Civilization Paradise

Chapter 45 Guild
Inside Star City.

A beam of white light descended, and Long Ming, just as he came to his senses, found himself logged out of the instance and reappeared on the platform.

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Long Ming almost couldn't help but swear.

He hadn't expected the people in Star Tower City to be so ruthless, actually detonating the entire building, killing him before he could even react.

Long Ming rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on. Luckily, he hadn't entered the game with full equipment.

Otherwise, they'd lose all their equipment. With their building-bombing tactics, who could withstand that?

Even so, Long Ming is still heartbroken. He didn't gain anything from this trip; instead, he lost a pistol, 15 bullets, and a tactical knife.

If this happens a few more times, won't we go bankrupt?
"Ugh!"

Long Ming sighed, raised his bracelet, and tapped a few times to log out of the game.

inside the room.

Long Ming took off his helmet, walked to the computer desk, sat down, and then turned on the computer.

He logged into the Civilization Paradise forum to check recent posts about running dungeons.

shuh~
Millions of posts appeared, and new posts were created every second.

Long Ming then began browsing.

"Damn it, this game is unplayable. There are guild players everywhere, and I've been kicked out again?"

"Iron Alliance Guild, I swear!"

"I just don't understand, what good does it do them to clear us out!"

"There are many advantages. First of all, no one will compete with them for the items in the instance. Also, the supply pods are theirs, and they are guaranteed to drop good items. In addition, no one will compete with them for the extraction point."

"Damn it, isn't this trial voucher supposed to be randomly matched? Why are players from those big guilds able to gather together?"

"Are you stupid? They're matching thousands or even tens of thousands of players at once. How could they not be matched together?"

"Holy crap, you can do that?"

"So how do we play?"

"What else can we do? Of course, if we can't beat them, we join them."

"Tch, it's not like you think they'll just accept you just because you want to join."

Long Ming glanced at some posts, a thoughtful expression on his face.

As expected, that supply pod wasn't from a dungeon, but rather a random airdrop from the game.

And now that everyone knows how to play, the difficulty of grabbing supply depots will probably increase many times over in the future.

Furthermore, based on the information we've received, the gaming environment has indeed deteriorated, with everyone now competing against and excluding each other.

It will likely become increasingly difficult for solo players to survive, and they will also be targeted.

In the current game, no matter how strong an individual is, they can't possibly defeat a group of people ganging up on them.

Of course, there are solutions, such as the saying "If you can't beat them, join them," which makes a lot of sense.

Long Ming quickly made his decision: he decided to join the strongest guild so that he would be protected by the guild's aura and wouldn't be surrounded by enemies.

This is the only option left; a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in the present.

With that in mind, he immediately started searching the forums to see which guild was the most famous right now.

The search quickly yielded three guilds: Star God Guild of Star Tower City, Sin Abyss Guild of Sin City, and Starry Sky Guild of Mountain City.

Looking at the logo of the Star God Guild, Long Ming suddenly wondered, could this guild be the same group of guys he had just bumped into?
Thinking about it carefully, it does seem quite similar.

However, Long Ming didn't think too much about it, since it was impossible for him to join the Star Tower City guild.

Although you can join any guild in the game, almost everyone defaults to joining a local guild because the three sanctuary cities are hostile to each other.

If you join a guild in another city, not only will you be disliked by them, but your own side might also think you're a traitor, leaving you in a lose-lose situation.

So Long Ming started looking up the membership requirements for the Stars Guild.

A moment later, Long Ming frowned and stroked his chin. He couldn't find the requirements for joining the Starry Night Guild, and the guild was quite mysterious and didn't recruit members. It seemed his only option was to join the Shadow Guild, the second guild in Mountain City.

Thinking of this, Long Ming got up, walked to the bedside, sat down, picked up the helmet, put it on, and logged back into the game!

Swish!
When he opened his eyes, he was already in Star City.

He walked toward the area where people were being recruited.

Before long, he arrived at the southern area of ​​Star City and saw many guild managers recruiting players there.

The quality of a guild is also quite obvious; you can tell just by the length of the queue.

Some guilds have long queues, while others have empty recruitment points and need to actively recruit members.

Long Ming scanned the area and quickly spotted the Shadow Guild's recruitment point. Their line stretched over 300 meters, with at least a thousand people applying.

Long Ming walked to the back of the line and patiently waited in line.

Just then, he heard two young men in front of him talking.

"Brother, I heard the Shadow Guild has great benefits."

"Yes, I came here because of the benefits, but the recruitment process is also very difficult."

"Oh, so can we get through?"

"I'm not afraid, I know someone here, I'm sure I'll get through!"

"Wow, that's awesome! Bro, can you help me out?"

Upon hearing this, Long Ming couldn't help but shake his head. Sure enough, there were always people with connections wherever he went.

More than two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Soon it was Long Ming's turn. The person in charge of hiring him was a young man wearing a plaid shirt and looking nonchalant.

He glanced at Long Ming and saw that he had no equipment on him, clearly a newbie, so he asked lazily.

"I'm Lu Wei, the manager of the Shadow Guild. Would you like to join our guild?"

"Yes."

"Where are you from?"

"The urban area at the foot of the mountain city".

"We'll add one point for those from this city, but our Shadow Guild doesn't just accept anyone; we need to meet certain criteria."

"What conditions?"

"Our guild prioritizes recruiting active and retired military officers, are you one of them?"

"No."

"So, are you a senior technician?"

"Not at all."

"Then you need to provide gameplay footage to prove your ability."

"What skill level is required to join a guild?"

"Not high. To fight monsters one-on-one with melee weapons, you need a KDI kill score of 3.0 or higher, which means you need to eliminate an average of 3 players per dungeon run and have a certain level of equipment. After all, the guild won't provide you with equipment right away."

"So many requirements?"

"Many? That's just the basics. There are many other requirements, such as being on standby at any time during the assessment period and receiving guild training."

Upon hearing this, Long Ming fell silent.

"Of course you don't need to complain. We have high requirements, but the corresponding benefits are also good. Our starting salary is 1 Mountain Coins. You can ask around and see if that's a decent salary, even in the Upper City. And if you're outstanding, the guild can even give you a Shancheng Upper City residency permit."

Lu Wei yawned and said to Long Ming.

Long Ming was also a little surprised to hear Lu Wei's words; the promise he was making was quite grand.

(End of this chapter)