Origin Paradise!

The southwest, west, and northwest regions are the legion's barracks, where the vicious soldiers and mountain spirits live, and there is plenty of room.

The final central area was reserved for the tower, which is currently under rapid construction. It is expected to be the villas for core members and also the tallest watchtower in the entire city.

"We also need to form a hunting team."

Jiang He pondered that the pioneering camp was a stronghold for exploring the border and also a tool to serve the core members. His gluttony ability required him to consume a large number of alien species, and hunting by himself was too tedious, so he could delegate the task to his subordinates.

Soon, Jiang He assembled a small team.

Without affecting the camp's development progress, three elite mountain spirits, twenty vicious soldiers, two birds, and twenty rock sheep gathered.

Jiang He activated the Thorn Hand, extending the thorns dozens of meters into his palm. He then used the Cold Fang Military Dagger to cut them off, repeating this fifty times, consuming two thousand points of energy and creating a large amount of materials.

After simple processing, several thorns intertwined, folded in half, and finally the thorns at the tail were cut off, successfully creating three giant spears, which were then equipped to the mountain spirit as weapons.

Another portion of the thorns were intertwined and woven to make shields, which were given to the vicious soldiers for self-defense. It is worth mentioning that after riding the ibex, they transformed from infantry into strange shield cavalry.

"With this combination, there will likely be casualties among the hunting leader-level mutants."

Jiang He summoned Magic Cube No. 1, who was the leader of the Evil Legion, but was no different in essence from an ordinary doll.

"Here are five black gems. Take them out hunting, try to avoid peak bronze-level creatures, and don't go too far."

"Understood." Cube One was full of fighting spirit. In his view, this was the starting point for taking on independent responsibilities. As the sheepdog of its master, its responsibility was to herd the lambs.

Jiang He handed over five black gems and watched the hunting team depart.

With the basic framework in place and trade operating normally, all he needed to do next was reap the rewards without lifting a finger.

"Ah Potts dee fo ge..."

In the direction of the central tower, Lao Hei was teaching in the wooden house with a worried look on his face. For Zhuang Ya, the Chinese textbook was a second language, and the difficulty of learning it was self-evident.

Jiang He deliberately walked around the wooden houses in the central area, since his main purpose in wandering around was to avoid going back to class.

Chapter 178 Western Town

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was evening.

In the central area, the ten-story stone tower is nearing completion, and the construction speed has far exceeded expectations.

"Boss, how can we entrust you with such hard work?"

In mid-air, Jiang He flapped his blood wings, carrying two large boxes of building materials to the top of the tower. He repeated this process over and over again, far more efficient than a crane, while Wu He acted as his wingman, constantly trying to persuade him.

"This is the first time I've ever seen Lao Hei cry in my life. I don't mind suffering a little more."

Jiang He rested for a moment at the top of the central tower. He had originally planned to enter the "get something for nothing" mode, but it seemed that being idle would make him even more tired, so he simply came over to help.

boom!

Due to insufficient safety measures, a vicious soldier fell to the ground during construction.

"Boss, this is the nineteenth accident this week. Without vitality potions, our non-combat casualties here are even higher than in the Dark Forest."

Looking down at the ground, the two vicious soldiers immediately rushed to their dying comrade, fed him two bottles of vitality potion, and then dragged him to the North District training ground to rest.

"If it doesn't die, keep it alive. By the way, in two or three weeks it will be time to supply the Bureau of Order again. Remember to store some alien blood and prepare two hundred skins. I'll go out and exchange some talismans with Cangshan Fuxue then."

Jiang He remembered two business channels, both of which were low-cost businesses. He could get animal hides by eating a little less, and the only main ingredient for vitality potions that was related to the extraordinary was blood, which was extremely easy to obtain.

"Understood." Wuhe finished speaking and reminded him, "Boss, your derivative quest cooldown is over, but the world quest cooldown is still four days away."

Jiang He nodded. Compared to world quests, derivative quests do not offer free attribute points or skill points in their final rewards, and they are also less difficult. They do not require the participation of all members. After forming an animal companion relationship, when the team members enter a world instance, the main quest will focus on him as the hunter, while the origin rewards will be distributed separately to each member.

He didn't inquire about the rewards and gains from these two world instances; if necessary, the other party would bring them up on their own.

Considering that she is currently only a level 8 player, Jiang He does not plan to miss the derivative quests, which are expected to be much easier than the world dungeons. As for her three companions, Zhuang Ya is in the final exam period of her first year, and going to dungeons is no different from playing on her phone during school. Besides, she is not a player, so there is no need for her to join in the fun.

Old Hei was crying under the covers. Jiang He suspected that he was so depressed because Zhuang Ya had surpassed him in some subject, but she was too embarrassed to ask him in detail, since she had been a substitute teacher for ten days straight.

Wuhe, on the other hand, has been paying more and more attention to farming at the camp lately, and his workload has also increased accordingly. He has something really important to do, and it's both mentally and physically demanding.

"I can go by myself."

"Boss, do you think we're walking on thin ice and can actually get to the other side?"

Jiang He was slightly confused. Were they talking on the same wavelength?

Not long after, the hunting party returned carrying their prey, two large, elite cheetahs.

"Let's eat."

Jiang He walked down the central tower, his body almost perpendicular to the tower's surface. His leaping motion made him feel as if he were walking on flat ground, as if gravity had disappeared at that moment.

However, this also means one thing.

"Huh? The tower must be leaning."

Wuhe said awkwardly, "Boss, I majored in electronic information engineering, so I don't really know much about civil engineering. Demolishing and rebuilding might make it even crooked. Of course, you're the one who makes the final decision."

"It's tilted just right."

"Thank you."

Upon arriving at the North Training Ground, the city wall had been reinforced with steel bars and concrete multiple times. Wuhe brought over a flint, a specialty of the Termite Palace, and the flame that was ignited by friction was extremely hot.

The bonfire was lit.

A sixty-meter-long white giant snake crawled over and eventually transformed into a little girl in white. Zhuang Ya sat obediently next to someone. She had fully digested the nourishment she had received from the drowning pool in the past few days, and her human form had grown half a centimeter taller.

Old Hei walked over and sat down with red eyes. He glanced at Zhuang Ya and sighed heavily.

Jiang He gave Wu He a look.

"Second brother, what's wrong?" Wuhe asked, forcing himself to speak.

Old Hei shook his head and said, "You might not believe it, but I don't use it often. I almost forgot multiplication and division. She's been teaching me these past few days. The difference between a snake and a dog is even greater than the difference between a human and a dog."

Upon hearing this, Jiang He raised an eyebrow. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the most educated person in the team was actually Wu He.

Halfway through dinner, the notification sounded.

[Bingeing progress bar: 99% → 100%]

[Note: Your binge eating progress bar has reached zero]

[Hint: You have gained the rare passive skill "Leopard's Agility": Movement speed and reflexes increased by 25%]

"If it weren't for experience points and game currency, the reward from a single spin-off quest might not even be as good as eating a hundred elite mutants."

Jiang He was quite satisfied with the leopard's agility. This passive ability, which acts on the foundation, helps to enhance hard power. The ability to devour food has a significant transformative effect on border development.

After dinner, Wuhe continued to direct the project, Zhuangya went back to study, and Lao Hei took some time to tend to the small garden.

Jiang He closed his eyes to rest and practiced the Heart Sutra of Withering and Flourishing for five and a half hours, continuing to delve into the seventh sutra.

After completing his training, he began to work on developing his strength.

The combined force of the whole body, known as Ming Jin, can unleash tremendous power. The combined force of mind, spirit, and intention can injure the lungs and internal organs. The alternation of Ming Jin and An Jin makes it impossible to defend against. When the Ming-An spiral is achieved, the penetrating and lethal power is greatly enhanced.

When Jiang He learned the gun technique Zhen Shan, he had already grasped the transformation between light and darkness. This is the foundation for Zhen Shan, as well as advanced gun techniques and Zhen Long Cheng, and it is not fundamentally different from the Spiral.

However, the difficulty of neutralizing force suddenly increases.

The Grandmaster's Transformation Force can reach a level where not even a feather can be added, nor a fly can land. The power of light and darkness is perfectly integrated, and a layer of defense can rise on the body's surface even when standing still.

"I have already mastered considerable comprehension and silver will by controlling my power with my will. The next step is to hone my skills through perseverance."

Jiang He kept increasing the frequency of the light-dark transformation. He had a premonition that as long as the transformation was fast enough, he could generate the Transformation Force. However, this process was extremely exhausting.

……

After a while, the daily exercise session ended.

Jiang He rested for half an hour to recover, and then opened the player panel to start a derivative quest.

Familiar transition scenes appeared before my eyes.

He saw the vast Gobi Desert basin in the west, and the isolated towns within it, where crimes such as shootings, robberies, and arson were committed one after another, and the use of violence seemed to go unpunished.

[A small town in the western Gobi Desert, where the people seem to have a unique understanding of life, but one day, the once peaceful town is suddenly invaded by an unknown parasitic life form.]

[Quickly find the weakness of the devil Baal-Zib!]

[Mission Name: Death is Coming]

[Quest Type: Six-Player Battle Dungeon]

[Main Quest: Discover Baalzib's identity and find his weakness]

[Executor Hunting Mission: Slay the Invisible Child]

[Note: Battlefield mode is now available. Defeating players will reward you with Crimson Cards]

[Task Time Limit: 14 calendar days]

[Main Quest Rewards: ① 300 Experience Points and Game Currency ② Rare Hunter-Specific Item *1]

[Hunter Mission Reward: 1 Rare Random Gem]

[Side Quests: None]

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[Initial Identity: Town Native and Blacksmith Rhine]

The world begins!

Chapter 179 Western Town

Clang, clang, clang.

As the descent was complete, Jiang He heard a clanging sound that started from nothing and gradually increased in speed before he even opened his eyes. The distant whistle of the train made him realize that he was on a train, a modern steam train.

Jiang He opened her eyes and looked around. In front of her was the train bar, where a silver-haired waitress was busy wiping wine glasses. Outside the window, the scenery rushed past. The trees on the yellowish-brown land were sparse, but there were endless bushes. A few clouds cast shadows, and someone was riding a horse at full gallop, leaving a trail of dust behind.

Dusk.

Everything appeared arid, barren, and desolate.

"Similar to the Gobi Desert in western America."

The noise in the carriage seemed to grow louder as it approached. The silver-haired waitress put down her glass, leaned against the counter, rested her chin on her hand, and spoke with a bored tone.

"Would you like a drink? I'm a bounty hunter and bartender, nicknamed Silver Moon. Your name is Rhine, right?"

The young man in front of me wore a monocle, his tall frame shrouded in a black trench coat, his trousers and boots were also black, his style was similar to military uniform, his features were handsome, and his eyes were like cold gems.

The silver-haired waitress found the other person quite pleasing to the eye.

"A glass of iced rum." Jiang He took out the Whale Song revolver and placed it on the table, saying, "My role is a gunslinger, possessing three rare-level shooting abilities."

"A cowboy who can't shoot is long dead." The silver-haired waitress covered her mouth and laughed. "What's a 'rare' grade?"

Jiang He nodded; it turned out he was just a passerby.

"It's just that it's relatively rare."

When he first carried out the derivative quest "The Massacre of Yangzhou", he descended with other players. This time it seems a little different. It's a six-player battle dungeon, which should normally be 3v3. There are no other players of the same faction right now, which means that finding them will consume energy. Of course, there are other possibilities as well.

Sensing that the other party was a boring fellow, the silver-haired waitress bent down and took a palm-sized ice cube from the ice bucket. Then she picked up a file and shaved the ice cube into a ball shape. Her movements were exceptionally smooth. In a moment, the ice cube fell into a wine glass, which was then poured with rum and pushed across the table.

The ice hockey puck was like crystal. The silver-haired waitress found a few more long ropes and sighed, "Art is life, you know. The residents of Rock Town are all very irritable. You might need these ropes, but someone like you who doesn't know how to chat or strike up a conversation..."

呲!

Suddenly, the train braked sharply, a sharp scraping sound came from the tracks, and people were thrown about in the carriages. Then, with a clang, the train seemed to have crashed into a boulder.

The silver-haired waitress lost her balance and fell to the side during the sudden braking. In her stunned state, her forehead struck the corner of the table, and a crisp sound of bone cracking rang out. Blood gushed out, and she lay lifeless in a pool of blood.

"Even though you seem about to say something offensive, you don't have to die in front of me."

Jiang He was speechless; this was truly a novel way of apologizing.

Bang bang bang!

Several gunshots rang out in succession, forcing the passengers who were trying to climb out of the car windows to retreat.

"Don't move!"

"Everyone, sit down!"

"Hand over your valuables, and we'll spare your lives!"