[49 hours, 21 minutes and 29 seconds before "The Fall into the Abyss"]
"Yuko! Yuko, where are you? Oh... have you ever seen such a tall little girl wearing a light-colored floral skirt! She is our daughter, and she was obviously here just now..."
"Yuko! Yuko, where have you been! We're about to board the ship! Yuko! Stop making trouble and come back!"
Kanaishima is a small island on the edge of the "moon"-shaped Thousand Islands map. It is also the first area that needs to be evacuated.
At this moment, on the edge of the pier, a pair of anxious-looking couples were turning their heads and looking around while shouting loudly.
There are large and small bags of personal belongings around them. Such configurations are common among the residents of Kanaishima who are fleeing for their lives.
Looking at the current situation, probably because the evacuation was too hasty and sudden, the couple really didn't have the energy to look after their children while carrying their luggage. As a result, they accidentally turned around and found that their daughter was missing. .
"excellent..."
"Hey! Stop yelling! Yes, I'm talking about you!" A strong man with an impatient face seemed to be unable to bear it and interrupted the couple.
His burly body walked up to the couple, crossed his arms, and snorted coldly:
"Are you guys going to get on the boat? There are still many people waiting behind the boat. Who doesn't know that now is a race against time, and those monsters in the sea may come at any time!"
"But...but our daughter..." The husband was a little scared looking at the strong man's burly body and ferocious expression, but he still resisted the urge to ask for more time.
It's a pity that the strong man interrupted it directly.
"Haha, since you lost your daughter and you are still so worried, just wait for the next batch of ships. Let's go up first!"
"No! Wait, wait a minute!"
Sanfengxing has a limited number of ships and can only pick up people in batches. As for the order, it is random by drawing lots. The couple was lucky enough to get the last few seats on the first batch of ships. If they don’t get on the next ship, they won’t be able to get on the next one. I don’t know how long I have to wait, and it’s hard to say whether there will even be another trip.
"Get out! Don't block the way!" Unfortunately, the strong man didn't seem to listen at all, or maybe this was his original purpose.
After kicking down the husband who was blocking the way, he led a few men to occupy the couple's boat, regardless of the wife's cries.
Fortunately, at this time...
"What are you doing! Stop, you guys! Are you trying to jump in line?"
There are some guys who don't have eyesight. Just when the strong man thought this in his heart, what he saw out of the corner of his eye was a group of heavily armed strangers.
When the players arrived at the scene and understood the situation, they immediately assigned manpower to help the couple find their daughter.
This kind of person-finding mission is very familiar to the players with the help of the system. After a while, a little girl was found from a warehouse near the dock with her hands and feet tied, her mouth covered with a towel, and her eyes full of tears.
Obviously, this is not an ordinary loss, but someone did it deliberately.
The players who realized this hurriedly sent the little girl back. The couple burst into tears when they saw their daughter's appearance. Then, as expected, the little girl identified the gangster who took her away while her parents were not paying attention. He was one of that strong man's men.
When the strong man and his party saw what had happened, they wanted to escape. Unfortunately, the players' strength was already more than enough to deal with the villains, and they were brought to justice in a few moments.
"Thank you, really thank you! I'm really sorry. In the past, I always regarded you as refugees and outsiders who came to seize our hometown. I was very xenophobic towards you. But now I know that I was wrong. You all They are good people, very good people. If it were not for you today, Yuko... Yuko might... wuwuwu..."
The couple burst into tears as they kept thanking the players.
Obviously, the strong men's plan was to lose their daughters, make them give up their precious ship slots, and then naturally take their place.
If it were an ordinary Sanfong staff, at such an urgent moment, they would not have the time to help find the children, nor would they have the patience to figure out the tricks involved. It is no wonder that the couple would express their gratitude with tears in their eyes.
"Big brother... crab... you guys, you are Yuko's guide, guide the hero!" The little Loli also gratefully hugged the one who rescued her from the dark warehouse with her chubby little hands. Stranger brother.
The player's face turned red for a while.
After Liu Dao Luo Sui's request, and with the intervention of the fox-faced witch, the players temporarily obeyed Sanfengxing's dispatch and cooperated with Sanfengxing in the emergency evacuation and transfer of the people of Thousand Islands.
But rather than saying it is "cooperation", the players are actually the main force inside.
Not only do they fulfill their duties, they are also extremely fair and honest.
Some dignitaries want to bribe players, hoping that players will provide them with conveniences. If they were Sanfengxing, they might have done it secretly, such as reselling supplies, and using the ship that was supposed to be a life-saving ship to load the furniture of the rich. Antiques, such as extortion, not arranging a ship unless you pay enough money...
However, the unfavorable methods used by these wealthy businessmen and powerful people in the past have hit a wall with the strangers. It seems that these strangers are really just like fools. Not only do they not accept this obvious win-win benefit, they even report them and arrest them. These powerful men's threats were treated as a joke.
Is it because all players are really good people?
Obviously not.
Players from the previous Thousand Islands would probably do this, after all, whose mission is not a mission, and the rewards for powerful NPCs are much higher than those for ordinary residents.
However, things are different now.
Because there is another NPC whose status in the hearts of the players is much higher than these so-called wealthy businessmen and powerful NPCs.
Fox-faced witch.
If under strict task supervision under the supervision of a fox-faced witch, if you do a commission that is judged as a good thing by the system, you can increase your favorability points, and if you are corrupt and slippery, you will lose your favorability points...
No wonder everyone has become an upright person.
After all, in the eyes of Qiandao players, the "favorability" of the fox-faced witch is higher than all "experience points", "gold coins" and other rewards.
Just because I was greedy for the reward from the rich businessman and powerful NPC, I lost the favorability of the fox-faced witch. This kind of loss-making business is only done by fools!
Therefore, things like the scene of helping parents find their children on Kanaishima, large and small, are happening all over the Thousand Islands at the moment.
The saying "a friend in need is a friend indeed" is not unreasonable.
At least if you want to bring people closer, crisis is always the best catalyst.
Many Thousand Islands aborigines, especially the lower and middle class people who are the largest in number, have similar thoughts to that couple, and their attitudes towards foreigners are rapidly changing.
From the original dislike, rejection, and unwelcome, to the current acceptance, gratitude, and even to a level where sometimes there is more trust than the three principles.
If something happens, the first thing that comes to mind is not to go to San Fengxing, but to ask for help from a stranger.
And this twist is mutual.
When the players received the sincere gratitude and trust of the native residents...when they escorted groups of people to safe places, when they also saw the suffering of these indigenous people under the disaster.
These NPCs are beginning to become more and more flesh-and-blood in the eyes of players. A grand virtual game is quietly evolving into a grand virtual "world".
The most intuitive evidence is the current game forum.
[To purchase low-level clothes, if you are interested, you can send me a private message. Foreign players can also use the Adventurer Association trading channel. I will cover the intermediary fees]
[Is there any boss with the sub-professional profession of pharmacist near Qingshui Island? There are several injured aboriginals from stampede accidents here! 】
[The temporary civil guild "Watchers" was officially established. It is dedicated to blocking monsters at the border, delaying evacuation, and at the same time investigating first-hand intelligence. If you are like-minded and willing to join, please privately message uid1383...! 】
[Coordinates k98-9, there is a group of damned human traffickers who took advantage of the chaos and kidnapped a group of children. We have lost track of them. We need help from our almighty friends to capture these bastards! Damn it! We must save those children! 】
[I have taken leave these days, but I feel that we are still very short on manpower... If, if we can get more people...]
Some spent their own money to buy supplies for the aborigines, some formed patrols on their own to stand on the front lines and delay time, some turned into police detectives and started tracking the suspects step by step, and some even sacrificed their real time just to escort more people. Evacuate several indigenous people...
Close the forum.
The little wolf cub shook his head.
Now he suddenly understood a little bit why the Water God was so obsessed with "maintaining his destiny".
Because assuming that "The Fall into the Abyss" had not happened, the relationship between the players and today's Thousand Island Aboriginals would never have heated up so quickly. It would probably take a lot of time to break the barrier between the two parties.
And in this new era with more "players".
Who among the Nine Kingdoms can be the first to accept these "strangers" will be the one who will not be eliminated by the times.
Today's Thousand Islands obviously has this embryonic form.
Is this your purpose? Or is it the destiny you want to reach even at such a high price? Yueyuan Palace Secretary, Water God...Floka...
Liao Zixuan sighed in his heart, they are indeed two sisters. The enemy is about to attack at the door of their house, but he is still missing.
Humans cannot understand God, and God does not need human understanding...probably?
The little wolf cub stopped thinking so much.
Unlike Vivian, who really wants to make selfless sacrifices and save Thousand Islands from fire and water, the little wolf cub's first consideration is their interests.
Liao Zixuan wants to take advantage of the opportunity of this "fall into the abyss" within a reasonable range, which can be regarded as a big reshuffle, so that the forces belonging to Vivian can completely gain a foothold in Thousand Islands.
What is Sakuragijima missing now?
Yes, they are residents!
Not the players, but the real indigenous people of this world.
The great philosopher Lu Xun once said that players cannot live without NPCs, just like sheep cannot live without grass.
It can be seen that there must be strong grassland to continuously attract and breed strong sheep, so that farmers can produce high-quality wool.
As a farm owner...the handsome little wolf cub next to the hostess.
Liao Zixuan had always been worried about how to lure the residents of Thousand Islands to Sakuragi Island. Originally, he planned to use Zhao Jie as a breakthrough and use the Zhao Chamber of Commerce's publicity to gradually change the impression of Sakuragi Island in the minds of the Thousand Island aborigines. .
But now it seems that there is no need to bother at all.
"The population carrying capacity of Yueyuan Island has reached its limit, and it cannot accept any more residents!" Keisuke Kondo, the current head of the determination and implementation, slapped the table at the meeting.
In the conference room, the senior executives of Sanfengxing gathered together. This scene has happened countless times in just a dozen hours since the players brought the image of the Fall into the Abyss in the magic ball.
One after another, defense resolutions and evacuation plans are waiting for them to be conveyed and issued. Of course, there are also major problems encountered in the process like now, which require them to discuss solutions.
Kondo Keisuke said, looking at the position of the social executive representative.
Since the death of Yosuke Sakai, his sister Risa Sakai has disappeared without being contacted. The entire Sakai family has been in a state of decline and has lost trust. However, the society cannot be run without a principal. Therefore, in the past, it was a subordinate family that had always been a vassal. "God Generation" took over this position and became the new chief executive of the society.
The blue-haired young man in this meeting now is the current head of the Kamidai family.
"Master Keisuke is right. Many of the shrines under the shrine have been cleared for residential use. If we continue to accept residents from other islands, Yueyuan Island will be overwhelmed. Don't forget, our purpose It’s not to resettle the residents, but to defend against the next Fallen Abyss attack.”
"Blindly accepting a population that exceeds our carrying capacity will only become a burden for the battle with Fallen Abyss behind Yueyuan Island. And once Yueyuan Island is lost, what is the use of accepting more people?"
Although the blue-haired young man was young and came into battle temporarily at this juncture, he was not nervous when he spoke and was analyzing the situation very carefully.
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On the last side, the six-path robe practiced by Da Zu couldn't help but slap the table.
"Then what do you want to do! Do you have to give up the rest of the people! In addition to Yueyuan Island, the remaining four first-line islands are also full, so where do you want these people to go? To those who have no defense force. On the second and third tier islands?”
According to the tactics of shrinking the front and concentrating forces, Qiandao's army can only guarantee the defense of five islands including Yueyuan Island. However, there are still a group of residents of the entire Qiandao who don't know what to do next.
If another part of the army is forced to go to build defenses on new islands, firstly, there will not be enough time, and secondly, this will make the already poor defense force even weaker. If it fails, it will lose both the watermelon and the sesame seeds. situation seen.
But it seems that they have no other choice.
But this time...
"Well...I have a proposal." Vivian raised her hand in the conference room and stood up immediately.
Everyone's eyes were drawn to her, but none of the senior officials present dared to ignore this seemingly weak little girl.
Maybe they don't know Vivian as well as the Lord of Three Fengxing, but regardless of her strength, just talking about this little girl's reputation among foreigners that can be described as "terrifying" made these senior officials stay silent for fear of disturbing them. This little girl's speech.
But they are also curious about what kind of proposal Vivian can make. In their opinion, there seems to be no other choice...
"Leave the remaining residents of the Thousand Islands, which cannot be accommodated, to Sakuragi Island!"
What! ?
Sakura... Sakuragijima! ?
Many of the high-level officials in the Third Order were still stuck in their old impressions of Sakuragi Island, but after hearing this, Liu Dao Luo's eyes suddenly lit up. Even the usually cold and arrogant purple-haired general was so excited that he stood up.
"Vivian, could it be that..."
"Yes, just an hour ago, we have completely removed the curse on Sakuragi Island. Although Sakuragi Island is still very desolate, it has at least returned to normal and has become an island where ordinary people can live. Got it!"
Wha...what! ?
The senior executives of Sanfengxing doubted their ears. What does this feeling sound like? It seems that the eternal pain of a thousand islands that has been mentioned for generations has actually returned?
"Okay! Great!"
Liu Dao Luo Shang was about to punch his fist excitedly, but the next moment he was stopped by Jing Fu, who was standing next to him.
"Miss Vivian, with all due respect, even if Sakuragi Island is free of the curse, it is still essentially a deserted island. To accommodate so many people at once... I am very worried about whether your supplies can support it?"
Keisuke's words made the meeting room, which had just become happy, feel depressed again.
really.
Sakuragi Island has been abandoned for hundreds of years, and there are no traces of human beings on it. Even if there are strangers here, it is necessary to resist falling into the abyss while building the most rudimentary living facilities... It is too difficult, and there are no manpower. not enough.
What's more, as Keisuke said, supplies are also a big problem. It is impossible to have granary reserves on Sakuragi Island, and it is even impossible to reclaim it from scratch.
"Can we get some support from abroad?" The blue-haired young man who had been silent spoke up.
But Kondo Keisuke shook his head at his suggestion.
"As early as possible, I sent an official request for help to our nearest neighbor, Yanyu, but...hey, judging from their attitude, it seems that they have just experienced a domestic accident and have too much time to take care of themselves."
It seemed like I was back to square one all of a sudden.
The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit depressing.
However, a familiar scene happened again.
"Well... let me give it a try." A certain little girl's speech once again attracted everyone's attention.
Give it a try?
try what?
As Kondo Keisuke got older, he suddenly seemed to understand what Vivian meant. He was nervous, expectant and a little disbelieving and asked:
"Is it possible...do you have anything to do with it in the Flame Realm?"
As one of the three dignitaries and the official foreign minister of Thousand Islands, he couldn't even ask for support from Yanyu. Can this little girl really have such a great reputation?
But then again, hey! This little girl seems to be from Yanyu...
the other side.
In the surprised eyes of many senior executives in Qiandao, Vivian nodded. She hesitated, and finally chose a more conservative statement.
"Indeed, I still have some connections in Yanyu..."
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