Mr. Zhou glanced at the brick in his hand, then chuckled and said, "Now this is interesting, isn't it? Just thinking about it makes the sense of accomplishment burst!"
Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching's jaw slightly opened and closed, "The sense of accomplishment is indeed bursting, but how to prospect for minerals? I have no clue in that area at all."
Mr. Zhou pondered for a moment, "Once the Divine Hall is finished, we'll go offline to gather some data, then take a tour around the island to practice well."
"Speaking of which, our current activity range is indeed quite small, only limited to the east side of the island, we haven't explored other places yet."
"Who knows what surprises await us to discover."
"The path is made by walking, and methods are found by searching."
"Let's focus on working well first. I reckon all the new players will join this team task of building the Divine Hall, and our efficiency might increase by a few notches."
"The progress of completing the Divine Hall can be boosted several levels again."
Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching nodded slightly, "Yes, you're right. Doing the current task well is the most important thing."
...
At this moment, Mage Fang Ka experienced yet another round of the shocking actions of silly players.
Seeing many players curiously observing him, Fang Ka took a step forward and delivered his classic opening line.
After finishing, he issued the team task to these players.
"My loyal subordinates, I have a Divine Hall under construction."
As his words fell, the task prompt appeared before the players.
"Level 1 Team Task: Construct the Divine Hall."
"Task requirements: Mage Fang Ka needs to build a Divine Hall, join the team for construction."
"Reward Pool: 5 Silver Coins, 500 experience points, 500 points. (Rewards distributed based on player performance in the task)"
"Note: 1 Gold equals 100 Silver, 1 Silver equals 100 Copper Coins."
"Accept: Yes/No?"
The old players have long finished building the kitchen, so now only the Divine Hall is left.
Having these new players join to speed up the construction of the Divine Hall is evidently a good choice.
Quickly, one of the players reacted.
A player came up to Fang Ka, "Of course, I'm willing."
As his words fell, he noticed that besides the prompt showing he accepted the task, he also gained a game panel.
"Guys, upon accepting the task, it actually activates the game panel? This NPC is quite special."
Upon hearing him, a player couldn't help but pat his chest fearfully, "Oh dear, I was just thinking about what happens if I reject the task? Luckily, I hadn't tried yet, otherwise, I might lose the game panel!"
A player reached out and patted him, "Brother, don't mess around and you won't regret it. Didn't you hear this NPC's opening line? In the background setting, we were summoned by him."
A player sighed regretfully, "This game is truly shocking, though a little too explicit."
One by one, players with varying emotions came up to Fang Ka to accept the task and activate the game panel.
Then Fang Ka pointed them in the direction of the Divine Hall and urged them to hurry over.
These new players went over, and soon saw the old players busy laying bricks.
They couldn't help but be amazed, is building the Divine Hall really done brick by brick?
Is it really this amazing?
Seeing the group of skeletons walking over, Mr. Zhou immediately guessed that these were the new players joining in.
So, as the designer of the Divine Hall, Mr. Zhou stood up and greeted them, "Welcome, new brothers joining us, you must be here to assist in the team task of building the Divine Hall, right?"
"Let me formally introduce, my platform nickname is Mr. Zhou, I am the designer of this Divine Hall."
"I am responsible for designing and planning this Divine Hall. You all want to complete the team task well and earn more rewards from the reward pool, right?"
A player immediately responded, "Of course, what do I need to do? This is so realistically detailed, it's exactly like building a house in real life."
"I thought you'd just read a progression bar and create something out of nothing."
"Alas, in reality, I am clueless about building houses."
Mr. Zhou glanced at this player, "I have to say, you all are quite lucky. The preliminary steps of construction have basically been taken care of by us old players."
"Like making bricks and tiles, building kilns, chopping trees, all prepared well, you just need to cooperate step by step next."
"I will assign suitable work to everyone, ensuring that you can fully play your role before the team task ends and try to earn more rewards from the pool."
"Also, everyone should be careful, avoid causing trouble, and focus on working, that's the right way, otherwise Mage Fang Ka will reduce your favorability."
"Oh, by the way, you might not know what happens if your favorability decreases, so I'll let a victim tell you."
Mr. Zhou waved his hand at Wangzai Little Buns in the distance, "Xiao Mantou, come over here."
"You let everyone know what happens when Mage Fang Ka's favorability decreases?"
Wangzai Little Buns glanced at Mr. Zhou with some resentment, hands still laying bricks, "I can't, I have to work, I must outdo you all, where do I have the time to be over there."
"Ahem." Mr. Zhou chuckled awkwardly, "Don't be surprised by her state, I believe it won't take long for everyone to feel the joy of this game and join in this state."
"Mage Fang Ka's favorability dropping is serious, slightly it means reduced task rewards, severely..."
"We don't know yet, those who like taking risks might as well try, but if your account is doomed, you can only blame yourself; you should know, Mage Fang Ka's favorability is very hard to increase."
Seeing several players with restless eyes calmed down, Mr. Zhou nodded in satisfaction, "Alright, now I'll make suitable arrangements for everyone."
After arrangements were made, these new players went to work.
Watching Mr. Zhou return to his side, Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching started to speak, "You're quite enthusiastic and organized, even using Mage Fang Ka to scare them, worried the new players will cause trouble?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhou softly nodded, giving a thumbs up to Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching, "Old folks are indeed wise, I didn't expect you to see through it so quickly."
"There's no other way, we're all players, after all, who doesn't have their rebellious streak?"
"To make them follow orders, avoid making things worse, we have to coax and threaten, use Mage Fang Ka to intimidate them, use reward pool shares to entice them."
"The Divine Hall is almost finished, though they cannot take much from us old players, surely they'll strive to maximize their benefits."
"After all, no one wants to start off trailing behind others."