It seems that my money is not enough again?

After reading the upgrade conditions for the ring, Yang Jian's evaluation of Carlisle became: He doesn't have the fate of a protagonist, but he picked up a protagonist's item... This is different from how he snatched the titan heart necklace.

He was destined to be the protagonist!

Even with Zhou Yue, he would at least be one of the dual protagonists.

Travel Form saved Yang Jian at least half the travel time.

How does +50% movement speed save half the time?

Because when he turned into a leopard, he couldn't fight monsters, so he just ran without stopping, which naturally made him much faster.

Upon reaching the coast, Yang Jian decided to grind his way north... By the time it was almost dawn in game, Yang Jian had already leveled up to 9 and 47%.

He had also collected over three hundred souls needed for the Malorne Ring.

It wasn't that Yang Jian wasn't fast enough at killing.

It was that he wasted a lot of time searching for wild monsters.

His Skinning skill had long reached its beginner limit of 75%.

Unfortunately, the Newbie Village doesn't teach professional skills.

Yang Jian's Skinning and Mining were both quest rewards.

To learn the subsequent intermediate skills, he would have to go to the main city.

Seeing the moon high in the sky, Yang Jian planned to hearthstone back to town.

The moment the sun rose, he finally saw a large village on the distant coastline!

Stopping his hearthstone cast, Yang Jian activated Travel Form and approached the village.

[Name: Hai Chao Village]

[Description: A Murloc village, this is a hidden benefit for the strong players of the Newbie Village, located in the furthest corner of the Newbie Village. Finding it isn't your luck; being able to defeat it is!]

[Note: This is a village of a semi-intelligent race, containing treasures accumulated during the Hai Chao Village era. Gather your forces and go for it!]

Seeing various Murlocs ahead, all starting at level ten at the lowest, Yang Jian composed himself.

Hearthstone, back to town.

It was already six o'clock when he logged off, although the sun had risen at half past five.

But scouting Hai Chao Village had wasted a bit of time.

Sitting at his desk, the statistics report sent by Zhou Yue was already there.

They had only logged off about half an hour earlier than Yang Jian, as strong players still needed to maximize the Blood Moon buff!

As daily in-game routines progressed, the studio's work content was also adjusted accordingly!

For example, this statistics report was newly added work.

First, he checked Bai Youyou's level. After all, she had a 30% experience bonus from her talent.

After one day and one night of leveling, she had already caught up with the vanguard, reaching Level 7.

After all, she started in easy mode.

Following the mature team of Xia Family's Three Daughters, and with the grandniece who was also a purple-talent Summoner.

She no longer had the worries of not being able to snatch wild rabbits or being unable to defeat wild boars... She started by fighting wolves, then battled by the sea! It would be strange if her leveling speed wasn't fast.

Zhou Yue had long since left the main group and was flying solo.

Although her attack power was not as high as Yang Jian's, she could AOE monsters!

Zhou Yue, who specialized in Ice Mage, was now practically making the Murloc villages in Newbie Village 9527 cry out in misery.

As her control became more proficient, she could pull all the Murlocs in a village and AOE them down.

Even if her attack power wasn't as high as Yang Jian's, ten minutes was enough for her to AOE down all the Murlocs in a village... But why wasn't her leveling as high as Yang Jian's?

Because there weren't enough monsters for her to grind... The Newbie Village was too vast, and even if a player's character ran a bit faster, it would still take over an hour to run from one village to another.

If she got delayed by small monsters along the way... sometimes it was better to just wait for respawns in the Murloc village, but that could take a long time!

As for fighting lone wild monsters, she couldn't one-shot them with a single Icebolt; it usually took several sets of procedures before they would die!

But that efficiency was too low!

So, Zhou Yue's current method was to clear one Murloc village.

Then, she would follow the guild team, who were already waiting there, and head towards the next Murloc village.

During the journey, Ms. Zhou, of course, rested while handling guild matters.

Upon reaching the next Murloc village, she would then leave the team and continue to solo grind... After all, she needed to secure second place and strive for first in terms of level! Besides, these teams were all paid workers!

Therefore, the four-person team would stay and clear scattered monsters in the vicinity, waiting for Ms. Zhou's summons!

After all, money is hard to earn, and dung is hard to eat!

Did they really think they were being paid to play games?

Murlocs, known as the largest semi-intelligent race on the continent of salvation.

It was said that wherever there was water, there was a Murloc village. They were truly unlucky to encounter Zhou Yue, the bringer of death!

Logically, Gnolls also met Zhou Yue's criteria for group grinding.

Unfortunately, their Newbie Village only had one Gnoll tribe, the River West Gnoll Clan!

The silver-tier BOSS inside was named Hogger... It's important to know that this was the first discovered silver-tier BOSS, and the world's first kill was still up for grabs. If you had the ability, you could try!

The players of Newbie Village 9527 were indeed tempted. An entire team charged in, roaring, only to retreat in disarray, battered and bruised.

Zhou Yue also wanted the first kill!

Many solo players, seeing Zhou Yue join, also wanted a piece of the pie.

Then that day, Hogger went on a killing spree... If this game didn't have some bottom line, that river would probably have been blocked by player corpses... No choice but to go back to bullying the weaker Murlocs!

After looking at the report for a while and scrolling through Douyin for a bit.

WeChat suddenly chimed, and Zhou Yue sent a local news item.

"Tianhai Group's Eldest Princess Makes Major Mistake, 3.5 Billion Acquisition Confirmed to Fail"

Yang Jian was startled and clicked on the link.

The content was as the title suggested.

It stated that the 3.5 billion acquisition of Chuangsheng, spearheaded by Tianhai Group's eldest daughter Mo Suqing, had been confirmed to result in a significant loss.

This triggered strong dissatisfaction from the board of directors, and Old Man Mo was considering letting his son Mo Cong take over... Seeing this, Yang Jian was amused.

However, thinking about it, this was different from what he had seen previously!

Recalling his initial check of Mo Suqing's situation.

[Description: If there had been no Abyss invasion, she would have achieved success in her youth, middle age, and old age, and would have been a legend even after death!]

If?

It seems this was affected by the Abyss invasion! And he had messed things up for her again... Well, not really messed up, as they had been trying to contact and invest in Chuangsheng for over half a year.

It's just that he hadn't expected to refuse investment at first, only to later agree to sell it to them as a package.

At this moment, WeChat chimed again.

Zhou Yue: Look at you, how many people have you hurt unintentionally?

Yang Jian: Did I not share that money with you?

Zhou Yue: Hehe, I only got twenty million...

Yang Jian: Don't say I don't give you opportunities, transfer one hundred million now!

Zhou Yue: Didn't you say that things in the game are valuable now?

Yang Jian: Alright, then let me ask you, where is most of Star Palace's wealth now? Hmm? Answer me?

Zhou Yue: ...

A moment later, Bai Youyou, pulling a reluctant Zhou Yue, arrived at Yang Jian's office.

After entering, Bai Youyou closed the office door and locked it.

Yang Jian's eyebrow twitched.

"Three people? This isn't good, is it? I... I haven't mentally prepared myself yet..."

Zhou Yue, hearing this, first froze, then gritted her teeth.

"Dare you dump the dirty thoughts in your head?!"

Bai Youyou, on the other hand, was unhurried: "No wonder you used to be so stern with me. Turns out you like playing 'Landlord' with three people!"

Yang Jian: ...That's why I say, don't provoke mature women or older sisters for no reason; you can't win against them!

"Alright, tell me, what's the rush?"

When it came to serious matters, Bai Youyou put away her joking demeanor.

"How much do you two know about guild city building?"

Yang Jian and Zhou Yue exchanged glances and both shook their heads.

Although his Divine Eye could see hidden attributes.

However, the guild level was currently only one, and building a city at level three was still quite far off.

He was focused on leveling up and hadn't thought about this aspect.

"This city, in fact, connects salvation and Blue Star... It serves as a bridgehead against the forces of the Abyss!"

Huh???

Yang Jian and Zhou Yue both looked somewhat astonished.

Yang Jian, even more unconvinced, reopened his Divine Eye to check Bai Youyou's attributes again, wanting to see if there were any changes.

He strongly suspected Bai Youyou had been reborn... The facts proved she hadn't!

"How do you know?"

"Madam Lilliana, the armor shop owner, promised that after our guild builds a city, she would open an armor shop in our city..."

Yang Jian was stunned. Is this golden Great Lord talent really that powerful?

People are eagerly buying into empty promises?

This is just the beginning! They're already talking about things after the city is built?

"So, we not only need to choose a place to build a city in the game, but also build a city in reality?"

"Yes!"

"Then, a city here on Blue Star, and a city there... wouldn't that be chaotic?"

"According to Lilliana... for each Abyss invasion, it's already good if one city can be successfully built... many forces were wiped out without even managing to build a city!"

Yang Jian: ...Then my money, it seems, isn't enough again?