43: Achievement conditions, number of people

Facing such blatant poaching, Jin Yu's mouth twitched, but in the end, she could only act like a helpless victim, reluctantly choosing to forgive everything when she couldn't resist.

The sunlight shone on her green sportswear, but it couldn't warm her heart.

Unexpectedly, despite being thirsty and hungry, those tribal warriors, after an initial stir, chose to refuse.

"I am only loyal to the Great Leader, and I will never betray him!"

The NPC warrior spoke with righteous indignation; even though his stomach was rumbling loudly, he did not agree.

This attitude seemed completely different from when Old Xu and his group surrendered.

Both sides were half-dead from hunger, but this group chose to refuse… The difference lay in the leader's actions.

Old Xu surrendered very smoothly, and the Giant Camel Tribe members followed suit.

Cheng Zhen shifted his gaze to Jin Yu, and an idea suddenly popped into his head.

Jin Yu: "?!"

Big Brother, don't mess around, I didn't tell them not to surrender!

Under Jin Yu's horrified gaze, Cheng Zhen pointed at her and spoke to the NPCs:

"If you don't submit to me, I will kill your leader."

Seeing the NPCs' expressions change, he added, "You don't want to see your leader die, do you?"

Jin Yu: "…"

Now I'm really the victim _(x з 」 ∠ )_

The NPCs looked indignant: "Release our leader!"

Cheng Zhen, holding the girl hostage to command the warlords: "Then surrender."

The NPCs swore to die rather than surrender: "We will never betray!"

Cheng Zhen sharpened his knife, eyeing Jin Yu: "If you don't surrender, I'll kill her!"

NPC: "…"

Overheated, glitched out.

Cheng Zhen saw that these NPCs wouldn't agree no matter what, estimating that this instance required the leader to be assimilated to achieve the special condition.

So, he looked at Jin Yu again and activated his 'Persuasion' skill—

"I am a New Talent Rankings bigshot, and I'm going for a special ending in this instance. Now, if you submit to me and give me some points, how about I guarantee your safe completion?"

Old Xu: That sounds a bit familiar.

A Kun Duo: Leader, your method of persuasion is still so 'reliable'.

Jin Yu: "???"

If these words were said outside, she would immediately screenshot them and send them to Uncle Police for help in catching the scammer.

But now…

Forget about being a New Talent Rankings bigshot; even if Cheng Zhen said he was an immortal realm bigshot reincarnated on earth, and giving him 268 would turn him into a fated person, Jin Yu would have to believe him.

It wasn't until Jin Yu washed off the lines on the back of her hand and applied the Sand Fox Tribe's totem lines that those NPCs, who had originally sworn not to surrender, stopped resisting and submissively bowed their heads.

It seems that the leader indeed needs to surrender first for others to follow.

This setting of assimilating living people is also reasonable. After all, if all other Raiders were simply cut down with one blow, it would be no different from the initial instance mission, and naturally wouldn't count as a special ending.

While Cheng Zhen was thinking about how to deal with Xiao Xi, those NPCs also washed off their original totem lines and merged into the Sand Fox Tribe.

However, the message that popped up in this instance was different from before—

[Beep, the leader of the 'Mao Shu Tribe' has submitted to you.]

[18 members of this tribe have merged into the 'Sand Fox Tribe'. (Not yet 50 people, new functions cannot be activated for now)]

[When 50 new tribe members have merged into the 'Sand Fox Tribe', it will be considered a successful merger of the tribe, and a new function will be added: Map Positioning]

[Map Positioning: Can see the location of tribe members on the map (Cooldown: 10 minutes)]

The new instance message gave Cheng Zhen a lot of new information, such as the number of people required to meet the conditions.

Next, when assimilating new forces, he would need to recruit at least 50 people.

The new positioning function is also very practical. Whether sending out scouts or dividing forces for attack, knowing the location of friendly forces is indeed very convenient.

So, the question is.

Does this girl's tribe still have 50 members?

"How many members do you still have left in your tribe?" Cheng Zhen asked Jin Yu, somewhat helplessly.

"Uh…" Jin Yu was full of surprise after receiving the instance message and hadn't quite reacted yet. Hearing Cheng Zhen's question, she quickly replied, "I took about thirty people when I went out hunting, and most of them stayed in the Green Oasis. As for whether they are still alive, I don't know…"

Cheng Zhen frowned.

That Xiao Xi certainly wasn't someone soft-hearted, or he wouldn't have stabbed his ally so easily.

This girl's tribe members are probably in dire straits.

On the bright side, they were killed with one blow.

But on the bad side… maybe they haven't been killed yet and are being kept as emergency rations?

Thinking of this, Cheng Zhen felt it was too hellish, and it seemed like a '-1 Merit' subtitle appeared above his head.

No matter what, he wanted the special ending, he also wanted the rare items, and confronting the other party was bound to happen sooner or later, so it was better to think of ways to deal with the enemy.

Considering this girl's high hatred for Xiao Xi, Cheng Zhen felt that Jin Yu could assist him.

"Thank you for your cooperation. Here, these are the promised food."

Cheng Zhen arranged a row of noodle bowls, demonstrating with his actions that if they followed him, they would eat their fill.

Facing bowls of steaming, delicious noodles, Jin Yu, who had been hungry for a long time, had only one thought:

The imperial court's disaster relief grain has arrived!!!

She immediately performed a whale-like gulping of everything.

Old Xu watched in stunned disbelief, not expecting a young girl to eat more fiercely and more than him.

Jin Yu frantically devoured the noodles. Earlier, she had been a little worried that Cheng Zhen would cross the bridge and burn it like Xiao Xi, but now… even if he did, at least she would be a well-fed ghost!

After a burst of stormy inhalation, several empty bowls lay on the ground.

Seeing that they were full, Cheng Zhen said to Jin Yu, "I'm planning to go to that Green Oasis next. If you want revenge, cooperate with me well. If there are any remaining members of your tribe then, please also ask them to submit to me."

"Don't worry, I'm a man of my word. As long as you don't hinder me and pay the points, I'll take you through the instance safely."

Jin Yu nodded vigorously, showing complete cooperation.

Anyway, she had no choice now, and she would also have a chance for revenge, so she naturally wouldn't refuse.

Seeing her agree, Cheng Zhen sent a contract to Jin Yu via his wristband.

This contract was told to him by the Bald Man in the previous instance. It could be purchased for 0.1 points in the mall, had the mandatory enforcement of the Endless Game, and could be stored as an electronic version on the wristband.

Some people would trade items in instances, and when they didn't have enough points, they would sign this contract as an IOU.

Like when Cheng Zhen took people through the Mountain Sacrifice Child instance, he could also use this contract.

It's just that he was a Rookie then and didn't know such a thing existed, so the Bald Man forwarded him a post on the forum titled "Attention: Ten Precautions and One Hundred Uses of Contracts."

This way, Cheng Zhen wouldn't have to worry about being abandoned after taking people through the instance, and the people being taken wouldn't have to fear that the other party would suddenly turn hostile and attack them after receiving the points.

Jin Yu and Old Xu both had the same contract; they had to transfer 30 points to Cheng Zhen after he took them through the instance.

30 points was not a small amount, but compared to some who demanded exorbitant prices, Cheng Zhen was already very reasonable. Jin Yu didn't hesitate and immediately signed the electronic contract on her wristband.

However, Jin Yu was a bit worried about another matter: "Um, I no longer have the leader status, so I'm not sure if the remaining Mao Shu Tribe warriors will still listen to me…"

Cheng Zhen replied casually, "No matter, since the instance setting is loyal to… hmm?"

As if he suddenly thought of something, he abruptly asked loudly, "What did you just say?!"

Jin Yu was startled by his sudden question, thinking she had said something wrong, and replied somewhat flustered, "I, I said I no longer have leader status…"

"Tribe!" Cheng Zhen stared at her, "You said, what is your tribe's name?"

"Mao Shu Tribe…" Jin Yu looked bewildered, "Is something wrong?"

Cheng Zhen didn't respond, he opened the instance message and scrolled up, and sure enough, he saw the words 'Mao Shu Tribe'.

He then turned to look at A Kun Duo.

When they came in, A Kun Duo had told him that there were five tribes here vying for the scepter.

But… among those five tribes, there was no Mao Shu Tribe!