Chapter 72: Scared You’ll Go Blind

Player Spying?

Hearing the full story, Mo Xiaobai understood everything.

In the Lord Plane, whether players were from Huaxia or foreign lands, they were always very interested in NPC activities. Mo Xiaobai had been the same in his past life; when he found an NPC who seemed a little unusual, he would try hard to get close to them and dig out their secrets, always hoping to get some earth-shattering secret or reward.

But in fact, “curiosity kills the cat” often became the final fate of players.

Mo Xiaobai was not interested in what these two people were here to do, nor did he want to waste time arguing with them. He waved his hand and said: “You can leave. There is no place here suitable for your adventure.”

When Mo Xiaobai raised his hand to drive them away, the female player among the two stood her ground against him: “Why should we listen to your orders? This is not your territory. If you can be here, why can’t we? We worked hard to find this Beast Mountain as a leveling spot. Just because you have soldiers, do you get to book the whole place? Do you get to expel all of us? Do you believe I will expose you on the Forum and make you more famous than Daydreaming?”

She spoke a lot in one breath. Mo Xiaobai could not help but glance at the girl with the pointed chin again. She was not tall, at most only five feet two inches.

What a sharp-tongued girl!

“I really do not believe I will become more famous than Daydreaming.”

With a strange expression on his face, Mo Xiaobai said this. He was already a bit annoyed with these players who relied on the ability to Respawn and usually had no taboos. He spoke again: “I told you to leave out of kindness. The mountain is now sealed. My Rattan Armor Soldiers are on patrol at all times. No wild monsters will enter anymore. If you do not want to waste your time, you had better leave now.”

“Besides, I cannot always be calm and patient. You also saw that my Rattan Armor Soldiers are well-equipped. It would take no effort to kill you all. If you stay here and refuse to leave, are you wanting to try a free trip back to the city to Respawn?”

Mo Xiaobai felt he was being reasonable. If it were a domineering Lord instead, and these people still dared to break into a place he had booked after a warning, they would not talk nonsense but send them straight back to the city to Respawn.

It was cruel, but very realistic.

In his past life, arguments over similar events on the Forum never ended. Mo Xiaobai never got involved, because he always targeted NPCs, and he was always prepared to die.

To spy on someone else’s secrets and not allow that person to act against you, this kind of strange psychology was something Mo Xiaobai could not understand at all.

“I definitely won’t! I…”

The girl with the pointed chin wanted to argue with Mo Xiaobai again. The male player next to her pulled her back and interrupted: “We did not mean to spy on your secrets. Mining here is not really a secret to hide. Myself and Little Yue are both civilian Players who have lost our Territory. We do not mind dying one more time.”

Hearing the male player speak, Mo Xiaobai suddenly felt it was interesting. Although this guy was not as fiery as the female player next to him, his words clearly implied that killing them would not bring any benefit, which made it difficult for Mo Xiaobai to really attack them.

Just as Mo Xiaobai was thinking about how to get rid of the two of them, the young male player spoke again: “I want to make a deal with you. You lend us one or two of these Soldiers to lead us to level up. In return, I will tell you about another mining spot I know. It is an Iron Ore mine. Its area is larger than this mountain. As a Lord Player, you must need iron, right?”

A deal?

You are not afraid of being killed by me, yet you dare to ask me to lend people?

After hearing this, Mo Xiaobai could not help but laugh: “Among the Dang Mountain range, the Iron Ore mines are the most common. I do need iron, but I do not need you to tell me where the iron mines are.”

“Hmph. If you do not want it, you do not want it. Can we leave now?” Little Yue, with the melon-seed face, huffed and pulled her partner to leave.

Although she was very unhappy about Mo Xiaobai sealing the mountain domineeringly, she knew that arguing would not get them anywhere. In the end, they would still have to leave.

Her male partner felt a bit disappointed when he heard that Mo Xiaobai did not need the information about the iron mine. He said nothing more and let the girl pull him away.

Watching these two uninvited guests walk a few steps away, Mo Xiaobai suddenly had an idea in his heart. He cleared his throat and spoke: “Please wait a moment, both of you.”

“What? You do not let us leave now?”

“That is not the case. I just want to ask if you want to take on another business deal.”

Business?

Hearing these two words, the two of them turned around with suspicion. The young man spoke first: “What kind of business are you talking about?”

“Mine.”

Spitting out these two words, Mo Xiaobai pointed around: “We both know that Dang Mountain has many minerals that can be mined. But I do not have enough time to search for new ore sources now. If you came here only to level up and kill beasts to sell their fur and make money, I can pay you to hire you. You can help me search for mines nearby. In this way, you can still make money.”

“However, I do not need information about every mine. The main thing is coal resources, and other rare element mines will also work. Of course, if you can find a gold mine, I will be even happier, and you can also make a fortune.”

This idea was something Mo Xiaobai had just suddenly thought of.

Players did have the disadvantage of being untrustworthy, but they were not useless either. If it was just a simple trading cooperation, there were still many Players who could help Mo Xiaobai save a lot of time and effort.

“You want us to help you find a mine?”

The young male player frowned and murmured, then seemed to have made up his mind. He looked up and said: “The Plane World is not ordinary. Without enough income, I will not waste my time on such things.”

“Fair enough. The deposit is one Gold Coin. When you find the minerals I want, we will settle the reward based on scale and rarity. The reward will be higher than the deposit, even several times higher.”

Mo Xiaobai quickly pulled out a Gold Coin. He believed that the combined wealth of these two people before him would not exceed this number.

He held out his hand to pass the Gold Coin and then added: “Also, I can send two Rattan Armor Soldiers to go with you. Fighting monsters along the way to level up is a bonus gift for you. I cannot guarantee anything else, but for Evil Beasts below level 50, one-on-one, they are no match for my Rattan Armor Soldiers. Your safety is definitely guaranteed.”

“If you want to watch us, just say it. Why speak in circles?” Little Yue pouted and muttered, but she did not stop her partner from taking the Gold Coin from Mo Xiaobai.

Looking at the shiny little Gold Coin, her heart actually started to race.

The young man took the Gold Coin. The joy on his face was also impossible to hide, and he spoke much more enthusiastically: “So, are we in an employer-employee relationship now? I do not even know who you are yet. Let us add friends so we can contact each other easily.”

“No need. Once you find the mine, just let one Rattan Armor Soldier come back to report. We can talk about adding friends after our first cooperation is successful.” Mo Xiaobai did not even know if this man and woman had any skills besides talking. How could he easily agree to their friend request? He directly shook his head and refused.

“Tch, acting mysterious.”

Little Yue blurted out her complaint, making a hidden smile flash in the corner of Mo Xiaobai’s eye.

Acting mysterious?

I am afraid that if I reveal my identity, I will blind you both with my brilliance.