As the old beggar finished speaking, a message reminder box appeared in front of Gu Ming's eyes, showing three optional tasks.
[Cleaning Mission]: On the grassy slope east of Lone Star City, a group of mutated thorn trees have recently appeared, attacking pedestrians passing by. Please kill 100 thorn trees to complete the clearing mission.
Reward: 50 reputation, 100 main city prestige value.
[Collection Task]: The world is about to change. The forces from the abyss are ready to move. The main city is in urgent need of a large number of materials for city defense reinforcement. Please collect 50 hardwoods, 80 flints, and 30 straw ropes.
Reward: 30 reputation, 50 main city prestige value.
[Investigation Mission]: I heard that there is a mysterious outsider who is currently operating outside the city. He is acting sneaky and is suspected of being a cultist who believes in the evil god of the abyss. We cannot let this group of depraved guys do evil. Please investigate and find out the truth.
Reward: 20 reputation, experience multiplier.
"Reputation" is very important in Dawn Era, but it is very difficult to obtain.
Only when the reputation is high, it will be easier for players to receive hidden tasks from NPCs.
Reputation is usually obtained through special rewards, such as clearing dungeons, breaking records, etc., which is difficult for ordinary players to achieve.
Reputation can also be gained by doing life tasks. Usually, if you complete a bunch of tasks in a row, you can only get single-digit reputation in the end.
There are very few tasks that can easily earn dozens of reputations.
But Gu Ming has the identity of a spy and can easily receive various prestigious tasks from the old beggar!
He thought for a while and took on all three tasks in front of him in one breath!
After all, he has the skill of being careful. What he lacks most now is reputation. If he can accumulate some, it will be great!
Old beggar NPC: "You have accepted these tasks, so I look forward to good news from you!"
After accepting these tasks, Gu Ming did not leave immediately.
There is a task that he can complete on the spot.
Collect the hardwood, flint, and straw rope required in the mission. These are common materials. If players want to obtain them, they need to learn life skills such as [Chopping Firewood] and [Mining], and go to forests and mines to mine.
But Gu Ming's time is so precious, how could he waste his energy?
When it’s time to spend money, spend money!
He immediately opened the properties panel and found the mall page.
Now not only the auction house function is unlocked, but the mall function is also unlocked, where players can open their own store and sell various goods.
Some rare and valuable materials and equipment are best auctioned in the auction house.
But there is no need to put basic materials like hardwood and flint in the auction house. You can find a lot of them in shopping malls.
Many tasks also require these basic materials. If players don’t want to go to the trouble, they can buy them directly from the mall to save time on tasks.
In addition to selling, the store also buys supplies. Gold miners can earn a lot of gold coins by chopping firewood and mining.
Gu Ming browsed around, compared prices and quickly placed an order.
In the end, he spent 1.2 gold to get enough items for the mission.
If Gu Ming collected these things by himself, it would take a lot of time. Now he collected them with krypton gold in an instant, which is equivalent to spending money to buy reputation. Although it is expensive, it is completely worth it!
After obtaining the items from the transaction, Gu Ming immediately came to the old beggar.
"Hand in the mission. After my hard work, I have gathered all the materials needed for city defense reinforcement."
The old beggar looked at Gu Ming, who had not left his sight the whole time: "..."
Although the old beggar NPC with a strong ego had a weird expression, he still took the supplies and allowed Gu Ming to successfully complete the collection task. His reputation was +30 and the prestige of the main city was +50.
"Prestige value..."
The prestige of the main city is a comprehensive value that requires each player to accumulate tasks. It will play an important role in city battles in the future. It is said that in the future city battles, players who have contributed prestige values will be appointed as leaders, commanders, etc. .
But it is not easy to obtain prestige points. You can only get 50 points by clearing the Dark Tower copy, and only 200 points are needed to break the record.
Now many players and guilds are working hard to accumulate prestige points.
Quest clues that can accumulate prestige points can even be auctioned in the auction house, and the price is not low!
But Gu Ming could easily receive a lot from the old beggar.
"It's a pity that the old beggar's mission can only be taken on by me as a spy. I can't share it with my friends..." Gu Ming thought with regret on the way out of the city.
He left Lone Star City, opened the map and found Green Grass Slope.
This is a level 14 strange area, a hillside covered with grass.
On the green grass, there are ferocious-looking monsters moving around. They have anthropomorphic bodies, but their bodies are covered with sharp wooden thorns, and their heads are filled with bright flowers.
"This is the thorn tree? You need to kill 100 of them to complete this mission!" Gu Ming nodded.
Other players would definitely give up when encountering this mission, but Gu Ming remained indifferent. He was now level 13, so he could accumulate a lot of experience by killing these level 14 monsters.
Mind Eye Exploration!
The thorn wood species is a plant, with an attack rate of only 70, but it has a poisoning effect. It also has the skill of [wood thorns counter-injury], and has 1000 health points.
Weakness: Fear of fire attacks.
"Afraid of fire attacks?" Gu Ming was happy when he saw the weakness prompt.
Isn't this a coincidence?
The [Dance of Fire Dragon] skill he obtained in the Dark Tower copy, the passive effect of the skill is to cause Gu Ming's attack to cause fire damage.
Fire attacks are not very effective when facing skeleton monsters. Now is the time to try it on this thorn monster!
Gu Ming aimed at a thorn tree and launched an attack.
The thorn tree is covered with spikes, just like a cactus. If you hit it, you will be pricked - 10% of the damage will be dealt back.
It doesn't matter, if it attacks Gu Ming, he will suffer 60% of the damage in return...
Come on, let’s hurt each other!
Anyway, Gu Ming also has a bloodthirsty skill.
A mere level 14 monster, easily solved!
"It's not challenging at all." Gu Ming commented after killing the thorn tree with a few swords.
After killing the thorn tree and unlocking the illustration, Gu Ming immediately opened the shopping menu: plant essence (0.5%), thorn tree x10 (1%), thorn tree x5 (2%), thorn tree (5%), poisonous weeds Juice (2%), thorn petals (5%)...
No equipment or skill books, just materials... that's fine too.
You can give it to Mapo Tofu later or sell it.
When he was visiting the mall just now, Gu Ming saw many stores purchasing materials.
"By the way, let Liuli out first!"
There weren't many players here to fight monsters, so Gu Ming didn't have to worry about being watched, so he released the little zombies hiding in the coffin.
To farm thorn wood, you don't need the help of the little zombie's music, but you still need her help to pick up items.
When he was ready, Gu Ming started to fight monsters. He found a "available" thorn tree and rushed forward with two machetes (double-edged magic horns).
Other players fight monsters, hoping to pray to the gods and pray for something to happen.
It's a good idea to come to Gu Ming. You can buy monsters to fight, and each one can explode something.
Sometimes he doesn't even bother to fight the monsters that don't drop well...
