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11pm, hot pot restaurant downstairs.

As usual, in order to celebrate Xinghe Rugu's successful establishment in New Kyushu, everyone came downstairs for dinner again at Xia Zhilan's strong request.

The atmosphere was originally very harmonious.

But when talking about the main plot mission that Lin Yue received as the city lord, Xia Zhilan, who rarely expressed her opinions, actually took advantage of the alcohol brought by half a bottle of beer and said these words loudly-

"No! I don't agree with Brother Fan's opinion! The Katori Cult is too bad! They actually used the villagers as cannon fodder. I will never join such a bad organization!"

This is the first time that Xia Zhilan opposed Li Qianfan's opinion.

The reason is very simple.

As a three-good beautiful girl in the new century, Xia Zhilan could not accept the bad behavior of the Katori Cult to drive the villagers as cannon fodder, so when Li Qianfan suggested that the Katori Cult could be chosen as the main force, Xia Zhilan exploded on the spot.

When facing other problems, Xia Zhilan's innocence may make her look a little silly.

But once it comes to issues of principle such as good and evil, she will immediately become a moral judge and give her firm opinion on the spot.

In her cognition, those who oppress the people must be bad people.

Since the Katori sect dares to use the people as cannon fodder, it means that the Katori sect is definitely the worst of the bad.

For this girl who will cry when she sees a tree die, it is undoubtedly harder than climbing to the sky to let her join the bad guys.

So even though Li Qianfan's wording is very euphemistic and the reasons are sufficient, Xia Zhilan still firmly expresses her attitude-

No, absolutely not.

In fact, throughout the dynasties, it is a very common thing to use the people or prisoners as cannon fodder in wars.

Even Liu Bei, who has always been praised as a benevolent and righteous monarch, indirectly exploited the people by issuing "Zhi Bai Qian" in the 19th year of Jian'an.

Although Liu Bei was forced to do so at the time, it at least shows that benevolence and morality are indeed not feasible in war.

If you want to achieve great things, you can't try to win the war through a "non-violent non-cooperation movement" like Gandhi, right?

This is simply a big joke.

Li Qianfan didn't expect that a survival mission would bring such a big stimulus to Xia Zhilan, so when he heard Xia Zhilan's objection, he immediately looked at Lin Yue with helplessness.

In this case, only Lin Yue could persuade her...

"Lanlan, don't worry, listen to me first, the landlord's suggestion actually makes sense..."

Maybe Xia Zhilan also realized that her reaction was a bit excessive, so she took a deep breath and nodded obediently:

"Sister Lin, you say, I'm listening."

"You see, the new Jiuzhou is not the same as the old Jiuzhou. The official arranged a survival mission for us right away, in fact, to make us deeply aware that we are now in troubled times..."

...

The mere survival mission is obviously not a problem for Xinghe Rugu, which has already taken shape.

It wasn't even Xinghe Rugu's turn to play, and the group of screaming passers-by successfully repelled the tentative attack of Katori Cult.

Through this task, the official successfully created a game atmosphere of "life is worthless in troubled times", but it also triggered Xia Zhilan's resistance.

If Xia Zhilan was just an ordinary passer-by player, it would be fine.

How she wants to play depends on her personal preference. The official has set up so many ways to play, and she doesn't have to complete the main quest to continue playing. Can't she find a way to play that makes her happy?

Xia Zhilan's thoughts are sometimes very simple, so she didn't realize it at all...

She is no longer an ordinary player, and this game is not something she can play as she wants.

After all, there is the entire Xinghe Rugu standing behind her.

The guild belongs to everyone, not just her.

As a core member of Xinghe Rugu, the first thing to consider is not personal preference, but collective interests.

This is also the fundamental reason why Lin Yue chose to stand on Li Qianfan's side instead of her side.

Because Lin Yue knew very well...

Every word Li Qianfan said just now was actually a conclusion drawn after careful consideration.

As the only guild with the "gang flag" at this stage, Xinghe Rugu did have a good start.

But this does not mean that they can relax.

The new version means a new journey.

Building a gang is just the first step, and there is still a long way to go.

After the player comes to New Kyushu, he will officially start to participate in the main storyline.

Since it is called the main storyline, it is natural that the several major forces that have appeared at present cannot be avoided.Forces, such as --

The Katori sect representing the righteous army, the imperial court representing the orthodox imperial power, the princes representing the local forces, and those hidden forces that have not yet been discovered by the players.

The current Great Xia Jiuzhou is actually like the Three Kingdoms in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Players suddenly come to this era, and the first thing to do is to choose a force to join.

What is the saying?

'Life choices are often greater than efforts. '

If Xinghe Rugu wants to stay in the leading position, he has to choose the right direction to work hard.

So the question is...

There are so many forces in Jiuzhou, which force should I choose to join?

Lin Yue doesn't know the situation in other states, but she knows the situation in Lanzhou very well.

Because Lanzhou was originally one of the main activity areas of the Katori sect. After the collapse of the Great Xia court, the Katori sect, which lost its checks and balances, instantly spread like cancer cells and swept across the entire Lanzhou.

It is no exaggeration to say that if players still want to continue to mix in Lanzhou, the best choice is undoubtedly to join the Katori sect.

Otherwise, not only will the mission be extremely difficult, but even when you go out to do the mission, you are very likely to be disturbed and hunted by players or NPCs of hostile forces.

And this is the fundamental reason why Li Qianfan suggested choosing to join the Katori Sect.

Otherwise, because Xinghe Rugu is not on good terms with the Katori Sect, the Katori Sect will occasionally attack the city with monsters. Who can bear that?

Because the 1.0 version was not opened during the internal test, at this stage, except for Li Qianfan, no one knows what forces Kyushu can choose.

As the official said in the update log-

The official will not disclose any information, and everything is left to the players to explore.

Although Li Qianfan did not make trouble behind the Katori Sect in the previous version, when the "Heroes Fighting for the Deer" version was opened, he was the first person to jump out and propose to join the Katori Sect.

As far as Li Qianfan knows, there are at least 18 forces in the "Heroes Fighting for the Deer" version, which is nicknamed "Eighteen Princes" by players.

Among them, the strength of Katori Cult can at least be ranked in the top three.

And this is also the fundamental reason why Yibeizhujiu is obsessed with Katori Cult.

Of course, with the openness of "Heart of Condemnation", even if players want to create their own forces, it is possible.

For example, isn't Li Qianfan's Black Wind Village a small force?

But the premise is...

Can the forces created by players really survive in such a complex situation?

You know, this is a full-scale war led by NPCs, not a small fight between players.

Once the war starts, in addition to the NPCs related to the force, the players belonging to the force will also participate in the war. At that time, the total number of participants on both sides will probably be tens of millions...

In the final analysis, New Kyushu is actually like a super-large-scale battlefield of forces.

Whoever can survive to the end can rebuild a new dynasty on the ruins of Daxia Kyushu!

…

After Lin Yue’s patient persuasion, Xia Zhilan softened her attitude for the sake of the overall situation, but she was still unable to accept this fact.

Seeing her unhappy face, Li Qianfan was silent for a while, and then suddenly pretended to be casual and said:

"By the way, I heard Zhushenwuwo say that the Katori sect actually has two branches..."

Hearing this, Lin Yue immediately understood what he meant, so he quickly replied: "Oh? Which two branches?"

"Because there is no way to verify it, I declare first that this news is not authentic..."

"It's okay, just say it, just treat it as a small talk..."

"Okay, then I won't keep you in suspense..."

At this point, Li Qianfan deliberately paused.

Seeing that Xia Zhilan looked like she was interested but didn't want to answer because she was angry, he couldn't help laughing:

"It's like this, there are nine levels of teaching in the Katori Sect, from the first level of sentient beings to the ninth level of lotus platform, the higher the level, the greater the power..."

"Under normal circumstances, whether it is a player or an NPC, they need to accumulate merits and then be promoted step by step..."

"And above the ninth level of lotus platform, there is a saint who governs everything..."

"After research and analysis by the Intelligence Department of the Gods Guild, it can now be basically confirmed that the so-called saint is actually the founder of the Katori Sect..."

All of the above are real dry goods. If you don't raise the reputation of the Katori Sect to a certain level, you can't know these inside stories at all.

This is not the first time that Li Qianfan has used the Gods Wuwo as a shield, so Lin Yue didn't doubt him after hearing it, but nodded and asked:

"Then what? Is there any connection between these and the two branches you mentioned?”

“Here’s the key point…”

“The Katori sect was founded by the Saint, but no one knows the Saint’s true identity…”

How smart is Lin Yue?

Almost the moment she heard this, she reacted -

“I understand. If no one knows, it means it can be faked… So you mean that there may be more than one Saint in the Katori sect? !”

“Yes! ”

This is what Li Qianfan admires the most.

Smart people understand things immediately, and there is no need to explain them in great detail.

“I said to the gods that they have combined all the current clues and can basically conclude now…”

“There are actually two saints, and their styles of doing things are completely different…”

“The first-generation saint’s style of doing things is gentle and compassionate, and she mainly recruits believers through disaster relief and other means…”

“The second-generation saint’s style of doing things is more eccentric and violent. The arrest of villagers as cannon fodder was probably ordered by her…”

If Xia Zhilan still doesn’t understand what has been said, then she is a pure brainless saint.

Therefore, after hesitating for a while, she couldn’t help but continue:

“So what you mean, Brother Fan…is that we are not going to rely on the second-generation saint, but the first-generation saint?”

“Yes.”

“The second-generation saint is so bad, can’t the first-generation saint control her? ”

“I don’t know about that…”

Seeing that Xia Zhilan was no longer so resistant to the Katori Cult, Li Qianfan shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he didn’t know the inside story.

After all, there must be a limit to cheating, right?

The identity of the saint can directly affect the direction of the main storyline.

Even if the shield of the gods is big, it can’t be so big, right?

It’s enough to stop here, and the rest is up to the players to explore on their own...

So, after listening to Li Qianfan’s spoilers, Lin Yue thought about it for a while, and then made a corresponding decision. Work arrangements:

"There are many things to do in the new version. In addition to maintaining the daily operation of the guild, we must also improve ourselves as soon as possible..."

"How about this, I will post an announcement on the bulletin board tomorrow..."

"If you don't object, Lanlan, then we will follow the landlord's wishes and temporarily list the first-generation saint of the Katori Church as the main target of the Xinghe Rugu strategy, and strive to open the main storyline related to it as soon as possible..."

"As long as the quest line of the first-generation saint can be opened, the problem you are worried about will naturally not appear again..."

"Do you think this is okay?"

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