Online game: Hanging out in the beauty studio

Maybe because of the company of Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan, Xia Zhilan was very happy all the way.

She looked so happy that she looked like she was going on vacation, so Li Qianfan had to remind her from behind:

"Lanlan, slow down, New Jiuzhou is different from before, there are question mark monsters everywhere, you'd better be careful!"

"Don't worry, I won't run around! I just want to see what changes there are..."

On horseback, Xia Zhilan laughed and turned back to respond, then pointed to the woods in the distance and continued:

"I remember there is a town behind the woods, and there is a river in the town, with small bridges, flowing water and houses, very beautiful! Yanyan, let's go, let's take pictures!"

When is the most leisurely and relaxed time for players? It must be when they are upgrading and doing tasks.

Only during this period will players feel every detail of the game with their heart.

Because once players reach the maximum level, they need to do more things.

Equipment, skills, tasks, dungeons, secondary jobs, materials, power, reputation, gangs, battlefields...

It seems that there is no specific goal, but in fact, there are goals everywhere.

When people are busy, they naturally have no time to enjoy life.

And this is the fundamental reason why Xia Zhilan seems so relaxed.

For ordinary players, New Jiuzhou is indeed full of dangers.

For example, the Black Stone Camp, which was previously guarded by the Black Stone City garrison, has now become a den occupied by the rebel army and bandits, and the official road from Black Stone City to Qingshui Town is occupied by countless bandits, with a posture of "this mountain is opened by me, this tree is planted by me".

The player is only level 60, but the monsters outside are at least level 62, and they are all elite monsters.

Therefore, tasks such as "clearing the Black Stone Camp" and "clearing the official road" naturally become the main tasks of Black Stone City players in the early stage.

To put it bluntly, the major main cities in Jiuzhou are actually the novice villages of the current version.

After the player is teleported to a main city, he should use the main city as a base, and then slowly upgrade and expand his range of activities.

In terms of personal strength, Xia Zhilan is indeed not as good as many passers-by players, but she has someone behind her...

Under the joint protection of Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan, Xia Zhilan is like an invincible cheat. She can go wherever she wants along the way, just like she is out for a trip.

Compared with the sweet and lovely Xia Zhilan, Shen Jiayan is more or less aggressive.

Although she also met Xia Zhilan through Lin Yue, it does not mean that the relationship between the two of them is not good.

On the contrary, compared with Li Qianfan, who would persuade and educate Xia Zhilan from time to time, Shen Jiayan is basically obedient to Xia Zhilan.

If Xia Zhilan says she wants to go west, then Shen Jiayan will definitely not go east.

It's not that Shen Jiayan has no opinion, but because she dotes on Xia Zhilan too much.

If Lin Yue is an old mother who worries about everything, then Shen Jiayan is a big sister who obeys her younger sister.

It is precisely because of this that Xia Zhilan is obviously much more lively this time than the last time she went to Qinling.

There is a novice town similar to Qingshui Town not far ahead.

This place is located in the north of Lanzhou, not far from the Lianyun Plank Road, so it is not the sphere of influence of the Katori Cult.

Xia Zhilan passed by here when she was on a mission before.

At that time, she was deeply attracted by the scenery here, but because she had a mission at the time, she did not stay for long.

This time, passing by this town again, naturally, I have to appreciate it.

So, Xia Zhilan turned around and greeted the two people, and then rushed to the town not far away impatiently.

What she didn't expect was...

Before she got close to the town, she smelled a burnt smell from a distance.

After she walked through the forest path and came to a hillside above the town, Xia Zhilan was stunned by the scene in front of her-

The once prosperous town had been ruthlessly destroyed by the war and turned into a ruin.

The broken walls and ruins were filled with a strong smell of burning.

The bluestone street that ran from east to west through the entire town was now buried by gravel, rubble, and charred wood.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, as if it was also sad about the town's experience.

A gust of wind blew, bringing a little chill, and the shaking leaves in the forest seemed to be wailing for it.

"This..."

It must be said that using war as the background of the story and erasing many unnecessary low-level towns is indeed a very reasonable way.

It is precisely because it is too reasonable that Xia Zhilan has not come back to her senses for a long time.

When I was in school, I once learned such a classical Chinese article-—Du Mu of Tang Dynasty, Fu of Afang Palace.

There is a sentence in it: ‘The Chu people burned it down, pitiful scorched earth! ’

In just eight words, it seems to reflect the fire that burned for three whole months.

Xia Zhilan is a very emotional person, so when she saw this scene, her eyes suddenly turned red.

Just when she was standing on the hillside in a daze, several skinny victims suddenly found her, and they squeezed towards her.

“Girl, please be kind and save us…”

Faced with this scene, even though Xia Zhilan knew that they were just NPCs in the game, she couldn’t help but open her backpack and prepare to take some food to them.

Because she was busy checking her backpack, Xia Zhilan didn’t notice...

As soon as she turned her head, the names of several victims suddenly turned red.

— Hostility!

“Lanlan, be careful!”

Fortunately, Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan were not too far away from her.

Therefore, at the moment when the victims attacked Xia Zhilan, a sharp arrow shot from a distance.

The sudden arrow frightened the victims, so they instantly scattered like birds and beasts, leaving Xia Zhilan standing there in a daze.

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago? In order to simulate reality as much as possible, all the NPCs we meet on the road may attack you..."

"You can try to imagine if you were in ancient times, and in troubled times..."

"If a clean and beautiful girl like you suddenly ran to a refugee camp alone, what do you think should happen next?"

"Maybe they were not bad people originally, but in order to survive in the world, they could only attack all living things in front of them like crazy..."

"There is a sentence in the history book: In a year of great famine, people eat each other, which is what it means..."

Li Qianfan was also afraid that Xia Zhilan would encounter this situation in the future, so he said a few more words.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Zhilan seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and immediately couldn't help lying on the horse's back and retching.

"Why are you telling her this?!"

Seeing this, Shen Jiayan glared at Li Qianfan speechlessly, and then hurried to Xia Zhilan to comfort her.

There was no way, who made them live in such a beautiful era now?

In addition, Xia Zhilan was a person with strong empathy, so Li Qianfan's words immediately pulled her into that chaotic era.

There was a great famine in the year, and people ate each other.

Just six short words, but they told the sorrow of the lower-class people in ancient times...

...

After such a small episode, Xia Zhilan obviously became much quieter.

Shen Jiayan also saw that she was not in a good mood, so she simply rode a horse with her, chatting with her while rushing on the road to relieve her emotions.

Speaking of which, it really can't be blamed on Xia Zhilan for being hypocritical.

If you want to blame, you can only blame this game for being too real.

So many players always mistakenly think that this game is not actually a game, but a link to a real world.

The so-called login is actually a time travel, so they are not playing games at all, but experiencing another life...

People with strong empathy are usually sentimental.

People with weak empathy often appear to be a little heartless.

Two people with completely different personalities will naturally have very different perspectives on things.

Everything in the game is fake, but the experience and feelings that the game brings to the players are real...

In the eyes of others, Xia Zhilan may be a typical "troublemaker" and "troublemaker".

But in Li Qianfan's view, isn't strong empathy an advantage?

And this is the fundamental reason why Xia Zhilan can become the group's favorite.

Let's get back to the topic.

In order to prevent Xia Zhilan from seeing that kind of tragic scene again, Li Qianfan rode his horse in front intentionally or unintentionally after leaving the town.

Two hours later, the three-man team successfully crossed the Lianyun plank road and arrived in Ningzhou.

The situation in Ningzhou and Lanzhou was similar.

Along the way, there was a tragic scene ravaged by war.

The only difference was...

Ningzhou is mountainous, and Lanzhou is water-rich.

So when walking in Ningzhou, there are often high mountains on both sides.

The mountains are steep, and riding a horse on the winding and uneven mountain road gives you a feeling of wandering around the world like an ancient knight.

But just when Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan were chatting casually, trying to find a light topic to arouse Xia Zhilan's interest...

In the valley not far ahead, suddenlySuddenly, a team of fully armed soldiers came out.

"Are the three knights from Lanzhou?"

The leading NPC was called [Li Yunxiu], with a green name, and looked harmless.

As soon as they met, he clasped his fists and saluted the three people.

Seeing this, Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan couldn't help but look at each other, and immediately had a plan in their hearts.

Under normal circumstances, NPCs will not suddenly stop players on the official road, so it seems...

Have they triggered a special mission?

Li Qianfan had not intended to waste time doing the task here, but Shen Jiayan showed great interest, so he turned around and looked at Shen Jiayan. After seeing Shen Jiayan nodded, he clasped his fists and replied:

"That's right, I wonder what the general wants?"

"It's not a request, I just need help with a small matter..."

"General, please go ahead."

"This is what happened..."

It turned out that Li Yunxiu and his party were ordered by the emperor to come here to find a butterfly called [Charming Butterfly].

This butterfly mainly appears in the maple forest next to it.

Because of its fast flying speed, it is extremely difficult to catch, and Li Yunxiu and his party are big and strong soldiers, so they want to ask for help from passers-by, that is, players passing by here.

"I thought it triggered an adventure task, but it turned out to be just a leisure task..."

In the team channel, after listening to Li Yunxiu's introduction, Li Qianfan couldn't help but complain.

The so-called leisure tasks are actually some very interesting side quests, which are optional and are used to kill time.

In normal times, Li Qianfan would definitely not even look at it, but because Xia Zhilan was in a bad mood today, he and Shen Jiayan secretly discussed it and decisively chose to accept it.

After all, Li Yunxiu said that the charm butterfly was very beautiful, so catching butterflies to make Xia Zhilan happy was obviously a good way.

So, the bodyguard duo, who were known as the "No. 1 Master of Daxia Jiuzhou" and the "No. 1 Female Warrior of Xinghe Rugu", accompanied Xia Zhilan to do this obviously childish leisure task...

Although the task requirements were very childish, the final effect was very good.

Looking at the colorful charm butterfly in her hand, Xia Zhilan finally showed an extremely bright smile on her face again.

"What a beautiful butterfly, I have to take a photo as a souvenir!"

It only took twenty minutes to do this task.

After completing the task, the three of them mounted their horses and prepared to leave.

But just at this moment...

Li Yunxiu and the soldiers around him discussed quietly, and then hurriedly called the three people who were about to leave.

"Wait a minute, three heroes!"

As soon as this was said, not only Li Qianfan turned his head at the first time, but even Shen Jiayan also hurriedly turned his head to look behind him.

As expected.

At this time, the question mark on Li Yunxiu's head had changed from blue to green, that is -

Adventure mission!

"It turns out that catching butterflies is just a trigger... No wonder I haven't triggered an adventure mission before, maybe I haven't done too many leisure missions?"

From the time Li Qianfan entered the game until now, he has not encountered any adventure missions.

Adventure, you know?

The most common and important element in martial arts novels!

For example, Shen Jiayan's inheritance of Yihua Palace and Xia Zhilan's inheritance of Gumu Sect were triggered by adventure missions.

Li Qianfan never lacks legendary quests, but he lacks adventure quests.

Because this thing is unique, whether you can encounter it depends on luck.

People who have never triggered an adventure quest are not worthy of being called a little red man.

And this is also the fundamental reason why Li Qianfan always says that he has a bad face even though he has good luck...

For ordinary players, the importance of adventure quests is self-evident.

Therefore, the moment Xia Zhilan saw the green question mark, her mouth suddenly opened into an O shape.

After finally coming back to her senses, she was so excited that she couldn't even speak clearly-

"Brother Fan, why are you still standing there? Go quickly! Yanyan and I have both taken the adventure quests, and now you are the only one left!"

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