Chapter 461: After ten rounds of missions, the evil ghost finally arrives!
Yesterday, the players completed the fifth round of tasks. Early this morning, Lin Chen heard the news that the Barbarian Ghost Army had captured another city.
In addition, news spread in the brothel that the court was about to send Zhenyuan King Awen to fight.
However, those people who originally had high expectations for King Zhenyuan are now completely discouraged.
Several major battles at the border have caused heavy losses to the dynasty's military. According to them, even if King Zhenyuan is extremely capable, it will be of no avail.
A good cook cannot cook without rice.
And the barbarians are not weak.
When Lin Chen heard the news, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
These scholar guests were right in their guess. If King Zhenyuan had really suppressed the barbarians, this copy would probably not exist.
Everything has been predetermined, and now it is just a matter of going through history.
As for King Zhenyuan, if he really showed up, he would have already transformed into a ghost.
In the following period, everything went very smoothly, just like the calm before the storm.
The players completed four rounds of tasks in more than two days.
That’s nine full rounds.
During this period, Lin Chen completed two courtesan missions by himself, one of which was Bai Shao's, and the other was an accident, which was Ningxiang's mission.
Lin Chen's favorability did not increase in this mission, but the young marquis who had hurt Ningxiang suddenly appeared in the flower building copy.
In response to this, Lin Chen naturally accepted it without hesitation.
Therefore, although Ningxiang’s favorability is not high, it is somewhat of an unexpected surprise.
While completing the Oiran mission, I also obtained a powerful ghost.
It is worth mentioning that any ghost that is tasked with the Oiran mission has already reached the limit of the palace level, and the ghost power is condensed to the point where it is about to merge with the ghost realm with the ghost body. The price is not cheap.
After Ningxiang's mission was completed, she no longer appeared, so the courtesan on the seventh night was Ye Lan, who had appeared on the second day and was ghosted by an ordinary customer and had no interaction with Lin Chen and others.
It was already the early morning of the eighth day since entering the dungeon.
In the past two days, since Zhou Geng and Gu Yehan were unwilling to do the mission of the oiran anymore, Lin Chen's attention was all on Bai Shao.
Therefore, Lin Chen assigned the two courtesan tasks to Tomb Master and Jiang Chen, two top players among the six-star players.
Whether it is ghost coins or task ghosts, they are all solved by Lin Chen himself. Therefore, in this copy, who Lin Chen chooses depends entirely on his preferences and opinions.
Moreover, Tomb Master and Jiang Chen are both veteran six-star characters and do have a certain prestige among the players.
No one else will say anything.
In today's regular morning meeting, the tomb-keeper and Jiang Chen also gave Lin Chen a satisfactory answer. They had achieved a very good level of favorability with the courtesan.
Lin Chen also admired this very much.
He is indeed an old customer of brothels.
The old man in the tomb sighed, "In fact, nothing happened between me and Miss Ye Lan. This girl had a tragic fate. She was originally a daughter of a wealthy family, but her family fell into poverty. She married her childhood sweetheart, but he was not a good man and sold her to a brothel. However, she was different from those prostitutes who paralyzed themselves and fell into depravity. She was very sober and could smile at me sincerely. I really couldn't bear to do anything to her. That would be blasphemy and hurt..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen gave a thumbs up.
Well, this old Deng has actually reached the level of whoring.
Jiang Chen, another strange man who spent the night with the oiran, only gave two words.
“Very smooth!”
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At present, 80% of the overall task has been completed.
Four Oiran missions have been completed, and two are in progress.
A total of sixty-four small tasks have been completed. Considering all the female prostitute ghosts and servant ghosts, there are still eighteen tasks left.
In other words, if six people were to complete it, it would take at least three rounds to finish.
In the past two days, the atmosphere of the copy has undergone a huge change.
The copy is recreating the scene of the past, and the number of phantom people in the ancient city has now increased.
In the brothel, the peace and tranquility at the beginning, with music and revelry every night, turned into panic.
The barbarians have already conquered twelve cities. If they conquer one more, they will reach the ancient city.
Many noble sons had already used their connections to leave the ancient city overnight, but ordinary people were trapped in the city and were not allowed to leave.
Today's barbarians have threatened the dynasty's sacred weapon and country. The policy issued by the court has been very ruthless. The people in the ancient city cannot evacuate, but must become soldiers to resist the barbarians, which means that the people and the city must live and die together.
And King Zhenyuan, who has always had a strong presence in the dungeon, finally has definite news.
The imperial court finally seemed unable to withstand the pressure and was said to have arrived at the city ahead and was fighting the barbarians.
This is also the only hope for the people of the ancient city.
Otherwise, in despair, the order of the ancient city might have collapsed seriously long ago.
But Lin Chen knew that this despair was inevitable. King Zhenyuan would inevitably be defeated, and after retreating to the ancient city, the ancient city would fall. This was an established fact.
"The barbarian ghost army is not far away, boy Chen. You said you can handle it, but why do I feel unsure?" The old man in the tomb came in front of Lin Chen, his face full of wrinkles.
"To be honest, although I feel astonished every time I see Li Shen take action, I also feel that it is very difficult to fight against the ghost army of the same level. After all, no matter how strong you are, Li Shen, you will still run out of ghost power and physical strength under high-frequency battles." Jiang Chen also said so.
Although Lin Chen vowed that there was no problem, this matter could be a disaster at any time and no one could feel at ease.
Zhou Geng also frowned and looked somewhat solemn.
Seeing this, Lin Chen had no choice but to reassure everyone and said:
"In a sense, I'm already a seven-star."
"What?"
"How is this possible?"
Everyone was shocked, their eyes widened, and their faces were filled with disbelief.
It's not like they haven't thought about it before, but the possibility of Lin Chen breaking through was really small in their opinion. After all, it wasn't long since Lin Chen had made a big fuss in the horror world and came back to break through to six stars.
This speed of improvement seemed unreal to them.
Lin Chen said: "So the six-star copy is nothing to me. The so-called barbarian ghost army can't be a group of true king-level evil ghosts."
Seeing that Lin Chen didn't seem to be joking, everyone began to believe it a little, but they still couldn't calm down.
Although Lin Chen's words made them feel at ease, the content was still too exaggerated and shocking.
In the end, Lin Chen asked everyone to disperse and continue to complete the task.
Lin Chen continued to drink downstairs, waiting for the arrival of the barbarian ghost army.
"Everyone, please rest assured. With King Zhenyuan's help, we can defeat the enemy in an instant."
"Yes, King Zhenyuan is a strong man who can take the head of a general in the midst of thousands of troops as easily as taking something out of a bag. No matter how fierce the barbarians are, they are no match for King Zhenyuan."
"The status of King Zhenyuan today is entirely due to his military exploits. He joined the army as an ordinary soldier, but in just one battle, he could take the heads of a thousand people and was awarded the title of the Thousand Man Killer."
"Why is it a thousand? Isn't it ten thousand?"
"Huh? Why did I hear it was 100,000 people?"
"One general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of men."
The guests around him were talking, and Lin Chen almost laughed out loud when he heard the rest of the story.
Sure enough, rumors in any world and at any time are constantly exaggerated.
You originally said that you just wanted to go to the toilet, but when you spread it to 100 people, it might become that you want to build a toilet on the moon...
However, he knew that King Zhenyuan's strength during his lifetime should not be bad, which made him feel a little doubtful.
He had no idea what the world of Hualou Ancient City was like in the past. Even Xuan Mu, the master of the copy, probably couldn't remember it.
Their cognition is limited to things related to this copy.
But from what Lin Chen has learned so far, this doesn't seem like some extraordinary world. It is really unreasonable for an ordinary person like King Zhenyuan to kill thousands of enemies.
"You said that King Zhenyuan was just a scholar and was physically weak. Although he was talented, he was powerless after all. How could he have achieved such great achievements?"
Someone was asking, and happened to express Lin Chen's doubts.
However, the others did not quite understand. When they heard the words, they were either confused, or in deep thought, or just spoke without thinking. Those words did not sound very reliable.
Not long after, Lin Chen realized that he could not hear any more useful information, so he got up and left the brothel.
This was the first time he left the center of the flower building since he came to the copy.
The number of pedestrians on the street outside increased significantly, and Lin Chen also saw some officers and soldiers patrolling around with gloomy faces.
“Are these all traces of their past?”
Lin Chen muttered to himself.
What is different from the previous days is that these human figures are no longer so vague, but are much more solid. However, they are still just traces and not real ghosts.
Come to think of it, it is somewhat similar to the wandering souls in the Demonic Sea.
This was a great pity for Lin Chen.
"If the so-called Barbarian Ghost Army is also like this, then it would be meaningless."
Lin Chen couldn't help but think so.
I was afraid that the person coming was not an evil ghost.
Lin Chen walked to the city gate, where many soldiers were already stationed. Lin Chen jumped up and landed on the city wall which was more than ten meters high.
These are all phantoms, so Lin Chen doesn't need to worry about the risk of them reviving.
Moreover, with Lin Chen's current strength, no one would be able to discover what he wanted to do.
With the breath-concealing technique at its peak, even if Lin Chen walked in front of these phantoms, he would not be noticed and would be ignored.
Outside the city is a wasteland, which is in stark contrast to the prosperity inside the ancient city.
Looking out for several miles, beyond that, there is a gray fog, which is the boundary of the dungeon.
Lin Chen had seen the boundaries of the copy more than once, but this copy was obviously very different from what he had seen before.
The fog was not calm, but rather turbulent, as if a strong wind was blowing inside.
It was very dense, as if it contained endless evil spirits that would roar out from the fog at any time.
It has an extremely terrifying oppressive force.
"The scope of this dungeon is indeed quite large."
Lin Chen talked to himself, not paying attention to the abnormality of the black fog, he just sighed like this.
In the previous copies, such as the Haunted Restaurant, the Devil's School, etc., once you leave the core area, there is nothingness.
This brothel not only has a city attached to it, but also has a large area of land opened up outside the city.
This is prepared for the battlefield.
Suddenly, the fog seemed to sense Lin Chen's gaze and began to vibrate rapidly.
Thunders exploded one after another, and in the fog, it seemed that a giant beast was waking up and slowly opened its bloody eyes.
The eyes were clearly visible. If one compared their sizes, each one was as big as a house. It was hard to imagine how terrifying their bodies were.
After seeing Lin Chen, the huge eyes, which had originally shown no emotion, suddenly revealed a hint of teasing, as if they were sneering.
One can imagine how coldly the face wrapped in the mist was looking at Lin Chen at this moment.
Perhaps if it were an ordinary player, he would be terrified by now, and even if it was a real evil ghost, he would feel cold all over.
But Lin Chen was completely the opposite. Under the gaze of these huge eyes, he became very interested, because he knew that the owner of these eyes must be a real ghost!
The next moment, golden light shone brightly in Lin Chen's eyes. He used his physical skills and looked at him without any scruples.
Lin Chen's gaze was so terrifying that even a wise man like the city lord had goose bumps when he was looked at by Lin Chen.
If people are naturally afraid of ghosts, then ghosts will have the same effect on Lin Chen.
Because ghosts eat people, and Lin Chen is a ghost catcher.
Sure enough, there was a hint of surprise in those huge eyes, and they were obviously a little uncomfortable.
It seemed that in its eyes, humans were a race that should surrender to fear in front of it. This was the first time it had seen a human like Lin Chen who actually gave it pressure.
It was a little confused. Was it because it was my first time as a ghost and I was inexperienced and misjudged the human players?
Finally, the eyes slowly closed, and it was unknown whether it was because of fear or because the time for them to appear had ended.
Lin Chen chuckled and turned around.
How lonely it is to be invincible...
The soldiers on the city wall had no idea what had just happened. In their eyes, the fog and the eyes were no different from ordinary flowers and plants.
Lin Chen also returned to the brothel.
And at noon, I completed the favorability tasks for two six-star players.
The two six-star players breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the task ghost had finally been solved. They couldn't help but feel a little happy. After all, it was definitely an extremely lucky thing to be able to complete such a difficult copy so smoothly.
But soon, their hearts began to tighten again, and they were obviously very afraid of the impending army of barbarian ghosts.
Lin Chen glanced outside, and a hint of doubt arose in his heart.
He originally thought that the army of barbarian ghosts should appear when all players' favorability tasks were completely completed, but in this case, King Zhenyuan, who was defeated in the city ahead, would inevitably return to the ancient city first.
You know, except for these two six-star players, the tasks of others are also about to end.
There is not much difference between them, usually no more than an hour before and after, that is to say, the army of barbarian ghosts will arrive under the ancient city in an hour, but King Zhenyuan still does not appear, which is really strange.
Not long after, as players came one after another and Lin Chen completed their tasks, there was finally movement in the ancient city. Pedestrians were walking quickly outside, all heading towards the city gate.
When they got here, they seemed to have received news that the barbarian ghost army was approaching.
Lin Chen did not follow, but continued to help the players solve the favorability tasks.
Finally, when the last player's favorability mission was completed, there was a violent commotion outside the city.
The sound was so loud that it seemed to contain the sound of thousands of troops, people shouting, horses neighing, drums and horns beating. Even though Hualou was in the center of the ancient city, the sound of troops coming from outside the city could still be heard.
Just as Lin Chen met up with the other players and prepared to go out of the city to check, an unexpected figure appeared.
She had a graceful figure and unparalleled beauty. As soon as she appeared, she attracted the attention of all the players.
"Ms. Xuan Mu!"
"Miss Xuanmu!"
Zhou Geng and Gu Yehan spoke in unison.
The person who came was Xuan Mu. She did not wear a veil like other courtesans, but revealed her stunning face. She was dressed in white clothes as white as snow, as holy as the snow lotus of Tianshan Mountains. She was holding a guqin in her hands and seemed to be about to leave the brothel.
Lin Chen suddenly had an idea, and he squinted his eyes at her and asked, "Why did you come out?"
Xuan Mu's eyes flashed with longing and love, as if she was thinking about something. When asked, she spoke softly:
"He's here, I'm going to see him."
