Chapter 180
Chapter 180: The Ghost Shadow Corps Has Betrayed Us!
Tower of Seals, first level.
Outside the guide cabin next to the Molten Fire Arsenal.
Lu Qing kept practicing sword moves by himself, repeating the same three moves every day: chopping vertically, slashing horizontally, stabbing straight.
Many players were already used to seeing this.
The guide would either practice swordsmanship or mutter to himself every day.
Because there are more NPC characters now, many of them can identify some items for free!
For example, if you ask some mentors at the corresponding school, those who are patient will tell you what these materials are used for.
Those who are not patient might give you a rough idea, while some won’t talk to you at all.
So, guides have been completely replaced!
Who still seeks guides to identify items now?
What’s the point of spending money on that?
Facing this situation, Lu Qing is also helpless because he doesn’t know anything besides identifying items.
As an NPC, its existence is a failure.
It is a worthless NPC.
But from another point of view, his presence is also a success.
He successfully became the measure of usefulness for NPCs in the game.
If an NPC is less useful than him, then that NPC is deemed useless!
If an NPC is more useful than him, then that NPC is considered useful!
You could say he is just passing the grade!
Being more useful than him means passing the grade, while being less useful than him means failing the grade!
Perhaps, this is the meaning of his existence.
Lu Qing put down his sword, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and said, "Even an immortal body can get hungry. I can’t stand this anymore. I’m broke. Should I join them in attacking monsters?"
"No, I think we should tackle the issue at its root."
"The reason I can’t afford to eat is because the food sold by those players is too expensive."
"Then I will just grow my own crops, right?"
"But knowing those players, they would probably steal the fruits before they even ripen, right?"
Don’t even mention it, please don’t.
Players really can do such things.
Who doesn’t like picking up items dropped by NPCs?
"What can I, an NPC, do then?"
"I don’t have a bottomless vault to produce money out of thin air, even feeding myself is a problem!"
"In the end, what is the purpose of my existence? Did the founding god create me just to be a mere decoration?"
"Being the executor of God sounds good, but what can I do?"
"Helping players, how can I help players?"
"Release some tasks?"
"If it doesn’t pay, who will take it?"
"Being a functional NPC, now anyone can replace me!"
"Who can’t identify things anymore?"
"At this rate, I might be retiring soon."
Lu Qing also thought about trying to defeat the boss alone.
In fact, he did try.
But how should I put it, he only had the role of being pushed down and rubbed by the boss.
Since he didn’t change jobs, all his stats were the same as an ordinary person’s stats.
Even if he had an Immortal Body, what’s the use? After resurrecting, wouldn’t he still be slapped to death with one slap?
Moreover, once those bosses noticed something, they wouldn’t attack Lu Qing anymore, but instead advise him to stay somewhere cool and comfortable.
This is too discouraging.
Lu Qing’s days passed like this, day by day, going to Hobbit’s for a free meal when there was nothing to do.
That guy is really rich, with players spending a lot of money every day to have him customize equipment for them.
In the end, Lu Qing still didn’t have any special skills, and the convenience brought by the Eye of Truth had its limits.
Lu Qing had originally thought of a way out for himself; if no one needed him, he would find a quiet place to retire peacefully.
He purposely built his little house next to a fruit tree.
On the first day, the fruit tree was full of ripe fruits.
On the second day, the fruit tree was completely empty, as if someone had picked all the fruits!
"I haven’t earned any money, haven’t figured out my skills, and still don’t know my true identity. Sigh, life is really tough…"
"Might as well die."
No, it seems like I can’t die.
Just when Lu Qing was feeling hopeless, a group of people suddenly found him.
"Hey guide, don’t die yet, we have some questions for you!"
Lu Qing turned around at the sound of the voice and saw that the visitors were several players wearing masks, with the president of the Holy Knight guild leading them.
Be a good person.
"Speak."
Lu Qing put down his weapon and sat on the wooden chair.
He crafted it himself, and set it directly into the ground.
Don’t ask why, it’s because the previous chairs were all taken away by players.
"Well, it’s a complicated story, but it’s related to this mask we have. There’s a boss on the third level named Qin Shi Huang."
"He’s been lurking in a Shadow World, do you have a way to bring him out?"
Qin Shi Huang?
Qin Shi Huang…
Bring it out?
How to bring it out?
Why are you asking me, how would I know?!
I’m an Appraiser, not an encyclopedia!
"Instead of bringing it out, why don’t you all hold hands and shout his name, see if you can summon him out?"
Following the principle of speaking without knowing the truth, Lu Qing casually replied.
They actually believed it.
Twelve people directly ran to the third floor holding hands to summon the boss.
Lu Qing had no idea about this, let alone knowing that the method to summon the boss was actually what he said.
Those people actually summoned Qin Shi Huang from the Dark Shadow Empire!
This time, they gathered a bunch of players to participate in the boss battle together directly!
Just when the players and the boss were in the heat of the battle, Qin Shi Huang suddenly used a skill that made the players’ own Ghost Shadow Corps betray them!
Oh no!
The scene was really scary.
Have you ever felt like being betrayed by your own follower?
Because of this, the boss battle this time failed.
The players in the back were all stabbed to death by their own teammates.
Because of this, those people dared not summon the Ghost Shadow Corps anymore.
Then another boss battle began.
This time, no one summoned the Ghost Shadow Corps, nor did the Ghost Shadow Corps betray.
But the player wearing a mask betrayed them!
"How long do my soldiers have to sleep?"
As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking, the eleven players wearing masks were possessed and attacked their own teammates!
They all turned into Ghost Generals!
The only one spared was Jiang Chen, as he didn’t wear a mask and directly killed Zhao Gao.
But you know what? After becoming Ghost Generals, they attacked their teammates like cutting vegetables!
It’s like they inherited the original abilities of the Ghost Generals, along with their own equipment and skills!
Especially Ye Qiu, after being taken over by Bai Qi, went crazy swinging weapons and killing his teammates, managing to kill eight hundred of them.
He leveled up the Sword of Death Eaters directly to epic level!
The people killed by Ye Qiu were so angry that some of them even vomited blood.
It’s not too bad if someone else kills you, you might only lose about ten years of soul lifespan.
But if it’s Ye Qiu who kills you, you lose a whopping twenty years at once!
The Sword of Death Eaters can consume players’ soul lifespan to level up, and Ye Qiu gained a lot of experience points this time.
As expected, the Boss battle ended in failure again!
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