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

Chapter 353 The Power of Outsourced Players?
Sky Shelter, Refining Factory.

"They're willing to lend a hand if we only pay a 20% deposit?" Tang Yilong looked at the contract Fan Yaoguang had brought and nodded slightly. "Well done."

He originally thought that it would be difficult to persuade the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to take such a risk with three thousand energy blood essences. After all, they had no idea what the situation was like at Frost Sanctuary. If the insectoid army attacking Frost Sanctuary was stronger than their Sky Sanctuary, then the people sent to support them might be wiped out.

However, three thousand energy blood essences are the limit that Sky Dome Protection can currently provide. The more than one hundred thousand energy blood essences that were previously stored were all used up in the previous battle, and the refining factory was also partially damaged and could not refine energy blood essences in the short term.

"Lord, I hope to join the support force this time," Fan Yaoguang said, looking at Tang Yilong with satisfaction.

"You?" Tang Yilong looked at Fan Yaoguang and then shook his head. "No, now that you've reached the Realm of All Things, your top priority is to become a Grandmaster as soon as possible. The fact that the Zerg have launched attacks on multiple shelters this time shows that they have gained a certain level of confidence in dealing with us over the past hundred years. In the future, there will definitely be constant battles, just like before the Great Shift. We need the most elite combat power right now. With your current strength, you can only face ordinary Grandmasters, which won't change the course of the war."

He now has a very high opinion of Fan Yaoguang.

Becoming a Grandmaster in any of the various shelters isn't actually that difficult. As long as you have ample resources and your training method reaches 100% proficiency, the rest is just a matter of patience and perseverance. In time, you will naturally become a Grandmaster.

Fan Yaoguang's combat level has reached the realm of all things, so it is not difficult for him to achieve 100% proficiency in the training method.

Once Fan Yaoguang becomes a Grandmaster, the two of them can suppress the Zerg Legion's attack, allowing other Grandmasters to focus on other Zerg Grandmasters instead of fighting so hard now, and almost causing the Sky Dome Sanctuary to fall.

Therefore, Fan Yaoguang becoming a Grandmaster is the top priority right now, and everything else has to wait.

Fan Yaoguang was unwilling, but he had no choice but to obey. After all, the city lord was personally leading the team to the Frost Sanctuary, and it was impossible to sneak away.

"By the way, how long did the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy say it would take to prepare?" Tang Yilong asked.

"They said that to increase our chances of success, we need at least a day to prepare," Fan Yaoguang said, somewhat embarrassed.

"A whole day? Does it really take that long?" Tang Yilong frowned slightly. "Can't it be faster?"

Although the distance between Frost Sanctuary and Sky Sanctuary is not far, Frost Sanctuary has already issued an emergency call and is holding out as long as the city's energy barrier is not broken. How long it can last depends entirely on the reserves of energy blood essence.

According to his estimate, Frost's Protection could only last for about two days at most.

If we wait another day, the Frost's Protection Scheme might be gone.

"They said this is the fastest they can do, otherwise they'll have to give up the commission." Fan Yaoguang shook his head, also puzzled as to why the people from Obsidian Martial Arts Academy would spend so much time preparing.

"Could it be a problem with the weapon?" Tang Yilong couldn't help but think of Ye Qinglu's move that severely injured the Zerg legion commander.

With a full three thousand longswords, it would indeed take a considerable amount of time to prepare if the team didn't have sufficient preparation. Without those longswords, even if a master like Ye Qinglu went to the Frost Sanctuary, it would be meaningless.

“In that case, I’ll lead the team to Frost Sanctuary first to provide support. You stay here and wait until Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is ready before having Elder Xing Guang lead the team to provide support.” Tang Yilong thought for a moment and decided to go to provide support first, as Frost Sanctuary couldn’t be delayed.

As Tang Yilong prepared to lead dozens of elders and tens of thousands of Blood Condensation Realm experts to provide support, the members of the Sky Guardian Group gathered in the inn, all with excited expressions.

"We're rich! We're really rich! Six hundred Energy Blood Essences! That NPC actually agreed to lend them to us." A Leaf of Clouds looked at the box of Energy Blood Essences brought by Sky Dome Sanctuary, his heart filled with indescribable excitement.

Currently in the game, only three Energy Blood Essences are needed for a player at the Bone Forging Realm limit to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm.

Six hundred energy blood essences are enough to allow two hundred players at the limit of the Bone Forging Realm to reach the Blood Condensation Realm.

Two hundred Blood Condensation Realm players—that was a number he never dared to dream of.

Currently, the various teams within the martial arts school only have a handful of players at the Blood Condensation Realm, not even in the double digits. The mission deposits they've collected alone are enough to generate three-digit figures. If this mission succeeds, it's unimaginable what the future holds.

“We have the energy blood essence now, shall we contact those teams now?” Can Dao Ru Xue said with a smile as she looked at the box of energy blood essence.

Now that they have the energy blood essence, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance their strength. However, six hundred energy blood essences are too many. Even with the strength of their garrison, they cannot digest so many at once.

If the mission does not require a certain number of people, they can use their existing energy blood essence to hire several other teams to complete the mission together.

"Wait a minute." Yi Ye Fuyun raised his hand to stop them, saying with some concern, "This mission is really strange. We've thought about asking the Master for credit before, but he just ignored us and gave us a day of confinement to calm down. This NPC is too straightforward. Could this mission be a trap set by the game designers? Will they make us sell ourselves?"

“That is indeed possible.” Thousand Blade Demon nodded in agreement. “Six hundred energy blood essences at a time, and two thousand four hundred more later. There are only a dozen or so players at the Blood Condensation Realm. The rewards for this mission have completely affected the game balance. They are even willing to let us take out loans to complete the mission. It is very likely that the planners considered the mission too difficult and that’s why they made the NPCs agree.”

"So, even if we have two hundred more Blood Condensation Realm experts, it will still be difficult to complete this mission?" The more Yi Ye Fu Yun thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, how could this game offer such a good deal? In the previous battles, they only obtained a few Energy Blood Essences. This time, they were offered three thousand right away. No one would believe it wasn't a huge trap. He then looked at Yu Shang Qing Tian and said, "Qing Tian, ​​when you asked the NPC for a deposit of six hundred Energy Blood Essences, were you confident in your ability to secure them?"

However, the difficulty of this mission is clearly not something that can be solved by relying on two hundred experts at the Blood Condensation Realm. Encountering Qing Tian, ​​as a reserve cadre of the garrison, who has extraordinary talent, and who directly borrowed six hundred energy blood essences, he must have some ideas.

“I am indeed somewhat confident.” Yu Shang Qingtian nodded and said with a smile, “I only intend to use these six hundred energy blood essences as cost. I estimate that this support mission cannot be completed by our few teams alone. We need more people to participate.”

"The reward for this mission is 3,000 Energy Blood Essences. We can take out 90% of them and distribute them to other players. However, the level of the mainstream players is definitely not high enough right now. We can give them 600 Energy Blood Essences in advance. Of course, we also need to sign a contract with them. If the mission cannot be completed, they will have to pay an additional 20% of the deposit as a penalty."

"That way, even if we don't complete the task, we can still earn 10% of the deposit."

After Yu Qingtian finished speaking, Yi Ye Fuyun and the others in the hotel lobby were stunned. They never expected that a game quest could be played like this.

This is blatantly using the game system's money to fleece other players.

That way, whether they succeed or fail, they'll always make a profit.

"This method is brilliant." Yi Ye Fuyun nodded repeatedly and gave Yu Shang Qingtian a thumbs up. "I've decided, Qingtian, from today onwards you will be the second deputy commander of our Sky Guard Regiment."

Ye Qinglu, Qianren Egui, and others present had no objections to this.

If they succeed in this mission, they will earn 300 Energy Blood Essence, a reward they would only earn after completing 100 missions. Even if they fail, they will still receive 10% of their deposit back, which means they will earn 30 Energy Blood Essence.

“Since the leader has no objections, then our future hiring will be in units of 100 people, with a minimum level of Bone Forging Realm. The reward for a successful mission is 27 Energy Blood Essences, and we can advance 3 Energy Blood Essences. This way, we can hire 100 teams, which is 10,000 people. We will then have 300 Energy Blood Essences on hand, enough to help 100 people advance to the Blood Condensation Realm,” Yu Shang Qingtian said. “Is this alright?”

"Use three hundred energy blood essences to exchange for the assistance of ten thousand experts?" Yi Ye Fuyun thought for a moment, then said, "Alright, let's do as Qing Tian said. Everyone, get moving, and be quick. We only have one day." In an instant, everyone in the Sky Guardian Group also sprang into action. Except for a few people who used energy blood essences to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm, the rest of them went offline and posted hiring requests on the forum.

"Hire a hundred-person team to assist in the mission. Members must be at least at the Bone Forging Realm, and the leader must be at least at the high-level limit of the Bone Forging Realm. Successful mission will reward you with twenty-seven Energy Blood Essences. You can advance three Energy Blood Essences. Failure will incur a 20% penalty for the advance payment. You are in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Sign the contract to receive your three advance Energy Blood Essences. Come quickly!"

As soon as the request was posted on the official forum, it immediately attracted the attention of many players.

"Holy crap! What kind of super-rich person is this? Hiring someone to do a task and they're paying with energy blood essence?"

"Is this a scam? I heard that those top-ranked garrison regiments have only obtained a few dozen energy blood essences since they started conquering the extraterrestrial city. They only get twenty-seven for a single mission. Those garrison regiments have been working so hard for so many days and that's all they've earned. They're definitely trying to scam people out of the advance penalty and then deliberately say that the mission wasn't completed."

"Probably not. The one who issued this commission is the Sky Guard Regiment, and they hired a hundred teams at once. If all the teams receive an advance payment, that's three hundred energy blood essences. With that many energy blood essences, a hundred people could advance to the Blood Condensation Realm. Earning more energy blood essences then would be a piece of cake."

……

Players on the official forums are discussing the hiring of the Sky Guardians. Some think it's a scam, while others think the Sky Guardians are incredibly wealthy, able to come up with 300 Energy Blood Essences in one go, a level of resources that far surpasses the other teams.

Red Moon City, Obsidian Martial Arts School.

In a lounge on the third floor, a dozen men and women who had just reached the level of martial artists gathered together. The strongest among them was a handsome man in his thirties who had reached the level of a high-level martial artist.

If Ye Qinglu were here, she would be absolutely surprised to find that this man was none other than Zhan Tianbanbu, the vice president of the War God Alliance. In fact, not only Zhan Tianbanbu, the vice president of the War God Alliance, was present in the lounge, but also the other dozen or so men and women present were all elders of the War God Alliance.

"Take a look at the recruitment information for the Sky Guardian Regiment," Zhan Tian said, pointing to a flyer that Sky Guardian Regiment members had recently distributed at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. "Among the people who came in this time, are there any who currently meet the recruitment requirements?"

"No one has reached the Bone Forging Realm yet. The one who is progressing the fastest should be you, Vice President." Ghost Marquis, with his disheveled hair, shook his head after reading the flyer.

Ever since they discovered that Yi Ye Fuyun and Ye Qinglu were playing around, and all the major guilds started paying attention to the arrival of high-level martial arts, the War God Alliance came in to investigate the reason why Ye Qinglu had become stronger.

However, after playing High Martial Arts Descent for a while, they quickly understood the reason, so they immediately mobilized a large number of experts from their guild to enter High Martial Arts Descent.

However, they arrived too late, and so far the strongest among them is only Vice President Zhan Tianbanbu, while the others are only at the level of mid-level martial artists.

“In that case, let’s hire those players at the Bone Forging Realm with cash and have them form a hundred-person team to sign up,” Zhan Tianbanbu said.

He was determined to obtain the energy blood essence.

The competition for the pioneering positions on the Eternal Immortal Path is becoming increasingly fierce, with many retired veterans participating. The High Martial Descent greatly helps in the control of spiritual energy, and the higher the level of the High Martial Descent, the faster the technical level on the Eternal Immortal Path will improve. Therefore, the Blood Condensation Realm is something he must obtain as soon as possible.

“Vice President, I’m afraid that will be difficult,” Gui Hou said helplessly. “Those who have reached the limit of the high-level Bone Forging Realm are almost all aiming for the Blood Condensation Realm. Compared to money, those people want to advance to the Blood Condensation Realm more.”

“I didn’t intend to hire those people either.” Zhan Tian said nonchalantly, “The rewards for hiring the Sky Guard Regiment this time are generous, and the difficulty is self-evident. Even if those people want to use their energy blood essence to advance to the Blood Condensation Realm and then challenge the mission, they probably won’t be able to complete it. The reason I asked you to organize those teams at the initial and intermediate levels of the Bone Forging Realm is to talk to those people about cooperation.”

"Talk to them about cooperation?" Gui Hou asked in astonishment.

“That’s right, we’re talking about cooperating with teams that are qualified to take on commissions,” Zhan Tianbanbu said with a smile. “If they want the mission to succeed and obtain more energy essence, do you think they would be willing to spend a little more energy essence and hire some experts to ensure the success rate of the mission? We don’t need much, just six energy essences after the mission is successful. I believe they shouldn’t mind this expense.”

"Vice President, I understand!" Gui Hou nodded, his eyes shining.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the mission issued by the Sky Guardians this time is extremely difficult; otherwise, they wouldn't have needed a hundred teams, a full ten thousand experts—enough to destroy several cities.

For teams that can accept missions, if they want to guarantee a high success rate, they only need to spend six Energy Blood Essences to double their number of members, and then they can earn twenty-one Energy Blood Essences. No matter how you look at it, it's a huge profit.

In no time, Guihou spent money to hire ten groups of one hundred people each, all at the Bone Forging Realm, to cooperate with those idle teams. These temporarily organized idle teams were also happy to do so. Although each person would receive a smaller share, the rewards for successful missions would still be incredibly generous, so there was no reason for them to refuse.

The War God Alliance's actions also gave many free players at the high-level limit of the Bone Forging Realm a business opportunity. They no longer formed their own teams, but instead sought out Bone Forging Realm teams formed by large guilds. In other words, they outsourced their mercenary missions, so they only needed to spend six Energy Blood Essences to complete the task and did not need to share the remaining Energy Blood Essences with others.

Time flies, and a day passes quickly without you even realizing it.

The Forbidden Zone Sky Shelter.

"Commander Yiye, are you not ready yet? It's been almost a day." Elder Xingguang asked anxiously, looking at Yiye Fuyun who seemed to be waiting for something.

It has been twenty hours since City Lord Tang Yilong led his team away from Sky Dome Shelter to support Frost Shelter, but there has been no news from them. The only thing to be thankful for is that Frost Shelter is still sending out distress signals, which means that Frost Shelter has not yet fallen and City Lord Tang Yilong and his team should still be alive.

"Almost there, almost there!" Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at Elder Xing Guang, who was urging him on, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

All the hiring requests have been posted and the timeframes have been announced, but it will still take time for everyone to get to Sky Shelter.

As the agreed-upon full day was drawing to a close, a sudden gale arose outside the Sky Shelter, and a dark mass appeared in the distance, as if something was swarming towards them.

"Are the Zerg here again?" Xing Guang's expression changed drastically upon seeing this.

Because of the distance, although he couldn't see clearly, he was certain that they were human figures, and there were a great many of them, at least tens of thousands...

Such a large army is something only the Zerg would dare to do in the entire forbidden zone.

However, while the entire Sky Dome Sanctuary was on alert, the people on the city wall, including A Leaf of Clouds, were all stunned when they saw who had come.

"Wasn't there only 10,000 people? How come there are so many?"

Looking at the dark mass of players, all dressed in silver-gray clothing, rushing towards them, Yi Ye Fu Yun wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes.

They only subcontracted and hired about 10,000 players, but now this army of players has suddenly grown to over 30,000...

(End of this chapter)