Chapter 10 The Village Chief
I remember when I went out, my son told me particularly... Come back early, don't walk at night or something. He didn't care about it at all. How old is he still worried about this?
It’s okay to listen to it in the wilderness, but you still have to worry about this in your own village?
Even if I lie down on the street and sleep all night, it doesn't matter. At most, after being discovered the next day, I will be beaten by my own brother when I go back.
"Who are you...outsiders?"
Subconsciously, he said something, and then felt like he was about to suffer. As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, the sharp objects pressing against his waist and eyes immediately began to increase force, and his mouth that wanted to scream was blocked tightly.
It's over. Now that I haven't listened to my own words, I'm going to kill myself!
"Who is it!!" A scream suddenly rang out.
In a turmoil and the despair of the blacksmith apprentice, his covered mouth suddenly loosened, and subconsciously he started to shout loudly.
"Help!! Killing!!!"
The originally quiet village suddenly became boiling. When the blacksmith apprentice came to his senses, he couldn't help but rub his eyes, as if he had read something wrong.
"Is there any problem?" Zheng Chen wrapped the short knife in his hand in a cloth strip again and asked with his head up.
"Uh... no." The blacksmith's apprentice's eyes quickly retracted from Zheng Chen's expressionless face and moved to the people on the ground who attacked him, "Are they... dead?"
Shaking his head, Zheng Chen looked at the players. They were in a strange coma now. He obviously did not take any heavy measures, but simply made them lose their combat power. As for killing, he didn't want to try it. He had seen the scene of players turning into light and disappearing after death.
It seems to be the so-called forced offline?
If they were killed, maybe that would be the same.
Not long after, some villagers arrived at this place, some holding torches, some holding oil lamps... and some actually holding flashlights... Zheng Chen is a little surprised by this.
The crisis was resolved, and the blacksmith apprentice's mind turned around and looked at Zheng Chen with a strange look. It was a coincidence that the time for him to appear was.
"The one who drinks is an apology for this matter." Before the blacksmith apprentice could raise his doubts, Zheng Chen said first.
"..." Damn this is what my father said? Go back and argue with him! Looking at Zheng Chen who had left, the blacksmith's apprentice twitched the corners of his mouth. Maybe his father knew what was going on, so he went back and asked carefully.
The next day, Zheng Chen came to the pharmacy in Pingshijie. The pharmacy that would open very early on weekdays was still closed at this time.
"How do you know I live here?"
Ping Shizhi, who was blocked by Zheng Chen, was stunned when he saw him. Except for the pharmacy, he seemed to have never told Zheng Chen about his home.
"You are the village chief."
"Well, so that's it." Ping Shi stroked his beard with his fingers, "I casually told me that you took it seriously."
"No one stipulates that the village chief cannot work part-time."
"Ahem, let's not talk about this for now." Ping Shijie coughed twice, "You did a good job this time, but don't use this method in the future."
One night was enough for the people in the village to figure out everything, and the methods Zheng Chen used were indeed not very glorious.
But it's quite effective.
"good."
Ping Shijie's tense face showed a smile, "Although that's what I said, it's best if you can, there will be no next time..."
"Difficult!" This is obviously an ideal thing, and he will not give any hope.
"Yes... it won't be calm here in the future." Ping Shizhi closed the smile on his face and said with a heavy heart, "Can you ask you something else?"
"What?"
"It is very difficult to deal with this outsider murder." Ping Shiqi said with some entanglement, "The outsiders you caught last night have been interrogated. They are all very stubborn. If they suffer some torture, they will enter that 'coma' state for a long time and have not woken up again yet."
"I didn't find anything?" Zheng Chen asked. He could guess why some players killed people, but he couldn't say it clearly...
"There is one thing that the outsiders caught are just ordinary people, but they have an unusual fearless attitude of death."
"Well, let's talk about what I'm going to do first." For those players, this world is just a 'game' world, and of course it lacks the so-called fear of death.
Ping Shijie pondered for a moment and began to tell.
The interrogation last night was not found in nothing. Similarly, this group of outsiders did not kill people before. They were only instigated by some instigation to act like this.
It seems that killing people can get some benefits. It is because of this that the matter is troublesome. And if it is possible, Ping Shizhi does not want to cause serious conflicts between villagers and outsiders.
Because they are not afraid of death, they can do many bad things without any scruples. Once a conflict arises, the village will suffer a lot. It is necessary to give outsiders some warnings that they fear. Although they are not afraid of death, they do not want to die easily.
The family of the deceased also needs an explanation, and there is no trace of the murderer at all, so the outsider who was caught can only act as unlucky now.
What Ping Shizhi asked Zheng Chen to do is to ask him to do an attack when he publicly interrogate these outsiders. If something similar happens in the future, you don’t have to hesitate to continue!
Anyway, nothing can be found, so it is too easy for the village to resolve the conflicts that are intensified by these outsiders.
"Of course, this matter was not done in vain. The family of the deceased had already collected money from outsiders to buy their lives."
Buy the lives of those outsiders.
Whether it was written out of venting anger or concealing the truth by Ping Shijie, Zheng Chen took on this matter.
But the entrustment should be made by Ping Shijie. Is this the kind-hearted grandfather of the parents of a doctor who usually believes in medicine?
As if he could see Zheng Chen’s doubts, Ping Shiqi continued, “I am the village chief.”
A good village chief is Zheng Chen's evaluation of Ping Shizhi. Perhaps his method is not the best, but it is a good way for the stability of the entire village.
Soon, news of the public interrogation of those outsiders who "killed people" spread in the village. The players in the village got a new topic and suddenly became lively. They went to watch the notices posted on the streets.
"Someone really did this." The players who saw those notices couldn't help but discuss it. In reality, there were many strategy posts not long after the Second World was opened.
There is one thing that all players care about, how to quickly upgrade!
The most common way is to increase attributes and accumulate experience values through hard training, and then you can obtain it by killing some lives. For example, if you kill a chicken at level one, you can obtain very little experience values. However, after you upgrade to level two, the experience values you obtain will be greatly reduced. If nothing unexpected happens, you will not gain any experience after killing a chicken after level three.
Killing can be improved, but some people think of killing... Anyway, it's just NPCs in the game, so killing doesn't matter, right?
As soon as this post was released, players were divided into two factions, one of which agreed and the other part was rejection. This game world is really too real for them, and most players cannot accept the act of "killing".
It’s okay to beat small animals, but kill people or something... It’s too guilty to do this for no reason.
In addition to these two methods, there is also a way to quickly obtain experience values in the exploration type, explore NPCs with unknown names, unknown equipment, and unknown maps. Of course, this kind of harvest is only useful for the first person to eat.
Finally, it’s the most classic way, fight the boss!
There are many powerful creatures in this world. Some players who are born in big cities happen to see a giant dragon passing through the sky...
"It's okay to do this, but I was caught by the NPC. It's really a shame. When is the third pm?" A player looking at the notice asked in confusion.
"Who knows...noon seems to be a statistical time statement earlier than the old era."
"What's the use of asking here? Hurry up and ask Emperor Kepu to go on the forum."
"What time is the third hour?"
After taking a look at the notice, Zheng Chen directly found Ping Shijie.
"...There is a school in the village. Why don't I say hello to my master and let you go and listen to the class for free?"
"No time." School? Zheng Chen passed by, and there were some children who were learning to speak in the ranks of those children.
"Young people need to read more books. Just go to the vegetable market before lunch to squat." Ping Shijie said, turning around and walking into the house, taking out a cloth bag and stuffing it to Zheng Chen, "Your stuff."
It contains a piece of golden sore medicine that was agreed upon first, as well as a gold coin and a few silver coins...
There are many types of cultures in this world. Even though there are coins in many areas, if people often run around in various places, preparing this standard-specific gold and silver coins is the best choice.
There are equal exchange ratios in each different place. If you want to leave, just redeem the banknotes there into gold or silver coins.
What Zheng Chen has in his hands is a huge expense for ordinary families in the village.
After accepting these things, Zheng Chen began to prepare. Perhaps the players who were caught were impulsive after being instigated, but at this time they had to take on this matter, so they could only say that they were unlucky.
It is a natural nature to watch the fun. Before the trial was started, the interrogation site was already full of people. The villagers in the village were quite kind and did not throw vegetables, leaves, rotten eggs and other things to those players who were escorted. Many players were mixed in the crowd and watched the unlucky guys with cloth stuffed on their mouths while escorting the fun.
Chapter completed!