanimously respected by the soldiers. This was even worse for Qian.
Not to mention the discovery of this damn jade mine, Zhang Cheng would have money to make friends with colleagues.
If Zhang Cheng was just a hidden danger before and had no support except the oracle of Zhurong, then after this battle to attack Huaiyi, Zhang Cheng changed from a hidden danger to a real threat. He already had the strength to threaten Qian's status.
Doctor Kunwu valued him, his colleagues liked him, and the common people feared him. After this battle, Zhang Cheng had such a status. In this case, if Doctor Kunwu proposed to adopt Zhang Cheng as his adopted son as his heir, no one would object.
Of course, this is true for moving. It is completely different for others.
Before coming, everyone had some expectations of the difficulties of this battle. After all, the battle between Huaiyi, which was overwhelmingly superior in numbers, was definitely a hard battle. But the result was completely opposite. The victorious soldiers walked back slowly with the dejected prisoner, and could be said to sing and laughing along the way.
Zhang Cheng's chariot was in the middle of the team. From time to time, soldiers secretly looked at the young and strange commander. Seeing his expressionless face, not happy with things or sad with himself, he felt that Mr. Zhang Cheng was unfathomable.
In fact, Zhang Cheng is indeed unable to say the joy of victory.
The plot of the first act is over. What should he do next?
There is no choice in the game, so you can only leave the refugee camp in the first act and go to the map in the second act. If you have to stay in the first act map, it is a waste of time. But reality is not a game, you have one more choice.
He can follow the game plot or choose to stay.
It is difficult to choose which of the two is better or worse.
Due to the influence of garbled code, he could not fully understand the plot, and could not figure out why the protagonist in the game left the refugee camp to go to the next scene, or even where the second scene was. And because of the timeline change, the plot of the game must have been greatly changed. Just like when he arrived at the refugee camp one hour late, Dr. Kunwu appeared, if he followed the plot, there would definitely be many variables in the future.
But if he doesn't follow the plot... his strength is too weak.
Like all fantasy games, in the Quanrong game, the harder it is to improve the character level the later it reaches, because the more experience values are needed, and it increases in geometric multiples. Zhang Cheng remembers that at the end of the first act, the upper limit level of the character is almost level 9. However, when the entire game passes the level, even if you get every experience value you can get, you will be at level 18 or 19.
Some games have a "unlimited monster sweep" scene, but there is no in the Quanrong game. It should be said that the total number of monsters and tasks is determined to die, and there will be no infinite refresh of the map. Although killing monsters can be upgraded, the game is not a Colosseum after all, and there are not so many monsters that can be killed for you.
The real world is even worse because there is no such convenience as going back to sleep after hitting monsters, and then fighting monsters again with blood and blue.
Follow the plot, even if there are variables and at least some predictions bring convenience, then staying in his fiefdom will make the future even more unpredictable. It is possible that everything is well, without illness or disaster. It is more likely that the danger will come, but he will have to join the dangerous battle without any preparation.
In short, it is actually just a choice between "very bad" and "very bad".
In the final analysis, he is a cannon fodder in the plane war. This kind of time travel is not to make a cheat, but to put a condom on you. Just as Wu Lan said, it is actually a mercenary, whose lives are threatened by death at any time.
Speaking of which, I have no idea how other time travelers are doing.
From his limited contact with a few people, he seemed to have not been very good either.
After all, reality is not a game. It is easy to kill monsters in the game, but killing people in reality is completely different. The monsters and NPCs in the game are idiots controlled by computer systems. No matter how many, as long as the player is careful, he can become the player's experience value smoothly. In reality, others may be smarter than you, so how can they be fooled again and again?
"What are you hesitating about?" In my mind, Xiaoxiong noticed Zhang Cheng's emotions.
"I'm just thinking," said Zhang Cheng. "Should I leave."
If anyone else he can trust in this world is undoubtedly a bear.
"Of course I have to leave," Xiao Xiong replied without hesitation. "I remember the power of Xingtian on you. Of course, you must fully use it when you have the power of plundering. It is a chaotic time, and it is a great opportunity for Xingtian's power to play its role. What's the use of staying in this place? The lizard man is gone! Don't tell me that you are a strange man who is still thinking of staying in such a small place and eating and waiting to die."
"What should all the aliens be like?"
"I heard that Yiren likes moving but not quiet." Xiaoxiong replied. "This is the Yiren I have met in my original body. I can't explain why, but they just like to travel around and take risks."
"But if I leave..."
"Haha, Zhang Cheng, what are you afraid of? Your fiefdom was originally a different house for Doctor Kunwu. Doctor Kunwu hasn't been there once a few years, so he is still well taken care of. Doctor Kunwu can do this, but what are you afraid of when you go out for a long trip? Not to mention the jade mine, Doctor Kunwu will definitely stare at this thing, and you don't need you at all."
"So it turns out that in this world, it's very common for lords to travel far away?"
"It's common, it's common, it's not common," Xiaoxiong replied. "If you are a noble or even a prince, it's inappropriate to travel far away. But even a prince, if he was summoned to the court by the emperor, his territory would still be good. I have never heard of any situations such as the territory being out of control or being taken away."
"But..." If Zhang Cheng wants to leave, he must follow the route indicated by the game. But the problem is that reality is not a game. This matter in the game is very simple. You can find the newly emerging map by calling out the world map and click there. As mentioned earlier, because of the garbled code, he has no idea where that place is, or where it is.
From the road from the human face stone to Kunwu City, Zhang Cheng could also use some tiny traces, such as the direction of the way, or the consumption of food such as bird eggs, to guess the direction and distance. He had no idea how to guess the map of the first and second acts and how far it was.
But he didn't dare to say this. The Quanrong Game is his deepest secret. Even if it was a little bear, he wouldn't dare to say this secret.
"Zhang Cheng, you are too nervous." Xiao Xiong said suddenly. "Although you are an alien, if I am not wrong, you can no longer leave this world."
"I can't leave...but I can still..."
"Well, this kind of soul-wrenching you said seems strange, but it is actually a stable state." Xiaoxiong said. "Don't always think that you are an outsider. You have to live here for the rest of your life."
Although he knew it was a comfort, Zhang Cheng still felt a little touched inexplicably.
"Look, I feel like life can continue with my existence, let alone you."
"What's wrong with your existence?" Zhang Cheng was puzzled.
"Well, my subject is divided into a clone, but in fact, from the moment I split up, I have nothing to do with the subject." Xiaoxiong said. "So even if I die, I will not have any impact on the subject."
Zhang Cheng was confused at first, not sure why Xiaoxiong said that, and then suddenly he thought of a thought. So that's it!
"Don't think about your identity as an alien. You are no different from the creatures in this world. Just like I am a big spirit and you are a human." The bear said. "We should be happy that you won a very important battle."
It released a consciousness that made Zhang Cheng discover that the soldiers were singing.
"Why do you say you have no clothes? You are in the same comrade with your son. Wang Yu set up a army and repaired my spear. He is in the same vengeance as you!"
"Why do you say you have no clothes? You are in the same vein as me. The king of you will build your spear and halberd. You will work with me together!"
"Do you say you don't have clothes? You have the same clothes as you. The king of you will build your army and build your armor and soldiers. You will walk with you!"
This is a song from the "Book of Songs" on Earth, but Zhang Cheng had no idea that there were the same songs in this world. However, considering that there are so many time travelers from the earth in this world, it seems normal for this song to be circulated.
However, for some reason, this song didn't seem particularly good in the book at the beginning, but now it was sang it in the mouths of the soldiers, and it made people feel shaken.
Chapter completed!