"I want to quit the guild!"
In the courtyard of the Divine Hunter's Manor within Dongjing Bianliang city, a cry filled with helplessness, sorrow, resentment, and anguish pierced through the sky.
This came from a player who had completed a series of difficult hidden quests, lodging his grievance against the pain-in-the-ass Hidden Sect, the Divine Hunters!
Would complaining do any good?
Don't forget what they do for a living!
In response to Ye Weiming's resignation request, Zhan Zhao said, "Resigning, of course, is not a problem. But having joined the Divine Hunters, you've already been branded an Imperial Watchdog in the eyes of the martial arts world. Almost no faction would be willing to take you in."
Ye Weiming: ...
"Even if you're luckily accepted, you'd be viewed with suspicion by all NPCs. All people's initial favorability towards you would be terrible, and the speed at which you raise NPC favorability in the future would be halved, no matter what quest you do. "
Ye Weiming: ...
"Of course, that's assuming you can get quests from them under such terrible favorability."
Ye Weiming: ...
Blinking, Zhan Zhao grinned like a wealth-inviting cat waving his right hand, "Are you sure you want to quit the Divine Hunters?"
Ye Weiming: "…Not sure."
What a catastrophe!
If it were another game, even if it was excellent, with Ye Weiming's short temper, he would definitely delete his account and quit playing. If I can't deal with it, can't I avoid it?
But the game "Eternal Chivalry" is special.
You may ask, what's special about it?
Because the human society in reality has entered the preliminary stage of the Great Cosmic Era and China has begun to send volunteering youths aged 18 to 25 to immigrate to other planets and join the construction and development of the Great Cosmic Era. Ten of the most advanced manned spacecrafts embarked simultaneously, with an estimated first batch of a million immigrants!
To reduce the energy consumption caused by years of space travel and minimize waste, all immigrants must enter the Good Health Storehouse in a semi-dormant state and spend their long journey time in a game.
Why must they play a game?
That's to ensure the brain activity of the passengers. If they become brain-dead or vegetative after several years of dormancy, it will defeat the purpose of interstellar immigration.
So, this is a game that you cannot log out from or delete accounts!
You can neither face it nor avoid it.
Before boarding, the official concealed all information about the game tightly, and only gave a rough outline of the game's background before logging in. Ye Weiming only found out then that it was a martial arts game. And as for the martial arts culture, once a popular and unique cultural system, Ye Weiming had heard of it.
But only heard of it.
During his time in Novice Village, Ye Weiming completed a series of challenging quests for an NPC named "Soy Milk Little White" - finding clues, guessing the killer, solving puzzles, and so on. He thought that there would be generous rewards, but apart from experience, cultivation, and money, he only received an Entry Token for a Hidden Sect.
Due to his lack of understanding of martial arts culture, he had to judge by his previous gaming experience.
According to that gaming experience, a hidden profession is undoubtedly better than a regular one!
Who would have thought...
This piece-of-junk Hidden Sect, they don't even have TMD Sect Martial Arts!
Not a single one!
If you look at those non-hidden orthodox big sects, they have everything from the basic to advanced martial arts. As long as you spend money and contribute to the sect, you can learn them all.
A friend Ye Weiming met in Novice Village who later joined the Shaolin Sect even revealed that the Shaolin Sect had 72 Unique Skills!
When Ye Weiming questioned this, the NPC Zhan Zhao responsible for dealing with new players simply chuckled and asked, "Sects in the martial arts world are martial arts schools. Learning martial arts costs money. Whereas we, the Divine Hunters, are an enforcement department of the court, and can receive salaries monthly. Have you ever seen an employer take charge of the education of their employees?"
Without comparison, there is no suffering...
Right now, Ye Weiming feels his life is enveloped in gloom, with no glimmer of hope for the future.
Seeing Ye Weiming resigned to his fate, looking completely disheartened, Zhan Zhao began to talk to him earnestly and persuasively: "Cheer up, there are actually many ways to acquire martial skills. Sect techniques are just the most convenient path. Moreover, this path does not necessarily lead someone straight to the top. Let's take your aforementioned Shaolin Temple for example, they have the world-shattering Divine Skill 'Yi Jin Jing' above their 72 unique skills, which isn't included in the sect techniques, right?"
He then changed the topic slightly, "Although you can't learn sect techniques in my God Detention Office, you can learn something that other sect disciples can't."
Ye Weiming drooped his eyelids, not lifting his head, and asked casually, "For example?"
To his surprise, Zhan Zhao took out four black tokens from nowhere. Each of them was inscribed with a golden Chinese character: Heaven, Earth, Man, Ghost.
"Although we're not responsible for employees' compulsory education, we must provide necessary job training," Zhan Zhao cheerfully said, "These four tokens represent a unique skill exclusive to the God Detention Office. Congratulations, as the first player constable, you have the priority to choose."
They have unique techniques?
Ye Weiming managed to muster a bit of spirit and asked eagerly, "Can you tell me about the unique skills represented by these four tokens?"
Zhan Zhao tactfully replied, "No."
"Tsk!" Glaring disdainfully at this seemingly virtuous guy, Ye Weiming decisively picked up the 'Heaven' token.
As to why he chose this one?
Because 'Heaven' seemed the most awesome!
Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the opportunity to learn a unique technique from the God Detention Office. Please find Mr. Song in the mortuary to learn the skill.
Mortuary?
Isn't that where one deals with corpses?
Theoretically, the skill related to this place should come under the scope of the 'Ghost' token, right?
Watching as Zhan Zhao put away the other three tokens without intending to give him a chance to choose again or explaining anything, Ye Weiming didn't bother wasting his breath. He took his token and headed straight for the mortuary.
...
The mortuary was located in a corner of the God Detention Office. Even before he approached it, Ye Weiming could faintly smell an uncomfortable stench of corpses. But to learn the skill, he gritted his teeth and stepped in.
The moment he entered the door of the mortuary, he heard a gloomy voice softly chanting, "Crying blood, laughing at the sky, lonely sails overlapping, locking white chains."
Following the sound, he saw a thin middle-aged man with somewhat pale skin, who appeared somewhat unwell.
As Ye Weiming was observing him, the middle-aged man also noticed his arrival, put down his book and asked, "Are you the new player constable at the God Detention Office?"
"Yes!" Ye Weiming mustered his spirit, "Are you Mr. Song?"
The middle-aged man slightly nodded: "I'm Song Ci," he said.
Song Ci!
Although Ye Weiming didn't know about Zhan Zhao, he was familiar with Song Ci. He was just unsure if the Song Ci standing before him was the founder of forensic science from history?
"Ye Weiming bows in respect to Mr. Song." Although he was extremely disgruntled, in the presence of a national pride, Ye Weiming maintained due respect. He took out the 'Heaven' token and handed it over, "I came here to learn a sect skill."
Upon seeing the token and eyeing Ye Weiming for a moment, Song Ci stated, "If you want to learn my skills, you have to pass my test first."
So it's basically completing a task.
Ye Weiming naturally was prepared for this and nodded decisively, "Go ahead."
Once Ye Weiming finished speaking, Song Ci took out a paper filled with test questions and said solemnly, "I have ten questions here. If you can answer more than six correctly, I will consider you to have passed."
Ye Weiming: (⊙_⊙)?
So I have to take a test to learn a skill!?