Chapter 27 (1/2)

Chapter 27: Give Me Your Treasures, Doctor Ming Que

Yue Qiang closed his eyes before reopening them again, quietly lamenting the game’s scenario.

He finally understood what the hunter Tu Xu wanted to do. He also understood why he ignored the fire on his body and ignored the fact that he was standing right beside water, all for the sake of moving that huge rock first.

The Zhao Army had chosen to set fire to the mountain from the beginning. Not only did it destroy the various wooden traps around Yue Village, it had also sealed the villagers’ evacuation routes. There might not be many people inside the village, but every one of them had incredibly high stats. After they were split apart by this fire, they had no choice but to struggle on their own.

Among them, the hunter Tu Xu was the closest to the river. The Yue Village had a dam on this river. Obviously, if the dam was breached the river water would overflow, and the fire set off by Zhao Army would definitely be greatly contained.

The hunter Tu Xu had come out to destroy the dam in attempt to let loose the river water and extinguish the flames. Then he was discovered by the enemy.

The four or five Zhao Soldier’s corpses scattered on the ground was obviously done by him, but he had also suffered grievous injuries and his back burning with a huge fire. Even from afar, Yue Qiang could see the numbers – 3s and -4s representing burn damage popping out from the hunter Tu Xu’s body.

If he was to jump down the river and extinguish the fire on him, he would definitely be washed away by the river water with his little remaining strength. He might be saved by the rus.h.i.+ng water, but all the people inside the village would not be able to escape the fire. In that case at least half or even more people would die.

On the other hand, if he used every bit of his energy to push away the rock and open a gap, then the river water would overflow over the entire mountain. As long as his health hadn’t completely diminished yet, he simply needed to lie down on the ground and the fire would naturally be extinguished.

Yue Qiang instantly figured out the meaning behind his actions.

That’s right, this guy was an NPC. The core of an NPC was their programs, and the calculation of these programs were… incredibly precise.

By precise, it meant acting to act in a way that would maximize one’s interest. Going from this point of view, this NPC’s actions perfectly matched the Yue Village’s and his own interest.

But still, Yue Qiang felt a little strange.

That was because he was way too familiar with this scene.

Since he was small, Yue Qiang was educated in political cla.s.ses about heroism. He was very sensitive towards these kind of scenes where someone laid down their life for a cause. This was totally the game version of Dong Cunrui detonating himself to take down a bunker, or Huan Jiguang throwing himself on a machine gun to block enemy fire.

At the moment he was still being chased by the Zhao Sergeant. Originally he planned to save up his stamina for a big move, but he couldn’t take care of everything at this point.

He clicked the Run hotkey, and with the swift depletion of his stamina as price, he arrived with incredible speed towards the hunter Tu Xu’s side and a.s.sisted him in digging out the huge rock from the dam.

The surging river water poured out immediately. The scene was just like watching the Yangtze River bursting on TV.

The hunter Tu Xu immediately sat down on the floor, and as the water surged up, the flames on his back were extinguished instantly.

He said, “It is fortunate that you have come to help and dig open a hole in the dam, young sir. This is a great service you have done.”

Yue Qiang did not have the time to type words and dialog with this NPC at the moment. He glanced back once to look at the Zhao Sergeant behind him. The time had had bought with Run LVL 2 was too little, and the guy had caught up to him yet again.

Without even bothering to speak, Yue Qiang had left immediately.

That’s because he saw the system message: You have succeeded in rescuing the hunter Tu Xu and completed the hidden quest ‘Release the River’. If you succeed in saving the doctor Ming Que as well, you will complete all hidden quests.

And so he seduced the Zhao Sergeant and swiftly left the area.