eternal glory

No one expected that the big banyan tree, which is as slow as a hot air balloon, would speed up again and again after taking off in the unknown town of Huijiao, and fly to the capital city of Duolou Province with a strong wind. It took less than three hours to increase the speed from 140 kilometers per hour to 45 kilometers per hour, and the entire dandelion-shaped tree was almost rushing forward at an angle of [-] degrees!

The sudden acceleration caught the players by surprise, and many people realized that there were some things hidden in Jurong Town at this time, and these things caused everyone to make a wrong judgment on whether to settle down or not.

The hitchhiking players were the first to become active. If the big banyan tree can fly so fast...there should still be a future, or join the giant banyan town to see the situation?Anyway, it’s free, and you need a gold coin elsewhere!

"I'm sorry, the task of settling in Jurong Town has been completely closed when it takes off." The eagle-winged man in steel armor next to the bulletin board replied blankly, and the players who were originally holding a wait-and-see attitude suddenly became a mess!

"Is it overcrowded?" A male thief was indignant: "It was agreed that the settlement task will be open for ten days, and this is only the seventh day. Why is it suddenly closed?"

"Jurong Town will arrive at the provincial capital Duolu within three days. Players who successfully join Jurong Town without completing the settlement task before the banyan tree lands will also have their settlement task cancelled, and are asked to leave Jurong Town with other players who drop by. "The eagle wing man's voice was very calm, without a trace of emotion.

There are more than five thousand players applying for the settlement task, which is basically within Mu Ning's expectations. He doesn't want to recruit players who only want to drill after seeing the potential and future of Jurong Town. How many there are, it's useless to recruit them, it will only cause trouble.

It is human nature to be mercenary. Mu Ning does not object to mercenary. He just hopes that people who can only be disciplined with a whip and a knife enter Jurong Town, which is too laborious.

The players who had originally received the quest heard that the settlement quest had been stopped and that it would end soon, almost all of them mustered up their energy to rush around to complete the quest as soon as possible. At the same time, many players were very indignant and felt that Jurong Town was not close. For favors, call other players to protest together, hoping to extend the mission period, and it is best to reopen the settlement.

Jurong Town didn't give them any answer, as long as they don't cause trouble, they are still good friends.

The flying giant trees cross the canyons rich in warm and humid climate, and begin to enter the beautiful and rich emerald green plains.

The intricate rivers rush and flow into the vast Bucks Lake. On the shore of the lake where the grass is luxuriant and wildflowers are blooming, there is a majestic white city. The spiers of the city are inlaid with large turquoise gemstones, and shimmering streams of air flow over the city.

This is an amazing city.

"Dolo City! Look, it's Duolu City!" Someone shouted while holding on to the railing of the platform, waving their hats, and more people also ran out to look into the distance. The white city was holy and solemn under the noon sun. Every white tower and The flyover is telling its past glory and profound history. Artistic statues and reliefs can be seen everywhere, and the garden pavilions are also exquisite and elegant.

The golden towering giant tree slowly landed on the lakeside one kilometer outside the city. In the distance, there were animals chasing and playing in the distant lake. Don't be afraid to see the big banyan tree falling on the lakeside. side.

"What a beautiful little deer!" Pudding Cat's eyes instantly became heart-shaped!

The blue-gray deer has big blue eyes and water flows around the slender legs in a ring. The water flow is constantly changing in shape and speed, making people dazzled.

The pudding cat wanted to jump off the platform to get close to the three deer. The deer tilted their heads and avoided vigilantly. Then they jumped back into the water with joyful shouts, and walked away lightly on the ripples and waves.

Mu Ning laughed: "Don't underestimate these little guys, they are born with a green grade, and they can easily kill any player with one hoof."

Not long after the giant banyan town landed, the cavalry from the direction of the city rode their horses to inquire. Aishwarya first went down the spiral ladder extending from the tree and greeted the cavalry guards. The cavalry returned to the city to report. More spiral stairs lead to the ground, and the players and the residents of Jurong Town also set foot on this strange land.

When seeing Duolu made of white stones at first glance, many people will have the impression: "This is a magical city full of water magic."

The reason is very simple. The oval-shaped white city is located on the shore of a beautiful lake with rippling blue waves. Over the city, hundreds of water streams the size of small barrels are stirring with the sound of rushing water, and they are constantly circulating in a wonderful route. The links are interlocking, some are full of twists and turns, some are rushing and splashing like fountains, and some are silent like crystal-carved works of art.

"Flowing lake!" The gurgling spring water that can flow in the sky without any support can dissipate the heat of noon, and the whole city is full of comfort and coolness. The whole city is as warm as spring.

"What kind of water magic is this?" Liu Zhe was overwhelmed with admiration. How much thought did it take to connect hundreds of thousands of floating ribbon-like water flows one after another without any conflict?If it's magic pattern seal carving, why can't I see the lines?

"This thing is not magic, it is a real handicraft." Mu Ning smiled mysteriously: "Duolu City is the only one in the whole game."

"Obviously there is no pipeline, why does the water flow in the air? Isn't this too weird?" Liu Zhe walked on the white road into the city with tiny light spots and looked up at the turbulent flying stream at a height of 30 meters: "And it looks like It's more like a floating river, why is it called a flowing lake?" Liu Zhe thinks this name is inappropriate.

"No knowledge, right?" Mu Ning chuckled, "I told you to read the background information, you are always lazy."

Liu Zhe stuck out his tongue, isn't he usually too busy?Going back he 'must' read it.

"The 'Flowing Lake' of Duolu City is its rain cover. When it rains, all the water will gather into the network of water veins in the sky, gradually become larger, and unite into a transparent water cover like a turtle shell. Because of the wide range , so it looks like a floating lake in the air, and this is the origin of the flowing lake." Aishwarya has read a lot of information about Dallu Province, and of course she also knows the most famous "flowing lake" in Dorul City. Clearly.

However, the pictures and text descriptions are still too poor compared to seeing the legendary "flowing lake" with my own eyes. Aishwarya can hardly connect what she sees with what she has read. Such a complicated water network, It is no wonder that it is able to carry the pouring rain in the sky during the heavy rain season, and discharge the flood toward Bucks Lake in an orderly manner.

Even though Aishwarya has read so many materials, she just 'knows it but doesn't know why'. She knows that there is a water vein called 'flowing lake' in the sky above Dulu City, but there is no information about this area covering the surrounding area. What does the "flowing lake" of tens of kilometers rely on to operate.

Mu Ning stared at the rushing water with a smile, and glanced at the blue crystal-like decorations on the top of the high and low buildings. It was very special. Almost every high enough building had a pair of small sculptures of different shapes on the top. Aquamarine crystals are inlaid in it.

The large crystals on the heads of high-rise buildings are the size of footballs, and even the tops of ordinary minarets and buildings have fist-sized blue crystals.They are so far away that if there is not enough light, it is easy to mistake them for black color.

Mu Ning is very familiar with the "Flowing Lake Crystal". This thing is the dream treasure of water magicians, and it is also a rarity among water attribute gems. On the body of aquamarine gemstones.

In his previous life, Mu Ning didn't have time to see the elegant demeanor of the Liuhu Lake in Duolu City, because before he came to Duolu City, the players in Duolu City had already started to steal Liuhu crystals frantically. Then climbed to the top of the building in the dark and used a pickaxe and hammer to forcibly demolish the statue on the top to remove the Liuhu crystal.

Most players didn't know the correct way to dismantle it. They smashed the statue with a hammer arbitrarily, and cracked the Liuhu crystal inside into small pieces, and then sold it to water magicians.

A piece of Liuhu crystal the size of a fist can be sold for about five silver coins after being smashed, which is nearly 500 yuan. Gold coins, ten gold coins?No matter, only the money in your own hands is money.

What is surprising is that the most direct reaction of the NPCs in Duolu City after they found out that the player was stealing the Liuhu crystal was not to stop the player from protecting the Liuhu crystal, but to mobilize urgently to compete with the players to climb to the top of the tower in broad daylight. Smash the roof and grab the Liuhu crystal!

You may not understand the behavior of NPCs, why do you want to grab your own things with others?

It's very simple, because NPCs are just like players, they never feel that they belong to this game world in their hearts, just like you wake up in a completely strange place, the previous memory is gone, now the log Tell you that you are a resident of this city...do you have a sense of belonging to this city?Do you feel that everything in this city belongs to you, should you protect it?

will not.

The same is true for the NPCs in Duolu City. Firstly, they think that they belong to Duolu City only by "setting", and Duolu City is just their "novice village". They are them, and the city is the city.Secondly, most of the high-rise buildings in Duolu City are public buildings, and few of them are completely private in name, so everyone thinks, "It's not mine anyway, if I don't grab it, someone else will grab it." ’ So they all climbed to the roof with picks and hammers on their backs.

The funniest thing is that the NPC officials and rich people in Duolu City, just like ordinary players and poor NPCs, are scrambling to climb up their roofs with hammers on their backs. While climbing, they have to fight with their servants Scrambling and shoving is the first step to smash down the gems on the roof of your own house.

why?

Everyone is a smart person, you are just my master in the 'setting', the 'background setting' is just a story, believe it or not, anyway, I don't believe it, when I knock down the crystal, there will be more For the money, I also hired a dozen or eight servants to serve me.

Rich people generally have a higher rank, and their brains turn faster. They also do not believe in their "background settings" in their hearts. It is safer to keep money in their own hands. It is too dazzling outside.

After the NPCs took action, the players intensified and began to rob and demolish them in broad daylight. The patrol team that was supposed to maintain order was also busy demolishing the Liuhu crystals on their own team's buildings, let alone others.

In just over a week, all the Liuhu crystals on all the buildings in Duolu City were demolished. Many people made a small fortune because of this. The "flowing lake" that has been floating in the sky for tens of thousands of years just disappeared into the dust of history in such a daze, and ceased to exist.

No one cares about how ugly the ruined walls and ruined roofs of Duolu City are. Anyway, if you have money, everyone is really good!

A downpour completely crushed the joy of the players and NPCs in Duolu City who just made a small fortune. The people of Duolu City, who never worry about getting wet when they go out on rainy days, are crying for their father and mother in the waist-deep rain, and the houses in the low-lying areas The soaking was a mess, and the most famous underground buildings in Duolu City were all changed into fish tanks. Only then did people realize how important the original Liuhu was.Whitestone buildings have some resistance to rainwater, but it is too weak to completely drain the rainwater out of the confines of the building.

"If there are Liuhu crystals..." At this time, someone who had previously hoarded Liuhu crystals took out the crystals, and the effect was unprecedentedly obvious!Just hold a Liuhu crystal the size of a thumb, and after an hour, a dry space of about one cubic meter can be slowly opened up around the crystal!

The water level rose higher and higher, and if the water hadn't started pouring into Bucks Lake, everyone would have drowned.The Liuhu crystal instantly became the life-saving straw for the people of the whole city. However, there are too few crystals left for everyone, and the water is still getting more and more fierce. Many residents' houses are completely submerged. Rushing into Bucks Lake is a matter of life and death!

At the critical juncture when the residents of Duolu City were struggling for life and death in the heavy rain, groups of vigorous figures suddenly galloped towards the sky amidst the rain. The water column rises to the sky...

Those are thousands of deer. They galloped through the sky on the muddy river that floated in the air. While gathering the pouring rain to their feet, they stepped on the turbulent waves to build a dark water tower for the struggling residents of Dulu City. Under the hood, the galloping deer in the dazzling thunder light are like gods!

There are not only majestic male deer, but even doe and fawn galloping in the torrent with bursts of blue light on their ankles. Every time they step into the turbid water, part of the stagnant water in the street below the water layer is sucked up, and Do your best to pull the flood into Bucks Lake.

"Waterhoof deer!" Everyone was ecstatic: "Duolu City has been saved!" Cheers resounded throughout Duolu City, and some people shed tears in being moved.

Crystal Horn Deer!This is the guardian beast of our Duolu Province, and also the symbol of Duolu!

On one side of the Duolu Province gold coin is the principality’s mountain-backed snake statue, and on the other side is a majestic stag with crystalline branches and horns. They are the guardians of Duolu City. How can everyone forget them?

Tengbo Gulang's elegant spirit deer fought against the flood for three full days in the heavy rain, and the flood gradually receded. Only then did everyone know that there were tens of thousands of water hoof deer in the Bucks Lake, and they could only be seen from a distance. The high-level monsters are so docile and pure, and their affection doubles immediately, and they scramble to get close to the water hoof deer!

The name of the crystal horned deer comes from their crystallized antlers and ankles. As water deer, they can gallop on the grasslands, but they love the wide lakes more. Tengbo drums are their specialty. As a vassal of Duolu City , They have always been responsible for the sacred duty of guarding Duolu City.

Players and NPCs have discovered that only the residents of Duolu City can get close to them at will. Any outsider approaching them will cause vigilance or even attack, but this does not affect everyone's love for this kind and brave spirit deer. It is regarded as a symbol of loyalty and bravery.

The watershoe became famous on the forums, and many people hoped that they could have a crystal-horned watershoe as a mount. However, the watershoe was too high-ranked, and the players and NPCs at that time did not have enough conditions.

While the water-hoofed deer became famous, the finished products made from the body of the water-hoofed deer also quietly became popular. It turned out that several water-hoofed deer were exhausted during the heavy rain a few days ago, and were seriously injured in the flood. When the deer were not paying attention, the gamers hid them quietly, and these deer carcasses became the source of "souvenirs".

Some people accused these players of being heartless, the water hoof deer worked so hard to save everyone from death, and some people made black money.

But the players who sold the souvenirs also retorted that we did not kill the deer, we just wanted to let more people remember the favor of the water hoof deer to everyone, is it wrong?

Water hoof deer leather jewelry began to become popular secretly and became a sought-after commodity.At the same time, a news spread quietly. Someone discovered that the horns and ankles on the head of the crystal-horned water-hoofed deer are actually the popular "Liuhu crystal"!

At that time, the price of a Flowing Lake crystal had risen to nearly [-] silver coins, and the horns and four hooves of a buck corpse were worth tens of thousands of real coins. Many people began to look at Buck Lake with erratic eyes... …

Of course, this kind of thought can only come secretly, and whoever dares to say a word, everyone will immediately poke his back with their fingers.

Logically speaking, we already know the role of Liuhu crystals, and re-use crystals to build the city's flood control network. However, this time, for some reason, no one mentioned the matter of rebuilding Liuhu. Many people are even secretly looking forward to the next rainstorm soon. Come on.

why?

Maybe it's to get close to the waterhoof again, maybe it's to make a fortune... once again.

The torrential rain still came. This time, the players and NPCs were all waiting for the "miracle" to appear. Sure enough, groups of waterhoofed deer appeared again, controlling the water and releasing the flood without the slightest complaint.This time, too, a deer accidentally crashed into a building and died in the flood, and the body that fell to the ground disappeared without a sound before the deer could find it.

Many people saw it, their eyes were hot, some made sarcastic remarks and criticized, and some kept silent and had a sudden change of mind.

Sometimes there is more than one person staring at a deer, and soon some people start arguing and fighting over a deer carcass that fell into the flood. He was dragged to an unoccupied corner by people.

Everyone saw it, some were silent, some condemned, and some were eager to try.

As a high-level monster, the deer's skin is naturally of extraordinary quality. Players and NPCs simply don't have enough ability to successfully strip the materials. At most, they can only get white-grade leather and meat.

I don’t know when it will start to be full of Duolu. As long as players with a little spare money will like to buy a water hoof buckskin bracelet to wear on their arms and wrists. The leather of high-level monsters is also a symbol of Duolu. It can also bring luck.

Rich players are not satisfied with small bracelets, they are proud to wear large leather hats and leather boots, some even wear leather hats with crystallized antlers, which are gorgeous and exquisite.

It is obviously a gray-grade garbage equipment produced by players, but it is a symbol, a symbol of status and wealth.

This seemingly easy-to-obtain high-level Warcraft material quickly made the entire Principality of Whistler enthusiastic, and then players engaged in production in all human countries hoped to obtain this high-level material to hone their skills.

Once upon a time, a palm-sized water hoof deer skin started to be worth thousands of real coins, a pair of antlers easily cost tens of thousands, and an industrial chain was gradually established.

I don’t know when it started, the residents of Duolu City are looking forward to the rainstorm every day. They smile and look at the sharp steel thorns and blades on each building. These cute little "decorations" will become a good harvest in the flood best guarantee.

Every time the waterhoofed deer came galloping in the rain, the players and NPCs in Duolu City cheered. This kind of smile was clearly from the heart, but revealed a bloodthirsty light.

The deer leading the flood suddenly screamed while running and was sucked into the muddy black flood, and the water was dyed bright red.

The anxious doe dived into the flood water to save the fawn, but only saw people happily dragging the fawn into the house, the fawn was already breathless.

Such male deer or female deer often wait outside the door for a long time, until the rain is over and the deer retreat back into the lake. alone.

Originally, the population of tens of thousands of water hoof deer rapidly shrank with the arrival of heavy rains. During the breeding season in the spring of the following year, there were less than [-] deer jumping on the green grass by the lake.Ever since the blades on the roof of Duolu City became more and more dense, the water hoof deer no longer came, maybe because they were afraid of the sharp blades, or maybe the remaining thousand water hoof deer were unable to stop the rain in Duolu City. .

The residents of Duolu City waited and waited, and finally had no choice but to build a drainage system. However, the first days of looking up at the clear flowing lake on rainy days never came back. Duolu City has long been synonymous with mess.

The people who made money have already left, but there are still more players and NPCs with dreams of getting rich coming to Duolu City, hoping for another miracle.

The new discovery makes the settlement of Duolu City very popular, because as long as it settles in Duolu City, the water hoof deer will not take the initiative to attack, and even after being attacked, they will only run away and will not resist!

……

The strong bucks and does can't catch up, there is no way, but the fawns can always clean up.

Therefore, you can always see players teasing the deer with wild vegetables and tender grass. The deer followed them into the deep grass meekly with wide curious eyes, and then never came out again.

That year, none of the fawns could celebrate their first birthday.

It is written in the book that only Buck Lake has water hoof deer in the whole game, but no one really believes it, because the game world is too big. It turns out that the earth and the solar system where everyone lives are as poor as a matchbox compared to the vast game world. What else is unique in the world?

Even if it is unique, what if one or two things are missing from billions of creatures?

Adult water hoof deer are hard to kill, and the sporadic newborn deer every year become everyone's target. Even if killing a deer can only get four ankle crystals the size of a thumb, and the leather is not enough to make a small bag, players still enjoy it.

At this time, water hoof deer skin is already more valuable than gold, and a Liuhu spar the size of a thumb is enough to exchange for a small house in reality.

The lifespan of Warcraft is "endless". Everyone thinks that the days of "harvesting" deer in this way can last forever and make everyone rich and honored for thousands of years. Therefore, the competition in this industry is also extremely fierce. Often when a deer is born, there are hundreds of players hiding it. Waiting to scramble in the grass, and there are even people who bring fishing nets to pounce in broad daylight.

Many people condemn the mercenary players, but even call the waterhoof stupid, why not resist! ?

You've been hurt all the time, why didn't you rebel?

Just like Duolu Province has water-hoofed deer, Yunshan Province also has Huang Yu Leihu as a symbol. When players and NPCs attacked Huang Yu Leihu, they suffered thunderous revenge. Breaking away from the identity of the Guardian Beast, even more thunderstorms swept across the provincial capital of Yunshan and turned it into a jeopardy, directly erasing it from the map!Why doesn't the water-hoofed deer, which is half a rank higher than Huang Yuleihu, not have this bloodiness?

From sympathy to abuse, people think that the waterhoof deer deserves to die for such a stupid life, and everyone no longer pities them.

Finally, raging alien creatures broke through the gate and swept across the land of Garter. Horror creatures like a tsunami broke through the kingdoms of the eagle-winged people and came to wreak havoc in the human kingdoms. When fear spread to the city of Dulu, the water hoof deer last time Rushing out of Bucks Lake to block Duolu City, leading the monstrous waves to build a long flood defense line.

According to the memories of the players in Duolu City, the water hoof deer fought for half an hour in front of the landslide-like turbulent alien biome, and the tidal embankment was defeated, and the deer herd disappeared in a frenzied destruction.

The city of Dolu was nearly razed to the ground by the tide of outsiders.

Half an hour was an unimaginably brilliant achievement at the time, because less than a thousand of the suffering cities in the human kingdoms persisted for 15 minutes, and most of them were at the national capital level. It is already a miracle that Duolu City, which has declined to the extreme, can persist for half an hour.

Some people began to think that if the watershoe herd was still there...if there were tens of thousands of them...

If... The most worthless thing in this world is if.

The water-hoofed deer was completely extinct, and the city of Dulu was completely in decline. Until Whistler rose up and rebuilt the city of Duolu, players built thousands of water-hoofed sculptures to vigorously promote the spirit of the water-hoofed deer.

Nostalgia and memories will always fade one day. Every year, hundreds of people claim to have witnessed the traces of "water hoof deer". They either post blurry screenshots that are too blurry to see clearly or a strange water wave on the lake. Duolu City wants to be Nice Lake-like tourist attraction.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the water hoof deer is really gone.

Mu Ning stood in the white city surrounded by water and light. The exquisite sculptures and ingenious design made the city rich and beautiful. No one questioned its greatness and glory, just like the majestic giant ten meters high in the center The deer sculpture, with its gleaming sharp horns and turbulent water flowing around its ankles, exudes the indomitable will and lofty spirit that belonged only to the old days.

"Tell me, if I ask Duo Luxing how much it will cost to buy this sculpture?" Mu Ning folded his arms and looked up at the 'Crystal Horn Water Hoof Statue' that symbolizes Duolu Sheng.

"It's so big and weighs dozens of tons... I guess it's worth several necklaces." Liu Zhe curled his mouth.