Absolute Death Game-Chapter 297 - 69: Recruiting and Pacifying the Displaced People

An event? Luo Xiu was no stranger to this term, but only in the context of regular online games. Having played this game for so long, he hadn’t participated in any events yet. It sure is great to be in a big guild, able to organize events.

He squeezed in and discovered a player named Han Wenhuan next to the NPC, preaching about something.

Han Wenhuan, "Our guild will launch a refugee pacification event at one o’clock in the afternoon. Adventurers interested in participating in this event can sign up to join. The quest trigger location is right over there at the Deputy Commander’s place. We’re limited to 30 people for this activity, first come first served. Interested parties please sign up immediately."

Luo Xiu clicked on Zhang Zhixi next to him and had a chat, which indeed triggered a quest.

Zhang Zhixi (Black Mountain Deputy Commander), "Are you here to join the recruitment of refugees to save your skin, you Righteous Warrior? Hehe, we really need people like you here."

System Prompt: Quest ’Pacifying Refugees’ triggered.

Pacifying Refugees: Follow the Black Mountain Army to the crossroads and pacify refugees from the nearby area. For each refugee pacified, you can earn an income of 10 silver coins. Do you accept? Yes/No.

Of course, he had to accept such a good deal. Although 10 silver coins weren’t a lot, they weren’t little either. For solo players like Luo Xiu, sometimes the loot from a whole day’s battle wouldn’t even amount to this, and that was if he was lucky enough to have monsters to fight. Sometimes, it was common to go three to five days without any income. Now, just by catching a refugee, he could earn this much. It would be strange not to do it.

He chose to accept the quest and obtained the quest item—Refugee Pacification Device.

This Refugee Pacification Device looked like a pole with a noose at the end, similar to the poles used by dog catchers, and there was an item description below.

Refugee Pacification Device: Attach one end of the Refugee Pacification Device to a refugee, and use the rope to drag and pacify them (crafted by Li Shuren).

Damn, this was too ridiculous, Luo Xiu thought speechlessly to himself. How on earth was this thing made? Could there be blueprints for this kind of thing in the game? But whatever, as long as there’s money to be made, it was fine.

"Hey, Luo Xiu, did you also take on the task of pacifying refugees?" The nearby Swordsman suddenly asked.

"Yeah, did you take it too? Are you not going to work this afternoon?"

The Swordsman nodded his head, "I’m not going. How could I miss such a great opportunity? Let’s do it together."

Among the solo players, there were also many small groups, mostly consisting of three to five people. The reason they didn’t grow larger was that the rare elites and quests they encountered in the wild could typically be easily dealt with by three to five people. More people meant no extra benefits, and often the loot wouldn’t be enough to go around.

Now, Luo Xiu formed a team with several players he often cooperated with. After lunch, they waited until one o’clock in the afternoon and logged in again.

The pacifying team was already assembled, comprising forty Black Mountain Hunters, twenty Black Mountain Raiders, and twenty Black Mountain Looters. The reason for choosing a large number of Black Mountain Hunters was because they, like the players’ hunters, possessed the tracking skill.

Once the team was assembled, they set off towards the base of Black Mountain under the leadership of Han Wenhuan and Zhang Zhixi, with the players forming several small teams of varying numbers following behind.

After more than an hour’s walk, they arrived at the crossroads at the foot of Black Mountain. This was a major thoroughfare and a necessary route for refugees fleeing famine. Han Wenhuan organized the Black Mountain Hunters into eight tracking teams of five, while the remaining Black Mountain Raiders and Looters were responsible for guarding the refugees, and they stationed themselves there. The players who took the quest were each assigned a tracking team, and then they dispersed in different directions.

Luo Xiu’s team also took a tracking team and headed toward a less populated direction to explore.

Hunters usually have the Wilderness Rush skill that increases movement speed and reduces stamina consumption in the wild. After walking for over ten minutes, they spotted a group of refugees from a distance, about a dozen people, mostly ordinary White Name NPCs. Luo Xiu had often encountered these types of NPCs and was no longer surprised by them, but now, he felt a wave of excitement.

He used the Refugee Pacification Device to pacify them, but unexpectedly encountered resistance. A few burly men from the group, resembling militiamen, suddenly turned into hostile Red Names and began attacking. The trio was cautious and retreated quickly, deciding to release the dogs and shoot arrows from a distance, with the assistance of Black Mountain Hunters. After all, these were just minor monsters. They quickly dealt with the few resisting burly men, and the rest were pacified obediently. Leading the remaining refugees back toward the camp at the crossroads, and with the demise of the Black Mountain Bandits, there weren’t any other dangerous creatures nearby except some wild beasts, so the escort was soon successful. They had pacified eight refugees in one fell swoop—nearly an income of one Gold Coin. Although it took some time, it was quite fast.

Clutching the silver coins they had gotten as his share, Luo Xiu was excited, "Let’s make another run."

Of course, the Swordsman in the team said excitedly.

This time they ventured further, and another group of refugees appeared, and this time, there was even a rare elite among them.

Ma Wanqiang (Refugee Warrior).

"Is it a rare elite? Should we recruit it?" the Swordsman asked hesitatively.

Luo Xiu replied, "Recruit, my ass. They didn’t say there’s an extra reward for recruiting rare elites. Just kill it and loot the gear."

They resolved the situation decisively and with ease. Unfortunately, it was probably because of the refugees that the loot wasn’t great, only dropping a blue-quality, refined willow-leaf saber. Luo Xiu took out the few Gold Coins he had saved over the past couple of days and bid on the saber.

Most of the remaining refugees were also recruited. By evening, they had recruited four teams of refugees, totaling over thirty people.

The other teams also had their hauls. Nearly three hundred refugees were recruited altogether, exchanging thirty Gold Coins for the task and a small amount of Prestige reward. Only then did Han Wenhuan lead the large group of people back to the stronghold, satisfied.

Back at the stronghold, after reporting to Xiao Buli and others, Han Wenhuan excitedly said, "Haha, the speed of recruiting these refugees is quite fast. We’ve already got three hundred people. With this pace, breaking a thousand population is no problem at all."

Gu Shaobang had to throw cold water on him, "Don’t get too happy too early. Right now, there are a lot of refugees, so it’s easy, but once the local refugees are all recruited, there won’t be such good opportunities. Besides, we’re almost out of Gold Coins."

Recruiting one refugee cost ten silver coins, and one hundred Gold Coins could recruit a thousand refugees. However, the expenses for equipping them and upgrading their soldier type were even greater. Even if Xiao Buli made some money by selling Magical Treasures, he couldn’t come up with that much now.

In fact, just training these three hundred people into Black Mountain Lackeys and then promoting them to official soldiers would be enough to drain Xiao Buli’s Gold Coins. And that was just the training cost. So many soldiers required a lot of food to sustain them as well. That was when Xiao Buli realized that the realism in the game also had realistic downsides. At least in previous games he played, NPCs didn’t need to eat. Stay connected with novelbuddy

However, Han Wenhuan said, "That’s not a problem. Our mines still produce some resources, which can be sold for money."

Li Shuren replied, "That’s just a small amount of money. I say we just bring in a few gold bars, they’re definitely worth a lot."

"Are you suggesting transferring money from reality into the game?" He had never done such a thing before. Previously, he had exchanged Game Coins for renminbi, but now it was the other way around and that felt somewhat improper. Xiao Buli thought to himself that this was indeed a solution, but they didn’t have that much money to buy gold bars, "Mr. Bang, how much capital do you have left now?"

Gu Shaobang thought as he spoke, knowing that whenever it came to money, he couldn’t avoid being involved, but after all, who let him be a rich second generation.

"I can’t take out that much now either. My accounts were frozen by my family because of my running away. Although there’s some money in my private account, there’s only a few hundred thousand left. If exchanged for gold bars, it won’t be many, worth maybe a hundred and eighty Gold Coins at most."

Xiao Buli nodded. That amount of money was hardly enough for anything, and it wasn’t a sustainable solution.

At that moment, Xiao Ge said, "I say we just find a way to get some money. If we want to grow and develop in the game, we need money in many areas. Even if we want to recruit players later, it won’t work without money. After all, they will only mix with us if we show strength. Besides, what’s the point of gaining these superpowers if not to enjoy ourselves in the real world? There’s no use learning so many superpowers if we can’t even get money."

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Gu Shaobang was curious, "Get money? How?"

"How? By force, of course. The boss now has such powerful superpowers. With invisibility and teleportation, getting money is as easy as reaching out."

Xiao Buli understood what he meant, "You make a point. Right now, the four of you aren’t powerful enough. Though you count as superpowered individuals in the real world, you can’t come and go undetected. Seems I need to take this on personally."

With Xiao Buli’s current abilities, getting money wasn’t a difficult task. He had considered this issue before, but the question was where to get it.

"Just hit a bank then," Xiao Ge suggested rather fearlessly.

Xiao Buli shook his head, "No, a bank is too big of a target. If we hit a bank and it makes the news, it’s certain to attract attention. We need to keep a low profile and not act recklessly."

Li Shuren said, "Then we should find an underground money house. Ask Qian Duoduo, he should know where to find such places."

Xiao Buli nodded, "Alright, then leave this to you. Get the information on nearby underground money houses from Qian Duoduo. It’s better if they are involved in illegal activities. That way if they get robbed, they won’t dare call the police."

"What about you, boss? Do you have things to do?"

Xiao Buli nodded, "I’m going to that dungeon to see what Zhang Yaoyang and his crew are up to."(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your vote for recommendation, monthly pass. Your support is my greatest motivation.)