The system prompt sounds: Player Dou Youyou, number 88, has leveled up to 20 and triggered the next quest for the新手村, which is to upgrade the新手村!
As Zhang Pingfan expected, his village would once again be upgraded and renovated.
However, the time had now approached noon.
Dou Youyou, upon reaching level 20, had eagerly returned to the新手村 from the wild.
Meanwhile, Zhang Pingfan was reviewing his quest list.
It was the same as before, but this time upgrading the新手村 would involve many more things, likely a major undertaking.
Not long after, the door to the small courtyard was pushed open, and Dou Youyou entered with a look of excitement.
"Master, I've reached level 20!"
Zhang Pingfan replied, "I know that!"
"So, what quests do you have now? I've been leveling up from yesterday until now, it's so boring. Are there any special quests?"
Zhang Pingfan said, "What else could there be but to continue expanding the village!"
Hearing this quest, Dou Youyou became a little unhappy.
She had thought it would be some other quest, but why was it expanding the village again? Hadn't it just been expanded?
"Why is it this quest again?"
Zhang Pingfan shook his head and said, "This time it's a little different from usual. Many NPCs will be joining. How about this, you go gather players in the plaza, and I'll go to the main city to see what NPCs can be recruited!"
Dou Youyou nodded and said, "Okay!"
Dou Youyou never disobeyed Zhang Pingfan's words, because she knew that everything Zhang Pingfan did was right.
Dou Youyou arrived at the entrance of the新手村, where quite a few players were gathered.
Of course, many more players were still leveling, and as it was nearing lunchtime, some players were already preparing to log off and rest.
"Everyone, my master said he will be here later to issue a quest! Please spread the word to each other and gather at the新手村 plaza!"
Dou Youyou's appearance had already attracted a lot of attention.
After all, Dou Youyou had just reached level 20, and she was the first player on the entire server to reach level 20.
She had returned as soon as she reached level 20 to issue a quest, and many people guessed that this must have been arranged by the village chief.
"Beauty Youyou, did our village chief mention what kind of quest it is? And what rewards will be given?"
Dou Youyou actually didn't know. She had been in such a hurry earlier that she forgot to ask, and her master had already left.
"This... I don't know either, but the quest is still about expanding the village!"
Upon hearing that it was again about building the village, the players present became excited.
Because during the last village expansion quest, they not only received free attribute points but also a free level-up, which was much easier than leveling up through hard work.
"Our village chief is still reliable. Let's start gathering people!"
"Expanding the village again, are we going to expand our village into a main city?"
"Who knows. Since it's a quest issued by the village chief, let's accept it. I need to quickly inform my good brothers, we can't miss this kind of quest!"
"Yeah, yeah, we can't miss out on such good things. The more people, the faster the progress. Of course, we hope for as many people as possible. It's a shame others can't get in, our No. 88新手村!"
"Get in? Do they want to eat shit? This is our territory, why should we let them in?"
"That's right, I think our No. 88新手村 should unite against outsiders and not let any guild touch our No. 88新手村!"
"Exactly. Normally, they look down on us lone players. Ever since they knew our attributes were stronger than theirs, they've been trying to curry favor with us. I can't stand these dog guilds!"
"I suggest that Beauty Youyou create a guild, and all players from our No. 88新手村 join your guild. That way, players from our No. 88新手村 will no longer be suppressed and ostracized by other guilds!"
The reason for this suggestion was that the players from No. 88新手村 had extremely abnormal base attributes.
This led to other ordinary players ostracizing players from No. 88新手村 because players from No. 88新手村 generally had higher attack power. In terms of competing for territory, players from No. 88新手村 had never lost.
This also made other players in the game feel it was unfair, so they spontaneously began to ostracize players from No. 88新手村.
Dou Youyou stood there, unsure how to respond.
Despite her current strength, it was entirely because Zhang Pingfan stood behind her.
But now she was alone, and she really didn't know what to say.
"Well, let's wait until my master comes back. You guys should go get people first!"
"No problem!"
Soon, figures began to appear continuously in the plaza of the新手村.
Some players who had already logged off also logged back in.
Players who were leveling in the wild did not continue, but waited in the plaza.
The forum was buzzing again.
"What the hell? No. 88新手村 is expanding again, isn't that clearly giving benefits to their players?"
"What's going on? The base attributes of players from No. 88新手村 are a huge leap ahead of ours? And they're still getting these big quests? Is this ever going to end?"
"What is the system doing? One such game-breaking quest is enough, why a second one!"
Most people on the forum were very dissatisfied with the repeated expansion of No. 88新手村.
The main reason was that players who came from No. 88新手村 basically overwhelmed players of the same level in terms of attributes.
They were already weaker, and now they were giving players from No. 88新手村 even more buffs. Was this a joke?
Although there was a heated discussion on the forum, and the expansion of this新手村 even topped the trending searches, it had no effect.
The official operators also did not provide any explanation, because there was no explanation possible; everything was a decision made by the game itself, and they were not involved.
Meanwhile, Zhang Pingfan had arrived at Seven Star City.
This time he needed to recruit quite a few NPCs, as a level three village required a larger area for expansion and more facilities.
"I wonder if the gold I have is enough!"
Zhang Pingfan looked at the quest list provided by the system.
He needed 10 carpenters, 10 blacksmiths, 10 architects, and 10 gardeners!
A total of 40 NPCs were required.
According to the quest hint, he came to Seven Star City, because only here could he recruit these functional NPCs.
However, as soon as Zhang Pingfan arrived at Seven Star City, he was being watched.
At first, Zhang Pingfan didn't pay much attention, thinking he was mistaken.
But later, the watcher became bolder, following Zhang Pingfan without any pretense.
"Damn it, what are you following me for?"