28: Chapter 28 Players line up, giving gifts and currying favor

The announcement of the Wild Wolf Gang's automatic dissolution was like a muffled thunderclap, making the entire Luofeng Village even more bustling.

The white light at the village entrance teleportation array never stopped for a moment.

As batch after batch of players landed, their first sentence was always the same.

"Where is Big Shot Lin?"

"Is Little Archon Lin accepting gifts today?"

"Hurry, hurry! If we're any later, the line will be long again!"

Outside the earthen slope, a long line had already formed.

The line on the left was specifically for giving things to Lin Zhe.

The line on the right was specifically for giving small gifts to Lin Chen.

Potions, materials, green equipment fragments, and food made by life professions were handed forward one after another.

The supplies piled at Lin Zhe's feet had already formed a small mountain, and even the rocks nearby were almost invisible.

"Big Shot Lin, this is a high-level healing potion. It's a bit expensive, but I gritted my teeth and bought ten bottles!"

"I have refined iron ore here, just dug it up, please take it!"

"Little Archon Lin, this is honey milk cake I made. It's not poisoned, it's really not poisoned!"

A burst of laughter erupted all around.

Xing Jianwan stood to the side, her cold light staff on her back, lowering her head to organize the items.

Useful ones were put to one side.

Rare materials were placed separately.

She distributed the extra ordinary potions and duplicate white equipment directly to the casual players nearby.

"This is for you."

"You've been queuing for a long time, take two bottles."

"You can use these bracers."

The few casual players took the high-level potions, their hands trembling.

"Th-this is really for me?"

"I couldn't even bear to drink primary potions before!"

"Thank you, Big Shot Lin! Thank you, Goddess Xing!"

Xing Jianwan didn't say much, only stating indifferently, "Lin Zhe told me to distribute them."

Upon hearing this, those few casual players' eyes turned red.

Not far away, a little mage wearing grey-blue robes squeezed out of the queue, his face full of nervousness.

His ID was [Little Flame Never Dies].

His level wasn't high, only level 5.

But he held a small cloth bundle in his arms, wrapped tightly as if afraid of damaging it.

He walked to Lin Chen, took a deep breath, and then spoke softly.

"Little Archon Lin... this, I made it after saving up materials for half a month."

"I messed it up three times before finally making it."

After speaking, he slowly opened the cloth bundle.

Inside was a small cape the size of a palm.

Red background, gold trim, the stitches were very fine, and a shiny little button was sewn onto the corner of the cape.

Although it wasn't a piece of equipment, one could tell it was made with care.

The surrounding players were all stunned for a moment.

"Giving a cape to Little Archon Lin?"

"This kid really knows how to do it!"

Lin Chen had originally been lying in Xing Jianwan's arms eating diced spirit fruit, but when he saw the small cape, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Pretty."

Little Flame Never Dies became so excited his face turned red: "As long as you like it!"

Lin Chen lifted his little hand in a milky voice and pointed at him.

Hum—

A pale golden ball of light landed directly on Little Flame Never Dies.

The next second, a notification popped up before his eyes.

[You have obtained Lin Chen's exclusive favor buff]

[Effect: Monster drop rate increased by 20%, lasts for 6 hours]

Little Flame Never Dies was stunned at first, then screamed out the next second.

"Twenty! Twenty percent drop rate!"

"Holy crap! I got the exclusive buff!"

The whole scene went silent instantly.

Immediately after, it exploded!

"20%?"

"It's not a normal luck buff, but Little Archon Lin's exclusive buff?"

"Go grind monsters! Verify it quickly!"

Little Flame Never Dies clutched his staff and turned to rush toward the forest edge.

A crowd of people followed him with a rush.

The first wild wolf fell.

Snap!

A flash of blue light.

A blue equipment ring dropped on the ground.

"Holy crap!"

The second wild wolf just died.

Another flash of blue light!

This time it was a pair of blue equipment mage shoes!

Little Flame Never Dies was completely numb, standing in place for a long time without moving, finally screaming in the village channel.

"It's real! It really dropped two pieces of blue equipment!"

"Little Archon Lin's buff is real!"

"I'm rich!!"

This shout pushed the gift-giving craze of the entire Luofeng Village up by another notch.

"Hurry! Make small gifts for Little Archon Lin!"

"Those with life professions, don't just stand there, make food, make small accessories, make cloth dolls!"

"I have a tailoring sub-profession, I'm going to sew right now!"

"I know carpentry, I'll carve a little wooden dragon for Little Archon Lin!"

In a short while, the things given to Lin Chen formed a separate small pile.

There was a small cape.

There was milk cake.

There were wood carvings.

And a small cloth ball that was very ugly.

But Lin Chen looked quite happy, pointing with his little hand from time to time.

Whoever put in effort had a chance to get the favor buff.

The surrounding players were so envious their eyes turned green.

Lin Zhe stood to the side, watching this scene, his expression calm.

This was prestige.

Before, when players saw an NPC, they thought about hacking them.

Now when players saw him and his son, they thought about giving gifts.

And they were queuing up to do it.

By the time Xing Jianwan finished organizing, even she let out a soft sigh.

"Today's items are double what they were yesterday."

Lin Zhe glanced at the long line and said indifferently, "Then we'll set some rules."

Xing Jianwan looked up: "What rules?"

Lin Zhe's voice wasn't loud, but it made the surrounding players quiet down instantly.

"From today on, we will open a contribution leaderboard."

"The ten people with the highest contribution each week."

"Can receive a qualification for a Lin Chen exclusive quest."

As his voice fell, the air seemed to stop for a moment.

The next second, the whole scene exploded.

"Exclusive quest?"

"Little Archon Lin personally gives quests?"

"Only the top ten qualify?"

"Go for it! I'm going for this leaderboard!"

"Don't stop me, I'm going to do quests and farm contribution right now!"

A glint of light flashed in Xing Jianwan's eyes, and she immediately followed up: "The contribution rules will be announced tonight; giving gifts, doing quests, and maintaining order all count as contribution."

With this, the players went completely crazy.

Some turned and rushed off to do quests.

Some started calculating what else they had in their backpacks to give.

Others pulled people together to form parties on the spot, preparing to grind monsters and farm contribution all night.

The village channel and world channel were all spamming the same sentence.

"Rush the leaderboard!"

"Hug Big Shot Lin and his son's thighs tightly!"

On the earthen slope, gifts were still piling up.

The line was still queuing.

Lin Chen nestled in Xing Jianwan's arms, clutching the small cape, and let out a milky yawn.

And Lin Zhe just looked indifferently at everything before him; the small mountain of supplies at his feet piled higher and higher in the night.