Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 456 Scavenging After the War

While resisting the offensive of the Misty Immortal Sect, players also had to keep their own NPCs off the battlefield, leaving them physically and mentally exhausted.

Fortunately, the resurrection cooldown has been greatly reduced, and players' infantry can move back and forth very quickly, which is enough to hold off a few airships.

After the two low-end flying boats of Longshan were destroyed by the Misty Immortal Sect, the players realized that this valuable asset was not a fixed-value "item" like in other games, but a real war reserve resource. So they gathered together, hovered in the air, formed a large encirclement, and the logistics team continuously replenished the defensive array to resist the attack at the lowest cost.

The battle remained fiercely contested, dragging on for several days with each side fighting back and forth. The more they fought, the more exhausted both sides became.

On the eighth day, this war, which shocked many sects and forces across the Ten Continents and Three Islands and consumed nearly 100,000 system energy points for Fang Xianyu, finally came to an end.

The post-battle cleanup was mainly handled by players from the "I Love Farming" community.

Without the lure of rewards, most players were already exhausted from completing the limited-time on-site tasks over several days and had no interest in participating in the subsequent "Easter eggs" of this gameplay.

That's right, because the rewards for the series of tasks involving cleaning up the battlefield, settling the Misty Immortal Sect NPCs, and taking over their legacy are pitifully small. The experience gained is less than that from running dungeons and killing monsters, and there are hardly any drops. The only thing you get is a tiny bit of gold—virtual game currency. You can easily earn several times that amount by doing odd jobs at any small shop in any city! Therefore, these unprofitable tasks are called "Easter eggs" by everyone, and only players who prefer immersive gameplay will participate.

The quest givers were sect NPCs who were usually elusive, such as Elder Zhang, as well as some friendly NPCs whom players were meeting for the first time, with labels above their heads indicating they were managers or supervisors. They were all kind and friendly, and very patient in explaining the quests, making them very popular among the players who chose to participate in the Easter egg quests.

【Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guardian】is a casual player, or rather, a "scavenging" player.

Her biggest hobby is collecting all sorts of items, drops, and materials in the game. She only sets up a stall to sell a little of each item to recoup her losses if she has collected dozens or hundreds of them. Otherwise, she feels anxious. Her friends and family call this mentality "hamster hoarding syndrome".

The reason she chose to participate in this Easter egg mission was not for the meager mission reward, but for the various junk she could find while cleaning up the battlefield—real junk, broken weapons, cracked magical artifacts, and tattered "equipment".

These items either need to be repaired or sold cheaply to the item repair NPC. Some players were initially excited to scavenge, but they were horrified by the gruesome sights of severed arms and legs as soon as they landed. The less fearless ones picked and chose for a while, but found nothing of value, so they left.

Only the three-year-old crawling tower guard was unwilling to give up and continued to do the task.

As required by the mission, all severed limbs, remains of unidentified creatures, and various kinds of garbage must be piled up nearby and then burned to ashes with spirit fire.

During this period, any relatively intact weapons, magical artifacts, or spiritual items found can be handed over to exchange for Taiyin coins, or kept to repair for personal use.

Other special items and worthless "trash" can be burned together or collected by yourself. In short, the final cleaned area should look relatively clean, without obvious debris and trash.

Many players avoid this mission because of the severed limbs and remains of unknown creatures, but [Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guardian] is different. She is a genius who can play a biohazard game while eating duck necks. Her core is very stable, and she can even comment on the clothing and makeup of Madam Eight-Foot and her daughters.

Therefore, she handled the severed limbs with a blank expression, and even seemed to crave braised chicken rice.

After cleaning several areas, she finally discovered something unusual: a perfectly intact Qiankun bag.

She plucked it from a corpse whose face was no longer recognizable. Unlike ordinary Qiankun bags, this one was woven with metal wire and looked very sturdy. At least it was intact amidst the surrounding broken weapons and severed limbs.

Such a sturdy storage bag must contain quite a few treasures!

Thinking this, he excitedly channeled his spiritual energy into the tower, as if to say, "[A three-year-old crawling to guard the tower]."

Unsuccessful. The Qiankun bag remained unresponsive, its surface still gleaming with a pale golden metallic sheen, unchanged, as if mocking her low cultivation level.

[A three-year-old crawling to guard the tower] His face darkened.

Although she is indeed of low level and low cultivation, having only established her foundation a few days ago, it's a bit embarrassing that she can't even open a Qiankun bag!

The Qiankun Bags in "Ten Continents Chronicles" don't have any concept of recognizing a master or having a contract. At most, they have some restrictions that function like "locks." If your cultivation level is high enough, you can forcefully break the "lock." If that doesn't work, you can ask an NPC for help. For example, there's a famous locksmith shop in Gugu Chicken City... no, a famous shop that unlocks the restrictions on Qiankun Bags, called "Old Wang Next Door to Guangcheng Sect Professional Restriction Breaking." It's said that it's owned by the same NPC as the "Old Wang Next Door to Guangcheng Sect Protective Restriction Specialty Shop" in Chang'an City...

After trying several more times without success, [Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guardian] had no choice but to sheepishly return to the camp where the quest was assigned and try to find the NPC.

Since the war was over, there was no need for players to stop the NPCs who were bored and always wanted to participate in the Taiyin Sect's "team building activities." As a result, quite a few NPCs came to this temporary camp.

There were vendors selling pills and talismans, as well as artifact crafters who set up stalls to buy scraps, and pill crafters who put up signs to buy all kinds of spiritual herbs and plants and pills with unclear medicinal effects.

Of course, there was also a very eye-catching sign that attracted a lot of players.

It's Old Wang's stall next door that cracks the restrictions!
"Old Wang, Old Wang! Can you help me check if there's anything left inside? It looks like it's been burned, I can't open it, but it still looks quite fancy!"

"Ahem, fellow Daoist, if I may be so bold, this is just a finely made purse, not a Qiankun bag..."

"Hey, this one! This one is mine! Old Wang, come take a look at this!"

"Ah, this is indeed a Qiankun bag, but it's probably not of high grade. Could it be that you can't open it, fellow Daoist?"

"It can be opened, but there's nothing inside. I was just wondering if you, Old Wang, would buy a Qiankun bag, hehehe..."

"Fellow Daoist, please don't joke around. I'm breaking the restrictions here; I don't buy Qiankun bags!"

"Hey hey hey! I want it! Can you pay me two dollars?"

"Are you kidding?! This Qiankun bag has a huge amount of space! It's worth at least five yuan!"

"Brother, that's not very nice. The sect merchant only sells them for three yuan!"

"This bag of mine is big, why don't you try it? It's only five yuan, I can't go any lower!"

"Let me see... Hmm, it seems pretty big... Four yuan! I'll take it right away!"

"Four yuan and fifty cents, fixed price!"

"Alright, alright, four yuan and fifty cents it is..."

……

I'm having some writer's block, so I'm holding out for a bit.