Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"Actually, I had the same idea."

Bai E's face showed satisfaction, "I didn't expect us to think alike, which is just perfect."

"Huh?" The three players gaped, completely dumbfounded.

Could there really be such a coincidence?

"You might not know this..." Bai E took a moment to explain, letting them realize that they were not bootlickers, "When I left a few days ago to carry out a secret mission, I encountered those orcs on my way back. This chaotic race roams everywhere, causing tremendous disturbance for both the city and the nearby residents.

Not everyone lives in the warmth of the city; many refugees wander aimlessly through the wilderness, and the consequences are unimaginable if they run into those orcs. The city has many difficulties to face and cannot control everything. Some things we must handle ourselves. Sending you to eliminate those roaming orcs was also a task I planned to assign upon my return."

[Task description auto-generating...]

[Side Quest — Clear the Orcs (Combat Commission): The orcs that wander the wilderness have always been a major threat to humanity. Now that your strength has grown to a certain extent and you have the ability to handle a crisis, the leader of Li Ming hopes you can take on this grave responsibility and alleviate human survival pressures to a certain degree.

Task requirement: Kill orcs 0/5~8 (adjustable).

Task reward: Universal experience 50~200 points (adjustable), item reward (undetermined).]

(Note: "Auto-complete" allowed; after confirming the commission, "authority" and "expenses" will be deducted and locked.)

[Do you want to issue the current commission?]

The difficulty remains at the maximum; each of you bring me back at least 8!

The experience reward is also maxed out.

As for the item reward... let's give them something fresh and exciting.

[Item Reward: Spore Colonies*2.]

Last time it dropped from an orc, and now it's being used in a quest targeting orcs, which makes sense.

In fact, Bai E had never really considered what use it might have.

[Spore Colonies: Biological nature removed, can grow rapidly, extremely adaptable.]

Simply put, it's inactivated orc tissue...

Anyway, it doesn't seem to be of much use, so might as well throw it to the players and let them do as they please with it.

If it's useful, use it; if not, at least it's a novelty that can fool them for a while.

[Confirm release!]

Directly X2!

There is also a resource-type task... might as well take the "unknown supplies" they're talking about!

[Task description auto-generating...]

[Side Quest — Recover Supplies (Resource Commission): Human creations must not be left to waste outside. Make every effort to recover the supplies and use them for the growth of the organization.

Task requirements: Surrender the supplies plundered by the orcs to the organization's warehouse 0/1.

Task rewards: Technology points*1, Spore Colonies*5.]

(Note: Physical submission of goods required, the current commission cannot be "auto-completed," and needs "inspection completion"; after confirming the commission, "authority" and "expenses" will be deducted and locked.)

But now I'm allowed to have two tasks published at the same time...

The supplies can only be submitted once; for the other task... let's submit talent.

[Task description auto-generating...]

[Side Quest — Talent Scouting (Resource Commission): The leader of Li Ming wants the organization to grow and believes in your judgment. This task is a joint mission and can be completed together.

Task requirement: Scout at least 0/1 potential target to become an official member of "Li Ming."

Task reward: Technology points*1, Spore Colonies*5.]

(Note: "Auto-complete" allowed; after confirming the commission, "authority" and "expenses" will be deducted and locked.)

All done!

Each time Bai E arranged tasks for players, it took quite a bit out of him.

But he was as satisfied as ever with his own arrangements this time.

One.

He only needed one.

After all, he currently only had the quota to issue four tasks every day, and there would be no use for more people.

The fresh tasks came pouring out all at once, the three players exchanged careful glances and didn't hesitate to accept them before that.

Look at our lord! Now look at other fighter group leaders!

That's what you call vision.

Everyone was going on prize pool tasks, each person staking their own 100 experience points in the gamble, yet only those three were guaranteed a return with two tasks at every action, drought or flood.

I love Li Ming! I love Li Ming!

"Right… What about the underground rat plague I asked you to clean up before? How is the progress?" Bai E hadn't forgotten what he had said before, once he decided to do something, he had to eliminate the threat completely, "If you haven't finished the cleanup and now need to go far away, I will need to consider sending someone else to deal with it."

"It's done! Lord!" Kuang Xin was the first to respond.

Dai Lian's tone was slightly cautious, "At least during the last mission when we covered the entire sewer network, we didn't see a single rat. Lord, you know, those creatures are mad and bloodthirsty, they would definitely attack if we passed by them."

"Hmm…" Bai E nodded, acknowledging Dai Lian's statement. He had personally dealt with those things and knew that these small creatures had been completely corrupted by demonic forces.

So that was… perhaps the last bit of the rats' vile influence in this world eradicated, for now.

"You are free…" Bai E approached the rat person, looking at him with a smile.

This rat person was somewhat timid; even if it was lively inside the underground base, he usually kept his distance and silently observed from afar.

Enjoy new tales from empire

The sins he had committed seemed unforgivable in his eyes, yet the lively nature of youth always struggled against his rational mind.

"Stay hidden, and… go out for a walk when you can. I will have the old man follow you. He is new to this place and needs to experience many things here. Remember, you must protect him!"

Wisdom is often just the sediment of experience. Gilder was new and always needed some contact with the locals before he could really do the job Bai E needed him to do well.

At the same time, the rat person himself was a qualified bodyguard.

Believers in demons do not only have different special abilities for worshipping each demon; the enhancement to their physique… or rather, the basic three-dimensional attributes is the most important and fundamental.

If the rat person didn't have a superior physique, he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago due to all the digging.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Even if the rat person hadn't systematically learned combat skills, just with attributes far superior to ordinary people, he should be able to protect Gilder from harm in a conflict, or at the very least, help him escape the scene.

You could say it was making the best use of him.

"Yes! Lord!" the rat person's eyes shimmered with mist, touched.

He had seen all that the lord had done for him, as much as one's own parents ever could!

["Lucky Hit" charge +5.]

Bai E smiled slightly and stroked his head.

A faint odor kept entering his nose unwantedly, causing a bit of distress.

Believers in the "Eternal One" gained the ability to ignore pain and illness but lost the "impulse" to attend to their own hygiene.

They accumulated dirt on their bodies far faster than normal people, and the desire to clean themselves was subtly eroded away. Even with someone reminding them all the time, their desire to carry out such tasks was not strong.

Being a demon believer was ultimately trouble… always to be thoroughly resolved.

He wondered if there was a way to help him break free from demonic rules once and for all… When Bai E had saved the rat person, he hadn't refrained from experimenting on him to understand this world faster.

The rat person wasn't very dangerous, had a mild and controllable temperament, making him an ideal experimental subject.

As for now…

"Off you go."

It was time for him to return.

He had taught the players a lot of knowledge today, which took up a great deal of time, and now dusk was approaching.

The training time agreed upon with Yue Ying was almost upon them…