Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

And just as the skill description said, the clone Hawkeye also had independent consciousness and nodded seriously at Zhou Ning.

But Zhou Ning was very afraid that he would suddenly say to himself: "You are so useless, but you are really good."

After everything was ready, Zhou Ning came to No. 137 Jinlu Avenue next door and rang the doorbell. Hawkeye followed him with his arms folded, looking very intimidating.

There were more than 160 players who took on tasks from him in the afternoon. The noise made by the "assembly" later might be quite loud, and he would have to enter other people's houses. If he didn't want to go to jail with the other players, it would be reasonable for him to notify the other party first.

Just as the doorbell rang, the door opened and Viscount Hall walked out with a middle-aged man with brown hair, blue eyes, thin build and squinting eyes.

Rick Green... Zhou Ning recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

I met this guy in Nathaniel's Adventurer's Guild. He spent 200 Vekta and wanted to recruit me to go on the Weather Tide Adventure for free.

The other party obviously didn't expect to meet Zhou Ning here. He seemed a little nervous and stammered to greet Zhou Ning: "Hello, Mr. Stewell."

Zhou Ning also smiled and greeted politely.

After sending Rick Green away, Viscount Hall walked up to Zhou Ning and took the initiative to explain, "A female friend introduced him to me. He's a historian looking for sponsorship. So you guys know him too?"

Seeking sponsorship? Zhou Ning smiled and replied perfunctorily:

"I've met him before. He's a good historian."

I was secretly wondering in my heart, the same thing appeared in front of me one after another, and it was also related to Viscount Hall. Is this another coincidence?

"In my opinion, he is a bit too boastful and not trustworthy." Viscount Hall shook his head and asked:

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Yes, there is something." Zhou Ning pointed at Hawkeye behind him and said in a deep voice, "I've found some clues about the Zijing Road incident. There's an underground ruin beneath 52 Zijing Road, but things are very bad. I've found some helpers to explore. It's best if you don't come to 52 Zijing Road for the next two days. Also, inform the nobles nearby to stay away for the time being. Believe me, staying away from there will only benefit you, not harm."

Viscount Hall glanced at Hawkeye, his pupils suddenly trembled, and he asked with a hint of fear:

"Are you sure you can handle this?"

"Do we need to call someone from the Church of the God of War over?"

Zhou Ning nodded and said, "I think it's 90% certain. It's very dangerous down there. I can only promise to do my best to solve the problem."

"As for the Church of the God of War, if they could handle things here, I wouldn't have seen this quest in the Adventurer's Guild."

"Okay, okay. I'll leave it to you then. Here's the key to 52 Bauhinia Road. I'll notify the nearby nobles and tell them to stay away."

Even with the limitations of the Truth Lasso, Zhou Ning still managed to bluff Viscount Hall with his true but incomplete words. He took the key with a smile and nodded.

"Thank you for your trust. I will try my best to handle this matter."

…………

9pm, No. 52 Zijing Road.

At this time, more than a hundred players have gathered here and are waiting anxiously. The players here include Jinse, Shuidi Chenxing, Zhufeng Lei Tingzhifu, Tangshan Daxiong, XB and a large group of professional and former professional players.

As a professional anchor, XB started the live broadcast as usual. At this time, the popularity of his live broadcast room reached an astonishing 1000 million, and they were all typing barrages:

"I'm so envious of the players who joined Starry Sky. I heard there are a lot of benefits. And the quest scroll said it's the most mysterious and ancient secret organization in the Apocalypse Continent. It must have a bright future."

"There's no point in being envious, the seats are already full."

"Wait a little longer, there will be a spot once the guild is upgraded."

"But it seems to be lacking in top-tier combat power. Apart from Wayne Stewell, there's no one else in sight."

"Oh my god, look, the protagonist is here..."

There was a commotion among the crowd, and everyone saw Zhou Ning, wearing a black windbreaker, walking over from the other side of the street. Behind him was a middle-aged man, also wearing a black windbreaker, a feathered hat on his head, and a huge black knife on his back.

"Oh my god, who is this guy? So imposing!"

"The mission's title is the first gathering of an ancient organization. This must be someone high up in the Starry Sky."

"He should be a big boss too."

Nonsense, it must be a big boss... XB glanced at his own barrage, watching Zhou Ning bring the middle-aged man to the scene. From the middle-aged man, he felt a sense of pressure that was almost the same as that of the protagonist.

He saw Wayne Stewell glance at the players present, then pointed to the middle-aged man behind him and said calmly, "This is Joracol Mihawk, nicknamed Hawkeye. He's a swordsman by profession. Like you, he's a member of the Starry Sky organization. He's also Starry Sky's swordsmanship instructor and occasionally comes here to teach."

"Swordsmanship instructor?"

Now Brother Tangshan, Yanran Wei Le and other warriors became excited and looked at Hawkeye with bright eyes. There are more and more benefits in the starry sky, which is great!

Immediately afterwards, before the viewers in the live broadcast room could even envy him, they saw the protagonist in the screen waving his hands to signal for everyone to be quiet, and said in a low voice:

"I've already discovered that the Wolf Cult's High Priest, Negan Hart, is lurking in the manor's underground ruins. He and his evil minions are hatching a sinister plot, ready to overthrow the Kingdom of Sifalik at any moment. We've experienced similar scenes before in the Kingdom of Bryston and in Darkland. They've killed countless lives in pursuit of their so-called deification, for their own evil and twisted beliefs. Even now, many parents still weep for their children, and many children have lost their parents. Countless unclaimed tombstones remain in the Darkland Cemetery."

"Now evil is trying to make a comeback. They want to replicate this scene in the Kingdom of Sifalik. If they succeed, countless people will die as a result of their conspiracy, and perhaps a disaster enough to destroy the world will befall in the next moment. I am not from this country, nor am I great. But I still cannot allow evil to trample on order, darkness to erode light, and the same is true for the starry sky."

"I hope that even if the world is about to plunge into complete darkness, the starry sky will still be there to watch over the light."

Zhou Ning's deep voice echoed in everyone's ears, and most of the netizens were excited. Even though they were separated by a screen, they felt that the protagonist's voice was full of infectiousness, and they couldn't help but want to join Xingkong to fight against evil.

The same line of comments also filled the screen:

“I hope that even if the world will fall into complete darkness in the next moment, the starry sky will still be guarding the light.” The atmosphere was extremely warm.

Of course, it wasn't just the live broadcast room that was shocked. The players present were also eager to try and were full of energy.

Seeing everyone's excited expressions, Zhou Ning knew that this speech had a good effect, but he needed to add more chips for the next action. At this time, he glanced at the players present and said with a smile:

"The journey ahead may be filled with unexpected dangers, but you still have time to withdraw. You are all promising adventurers, and I don't want you to suffer losses here, or even end your journey here. It's not too late to withdraw now."

At this time, a prompt popped up on everyone's task panel:

[Wayne Stewell hopes you will withdraw from this adventure and protect yourselves. Yes/No? Experience gained from participating in the mission will be fully refunded.]

Needless to say, of course I chose no! Next, I'm going to fight to the end! Players didn't expect that a protagonist could actually care about the other players so much. Feeling warm in their hearts, they all chose no and looked forward to the next task process.

Afterwards, the task follow-up appeared on the task panel:

[You have triggered the follow-up of the mission: Follow Wayne Stewell into the underground ruins.]

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost heated, Zhou Ning smiled and without stopping, he led the way to No. 52 Zijing Road. Just like Tirion Fordring in World of Warcraft and Zhongli in Genshin Impact, characters with charisma are more likely to be remembered by players.

And in this way, he can use the players to death without any psychological burden.