Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 206 The Entrance to the Ruins, Demonic Power Out of Control

The rewards for this mission are amazing!

Let's not even talk about the fact that the top ten players can choose between a Heavenly-level divine weapon and a Heavenly-level martial art.

That special reward alone is enough to make people overlook everything else.

The Heaven-Shattering Palm Technique, a copy of the first move.

The Heaven-Shattering Divine Palm is a heaven-defying martial art! It's the top-tier martial art created by Lu Yuan, and it's absolutely the strongest in the current version, without exception.

As players in Wangyou County, everyone knows how terrifying Lu Yuan's combat power is.

No one is unaware of how incredibly powerful the Heaven-Shattering Palm technique is.

Although the learning conditions are all question marks and there are learning restrictions, you cannot deny that the power value of the Heaven-Shattering Palm is the highest. What does an additional value of one thousand mean?
A complete Heaven-level martial art only adds a couple hundred points to its value, with a slightly more powerful one adding up to five hundred, which is already the limit.

Lu Yuan's earth-shattering palm strike, with its first move alone, was enhanced by a thousand.

This value will increase as the level increases. In the later stages of the game, the gap between the values ​​of high-level martial arts and low-level martial arts will only become larger and larger.

Other than that.

However, it is undeniable that the demonstration of the Heaven-Shattering Palm is the most stunning, tearing the heavens and earth apart with a single palm strike. This style is completely different from other martial arts.

What surprised him most was the method of obtaining this special reward.

All players who participate in the mission have a chance to obtain it.

To put it simply, even if you contribute the least, you still have a chance to win if you're lucky enough.

Ordinary players were overjoyed.

Although the probability is not specified, the player base is huge. There are hundreds of millions of players in the Chinese server. Even if only a few hundred percent of them participate in the task, that's still millions of people. If millions of players don't receive a special reward...

That planner, I really need to control you.

However, the mission has not yet started, so let's revive the planner's horse for now.

……

[Dididi...]

Suddenly, a mission notification sounded in the minds of all players outside the mission area. After reading the mission, their expressions changed instantly.

Holy crap, game planner, you're amazing!

At this moment, the player forums also exploded.

Various posts and screenshots all revolve around this mission.

[Planner, get to work already!]

[Hello, this is Uluru. Starting today, I'm temporarily refraining from using the game's creator, who is known for his incompetence, to block the bridge.]

[The planner has finally come to life and can understand human language! I'm very satisfied with these changes. Let's get hyped!]

[Wait, why is the mission area so small this time? Only some towns in western Lingnan? You should at least cover the entire Lingnan Prefecture.]

[Small mission area? Dude, wake up! This mission area is the largest ever. Previous missions only covered a street, and at most a city. Anything a little further was out of the question.]

[Wait a minute, wasn't the Western Regions dungeon quite large, covering the entire server, and the system even provided teleportation to and from it?]

[Brothers, the situation is different. The Western Regions Dungeon quests were given a cheat code by the system because the players weren't strong enough; otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to beat the boss. Forget-Worry County is different. The protagonist of Forget-Worry County is never the players, but Lu Yuan. We players are just background characters. A background character expecting a cheat code? Dream on.]

[Yeah, the guy upstairs is right. This mission is just like the bandit siege at the beginning of the server launch. We players can just coast along. To put it bluntly, this mission is just a super-version of the bandit siege.]

[Slacking off? That's my specialty! I'm a pro at slacking off.]

How long will the mission preview take? I'm in Guangzhou; I don't know if I can make it in time.

[I'm not sure, it could be a few days, or it could be half a month. The task doesn't specify. If you can make it, try to come. The rewards for the task preview are quite high. After the preview ends, there will be an official task, and the rewards for the official task will definitely be even higher.]

【Go for it! Of course I'll go! I won't even ride a horse, I'll just run on foot, like a madman, run as fast as you can, yamete!】

[Monsters attacking the city, sigh, this is probably a very urgent mission. I'm in the Western Regions, even flying wouldn't be enough to catch up.]

Players in Luoyang are crying.

We also want the same head constable!

……

On the coastal cliff, a woman carrying a bundle climbed out of a cave in the middle of the cliff. Stepping on the small sharp stones on the cliff, she used her light-footed skills to climb up the cliff little by little. After landing on the safe flat ground, the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Jingye opened the bundle, inside which were bricks wrapped in strips of cloth.

Jingye carefully untied the strip of cloth, and as the cloth was untied, a fragment of bronze came into view.

The bronze fragments were engraved with inscriptions, which had become blurred and illegible over the years. However, Jingye had her own method to restore the inscriptions to their original state.

The only thing that bothered her was the true information behind these inscriptions.

These inscriptions are detached from reality and do not belong to the writing system of any particular dynasty or civilization.

However, these challenges did not deter her.

She has plenty of money and plenty of time.

It's only a matter of time before these inscriptions are deciphered.

As Jingye recalled the area she had been in during this time, her curiosity grew even stronger.

The opening in the cliff face leads to a huge underground space.

The underground space is vast, both horizontally and vertically, enough to accommodate several cities.

The air in the underground space is not thin; there is even wind and underground rivers.

She walked around inside for months, but still couldn't find the end of this underground space.

However, she did not come away empty-handed.

These bronze fragments were discovered in a corner of the underground space. There weren't many fragments, but each one was inscribed with a rune. Once she deciphered the runes, she would be able to unveil a glimpse of the underground space.

The joy of deciphering.

It's so addictive!

……

"Beep beep, beep beep, come pick me up."

"I've sent you the location. Bring me some good food, I'm starving."

After sending a few messages to her friends, Jingye found a place to sit down and rest.

After some time, Dudu arrived on horseback.

"Jingye, you son of a bitch, you even managed to find this godforsaken place."

"I've gone around in circles for ages and still can't find the way up. I'm really impressed."

Dudu jumped off the horse, its fat jiggling.

"Luck, luck, I was lucky to find this place."

Jingye smiled sheepishly, took the bundle from her best friend, and started eating some snacks.

The stamina bar slowly recovers.

"Anything gained?"

Dudu asked curiously.

Her best friend had been missing for months; surely she couldn't have come up with nothing at all?
She hadn't done any quests to level up for months and was now nearly ten levels behind the first team.

That's a bit of a loss, sis.

"Have."

Jingye pointed to the bundle not far from her. Dudu went over and opened the bundle, and was stunned when she saw the bronze fragments inside.

"Hey, Jingye, is this all you've got? You've been working all these months in secret, and all you've got is this piece of junk? You've lost out big time."

Dudu was speechless.

What have you been busy with for the past few months?

"Take a closer look, there are words on it."

"I'm telling you, there's definitely something down there."

"Loss? I, Jingye, never do business at a loss."

He laughed heartily in the still night, his words brimming with confidence.

"Huh? There really are words. What's below that? A large tomb?"

Dudu glanced at the bronze fragment in her hand and saw that it indeed had inscriptions, densely packed, but she couldn't understand them.

"I don't know, it could be a large tomb, or it could be something else."

“I’m more inclined to think it’s something else. The structure below doesn’t look like a tomb; it’s more like an underground world or something.”

“The space inside is huge. I’ve been searching for months and I still can’t see the end. Do you know what that means?” Jingye suddenly said mysteriously.

"What does it mean?"

Dudu responded curiously.

"There's a big secret down there."

"A super big secret that's enough to shake up the gaming world."

"cut."

Dudu was speechless. To be honest, you yourself don't know what's going on down there. You're pretending to know, and you've even piqued people's curiosity.

"Let's not talk about this anymore."

"You've come at the perfect time. Come with me on a mission later."

"Do a quest? What quest? I have other things to do. Didn't you see these inscriptions? I need to find someone to decipher them."

Jingye munched on snacks and waved her hand.

"Are you out of your mind?"

"When will this broken inscription be unbreakable?"

"This is a big mission, don't you know?"

Dudu suddenly stood up and said loudly.

"What big mission could it be? I don't have time to check system information."

"It doesn't matter," Jingye said indifferently.

"look by youself."

Dudu was so angry she was trembling all over. This best friend of hers has really lost her mind.

After a while.

Jingye suddenly stood up.

"I'll go, what the hell?"

"Is this mission real?"

"Are you really delivering a divine palm strike?"

The night was filled with shock.

"It's a real gift, but it's a copy of the first style."

Dudu wanted to explain further.

"It does not matter."

"Even if it's a replica of the first move of the Heaven-Shaking Palm, it's still the Heaven-Shaking Palm."

"I don't know if the counterfeit version has any access restrictions."

Jingye was tempted; she had no reason not to be, after all, this was the strongest martial art in the current version, and it might even be the strongest martial art in future versions.

"Nonsense, you think the martial arts skills rewarded by the system also have access restrictions? How could that be? There might be conditions for cultivation, but there won't be access restrictions."

"Don't even think about it, it's all about luck."

"With your luck, you should just go to bed."

Dudu retorted sharply.

Jingye's luck is really just so-so.

"As long as it's not bound to anything, why would I worry that no one would want to sell it?"

"The smug look on the faces of the rich, Auntie~"

……

On the edge of a village near the sea.

Inside a thatched hut, Big-Eater Little Rain was practicing the evil arts of the Demon Yin Sect.

Ever since he lost contact with the Demon Yin Sect, he has been wanted and hunted by various groups, not only righteous players, but even demonic players from the same faction.

In addition, there are various NPCs and border guards.

During this short period, he had a very difficult time, being killed several times and escaping several times.

There's always a way out. Just when he thought he was about to be wiped out, he killed an NPC and obtained a martial arts manual, the Art of Disguise, from the NPC.

Using his disguise skills, he escaped the players' pursuit and fled to a fishing village. He rented a house from the village chief and spent a lot of money to buy a boat and then sail to Annam.

The Great Yong Dynasty is not suitable for players of the Demon Yin Sect.

The gangs within the Great Yong Dynasty are extremely rude.

Don't understand any rules.

Unlike the indigenous people of Southeast Asia who are understanding.

Players within the Dayong Dynasty are the same; they're all acting like saints, complaining about killing a few NPCs for cultivation and demanding to be hunted down across the entire map.

Damn it, this is a disgrace to us players.

"Drip drip."

Xiao Yu, the big-eater, suddenly opened his eyes. A series of system notifications rang in his mind. After reading the mission rewards, he was tempted.

Although he had never met Lu Yuan, he had heard of his reputation.

The main reason is that the NPC Lu Yuan is too popular.

Lu Yuan is undoubtedly the most popular NPC in this game, without a doubt.

Every now and then, they dominate the game forum rankings.

There are even posts about him on foreign forums, which shows how popular Lu Yuan is as an NPC.

He wanted that heaven-shattering divine palm technique, that heaven-defying martial art.

He's a hardcore gamer, otherwise he wouldn't have joined a scumbag sect like the Demon Yin Sect.

Right now, there is such an opportunity.

He was moved, truly moved.

For a fleeting moment, he actually wanted to turn over a new leaf.

Just as he was thinking about how to join the mission, his internal energy suddenly went out of control, and a strong bloodlust overwhelmed his reason.

In that instant, the thought of killing arose in his mind.

What's wrong with my body?

"No, I've clearly set my sensory system to the lowest level, so why am I still affected?"

Xiaoyu, with her large appetite, immediately opened her character settings, which clearly indicated that her sensory system had been set to the lowest level.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have had this impulse.

Something's not right, something's not right with this game.

"Ah~"

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Big Stomach Little Rain's true energy completely spiraled out of control, and his reason was completely replaced by the will to kill. In an instant, the thatched hut he was hiding in was burst open by the restless true energy.

The big-bellied Xiaoyu had disheveled hair and scarlet eyes that scanned the village before him.

"Big Stomach Little Rain" curled her lips slightly, revealing a cruel and bloodthirsty smile.

"The slaughter has begun."

Blood shadows swept through, and the fishing village was instantly plunged into endless slaughter.

The smell of blood was carried by the sea breeze to more distant areas.

At that moment, the players who were settling the villagers suddenly smelled the blood and their minds instantly cleared.

"Oh no, my contribution points."

Several players rushed toward the source of the bloody smell.

They witnessed the gluttonous Xiaoyu slaughtering the village and were enraged. Their anger exploded instantly. Without saying a word, they drew their swords and charged towards Xiaoyu.

Meanwhile, even more players are heading towards the fishing village.

……

(End of this chapter)