Fang Yue looked at Niu Niu.
The one who had cried in awe was not him but Niu Nu.
Fang Yue was slightly surprised that Niu Niu knew about the Fire Collection Order.
However, on second thought, he realized that Niu Niu was an official reserve member of the village patrol. Even though he was not an official member, the coach would have taught him the necessary stuff.
Niu Niu looked at Fang Yue with fear.
"Don't panic," Fang Yue said. As he furrowed his brows, he fell into deep thought.
The ball of fire that had exploded in the sky like a firework was called the Fire Collection Order. It was a rescue signal that could only be fired by all three captains of Guyue Village, and each appearance of the Fire Collection Order was accompanied by a huge crisis, which would put the village on the line of life and death.
Captain Chen, of course, had the right to fire the signal but he had been killed silently in his own house before he could do anything.
That was the reason why Fang Yue was so afraid of the Wicked in the Chen residence to the extent that he dared not even think about it.
This Fire Collection Order was discharged from the center of the village. If Fang Yue remembered correctly, that would be where the central core was.
"The central core is in danger! The Wickeds are going after Guyue Village's central core!"
Fang Yue reacted bitterly.
The central core contained a large amount of Lifespan, and by igniting them, it provided the so-called Human Soul Fire the energy to protect the entire village.
If the core was destroyed and the fire was extinguished, the people of Guyue Village would be exposed to the cold night!
Once the Cold Night's Corruption invaded the village, everyone would be killed overnight.
In other words, the village would be destroyed overnight!
Gasp!
The thought of it made Fang Yue scared. He was simply terrified by the Wicked's method.
"Is there no way out of this? What is going on?!"
Captain Lin was in charge of protecting the central core, and it was obvious that he had fired the Fire Collection Order. If even Lin Ling had to use the order to call for help, the Wicked that he was facing must be an unusual one.
"Should we help? Or should we flee Guyue Village?"
Fang Yue pondered about it seriously and soon came up with an answer.
The wild was dangerous, and threats lurked in corners that he could not see. The level of danger was a few times higher than an infested village. Given Fang Yue's current strength, he could only guarantee his own safety within the village.
"Brother Night, let's get out of here! The Wickeds are invading the village! Those bloody devs are holding an event to slaughter every player in the village!" Niu Niu insisted on his theory of the monster sieging the village.
Fang Yue was speechless. He chose to ignore Niu Niu and grabbed the man along to where the Fire Collection Order had been fired.
"Brother Night, what are you doing? We are not that close! If you want to die, you're on your own!"
The Fire Collection Order scared Niu Niu. He had just escaped death a while ago, so he did not want to put his life at risk again.
Fang Yue let go of his hand and said in a serious tone, "Niu Niu, do you think you will survive out there with the Wicked Curse on you now? Look at the village now. If you can help them overcome the crisis, the higher-ups will surely help you cure your Wicked Curse. Am I making myself clear here?"
He went straight to the point. His argument was so solid that it silenced Niu Niu.
Niu Niu had the Wicked Curse on him and was not as strong as Fang Yue, thus his only hope would be to seek help from the higher-ups of Guyue Village.
However, he had no achievements or money, and he was just a reserve patrol team member, so why would anyone waste their resources on him? Because of his big face?
"I guess I can always start over…" Niu Niu did not even believe what he just said.
He did not want to give up his advantageous start that came in the form of his lucky gift, the [Superstrength] talent, just like that. He would have just died the first time instead of struggling to stay alive otherwise.
Fang Yue shook his head. "Fine. Leave. I'll go to the Fire Collection Order myself. You'd better not regret this. If you manage to protect the central core and save the village, Lifespan, gears, and even martial art secrets will all be accessible to you in the future. You will miss all of them if you choose to leave now."
Then, Fang Yue raised the torch and went ahead on his own. He had explained the opportunities, the benefits, and the risk to Niu Niu. It was very kind of him because Niu Niu was his boss, after all.
If it had been other players who did not pay him a penny, Fang Yue would have run away long ago.
Analyzing the question for the conclusion required attention and thinking as well since it was considered valuable information.
Fang Yue ran forward without turning back and Niu Niu got nervous, so he quickly ran and chased after Fang Yue.
"Brother Night? Brother Night, are you really going? Wait for me!"
However, a while later, he saw Fang Yue stop ahead of him.
"Brother Night, what's wrong…?" Niu Niu curiously lowered his voice.
He then saw lights appearing one after another around them.
One light represented a single patrol team of six men.
The lights were everywhere. Some were further, some were closer, but every one of them was coming toward them.
"There are so many of them?! We are surrounded!" Niu Niu panicked and hid behind Fang Yue.
"Why are you hiding behind me?"
"I find it safer behind you."
"I think you should log out of the game and get a shrink."
While Fang Yue ridiculed Niu Niu, the lights came closer.
"Brother Night, there are too many of them. What should we do now?"
Fang Yue had just killed Xin Jue a while ago, and the patrol team members had called him a Wicked because of his monstrous strength.
"We'll fight our way out! Let's go to Captain Lin and ask for support. The man might be jealous of me, but he can distinguish the good from the bad. No matter how much he dislikes me, he will still carry out his duty and protect us!"
If Fang Yue had not spoken to Lin Ling before and gotten a better understanding of the man, he would not have dared to go ask for a captain's help while the others called him a Wicked.
"Fight our way out? I'll be dead before we make it!"
"You'd better pray for your own safety then."
Fang Yue lost confidence in the numbers.
While the two of them stood there carefully, one of the closest patrol teams had arrived.
"Here they come!" Fang Yue bellowed. He coiled his muscles and prepared himself for a fight.
The patrol team that arrived had more than a dozen men, and they ran past the two of them without stopping.
Fang Yue and Niu Niu were stunned. Then, one of the patrol team members stopped beside them, and a bald man raised his torch over the two of them.
"Why are you two standing here? Hurry up! We must answer the Fire Collection Order!"
"Huh? Ohhhh!" Fang Yue then realized the situation. He answered the man and exchanged a quick glance with Niu Niu before they tagged along.
It seemed like Xin Jue's men had not informed the others about the two of them. On second thought, it was only natural because it had only been a while between the two incidents.
The Fire Collection Order in the sky was everyone's utmost priority.
All the patrol team members should prioritize the order because it was the highest order in the village. The villagers' life and death depended on it, thus other problems would be put on hold with such an emergency going on.
Fang Niu and Niu Niu moved along with the other patrol team members. They realized more and more teams joined the group.
All the lights from further away came closer and converged with the bigger group.
Fang Yue then found out from another member that the bald man that had invited the two of them to tag along was the co-captain, Old Yang.
Old Yang must have used some special way of summoning all the other teams to join his group.
Soon, the group grew into a company of more than a hundred men. The lights were bright and it started to get crowded.
The company marched towards the order in an intimidating manner.
"It's the Fire Collection Order! Save the village!"
"It's the Fire Collection Order! Save the village!"
"It's the Fire Collection Order! Save the village!"