Chapter 96: Intellect Brain, You’re Too Much!

Liu Ye!

He was the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and a descendant of Prince Fu Ling of the Liu family.

Mo Xiaobai could recognize Liu Ye so easily and accurately solely thanks to a player named “Crystal Little Wolf” he knew from his past life.

Unlike Mo Xiaobai, Crystal Little Wolf had participated in the first Battle of Guandu Instance and once ranked in the top ten for Merits.

Mo Xiaobai still remembered when he went to Crystal Little Wolf’s Territory with Fatty. That guy kept boasting about how awesome he was. He also bragged about a hidden task he and five other players from the Yuan Shao Camp completed in the Guandu Instance.

The task was simple: kill Liu Ye, who was heading to the Guandu Command Camp to hand over the “Manual for Making Thunder-Throwers” to Cao Cao. According to Crystal Little Wolf, there was no Player protecting Liu Ye, so they easily grabbed his head and earned a huge amount of Merit.

And Liu Ye was the first Historical Celebrity in a past Instance to die at the hands of a Player.

At that time, after hearing Crystal Little Wolf brag, Mo Xiaobai went back and checked the data. He only then realized that during the Battle of Guandu, Liu Ye had not yet been valued by Cao Cao. He had just surrendered to Cao Cao along with his old master Liu Xun, and was merely a lowly clerk recording grain supplies and expenses in the Ministry of Works office.

As for why no Player protected Liu Ye when he went to Guandu, Mo Xiaobai guessed that no Player in the Cao Cao Faction had successfully triggered the task. Until Liu Ye himself left, the Intellect Brain notified Yuan Shao Camp Players that they could ambush him, but it did not give any warning to Players from the Cao Cao Faction.

A great helper for kings actually died so quietly in an Instance.

Just as he left so quietly, he waved his sleeve, taking not a single cloud away with him.

“Now that I am here, I certainly won’t let the past happen again.”

Thinking this secretly in his heart, Mo Xiaobai chatted briefly with Liu Ye before quickly showing a worried look: “Ziyang, you are indeed enjoying a quiet life here, but things are not so peaceful over at Guandu.”

“Has there been any change in the Guandu war?”

“Not just a change. The Minister of Works nearly got shot full of holes like a hedgehog.”

Seeing Liu Ye respond, Mo Xiaobai immediately spoke with exaggeration: “Nowadays Lord Cao has stopped fighting and stays inside his tent every day. Yuan Benchu, to force the Minister of Works into a decisive battle, built arrow towers on hills around the Guandu Command Camp. From high above, he overlooks the entire Cao Military Camp. Every day he sends Crossbowmen to rain arrows randomly on the camp. The Minister of Works was forced to do this. During the day, he hardly leaves his main tent, and even meetings with the generals are mostly held at night for fear of being hit by stray arrows.”

The situation Mo Xiaobai described was not something he saw with his own eyes, but since he knew the events from his past life, he spoke as if he had witnessed it all himself.

Liu Ye was already worried about the current war situation. Hearing Mo Xiaobai’s words, his eyebrows wrinkled even tighter.

Looking at Liu Ye frowning, Mo Xiaobai was not in a hurry. In his heart, he was even more sure: “The task must be triggering now. Even if not for Cao Cao, to protect the Emperor, you must go to Guandu.”

After saying so much to Liu Ye, Mo Xiaobai was basically eyeing this task.

At the same time, he also wanted to get closer to Liu Ye.

Among Cao Cao’s trusted civil ministers and strategists, Xun You and Xun Ji both had family missions and personal ambitions. Guo Jia, as the rumor went, enjoyed the deepest trust from Cao Cao. Jia Xu and Cheng Yu, those two old foxes, were ruthless one after another. They were involved in games of the world, eating people, and digging up graves. As for the rest, Man Chong, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, Dong Zhao, and Chen Qun, when comparing talent and wisdom, Liu Ye stood out the most. However, before Cao Cao pacified the north, he was also the most overlooked.

There was no way to help it. It was because his surname was Liu, and he was a genuine member of the Great Han royal family. Unlike that certain Liu Uncle of the Emperor, who couldn’t even figure out if his relationship with Emperor Xian was as an uncle or a nephew.

Liu Ye, with royal blood, had almost no chance to stand out before Cao Cao truly dominated the Central Plains. Not only would Cao Cao watch out for him, but the Cao Family and Xiahou Family would also keep a close eye on him.

You could work and get paid, but don’t even think about having real power.

In Mo Xiaobai’s heart, among the entire Cao Cao Faction in the Guandu Instance, the Historical Celebrity most likely to be persuaded to return to Daming Village was none other than Liu Ye, Ziyang.

Although Liu Ye seemed to have stronger strategies than political management skills, he had helped the greedy Liu Xun govern the Lujiang area for some time. If he could be brought back to Daming Village smoothly, managing a village of thousands of people would be as easy as playing a game.

Mo Xiaobai unconsciously let his mind wander. Beside him, Liu Ye took a deep look at the bamboo scroll in his hand and then let out a long sigh: “Although I have not fully understood everything, time waits for no man. Would the Baron be willing to go to the Guandu Command Camp with me?”

“Going to Guandu is no problem, but what exactly do you mean by ‘not fully understood’?”

“It is this ‘Manual for Making Thunder-Throwers.’ Many years ago in Yu Province, I met a young man. I helped him a little. He wrote this thing down casually and said he was giving it to me as a small thank you.”

Liu Ye raised the bamboo scroll in his hand and continued: “At first, I didn’t care much about it. But recently when I took it out to study carefully, I found that although this item was a stone-throwing vehicle, it had many differences from ordinary Military Armament used by stone-throwing soldiers. It could actually control the distance and height, and could even launch multiple stones in one shot. It was truly wonderful.”

Liu Ye handed the scroll over. Mo Xiaobai glanced at it lightly, and his eyes quickly showed some surprise.

What surprised Mo Xiaobai was not the “Manual for Making Thunder-Throwers”; he had seen too many of those in his past life. He was surprised by the signature at the end.

It was Ma Jun!

The greatest Mechanical Master in the Three Kingdoms history and one of the five Famous Craftsmen of the Huaxia Plane.

In the Plane, he was a figure comparable to Lu Ban!

If this item were brought back to the Plane, it would at least be a Specialty-grade military equipment, right?

Mo Xiaobai looked at the bamboo scroll with envy, but he had no thought of hoarding it, because the item information on the scroll was written very clearly.

This darn thing was a Task Item!

Hoarding it would be useless. He could only choose to hand it to Cao Cao or let Yuan Shao Camp Players take it and deliver it to Yuan Shao.

MDZZ!

How could such a great item be just a Task Item?

Intellect Brain, you are really too much!

“This item is quite extraordinary. Ziyang, please keep it safe and make sure to hand it personally to Lord Cao.”

What could Mo Xiaobai say? A manual for making something that had little to do with himself, even if it was a Specialty, it made no difference. So he simply gave it back to Liu Ye. At least, out of sight is out of mind.

“Please wait, Baron. Let me prepare for a moment, and then we will set off for Guandu.”

“Okay, no problem. I will also bring a batch of grain. We will meet in a while.”

After saying this, the two separated. Liu Ye left to prepare for the journey, while Mo Xiaobai strolled over to the queue to receive grain.

As soon as Mo Xiaobai got near the grain distribution line, a crowd immediately swarmed up around him.

“Bro, what were you just saying with that bookworm?”

“Yeah, why did you still bow to him?”

“Tell us quickly. Does that bookworm have some hidden plot?”

“Bro, if you are willing to share the task, just say whatever conditions you want.”

“If it is a hidden task, we can pay money to buy it!”

…

Seeing dozens of people swarm around him in an instant, a smile grew deeper in Mo Xiaobai’s eyes: “I can tell you all, but you have to give something in return. Give me all the grain you received, and I will reveal that task.”