The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 132: Mature players will already be able to find their own secondary professions.

"teacher?"

Qiao Hanlan, who was eating grilled meat with gusto, looked at Meng Wei, who had taken the initiative to make the suggestion, and his eyes widened in surprise.

The foundation of the Obsidian Martial Arts School is indeed beyond imagination, and its future development potential is far beyond that of the Iron Heart Gang, but joining the Obsidian Martial Arts School is really too exaggerated.

"Bring the Iron Heart Gang into the group." Lin Qi looked at Meng Wei with surprise, not expecting that a meal of monster roast meat made by players could have such an amazing effect. He then asked, "Can Vice Gang Leader Meng Wei make decisions for the Iron Heart Gang?"

Originally, he brought Meng Wei and the others here simply to try to get more benefits from the Iron Heart Gang. After all, the Obsidian Martial Arts School is short of both money and manpower. Just expanding the Obsidian Martial Arts School would conservatively cost tens of millions. And that's the simplest and slowest way to expand. If better materials were used and vagrants were hired to expand, the price would easily double.

In particular, upgrading the martial arts school requires the construction of a gravity chamber, which is not comparable to an ordinary room. It requires at least B-grade alloy to build. In other words, without tens of tons of B-grade alloy, the amount of ancient bronze ore under the martial arts school is simply not enough. A large amount of it needs to be purchased.

If a well-established suburban gang like the Iron Heart Gang could join, he would suddenly have a lot more manpower at his disposal.

Lin Qi had previously considered recruiting some skilled wanderers to form a team specifically for managing Crimson Moon Mountain, as well as transporting materials and personnel. This way, players could focus on outdoor transport and hunting, maximizing the martial arts school's profits.

To put it simply, it's just like other virtual games. Players mainly attack while NPCs mainly defend, which can maximize the rapid development of the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

However, the number of wild nomads is too diverse, and the number of players is currently too small. If a large number of wild nomads are recruited, they could be exploited by other wild forces to infiltrate Red Moon Mountain. If they discover that there are very few players in Red Moon Mountain, they could easily destroy Red Moon Mountain by working together from the inside.

But it's different if someone from the Iron Heart Gang joins. They're all from the same gang, so as long as the gang's higher-ups are kept in check, they basically won't cause any trouble.

Moreover, gang members are different from vagrants who are used to freedom. As long as the rules are explained, these gang members will abide by them. Gang members who do not abide by them have long been eliminated by the gang, so there is no need to spend a lot of time training them.

"No." Meng Wei shook his head, then quickly added, "But if you give me time, I can persuade the gang leader and a few gang elders to join."

"What do you want?" Lin Qi asked with a smile, not surprised at all.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Meng Wei must have something to gain by bringing the Iron Heart Gang into the fold. Otherwise, a suburban gang like the Iron Heart Gang could have joined other major forces in the suburbs, and those forces would have been scrambling to take them. There would have been no need for them to join the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

"Not much. I'll have elder status at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. All I need is for Master Lin to guarantee that my two disciples and I will have monster meat to eat every day," Meng Wei said confidently. "As long as Master Lin can guarantee that, I'm confident I can persuade the gang leader and the others."

"We naturally welcome any martial artist willing to become an elder at our Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. As for monster meat, as long as the academy members pay the normal fees, we will definitely provide plenty for every meal." Lin Qi nodded, then asked with a smile, "I just wonder how long it will take Elder Meng Wei to bring the Iron Heart Gang to join us?"

Monster meat might be a problem for other factions in the city, but it's not a problem at all for the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

If he hadn't explicitly forbidden players from leaving the Red Moon Mountain area at will, leaving the mountain's defenses vulnerable, he would have suspected that these players would have already gone out to hunt monsters for fun.

"Five days! No! Three or four days will be enough." Meng Wei thought for a moment and gave what he considered to be a generous amount of time.

"Alright, I'll wait for Elder Mengwei's good news." Lin Qi nodded.

In three or four days, all twenty player rest areas were renovated, and the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was able to accommodate another two hundred players. With so many players, it would be enough to control the Iron Heart Gang that had joined Red Moon Mountain.

"Without further ado, Master Lin, I'll go back and make preparations." Meng Wei looked at Lin Qi, who had agreed, and his face lit up with joy. He then paid three hundred bits and left Red Moon Mountain with his two disciples.

After Meng Wei and the other two left, Zhang Qingwei, who had been eating next to Lin Qi, was stunned by what she heard.

"What's going on?"

"Can a single meal trigger a new storyline?"

Inviting Lin Qi and the others over for dinner was simply a way to improve Lin Qi's favorability. After all, Lin Qi is currently the NPC with the highest authority in the players' minds, so his favorability is still very important.

But I never expected that just by raising my favorability rating, I would hear such an exciting storyline.

Iron Heart Gang, a suburban gang, is actually planning to merge with Obsidian Martial Arts School, and in just three or four days, this is quite astonishing news.

Once the Iron Heart Gang is merged into the Obsidian Martial Arts School, it means that the Obsidian Martial Arts School's activity area will likely extend to the suburbs of the City of Light, becoming another new activity map in the High Martial Arts Descent.

Clearing the land!

A new enemy!

New opportunities!

Zhang Qingwei thought of so many things in an instant that even the second serving of barbecue she had ordered didn't taste good anymore.

"Master, I just remembered I have something important to take care of, so I won't disturb your meal any longer." After saying goodbye, Zhang Qingwei rushed to the mine without another word, intending to tell Luo Wushang and the others the astonishing news.

Lin Qi didn't care about this. The gang wars in the suburbs of the City of Light were only a matter of time before the Obsidian Martial Arts School was affected.

It's good for players to prepare earlier, since after players advance to the level of martial artist, their resources are not just energy ores. Various items that can improve their health and help accelerate their cultivation are also necessary for players, and he is no exception.

After all, he only summoned the players to this high-martial-arts world and granted them the power to resurrect continuously through the system; the players themselves had to bear the cost.

Martial arts cultivation is not like the monster-slaying and leveling-up games in Blue Star novels, where players can easily level up by simply fighting monsters, or even by killing a stray dog ​​on the roadside. In this wonderful world where everyone can become a strong person, all you need to do is kill more cats and dogs every day.

The reality is cruel. Without enough effort and resources, most players who enter the High Martial World will only reach the level of a martial artist, which is only slightly better than most residents of the High Martial World. In the end, only a very few people will be able to reach the top. Otherwise, the system would not have the authority to select players.

After finishing his meal, Lin Qi wandered around the trading area, hoping to find some good deals.

The world of high martial arts is different from the blue planet he lives on. Because of the appearance of monsters and all kinds of races, there are too many powerful people who have died in battles in the wild, as well as destroyed cities and civilizations. So, the wanderers in the wild can find some good things from time to time. Although they can't use them themselves, they can sell them to forces that need them at high prices.

This is also why wilderness gangs want to open transit markets in the wild.

Normally, these good items would be sold by nomads to trading markets in major cities at great prices, but the profits would all go to the gangs in the suburbs, leaving the gangs in the wilderness with nothing. Meanwhile, the transit markets in the wilderness could intercept a portion of the profits.

"Hmm, this is..."

Lin Qi looked at a player's private house not far from the mine. The house was quite large, like a small workshop, and the sound of metal being polished could be heard from time to time.

The latest novel is first published here!

This piqued Lin Qi's curiosity, and he walked over to see what the players were up to.

Inside a simple house made of wooden planks, several players were busy at work. Among them was Yi Ye Fu Yun, who was polishing a weapon that Lin Qi was very familiar with in front of a small machine tool.

pistol!

Although the workmanship is somewhat rough, it looks exactly like a Desert Eagle no matter how you look at it.

"Are you crazy? Making handguns in a high-martial arts world?" Lin Qi looked at Yi Ye Fuyun, who was looking excited, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

The principle behind making a pistol is very simple; anyone who is interested in military industry and has good hands-on skills can easily make one.

However, firearms like pistols are not very effective in the high-level martial arts world. They can only be said to have some killing effect on people below the level of a martial artist. They are useless against ordinary monsters, and even people wearing protective gear are not very effective. Any set of protective gear in the high-level martial arts world is far more defensive than bulletproof vests, and even heavy sniper rifles are useless against them.

The only effective firearms are the energy particle cannons in major cities. A single shot can level a block, and any ordinary monster that charges at it is simply courting death. This is the biggest source of confidence for major cities.

However, this energy particle cannon is too large and is only suitable for defense, and it can only fight against ordinary monsters, so its practicality is not high.

Making a handgun out of a cloud? Does he really think this is the apocalypse where everyone is just an ordinary person and can act like a king just by holding a gun? He didn't even ask the apprentices wearing A6-level armor if they agreed.

"Master, what brings you here?" Yi Ye Fu Yun excitedly greeted Lin Qi at the door.

"Nothing much, I was just curious what you were doing." Lin Qi looked at the rather excited Yi Ye Fuyun and asked calmly, "Are you planning to make a gun?"

"Hmm." Yi Ye Fuyun held the newly polished 'Desert Eagle' and said with considerable pride, "This is also an inspiration I suddenly got from the Thunder Palm."

"Inspiration? What inspiration?" Lin Qi asked in surprise.

"I used to throw metal ores with my Lightning Palm, and the electromagnetic acceleration it produced was amazing. So I was thinking about what weapon could replicate this principle," said One Leaf Floating Cloud proudly. "Finally, I came up with an idea: use the lightning energy from the Lightning Palm to accelerate the bullets in a pistol. Not only will the penetrating power be preserved, but the blood energy consumed will also be much less, and the accuracy will be even higher."

"So I traded a large number of weapons and protective gear from a caravan in the wilderness for a generator and a small machine tool. Although the small machine tool can only cut A-grade metal, it is enough for experiments using A6-grade metal, so I made a few to experiment with."

"How did the experiment go?" Lin Qi asked, somewhat curiously.

He originally thought that Yi Ye Fuyun was making ordinary handguns. If he really was making an electromagnetic gun, that would be amazing. This can be seen from how easily Fang Zhen and others killed the Crocodile Tooth Rhinoceros. It definitely has potential.

Once a single cloud can be created, it will absolutely bring about a qualitative change in the combat power of Crimson Moon Mountain.

(End of this chapter)