Chapter 411 - 383 Blood Sea Wave’s Pirate City
Blood Sea Studio, hundreds of members in the studio are having a dinner of chicken leg, beef, and mushroom chicken soup, priced at 30 RMB per boxed meal. Meanwhile, Blood Sea Wave, Brother Tian, Little Ma, and Shaodong, four key brothers, are silently enjoying red wine beef steaks at one table.
The biggest feature of Blood Sea Studio is they provide meals. To manage feeding these hundreds of people, the large fast-food restaurants nearby did not spare any effort. Anyway, no need to fight, just take turns! Blood Sea Wave also did a significant contribution to the local catering industry, truly being regarded as the ’Poverty Alleviation Director’ in the China Region. Not many locals who know the background of Blood Sea Studio don’t respect them.
Today, everyone was really upset, not for anything else, just because Da Fei made a fortune! 20 million! Even those rich youngsters had to twitch at that! Those young rich hate parvenus the most, especially someone like Da Fei who started by deceiving and tricking people, they really wanted to crush him as they felt suffocated! The problem is you could only occasionally see Da Fei in the city, he was never seen by any players in the wilderness, all that’s left is to take out the frustration on his underlings.
Shaodong turned back and waved to a few on duty: "Found that dog One Sword Eastward yet?"
"Just appeared in Rapid Sea, but their ship was too fast, disappeared in a blink!"
Brother Tian snorted coldly: "These dogs are on the pirate bounty quest, that dog’s ship is too fast to catch them!"
Little Ma sighed: "Atao, being the second-in-command of pirates, you are quite restrained already, can’t stir up bigger waves, you must make a big move! Better target the ships of the NPC Chamber of Commerce, especially those escorted by warships. As long as your pirate reputation spikes, all major pirate forces might just dethrone that Barak or something on your island, and nominate you as the Pirate King of Desolate Sea, by then with troops under your command, you can crush whoever you want!"
Blood Sea Wave drank down his wine in one gulp and shook his head: "Impossible. The system wouldn’t easily let a player become the head of an NPC force, it would disrupt the balance too much. I’ve decided, I’ll start my own faction!"
Everyone exclaimed: "What do you mean?"
Blood Sea Wave said solemnly: "I’m going to build a city, a Pirate City of my own!"
Everyone was surprised: "Where’s the territory? You’re not thinking about heading east, are you? There’s no play there!"
Blood Sea Wave chuckled: "The Newbie Island where I was first born? I have a dual identity, a small official in the Maritime Bureau of the Empire in Desolate Sea Pirates as second in command. As long as I build the city on Newbie Island, whether it’s the Kingdom or the pirates, they will let me pass, using the dual role for personal gain, the efficiency of building the city would be unimaginable!"
Brother Tian frowned: "That small island is less than 100 meters in diameter, not even enough room for a decent dock for large ships, what’s the use?"
Blood Sea Wave laughed heartily: "100 meters is perfect! Because it’s too small to meet the standards for building a village, NPCs think it’s useless there, so it’s easy to get NPC approval for land development! And you really think it’s just a small piece of land the size of a palm? Wrong! The land expands significantly when the tide goes out! At least a hundred times more!"
Everyone exclaimed: "Land after the tide? How can such land be utilized?"
Blood Sea Wave spoke earnestly: "Enclose the sea! First, pile around the perimeter, then gradually connect the piles with walls!"
Brother Tian shook his head: "This game is very realistic, your kind of wall might collapse with one wave!"
Blood Sea Wave declared seriously: "Continue piling, three layers inside and outside, use it as a wave barrier, then enclose it with walls! In this way, it can prevent waves and also fend off naval attacks!"
Everyone looked at each other. Brother Tian sighed with a smile: "Although I don’t know if it’s feasible, this project won’t be cheap in either expenses or transport."
Little Ma laughed heartily: "Since when did we play games for money, brothers?"
Shaodong smiled: "Great! Such a brilliant idea from Atao, we brothers will support it even if we have to pawn everything!"
Brother Tian said irritably: "No need to be so tragic, just smashing your old BMW will do!"
Blood Sea Wave quickly finished his steak and stood up: "Brothers, eat slowly, I’m off to make the application for the quest!"
Everyone laughed heartily and set down their knives and forks: "Forget eating, let’s get to work!"
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At the boys’ dormitory of Shendong Normal University where Da Wei and Da Bing reside, seven to eight boys were noisily eating barbecue and drinking beer.
Da Bing raised his beer bottle: "Brothers, this winter break I missed you guys to death, you finally came, let me greet you all!"
"Hey, it’s not your birthday today, right? Or did you find a good job during the winter break and you’re showing off to us?"
Da Bing laughed heartily: "You guessed it all, I’m indeed showing off in front of you——Da Wei! Show them the good stuff!"
Da Wei pulled out a few sheets of paper and handed them to everyone.
The crowd was taken aback and said, "A request report for establishing the Shendong Normal University eSports club and the club’s activity purpose... WTF, what’s this?"
Da Bing chuckled and slapped the helmet on his bed saying, "You guys know this? Don’t ever tell Brother that all you did during the New Year holidays was eat, drink, poop, sleep. During the winter vacation, Da Wei and I successfully applied to form an eSports team, approved with a fresh seal from the academic affairs office. What was that Wuda Team on TV just now? Who approved them? In a word, I am the captain of the Shendong Normal University eSports team, and Da Wei is the club’s political commissar. We are recruiting members; are you guys in or not?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Da Wei smiled and said, "Guys, I earned my first money in the game this noon, 10 thousand yuan. Actually, this meal is on me."
The crowd exclaimed, "10 thousand yuan? How did you earn it?"
Da Bing laughed heartily, "A tycoon rewarded us! Know what a tycoon is? Someone who spends 20 million on game gear and gifts 10 thousand upon meeting—that’s a tycoon! Anyway, for now, we need to accompany the tycoon to level up and play through instances. As long as you sign up, you’ll be part of the team. The tycoon will immediately sponsor a student version of the client machine, which is the gaming machine. Da Wei and I will take the effort to include you. Whatever the tycoon wants to do, we’ll do, directly rewarding us with real gold and silver RMB. Even if the tycoon gets bored and stops sponsoring us later, we’ll still hang out with a big shot—"
Thump, thump, thump! Just then, there was a knock on the dorm room.
"Who is it?"
"It’s me, me, me, Da Liu, soldier! We’re here to discuss something with you!" The door swung open, revealing the group from the computer science department, including Da Liu, who had parted ways with Da Bing and Da Wei after the defeat in the National War.
Da Bing laughed heartily, "Brother, I knew you’d come back to me one day! I know what you want to say, but in light of our past schoolmate relationship, not setting a precedent!"
Da Liu hurried forward, ready to shake hands: "Thanks, soldier! Thank you!"
"Wait a second!" Da Wei, looking displeased, intervened: "I, as the club’s political commissar, haven’t agreed yet!"
Da Liu was taken aback: "Wei, Brother Wei?"
Da Wei pointed seriously to the beer box: "I’m treating today, drink a bottle each in one go!"
Da Liu snapped back to reality and gritted his teeth: "Deal! We’ll drink them in one go!"
Though the seven or eight people in the dorm didn’t understand the situation, they also cheered in unison. Thus, the eSports team of Shendong Normal University was officially established, with their first goal being to share the burden of Brother Fei, the guild leader, by leveling up the tycoon!
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At the same time, this tycoon, venerated by Da Bing and Da Wei as a god of wealth, whose real identity was the undercov...
Ono Shinichiro, a Japanese undercover agent in China’s network, was requesting an additional 10 million RMB in activity funds from his boss Igarashi.
Igarashi said in astonishment, "Ono-kun, you have already completed your mission by facilitating the trade of the Divine Artifact for the team. Can you tell me the reason for the extra activity funds?"
Ono shook his head, "First, we need to prepare for the worst scenario where the Divine Artifact might not return to Japan for a long time. Of course, I believe in the prowess of Japan’s sons and that they won’t disappoint me, but I think there’s much I can do while waiting, such as stirring internal strife among China Region players. Da Fei, a man like him, is a very unstable factor. Today, he made a fortune of 20 million and attracted much hatred, which is a source of internal strife."
Igarashi remained non-committal, "Continue!"
Ono continued, "Besides, Da Fei’s guild, although not large in player numbers, definitely has some unstable elements. For example, I looked into that One Sword Eastward’s past actions and words, extremely impolite and attracting hatred. This is also a key person that can be utilized!"
Igarashi nodded, "But Chinese are very pragmatic. Even if this Da Fei has a bad reputation and low moral character, the large guilds that dominate still maintain harmonious relationships with him."
Ono said solemnly, "That’s exactly what I need to do. I need to use the power of money to build personal power, which will appear as Da Fei’s power to outsiders. When there are more and more unstable factors like One Sword Eastward, the situation will get out of hand. Though I don’t understand the game much, according to the comments from Da Fei’s related matches, he is way too ahead of his time. Being too advanced means his development will snowball, inevitably leading to conflicts with China Region’s major forces, and I will be that catalyst for conflict."
Igarashi nodded, "Yoshi!"
Ono added, "Moreover, my mission was never in the game. My mission is to subtly incite and magnify negative energy while lurking within China’s network, undermining Chinese national confidence. Though it’s just a game, the negative energy emitted from the game’s internal strife affects the confidence of the Chinese people. An American criminologist once stated that individual pain leads to family pain, which in turn leads to social pain. Thus, I am undertaking a grand and arduous task, which cannot be simply quantified with money!"
Igarashi laughed and said, "Yoshi! Although I am just a team manager, I am greatly impressed by Ono-kun’s national mission. You’ve convinced me, and I’ll continue to sponsor 10 million RMB in activity funds!"
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