The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

Anyone who plays games often knows that K-headed dogs are extremely annoying.

But once you become a K-head dog, you'll find it's actually quite fun, like the current salted fish.

He was especially happy when his level increased by five after successfully killing someone.

"Hehe, getting a free Level 5 upgrade is awesome!"

"This is a huge profit!"

Seeing the smug salted fish, everyone was very unhappy.

"Screw you, so all that hard work we put in for so long just for you to get away with it?"

"Damn, that's going too far!"

With his complete death, the dark flames on Vitok's body were no longer suppressed and began to burn wildly.

Viktor's body was also slowly turning to ashes.

Jiang Chen's gaze quickly settled on the weapon in Viktor's hand; he clearly remembered that this thing could change its appearance.

It's definitely a good thing.

And there must be quite a lot inside his ring.

So Jiang Chen hopped and skipped to Viktor's side, who was still burning.

"I'll sneakily take the items when the players aren't looking."

"The players are still young, so I'll keep these things for them for now. I'll return them to them when they grow up and get old."

"That's right! That's exactly it. I'm definitely not after this little bit of stuff."

Jiang Chen remained silent as he thought about it.

but....

"Hey... why isn't the fire finished burning yet?" a player jumped over.

"Yeah, how much longer will it burn?" Another player came over.

Before long, a number of players arrived and gathered around the still-burning Viktor, all staring longingly at him.

"Why isn't it off yet..."

"It'll be over soon, it's been burning for so long."

"How about that brother tries to snatch chestnuts from the fire?"

"No, I don't have the money to revive."

"Me too."

"Many brothers don't have enough money to revive and haven't been able to log in yet."

Listening to the players' comments, Jiang Chen was speechless.

"As expected, I shouldn't have had any hope that the players wouldn't pick up the dropped items."

Jiang Chen had to start thinking of other solutions.

Jiang Chen certainly wasn't going to steal all the good stuff that dropped.

Even if he gets it, it's useless. The most important thing is to use a good knife where it's most effective.

Although Jiang Chen had never been a planner before and lacked experience, even if he hadn't eaten pork, hadn't he seen pigs run?

Jiang Chen also noticed the problem on his side.

Currently, there are several categories. The first category is the item shop in the game. He hasn't done this yet. Of course, he wanted to do it before, but in the end, he didn't have the resources. How could he do it?

Now that he finally has some resources, he naturally wants to acquire them all. As for their purpose, it's simple: to expand the game store, so that players' gold coins will have more uses.

At the same time, it also provides an additional channel for recycling gold coins. As the saying goes, currency must circulate in order to fulfill its purpose.

Once a virtuous cycle is established, players will have a lot more room to maneuver, such as establishing strongholds or undertaking large-scale defense projects, which can be contracted out to other players.

They even allow players to develop weapons similar to the Phantom Tank, which they can then contract out to capable players.

This is, after all, a game, and many things must be done according to the rules of the game; otherwise, it will be difficult to operate later.

The current players are essentially my testing ground. Since there aren't many players right now, even if I make a major mistake in decision-making, I can still make amends. But if the number of players increases in the future, any wrong decision could really ruin the game.

Therefore, the most crucial thing now is to come up with a practical and feasible plan.

"So I need to figure out a good way to get this batch of supplies over here."

"In the end, it all comes down to the players. It will eventually return to the players, it'll just have to go through me first."

It's obvious that this can't be told to the players.

However, Jiang Chen quickly realized something.

"Oh right, how could I forget the most important thing? This is a game, after all."

"Some items dropped by special monsters in the game can be bought at high prices by NPCs, but for players, they are just useless items. Isn't that normal?"

"Just define what's on Viktor like this, and it seems easy for me to do that."

"Wouldn't it be enough to just include a reasonable cutscene?"

The more Jiang Chen thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. In reality, such an operation would probably get him beaten to a pulp, but in the game, it was perfectly normal.

At that moment, looking at the players who had gathered around him, Jiang Chen cleared his throat.

"Dear Pata warriors, the war is finally over. In this war, I witnessed your heroic figures. This battle will leave a strong mark on the history of our Pata clan."

As Jiang Chen finished speaking, all the players' eyes turned to him.

"What's going on?"

"Don't make a sound, it looks like it's a cutscene."

"It should be."

"After this cutscene, the main quest should be triggered."

........

Hearing the players' whispers, Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction.

My thinking was completely correct.

And so, under the watchful eyes of all the players, Jiang Chen hopped over to Victor's corpse and then stopped the burning of the dark flames.

Then, he casually pulled off Viktor's weapons and spatial ring.

Jiang Chen could clearly feel that when he was fiddling with these two items, the eyes of the group of players were fixed on him.

He cleared his throat.

"This victory belongs to everyone, and naturally the spoils should belong to everyone as well."

"However, the evil Victor is not as simple as everyone imagines."

"Many of the items in his possession seemed to be cursed, with only a small portion being usable."

"Perhaps this is a much bigger conspiracy."

"I will investigate the source of these curses and find out the truth."

Jiang Chen had to admit that he was quite talented; he could make up nonsense without batting an eye.

Most importantly, what he said was so reasonable and well-founded that Jiang Chen almost believed it himself.

Lilith, on the other hand, was full of questions.

Is there a curse? How come I didn't notice it?

Filled with curiosity, Lilith moved closer to Jiang Chen.

"Jiang Chen, why don't you show me your storage ring? I have some knowledge of curses, but for some reason, I can't sense any trace of a curse."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen, who was continuing his introduction, froze.

He looked at Lilith with a somewhat unfriendly gaze.

Upon seeing Jiang Chen's gaze, Lilith was stunned for a few seconds, then looked incredulous.

Based on Jiang Chen's previous actions, she knew exactly what he was up to!

"Jiang Chen, you!!!"

"Kid, don't interrupt. What do you know? Get out of here... get out of the way."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen exerted force and forced Lilith aside.

"Alright, forget about that little incident. I will investigate the curse thoroughly, and of course, I will distribute the uncursed equipment fairly."

Hearing what Jiang Chen said, the players began to whisper among themselves.

Their discussion, of course, revolved around the fabricated curse Jiang Chen had just made up.

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