It was 6: 10 in the morning.
Zhao Mingwei was in the stronghold of Viva Nuclear Guild … Not only was he in the stronghold of Viva Nuclear Guild, but Mo Shigui had given him the rights to manage the stronghold.
What made Zhao Mingwei feel the most helpless was that everyone in Viva Nuclear Guild agreed with this decision. They were even shouting, "Master Xiao, why don't you join our guild?", "How about you join our Viva Nuclear Guild for the next season?"
Zhao Mingwei could only smile bitterly in the face of the enthusiasm of the Viva Nuclear Guild members.
If Zhao Mingwei was three or four years younger, he might have impulsively joined Viva Nuclear Club for the championship.
After all, Viva Nuclear Club was the strongest club in China. If he joined, he would have the confidence to challenge for the world championship again.
However, Zhao Mingwei did not want to treat fighting as his job anymore. Just like how his fans scolded him, "You've already won the championship, hurry up and retire."
In the Holy Ghost game, Zhao Mingwei experienced the joy that he had not experienced for a long time. No one urged him to do something, but he wanted to do something in the game.
Although Zhao Mingwei knew some of the truth about the game, he still enjoyed the process of playing the Holy Ghost.
Zhao Mingwei was currently sitting on the watchtower that Viva Nuclear Guild had temporarily built, reading up on a guide.
Zhao Mingwei could only be considered a god in this game because of his mechanics, but to be a true god, one had to have a thorough understanding of the game.
The Holy Ghost update was too fast, especially the stronghold system update. It might have turned a lot of players who were considered gods of the Holy Ghost into noobs.
However, Zhao Mingwei did not care much about the management of the stronghold. After all, the manager of the stronghold was Yu Zhongqu, and he himself was just a figurehead.
Now that most of the elite management of Viva Nuclear Guild had gone offline, the end of the Labor Day holiday signaled the arrival of the summer tournament. The first match of the summer tournament would begin in three days.
The first match was between Viva Nuclear Guild and The Monarch Descends Dynasty.
Mo Shigui was the coach of Viva Nuclear Guild, so he would not have much time to devote to the Holy Ghost game after the match began. On the other hand, Zhao Mingwei, who was a substitute, had a lot of free time.
In order to figure out the Holy Spirit settlement system, Zhao Mingwei was busy reading guides on the forum.
After the Holy Spirit's settlement system went online, the forum exploded. As soon as Zhao Mingwei refreshed the page, he saw one or two posts praising the Holy Spirit. There were also a bunch of posts asking how to play the settlement system and how to showcase their work.
[After establishing a stronghold today, I feel like a different game.] Poster: Mo Dao Swordsman.
"The blueprint of the guild tavern in the settlement!
Everyone, come and enjoy my work. "
Poster: Guqiu March.
Zhao Mingwei glanced at these posts, closed them, and then refreshed them … until Zhao Mingwei refreshed to a new post.
"This game has been secretly updated again!
A talent market has been added to the settlement's default construction list! "
Poster: Frontline reporter.
Talent market?
Zhao Mingwei swiped his fingers and the main menu of the game appeared on his fingertips. Zhao Mingwei clicked on it and entered the settlement construction mode.
A bunch of windows popped up. The Stronghold's attributes were the most eye-catching. There was also a row of default buildings below the Stronghold.
These buildings were prepared by the system for bad players. For example, the beginner city walls, beginner wooden houses, and some functional buildings were also included.
For example, there was a newly updated building called the talent market.
This building looked like a carriage shop in the beginner settlement. It didn't look big. Zhao Mingwei quickly browsed through the talent market's attributes.
[Beginner Talent Market]
[Building (Normal)]
[Description: A carriage that can recruit talents from the Otherworld or the Holy Spirit's original world.]
[Effect: Recruit NPCs to assist in the construction of the settlement.]
[Construction Requirement: 40 lumber.]
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This was a free beginner building.
Zhao Mingwei turned his gaze to the inside of the settlement. Before Mo Shigui went offline, he roughly divided the settlement into the mining area, the planting area, and the blank area.
The planting area was used to grow various herbs needed for concocting potions. The pharmacist in charge of the planting area, Lazy, was still online.
Zhao Mingwei flipped and landed on the ground. He walked toward Lazy, who was sprinkling pesticide on a bunch of vines in the planting area.
"How long have you been sprinkling pesticide here?"
Zhao Mingwei looked at the female pharmacist. She was one of the few real girls in the Vivacious Nuclear Guild.
"Master Xiao?
This isn't pesticide. This is an HP potion. It's sold by the NPC in the game. "
Lazy shook the water bottle in her hand. She was also one of the few people who could remain calm after knowing Zhao Mingwei's true identity.
"Can the HP potion in the game be used as fertilizer?"
Zhao Mingwei looked at the vines growing in the planting area. This plant was called blood thorn grass. It was an essential ingredient for concocting HP potions.
Lazy's other profession was a botanist. The pleasure of being a botanist was … When the level of the botanist was high, the herbs they planted could mutate. They could undergo all kinds of interesting mutations. Their effects would increase, their effects would change, and they could even mutate into man-eating flowers.
"It's not fertilizer. It's f * cking here again!
Master Xiao, do you see the debuff below? "Lazy suddenly became a little irritable.
Zhao Mingwei looked at the debuff below the blood thorn grass.
Slight crystallization 1%.
"F * ck!"
Lazy angrily poured the HP potion on the herb that had the crystallization debuff. The debuff flickered and disappeared in an instant.
"Farming in the stronghold is more troublesome than farming in my manor. The plants that are planted may have this debuff every few minutes. At first, I can use the HP potion to remove it, but when it exceeds 10%, there is no way to remove it," Lazy said and spat angrily.
Lazy spat angrily. Zhao Mingwei could understand her discomfort. The repetitive process in the game was always the most boring.
"Maybe I can hire an NPC to help?"
Zhao Mingwei looked at the mining area in the distance. The various machines that Xia Shan was making were still tirelessly smelting steel.
Xia Shan couldn't take it anymore and went to sleep two hours ago. Logically speaking, Lazy should have gone to sleep too, but she couldn't stand the fact that her plants were crystallized.
“NPC？
Since when can we hire NPCs in this game? "Lazy didn't have time to read the forum.
"Yu Zhongqu has already built the building to recruit NPCs." Zhao Mingwei pointed at an empty area not far away. Yu Zhongqu had already placed the talent market on the ground.
He was thinking about the same thing as Zhao Mingwei.
"Can we really recruit NPCs?"
Lazy's curiosity was also piqued. The other active players in the stronghold of the Leaping Core Guild also gathered at the talent market.
"Who wants to come?"
Yu Zhongqu pointed at the counter. No one was using the counter, but there were five very eye-catching pieces of white paper.
When Zhao Mingwei approached the talent market, a new window popped up. Under the window, there was a conspicuous "Refresh Candidates" option, and there was a "Free" sign behind the window.
"Old Yu, let me try?"
Little Feather didn't go offline. He had been busy planning the stronghold and the construction of the wall all day. As a veteran construction player, he was so excited that he didn't want to sleep.
"This seems to be a gamble!
Little Feather, is it okay for you to draw cards every time you play? "Mama Barking said.
Little Feather didn't answer. He reached out and tapped on the "Refresh Candidates" button. Then, he said, "Wow!
Gold … Normal. "
Suddenly, words and character photos appeared on the five pieces of white paper. Zhao Mingwei gave them a cursory glance. The average level of these five NPCs was only Level 5, and they were all from the Holy Spirit World. Their introductions did mention some of their Profession Skills.
The most eye-catching one was the "N" rarity at the bottom.
"Oh my god!
I'm dying of laughter. I can't even draw a guaranteed blue card! "
Mama Barking said as he looked at the row of NPCs with "N" rarity. "These are dog food in a game with pay-to-win. They might not even be as good as dog food."
"Then you go!" Little Feather was a little irritated by Mama Barking's mockery.
"I'll go, I'll go."
Mama Barking clicked on the "Refresh Candidates" option again. The second click required three Normal quality mother crystals. This was not a high price for Mama Barking.
Then there was … the blue sky and white clouds.
Zhao Mingwei took another look. There were four "N" rarity NPCs and one "R" rarity NPC.
N meant a very normal character, and R meant a rare character. This was the evil rating that most pay-to-win games had. Logically speaking, he should be able to recruit a super rare SR character and an epic rare SSR character.
"There's at least a blue card!
Did Old Yu recruit him? "Mama Barking asked.
The R character was clearly marked as a character from another world. He was Level 34, and his specialty was blacksmithing. However, there was no shortage of powerful blacksmiths in the guild, and his combat level was not as high as the players.
What Zhao Mingwei cared about was the mark of his crystal species.
"Master Xiao, little lucky hand," Yu Zhongqu said to Zhao Mingwei.
The only designated lucky hand player of the Leap Nuclear Guild, Fluffy Rabbit … had already gone offline, so they could only find a lucky hand from another guild. In Yu Zhongqu's impression, Zhao Mingwei's luck was quite good.
"Then I'll try."
Zhao Mingwei reached out his hand and tapped to refresh the candidates again. The second refresh required six normal-grade mother crystals.
There were exactly six normal-grade mother crystals in his backpack. After these mother crystals were thrown into the talent market, the five candidates refreshed again.
This time, there was a deep purple flash!
"A purple card?
And it's a beautiful short-haired girl!
Master Xiao is awesome, "someone shouted excitedly.
Zhao Mingwei looked at the first candidate. It was also a person from another world, and its rarity was SR. Just by looking at the list of skills, specialties, and potential, it meant that this character was not simple.
"Do you want to refresh again?
Maybe there'll be an SSR, "Mama Barking encouraged.
"This one."
Yu Zhongqu immediately made a decision. He knew that Lazy was a bit exhausted from taking care of the herb garden, and this NPC just happened to know how to garden.
Zhao Mingwei clicked on the SR NPC, and the recruitment conditions were shown below.
'Temporary recruitment: 1 gold coin/day, favorability with the settlement not lower than -10, current favorability 0, maximum recruitment time 30 days.'
'Permanent recruitment: 500 gold coins, favorability with the settlement higher than 100.'
"And it's rented?"
Someone seemed a bit discouraged. For a male-dominated guild like Viking Nucleus, having a few beautiful girls in the settlement was a pleasing thing. Fluffy Bunnies did not count.
"You want to hire someone to sell yourself?
Master Xiao, this money is directly from our guild's funds. Let's sign for ten days first, "Mama Barking said.
Zhao Mingwei chose to hire for ten days. In real life, the price was … a monthly salary of ten thousand dollars to hire this girl.
'I hope this money is worth it …' Zhao Mingwei watched as a beam of light formed by mana appeared in the talent market. A teleportation array appeared, and a figure slowly walked out of it.
"Someone's looking for me so soon?
Who's my employer? "
A girl with short black hair and red eyes walked out of the teleportation circle. Her voice was full of energy and excitement.
The members of the Leaping Nuclear Guild all took a step back, pushing Zhao Mingwei out.
Zhao Mingwei had no choice but to raise his hand.
"Okay!
Fight me first. "She looked at Zhao Mingwei and said.
"Are you sure?"
Zhao Mingwei looked at her level. She was only level 36. At this level … Zhao Mingwei could kill her with a Qi Wave.