Chapter 27: The Rose Society

  Watching the students entering and leaving in front of the main gate of S University, Yang Tian suddenly felt like laughing for some reason.

  Although playing games is not prohibited in universities, it will never be encouraged. However, not long after that, "Tian Xia" will cause a sensation all over the world, and who knows what role schools will play at that time?

  "Shouko, I heard that your guild has already been upgraded to a second-level village? Is it true?" A voice came over.

  Yang Tian glanced sideways and saw that he was a student of S University, as were the vast majority of customers here. At this table sat three people, with the one who spoke being slightly short and somewhat chubby.

  "Of course, our union is among the top ten in the country. This morning we were just upgraded to a second-class village." said another tall and thin young man with some pride.

  Another classmate said, "Really! Shouzi, quickly tell us about your experience. I and Chouchong formed a small team with over 10 people and our luck is not bad, we are almost done with the village building task. Tell me, so that we won't take a detour later."

  Shōko seemed somewhat reluctant, stuttering: "Th-th-this... isn't good, is it? We're told to keep it a secret. I couldn't possibly say it out loud!" After that, she became lively again.

  "I don't know is just I don't know! What a heroic good man!" A delicate and beautiful voice said. It seems that she can't stand the other's attitude.

  Yang Tian found that the people who picked up the conversation were at another table, also with three people sitting there. These three people Yang Tian knew, or rather these three people in S University were well-known to everyone. Putting aside their beauty, just talking about the fact that the Rose Guild created by these three people could enter the top ten national online game guilds was enough to make the whole school take notice.

  In this era, online games are a very profitable industry, and their income is even protected by national law.

  That Shō who was indulging in his own pride did not expect to be doused with a basin of cold water, and was just about to get angry when he turned around and saw the three beauties, and immediately swallowed back that breath. These three people were not someone like him who could be trifled with.

  The beautiful woman speaking was Fang Yanyan, also the youngest of the three Rose sisters. Seeing that her opponent had softened, she didn't plan to pursue the matter further.

  Fang Yan said to a beautiful woman on the left, "Sister! I heard that someone received a task from a scholar yesterday, and the reward for the task was actually recognized by the scholar as his master. Our village doesn't have a scholar yet, why not send more people to the city this afternoon to try our luck?"

  She was referring to the leader of the Violet Guild, Dong Bingyu. Upon hearing Fang Yanyan's words, Dong Bingyu said: "This task is a rare opportunity that we can't afford to miss. Moreover, our village has just been upgraded and the level of life-class NPCs is not high yet. It will take a long time for them to reach the standard of acquiring skills. The demand for private schools is not so strong at present. However, martial artists really need to think of ways to improve themselves now. The highest level of soldiers in our village has already reached 14 levels and it's estimated that they can acquire skills in two days' time. According to official data, the gap between fourth-rank and fifth-rank soldiers is huge. Therefore, building a martial arts school as soon as possible is the top priority for enhancing our strength!"

  "But martial artists are hard to find! This morning, I found a down-and-out wandering martial artist in the county town, who was performing on the streets for a living. I thought he would be easy to recruit, but as soon as I opened my mouth, that wandering martial artist actually said our small village wasn't worthy of someone like him! At the time, I was so angry I almost spat blood!" The last rose, Tan Jia, exclaimed furiously.

  "Sister, do you think this game really has a future? We only found out after building the village that an NPC with B-level qualifications gets 4 free attribute points per level, while we players only get two. How are players supposed to survive in the game?" Fang Yan said with a pout.

  Dong Bingyu smiled lightly and said, "You're worrying for nothing. Without mentioning the game's content, just the fact that it's the world's first virtual reality game is enough to attract countless players. Look at the current situation - 'Tian Xia' already has nearly a billion registered players. Putting all this aside and focusing on your question about the gap between NPCs and players, in reality, the difference isn't huge, or rather, players have an advantage. Based on what we know about the primary martial arts hall attributes, NPC soldiers need to comprehend skills with a certain probability, but players don't have this restriction. Reducing the player's free attribute points is just for balance. 'Tian Xia' was always inclined towards strategy games; if players were much stronger than NPCs, wouldn't it be the same as other adventure games?"

  Fang Yan seemed to understand, nodding her head slightly.

  ……

  Although their voices were all very small, Yang Tian, who had reached the third level of primary internal strength, had greatly increased his hearing and heard the content of the other party without missing a single word.

  As for what he heard, Yang Tian just smiled and didn't say anything. Although the other party was a beauty, he wasn't some kind of chivalrous hero who had an obligation to tell her about the origin of the martial artist, nor did he need to tell them that in the later stages, each level would increase the number of attribute points for players.

  After dinner, Yang Tian returned home.

  Looking at his small shell, Yang Tian couldn't help but sigh! If he were to exchange the assets in the game for real currency, it would probably be worth tens of millions of RMB. This was not even counting the territory and population. However, Yang Tian knew that there was still some time before the game's currency could be exchanged for real money, and transactions within the game required face-to-face trading between players. It seemed that his request to open up a secret passage had just increased by one more condition.

  Back to the game, Yang Tian went to the warehouse and found that the resources inside were constantly increasing. It seems that even with his current huge resource consumption every day, it was still no match for the massive population's resource collection.

  Currently, in the warehouse, apart from food which is just over 120,000 units, all other raw materials have exceeded 15 million units. Furs and iron ore have even surpassed 20 million units, what a huge fortune!

  All other weapons and equipment were bought by Yang Tian, so now Yang Tian has more than 3 million copper coins in his hands.

  ……

  Time flies, and four days have passed. It is now the 16th day of the first month of the fourth year of Ling Emperor Guang's reign. In the outside world, player villages have sprouted up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Even small families with just over ten people can complete the village construction quest in half a month.

  And now, a peak period of food shortage has also arrived. Because the camps established after the fifth day cannot be opened for farming, and the wild fruits are not enough to support the operation of the entire territory. The NPC forces' shops have even raised the price of grain to 30 copper coins, which is nearly three times the normal price. However, players still cursed in their hearts while taking out their money, just like when they bought weapons!

  However, this time Yang Tian could no longer continue to make ends meet. The population of Baiyun Village had increased to over 3,500 people, and although a large number of fishing boats were also built, they only barely allowed him to reach a state of warmth and fullness, where would he get surplus grain to sell? Tianhe Village was also a self-sufficient small village, and there was hardly any surplus grain.

  These two days have added two S-level NPCs, Liu Jie and Deng Tuo. On the 12th, Liu Jie was converted into a soldier after being recruited. As for Deng Tuo, he was put into the carpentry house by Big Cow. Now the most terrifying thing is the carpentry house, which doesn't even have an intermediate carpenter.

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