Online Game: Three Kingdoms Era

  "I was right about you." The beauty said, "Ordinary people would be eager to know how to start the Yellow Turban Rebellion at this time. But you are not moved by the trouble in front of you and must seek the root cause. This composure is exactly the temperament that a controller of fate must have."

  "Xianzi has overpraised me. Those who wish to achieve great things must plan carefully before acting. This is the common saying of all strategists in the Three Kingdoms era. Compared to them, I am merely a faint glow of a grain of rice." I said with some humility.

  "Don't call me fairy, just call me Wenji sister or Cai sister." The beauty couldn't take my flattery.

  I was shocked in my heart, and it turned out that she was Cai Wenji. Although she is just an NPC, I can often get her guidance, and it's not in vain for me to come to the game.

  To avoid awkwardness, I hastily said: "I'll just call you Sister Wenji, it's more intimate this way."

  The beauty chuckled: "Good. You're very likable. Now I'll tell you how to start the game system. The biggest difference between this game and other games is that many systems are not open at the beginning, including even the most basic leveling and task systems for new players. In fact, even now, the new player's leveling system has not been fully opened. When you open the war system later, the leveling system can be further opened. But even if the war system is opened, the leveling system will still not be fully opened. Now that you have this key, in order for the game to have a long-lasting charm, it's better not to open it too quickly."

  I nodded. Games are meant to be fun. If you get bored too early, what's the point? Well designed!

  The beauty continued: "Actually, you have triggered the game system many times before. However, that was just a passive trigger, and anyone could trigger it. Moreover, every time you triggered it, the game would announce your name, attracting envy from others. Since you didn't find me for so long, I got anxious seeing you like this, so last time when you triggered the vagabond system, I helped hide your name. Now that you've seen me, no matter what system you trigger, the game will not announce your name anymore, but just give you the rewards you deserve."

  I nodded: "Then how can I trigger the system?"

  "The other players can still trigger the system, but unless they're particularly special, they have to rely on events to trigger it. For example, when you and Zhuge Zhan formed an alliance, that was a typical case of a player triggering the system through an event. But now, if you want to trigger the system, just say what's on your mind whenever you feel like it. If I can find this system, I'll come out. Then I'll make an announcement, and the system will be triggered successfully."

  I nodded again: "Last time I seemed to hear the system say that I can still summon characters, what's going on?"

  "The beauty replied: 'This is the reward triggered by the system. The characters of this era, except for the emperor and our specific NPCs, have not yet appeared on stage. If you need a character to appear, just say summon ×××, and that person will automatically appear. After appearing, you can first find them to do hidden tasks, after completing the hidden tasks they are free, becoming free NPCs. All players can find them to receive tasks. At this time, you can also find them to do plot tasks. Before releasing them, you can only do hidden tasks and cannot do plot tasks.'"

  I nodded: "Isn't that an NPC I summoned? Can we find them for a quest?"

  "NPCs that appear without being summoned or triggered by the plot, you can directly find them to accept any task. For example, currently in your army, there are Lü Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others."

  This time I completely understood, but suddenly another question arose: "Last time I recited two sentences of Zhuangzi, and Zhuangzi also appeared in this era, what's going on?"

  "This is another system that you inadvertently triggered. There are over 500 NPCs hidden in the game that do not belong to this era, which can be entered into the game through unintentional triggering by players. However, among these 500 people, no more than 50 people can enter the game at a time. If there are more than 50 people, the system will automatically stop. Moreover, non-main storyline characters that appear due to your intentional summoning cannot exceed 10, and the other 40 can only be summoned after players with CAO control drama abilities appear in the future or are unintentionally triggered by players."

  I was taken aback by her words: "You mean that in the future there will be other players who possess this function?"

  "Of course, otherwise the game would really lose balance. However, other players are not as lucky as you, and it's still too far away to have this function. Now it's up to you."

  I thought to myself, no matter what, being able to summon the wind and rain by myself for a while is still pretty good. And in the future, others will only be sharing this function with me anyway.

  "So in other words, the plot trigger is similar to these?" I remembered that the plot was about to start and asked seriously.

  "That's right. But it's just a historical drama, and many of the plot lines that didn't exist in history can't be initiated by you." The beauty replied.

  "Alright, that's about it, I suppose. Thanks, Sister Wenji." I reckon that's roughly it.

  "That's right, I now declare that the Yellow Turban Rebellion has officially begun." After saying this, the beauty disappeared.

  At this time, the annoying male voice began to talk endlessly:

  "System Announcement: Due to player Zhang Haogu posing a severe threat to the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Taiping Dao leader Zhang Jiao took advantage of Zhang Haogu's unstable footing and launched the Yellow Turban Rebellion four years ahead of schedule. Player Zhang Haogu lost control of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, while Qingzhou and Xuzhou are in a state of war. The imperial court is shaken and is recruiting heroes from all over the world to suppress the Yellow Turbans."

  "System Announcement: The Taiping Taoist leader Zhang Jue launched a rebellion, occupying the cities of Wan and Xuchang in Yu Province; Puyang in Yan Province; Xiaopei in Xu Province; Pingyuan and Nanpi in Ji Province. Zhang Jue called on believers from all over the world to join forces to overthrow the corrupt Eastern Han and establish a prosperous Taiping era. The Yellow Turban Army recruited heroes from all over the world to participate in this great undertaking."

  "System Announcement: Player Zhang Haogu has lost control of Yan Province, Yu Province; Qing Province and Xu Province are in a state of war. As the newly appointed governor of the four provinces, Zhang Haogu was looking forward to making a big impact, but encountered bandits causing chaos, and is heartbroken. Now recruiting heroes from all over the world to join forces against the Yellow Turban Bandits. Currently, NPC generals Lü Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun are stationed here, offering quest experience. Seek benevolence and get benevolence, seek righteousness and get righteousness. Don't miss this great opportunity, don't give up!"

  "System Announcement: The war system has been triggered, and the three kingdoms have officially entered a state of chaos."

  Then there were some reward system messages.

  My system announcement wasn't written by me, I reckon it's a special service provided by the system to attract players. Seeing this announcement made me incredibly happy. For players, the most attractive idols that have already debuted are only these few. If players want to level up and make money at this time, it's probably still best to do it here. Of course, the Yellow Turbans also have a certain appeal, after all, they've all come out in full force now. As for other places controlled by the Han court, they're slightly less impressive. Without my summons, the NPCs wouldn't even show up.

  "Congratulations, Master, you have nothing to worry about from now on." Everything was settled, and Sima Hui came over to offer his congratulations.

  But seeing him, although I was happy at first, suddenly remembered something and felt a bit annoyed. So I just perfunctorily greeted him.

  Simahui observed his expression and asked: "Is there anything else bothering you, sir?"

  I stared at him for half a day, and finally, with a forced smile, I said: "Since you are not only knowledgeable about ancient times but also know things of the present world, I won't beat around the bush. The 'Romance' once said that you recommended Fulong Fengchu to Liu Xuan De, and later Liu Xuan De divided the world into three parts. Seeing such a person, I want to summon him out, but I'm afraid he'll run away, what should I do?"

  Simahui heard my words and smiled with relief: "Your Excellency, this is a trivial matter. I have here a 'Nine States Order' that can be used at any time. Just face it, or call out to someone who has been there before, or summon someone you've seen before, and they'll appear before your eyes in an instant. With Your Excellency's extraordinary talent, as long as you can get him to appear before you, I'm not afraid that he won't be willing to grant your request."

  I greedily watched as Sima Hui took out a black token and handed it to me, just as I was about to call for Cai Wenji to summon Zhuge Liang. But Sima Hui suddenly stopped me, saying: "Your Excellency, do not be hasty. For now, the only person who can be summoned is Kongming. If there are too many people, all our previous efforts will have been in vain."

  My heart skipped a beat, fortunately, Sima Hui reminded me that if I were to summon another hundred or so NPCs now, wouldn't I still be putting myself in the fire?

  Suddenly I remembered that it's been four hours, shouldn't we have lunch? There's no time to do the task. If we let Zhuge Liang out, wouldn't he just run away and make a fool of us?

  I will entrust all matters big and small to Sima Hui from now on, and I will retire.

  It was supposed to be easy, but it didn't go as smoothly. Just after I clicked the confirm button to exit the system, Sister Cai Wenji appeared again with a smile, saying in her sweet voice: "Good Brother Gu, you've triggered another system function."