Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 25 Even if it means my death, my fellow Daoists will suffer too.
The entire domestic gaming industry was in an uproar the day Han Yi and Wang Ergou were recruited.

Although Wang Ergou was recruited, it did not prevent him from continuing his former main job and current side job—game streamer and blogger.

In addition to his initial posts and videos that continued to generate significant buzz, he also uploaded new screen recordings and more detailed explanations.

From the smallest details, like the flowers, trees, and shrubs that have never been remodeled, to the players' completely free combat movements and states, everything speaks volumes about just how powerful the "AI-autonomous evolved world" that the official "Ten Continents Chronicles" claims to be, and how exaggeratedly far beyond the current virtual reality games it is in terms of technology.

The fact that netizens discovered the location of the game company, which was all show and no substance, further confirmed that there were shady issues behind the game!

That's right, netizens have already discovered that the game company "Otherworld Network Technology Company" listed online is actually a shell company. The registered office address is not only empty, but no employees under its name can be found through official searches!
This caused public opinion surrounding "Ten Continents Chronicles" to become polarized in an instant. It wasn't until 2:30 p.m. that "Ten Continents Chronicles" released a statement, which suppressed the increasingly outrageous rumors of intellectual defamation. The main reason for this was that the statement was forwarded by many official accounts, which clearly showed that they had powerful backers!

At the same time, the official intervention has led to increasingly outrageous rumors about "The Record of the Ten Continents" overseas.

However, none of this applies to the 50 lucky players—there are 55 now. Almost all players are anxiously waiting for the game to finish updating and the server to open, especially the five lucky players who were thought to have been drawn from tens of millions of applicants, but were actually predetermined. They each have many tasks to shoulder!
As one of the 55, we still don't know what happened to Han Yi that day, but it certainly wasn't good.

When the game finally opened, Han Yi was practically shaking as he lay down in the game pod.

Of course, Wang Ergou next door was no less impressive.

"Hey Dog Bro, didn't we agree that we were invited to play games together?!"

As soon as he entered the game, Han Yi teamed up with Wang Ergou and asked indignantly in the team mic.

“That’s right, I’m playing video games,” Wang Ergou chuckled and said, “Just tell me, aren’t you playing video games right now?”

Han Yi was still a little overwhelmed—although the body he was controlling in the game no longer felt fatigued or in pain, his mind was exhausted: "Then why is there a martial arts instructor!?"

"On the bright side, the Emperor and the others will definitely come too, then we'll all suffer together, hehehe!"

At this point, Wang Ergou's laughter seemed to grow even more unrestrained.

Han Yi stared with dead fish eyes, looking utterly hopeless: "Why do you seem to know everything, but I know nothing?"

"Because I was recruited last night!"

Wang Ergou said smugly, "I managed to find out from several... cough cough, several big shots that the Emperor is also going to be recruited, but it seems Second Senior Sister hasn't agreed yet... but it's only a matter of time! And Ziran, I heard he was originally working at the grassroots level in the border region of X province, and this time he's going to be transferred here to join the project team..."

"His name is Jieran..."

"Anyway, don't worry, although we'll have a long tough road ahead, they won't be any better off, hahaha..."

"Why are you two still standing around in Taiping Town?"

The two were chatting happily in their team when Zhao Qing suddenly applied to join the main group.

This game is so realistic, and it's supposedly AI-generated, that the world continues to function normally even when players are offline.

This means that players cannot log off at will; they must go to a camp near their spawn point or to a "safe zone" designated by the system, such as the inn in Taiping Town.

Han Yi and Wang Ergou logged off at the Taiping Town Inn last time, so they were unaware that the "Sect Camp" at their spawn point had changed drastically!
"Second Senior Sister? What's wrong?"

"You two, come and see the world!"

Hearing the urging, the two hurriedly opened the world channel—it was already in an uproar!

"Senior Brother is back home! Waaaaah! Senior Brother is so handsome and gentle!"

"What the hell is this 'returning home' thing?!" "My senior brother's cooking is so delicious!"

"So does that mean we'll have a free cafeteria from now on?"

"It's not free. Look at the announcement, there's a new sect contribution point system, and you have to spend sect contribution points to eat!"

"But isn't he the senior disciple? Why is he in charge of the sect's canteen? This just doesn't make sense!"

"Because the eldest brother is a culinary cultivator..."

"Wait, I have a question. If the senior brother is the senior brother, then why is the senior sister the senior sister?"

"Wait a minute, my CPU is running at high speed..."

"Because they are not from the same school."

"Huh? Aren't we all disciples of Sect Leader Fang?"

"Sect Leader Fang is the sect leader, but lineage and sect leader are not the same thing. Senior Sister is a senior sister who cultivates alchemy and medicine, while Senior Brother is a senior brother who cultivates the five flavors and cooking. They are not ranked together!"

……

While scrolling through the chat history on the world channel, Wang Ergou exclaimed in surprise, "Another new NPC? And a faction contribution value system too?"

Zhao Qing quickly relayed the latest news she had gathered: "Not only that, but Lieshi Mountain has now been renamed Taiyin Mountain. In just one day, we already have many sect buildings there! However, I heard that players will have to keep moving bricks and chopping trees to unlock the sect buildings. Also, we won't have to find a place to 'lay our corpses' anymore. There are free dormitory rooms in the sect, and it's said that if you have high contribution points, you can exchange them for advanced disciple rooms!"

Han Yi asked, "How do I earn contribution points?"

"Look at the announcement! It's about daily sect tasks, and you can also get them by attending classes. You can choose classes every night, starting at 8:00, with NPCs giving lectures every hour on the hour at 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00. You can choose to attend classes and get 200 sect contribution points for each class you attend. I heard there's also a sect mini-competition every month, and those who pass the mini-competition get 1000 contribution points!"

Han Yi was dumbfounded: "No way! We have to go to class just to play a game!"

"You don't have to do it. It's not mandatory. You can earn enough to eat by doing a few daily sect quests every day!"

As Zhao Qing finished speaking, she suddenly felt a little annoyed. She hadn't come here to explain all this nonsense to these two! So she hurriedly urged, "Hurry up! Hurry up and choose a sect! The sooner you join a sect, the sooner you'll be ranked! Anyone who has entered the Qi Refining stage can choose a sect! If you go late, you'll have to be a junior brother!"

"Sect?"

"Ugh! You two didn't even read the announcement?!" Zhao Qing was speechless. She complained, "I really don't know what to say to you two! This update is huge! No wonder it took all day to update! There are five new NPCs! There's the senior brother who's a chef, a new NPC in charge of daily sect tasks, and several sect merchants! You know what, it finally feels like a game! Before, it was so rudimentary and hardcore!"

Wang Ergou's eyes lit up: "Sect merchants!? What do they sell? Our quests don't give us gold, silver, or spirit stones, so what are we going to buy?"

Zhao Qing rolled her eyes silently: "I didn't know that. As soon as I logged on, I saw that you two were still on the Taiping Town map, so I came to call you right away! I haven't even had a chance to do anything yet! Aren't I nice enough?"

Wang Ergou chuckled ingratiatingly, "Hehe! That's so kind of you, Second Senior Sister! I'll treat you to dinner when you come to the capital!"

Zhao Qing asked in confusion, "The capital? You went to the capital?"

"Ahem, well, it's not convenient to talk about this right now..."

"Alright, alright, you two should hurry up and come over! I'll be waiting for you in the main hall!"

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(End of this chapter)