Chapter 257: Newcors and Reerging Black Serpent
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Look at their clothes and weapons. They must be heroes from this settlent too. Let’s guess who they are.”
“I don’t recognize the other two, but the white-robed silver-armored hero on the left side is holding a long spear. He must be Lin Chong, the Leopard Head.”
“How is it possible? Lin Chong should be a sullen uncle in his forties. That man is too young and handso to be him.”
“Damn it. Why do you think that Lin Chong isn’t handso? I think that Lin Chong is the most handso guy in Water Margin. He’s a coach of the royal guards, and he’s known as Young Zhang Fei on Liangshan!”
After that, so of the newcors speculated their identities.
However, because Yan Qing arrived after the Ten-Species Competition, and Zhao Yun not a long ti earlier, it was impossible for the newcors to figure out who they were.
As for Ji Ye, his personal information had been kept confidential by the Confederate governnt so far. Although everybody knew that the master of the Twin Dragon Mount fort was a player, nobody really recognized him.
“Master, Chief Zhao, Chief Yan!”
Seeing that the newcors were attracted to Ji Ye and his companions, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, and the other heroes who were at the entrance of the Temple of Providence were all greatly relieved. They wouldn’t frown even if they were to fight ten thousand enemies, but they were rather uncomfortable to be watched by a bunch of “Chosen Ones” and hear their passionate gossip.
After the arrival of Ji Ye, Yan Qing, and Zhao Yun distracted most people’s attention with their attractiveness, the other heroes weren’t “jealous” at all. Instead, they were very grateful!
“What’s the demography of the newcors this ti?”
After recalling the Dragon Aura that carried Zhao Yun back to the fort, Ji Ye asked Su Nongying.
Su Nongying, who was busy with Shang Yan and a few assistants before her desk in the Temple of Providence, opened the golden Registration Book on which the information of the newcors was popping up.
After the Ten-Species Competition, her talent skill leveled up to Extraordinary.
She was able to view more information in the Temple of Providence. For example, the birthplaces and the real-life professions of the players that ca to this settlent.
“Preliminary statistics show that the players from Yang City take up about half of the total number and that the rest are from other cities in the southwestern province in proportion to the populations of those cities!”
Su Nongying, whose forehead was slightly sweaty, replied.
“As we expected, players from other cities have arrived this ti!”
Not all the newcors that arrived at the Twin Dragon Mount fort in the third batch ca from Yang City; there were as many players from other cities including Guan City!
Soone had discussed the possibility of such a way of distribution on the forum after the Confederate governnt calculated the headcount of different cities in the third batch of players.
So of the smaller cities had lost all their settlents on the Land of Inheritance during the Ten-Species Competition, yet they still had the headcount of new players. So, their only choice was to send the players to the settlents of other cities.
But of course, the city to which a settlent belonged definitely had privileges.
For example, the statistics of the Confederation Office of Yang City showed that more than three thousand players were allowed to join the ga. The proportional increase was obvious considering that Yang City only had a headcount of two hundred players in the first round when they were a million beta testers.
Of all the newcors that the Twin Dragon Mount fort received, the natives of Yang City took up half.
“But is it a good thing or a bad thing?”
Most geniuses of Yang City had left to work in bigger, more prosperous cities. Would the additional headcount given to Yang City affect the average quality of this batch of players?
“From what we have seen, I don’t think the influence is too bad...
“According to rough statistics, most of the players from Yang City that just arrived can be described as ‘Common’ players, whereas many from other cities are ‘Elite’ players. So, in general, the Elite players and the non-Elite players are still fifty-fifty, exactly like in the second round!”
Su Nongying’s long eyelashes moved as she winked and shook her head.
“Also, it’s not hard to imagine that when this way of distribution is passed back to Earth, a lot of people will move to Yang City. The population of regular residents will soar. As long as we impose a restraint on the immigrants and only allow the geniuses to move in, we’ll have many more Elite newcors next ti!”
Shang Yan, on the other hand, added in excitedly.
It was truly a good thing from that point of view.
Yang City, as a fourth-tier city, wasn’t very attractive, and many talents from here decided to work in other cities.
But thanks to the Twin Dragon Mount fort, those who wanted to enter the Land of Inheritance would move to Yang City. As long as the leaders of Yang City seized the opportunity, the city could likely reach the second tier and even the first tier!
For the second-batch players who were from Yang City, to indirectly contribute to the developnt of their hotown was naturally sothing to be proud of.
“Right, one other thing. So of the newcors are the acquaintances of the people from the second batch.
“It’s exactly like what you speculated, Brother Ye!”
Su Nongying reported another piece of information.
The conclusion wasn’t exactly made with the Registration Book by Su Nongying, but it was found by the old players on their own.
For example, Mister Bug found a female classmate from his high school among the newcors, Li Qing ran into an old comrade who used to be in service with him, and Qin Yueyu was recognized by one of her remote relatives!
That was while the situation was still rather chaotic and many friends probably hadn’t t each other yet.
“So, my speculation was correct? Well, Nongying, when you register them later, check if the people on the na list that I gave you earlier are among them.”
Ji Ye’s eyes glittered, and he nodded at Su Nongying.
After the conversation, Ji Ye turned around and spoke to the nine hundred noisy newcors in the square calmly.
“Silence!”
His voice wasn’t loud, yet everybody heard him loud and clear. The hint of “dragon might” that it contained awed all the newcors who were talking excitedly into silence.
“First of all, welco to the Twin Dragon Mount fort, Earth’s only Extraordinary Rank-9 settlent on the Land of Inheritance. I am Ji Ye, master of the Twin Dragon Mount fort!
“I’m sure that, as the third batch of players from Earth, you’d known enough about the Land of Inheritance before you arrived, so we won’t waste each other’s ti on that information anymore.
“As a mber of the settlent, what you should learn next is the history of the Twin Dragon Mount fort’s developnt to this point!
Ji Ye didn’t care about the thrill, excitent, and even affection on the faces of the newcors after they learned that he was the master of the fort.
The Void Ring let out a purple flash, and the Mirage Dragon Pearl, which was half the size of an egg, appeared in his hand.
Following that, the thousand people in the square all felt that the environnt changed.
“Hiss!”
A serpent, which was more than ten ters long and covered in black scales and had two pointy horns on its head, appeared at a corner of the square. Its body that was as thick as a bucket slithered quickly on the ground, and it bit a fort soldier at the edge of the square.
“Ah!”
“Caught unprepared”, the soldier was bitten by the serpent, whose tongue was thicker than a baby’s arm and whose mouth was wider than the height of an adult after being opened.
Pew!
His flesh was bitten off by the serpent’s sharp teeth, and his blood gushed out.
Then, despite his desperate struggles, he was taken to the sky by the black serpent that was almost ten feet tall after it coiled its body and craned its head.
In the next mont, he was swallowed into the serpent’s stomach!
“Whoa!”
“What a huge snake!”
“Help! The snake just ate soone!”
The newcors who were closer to the scene had been talking and laughing, wondering whether they should learn from Wu Song or Lu Zhishen or maybe just straight from Ji Ye to acquire resources and power more easily.
More than half of them retreated palely in a hurry.
Several of them even collapsed to the ground with softened legs and cried out loud for help!
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