Chapter 164 The fun of life as a professional player
Deep in the Beifeng Mine, mist is rising in Lord Demon King’s magic workshop, and bubbles the size of grapes are bubbling in the crucible on the stove.
As Luo Yan recited the incantation, the knife with the inscriptions on it flew up and down on the chopping board, skillfully removing the heads of toads and the tails of scorpions...
When the materials were dismembered into thumb-sized pieces, a bone-white hand came out from the shadows and drove all the materials on the chopping board into the mortar on the experimental table.
As the Hades on the base flashed, the obsidian pestle floated into the air, as if being held by an invisible hand, grinding the materials in the mortar into powder evenly.
The whole process is completed in one go!
Looking at the automated medicine refining device in front of him, Luo Yan had an expression of approval on his face and put away the wand in his hand when he was done.
This is one of Ork's masterpieces.
With this set of automated equipment, his efficiency in dispensing potions has at least doubled, which is equivalent to having two apprentices!
And what is visible to the naked eye is that there is room for further improvement in efficiency of the entire equipment.
Luo Yan, who was touching his chin, thought for a long time, took a pen and paper from the side and wrote hurriedly.
…You can consider integrating the mortar and crucible on the experimental table and installing a conveyor belt to increase the material flow efficiency, as well as installing a six-degree-of-freedom skeleton hand or a geotechnical hand at the corner of the table.”
While writing this, the pen tip in Luo Yan's hand paused slightly, then he continued writing.
"...In addition, a set of pens with automatic writing function can be added to facilitate users to record experimental inspiration at any time."
After writing all the needs that came to mind on paper, Luo Yan then threw the notebook aside, planning to instruct his subordinates to hand it over to Oak.
Whether it can be realized is a matter for Oke and his young players to consider.
He is only responsible for making demands.
Just when Luo Yan poured the brewed magic potion into the reagent bottle and sealed it, Youyou's slightly excited voice suddenly floated into his ears from the side.
"Good news! Lord Demon King, there are immigrants moving into your territory on the surface!"
During this period, Yoyo has been secretly observing the professional players who are active on the surface.
I remember the Demon King once said before that people are like weeds, they will grow out of the ground if you are not careful.
At first, Youyou still had some doubts about Lord Demon King’s prophecy. After all, how could humans be the same as plants? But I didn’t expect that in just over a week, the Demon King’s prophecy would come true!
It’s simply amazing!
After listening to Youyou's report, Luo Yan was slightly stunned, with an obviously surprised expression on his face.
Is it so fast?
Although he had expected that the refugees who could not survive might choose to sell their souls to the devil, he did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
After all, according to his original vision, the latest wave of immigrants would have to wait until spring.
It seems that the situation at Brass Pass is worse than he imagined...
"How many people came this time."
Hearing the Lord Demon King's inquiry, Youyou said excitedly.
"Two! Children!"
Luo Yan frowned slightly.
"Could they be nearby villagers?"
"No, no! I heard from the players that the two children were villagers from the eastern part of the Twilight Province. They migrated to Thunder County in the Principality of Campbell with their parents and villagers, and then unfortunately got separated near the Silver Pine Forest!"
Looking at the Demon King with a thoughtful expression on his face, Youyou continued speaking excitedly.
"Lord Demon King! A large wave of immigrants is nearby, and now is the time for us to show off our talents! I suggest issuing tasks to the players, so that they can take the initiative and snatch people away!"
Whenever it comes to expanding her faith, Yoyo is extremely enthusiastic, so that the bad ideas she comes up with don't seem to have passed through her brain at all.
Luo Yan didn't want to complain about this guy, so he just rejected his bad idea.
"Calm down. What we need is people who join us from the bottom of their hearts, rather than relying on kidnapped hostages. Doing some things too hastily will be counterproductive. And it's not just the refugees who have migrated to this area who need time to build trust with us, but it's the same for our players... They also need time to prepare." If you release tasks to urge them to enjoy the joy of farming and harvesting at this time, not only will it not have a promotion effect, but it will affect their game experience and reduce their sense of involvement. "
"On the contrary, if we can let them do something spontaneously, it will not only better mobilize their enthusiasm, but also save the task rewards paid to them."
"The significance of tasks is to guide.
He prefers to leave the opportunity to explore the fun of the game to the players themselves after proper guidance, allowing them to find their own way to enjoy the game.
Yuyou looked at Luo Yan in surprise, and it took him a while to understand the deep meaning of those words... although he didn't understand the key points at all.
"As expected of the Demon King, he can speak so freshly and refinedly about prostitution for free."
Luo Yan rolled his eyes at this guy.
"What is free prostitution? It's called doing the right thing at the right time... In short, you can just keep an eye on them. You don't have to do anything."
He is the devil.
The devil must have the strength of a devil.
“As you command!” Youyou replied excitedly. Just as he was about to switch the perspective back to the players, he was suddenly stopped by Luo Yan.
"Wait a minute."
Yoyou, who had spun around in the air, floated back again and asked curiously.
"What's the matter, Lord Demon King, do you have any other orders?"
Luo Yan reached out and took out a tube of dark green reagent from the test tube rack, tightened the cork, and placed it on the silver tray aside.
"You arrange for an acolyte from the Gecko Clan to come over and ask him to take this magic potion down the mountain and deliver it to the two children."
After staying in the snow for so long, even adults will suffer from frostbite, let alone the two children.
Even without seeing it with his own eyes, he could guess the situation of those two people just by thinking about it.
Yuyou looked at Luo Yan in surprise and blurted out.
"Is the veterinary medicine in hell okay?"
Luo Yan looked at Yuyou in the mirror with a speechless face. He wanted to complain but felt that there was nothing wrong with it. He finally sighed and said.
"...This is my improved recovery potion. Although its efficacy has been weakened a lot, it can also be used by ordinary humans without side effects."
This year's heavy snow was beyond everyone's expectations. Many adventurers with frostbite came to the church in Silverpine Town to seek help.
However, the embarrassing thing is that Father Matt does not know the Holy Light.
To put it more directly, there is not even a single human priest in the entire church, and all five priests are corpses planted in the cemetery.
Although it is okay to ignore the needs of those adventurers, it is not an option in the long run. In addition, Father Matt considered that this was an opportunity to spread the reputation of the Flame King, so he made suggestions to Luo Yan to see if he could help those adventurers in other ways besides the Holy Light, and then counted this favor on Luo Yan's vest.
Luo Yan thought his suggestion was very good, so he made some improvements to Hell's recovery potion based on his experience in preparing and taking potions, such as using neutral medicinal materials to replace the more toxic ingredients in the recovery potion, etc.
Although the recovery speed of the improved recovery potion has been greatly reduced, making it difficult to be used in combat, the healing effect in the "out of combat state" is still quite good.
Especially for the treatment of frostbite.
The most important thing is that the medicinal materials required for the formula are all cheap materials, which can be easily found in the Silver Pine Forest or the Misty Forest, and are affordable for ordinary people.
When Luo Yan improves the production process and hands it over to the little moles in Tiejia City for mass production, the cost can be further reduced.
Since he is not doing this to make money, but purely to poach Saint Sith and abduct "lost lambs", these potions are basically sold at a price slightly higher than the cost price.
It is the same as the "Soul Release Cross Amulet" produced by Nightmare Land.
Yuyou looked at Luo Yan in surprise, as if he saw the sun rising in the west.
"Incredible... Lord Demon King, you, you actually think about human beings?~"
Luo Yan was too lazy to explain what he had said before, and said impatiently.
"You talk a lot of nonsense, just do whatever I ask you to do."
"Okay!" Misunderstanding Luo Yan's reaction as shyness, Youyou spun around in the air with a playful smile, and floated away like a gust of wind.
On the other side, at the foot of the mountain outside the Beifeng Mine, in the gable-roofed wooden house, the iron pot on the charcoal stove was also bubbling.
Maggie, who fainted earlier, has woken up from her coma and is currently sitting around a warm charcoal stove with her brother to keep warm.
The dancing charcoal fire illuminated her face as red as two apples hanging on the treetops. She stretched her hand forward, touched the edge of light and heat, felt the warmth in her palm, and a healing smile filled her face.
Just ten minutes ago, a lizardman acolyte in a robe came here and brought them a potion to heal their injuries.
That magic potion is said to have been prepared by the Demon King himself.
Maggie was very scared at first, especially after hearing that it was the magic potion prepared by Lord Demon King, and refused to drink it at all. It was not until she saw her brother bravely drinking it that she took a sip with her eyes closed.
Just after that, as the strange taste spread along her taste buds, she soon felt a warm current flowing through her whole body, as if she was soaking in a hot spring.
Not long after, the frostbite on her body was dissipated by the warm current, the pain was no longer there, and she recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Looking at the little hands that had regained consciousness, Maggie felt indescribable gratitude in her heart and was deeply ashamed of the previous misunderstanding.
Humbling, in the stories she has heard, the devil and his minions are symbols of disaster and evil existences.
She had never thought about it.
Humistically, I will be saved by the devil's minions.
The same goes for her brother Andy, who was sitting next to her. His face that was flushed by the fire was filled with happiness for the rest of his life.
Especially when he saw his sister regaining her vitality, his hanging heart was finally relieved, and all the rest of his attention was focused on the bubbling iron pot in front of him.
The iron pot was filled with spices and red oil, and I didn’t know what was being stewed.
The aroma of suet wafted out of the pot, making him swallow with hunger. His eyes shone with desire, and he could hardly resist the urge to pounce on it.
The person in charge of the spoon, [Emotional Stability], stood aside and put his index finger into the pot to test the temperature of the oil. Then he looked at the two children who kept swallowing their saliva and said with a smile.
eaten
Andy and Maggie looked embarrassed. They wanted to start but didn't know how to start, let alone how to use the stick-like utensils.
Seeing the embarrassment of the two children, Shark immediately grabbed the chopsticks and showed them a lesson. He skillfully picked up a slice of beef and poured it into the pot. After taking it out, he placed it on the crystal clear steamed rice and took a big mouthful.
"Just like this!" She said in a vague voice before swallowing the food she was chewing in her mouth.
Watching the little devil's movements, Andy lamely picked up a piece of meat with two chopsticks, but as soon as he put it into the pot, it was rolled up by the bubbles.
"Let me help you!" The urbanite, who was rubbing his hands, finally found a chance to help and reached out to the bubbly hot pot.
Before he put his hand in, he was slapped away by [Chi Wanshu in the office] on the side.
He used chopsticks to bring the food to his mouth, took a bite with curiosity, and the next second his eyes widened, and he almost bit his tongue.
It smells so good!
It was a delicious taste that he had never tasted before, so that before he could swallow a mouthful, he couldn't wait to stuff another mouthful into his mouth.
"Eat slowly, don't choke." Whale Luo Nanbei said with a smile, and fed another piece of freshly boiled beef into Maggie's bowl.
Seeing that her brother was eating so deliciously, the little girl named Maggie couldn't restrain her greed and couldn't wait to take a bite.
Hence without any accident, she couldn't stop like her brother... Even though she was sweating from the heat, her little mouth was as red as lipstick.
Under the careful guidance of a group of players, the two children learned quickly and finally mastered the essentials of using chopsticks after a lot of fuss.
Looking at the two children devouring their rice, the players crowded in the room felt extremely healed and satisfied!
Although the corpses were cold, their hearts were warm and they all had motherly smiles on their faces.
The feeling of being needed is difficult to describe in words.
It is as if what they saved was not two pieces of cold data, but two living lives. Because of their efforts, the crumbling fire was able to regain its luster in the ice and snow, and gave those cold stones and wood a meaning that had never existed before.
This highest level of spiritual satisfaction can never be given by pure numerical values, and it is something they have never experienced in other games.
Robert, who was floating next to him, kept sipping the food, wondering what kind of delicious food it was, but he couldn't take a bite.
With his mouth full of food, Andy raised his little head excitedly and suppressed the urge to dance.
"What is this! It's so delicious!"
He really wanted his parents to taste this delicious food!
They must be starving too!
"This thing is called hot pot, and it is a relatively popular food in our place." The urban servant laughed and couldn't wait to show off.
What tastes good must be delicious.
This stuff is boiled with spices. Not to mention shabu-shabu meat, even shabu-shabu is fragrant.
Not to mention that in Osland, spices are delicacies that only the nobles and the rich in big cities can enjoy. For Andy, who came from the outback, the most delicious food he had ever eaten before was a leg of deer roasted with salt.
Looking at the two little guys devouring their food, the skeleton soldiers surrounding them all seemed hungry. [Want to be a corpse] touched the ribs on his body and couldn't help but muttered.
"Damn... I'm so hungry just looking at it."
Emotionally stable: "I'm hungry, let's go get some takeout!"
Want to be a corpse: "How can that be the same!"
Emotionally stable: "How can this be different..."
【Want to be a corpse】Sighed and said slowly.
“You don’t understand, on a snowy day, a plate of boiled mutton and a bottle of beer are simply the ultimate enjoyment in life!”
"You can just go outside and find a roadside stall."
Want to be a corpse: "But the problem is that it doesn't snow there!"
Emotionally stable: "..."
[Wheewansu is in the office] couldn't help rolling his eyes.
"You are really difficult to take care of."
Listening to the conversation of the skeleton brothers, Shark Drop Stuff couldn't help but feel a little moved, and cast a longing look at Xiaowan.
"Xiao Wan! Brother Jing and I will go and play with you!"
Xiaowan tilted her head and said in confusion.
"Looking to play with me? Aren't I right here?"
Shark dropped something and said excitedly: "Offline! I mean offline! I have never made a sleigh pulled by a polar bear in my life!"
As soon as she heard about meeting offline, Xiao Wan's shoulders immediately tensed up, and she looked to the side with a subtle expression, feeling so uncomfortable that she even forgot to complain.
"That... you don't have to do it offline, I, I'm afraid of society."
Whale Luo Nanbei also lightly knocked on Shark Luodong's head and scolded him.
"How can we meet someone who has just met each other soon? You will scare others with your appearance."
"Woo..."
Shark dropped something and covered his head. The face that was full of anticipation a second ago now looked deeply shocked.
Xiao Wan felt a little soft-hearted, hesitated for a while, and whispered.
"Can it be done after a while? This year is not convenient, maybe next year."
"Really?!" Shark regained her energy immediately after dropping the thing, and grabbed her hand excitedly, "Will I be able to see penguins next winter?!"
"It's just maybe...I didn't say for sure."
Hence, he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice after dropping something, and said with an moved face.
"It doesn't matter! As long as Xiao Wan is willing to see me, I'm willing to wait as long as it takes!"
Whale Luonan gave this guy a sidelong look.
「你这家伙说话怎么像变态一样。」
鲨掉东西坏笑着做了出张牙舞爪的模样。
"Jiejiejie...isn't this more like it?"
The small wooden house was filled with a warm atmosphere. Maggie blinked and looked at the laughing people. Although she couldn't understand what they were talking about, she also chuckled.
The howling wind and snow seemed to freeze time, and everything in the world seemed to slow down.
【I want to be a corpse】still melancholy murmuring, it would be great if the undead could drink beer, this game is always ridiculously real in unnecessary places.
Just when [Emotional Stability] was quietly enjoying the tranquility amidst the noise, a bell suddenly sounded in the wind and snow outside the wooden house.
That is the alarm bell.
After hearing the voice, everyone stopped joking and stood up from the burning charcoal fire as if they had received a signal.
Feeling that the atmosphere was unusual, Andy put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, nervously held his sister's hand, and protected her by his side.
Robert, who was floating aside, seemed to have completely forgotten that he had died, and became frightened like a living person, looking around nervously.
"What's the sound? What happened?"
"I don't know, maybe there are guests, maybe there's a magical beast."
He replied casually, the soul fire in [Emotionally Stable]'s skull burned brightly, and the bones clenched into fists crackled.
"You'll know when you go out and take a look!"