All the players in the mercenary squad were stunned by the large group of child-like NPCs behind these masters...

"Boss, there aren't so many residents in the city, what are these children?" Traceless asked in surprise.

"yes, boss, don't they belong in this town?" Xue Luofan asked puzzled.

"It's a weird situation, and I haven't studied it." Lin Yurou said with a frown.

"Don't be surprised, these are children who have not grown up, and they will not be counted in the number of city dwellers until they reach adulthood." Princess Qinglin said.

Her identity belongs to the category of NPC, and only she understands some things that players have no way of knowing.

Because in the divine realm, hundreds of scientists from various countries who participated in the development of this game, in order to make this new Genesis online game fundamentally different from previous games, they have ingeniously set up a lot of systems in the game content that players can't understand at all...

For example, the god guardian system, and the current NPC growth system...

In the design of these scientists, NPCs, like the players, have a special growth system, like a strange society in the divine realm, accompanying the players in their exploration of the fantasy world.

"Oh... Will they still grow up? Zhang Daishan asked strangely.

"Of course, as long as the town is upgraded to a small city, and various system function buildings appear, these children can slowly receive education and grow up step by step." Princess Qinglin explained.

"That is, if the town hadn't been upgraded to a small city, these little kids would have been this big forever?" Tan Chu asked in surprise.

"Yes, little brother." Princess Qinglin nodded.

"I'm dizzy." All players were stunned by this peculiar setting.

It's no wonder that when I first came to Fishing Town, I never saw a young NPC except for this group of elderly NPCs, so this is the reason!

"Then these little NPCs will never grow bigger, and their number won't increase?" Zhang Daishan asked curiously.

"Yes, if the town were still around, the number of these little children would remain at a hundred, and it would not increase or decrease." Princess Qinglin said.

"I understand, the number of NPCs refreshed is also determined according to the level of the town, and in a first-level town, I'm afraid there can only be a hundred child NPCs." Tan Chu nodded.

Everyone nodded suddenly, and finally figured out the origin of these children in the team channel...

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the new city owner of this town, I am determined to build this town into a huge city, so that everyone can live here safely, you just need to help me build the city, and the problem of funds is all on me." Tan Chu said loudly.

"Lord Castle, as long as we have your words, we will do our best to help you build the city!" All the NPC craftsmen immediately replied excitedly.

"Lord City, give us a day, we will definitely be able to help you prepare all the materials, but if you want to upgrade a level 4 small city, you must obtain a City Heart to meet the conditions for upgrading." Master Lu Xiu reminded.

The heart of the city he said, Tan Chu has already seen it in the introduction to the management of the city...

This Heart of the City item, just like the Legion Residency Order, can only be obtained from a boss of a certain level.

It can be said that the rarity of this special item is no less than the value of a legion garrison order!

The system is in the rules of upgrading towns, and it is still very difficult to upgrade the setting of four-level small cities...

Those large legions, even if they have established their own legion towns, it is not so easy to expand the size of the city!

Tan Chu understood that he could only upgrade the town to the scale of a third-level town at most, and if he wanted to continue to upgrade the city, he must also get a prop like the heart of the city, so that it would be possible to continue to upgrade the town of the Beast Against the Sky.

"Masters, don't worry, you just need to collect materials, and we will figure out how to solve this city's heart." Tan Chu said with a smile.

"Then there is Lord Lao, the heart of the city may explode on a large commander-level monster between level 40 and 50, and such a thing can only be taken care of by you." Lu Xiu said with satisfaction.

"Lord Castle, let's go collect materials now, we won't disappoint you." Lu Tiehammer laughed.

In an instant, I saw dozens of elderly NPCs holding all kinds of production tools in their hands, with a hundred little ones, walking directly towards the east gate of the city...

It turned out that they were going to the jungle of the dead outside the east gate to collect all the materials for repairing the city!

Tan Chu's heart moved, and he immediately remembered the last encounter in the jungle of the dead, the dense group of monsters inside, and the hidden mysterious boss...

Until now, all players would rather level up in the wild map outside the city than go into the dark jungle of the dead alone to farm monsters solo.

It's because of the frightening monsters in this map, and the endless silence and darkness.

Even though the player's countless expedition teams have gone deep into this forest, they have never lost interest in this jungle since they came out.

It's because of this strange forest, not to mention the dense number of monsters, those bosses are also like playing hide and seek with the player, not appearing on a specific map, but hiding in hidden environments such as caves and ditches, which are extremely difficult to find.

And in the middle of the map of the jungle of the dead, a rushing river passes through the middle, and after the players find it, they can only look at the river and sigh, and helplessly leave this quiet forest...

Many players have also followed the river to find the upper part of the river, but the further they go, the denser the trees become, and they have no way to find their way to the bottom of the river.

There are also many smart players who start to search from the upstream in the direction of the river, but after discovering this dilapidated fishing town, they are completely blocked from the way....

It's a sealed town, and no player can enter it.

Especially the two gates that seem to be going to collapse at any moment, no matter how much the player tries to push them open.

If you want to use brute force, the system will tell you that this is a protective enchantment, and it is not passable at all...

As a result, half of the mysterious jungle of the dead is actually blocked by the lower reaches of the Crescent River, and less than 40% of the area that players can reach!

Now Tan Chu knows very well that the map of the other half of the Jungle of the Dead is worthy of the name of this map, and it is the real resting place of the dead!