Chapter 211: How Effective It is for a High-level Character to Farm Lower-level MonstersTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Vigilante A’s farm villa, Qi City.
The workers are tidying the fields among the sprawling farms in preparation for the spring harvest. Looking at this, Fang Ning realized that the beginning of spring has pa.s.sed. March would soon arrive, and the fair spring suns.h.i.+ne would warm and welcome on his skin.
What was he doing this time last year? He had not met Sir System then, was working his basic workload and was trying for overtime salary…oh, he had misremembered; there was no such thing as overtime salary. Those were fines to prevent his workload from being uncompleted.
Now, however, he could plan his life at his own leisure. He felt happier at that thought and did not want to return to the System s.p.a.ce. Instead, he walked around the farm, greeting and chatting with the busy workers.
Although his appearance this time was shorter, he did gain a lot from it. Fighting the bad guys was not that hard after all.
He had only put on the Legendary Armor Armor of the Heavenly Turtle, and that was enough to render the attacks of a revered Pond-level Powerhouse harmless.
His lovely Game Book had only needed a mere bit of Sir System’s energy store to destroy the opponent in one blow, which made everyone shout in surprise.
Looking at this, he could try harder in attacks, since he was very keen on dueling games.
[The System is evaluating…]
[The System is evaluating…]
[The System has decided to serve justice…]
Fang Ning had barely reacted before he felt his body settle on the flying skateboard-sword and soar into the air.
As for the workers at that moment? Some younger ones put down their work and looked up at the sky with an envious expression. Who had never dreamed of flying in the blue skies?
F*** being envious. Sir System had taken control again…
In a southern city in China, on a luxurious boulevard. Here, human traffic was more than abundant, and safety has always been a concern.It couldn’t be helped; there were lazy people everywhere, and there were even rumors of people stealing a road…
Thus, he did not have to worry about Sir not having any farming targets. The only difference was in size.
Just then, an honest, simple-looking middle-aged man with a jacket on top and jeans below was squeezing into the crowd, occasionally pickpocketing nearby people.
The next moment, he had a big cath, an iPhone X, and just while he was nonchalantly going to pa.s.s the phone on to his accomplice, a beam of vitality came down from above and lifted him into midair.
The phones of the crowd kept blinking, and sometimes, someone would shout, “The Legendary Dragon G.o.d is finally serving justice in our city. Forward the message. It will not be deleted quickly.”
Vigilante A no longer slayed the criminals on the spot, but threw them into the Dragon Penitentiary for further action. Fang Ning had already thought of the relations with the Truth Department, and the disappearances of criminals were easier to deal with than being served their due. Cases of missing persons were difficult before the New Era.
Fang Ning watched as Sir System threw the three unconscious thieves right in front of the nearest Security posts. The whole process was controlled from the air, extremely swift; it took not even a minute: capture, relocation and dropping, easy as catching a plush toy from a machine.
Never mind, he should hole back into the System s.p.a.ce to work as well as cultivate. He can play games after he finished.
[The System has knocked the thieves XX, x.x.x, XX unconscious.]
[The System has gained 30, 50, 80 Experience Points.]
[The System has gained a small amount of Morality and Reputation.]
Fang Ning, seeing this, felt awed. “Sir System, you still have more than 440 million Experience Points, yet waste your effort and send a thousand-mile sword to catch a few thieves…Amazing.”
The System replied, “Haven’t you said before? The Great Lu Xun once said, ‘The more you refuse to relax, the more money you will get.’ I have always done things so…You will know how I got richer.”
True to his word, Fang Ning was persuaded when he watched Sir System zoom and weave about through cities already on the System Map. The speed and efficiency was much better than running around before.
Sir’s flying sword now could reach the speed of 20 kilometers per second, and going from North to South and East to West only took several minutes.
And if counting Sir System’s not-human control and calculating ability as well as the compounding ability of cultivation, its skill of driving the Flying Sword was so much stronger than that of Xue Feng. It could zoom around the skysc.r.a.pers of the cities without fear.
Fang Ning calculated slowly. In one day, with the Flying sword at its feet, Sir System was highly effective and the Experience Points in one hour was not paltry, disregarding the fact that the farmed criminals were mostly ordinary people. In fact, it could acc.u.mulate to tens of thousands of points, though when encountering the occasional more powerful one it was about a few thousand at once.
Not to mention, Sir System did it 24 hours a day. The guaranteed minimum was 300,000, and in a month it would be equivalent to farming a Pond-level Powerhouse. It was obvious that without the undermining restrictions of the losing-point rule in online games, it was very effective for a high-level character to farm the lower-level monsters.
It was the beginning of the New Era too, and those monsters would only become stronger. This experience was valuable.
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A few days after, at the Truth Department China Headquarters Base. The six Powerhouses were holding a meeting and a few others were present.
Ren Ruofeng had a helpless look on his face now, and he used his hand to support his chin. “Let’s not stay quiet. Say what you want. I may be the leader of the Think Tank Group, but I am still young; I would like to hear what the older and more experienced people has to say.”
Beside him, Hong Yunjiao made a retching motion.
Ren Ruofeng gave her a side-glance. “If any female comrades feel unwell, they can take their leave and go home early. This is not an urgent matter, yet it is unique.”
Hong Yunjiao was about to react while Elder Xu opened his mouth.
He lifted his bifocals and said slowly, “The Spirit Realm goes back a long way with China, and it’s been a part of China for a century. But now, the Spirit King Bao Lidao has said that the Master of Great Wisdom, who had been causing trouble for them, has been killed. He is willing to return to the country to gather members of his clan to seek asylum, and they only want an official name.
“However, this person is not easy to deal with. The time frame is not too good. First there was the Venerable Dragon G.o.d who slew the Master of Great Wisdom, and then there’s the Lake-level heavenly insect together with other people who are hunting them down. I think he feels that he can have a safe, stable life no longer and so took a large flag to fudge through it.”
Elder Hai said lightly, “What Elder Xu said is true. It probably is so. How can enclosing them be that simple? The spirits may have a small population, but it has a large territory as well as Russia behind them. He’s just a Basin-level Spirit King. How can he deal with such an important matter?
“If we cannot solve this, we will have to do something with Russia. They also have a long history, and has a small population but a big number of Extraordinaires. Their territory is also large, and while most places have low temperatures and are usually deserted, it will be no difference to the Extraordinaires. I’ve heard that there are many foreign Extraordinaires who have seen the benefits of the sprawling areas, and have set up bases there. Now, China has just reached a level of stability, so how can we do this? Getting involved in it will be like stepping into a pool of mud.”
Ren Ruofeng did not speak. He had contrasting opinions with both his old friends.
He was thinking whether this important matter could indeed be done. If so, all his contributions and results would acc.u.mulate, and he would be awarded a posthumous t.i.tle, as final as nails on wood.
He did not have any hope in cultivating to become a G.o.d, because he knew a lot of cla.s.sified information and he had figured out its difficulty using his own intelligence. Not to mention, fierce Upper Realm clans like the True Dragons and the Heavenly People have reached here in groups, so obviously becoming a G.o.d is no easy task.
Only, his two friends were inclined towards stability, which was the truth so he could not express his true opinions.
After all, the strength of the Truth Department was limited, and with the long history and large population of China, the enlightened Extraordinaires were rare and weird, with many different variations. Those Descended Ones were no longer the naïve ones like before, either, covering themselves up such that they cannot be discovered easily.
Who would know if another ordinary person on the street may have another hidden in his brain? This cannot be detected by the Nets Above Snares Below system.
Many of those criminals came from those whose minds were shared with the Descended Ones. These were hard cases to handle.
At least there was a certain person around. In this half-year, the Special Affairs Department and even the security posts in Qi City have become mere decorations, and many moved workers from those places. How scary that was.
Ren Ruofeng paused his thoughts at that, and glanced around. Many looked approving of the idea, and only Qiao Anping, who had taken the Venerable Dragon G.o.d’s Nine-turn Soul Returning Pill and recovered from the injuries to his soul and beyond was looking as though he wanted to try something. The ratio was then 4 to 2, so it was not possible to implement it.
He decided to save that thought for later. “Elder Xu, what Elder Hai said were words from experience. Let’s leave that for now, since we’re figuring out the real intentions of the a.s.sociation of Spirit Kings. They will not kill the Spirit King even if they have captured it, so we still have time. Let’s talk about something else. Firstly, about that special insect. It is one of our focal points at this stage. Xiao Zhang, report the intelligence that we have acquired.”
Director-general Zhang, a member of the Think Tank Group, stood to speak. “Leaders, according to our intelligence, the full name of this special insect is Cong Daqing, named by the Insect Mother herself. It is the first member of the new Insect Spirit clan. From the aura it releases, it is a Peak Lake-level Powerhouse.
“But from its fight with the Spirit King Bao Lidao, the strength level detected by NASBOU was only at Peak Pond-Level, but not Lake-level. There are two possibilities: one, it has disguised itself, or two, it controlled its strength consciously. What we do know, however, is that its fighting ability is bad. Although its power is enough to crush the opponent, it let the B-level Peak Spirit King escape and only captured some of its lackeys…”
Other than Ren Ruofeng and Hong Yunjiao, who had already known, everyone let out their breath.
They knew that the Insect, being cowed by the Venerable Dragon G.o.d once, would not be satisfied. However, if they imprisoned it immediately, the consequences may be dire. Now they knew the true nature of the Insect: a Lake-level Powerhouse with weak fighting abilities and another with strong fighting abilities were two different things.
When the report was done, Ren Ruofeng thought for a while and said, “If so, the threat the other side presents is reduced. Now, the only person who can threaten the Insect is the Venerable Dragon G.o.d. Xiao Zhang, report on this Venerable Dragon G.o.d.”
Director-general Zhang: “The Venerable Dragon G.o.d has just completed the Dark Tournament qualifiers matches and has gotten involved in his daily job of serving justice. In the last two days, the Special Affairs Bureau in many areas have made live reports through the online platform, and we noticed that he would be here three minutes before, then appear in another three minutes later.
“That is why the workload of the Special Affairs Department in many areas have decreased, approximate to one third the initial workload. Our guess at this stage is that after the Venerable Dragon G.o.d had acquired the Flying Sword, his mechanomotive power is much higher than before. It’s about 20 kilometers per second and is already considered in the S-level.”
When Director-general Zhang finished, Ren Ruofeng, who had already known all those facts, had already reached his true purpose. He waved a hand for him to stop.
He then said, “Since it’s so, to me, we can ask a few senior officials to reduce the expenses for workers to be reduced by half because I need it for a big project.”
Elder Xu shook his head. “They don’t have an easy life too. Working for a backup mechanism needs a lot of sacr0ifices. This matter is better off not brought up again, so to prevent our unity from being damaged.”0
Ren Ruofeng felt disappointed but did not show it, smiling instead. “It seems that transporting those materials for the Flying Sword was a good decision. Before this, he did not have a large hunting ground. What a pity that there is only one Powerhouse who is willing to let go of his status and go around looking after our security. Some people who has his sense of justice may not have his wisdom and do something bad out of a kind heart, thus having to go through re-educating.