T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World

The chestnut warrior laughed and said, "I'm not too concerned about that right now. I've been too busy experiencing all sorts of life skills since I got into the game. As long as I can recoup the repair costs, that's fine."

Jiang Heyi smiled as she thought of the garlic sprouts in her garden that she had tricked into saying "I'll definitely do it next time" a few times.

"I want it all."

When the guild members met again in the city, they discovered that Jiang Heyi had stuffed over a hundred fresh fish into his backpack.

"Why did you buy so many fish?" The jailer asked curiously, taking one from Jiang Heyi's backpack.

"Hey, Home Doll, I have a feeling she's got a lot of features. Unlock her sooner, enjoy her sooner."

Zhong Zemo, who had just bought a large bag of groceries and was organizing his backpack, looked up when he heard this.

"Will the guild system also be unlocked early so we can enjoy it sooner?"

Everyone could hear the eagerness in his words.

"Then... buy it early and enjoy it early?" the jailer suggested tentatively.

Plain fries: "I have no objection."

"I'm actually quite curious to see what specific functions it has." Orange Tea doesn't play many games, but she has a strong curiosity about all things new and interesting.

Since that's what they've said, let's speed it up!

The guide to the Temple of the Clarity yielded considerable results; the cost of several purple-quality materials is more than enough to cover the expenses.

"【Boundary Between Reality and Illusion】Guild construction accelerated to completion."

"The teleportation anchor point of the Starry Sky Jade has been memorized."

After the teleportation was completed, before the group could even look around, a familiar creature appeared before them—an amorphous, semi-transparent bubble floating in mid-air in the Homestead system.

"Slimes again? The game's designers must really love this element," Zhong Zemo remarked.

"Loading begins..."

A cold, mechanical voice rang out, and the slime's body began to tremble violently. After a while, a humanoid figure with faintly outlined facial features but no further details appeared.

Jiang Heyi couldn't help but blink. Wasn't this the garlic sprouts from her own garden?

"Homestead Doll, Doll Information Injection".

Original Fries muttered, "It seems the guild doll's data is based on the doll in the guild leader's home."

"Guild doll [Garlic Sprout] welcomes all guild leaders to visit the guild base."

"The guild map has been updated for everyone, please check it. You can ask me any questions about the guild."

The guild headquarters resembled a tavern, with two floors. They were currently in the meeting hall on the first floor.

As it was a newly established guild, the furnishings were quite sparse. A mahogany round table and a few battle-damaged wooden chairs made up the entire meeting room, and the lighting equipment consisted of minimalist candlesticks... They didn't even have any lighting crystals.

Regarding how to improve the guild's infrastructure, Garlic Sprouts' solution is quite simple: collect materials, craft props, and decorate them yourself.

This is exactly the gameplay introduction I expected.

Orange Tea has already returned from her rounds. She doesn't care about the poverty that the guild exudes, but she's curious whether the interior layout can be rearranged.

The artisan shop and the potion workshop are right next to each other, without even a separating area. What a brilliant arrangement!

"Of course. Since the guild space is extremely limited, the owners may need to make some investment in order to better renovate and decorate it."

As expected, just as Jiang Heyi was about to ask some functional questions, the prison guard suddenly interrupted.

"Is there a way to expand and renovate the guild without any investment?"

How could such a good thing possibly happen!

"Of course."

what?

Garlic Sprout's words drew everyone's attention to her.

"Please allow me to first introduce a guild setting to all of you: [Guild Reputation]."

"Guild reputation can only be obtained by guilds that have set up the World Bubble and occupied the main world stronghold. With reputation points, guild members can enjoy many benefits such as special materials sold by wandering caravans, guild blessing effects, guild dolls assisting in going out, and battle assistance."

"Wait a minute." Original Fries interrupted at the opportune moment, "Setting up the world bubble to open means announcing the guild's coordinates to everyone, which I can understand. But occupying the main world's stronghold... you mean our world bubble will overlap with the main world?"

“That’s right.” Garlic Sprout smiled slightly. “As far as I know, the masters are currently conquering a special area called the [Clarity Underground Temple]. Once the conquest is complete, you can use this area to project your guild stronghold, occupy it, and continuously obtain all kinds of guild resources.”

PVP elements with clear meaning.

So there's only one question left: what can those fiercely contested guild reputation points actually be exchanged for?

"It's useless for guild wars under the balanced format, but it's very beneficial for you masters to explore this world, that is, the so-called PVE. As for what it contains... that's a secret left for those who climb to the top to unlock."

In other games, such words would not arouse any interest in PVP, but in Proof of the Stars, they have an advantage that other players can hardly match.

The Boundary Between Reality and Illusion may be the first guild to trigger the Underground Temple of the Clarities storyline and begin its conquest.

This is a clear information advantage.

Moreover, none of the pay-to-win items in the Stars of Proof can affect the combat power in the game. In other words, with their information advantage, they won't suddenly encounter a pay-to-win monster during their strategy, dealing 9999 damage in one hit and making all their efforts go to waste.

"If things go smoothly enough, we can definitely make a profit first."

The jailer's eyes were burning with fervor. He was the first to realize this, and now he was looking around expectantly, hoping someone would support his point of view.

Zhong Zemo also took a deep breath: "We'll see what happens in the future. Since we have the opportunity, wouldn't it be a shame not to seize it..."

That makes two votes.

The attitude towards plain fries is very important.

"If it can really make PVE easier and more enjoyable, then give it a try; there's no harm in it."

With the decision now made, quickly conquering the underground temple became the top priority.

"Garlic Sprouts, what kind of assistance can the guild provide us at this stage?"

"Tier 1 Guild Blessing, the effect changes randomly each game session."

"The effect of this round of blessings is: [Endless Training], which gives a small chance to increase the amount of experience gained by players."

A blessing that's better than nothing is better than a blessing in itself, and people aren't particularly sensitive to levels anyway.

"Can you give some advice on the guild's development priorities?" Jiang Heyi asked again.

"Puppet training is closely related to the guild system. Masters who help their puppets take on a complete human form will reap even more surprises."

Apart from Jiang Heyi, the others probably hadn't fed their own family dolls, so upon hearing this, they all fell into deep thought.

Zhong Zemo couldn't hold back any longer: "Potato, set aside the money for buying magic potions, and give me a share of the materials."

Orange Tea immediately chimed in, "Me too! Me too! I'll go feed it right now!"

Jiang Heyi, who had brought up the trading panel, was puzzled to see that the jailer was not making any moves.

Aren't you going to feed it?

The jailer put his hands behind his head and grinned, "I've already fed her, and I even 'downloaded' a nun's uniform template from the store for her to wear."

"..."

As expected of you, no wonder none of the white Clarity equipment assigned to you appeared on your character. So that's how it is.

"Download?" Orange Tea asked, puzzled. "How do I download it?"

"He was too lazy to play around with the game, so he just spent real money to buy the skin templates from the store," Jiang Heyi sighed. "That's what downloading is all about."

The same goes for other games; once the jailer gets to enjoy a game, he downloads it like crazy.

If you don't enjoy it... then download games with nun elements first.

"So, what can a doll with a complete human form do?" the jailer asked Garlic Sprout.

Garlic Sprout's right palm projected the world bubble where the guild was located. After receiving Jailer Brother's reply of "permission to guide", the world bubble of Jailer Brother's home faintly appeared in Garlic Sprout's left palm.

Between his hands, faint red threads appeared, intertwined with each other.

"World Bubble, Contract Forged."

"Puppet guidance, begin."

An oval portal shimmering with holy light suddenly appeared behind the jailer, and a black-haired elven doll dressed as a white-robed nun gracefully appeared, fluttering her butterfly wings.

This segment, which was essentially an XP demonstration, didn't make the jailer feel ashamed at all; instead, he puffed out his chest.

Jiang Heyi's guild interface displayed the words "Puppet Residency" and several additional options.

Join the Craftsman's Workshop: Repair damaged equipment for all players within the specified time.

Join the Potion Workshop: Produce consumable potions (grade and quantity vary depending on the individual puppet's growth and proficiency).

Enlisted Messenger Group: Regularly goes out to search (items collected are random).

So that's how it is! The dolls in each player's home can also play the role of Palu!

Now we need to feed them even more!

We can't let our puppets be idle when they're offline.

Given that the female doll is the jailer's "wife," Jiang Heyi decided to let him handle the induction process himself.

The jailer didn't hesitate at all.

"Will you be assigned to an artisan workshop?"

"Imagine a devout and holy nun being forced to do heavy manual labor to make a living, while we log off, thinking of the god we believe in, and having to repair our equipment with a worried look on our faces... Ah, the contrast!"

You'll fill in the blanks with your imagination...

Plain fries scoffed: "Pervert."

Chapter 19 Divorce

The remaining materials were just enough for Zhong Zemo and Orange Tea's doll to take human form, which was also the basic condition for them to transform into Palu.

The craftsmen, potion makers, and messengers are all staffed with puppets. Watching the puppets gradually take up their posts and get busy gives me a wonderful feeling that their labor is not being wasted.

During this time, Orange Tea opened the store to check out the clothes and saw that even a random ready-made template cost 30 or more. Poverty immediately suppressed her inner impulse.

"Squid, aren't you going to buy a set? I saw a red and white shrine maiden outfit in the templates yesterday. I'll send you a keyword and you can find it by searching."

Watching his nun diligently repairing damaged equipment in the workshop, the jailer chuckled to himself.

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized he had said the wrong thing. His smile froze into embarrassment, and finally turned into a cautious look in his eyes.

If Zhong Zemo didn't want it at all, this statement would only have made the prison guard, who hadn't thought about it before, feel awkward. But the prison guard really wanted to buy it.

Thus, this sentence effectively controlled two people.

Jiang Heyi quickly released the control effect and looked at the original flavor fries who were studying the guild functions.

"French fries, aren't you going to buy a set?"

"Not interested in."

The answer was unsurprising: the player who plays Original Fries is very rational and can control their impulse to spend money well, rarely getting carried away.

Having found a way out, the jailer immediately mocked himself: "That's right, anyway, I'm the only one who's a pay-to-win pig."

"Then why don't you just buy one for Cuttlefish? Let me see, it's not expensive, only 50." Original Fries glanced at the jailer, "You can just skip one Crazy Thursday meal."

This kind of "Big shot, give me a 50 V to see my strength" kind of statement usually goes unanswered, but...

"You're really spending money on this!"

Zhong Zemo was taken aback when he received the gift from the prison guard.

"Hey, we've known each other for years, what's wrong with giving me a little something? Call me godfather, and I'll give you more in the future." The jailer waved his hand dismissively.

Just as they were expecting Zhong Zemo to take out the costume to equip the doll, a dangerous red light suddenly emanated from his body, and his body trembled violently, leaving behind a series of afterimages.

"What happened?" Jiang Heyi asked hurriedly, stunned.

"I..." Zhong Zemo's voice became ethereal. He tried to say something, but his voice became barely audible after a few seconds.

The abnormal state lasted for several minutes. Suddenly, a white light emanated from his body, turning into countless light particles that dissipated before everyone's eyes.

Everyone was stunned.

Is it a game bug, or something else?