The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 193 Heading into the Wilderness
Inside the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Although it was already late, none of the players in the martial arts hall could sleep because of the urgent mission suddenly issued by Lin Qi.

The A-level main quest 'Escort in the Wilderness' requires you to escort a convoy to a wilderness town early tomorrow morning, while ensuring the safety of the accompanying martial arts NPCs. This is a mandatory quest, and all martial arts-level players must participate.

Upon completion of the task, all participating players will be rewarded with 5,000 contribution points and 100,000 points.

In addition, the martial arts academy will grant players the right to develop resource points in the wild. All players with the status of core disciples can develop resource points in the wild outside the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's territory. After a player occupies a resource point, 50% of all resources developed must be handed over to the martial arts academy, and the other 50% of the resources will belong to the player.

"After completing this task, players who gain Level 1 wilderness exploration privileges will be incredibly happy. A resource point has 50% of the resources. If they can occupy an energy vein, they probably won't have to worry about martial arts training in the future."

"Not only will you not have to worry, it's an energy mine. How could one person possibly use it all? You can make a fortune by selling it to others."

"However, it's not easy to capture resource points in the wild. The new expansion, Age of Frenzies, says that there will be more and more monsters in the wild. Even a martial arts-level player would have a hard time defending against them alone. To capture a resource point, you'd need a large group of people. Rather than individual exploration, this is a gameplay mode designed for teams and guilds."

"It seems that this version update has given teams and guilds an epic boost, making it increasingly difficult for us lone wolf players to survive."

"Who says it's hard to survive as a lone wolf? We free players can just occupy resource points together and then everyone can share the resources equally. We won't be any worse off than those teams and guilds. Besides, who knows where these resource points in the wild are hidden? If someone finds one, as long as they are strong enough, they can mine it quietly by themselves. If they are lucky, one person can be richer than an entire guild."

"No, we can't chat anymore. I need to grind for the core disciple status as soon as possible before the martial arts school opens up new access. Anyone want to team up to kill monsters in the wild?"

The players in the martial arts hall became increasingly excited as they talked about the task Lin Qi suddenly issued, especially the members of the major teams, whose breathing became rapid.

"Luckily, I became a martial artist before the mission started, otherwise I would have really missed it this time." Yi Ye Fuyun was drooling as he looked at the pioneer qualification on his smartwatch.

"You're really lucky. This mission is an A-level one, and it's a main quest. There will probably be plenty of opportunities to earn contribution points along the way." Fang Zhen looked at Yi Ye Fuyun, who had just been promoted to a martial artist, and said with a smile, "If you miss this mission, who knows how long it will take to catch up in contribution points later."

“We’re heading to the front lines of the wilderness with the transport team this time, and we’ll probably encounter quite a few monsters.” Luo Wushang suddenly looked at Yi Ye Fuyun and said, “Do you have any Golden Desert Eagles? I want to buy four of them, as well as eight fragments of energy crystals.”

"Forget about the Golden Desert Eagle, it's a special supply for the martial arts school. I only got to try it out last time." Yi Ye Fuyun shook his head and recommended with a smile, "How about the regular version of the Desert Eagle made of B2 grade alloy? It only requires four low-level monsters and energy crystal fragments. I can give you a discount, one piece is ten tons of energy ore."

"Yi Ye, when did you start running a black market? Aren't you afraid of getting caught by others in the middle of the night?" Fang Zhen couldn't help but look at Yi Ye Fu Yun. "It's so difficult to encounter a low-level monster in the wild. Those one-horned gold-devouring rats in the maze tunnels have been almost completely wiped out by those people from Mythical Paradise. You only have a weapon made of B2-grade alloy. Even if you sell B2-grade alloy at double the price, it's only worth about the price of a low-level monster. Not to mention, a low-level monster costs 500 contribution points. Is it appropriate for you to sell a gun for 2,000 contribution points?"

"What kind of rip-off shop is this! I have clearly marked prices and operate with integrity." Yi Ye Fuyun rolled her eyes at Fang Zhen and said speechlessly, "What you see is a B2-grade weapon, but do you know how much a medium-sized machine tool costs? Do you know how long it takes to make one? Do you think it's free to hire someone to make it? Four low-level monsters are cheap enough, okay? Besides, the gun I make even has attributes. Have you ever seen a weapon with attributes?"

“Okay, give me four, eight energy crystal fragments.” Luo Wushang bought them without hesitation. “I’ll have Qingwei transfer the sixteen low-level monsters from the warehouse to you later.”

"Forget it, I also need four swords and eight energy crystal fragments." Fang Zhen sighed. With the mission imminent, it's always good to have more trump cards.

Now the game has opened up a 20-kilometer free exploration area around the city. In addition, he has level one wilderness exploration permission. From the City of Light to the Crimson Moon Mountain, which is 100 kilometers away, this is his activity range. After becoming a warrior, he has hunted a lot of low-level monsters during this period.

Sixteen low-level monsters are still within his means.

"Thank you for your patronage." Yi Ye Fuyun was overjoyed as he watched eight B2-grade Desert Eagles sell in one go. His weapon shop could finally start making big money.

As Luo Wushang and Fang Zhen's two teams purchased B2-level Desert Eagles, Xiao Yuan, who had also advanced to the Martial Artist level, went crazy and bought two eagles and four energy crystal fragments in one go.

"Luckily, we got two more energy crystals from clearing out the Twin Heads Gang's warehouse last time, otherwise even our team wouldn't have enough." Yi Ye Fuyun looked at the energy crystal fragments in stock. Counting the ones used to replenish the martial arts school last time, there were only 26 left. If more people bought them, he wouldn't even have enough ammunition for his Desert Eagles. "No, I must talk to Zi Long about improvements later. This is too much energy crystal consumption. Even if we have energy veins, we can't afford to waste them like this."

The next morning. After all the martial arts players had prepared overnight, Lin Qi extracted and absorbed the three sets of martial arts techniques from the six martial arts players once more. The proficiency of the three sets of martial arts techniques had generally reached more than 30% of the beginner level. Among them, the Reverse Star Hand and the Ghost Light Finger had even reached more than 60% of the beginner level. They were only more than 30% away from the proficiency level to be used continuously.

"Everyone's here, let's go."

Lin Qi, carrying a life-sized wooden box on his back, looked at the eleven people who had gathered: Meng Wei, Luo Wushang, Fang Zhen, Zhang Qingwei, Zhao Hu, Li Ranxing, Twilight of the Gods, Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang, Chen Ya, Yi Ye Fu Yun, and Ye Qinglu.

Among them, Luo Wushang, Ye Qinglu, and Li Ranxing, after this period of training, have actually exceeded the bottom line of intermediate-level martial artists in terms of strength and speed, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are intermediate-level martial artists.

Then everyone followed Lin Qi onto the martial arts school's large transport vehicle, which drove directly to the outskirts of the City of Light.

The City of Light, in the eastern suburbs.

Large numbers of transport trucks filled the abandoned road, numbering over fifty, while the gathering of martial artists astonished many passing vagrants.

There were more than 500 martial artists, a rare sight even in the suburbs of the city. Among them were 50 members of the city garrison wearing uniform B4-level or higher armor. Each of them was at least a mid-level martial artist, and the squad leaders were all high-level martial artists.

The fifty warriors of the city garrison stood in a neat row, causing warriors from various forces and idle warriors from the outskirts of the city to tremble involuntarily.

"For just one of the front-line outposts, the city garrison sent fifty mid-level or higher martial artists to accompany them. Is this the strength of the city garrison?"

"With such strength, it's no wonder that every year, all the martial arts students who graduate from university want to join the garrison regiment. Unfortunately, the garrison regiment has too many restrictions. They can't live freely most of the time. They are either patrolling the wilderness border areas two or three hundred kilometers away from the city, or stationed to guard the discovered medium-sized energy mines and B-grade metal mines. They don't have much time to go back to the city to rest. Otherwise, if I had joined back then, I would be a squad leader by now."

The martial artists from various factions were both amazed and envious as they looked at the formidable city garrison. They hadn't expected the city garrison to be so skilled at training martial artists, making even those who lived in the suburbs year-round want to join.

Just as the martial artists were chatting quietly, a flying armored transport vehicle flew in from the sky. It covered a distance of over a thousand meters and stopped above the convoy in less than two seconds.

Before anyone could react, a figure fell from the flying armored transport vehicle that was hovering a hundred meters above the ground, crashing directly onto the dilapidated concrete ground beside the road, creating a small crater with a radius of more than two meters.

As the figure appeared, everyone in the room gasped in shock.

"A martial artist at the Bone Forging Realm!"

"This person is a martial artist at the Bone Forging Realm!"

"Did the city garrison actually send a Bone Forging Realm martial artist to escort the transport this time?"

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the half-scaled man, whose body was over three meters tall, whose muscles bulged like loaves of bread, and whose every step seemed to move like a heavy machine.

"I am Bailuo, the leader of this transport convoy. I don't care which faction you come from, you must all listen to me. Those who disobey will be crippled without hesitation. If you have no problems, get on the vehicles now and prepare to depart." The half-scaled man glanced at all the warriors present and gave the order directly.

The martial artists from all the major forces present immediately sprang into action, not daring to delay at all.

"The strength of the City Guard Regiment is truly not to be underestimated. They even sent a big shot in the Bone Forging Realm for transportation." Meng Wei looked at Bai Luo, the leader of this team, with a sigh in his eyes. "It's a pity that I was too arrogant back then. I thought I could make a name for myself after becoming a martial artist, so I directly rejected the invitation from the City Guard Regiment. Now, I'm still a low-level martial artist. Those who chose to join the City Guard Regiment back then are probably high-level martial artists by now."

"It's alright, it's not too late for you to join our Obsidian Martial Arts Academy now. Let's get in the car." Lin Qi smiled and got into the car.

(End of this chapter)