"Wait, you said they have a Mother?"
"Yes, but the Mother's location is hidden quite secretly. Although the Mother isn't my match, they are absolute masters of concealment. Ordinary people really can't find them. I tried to capture a Mother for research before, but after searching for a whole month, I still couldn't find one and eventually gave up!"
Zhang Pingfan felt a bit dejected. Hei Huang was a God of War of the Nine Realms!
If a ninth-tier God of War searched for a month and still couldn't find them, it meant their hiding methods were incredibly clever.
This meant he couldn't seek help from "a" right now, otherwise, their reproduction speed would only increase. He could only rely on players to kill them, but the players' efficiency was too low.
"Hei Huang, how do you think we should resolve the current situation? The killing speed of these people is too slow, and their reaction speed is too fast. It's impossible to clean them all up!"
Hei Huang said, "If Master were not restricted, it would be quite easy to clean them up. But I can clearly sense that Master is currently restricted. From now on, we can only rely on those people to complete the cleanup task for Master!"
Zhang Pingfan sighed.
As expected, this game wasn't as simple as he thought. Even the quests wouldn't let him off easy.
Zhang Pingfan left the small courtyard.
Hei Huang walked in front of Ri Tian.
"Is Big Brother not going to help Master?"
Ri Tian said, "If Liu Shen hasn't spoken, what right do I, a dog, have to speak?"
Hei Huang walked to the willow tree again.
"Please, Liu Shen, make a move and help Master overcome this difficult situation!"
If Zhang Pingfan died, he would be in trouble. He absolutely couldn't die. There were so many powerful beings here; any one of them could resolve this crisis with a single move.
Liu Shen did not speak. Under normal circumstances, Hei Huang wouldn't have had the right to stand in front of him and speak. Being allowed to stand there was already a great deal.
Seeing that Liu Shen remained silent, Hei Huang knelt down.
"Please, Liu Shen, make a move!"
Liu Shen's ethereal voice echoed, "All karma must be borne by himself. I can help once, but not for a lifetime. Go back and complete your own tasks properly!"
Hei Huang nodded. Liu Shen's terrifying pressure dared him to say more.
Zhang Pingfan walked towards the central plaza of Pingfan City, his brow furrowed.
"This mission is too difficult. If I could bring all the equipment from here, perhaps this mission would be much easier!"
"Yeah, this mission is too hard. The unknown creatures have very high damage and defense. We can't withstand their damage nor deal enough of our own. It's a shame we don't have good equipment. If we had good equipment, it wouldn't be this difficult!"
Equipment? How did I not think of that?
I'm the one who lacks nothing when it comes to equipment! I have over a thousand pieces of equipment in my inventory, all collected from the three main cities.
"System小姐姐, can I lend this equipment to players for a limited time? After the time is up, will it return to my own warehouse?"
【Ding! Yes, you can. You decide the time limit. The one-time fee is 10 gold coins！】
"Why do I feel like you're even stingier than me? You charge money for everything you do!"
【Ding! You can choose not to proceed!】
"Proceed, proceed! 10 gold coins? I have them. Change the equipment in my warehouse to a three-day limited time!"
【Ding! 10 gold coins collected. Equipment time limit activated. Limit: three days!】
Upon hearing this, Zhang Pingfan almost felt like hitting someone. It was just a sentence, and you want 10 gold coins from me. Why don't you just die?
"...Fine, send out an announcement, tell them to come back to exchange equipment!"
【Ding! One gold coin!】
"Got it, hurry up and send it, don't waste time!"
【Ding! System Announcement: Players undertaking the Village Chief's quest in Pingfan City, please quickly return to the central plaza of Pingfan City. The Village Chief is online and distributing equipment. First come, first served!】
As soon as the system announcement was issued, it drew countless exclamations of "What the hell!"
"Holy crap, they're just giving out equipment? That's ruthless!"
"Damn it, I'm not even level 30 yet, wait for me!"
"As expected, this kind of good thing never happens to me!"
"The Village Chief's equipment is definitely good stuff. Getting equipment for free for no reason, this quest is worth it!"
The players who were struggling to fend off the unknown creatures, upon hearing this announcement, did not hesitate to abandon the unknown creature monsters they were fighting.
They rushed back to the central plaza of Pingfan City at an incredibly fast speed.
When it came to distributing equipment, not a single person was willing to miss out.
The number of people taking on the quest this time was quite large, and Zhang Pingfan alone couldn't possibly hand it all out.
The guild leaders of the three major guilds each received a pile of equipment, to be distributed by themselves.
The "Eternal Myth" guild also received a pile of equipment.
For those without guilds, Zhang Pingfan distributed it himself!
"Uh, why is there a three-day time limit? I thought they were really giving out equipment. Turns out it's just for the quest!"
"Nonsense, the difficulty of this quest is too great. We players can't complete it at all, so the Village Chief is easing the mission difficulty for us. What more do you want?"
"A full set of level 30 golden equipment. The Village Chief is too generous! If it were permanent, I'd be willing to recognize the Village Chief as my father!"
"Forget recognizing the Village Chief as father, I'd even accept him as grandfather or grandmother!"
"You people are never satisfied. You should be content that you can experience the attributes of golden equipment in advance. Unlike me, I got two pieces of jade!"
"Damn, envious! Your combat power must have skyrocketed!"
"Hmph, I even got three pieces of sky blue!"
"Holy hell, you're a monster!"
Looking at the combat power rankings, besides Dou Youyou's over 30,000 combat power, who remained first, the combat power of everyone else on the rankings had reached over 10,000.
Previously, their highest was the second-ranked Apocalypse Emperor's combat power, which had reached over 8,000.
But now it had directly jumped to 15,000.
Everyone else had broken through 10,000 combat power, and there were also quite a few people with 10,000 combat power outside the rankings.
"Damn, this combat power value makes me feel full of motivation!"
"It feels great to experience the feeling of ten thousand combat power in advance!"
The equipment was also distributed almost immediately.
Zhang Pingfan shouted loudly.
"For the glory of Pingfan City, charge forth, young men!"
"Charge!!!"
"Let's go! If we don't beat the shit out of these unknown creatures this time, I'll beat myself until I shit!"
"From 3,000 combat power to 13,000 combat power, unknown creatures, weren't you very arrogant just now? Come at me again!"
After doing all this, Zhang Pingfan still felt uneasy.
Watching the players eagerly go to challenge the unknown creatures again, Zhang Pingfan remained preoccupied.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Dou Youyou approached Zhang Pingfan. Only she noticed that Zhang Pingfan's expression was not good.
Zhang Pingfan rubbed his temples and said, "It's nothing. It's just that this mission is particularly important. I hope they can complete it!"
Dou Youyou delicately walked behind Zhang Pingfan and began to gently massage his temples with her delicate hands.
"Master, you must believe in them. They don't want the mission to fail either!"
"Mm, you go too."
"I'll massage Master for a while, it won't delay anything!"
Zhang Pingfan enjoyed it and closed his eyes.
NPCs couldn't help, and all his equipment had been distributed. Whether the mission could be completed was now left to fate.