sjar Chapter 1063: Qiuguobei, an uninhabited village
Chapter 1063: Qiuguobei, an uninhabited village
[We have detected that you will be undergoing the "Level Up Trial" in this game. We are now loading a special mission for you.]
[Level-up Mission 1: In this game, join three or more "camps" and obtain legal status. Maintain a good reputation within each camp until the end of the game.]
[Upgrade Task 2: Complete a "grand" performance.]
[Complete both tasks to obtain the "Exclusive Item Creation Blueprint." After completing the creation of the "Exclusive Item," this "Upgrade Trial" is officially complete.]
【The task is not required to be completed.】
As usual, after the normal entry prompt of the [copy] opened by the [Upgrade Trial], there will also be relevant information about the [Upgrade Task].
after that……
Lin Yucai officially entered the Black Swamp Realm.
"Crack-"
The sound of flames burning and dry wood breaking could be heard all around, and there was a vast sea of fire all around.
The turbulent orange-red color and the upward drifting black smoke almost occupied the entire field of vision. Lin Yu sat up and probably made a judgment.
It seemed like I was inside a wooden building that was on fire.
To be more precise... it was a complex of wooden buildings - a large group of buildings situated on a gentle slope. Judging from the density and scale of the buildings, it should be some kind of very wealthy village or camp, now engulfed in a vast sea of fire.
The burning flames carried a special smell of oil. Looking at the crisscrossing charred "fire marks" on the sand on the ground, Lin Yu was able to make a judgment.
"It was arson...someone poured kerosene all over the building to help fuel the flames." He slowly got up from the ground, adjusting his [Fusion Memory Metal Breathing System] to filter out the choking, harmful gases. "But this time it seems like I'm on a battlefield, so it makes sense."
Just from the "clearance mission", Lin Yu could probably tell what he was going to encounter this time - he should be on a battlefield...
In other words, he should be on some front at this moment.
After all, clearing the game requires participating in "three battles", which means... there must be at least places and people around you that can support the outbreak of three battles.
The two upgrade tasks also provided Lin Yu with additional clues.
There are at least three "camps" of forces here.
I just don't know whether the three parties will fight each other or two parties will join forces to attack the other party.
Anyway, this is very common in Black Swamp————This made Lin Yu sigh that he was also playing the Three Kingdoms in Black Swamp.
And there just so happen to be three countries in the Black Swamp: the Blood Kingdom, Sanqiu, and Xiajin.
But Lin Yu couldn't say for sure whether three countries were at war here, because the "camp forces" that broke out in the Black Swamp did not necessarily need to be from different countries.
Just by participating in the last Blood Country's "Blood and Fire Festival", Lin Yu had already experienced it firsthand...
The concept of "country" in Black Marsh is equivalent to an unreliable alliance.
It is common for the ten major tribes to fight against each other all year round, and sometimes the scale of the fighting is definitely not small-scale enough to be considered a war.
and so……
"The most urgent task is to find out exactly where and which 'camps' are involved."
After all, this is what his [Upgrade Task 1] requires.
As for [Level Up Mission 2]...
Just looking at it gave Lin Yu a headache.
How can I accomplish this task requirement which is vague and highly subjective?
Although Lin Yu loves acting very much, and he even confirmed this before entering, he still couldn't help but feel doubtful at this moment.
"What do you mean by 'a grand show'?"
What does it mean to be “grand”?
What kind of performance is it?
Lin Yu didn't know...
However, he vaguely felt that perhaps this "Death Game" gave this task requirement because it hoped that he would "make a big fuss"!
But anyway...
"At worst, even if we fail, we can just consider it as experience gained... Let's first thoroughly investigate the situation, 'set the stage' step by step, and strive to put on a stunning performance."
Anyway, I really like "performing".
If he finally accomplished what he considered a "grand performance" but the "Death Game" refused to acknowledge it, Lin Yu would have nothing to say.
Do your best and leave the rest to fate.
After determining his own course of action, Lin Yu also began to act.
The best way to confirm which factions there are is to look at the styles of buildings that are burning around you.
Although everyone in Black Swamp lives a rough and primitive life, everyone has their own way of being rough.
After reading Shen Bingmiao's information last time, Lin Yu was still able to judge what country and ethnic group he was in by the architectural style.
But now...
Most of the buildings were burned, and only the frames were left, which was somewhat disturbing to Lin Yu.
However, he quickly restored the general shape of these buildings in his mind.
These wooden buildings are all elevated with logs supporting the floors, and the doors and windows are very high. The purpose is to avoid the frequent floods. If necessary, the logs below can be cut down and the bottom of the building can be wrapped with roasted special animal skins to transform the house into a wooden boat.
But unfortunately, waterproofness was taken into consideration but fire prevention was not. Now, the elevated designs and the logs underneath have become excellent air ducts, turning each piece of wood into a natural barbecue grill.
The characteristics of these buildings are very typical of the styles of several demon tribes in the north of Sanqiu Kingdom.
"It seems I'm in the northern part of Sanqiu Country... But in that case, is this a civil war in Sanqiu Country?"
After all, there is a large continuous body of water in the central part of Sanqiu Kingdom, which is called the "Twenty-three Lakes". It is composed of three large rivers connecting twenty-three giant lakes. Although the terrain is flat and the flow is slow, it is still a natural barrier because of its large area.
Most of the habitable areas in the "northern" of Sanqiu Kingdom are located behind the protection of these twenty-three lakes...If Xue Kingdom and Xia Jin fight here, it means that most of Sanqiu Kingdom has already fallen.
Compared with the Blood Kingdom and Xia Jin, the large-scale civil war in the Sanqiu Kingdom is relatively rare. Although the spirit tribe and the demon tribe also have friction with each other, there has been a period of peace for nearly ten years.
But...it's not impossible for it to break out.
However, before that, Lin Yu was more curious about...
"These buildings were on fire, but why were there no 'bodies'?"
Regardless of whether this was a village or a camp where troops were stationed, although there was a fire here, Lin Yu did not see any corpses.
Not only in the room where he was, but also in the surroundings, there were none, and even on the streets.
Such a large place is suspected to have been the site of a war and was set on fire. Where did all the people go?
It's impossible that the attacker was so polite that he killed the person and buried him before setting the fire, right?