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Chapter 90 The Empire's Reward

Ao Peng was still in Yan City at the time. He made a phone call and asked the Bureau of Investigation to send someone to pick him up.

More than an hour later, he arrived at the outskirts of the Lu Palace in the real world.

Although the Lu Palace has been cleared, the empire's blockade of it has not ceased.

The Lu Palace is able to connect the Yin and Yang realms, and this ruin has extremely high research value. Therefore, in the end, Mo Lao did not choose to destroy it violently, but instead cut off Lu Shang Wang's escape route first, and then created an opportunity for Ao Peng to kill him in one blow.

Ao Peng probably guessed what the empire wanted to do.

Since King Lu Shang has a way to enter the real world from the old land, the empire naturally wants to take the initiative and launch a counterattack.

Once the Empire masters the method for humans to enter the Old Earth game in their true forms, then the mass production of players will be just around the corner!

At the same time, Ao Peng refreshed the forum, where players were cheering with excitement.

Because Daodou Town, where the Lu Palace is located, has been completely taken over by the Empire!

To make players in the old lands feel a sense of belonging, the first thing to do is to build a main city for them!

This was originally part of the empire's plan, so after the Lu Palace reported it, the empire reacted immediately, mobilizing various resources and determined to take over Daodou Town.

The Queen Mother of the West may have also seen this point. This was the empire's first battle, and the empire's determination was too strong. The Queen Mother of the West was unwilling to fight the empire to the death, so she ultimately chose to let go.

Having a main city and this battle with like-minded people is far better than the polling bureau's efforts to recruit players over the past few months!

Players now understand perfectly well that the Empire is still the same Empire, possessing the most powerful military force. Of course, as their homeland, the Empire is not stingy with its own people. As long as you are willing to risk your life, the Empire can afford to give you all the benefits!

It's certainly not comparable to those old, stingy, and exploitative God-tier games.

Of course, even building a main city in the game requires a lot of resources and time from the empire; it's not something that can be done overnight.

At least Ao Peng couldn't calculate the resources spent inside; the 17 incense offerings he had just acquired were probably just thrown in and made a splash.

That's really just the sound of water. In this battle, the Empire paid out millions of incense offerings just for the players who died in battle!

Ao Peng first found Elder Mo at the base camp and directly transferred 100,000 incense offerings to Elder Mo.

Elder Mo has been quite busy these past two days. Although he has already begun cultivating immortality, his age is a factor, and his face shows signs of exhaustion.

However, his eyes were frighteningly bright, like those of a night owl!

Ao Peng said with some concern, "Teacher, why don't you rest for a couple of days? The research here won't be finished anytime soon anyway."

Old Mo waved his hand, "It's alright, people sleep less as they get older."

"You're here to exchange for military merits, right?"

Ao Peng nodded. "I want to exchange for the Yin Qi first."

Upon seeing the six strands of pure Yin Qi, he understood that this was a top-grade treasure for forging inscriptions for Little Chaos. Moreover, there were only six strands, and if someone else had exchanged them all, he wouldn't know where to find them again.

Old Mo glanced at Ao Peng and laughed, "Don't worry, what's yours will come to you. Those people in the logistics department have been much more tired than me these past two days. Come on, let's go and give them another headache."

The moment the head of the logistics department saw Ao Peng, his face fell.

Although the empire no longer has the concept of merit overshadowing the emperor, the Logistics Department really can't exchange Ao Peng's reward for merits and incense offerings!

The reason is simple: the logistics department is out of rice!

In the early stages of the game, the empire already had very little incense offerings. This war completely wiped out all the incense offerings the empire had accumulated through various channels. The Lu Palace is valuable, but the empire can't just demolish it and sell it for money, can it?

Therefore, when ordinary game players redeem items, the Logistics Department emphasized the benefits of merit points and encouraged them to redeem various readily available resources from the Empire, such as lightning-struck wood from Wudang Mountain or lanterns from Qingcheng Mountain. In short, the items are good, just don't ask for incense directly!

Ao Peng is a major highlight of the series.

The logistics department has already held a special meeting to discuss Ao Peng's merit points redemption!

"Deputy Commander Ao, you must have a pretty good idea of ​​the current situation of the Imperial Logistics Department, right?"

The head of the logistics department spoke to Ao Peng politely, even addressing him by his temporary command title.

"Is there not enough incense offerings?"

The head of logistics didn't hide anything, "Basic supplies are a bit scarce, but give us two or three months. Once the Lu Palace is properly managed, the basic supplies will definitely more than double what they are now!"

Having a main city provides players with a sense of belonging and a safe zone, and it is also an important source of tax revenue for the empire.

An empire cannot exist without taxes, because it is impossible to maintain the rule of an empire without taxes!

"So, what was the conclusion reached by the leaders after their discussions?"

When the head of the logistics department saw that Ao Peng did not directly ask for incense, a smile immediately appeared on his face. "Please take a look."

He took out a tablet computer, on which several items were listed.

【A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains】 is a national treasure-level painting with landscape and cultural significance passed down for thousands of years. After redeeming it, you can use this national treasure to refine top-tier treasures.

The reason this item was brought out was mainly because Ao Peng was learning painting from Master Mo.

However, although the "A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains" is a national treasure, its connection with the empire is not strong. Even if it were to be forged, it could not become a national treasure like the "Landscape So Beautiful" painting.

【Journey to the West: The Legend of the Monkey King】This is a handwritten illustrated book. After the appearance of the old Earth Game, it underwent a miraculous change. Holding this illustrated book can help you reach 500 years before the start of the Journey to the West when you improve your destiny!

When Ao Peng saw this description, his eyes widened instantly.

"The world of Journey to the West actually exists!"

The head of the logistics department also looked grave, because the information revealed here was too great. He explained, "After this period of research, we have found that the connection between traditional folk games and customs is the closest."

"What is folklore? All the writings, legends, and customs of the countryside are part of folklore, and also the part most easily overlooked by official history. Perhaps the person who wrote this book, 'Journey to the West: The Tale of Exorcism,' dreamed of everything in the vast world, just like Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly? It's just that we have no way of verifying it now."

Ao Peng nodded in agreement. This world was extremely similar to his other world. However, after comparing them over this period of time, he also discovered some subtle differences. For example, the folk customs in this world were much better preserved than in the previous real world. This might be the basis for the existence of the Old Earth Game.

Ao Peng looked at the third reward item.

By chance, next April, a top-tier twelve-chapter interior landscape painting will be created. This chance is the key, and the Empire will guarantee that Ao Peng will obtain a top-tier interior landscape painting!