Chapter 114: 34: Capturing the Flag, Expanding Territory

Earth OL, in the 21st century, technology has developed rapidly, from mobile phones to smart phones, from GPRS to 5G, technology has rapidly changed human life, allowing human life to develop rapidly to an era that people in the past could not have imagined.

But no one expected that in 2024, a game manufacturer would actually create a holographic gaming cabin.

This is really hard to imagine, but it happened right in front of the players. As players of the game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao", no one questioned this.

After all, they are now using virtual helmets to enjoy the game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao".

The official of "Bai Jia Zhu Dao" clearly stated that among the rewards for the new event "Guang Zong Yao Zu" in version 0.6, there is a holographic game cabin. After watching the first-person explanation of the holographic game cabin in the forum, the player group began to celebrate.

Sixty-five players began to look forward to the 0.6 version update and maintenance. They believed that they were the chosen ones and that they could get a holographic gaming cabin.

Players who were eagerly waiting for the holographic gaming cabin received the 0.6 version update two days later.

As with previous updates and maintenance, the 0.6 version update and maintenance time is 24 hours.

Time is very wonderful.

It always passes by you inadvertently, and when you set your eyes on it, it has already taken away your youth and whitened your parents' temples.

But when you focus all your attention on it, you will feel extremely tormented and wish you could grow up in an instant.

Sixty-five players spent a difficult day in the forum. When the maintenance of the 0.6 version update was completed, sixty-five players couldn't wait to enter the game and fight for the holographic game cabin.

Niu Bu opened his eyes on the bed in the Yancheng barracks, and before he had time to switch out of the system and check the rewards for the "Glorious Ancestors" activity, four messages popped up.

[Congratulations to player Niu Bu, you have been ranked first on the list with the status of Seeking Scholar (reputation 641/1000). ]

[I would like to ask the player Niu Bu whether to display his information and realm on the ground leaderboard. If the information is hidden, he will not receive the leaderboard reward. ]

[Congratulations to player Niu Bu, you have won the Heavenly Ranking by killing 67 enemies (the strongest enemy is at the Scholar Realm), and are currently ranked first. ]

[I would like to ask the player Niu Bu whether to display his information and realm on the Heavenly Ranking. If the information is hidden, he will not receive the ranking reward. ]

"First on both lists?"

"Hahaha, I'm actually number one on both the Heavenly Ranking and the Earthly Ranking. As an old player in the first test, being number one on both the rankings is the biggest motivation for me!"

Seeing the four system messages popping up, Niu Bu smiled arrogantly. As the number one on both lists of "Bai Jia Zhu Dao", Niu Bu was indeed qualified to be arrogant.

After all, judging from the current ranking on the list, he is the undisputed number one.

"Show, show, how can such a pretentious thing be hidden?"

This was a rare opportunity to show off, so Niu Bu naturally would not hide. He happily displayed his name on the Heaven Ranking and the Earth Ranking, and then two more messages popped up.

[Congratulations to player Niu Bu for being ranked first on the Heavenly Ranking. The Heavenly Ranking is settled once a week, and the player ranked first will receive 100 Heavenly and Earthly Points as a reward at the end.]

[Congratulations to player Niu Bu for being ranked first on the Earth Ranking. The Earth Ranking is settled once a week, and the player ranked first will receive 100 Heaven and Earth Points as a reward at the end.]

[Heaven and Earth Points can be used to exchange items in the Heaven and Earth Treasure House. 】

"The number one on the list only gets 100 points a week? So little?"

"Treasure House of Heaven and Earth?"

Niu Bu called out the game store and found that there was a new column called [Treasure House of Heaven and Earth] in the game store that had not been opened for a long time.

The game store of "Bai Jia Zhu Dao" has always sold one item, that is, the Imperial Merchant Mandarin.

Niu Bu, who had just entered the game, bought the Imperial Business Mandarin at a 0.1% discount and forgot about the game store. If it weren't for the 0.6 version update that introduced the rankings and the [Treasure House of Heaven and Earth], Niu Bu would have forgotten that the game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao" also had a game store.

The game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao" is known as a 100% realistic game.

As a game that allows players to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, and strives to create 100% realism, it is natural that free trading is allowed.

Of course, private transactions are accompanied by the risk of being cheated, and Yancheng contribution points and Yancheng merit points can only be traded on the official trading platform [Baobao Pavilion].

In addition, the handling fee of [Baobao Pavilion] is not expensive, so players basically do not conduct transactions privately. They habitually consign their Yancheng contribution points, Yancheng merit points and items obtained in the game to [Baobao Pavilion].

This also led to the real game store of the game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao" being forgotten, and [Bao Bao Ge] replaced the function of the game store and became a platform for players to purchase and trade items.

Now, Niu Bu suddenly opened the game store and checked the game store section [Treasure House of Heaven and Earth]. He was a little uncomfortable for a while.

There are five items in the [Treasure House of Heaven and Earth], namely: Yancheng Contribution Value, Yancheng Merit Value, Holographic Game Cabin, Letter of Recommendation and Placement in Jixia Academy.

There is no need to say much about Yancheng's contribution value and merit value. There are many channels to obtain these two currencies of Yancheng. It is impossible for Niu Bu to exchange these two items with heaven and earth points.

The holographic game cabin is priced at 2000 Heaven and Earth Points. As long as you maintain the first place on both lists for two and a half months, you can take the holographic game cabin home.

After seeing the holographic game cabin in the [Treasure House of Heaven and Earth], Niu Bu's eyes suddenly became hot. As a first-test player, he has been playing "Bai Jia Zhu Dao" for two and a half months. It only takes another two and a half months to upgrade his virtual helmet to a holographic game cabin.

"A holographic game cabin. If such a high-end sci-fi thing is sold, it must be worth hundreds of thousands or even three or four hundred thousand?"

"The first place on both lists can be obtained for free in two and a half months?"

"I'm gonna give a fucking thumbs up to the main planner!"

"Conscience, I have never seen such a conscientious chief planner. Compared with the planner of "Bai Jia Zhu Dao", the planner of "Three Kingdoms Killing" is even worse than a dog!"

"Ah, calling them dogs is an insult to dogs!"

Niu Bu took a deep breath to calm himself down, and his eyes moved back to the letter of recommendation.

A letter of recommendation is used to recommend talented people with high moral character and outstanding abilities to serve the court.

If the player uses the Heaven and Earth Points to exchange for a letter of recommendation, as long as he can pass the recommendation assessment, he can enter the government and serve as an official in Yancheng.

The 0.6 version update includes the "Glorious Ancestors" activity. Many players analyzed this activity and found that Yancheng began to implement the Qin Dynasty's military merit and title system. All players have the opportunity to obtain an official position as long as they fight bravely.

Niu Bu believes that the recommendation letters in [Treasure House of Heaven and Earth] should be the official position system that the planner did not mention during the 0.6 version update and maintenance.

"As a centurion, this thing is of no use to me for now."

Niu Bu glanced at the recommendation letter and put it on the last one [Study Places at Jixia Academy]. Study Places at Jixia Academy: Qualifications for admission to Jixia Academy of the Imperial Shang Dynasty (not available at the moment).

The introduction is very simple and props are temporarily unavailable.

Niu Bu touched his chin. This item should be related to the Imperial Shang Dynasty that has been mentioned in the game. According to the current progress of the game, it is not clear when there will be contact with the Imperial Shang Dynasty.

"The qualification to study at Jixia Academy? It's useless. It's better not to return to the Imperial Shang Dynasty. I just want to kill in the Northern Frontier!"

As a player of the military strategist and skill school, Niu Bu did not want to learn anything. He just wanted to slaughter all the barbarians in the northern border.

"At present, the holographic game cabin is the only one in the treasure house of heaven and earth that is of the greatest use to me."

Of the five props in the treasure house of heaven and earth, Niu Bu only had the holographic game cabin in his eyes.

After closing the [Treasure House of Heaven and Earth], Niu Bu glanced at the rankings and found that many familiar faces were already on the list.

Yi Lei Miao ranked second on the Heavenly Ranking, and Zhang Xiaoti ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking.
He Ao, who is a first-test player like Niu Bu, is actually ranked seventh on the Heavenly Ranking, which is simply a shame for first-test players.

"He Ao is a little too weak."

Niu Bu sighed slightly in his heart. He vaguely remembered that when they first entered the game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao", the two of them teamed up to defeat coach Li Yu Lun and successfully helped the player skip this plot.

After closing the rankings, Niu Bu started the "Glorious Ancestors" event that everyone was looking forward to.

"No, is your activity so simple and crude?"

The content of the "Glorious Ancestors" activity is very simple and crude, and there is only one core in the whole activity: kill!

Killing an ordinary barbarian will earn you one activity point, killing a barbarian in the student realm will earn you five points, killing a barbarian in the self-cultivation realm will earn you one hundred points, and killing a barbarian in the family-building realm will earn you one thousand points.

During the event, points can be used to purchase Yancheng Contribution Points, Yancheng Merit Points, holographic game cabins, ring-handled swords, Mo Dao, gang establishment orders, ordinary horses, war horses and other supplies. When points accumulate to a certain level, you can obtain an official position.

At the same time, the "Glorious Ancestors" event and the Iltsk Oasis dungeon mission are carried out together. Players can receive two missions at the same time and complete them together.

Before entering the game, when looking at the "Guang Zong Yao Zu" event page, Niu Bu thought that "Guang Zong Yao Zu" would be similar to the "Nine Generations of Revenge" expansion pack, with a flowery opening line and more refined content.

I didn't expect it to be so simple and crude.

But this is exactly what Niu Bu wants. If a real man wants to achieve great things, why should he go around in circles to achieve his goals? If he just slaughters all the barbarians, wouldn't that mean he can recover the northern border and expand the territory?
"Go, go, kill all the barbarians!"

Niu Bu was full of energy. Just when he was ready to go and slaughter the barbarians, a message popped up.

“New gameplay: Capture the Flag, officially launched the trial mode.

As soldiers of the Yancheng Town Beijun Army, how could we not have the desire to expand our territory?

Now that two hundred new soldiers have come to support the rapid expansion of Yancheng's military strength, the already small Yancheng is suddenly short of supplies. After careful consideration, Yancheng's commander Chu Zhongxing decided to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land to store food to avoid a food crisis. "

“However, the northern border is located in the desert, lacking fertile land and good water resources. The oasis closest to Yancheng has been defiled by barbarians and cannot be reclaimed for farming.

Today, the oasis closest to Yancheng and with the most fertile land is the Iltsk Oasis.

The Iltsk Oasis was originally a small oasis under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Shang Dynasty. It was occupied by barbarians more than 50 years ago and has never been recovered.

A month ago, Niu Bu, the sergeant of the Yancheng Town Northern Army, rescued the angel Su Mu from the Iltsk Oasis. As a great scholar of the Imperial Shang Dynasty, all the guards under the angel Su Mu died in the Iltsk Oasis.

How can I be a gentleman if I don't avenge this?
Yancheng Commander Chu Zhongxing ordered his soldiers to attack the Iltsk Oasis, but after a month, the soldiers had been attacking the Iltsk Oasis for a long time without any results. Yancheng Commander re-planned a strategy and decided to build a camp and attack day and night.

"Flag-Seizing Mode: Players with the rank of Centurion can go to the General's Mansion in Yancheng to receive the flag of the Yancheng Town Northern Army, go to the designated area to build fortifications, and station there."

“Victory conditions: Build a building that can accommodate the resurrection pool, raise the flag of the Yancheng Town Northern Army, and hold it for 72 hours without being destroyed.”

"Garrison Reward: Brand new resurrection pool."

"Personal Reward: Limited Achievement [Witness of the Flag Seizing], one-on-one study of this professional skill for 5 hours."

"Capture the flag?"

The new message that popped up was a guide to the new gameplay. Niu Bu opened the map and found a red circle flashing continuously five kilometers northeast of Iltsk Oasis.

Niu Bu focused his attention on the red circle, and suddenly a message popped up: "Please bring the flag of the Zhenbei Army here."

"The new resurrection point is actually in the northeast of the instance, and it's only five kilometers away."

“It only takes about 20 minutes to revive from the new resurrection point to the dungeon without a warhorse.

If I use my divine power to get through, ten minutes will be enough."

It’s only five kilometers. With the physical strength of the game character, it can be reached easily in 20 minutes.

If Niu Bu used his Eight-Step Chasing Magical Power to speed up the journey, they would arrive in less than ten minutes.

This speed is naturally impossible in Earth OL. The world record for five kilometers in Earth OL is 12 minutes and 51 seconds, but in the game, this record is not worth mentioning.

"This new resurrection pool is so convenient. Once it's built, I won't have to waste time on the road."

Yancheng is more than 200 kilometers away from Iltsk Oasis. Players such as Niu Bu take a horse-drawn carriage specially used for transportation to reach the copy, and it takes one and a half hours or even two hours on the road.

If you save this time, even if you use it to practice your own supernatural powers, you can slowly improve your proficiency in these powers.

"In the flag-capturing mode, you must complete the garrison!"

Niu Bu walked out of the barracks and immediately headed towards the location of Su Shan’s land deed. Among all the current players, only Su Shan was a centurion and was qualified to go to the Yancheng General’s Mansion to receive the flag.

Su Shan's land deed is located on the south side of the barracks, covering an area of ​​about one acre. Su Shan, who has been busy with dungeons during this period, naturally has no time to build a house. His land deed is full of collapsed houses, which is very messy and cluttered.

Even so, Su Shan would rather find a corner on his land deed to log off than go to the barracks and lie on the bed to log off.

The point is that your own doghouse is more comfortable and more secure.

Let Niu Bu see, this guy is just showing off.

(End of this chapter)