Chapter 214: Special Investigation Division's Arrangements and Gu Zhou's New Weapon! (Please Subscribe and Give Me a Monthly Ticket!)

Special Investigation Division.

"Director Zhou, according to the latest news, most of the players invited this time have confirmed their participation, including the main members of the three major corps of the Temple of War, Wings of Freedom, and Palace of Divine Feathers."

Feng Ying came to Zhou Zhengming and reported: "Academician Xia's team arrived in the Magic City in advance and has made relevant preparations."

Zhou Zhengming nodded slightly.

Everything is going according to plan.

There are two main purposes for holding this offline event.

First, it is to gather players offline under the official name, check the bodies of senior players, and collect various important data, so as to better study and understand the changes of the game to the body.

Second, it is natural to publicly impersonate the production team and continue to release smoke bombs to delay more time. At the same time, it is also to take the opportunity to establish good relations with this group of senior players and do some united front work.

In addition, the Special Investigation Division also wants to test the attitude of the real producer of the Three Kingdoms through this event.

If the other party does not react too much to this offline gathering, it means that the person behind the scenes does not care about the real world, or does not care about the little tricks of this group of humans on Earth.

Then, as long as the game can continue to operate and develop, he should not take the initiative to change the status quo.

Zhou Zhengming instructed: "A new round of player recruitment for Gui Sanguo has begun. This time, the recruitment quota is as high as 11,500 people. Our Special Investigation Department must also seize the opportunity to absorb more talents!"

"Yes!"

"How is the progress of the Xinwancheng Special Research Group?"

Feng Ying immediately took out a thick stack of documents.

Zhou Zhengming was satisfied with the content after flipping through it.

These are the basic intelligence of Xinwancheng currently collected by the Immortal Dragon Soul and other players, including preliminary collection of population, power, military, history, geography, economy, humanities, folk customs and skills.

Every time the territory expands to a region, it will bring many opportunities, and these opportunities are hidden in these materials.

The Special Investigation Department has set up a special research team to analyze.

"Xinwan has a sufficient population and great development potential. It is likely to become one of the important towns in the territory in the future, but at this moment, all industries are waiting to be developed and have great investment value."

Feng Ying paused and continued.

"In addition, judging from the current signs, the lord should promote the reshuffle of forces and the reorganization of the army in Xinwan. In this process, a large number of elites and talents will flow into the territory to form the territory legion."

"With the advent of the lord era, the influence of the major families in Wancheng will inevitably decline. They will definitely find ways to find other ways out. Joining the legion is a good choice."

"We can take this opportunity to tap talents!"

No matter what era.

No matter where.

Talent is always the most valuable resource.

The total population of Xinwan is close to 400,000.

Among them, there will definitely be some people with excellent qualifications.

The characteristics of these characters are fast cultivation speed and high growth panel of character attributes. If such characters are found and absorbed and cultivated, they may play an important role for the territory and the legion in the future.

Of course, the so-called talents do not necessarily have to be combat talents. Some are good at management, some are good at strategy, some are good at business, and some can engage in production. As long as they can play a role in the development of the team, they are worth tapping and cultivating.

Zhou Zhengming nodded: "Not only the major families, as far as I know, Xinwan also has forces like the Jiyin Sect. There are no less than a hundred third-level elites in the Jiyin Sect alone. The Jiyin secrets they master are very valuable, and there are important figures like Jia Xu behind them."

Feng Ying said: "I think we can try to dig one or two Jiyin Sect elders to the Immortal Dragon Soul, or arrange for our Special Investigation Division players to join the Jiyin Sect"

No matter what measures are taken.

The most important thing is speed.

The Immortal Dragon Soul, the current force of the Special Investigation Division in the game, is developing rapidly under the leadership of Wang Yue. Now Wang Yue has become a first-tier player, giving the official forces a lot of room to display in the game.

Zhou Zhengming asked again: "What is the overseas public opinion?"

Feng Ying replied: "The game "Strange Three Kingdoms" has become more and more popular overseas, and it may have attracted the attention of relevant departments of White Eagle, Sakura, Tianzhu, and the European Union. Among them, the Ragnarok Corps established by King Arthur is suspected to have the shadow of an international consortium behind the scenes."

The speed at which Strange Three Kingdoms became popular and out of the circle is too fast.

Now it is not only popular in China, but also rapidly sweeping abroad.

During this period, various overseas translations of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Records of the Three Kingdoms" were sold out, and TV series and movies with the Three Kingdoms theme even quietly made it to the hot lists of various countries.

From the perspective of cultural output.

This wave is undoubtedly an unprecedented success.

The game of Weird Three Kingdoms has become a global cultural phenomenon.

Many black uncles or blond and blue-eyed people are fans of the Five Tiger Generals and Crouching Dragon and Phoenix.

Weird topics and discussions on Three Kingdoms stories can often be seen on various social and Q&A platforms.

Various long and short video platforms are filled with a large number of Weird analysis and secondary creation content with Weird Three Kingdoms elements.

Zhou Zhengming frowned slightly. The number of overseas players of Weird Three Kingdoms is also growing. Various supernatural phenomena will eventually be discovered. After all, the truth will come out. More and more forces will definitely join in the competition.

It is necessary to use this offline event.

To reveal some secrets and rumors to the major corps.

On the one hand, it will increase their confidence and expectations for this game, and on the other hand, it will make them work harder to develop themselves.

Although several major corps are in competition with the Undead Dragon Soul, these corps are their own people no matter what, which is completely different from the nature of Ragnarok.

Perhaps.

In the near future.

The power structure of the Abyss Three Kingdoms world will be reflected in the real world.

And the most intense international disputes and competitions in the future are likely to unfold on this "virtual" world.

I am afraid that before Weird Three Kingdoms completely reshapes all mankind, the influence it generates will subvert the global structure first, and this influence and change will exceed any world war or industrial revolution in history.

Feng Ying continued: "There is another thing that deserves our attention."

Zhou Zhengming: "You want to talk about the threat from the star lords outside Woniu Mountain!"

"Yes, half an hour ago, we received the latest intelligence that a stronghold called Huangmei Township in the northernmost part of Woniu Mountain has been occupied by alien lords."

"What?"

This is not a trivial matter!

Anything that may threaten the territory is not a trivial matter!

Because according to the game settings of Weird Three Kingdoms, as long as the territory is breached or the lord dies, all player data will be deleted, and the entire game will enter the so-called indefinite service suspension state.

If this is really just a game, it's fine.

The problem is that this is not a game!

Zhou Zhengming doesn't know what this situation means to humans once it happens.

Perhaps it will be a permanent loss of an opportunity to transform and upgrade? Or even a cruel game failure penalty? In any case, this must not be allowed to happen, and the lord must be assisted in overcoming any possible threats.

"What measures has the lord taken?"

"The lord has deployed Zhou Cang and Wen Pin to Shansang City. In addition, he has recruited a thousand natural disaster soldiers through the mission. It is estimated that he is preparing to retake Huangmei Township."

Zhou Cang and Wen Pin.

They are the two most important generals in the territory.

The fact that the lord deployed them to Woniu Mountain at the same time is enough to show that he did not underestimate the enemy.

Zhou Zhengming said: "Huangmei Township has no defensive value. I think the lord's attack this time is just a test. Let our people pay close attention to the development of the situation and be prepared to respond at any time."

"Yes!"

…………

At this moment.

The main city of Luoshui.

Not long after Guzhou went online.

He learned about this mission.

[Task name: Attack Huangmei Township! ]

[Task content: Huangmei Township in the Woniu Mountain area has been occupied by foreign forces. The lord decided to send the Canglong Guard to test the truth. As a natural disaster army, it should participate in the action and play a role. ]

[Task goal: Please hunt down foreign relatives as much as possible or retake Huangmei Township. 】

【Participation method: Please go to Shansang City to sign up in time. 】

【Number of people in the mission: 1000/1000! 】

【Task rewards: 1000-50,000 spirit, 1000-50,000 contribution points, and a certain probability of obtaining random equipment and props. 】

【……】

This mission was quite sudden, and there were only 1,000 places, which resulted in many big guys who didn't have time to go online not catching up.

Gu Zhou saw it.

The mission was already full.

This made him feel a little regretful.

However, the reward for the mission was not too generous, and it was estimated that the scale and strength of the aliens occupying Huangmei Township were not very strong.

Gu Zhou's body in the real world was on a business trip at the moment, and it was not convenient for him to perform such a team combat mission.

Forget it!

It was just a tentative fight.

It is estimated that the real battle is still to come.

Instead of entangled in a mission, it is better to seize the time to improve yourself and prepare for the next larger-scale confrontation!

Gu Zhou then went to the warehouse to extract the materials from his territory.

These included 18 high-level evil gems, 40 various types of enhanced gems, 25 forging crystals, and 2 forging spirit crystals obtained from the Xinwan mission rewards.

All of these were materials obtained from participating in the operation during this period.

Gu Zhou took another look at his total contribution points. Currently, he has 230,000 contribution points!

According to the current market conditions.

This contribution point is worth at least 10 million!

And the value of these materials is not much less.

Gu Zhou secretly said: "It should be enough to prepare so many materials and contribution points. I hope everything goes well today!"

After leaving the warehouse.

Came to the first refining workshop in the main city.

There are several refining workshops in the main city now, with at least ten resident refiners.

The first weapon forging workshop in the main city is the earliest weapon forging workshop, and it is also the workshop with the best service and the strongest weapon forging ability.

When Gu Zhou walked into the workshop, it was already crowded. Not only were there players queuing for weapon forging services, but even many territory NPCs came here to strengthen their equipment.

"Gu Zhou!"

"It's Gu Zhou, the boss!"

"Make way for the boss!"

Gu Zhou is usually taciturn and has a weak presence, but his strength is the top among the Scourge Army, so he has a great reputation in the Legion.

"Xiao Zhou! You are here to refine weapons too!" A bold and rough voice sounded in my ears, and a bald man wearing luxurious armor and carrying a ferocious giant hammer appeared in front of me.

It was the famous Corps Commander Ye Limeng!

Gu Zhou: "Thank you, Boss Ye, for sending a special car to pick me up. I'm sitting in the car right now. I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well use this time to upgrade my equipment."

"Hahaha, I've arrived in the Magic City in advance. Let's have a good meeting tonight!"

Ye Limeng thinks highly of Gu Zhou. After all, Gu Zhou and Kuang Dao Lao Wang are the two most powerful members of the War God Temple Corps, and they will definitely become the backbone of the Corps in the future.

Gu Zhou's eyes swept across the weapon refining workshop.

He couldn't help but frowned: "Is Chief Yan Ling not here?"

Yan Ling, the weapon refiner of Luoshui City Lord, is the best weapon refiner in the territory and the first senior weapon refiner with a third-level cultivation, but she is not at her post at this moment.

Ye Limeng said: "Yan Ling asked for leave."

Ask for leave?

This is really strange!

Yan Ling is a well-known workaholic.

Now is the time when the demand for weapon refining is high.

With her personality, how could she ask for leave at this time?

Ye Limeng continued, "She seems to have encountered some problems in refining, so she asked for leave to return to Shengcang City to seek help from the dean of the Refining Academy. She will probably be back tomorrow."

Guzhou sighed, "That's a pity. I'd better come back tomorrow!"

"Don't!"

Guzhou saw a gray-furred ratman with a height of only 1.4 meters, four eyes and four ears, who looked very shrewd and cunning.

This person was none other than Pik, the refiner of the two-faced rat tribe.

Behind him was a rock man who was more than two meters tall and had two horns on his head. This was Yanmu of the Yanjiao Stone Tribe.

"Yanmu and I can also provide the same service. After all, we are both senior refiners in Luoshui City!"

Pike didn't want to miss out on big customers. At present, the income of territory employees is divided into two parts. The first part is the bonus obtained based on the total performance of the workshop, and the other part is the commission based on the proportion of personal performance.

In general, commissions still account for the majority.

Gu Zhou looked suspicious: "Can you do it?"

Pike didn't get angry but explained: "Although our abilities are a little different from those of Chief Yan Ling, the two of us together are not worse than Chief Yan Ling!"

Ye Limeng laughed and said: "Pike is already a third-level intermediate refiner who can forge third-level equipment, and Yan Mu is a second-level senior refiner who can forge blue equipment. It's not a big problem for the two of them to work together to create third-level blue equipment. I think you can give it a try."

Pike and Yan Mu both showed gratitude to Ye Limeng.

The two were refiners born in the bottom of Shengcang City. Luoshui City gave them the opportunity to change their fate, so they cherished this job and hoped to make greater contributions to the territory.

The territory refiners are not only Yan Ling.

Recently, under the promotion of the Lord.

They have also made a huge improvement.

Although the current level of ability is a little worse than Yan Ling, if they work together, they are not much inferior.

Ye Limeng estimated.

It won't take a few days.

As more and more players reach the third level.

They will be directly trained by the lord to become third-level advanced refiners like Yan Ling, and then go to other refinery workshops in Luoshui City to be store managers, or be sent to places like Xinwan to be local chief refiners.

At this moment.

The reason why they are not well-known.

The main reason is that they lack an opportunity to show their abilities.

As the leader of a corps, Ye Limeng naturally wants to build a good relationship with these NPCs. In the future, the corps will need special refining needs, and it will be easier to deal with them with this relationship.

Gu Zhou hesitated for a moment.

Finally decided to give it a try.

He took out his sword.

[Scarlet Bloodstain Sword +8], second-level equipment, green top grade, attack +125, agility +20, strength +10, attack speed +20, with the skill Scarlet Curse, durability 50/50.

"Good weapon!"

Pike and Yan Mu praised the Bloodstain Sword.

Although it is a good weapon, it is no longer suitable for Gu Zhou now. He needs a higher-level weapon to exert his full strength.

Gu Zhou took out the various gem materials and forging crystals he prepared for this enhancement.

Pike and Yanm's eyes lit up.

Why do they like to serve such customers? The main reason is that such customers are not only wealthy, but also have a lot of material resources in their hands, which gives them more room to play and greatly reduces the difficulty!

The two did not rush to get started.

This weapon refining is very important.

It has a very important impact on career!

Guzhou has a great reputation in the Scourge Legion. If you can make a powerful weapon for him, it is equivalent to making a living signboard for yourself, and your reputation will naturally be established.

In this way, you can receive more big orders!

After some research and discussion, the two finally came up with a plan.

Pik said: "The key to this weapon enhancement lies in the use of gem materials. Gem materials can be used to improve or break through the quality of equipment, and can also be used to give equipment new abilities."

"Lord Guzhou brought a variety of gem materials, including the Thousand-legged Dragon Gem and the Three-headed Evil Dragon Gem, which are extremely precious gems, but we do not recommend that you use these gems on this weapon."

Yam nodded: "Yes!"

Guzhou asked: "Why?"

Pik explained: "This blood-stained sword has very good curse characteristics. If you want to further enhance its strengths, you can only use gems with similar properties to achieve your goal. Only in this way can you have a greater probability of generating additional skills."

Yam nodded: "That's right!"

Guzhou asked: "What if other gems are used?"

Pik replied: "Doing so may completely change the characteristics of the weapon. Although it may not necessarily become worse, there are too many uncertainties."

Yam nodded again.

There are obviously more ways to refine equipment than you think.

Using different materials to enhance and break through can achieve different effects.

Now players have too little information and data to collect, so they can only try their luck in many cases, and the advice of the weapon refiner is particularly important.

After Gu Zhou learned more about it.

Finally agreed to the plan proposed by the two.

Pike said: "Then let's get started!"

After the two were ready.

First take out the evil gem to strengthen the weapon.

The evil gem is a very common gem material, almost all the evil in the abyss will drop, but the quality of the gems dropped by the evil of different levels is different.

The evil gem generally has no additional characteristics and can be used simply to improve or break through the quality of equipment without worrying about the change of the nature of the weapon.

Among the evil gems brought by Gu Zhou.

There are three high-level blue gems dropped by the demonized Zhang Xiu.

The Blood Sword only consumed two of them to break through!

[Scarlet Blood Sword +3], second-level equipment, blue inferior, attack +130, agility +24, strength +12, attack speed +20, with the skill Scarlet Curse, durability 50/50.

Although the grade changed from green to blue.

But the improvement in equipment attributes does not seem to be significant.

However, the equipment level changed from level 8 to level 3, which is enough to mean that the equipment has been greatly improved. Under the same level, the attributes of blue equipment far exceed those of green quality equipment.

Quality breakthrough successful!

The two refiners then joined forces to make a level breakthrough.

This time, a forging spirit crystal obtained from the Xinwan mission was consumed.

This is a material far more precious than forging spirit crystals. There are only a few in the entire player group, but the effect is also immediate, and the breakthrough was successful in just one time.

[Scarlet Bloodstain Sword], third-level equipment, blue lower grade, attack +148, agility +50, strength +27, attack speed +30, with the skill Scarlet Curse, durability 70/70.

Although the level of the equipment has dropped again.

This time it dropped directly from level 3 to level 0!

But the various attributes have been greatly enhanced compared to the original!

This equipment has changed from the original second-level green upper grade to the third-level blue lower grade, and the improvement is beyond imagination.

Because Gu Zhou has enough top-level materials.

These two parts are not difficult. The most important part of this weapon refining is the next refining.

Pike and Yan Mu joined forces.

They enhanced the quality of the Blood Mark Sword eight times in one go.

These eight enhancements consume 3 Evil Infant Left Eye Gems, 4 Evil Infant Right Eye Gems, and 4 Death Curse Gems.

[Death Curse Blood Mark Sword], third-level equipment, blue medium-quality, attack +182, agility +70, strength +38, attack speed +50, normal damage to cursed targets +20%, critical damage to cursed targets +100%, additional skills: Scarlet Curse, Evil Infant Curse, Death Curse Slash, durability 70/70.

When the new weapon attributes were revealed.

The entire weapon refining workshop cheered.

Ye Limeng's eyes widened: "Three-skill weapon? Wow! This is awesome!"

The new weapon not only has a quality of third-level blue medium-quality, but also has explosive growth in attributes, and it also has three skills added at the same time!

Such equipment.

Unprecedented, unprecedented!

The skills attached to these three equipment are all curse skills.

Among them, the effect of the Scarlet Curse does not change much. This skill can be triggered with a probability in the process of causing damage to the enemy, thereby adding a curse similar to "bleeding", which can make the target lose health continuously and quickly.

The Scarlet Curse can be stacked. The more times it is stacked, the stronger the bleeding effect. If there is no targeted means to crack it, it will eventually bleed until death.

The Evil Infant Curse is triggered every time it causes damage to the target. It can impose an Evil Infant Curse on the target. This curse has the effect of reducing the opponent's damage immunity and various attributes.

The Evil Infant Curse can also be stacked, but there is a maximum time limit. When the Evil Infant Curse disappears, it will turn into a mental attack, thereby causing damage to the target.

The last one is the Death Curse Slash.

This skill is very similar to Cao Ang's "Death Curse Slash"!

Guzhou can launch a Death Curse Slash on the target marked by his own curse.

Once this skill is activated, it will absorb all the curse power from the opponent and transform it into a high-damage, defense-ignoring, and distance-ignoring guaranteed slash.

The more curses stacked on the opponent.

The more powerful the Death Curse Slash is.

All the players were shocked.

Gu Zhou's strength was originally ranked in the top ten or even top five in the Scourge Army. Now he has such a cursed weapon. Who dares to say that they can beat him in the future?

As long as you are stabbed by this sword.

There is a high probability that you will be hit by the Scarlet Curse and the Evil Infant Curse.

Even if you don't die at that time, it will be very uncomfortable to be cursed.

Even if you use means to escape from this big guy, the opponent can still directly launch a Death Curse Slash that ignores distance and is sure to hit. Even if you hide at the end of the world, you can't avoid being stabbed again.

Terrible!

Horrible!

Gu Zhou was also very happy.

He didn't expect it to have such a good effect.

Finally, he spent all the remaining contribution points to strengthen the sword to level 3.

The cost of strengthening the third-level blue equipment is too expensive.

Even Gu Zhou can only strengthen to this level temporarily. If he wants to learn new skills in the skill tower or comprehend new skills in the enlightenment tower, he can only borrow some contribution points from Ye Limeng.

Not enough!

Contribution points are not enough!

There are eleven pieces of equipment on his body.

Just one piece of equipment has emptied his savings!

Gu Zhou can't wait. He wants to continue to participate in the mission, fight for the territory again, and try the power of the new weapon!

The two refiners, Pike and Yan Mu, also showed relief.

The reputation of this Death Curse Blood Mark Sword will definitely spread.

It will become the signature work of the two for a period of time. Although it can't be compared with the Huangtian Demon Dragon Set of Sister Yan Ling, it is more than enough to make a name for itself.

Gu Zhou is just the beginning!

The third-level masters of the Scourge Army are increasing rapidly.

The demand for breakthrough or upgraded equipment like this will be very large.

These Scourge elites will all be like Gu Zhou, whose strength will increase greatly due to the improvement of their equipment.

In fact, it is not only the Scourge that has a large demand for refining equipment. As the territory successfully annexed Xinwan, the number of third-level people increased greatly, and many indigenous people also had this demand.

It can be said that.

Standing out.

It is just around the corner!

Gu Zhou successfully forged a super weapon.

Naturally, it also brought a great impact and sensation to other players present!

Whether it is gem materials or forging stone materials, they can only be obtained from high-level monsters, rare monsters, and tasks. You must dare to take risks to kill the BOSS, or participate in large-scale tasks.

Only in this way can you create top-notch equipment!

Not long after.

Gu Zhou went offline.

He arrived in the Magic City by plane.

He was arranged to take a special car by the airport reception staff as soon as he landed, and successfully arrived at the venue of this offline exchange conference.

The official did not want to keep a low profile. The event was held in a five-star hotel in a bustling area of ​​Shanghai. Various media reporters carrying long guns and short guns had heard the news and were reporting on this unique exchange meeting.

On the forum.

Various live broadcast posts were also flooding the screen.

After all, from the perspective of an offline event of a game.

This can be said to be unprecedentedly high-end, not inferior to the luxurious annual meetings of some top companies, or summit meetings in various fields.

For cloud players.

Whether it is the secrets of the game itself.

Or the gossip of these internal test bosses.

For them, it is a topic worth curious about and even talking about.

(PS: This chapter is an additional chapter, and the normal update tonight may be a little later. Suddenly, some chapters were blocked in the first ten chapters last night. It is really tiring to have such a moth during the recommendation period!)