Chapter 354: Where Is Chalcedony?
The library is large but the layout is very well organized, with a brief map of the library at the door. So it's easy for scavengers to find the books they want to read. For the present, history and science are naturally directly excluded by the scavengers, and the scavengers come to the bookshelf of the Great Destruction History and begin to look through some books.
Age of Apocalypse is a historical backdrop of the Destiny game, based on the interstellar wars that took place when humans walked out of Earth, with a few other elements added. In this context, the forces of the war at the time were more complex, and elements of mythology were added.
For example, beliefs and gods that have been forgotten by the people, or that exist only in a few tribes, have been added. When Jean Yes Star Wars had more battles of the gods, it then caused the destruction of the world. The reconstruction of history after the present great collapse was formed.
Reading these things is a bit like reading mythological novels again, but there are a few things in them that catch the attention of the scavengers. For example, at the beginning of the interstellar war, in addition to the confrontation of various destructive weapons, the confrontation of some ancient warriors was also real.
At that time, some ancient warrior families with very ancient traditions were destroyed, and these unknown histories played a non-negligible role in the original battle. At least six levels of the original assassination of the local commander were carried out by ancient warriors. Therefore, although some mythological elements added make the scavenger feel dizzy and illusory, the history of some ancient warriors has a historical basis.
"The Li family, the Mo family. Could it be the current family of Li Lao and Mo Lao? After reading a book, the scavenger told some records about the Li family and the Mo family in the ancient family of Hu Xia in a brief introduction to the ancient Chinese family. However, these accounts are very vague and have only a general explanation, but this made the scavenger instantly think of Li Lao and Mo Lao.
For Li Lao and Mo Lao scavengers, I feel very mysterious. He knows better than anyone what kind of identity he is, so the strict blockade scavenger that the state has made for him is also clear. And except for Ouyang Ningning, who was originally by the scavenger's side, the sudden appearance of Li Lao and Mo Lao did not cause rejection from the high-level.
This is in addition to the compensation that the political commissar gave to the scavengers because of the people below who did something excessive. It is estimated that the influence of Li Lao and Mo Lao themselves is also one of the reasons why the top management is silent. Therefore, I was very curious about the identity of the two masters, and I never had a chance to ask. I didn't expect to find some clues here.
"The Mo family is good at medicine. And the Li family is the main city with strong combat effectiveness. It should be the family of Mo Lao and Li Lao. "Although it is only a brief introduction to these two families. But the scavenger still determined that Mo Lao and Li Lao should be from these two families.
But for the sake of Mo Lao and his own family now, but Li Lao has become a lonely family, there is no record in it. It is estimated that the secrets involved in some of the battles of the year were sealed. But even the scavengers are satisfied. After all, he didn't mean to delve into the identities of Li Lao and Mo Lao. So after turning a few more pages of the book in his hand, the scavenger put it on the shelf and picked up another book.
This book is a bit detached from the ancient warriors, but it is based on the records of the ancient warriors. This is a record of the power of Western society in the era of the Great Apocalypse, including a record of the Demon Hunter Guild. The Demon Hunter Guild was one of the top forces in the West. With the Council of Darkness, the Holy See co-rules the entire West.
If the Holy See represents the holy gods, the doctrine of the Light that spreads among men. The Dark Council is the king of the night, wandering in the darkness and doing something against humanity. The Demon Hunter Guild, then, is a force that walks between darkness and light.
Compared to the Holy See and the Dark Council, the Demon Hunter Guild is loosely organized. But it is the most powerful existence of the three potentials. Of course, the strongest premise for this is that the higher-ups of the Demon Hunting Guild can concentrate the loose power.
The basis for the formation of the Demon Hunter Guild is a variety of bounty hunters. This is a bit similar to the current mercenary world, but it is different from the mercenary rules that only look at money. Bounty hunters in the Demon Hunter Guild are called Demon Hunters, and they receive various tasks from the Demon Hunter Guild to rid the dark creatures, which is generally just.
But they are not completely righteous, because witchers have absolute freedom. In addition to stipulating that they can't do anything to mortals, sometimes they also do some stealing things. At the same time, it is not recommended to make some black and eat black. Or robbery.
In short, everything is done casually, and there are no strict dogmas and regulations. As a result, the Witcher is a mixed blessing for all forces. This may be the reason why the Demon Hunter Guild is loose and the Demon Hunters are not subject to discipline. But it's also the reason why the Demon Hunter Guild is so loose but won't be extinct.
"As long as you rank up in a certain stronghold of the Demon Hunter Guild, you can become a junior Demon Hunter and accept various tasks from the Demon Hunter Guild. And get the corresponding rewards and points, when the points reach a certain level, if the witcher's own strength also reaches a certain level, you can be upgraded to an intermediate witcher and so on.
The higher the rank of the Witcher in the Demon Hunter Guild. The higher the level of the task that can be accepted. At the same time, the more benefits you get, and you can also use your points to buy some items from the Demon Hunter Guild at a discounted price. This seems to be the same as the rules of the academy. "I saw that there was a brief introduction to the Demon Hunter Guild. The scavenger's heart couldn't help but come alive.
Because among some of the benefits of both the academy and the Demon Hunting Guild, there is information sales and various information sales. What scavengers lack now is all sorts of cutting-edge information and intelligence. For example, in the past, the Tempest Squad knew in advance about the opening of the Camel Dry City dungeon, but the scavenger didn't know about it, and for example, many powerful people knew about the opening of the ghost city, but the scavenger still didn't know about it.
Because he entered the game alone, the scavenger obtained some information compared to those big families. As well as the strong power that seems to get some special information from the game, the scavenger is at an absolute disadvantage. Although now because of the presence of Li Lao and Mo Lao in the scavenger moved back some disadvantages. But Li Lao and Mo Lao can't talk freely to the scavengers, there seems to be some restrictions here. So what the scavengers are most hungry for now is all kinds of information.
"Maybe I should get more tasks in the academy and accumulate more contributions, so that I can get some in exchange for intelligence. If you can find the stronghold of the Demon Hunter Guild and become a Demon Hunter, there is another way to get information. In this way, the two complement each other. Some things don't have to be so troublesome to sit up.
The establishment of an intelligence system requires years of accumulation, and it is just getting involved in this industry. Even with the cutting-edge computer skills of a fat man. It's still too far to get some hidden information. So some information can only be obtained through other means. And it will take time to establish your own intelligence network. The scavenger closed the book and rubbed his ear.
Then I put the book on the shelf and read a few more books. After gaining a general understanding of the game's background and the distribution of the various forces in the game, the scavenger left the library and headed towards the place where the quest was released in the Academy.
The library is quaint, while the place where the assignments are issued in the academy is modern. On the four walls of the mission hall, four huge monitors are hung. With some rough categorization, these displays scroll through a number of published tasks.
Each student will receive a student magnetic card when they enroll. This magnetic card is proof of the student's presence in the college. If that student wants to accept a certain character, they can go to the instrument next to it, insert the magnetic card, and then enter the number of the character they want to accept and press the OK button. After the character completes, the item or certificate for completing the task is delivered to the counter. The rewards for the tasks and the contribution to the academy attached to the tasks will be directly hit on the student card, which is very fast.
However, there are some restrictions when accepting tasks, such as the minimum standard of strength for students who recommend this task at the end of each task. If it is below this standard, the student will not be able to accept this task, of course, there are some ways to work around it and it is not very rigid, which will be discussed later.
After the scavenger came to the mission hall of the academy, there were already many students who had passed the assessment and joined the academy first. The task rewards released by the academy are quite fair, and there is a contribution degree from the academy to be taken, which attracts many people to come to do the task.
And the students seemed extremely enthusiastic. Because on the display in the mission hall. There is a monitor that shows that it is not a task. It's information about some items, which are extremely important to players now. For example, all kinds of current cutting-edge equipment, pills, and all kinds of rare materials.
However, these things can't be bought with money, and each item is marked with a contribution degree at the back. In other words, students can only accumulate contributions in exchange for these things. Therefore, without the need for the instructor to explain anything, the students who have just entered the academy began to take the initiative to do the task.
"To go to the Blue Bay River to kill the D-level 3-star boss human-faced spider, you need three helpers. To have one mecha warrior and two gunsmiths with fire output. If there is a spirit master who actively attacks the martial arts, it is also possible. It is clear that it is an offensive martial art newly learned by the spiritual master himself, not a basic martial art that everyone in the system can understand. The award is divided equally. Contribution to my 30 percent, interested students++++++"
"Explore the Blood Mountain and discover the cause of the Blood Mountain riots. It takes a mutant who is good at concealment, and a mechanic with pure Bray skills, and the three of them get the rewards together and share them all. Interested students have come, and time waits for no one. Get up to speed. ”
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The mission hall was very noisy, and some of them had already formed a team and left directly after receiving the task. Some people feel that they can't do it alone after receiving the task, and want to temporarily form a team to find helpers. However, although it was chaotic, the hall was still clearly divided into three camps.
Human players are one faction, the mechanical ones are one faction, and the orcs are one faction. Those in need of help in these three factions look for teammates. Only looking for it in your own camp, basically there is no intention of inviting students from the other two camps to join, even if in a certain position, the students from the other two camps are more suitable.
The scavenger who walked through the noisy first floor of the mission hall towards the second floor attracted the attention of many people. Because the minimum standard for students who can go up to the second floor to accept the mission is to reach the fifth level of force. Although many players have not been to the second floor, the tasks in the second floor of the mission hall are definitely more advanced and the rewards are more abundant than the tasks in the first level of the mission hall.
The layout of the quest hall on the second floor is also different from that on the first floor. On the second floor, instead of the large screens scrolling on the walls, there are small enclosed rooms that look like citizens confessing to the priest, and once inside, they can be completely isolated from the outside. Even passing by the doorway of the small room, you will not hear what is being talked about inside.
And on the other side of the small room are the task publishers. People who can enter here can choose the range of tasks they want to do, and the task publisher can help you filter them. And here you can have a right that the following players do not have - publish tasks.
That's right, students can accept characters in the mission hall at the same time, and at the same time reach more than five levels of martial arts, or accumulate a certain level of academy contribution. You can publish the tasks you want to publish on the second floor of the task hall, and then after the task hall charges a certain fee, the published task will be announced together with the task released by the academy itself. However, the student who posted the task needs to hand over the reward of the task to the task publisher at the same time as the task is posted. In order to prevent the occurrence of defaults after the task is completed.
The quest release hall on the second floor is obviously much quieter than the first floor, there are not many students who come here to accept characters, and they all seem to have their own hole cards, and few ask for help. Even if you need help, don't shout at the bottom, but tell the task publisher what you need to help. The task publisher will then tell the interested students about this request, and as for how the rewards will be distributed, it is a matter of private agreement between the two parties, and the academy does not ask.
"Chalcedony, preferably more than fifty years old, I need to have a quest with a reward of more than fifty years of chalcedony. Or where is there more than fifty years old chalcedony. The scavenger went into a small room, closed the door, and said to a small counter window as if in a bank, of course, this small window was opaque, and the task poster could not see the scavenger, and the scavenger could not see who was inside.
"There is a B-rank 5-star quest reward with 30 years of chalcedony, and there is also a place with 50 years of chalcedony. But this message has not yet been confirmed, and you will need to pay a purchase fee of 10,000 gold coins to get this message. "There was a pleasant voice from the other side of the window, and it should be a beautiful woman on the other side of the voice. That's not what the scavengers are concerned about, though.
Chalcedony is the only missing material for scavengers in refining tiger bone pills. This is also the reason why the scavenger has not been alchemy since he gave up some benefits from the beast clan to the medicine tripod. And the scavenger also posted a quest about finding chalcedony where the city quest was released, but there has been no reply.
So the scavenger after learning about some of the regulations and tasks of the Hope Academy released the intelligence here. After following Li Lao's orders, he stayed in the library for a while. I came here after learning things I didn't know before.
However, the other party's answer made the scavenger a little pleased, but he frowned a little. Glad to finally find the news about the chalcedony, frowning that the news was a bit out of line with the scavengers' requirements. Let's talk about the task reward first, thirty years of chalcedony obviously has some gaps in the requirements for scavengers. And the latter message turned out to be uncertain, which means that there may be chalcedony in the place mentioned in the message, but it may not be there. Although the scavengers now have money. I don't care about 10,000 gold coins, but I don't just pay for an uncertain message.
"If I accept that B-rank 5-star mission, is there anyone else who can accept this mission, and I buy that message about chalcedony, won't anyone else be able to buy it?" The scavenger asked, frowning.
"Time-limited task posting is unique. You accept that it is only enough for the time limit for others to take on the task. As for the purchase of the message, as long as the student who needs it makes this request, we will sell the message. ”
"Then how can I be sure that the person you sold the message to before I bought it didn't take the chalcedony that existed in that place before I bought it?" The scavenger asked with a deep sigh.
"There are no guarantees. And if someone takes the chalcedony before you, we won't make any compensation. Buying or not selling is voluntary. We are not responsible. ”
The other party's answer undoubtedly made the scavenger's brows completely locked, and the other party's rules were obviously overbearing and unreasonable. But the scavenger was helpless, unless he didn't want the news. Otherwise, you will face the risk of being caught in the air or being taken first.
"I'm taking the quest with the 30-year chalcedony reward, and I'm buying the message about where the 50-year chalcedony is." The scavenger thought about it and spoke.
"Yes, please insert your student card into the card holder in front of you and I want to make sure if you have the minimum standard of receiving a B grade 5 star. And you need to pay the bill first for the purchase of the message, so that I can tell you the content of the message. ”
"No problem." Since it was decided that the scavenger was not a procrastinator, he directly inserted his student card into the card seat to pick up the task, and then took out the bank card in his game and transferred money directly in the card seat. Immediately, the scavenger student's magnetic card was filled with a message about the newly received mission, as well as a message about the 50-year-old chalcedony.
"In the mountains of blood, how can there be any face. And the task turned out to be three drops of blood from the blood demon attendant, could it be that there are necromancers in the academy, and this kind of thing is needed to perform some dark magic? Seeing the content of the information and the requirements of the mission, the scavenger who walked out of the task release couldn't help but frown. (To be continued......)