[System Announcement: Novice village buildings remaining at 10%, NPC survival rate at 10%, Novice village chief deceased, village defense battle failed!]
[System Announcement: All players in Longshan Village, all attributes -1.]
[System Announcement: Longshan Village has been erased from the map, Longshan Village ruins.]
With Longshan Village transitioning from a novice village to Longshan Village ruins, the map restrictions were lifted.
Since it was no longer a novice village, Chu Fu and the others, who were over level 10, could freely enter the area.
Shen Chi, piloting a mech, took the lead and reached the village in less than half a minute.
This time, they arrived a bit more promptly.
The village had just been breached, with only 10% of the NPCs remaining, still engaged in battle with wild beasts.
By the time the roar of the mech arrived, there were only a little over four thousand players left in Longshan Village, who had just fled the novice village and hadn't yet reached the foot of the mountain.
The village was overwhelmed by a tide of beasts, with more monsters continuously squeezing in.
At that moment, a patch of red mist descended from the sky.
The scarlet mist fell into the beast tide. The surging, roaring beasts seemed to freeze, falling to the ground with agonizing cries.
Then, like a single drop of water falling onto the surface of a calm lake, ripples spread out, sweeping through the beast tide.
The beasts writhed, screamed, and prostrated themselves, their movements growing sluggish, losing all of their former ferocity.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the NPC villagers fought back fiercely, managing to carve out a glimmer of hope.
The mist was clearly spreading, yet it avoided them, causing them no harm at all.
"A powerful awakened one has come to save us!"
As for the not-so-powerful awakened ones, it was obvious who they were referring to.
With a light laugh, Chu Fu landed in the village.
[Suture Saint] immediately activated Suture Technique to begin treating Longshan Village's chief.
As she performed the Suture Technique, [Thousand Hands Savior] activated as well, accelerating the speed of her stitching. Even several nearby NPCs were also revived.
The three thousand members of the Thorn Guild helped transport the bodies, moving all the NPCs around the village to the chief’s residence.
The village had a total of 300 NPCs, all arranged neatly.
The remaining people repaired the buildings and set up new traps.
Shen Chi, on the other hand, used a large-scale vacuum cleaner to suck up all the copper coins and equipment, preventing a repeat of what happened last time.
Chu Fu was also busy.
The village only needed defense from the east and west directions. Chu Fu set up plant traps behind the village.
55 units of Clinging Vines could cover a range of 275 meters, which was exactly the width of the village.
This filled the Thorn Guild members with a sense of security.
All they had to do was output from behind the Clinging Vines, while the monsters trapped by them became easy targets.
With such a powerful intervention, the Longshan Village players who were originally trying to flee were utterly dumbfounded.
There were reinforcements?
It had only been 2 minutes since the village was destroyed.
A new announcement appeared!
[System Announcement: Longshan Village defenses meet standards.]
[System Announcement: Novice village major event, Longshan Village Counterattack Battle initiated!
All players entering the Longshan Village area, by killing monsters or completing logistics tasks, can earn contribution points.]
Jiang Yixing and the others, who hadn't gone too far yet, all stopped in their tracks.
In fact, they had already been standing and staring dumbfounded for a long time.
They were all playing the same game.
Why did the combat power and discipline differ so much?
A flicker of astonishment passed through Jiang Yixing's eyes.
"Yixing, should we still leave?" a middle-aged woman beside Jiang Yixing asked.
Her eyes were sharp and fierce, but when she spoke to Jiang Yixing, her tone was gentle.
She was Jiang Yixing's agent, ID: Mia.
Of course, it was Mia who handled the money-making schemes; Jiang Yixing always remained innocent and pure.
"Of course, we need to go back and help too!"
Jiang Yixing began scheming in his mind.
Of the six monsters they had fought earlier, the team had let Jiang Yixing's group land the final blow each time. Now that the counterattack had started, there were three more waves of monsters to take down—that meant another 12 free attribute points.
The gap was huge.
He wanted them badly.
Not only that, but he believed his talent could make Plantman fall for him. Plantman looked like just a middle school kid.
At that age, they loved flowery pretty boys and male celebrities most of all.
Seducing him would be a piece of cake.
Once he joined Plantman's team, with their top-tier equipment, he'd reap plenty of benefits after the server merge—getting access to dungeon instances, taking down bosses, and more.
As for any feud between Longhan Studio and Plantman, he had no clue.
He was simply confident in his own talent.
Soon, Jiang Yixing found Chu Fu standing by the East Gate.
"Hello, Plant Master, thank you for coming to rescue Dragon Mountain Village. Our Star Alliance will always remember your kindness."
"In the future, when we get to the town, with just our two guilds, I hope we won't fight and kill each other. I hope for peaceful coexistence, fair competition, and even better—cooperation!"
"Oh, and can you add me to your party? I have skills that can grant you buffs and help you in battle."
As he spoke, he casually glanced at Suture Saint.
"Your healer is amazing, too, but she's busy resurrecting NPCs and can't fight with you. Let me take her place and help you out!"
He was confident Chu Fu would agree.
Because his charm talent was enough to boost any player's favorability toward him. No one could refuse him.
Suture Saint had been busy stitching up an NPC's corpse, but now she suddenly lifted her head, staring in their direction.
Danger!!!
How could some shameless jerk try to steal her spot on the team?!
She immediately typed in the team chat, since saying it out loud would let everyone nearby hear.
[Suture Saint]: That shameless pretty boy wants me to leave just to give him my place! How dare he have such a big face!
[Suture Saint]: Plant Girl, did you take your awaken potion? Don't agree to him no matter what!
[Suture Saint]: Shameless bootlicker of the capitalists, trying to seduce our leader.
[Jiao Jiao Not Spoiled]: Wow, I think he's really handsome. Some of his requests are pretty reasonable!
Suture Saint could hardly believe it.
[Suture Saint]: Jiao Jiao, snap out of it! Did you take the potion? Are you not on your meds?
[Jiao Jiao Not Spoiled]: I took it, I took it! But isn't it normal for him to talk about peaceful coexistence?
[Who Calls Me Blind]: Jiao Jiao's spirit attribute is too low, and she might just be a lookist. Jiao Jiao, you're so shallow!
[Jiao Jiao Not Spoiled]: No, I'm not! I'm not a lookist. I'm just being honest. I really am not a lookist.
[Rocket on a Wheelchair]: Double negative equals affirmative.
Chu Fu saw what the team chat was saying and realized how truly terrifying Jiang Yixing was.
[Who Wants to Be a Plantman]: Send Jiao Jiao to the West Side. Keep her away from here.
Soon, Shen Chi came and took Jiao Jiao away. Fortunately, as a mechanic, Shen Chi needed some mana to build machinery, so he had also invested in spirit attributes. Plus, like Jiang Yixing, he was a straight man, so he was naturally less affected by the aura.
Xie Lin was purely a prodigy of talent; his insight could see through everything.
Chu Fu looked at Jiang Yixing, her eyes showing neither admiration, appreciation, nor curiosity. Instead, they were filled with calm detachment and formality.
"There's no need for gratitude. We're here to earn contribution points too."
"A fair competition between two guilds is no problem. But I'm worried that after you fail to secure resources, you'll go back on your word and attack us."
"As for you joining our team, that's completely unnecessary. Our team doesn't exactly lack a healer."
Jiang Yixing's smile froze.
