"Wouldn't dare to treat you that way? Do you think a mere Dou Dajin can scare me?"
Jiang Dali was wearing a light smile, "What's your relationship with Dou Dajin? Why are you working for him? Dou Dajin shouldn't be that fierce to directly send you to my territory to find me, right?"
Hu Ling's eyes widened again, his lips trembling, "I... I was once a bodyguard in the Dragon Gate Escort Agency..."
"I understand now, even in death you're not a nobody!"
Jiang Dali nodded, suddenly struck with a palm, the palm wind roared like thunder, and with a bang, hit the opponent's heart directly.
Hu Ling's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets, blood spilled from his mouth, he stared in disbelief, "Why.....for....."
Jiang Dali said, "I gave you a chance but you were useless. I still have to guess everything, not taking the initiative to confess, are you the prisoner or am I?"
He waved his hand, letting the mountain bandits search the man's body and then dragged him away.
At this time, the group of bound and imprisoned players were all stunned and terrified.
With their mouths sealed, they could only communicate through their eyes, each of them very frightened.
"Shit! This mountain village chief is too arrogant and cold, we've fallen into the hands of a werewolf."
"I don't want to be branded with iron, I'm afraid of pain."
"If we really have to be tortured, then we can only log off to avoid it first."
"What's the use of logging off? Our bodies are still here, and in a comatose state, vulnerable to manipulation, and by the time we log back in, we'll still have to endure the pain from the wounds."
"Don't be so pessimistic, maybe we'll be killed soon, which would be much more comfortable."
Just then,
all the players stopped their eye conversation and looked together towards Jiang Dali who was approaching.
"I am now giving you people two choices,"
Jiang Dali looked at the group of players emotionlessly, "One is to join our Black Wind Village starting from the lowest rank as ordinary bandits. By contributing to the village, you can learn some martial arts and cultivation techniques from me. All you need to do is work for the village with undying loyalty.
The second is to be imprisoned here forever. The choice is yours."
The players were stunned upon hearing this.
Is this even a choice?
Was there any choice?
One option was to become a bandit and have the opportunity to learn martial arts.
The other was to be imprisoned forever, unable to even die.
They knew Mixed Martial Arts World, the officials had claimed it to be an entirely realistic world, and each person entering it got only one chance to attain a character role, that is, player status.
Regardless of whether it was true or not,
if it was true, and they were trapped forever in a mountain village dungeon, that would literally be game over, maybe even still trapped when the beta test started.
Although these professional players currently found the game too difficult and were somewhat frustrated, they didn't want to give up just as they had started.
"Woo woo woo—"
Several players immediately started shaking their bodies frenetically, trying to express their willingness to submit.
"Player Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng wishes to join Black Wind Village, do you agree?"
"Player Xi Menxue wishes to join Black Wind Village, do you agree?"
"Player Heavenly Mountain Scoundrel wishes to join Black Wind Village, do you agree?"
"..."
Jiang Dali didn't hesitate this time and chose to recruit all the players.
Originally, according to his plan, he had intended to entice the players to join Black Wind Village voluntarily.
However, due to the arrival of the Multi-Armed Bear Dou Dajin, he had to change the plan, adopting a more ruthless method.
Forcing players to join the mountain village meant that there was a high chance they might rebel in the future.
After all, compared to other major sects, Black Wind Village really lacked appeal.
But now, Jiang Dali also had a new plan to ensure these gamers, once in his field, wouldn't be able to leave.
After recruiting a group of players, Jiang Dali verbally cautioned and warned them a few more times, then offered some encouraging words before instructing his men to take the players out of the dungeon to familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment of the mountain village.
As he made these actions, a message appeared in his mind.
"You are issuing a task to the new players of Black Wind Village as the Black Wind Village Chief — 'Familiarize with the Mountain Village.'
After the players complete the task, you will gain some reputation in the martial world and Cultivation Points.
You may set the task rewards yourself or choose to randomly set them. Random rewards will be corresponding to the task's difficulty and will not involve physical items."
Jiang Dali pondered for a moment, wanting to see if the random settings were reasonable, and then chose random.
Concurrently,
the twelve players also received a task notification.
"Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali has issued the task 'Familiarize with the Mountain Village'
Task type: Faction task;
Task requirements: Familiarize yourself with the surrounding environment of the mountain village under the guidance of old bandits, must be completed within one day, failure will result in punishment;
Task rewards: 1 Mountain Village Contribution Point (can be exchanged for weapons, martial arts techniques, Silver Tael, etc.), 3 Cultivation Points, 3 Potential Points."
The players were excited as soon as they saw the task.
"Wow, to get a task this quickly? And it even rewards Potential Points, I had received tasks in the county town before, but they didn't have Potential Points.
This is real welfare. And the task is not difficult, the rewards are also good, I'm still just a commoner, needing only 50 Cultivation Points to advance to the Power Refining Realm."
"Joining Black Wind Village isn't too bad, at least we are ahead now. Many people are still stuck without even leaving the village."
"I just don't understand why the Black Wind Village Chief had to capture us and force us to join? If we knew about these benefits, we would have joined voluntarily."
"Oh man, brother, that's just ignorance. Our Black Wind Village, after all, stems from bandits, so recruiting definitely has to fit the process too. People have to be forcefully brought to the mountain village, forced to join; it's only logical for bandits."
"These overly astute guys." Jiang Dali, hearing the players murmuring to each other, shook his head internally, maintaining a dignified and mysterious master demeanor, then turned and left.
With the twelve players all being recruited,
he had also completed the first phase of the "Recruit" trigger task, receiving 100 Cultivation Points and Potential Points as rewards.
Now, during the night, he would convert the Potential Points into strength, and enhance his "Iron Cloth Shirt"...