Anna's eyebrows furrowed slightly, capturing the key to Link's words: "Are you going out again?" ”

"Well, I'll leave in the morning, and I'll be back in the afternoon if I'm fast, what's wrong with you?" Link asked curiously, mainly because more than a month had passed since the death quagmire was delivered, and Link was ready to see how his "greening project" was growing.

A trace of panic flashed in Anna's eyes, and she pulled the thin hair on her sideburns and said, "No, I just feel that the first day of the new year is so busy, and I have never rested." ”

Link looked at the Gobi in the distance and sighed lightly: "Now that the internal worries have been solved, the external troubles have not been settled, and it is only by chasing and catching up slowly that the current situation with a slight advantage has been created." The higher I stand, the farther I look, the more I think, and the threats in the present and in the future are like a spur, always urging me to keep moving forward and become stronger. ”

This is the first time Link has spoken out.

Although rebirth has brought him many advantages of foresight, as his own strength reaches a higher level, the things that need to be considered in front of him and the crises he faces are more complicated than in his previous life. Future versions are like a sword of Damocles hanging over his head, keeping Link on his toes and wanting to gain the power beyond the version to face these crises calmly.

Anna looked at Link sideways, her eyes tender and distressed.

In the past, she saw Link was vigorous and neat, and she felt that he was as hard as iron on the inside and outside, and through today's chat, she realized that from the slums all the way to today's position, Link was silent and cautious at every step, for fear that one wrong step would never be recovered.

Anna involuntarily reached out and wanted to pat Link lightly on the back, but her hand hung in the air and hesitated.

After a battle between heaven and man, Anna withdrew her hand, squeezed out a smile and said, "Then when you come back, let's find a time to go on a winter trip, anywhere~"

"No problem, I'll see the time when I get back." Link didn't doubt him, and thought that when the time came, he could take his pet out to play, exchange feelings, and observe what he could do by the way.

Seeing Link agree, a smile finally appeared on Anna's nervous face, like an iceberg snow lotus blooming in the cold, clear and clean, spotless.

"It's a deal."

Anna understands that what Link needs is not comfort, but companionship.

At the end of the annual meeting, Link looked forward to the plan for the new year, and unabashedly stated that the first plan for the new year is to eradicate the desert forces and return the Gale Desert to the embrace of the sand, which is called the "Southbound Plan". At the same time, the most important thing in the coming year is to "go out".

How to go out, is to vigorously develop the characteristics of Shadu, take Steppenwolf and all kinds of pets with specific needs as the core competitiveness, establish a branch of the monster security company on the territory of other forces, and take the task order mode of the platinum hotel, the joint leasing model, as well as the fragrant pig banquet, security three treasures and other industries, and push them to the market together to gain a firm foothold.

"So starting next year, you guys who complain to me about the pain of being idle in Sadu need to go out and open up the market and show your skills. One by one, they all boasted about the sea, and when they cleaned up the desert forces, they were mules and horses, and they pulled them out and slipped. ”

Link's words made everyone in the audience laugh.

Several middle-level members of the Monster Security Company already have a competitive "hostility" towards each other.

Allen, Simon, Turtle Lao, and Mina exuded a strong willingness to compete in their eyes, but Bob waved his hand frantically: "Don't look at me, I still have to guard the three-acre land of Shadu, and don't mix with the competition between you." ”

Link glanced at everyone in the audience and looked at Penguin Penny: "Penny, how is the communication between Dragon City and the Ministry of Commerce of Faye?" ”

When Penny heard about the work, he instantly entered the state: "The contracts of intent have been signed, because of the battle in the Crying Valley half a month ago, I found an excuse to delay it." As a result, after the victory in the Crying Valley, the two parties stepped up their urging, fearing that we would regret the temporary price increase, so I made it clear that the handover would begin after the year. ”

The Steppenwolf Cavalry's combat effectiveness is amazing, and even the Mechanics and the Wasteland Gang have been directly torn apart. If you can get this powerful creature to form a cavalry, you can definitely improve your combat effectiveness in the battles you encounter.

Link nodded and said he understood: "Then take the opportunity to connect with the Ministry of Commerce of Longcheng and Faye after the year, and play the name of the monster security company, and take this opportunity to open the branch to Longcheng and Faye, and can provide technical guidance, they definitely have no reason to refuse, and they dare not refuse." ”

Expanding territory is always easy to make people's blood boil.

The middle-level members of the monster security company are eager at the moment, and they are ready to do a big job.

Now Shadu is stable, there are still a bunch of "great gods" above his head, and the future of development is bleak. Once you go out, you are the leader of the branch, and you have the right to make decisions to meet new challenges.

"That's all I have to say, and I encourage you in the new year." Link raised his glass and drained the light wine in one gulp.

Everyone in the audience also raised their wine glasses and drank them all.

For the plans and outlook for the new year, Link can only say so much for the time being.

But in fact, to put it bluntly, recovering the entire desert can only be regarded as a task in the first quarter of next year, and it is not even a goal. The Monster Security Company's foothold in Faye and Dragon City is just a pedal, not the ultimate goal. Link's real purpose is to find a reasonable excuse to get involved in the war between the [Beast Tide] and the [Dark Forest] in Dragon City.

These two events are of great significance as a "stepping stone" for version 1.0 to test the player's strength.

In the process of solving the problem of Dragon City and Faye, it is the process of Link's power becoming stronger. Only strong strength is necessary to complete the hidden main quest [Mandala's Revenge].

In addition to the above, Link has another important task, which is to remove the thorn in the side of the Platinum Hotel Sadu.

As soon as an idea is generated, the system responds to Link.

[You triggered the Main City quest [Shadu Platinum Hotel]]

[Mission Prompt: The Platinum Hotel in Shadu has issued a maximum wanted warrant for you, and your mastery of Shadu has reached the highest level ever, now it's time to pull out this thorn in the eye and nail in the flesh!] (Note: This quest is of high difficulty and has a chance to trigger chain quests and special plots, please be cautious)]

[Reward: 500,000 XP, random purple materials, activate the epic event [League of Assassins]]

Link glanced at the task, and this kind of reward no longer made him fluctuate, but it was the precautions in the mission hint that aroused his interest. Chain quests and special plots, Link already has a rough idea in his mind.

The Platinum Hotel is the Assassin alliance of Wasteland, with influence throughout Wasteland, with strong information circulation and organization.

Although the Platinum Hotel in Shadu has issued the highest level of wanted arrest for Link, since Link became the leader of Shadu, the Platinum Hotel has not dared to move at all, and there has been no action against Link, as if he has suffered a loss or forgotten about it. The killers are also very numerous, and no one dares to use Link as a target for assassination.

Coupled with the news of the heavy damage to the desert forces, Link's reputation has now reached a new level in Wasteland, and for the first time, all the people of the Free Federation feel that the sand has the hope of taking out the Mechanicus and the Wasteland Gang and recovering the entire Gale Desert. At that time, there will be an opportunity to free up their hands to help Dragon City and Faye, so that the Free Federation can return to peace.

Link's strength has been linked to the luck of Shadu and even the Free Federation, and the Platinum Hotel, which has issued the highest wanted warrant, can only embarrass itself.

Link understands that once he uproots the Platinum Hotel in Sadu, he will be the enemy of the entire Platinum Hotel.

But who says Link likes to be active, not passive.

Instead of passively waiting for a killer who doesn't know when and where to appear, it is better to take the initiative and solve the problem at the source.

Of course, these ideas that sound "shocking" to everyone, Link will not say them directly.

The road must be taken step by step, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time.

When the Lin Consortium and Shadu continue to improve, looking back at the goals that they now feel shocking, they will be much more insipid.

As the Wuwu Castle rang the New Year's Eve bell on time, clusters of fireworks rose from Shenmu City, and bright fireworks bloomed over the sand capital in the distance, and people together said happy New Year to each other.

Anna, who was standing next to Link, was the first to say, "Link, Happy New Year." "The first wishes of the new year.

Immediately after Helen, the others ......

At the same time, another task on Link's system shows complete.

[Congratulations on completing the C-rank quest [Prey targeted by the wasteland]]

[According to the dynamic rating, you have gained a high reputation during the duration of the mission, which greatly deters the arrogance of the Wasteland Gang to chase you, forcing the Wasteland Gang to change their attitude towards your mission, and this mission is rated as "perfect"]

[You gain 200,000 experience, 2 random green weapons, 1 random blue equipment......]

Link glanced at the mission, which was the first mission he had ever received after crossing over to Destiny, and had now been completed.

April 13, Wasteland Calendar 42 - December 31, Wasteland Calendar 42.

Witnessed his journey from a slave to Shadu and became the emperor of the desert.

As for the quest rewards, they are all green weapons and blue equipment around level 20, which are completely useless to Link now, but you can find a reason to reward the player.

……

Early morning.

"Those who only fantasize but do not act will never experience the joy of reaping the fruits."

"In life, you have to break a way!"

"There is no end to struggle, any time is a starting point."

In the hot-blooded chicken soup of sunflowers, Link ushered in a new day.

Rubbing his head, Link took a long breath: "Whew, I was woken up by chicken soup every morning, I'm really afraid that when I suddenly have high uric acid and gout." ”

Link washed up and changed into smart clothes for going out.

With the experience of the previous time, Link was fully prepared to go to the quagmire of death again this time.

Because of the synthesis of bichromatic algae, a plant that naturally restrains the gray mist of the quagmire of death, Link also modified the gas mask and added bichromatic algae directly to the purification layer, so that the gas mask has no time limit and can be used forever. The two-color algae in the purification layer can directly convert the gray mist into oxygen.

After Link's dressing, with a sandwich in one hand and milk in the other, he just walked to the castle living room when he saw a muffled macaw with a camera chicken overhead, straddled a small kettle, and its wings stuck in its chest.

"I said I wouldn't go to the quagmire of death again, why do you call me?" The macaw is alive like an angry toad, with bulging cheeks and belly.

"I've put a lot of bicolor algae in the quagmire of death, don't you want to go over and see the changes? I'm going to go this time, but if you want to meet the author of that alchemy notebook, aren't you curious? ”

When the macaw heard about the alchemy notes, the insistence in his eyes loosened.

There are a lot of strange and wonderful things in "Grace's Alchemy Notes", and alchemy, which pays attention to equivalent exchange, has always appeared as a profound and mysterious knowledge, and it is on the same level as divination and psychics.

"Then I'll say it first, this time I'll only go to the quagmire of death, not the underground base."

For the eerie underground base, with all kinds of strange things inside, macaws have long had enough.

After a while, all the personnel were assembled and the Black Falcon transport helicopter was in place.

This time, Link's characterization was "investigation" and "communication", so there were not many people with him, and he didn't call players.

Link leads the team, the macaw is in charge of filming and translation, King Kong is a security guard and thug, the silver marching ant, the wall ant and the cobalt beetle are on the fetters of the [Bronze Wall Iron Sword], and finally a human navigation, lucky star, lucky general, walking backpack, coffin bearer Ah Fu.

Half an hour later, when everyone flew over the death quagmire in the Black Falcon transport helicopter, Link was surprised to find that in the crater of the death quagmire, the forest area that was originally shrouded in gray fog had been sharply reduced by a large concentration.

From the helicopter, you can even see the green vegetation that is thriving under the thin gray fog.

This level of gray fog in front of me is like a sand capital during the occasional air pollution period, covered with a faint layer of gas.

This is still from a high-altitude perspective, and if you enter the quagmire of death, the effect will only be lower, or even imperceptible to the naked eye.

But then, where the red ground was, there was still a thick gray fog in the sky, but it seemed to be diluted than usual.

Link enters the [Swarm Commander] perspective, and immediately sees that the red land is bounded, with a bright light on one side and a dull light on the other.

The situation is already obvious.

For more than a month, bichromatic algae, sunflowers and psychedelic vines have formed a [green] bond, which has carried out a "dimensionality reduction strike" on the death quagmire, except for the red ground where the temperature is extremely high and not suitable for plants to survive, the rest of the death quagmire has been occupied by green plants.

According to the current scale and proportion, although plants cannot enter the terracotta, relying on the powerful transformation ability of bicolor algae, the gray mist of the death quagmire will sooner or later be converted into oxygen.

What seems to be "dividing the river and ruling the river" is at best a "slow death".

The corners of Link's mouth turned up.

The strength of the "Green" combination has allowed him to win the bargaining chips with Grace, the Harpy Witch who has "never met".

The helicopter pilot turned back and asked, "General, are we still waiting outside the quagmire of death?" ”

Link looked down at the death quagmire and shook his head, "No, this time you just find a place to stop in the forest below. ”

The plane slowly landed in a flat place in the forest, with an open sky above.

Everything was as Link expected, and when it landed, a layer of gray mist that looked thin in the sky was gone. The ground and small pools in the woods are full of bicolor algae that are spreading and growing, and psychedelic vines are wrapped around the trees, some moving like snakes.

Not far away, Link faintly heard the sunflowers singing in unison......

"The sun is shining in the sky, the flowers are smiling at me, the birds say early, why are you carrying a small schoolbag......"

The macaw was completely dumbfounded, and couldn't help but scratch his head and poke Link: "What kind of magic are you doing here, it feels like a color revolution has been experienced in the quagmire of death." ”