Seizing the BOSS Template at the Start

Chapter 74: Chapter 71: Multiplayer Quest

Ma Yuan nodded and stood up, ”You mentioned earlier needing some contraband, what do you need?”

Baiyi smiled and began a new round of bargaining.

When Baiyi left Ma Yuan’s residence, his eyes flickered with seriousness.

The auction totaled ninety million Gold Coins, twelve million was given to Sabo, and this time, the expenses also amounted to two million, leaving around seventy-six million Contribution Points.

He wasn’t worried about money matters, but the newly gathered information still surprised him.

Outside Dongwu City, about a hundred kilometers southeast, a Mutated Zone had appeared....

A Mutated Zone signified the erosion of Abyssal Power, where animals, plants, insects, and intelligent beings in that area would mutate into monsters.

These monsters lack rationality and only know to kill instinctively. The presence of the Abyss will offer its flesh to these monsters, and using this flesh as a medium, it will nurture bodies that conform to the current rules of the Xiya Continent within these monsters.

The ultimate goal is to descend onto the Xiya Continent.

Moreover, the more powerful the Abyss Lord watching over that area, the more terrifying the mutation, and the faster the bodies will be nurtured.

These places became the main dungeons for players. Successfully nurtured Abyss Lords grow rapidly, accumulating mutation tides to impact the Federation, posing extreme danger.

No wonder the Adventurer’s Guild was so bustling when I went to buy [Evil Thought], it was because of this.

Baiyi thought about it and decided to set this aside for now. That Mutated Zone was still very recent, and with the Intercontinental Rail Cannon under construction, its threat wasn’t significant yet.

What Baiyi thought of was another very famous event.

It was a Necromancer’s tomb containing a powerful Power of Contract, which NPCs below Golden Level could not withstand, while players could ignore the contract’s properties.

In the past life, a lucky player ventured inside, discovered a large number of Undead Equipment, and formed a cooperative contract with a Bone Dragon, extracting everything without any cost.

However, that player guild gained no profit, partly because the game had no contract mechanism, but also because... the items were stolen.

The forces that stole those items went to that tomb, then the powerful Undead Realm opened its doors, obliterating that force in an instant. If there hadn’t been a nearby city, most city areas would’ve been in danger.

That place was marked as a forbidden zone by the Adventurer’s Guild.

Now that players have descended, he was slightly tempted by this Bone Dragon, but he needed some preparations.

Three days passed, during which he intermittently issued tasks to players, utilizing the Crafty Merchant Specialization to precisely deduct 30% from the player rewards each time.

Through continuous research, he gradually became familiar with task issuance.

It seemed he could issue a maximum of three tasks per day; issuing more seemed to deduct his Experience Value.

Free tasks seemed to auto-generate based on his words.

However, using his Experience to issue tasks resulted in two options: single-player and multiplayer tasks, and as long as he had enough extra experience on his panel, there seemed.....to be no limit on the number of players....

Moreover, the task issuance seemed related to his official position, since every time he used his own money to issue tasks, there would be a prefix: [Issuer: Hero of Glory Baiyi].

Baiyi pondered in the laboratory, as most players were still Level 2 to Level 3 because there were no wild monsters outside, leaving them to wander around and altruistically help people in the Outer City District, accomplishing small tasks.

This created a decent reputation for players in the Outer City District.

However, throughout a day, not all times saw ten thousand players online; their schedules interlaced with real-world matters, with the average online number being around three thousand.

Of course, in the four days in total, no player had quit the game, not to mention its playability; some rich individuals and streamers had begun collecting Gold Coins.

The Knowledge Hall was unnecessary to look for; streamers wanted popularity, wealthy people wanted thrill, and there were business opportunities in the game.

Due to the difficulty of obtaining Gold Coins, one Gold Coin had now reached a thousand RMB.

It was said that when someone leaked the fact that Baiyi was the boss, that guy sold twelve Gold Coins, earning twelve thousand a day, leaving people dumbfounded.

Everyone could foresee that during open beta, the buying and selling of Gold Coins would become normalized, with various guilds, rich merchants, streamers, or professional players entering this game.

Only a fool would quit the game now.

Baiyi thought about it and first went to some wealthy homes, exchanging two million Gold Coins in cash, allowing him to visit nearly half the shops in the Inner City District, as it was quite difficult to bring out two million in cash.

Fortunately, everyone gave him face, and it only took three hours to exchange for these Gold Coins.

Looking at the 2.07 million Gold Coins on his panel, Baiyi excitedly began his plan.

He opened up his forum to confirm the location of that Guard Brigade and immediately sought it out without hesitation.

The Guard Brigade came out of the Knowledge Hall, expressing his amazed sentiment once again: ”Tsk, really, this game, I’d believe it’s a real world; look at this.” ℴℴ𝘮

[Xiya Continent History Ancient God Book Ⅰ.]

”They have a complete history, and every character has a story, it’s absurd, like this Ancient God Book, every recorded Ancient God has an independent story, and aside from those confirmed dead, each has become a threat in this doomsday era, meaning in some version, the Gods recorded here will descend upon this world....”

He rambled on, earnestly introducing this world to his livestream audience, for this was his chosen streaming direction, truly teaching others on how to play this game and adding some antics, to prevent the stream from becoming dull.

”Baiyi?”

As he kept talking, he was a bit dumbfounded seeing the reminder from the barrage. Following the barrage, he turned around and saw Baiyi walking toward him.

He quickly tucked the book into the inner lining of the purchased trench coat, as in this bizarre game without system space, his previous books were sold at a lower price.

At most, he could only carry four or five useful ones, for which he needed to refer to the livestream playback for the others.

”Mr. Baiyi.” He slightly bowed, showing courteousness.

Though this world wasn’t overly concerned with etiquette, showing some respect was harmless; when not looking at the barrage, Guard Brigade already could treat the locals as more than NPCs.

[Baiyi’s affinity +1.]

Baiyi nodded in satisfaction, no wonder he was his favorite streamer from his past life; not only did he teach him a lot of knowledge, but he was also truly a top-tier player.

Thinking of what he was about to do, he felt a twinge of guilt, but quickly brushed it off.

”Hmm, I remember you said that the Marvels have something like a network allowing communications, right?” Baiyi inquired with a smile.

”Yes, we can indeed communicate,” Guard Brigade nodded, answering truthfully.

”Great, I was wondering if you could do me a favor?” Baiyi said, and a prompt appeared on his panel.

[Detected task condition formation, would you like to issue the task?]

Guard Brigade’s face lit up with joy, ”Of course, it would be our honor.”

”Here’s the thing, I’ve discovered a relic containing a vast Power of Contract, and I’ve observed that the Power of Contract has no effect on your Marvel, so I’d like you to help me find something inside....”

Baiyi said as he fiddled with his panel.

[Issuer: Hero of Glory Baiyi.

Task Type Selection: Multiplayer Task.

Set Task Reward: No Experience Value, Gold Coin +200.

Set success, task issued.]

With Baiyi’s confirmation, two million of the two hundred and seven thousand on his account turned red, and the seven thousand were separated independently, locked by the panel; as soon as players completed the task, the Gold Coins would be debited directly.

Meanwhile, Guard Brigade also received the task.

[Task: Contract Relic.

Task Attribute: Multiplayer Task.

Task Description: Rally as many players as possible, assist Baiyi in exploring the mysterious relic, and bring out the ancient artifacts from within.

Task Reward: Gold Coin +200.

Failure Penalty: None.

Participating Players: 1/10000

Player Gathering Time: 2 days 23 hours 59 minutes....

Public Mode: You can invite other players in any form, players accepting the task can also send invites to any player.]

Guard Brigade’s eyes lit up, even though the only reward was Gold Coins, the Gold Coins represented an amount players couldn’t dare to dream of; for players not particularly well-off, it’s twenty thousand RMB!