Chapter 1477 - 72: Accepting the Quest
After going back, Lu Hong slept soundly to replenish his energy.
Until the evening when Lu Lingyue woke him up with her tiny pink hammer.
Pounding like raindrops kept falling on Lu Hong’s body.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch," Lu Hong cried out in agony.
Lu Lingyue puffed up angrily: "Bad brother, bad brother, I called you hundreds of times last night, why didn’t you answer? I was so worried about you. If Yanxue hadn’t told me you were safe at his cousin’s place, I would almost have called the police!"
As she spoke, Lu Lingyue’s eyes reddened slightly, clearly very worried about Lu Hong.
Lu Hong, knowing he was in the wrong, apologized: "My phone was on silent, otherwise I would have definitely answered. Your classmate found me a great job where I can earn at least 100,000 yuan a month, so we can finally have a good life."
Hearing this, Lu Lingyue pouted and said, "I still have around two million in my account, we can already live well now."
In response, Lu Hong shook his head and said, "It’s not the same, living off savings alone will eventually lead to depletion, but if we keep earning money, that’s the real hope for the future. You can eat whatever you want, buy whatever you want, and when we have holidays, we can even travel. How wonderful is that!"
Listening to Lu Hong, Lu Lingyue also got a bit excited and said, "Then it’s settled, this summer break, I want to go to Da Lu Waterfall, I’ve heard the scenery there is beautiful."
"No problem, no problem," Lu Hong quickly agreed, then added, "I’m so hungry, do we have anything to eat at home?"
"Hmph! I’ll cook for you, how about noodles? I’ll add three eggs for a good boost."
"Sure, sure, sure!"
While Lu Hong was teasing his sister, Luo Yanxue was sitting alone at his desk, with a maid standing outside the study, quietly waiting for her young master’s orders.
Luo Yanxue picked up his phone and dialed Luo Jiuxiu’s number.
Soon, the call connected.
Luo Jiuxiu’s voice came from the other side: "Bro, the guy you found for me this time is a real pro, I can finally see my business flourishing. I’ll treat you to a meal!"
Hearing Luo Jiuxiu’s response, Luo Yanxue laughed and said, "As long as you’re satisfied, that’s good. By the way, have you taken good care of my friend’s brother?"
"Of course, I offered full VIP treatment, absolutely making him feel satisfied."
Hearing Luo Jiuxiu’s confident guarantee, Luo Yanxue smiled with satisfaction and said, "That’s good. By the way, all his expenses in this regard can be reimbursed here as long as he’s willing. You can provide unlimited support."
In response, Luo Jiuxiu said nonchalantly, "It’s not like it costs much, no big deal. Besides, such a pro is someone I definitely want to woo myself."
"As you wish, but like I said, as long as you ask, I will cover the expenses."
Hearing Luo Yanxue’s repeated insistence, Luo Jiuxiu was a bit curious: "Hey, why are you so invested in this Lu Hong? Don’t tell me you’re interested in his sister or something?"
Hearing Luo Jiuxiu’s guess, Luo Yanxue chuckled: "You’re overthinking it, I’m just conducting a small, very interesting experiment."
Hearing Luo Yanxue’s answer, Luo Jiuxiu didn’t bother with more questions and said, "Suit yourself, I’m about to go argue with that Xiong Fang guy, well, talk later."
After hanging up the phone, Luo Yanxue knocked on the table, and the maid outside the study, hearing the noise, gently pushed open the door and respectfully greeted, "Master."
Luo Yanxue didn’t turn around. After a moment of thought, he said, "I heard your sister isn’t that young anymore, right?"
Upon hearing this, the maid quickly replied, "She’s already twenty-eight this year. If Master has any orders, I’ll have my sister come over immediately."
"Have her get close to Lu Hong, try to make him fall in love with her."
Hearing Luo Yanxue’s request, the maid was briefly stunned but found it unbelievable. However, long-term training by the Luo Family had deprived her of any courage to question or ask.
"Understood."
The next afternoon, Lu Hong arrived promptly at the Sofia Bar again. It was evident that the doorman had received instructions from above and led Lu Hong directly into VIP Room 001.
As soon as he entered, he saw two ladies tidying up their clothes.
One of them said, "Young Master Luo just fell asleep, you’d better not disturb him."
After speaking, the two ladies gave Lu Hong a slight bow and left the room.
Seeing Luo Jiuxiu asleep, Lu Hong decided not to disturb him. He activated the device, put on the virtual headset, and lay down in the virtual cabin.
As his account logged in, Lu Hong found himself back in the Sky Game.
The last time he logged out was at the Marseille Defense Line. As soon as he logged back in, he received several mission releases from the Mercenary Corps Master, which was Luo Jiuxiu.
There were three in total. The first was to go to the Mercenary Union in the Sacred Empire’s Imperial City and take on warfare missions above silver level again.
The second was for Lu Hong to gather online guild members to perform daily suppression missions.
The third was for Lu Hong to recruit members from the guild and form an elite squad to complete high-level bounty’s elite slaying missions.
These three were the missions he had to complete today.
Before arriving, Lu Hong stayed at home in the morning to catch up on some information about the Sky Game.
Based on what he learned, after The Tide of Naga expansion ended, it officially entered a war between the Sacred Empire and the Eagle Alliance. The expansion was called the Eagle of Eagles, happening exactly at the timeline as his dreams when Lei Shan visited the Sacred Empire.
Of course, the end of The Tide of Naga expansion didn’t mean Naga ceased to exist; they were just driven back by players, no longer posing a constant threat to the Sacred Empire. Thus, Luo Jiuxiu’s first war mission was to take on the Sacred Empire’s mission against the Naga Sea Clan, while suppression tasks mostly involved quelling small rebellious groups of Beastmen. At this time, the Sacred Empire was threatened from three sides, with the Eagle Alliance posing a nearby threat, the Naga war, and the Beast Race’s opportunistic movements, leading to numerous combat missions. However, in the game world, the Sacred Empire wouldn’t fall, unlike the huge difference from the dream he had.
But the overall direction and course of events were almost in sync with Lu Hong’s dreams.
This made Lu Hong very curious, but thinking it over, when there was a problem with the electricity that led to his coma, it’s possible these subsequent event codes were already stored in the game. Somehow, through the electrical signals from the faulty virtual headset, he knew them beforehand, leading to the flashy dream realm!
This was the only reasonable explanation Lu Hong could give himself.
Setting thoughts aside, Lu Hong made his way to the Mercenary Union in the Sacred Empire’s Imperial City while typing in the guild chat channel.
"This is Lu Hong, Deputy Corps Master of Luo Tian Mercenary Corps; the Corps Master is currently resting. I’ll be leading you to complete the war and suppression missions. I hope everyone can cooperate with me, thank you!"
Seeing Lu Hong’s message, the online members of the Luo Tian Mercenary Corps responded one after another.
"Received!"
"Received!"
"Awaiting the Deputy Corps Master to take on the quests so we can head to the specified location to gather immediately."
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Seeing the hundred online mercenary members had all replied, Lu Hong slightly relaxed. It seemed like his performance yesterday had already earned the guild members’ approval.
Entering the lobby of the Mercenary Union, Lu Hong arrived at the mercenary reward bulletin board, where the electronic screen opened up, listing at least tens of thousands of mercenary missions.
Lu Hong clicked on the war category and chose Naga Sea Clan.
Instantly, hundreds of mercenary missions popped up.
Many tasks had already been taken by mercenary groups, but many mercenary tasks weren’t exclusive; more than one mercenary group could take them. Besides, mercenary mission kill targets would respawn with new hostile units as long as NPCs hadn’t fully taken over the area, allowing more mercenary groups to complete them.
Of course, once the first mercenary group entered the mission area, subsequent mercenary groups couldn’t complete the task directly. They had to wait for the next wave to spawn, and the mission area would be isolated by the system, not accepting additional players unless it was a special war event.
Lu Hong quickly scanned through the tasks and spotted one: head to the watchtower to support Yinfeng in resisting the Naga invasion.
Yinfeng, another familiar name.
Seeing this name, Lu Hong accepted the mission without a second thought.