roccoschili Chapter 436 Summoning Human Players - Undersea Ruins
Chapter 436 Summoning Human Players - Undersea Ruins
Chapter 436 Summoning Human Players - Undersea Ruins
The Shark was anchored in the depths of the ocean, and a powerful magic array covered the area within a radius of one kilometer. The transparent shield tightly protected the entire area. Even the fish-headed people with a keen sense of smell could hardly detect this hidden place.
Once you step out of the magic circle, the fish-headed people in the distance will quickly come following the smell. For the players, leaving the range of the magic circle is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous thing.
With a slight vibration, the Shark stopped at the designated location. Then, the front and rear doors slowly opened, as if a giant beast opened its huge mouth. The players got off the car in an orderly manner.
Standing inside the boat, Luna watched all this silently. He would wait here for two hours and then set off after two hours.
Zhou Leng's team consists of six people. The leader of the team is Xiong Shiqi, who is the initiator of the mission. Although everyone used to be the core members of their respective teams, they now surround Xiong Shiqi in the middle.
Nowadays, many skilled players in Sky City have opened shops. Zhou Leng asked Tiansi of the merman tribe to open a mermaid pawn shop, which specializes in recycling various rare treasures collected or picked up by players. Therefore, there are many teams coming to the open sea now. They either hunt fish-headed people to obtain their weapons and equipment, or find some mineral resources to work as miners together.
The fish-headed man's body will be recycled by the vortex, but if the player cuts off the parts and items they need in time, they will also be the player's loot.
The team Zhou Leng was in had a different goal from most teams, so as soon as they left the range of the magic circle, they all sped up and headed straight for the ruins.
Zhou Leng was at the front of the team, like an indestructible fortress. She held a spear in her hand, looking heroic and valiant. Every time she swung the spear, it was accompanied by fierce momentum. The monsters that attacked ferociously could not get close to her at all and were killed by her spear in mid-air one after another, with blood splattering everywhere.
Behind her, from left to right are Qihuo Keju, Xiong Shiqi and Xinran Yixiao.
Xinran Yixiao has made some achievements in magic after more than half a year of practice. As a wood magician, she is casting her spells with all her strength. A solid shield made of woven seaweed lies in front of her. The emerald green seaweed is flashing with mysterious light, as if it has life, constantly wriggling and growing.
Qihuo Keju transformed into a beautiful mermaid. Her slender tail was like a flexible whip. Whenever a monster approached, she would swing her tail violently, and the powerful force would instantly blow the monster away.
Xiong Shiqi couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Today's luck is so good! If there weren't sharpshooters rushing in front to clear the way, even if I was standing in the front, I'm afraid our speed of movement would never be as fast as it is now."
At this moment, a huge monster suddenly pounced on them from the side, but before it got close, Zhou Leng quickly shot it in the throat and it fell to the ground with a bang.
Half an hour later, everyone arrived at the location of the ruins. They smiled happily and muttered something. The seaweed formed by the shield quickly dispersed and expanded, and soon the entire area was surrounded by seaweed.
Duan Xin took out a magical tool similar to a searchlight, and a faint light appeared in the deep and dark seabed.
Xin Ran smiled and said seriously: "We only have one hour. When the time is up, the seaweed will no longer emit the smell and we will be exposed."
Everyone nodded and began to look around. They didn't have time to identify the items themselves, so they put everything they thought was valuable into their bags. This was also the reason why Xiong Shiqi was looking for these people. They all spent money to buy bags of varying sizes.
Huang Lao Xie's strange personality of being weak but extremely lucky has always stood firm, and today was no exception. Everyone wanted to dig three feet into the ground but found nothing. He just searched on the seabed for a while, then he touched a silver-white rock out of curiosity. After a rumbling sound, a rock suddenly shook and shattered, and an incredibly brand new safe appeared in front of everyone.
Even Zhou Leng was confused, let alone others.
"What is this! A hidden mission or a hidden Easter egg? This game is awesome. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be able to find this thing even after a hundred years."
Xiong Shiqi's eyes lit up, he swam over quickly, and then put the safe into his bag.
After searching for a while, they found some debris and gathered together before the seaweed lost its effectiveness and quickly returned to the city.
The return to the city was smooth. When they boarded the Shark, it was like they had boarded a free seafood market. Not every player had silver to buy luggage, so those who didn't have it naturally had to rely on others for money. However, these people had a good harvest in the past few days, which was also related to Zhou Leng and his companions. They only killed monsters and did not cut them for refining materials, allowing these people to pick up the leaks.
The Shark is particularly busy today. On normal days, nine out of ten players would die, but today, 50% of the players are left and return.
Zhou Leng and his companions naturally did not bother with these ordinary players. After all, those were unwanted and ownerless items. If the players did not take them, the bodies would disappear.
In Sky City, except for Zhou Leng, everyone else wanted money, because they offered more money. Only Zhou Leng insisted on using silver, the universal currency of the game. Xiong Shiqi was in a dilemma.
"Or maybe you could do me a favor?"
Xiong Shiqi asked: "What can I do for you?"
"I heard that your people are good at construction. I have rented cabin 003 on Commercial Street. Please help me decorate it."
Xiong Shiqi naturally agreed.
"When I get the renderings, I'll send them to you, and then you can start work."
Mission accomplished, everyone parted ways.
Li Qi and Zhao Xinran walked away arm in arm, both very happy. They earned 100,000 yuan on this trip. Who would have thought that they could earn 100,000 yuan just by completing a virtual task in the game? In their minds, Xiong Shiqi was already the representative of middle school boys who were stupid and had a lot of money.
In Courtyard No. 5, the safe that had been sealed for a thousand years was opened, and the secrets and heritage that had been lost for a thousand years were discovered.
Before Xiong Shiqi opened the safe, a system notification sounded in his mind: "Congratulations to player Xiong Shiqi for triggering the hidden mission - The Inheritance of Humanity. Completing the mission will reward you with 5% favorability with the Mermaid Chief."
Although Zhou Leng didn't know, when the safe appeared, the system had already scanned the contents inside, so Zhou Leng naturally knew what had happened.
Xiong Shiqi felt nervous for a moment but then calmed down. Even though there were various rumors circulating, he still felt deep down that this was a virtual game world and that there were intelligent creatures behind those mermaids controlling them.
"Accept the mission."
Xiong Shiqi shared his mission with everyone, and then they saw Xiong Da solemnly open the safe. When the special rice paper inside was taken out and the contents on it were displayed before their eyes, they suddenly felt that perhaps everything that happened here was real, and the world was real, but it was presented to them in an absurd game.
The contents of the safe were very simple: a brief history of the Earth that roughly described the reasons for human extinction.
In the distant past, a terrible disaster befell the earth, so that the entire human race was on the road to extinction. The once bustling and noisy cities have now become dead silent, and the streets and alleys are empty. Only the ruins and dilapidated buildings are left to witness the glory of the past human civilization.
In this seemingly lifeless world, a seed of inheritance was quietly planted.
The fish-headed people are tall and strong, with sharp teeth and claws. They feed on humans and are extremely ferocious. After a hard battle, even using nuclear weapons, humans were ultimately defeated by the fish-headed people and were ruthlessly devoured.
The brave people used up their last bit of strength to bury some important information, knowledge and hope for survival deep underground. The seed of hope buried deep underground has now waited for the right time to break out of the ground.
Zhou Leng read the brief history, which contained very little record of mermaids, just one sentence: Mermaids once worked together with humans to resist the fish-headed people, but the mermaids eventually abandoned humans and disappeared.
History is always written by the victors.
There is also a cultivation inheritance, which contains the basic inheritance of the main forces of each country, including Taoism, Buddhism, magic, Christian theocracy, etc.
Xiong Da stared at the pile of ancient inheritances in front of him with wide eyes, and a chill rose in his heart. This chill seemed to surge out from deep underground, quickly spreading from his feet to his whole body, making him shiver.
Xiong Shiqi really found it hard to believe that there was a game that could make these seemingly insignificant details so realistic, unless everything was real.
"My mission as the inheritor is to ensure that these traditions are continued. How can I continue this? Should I just publish the contents?"
Xiong Da frowned and said, "Find a few of us with outstanding talents to study these things first and then talk about it. Didn't that Xuancai Zhenren say that their Taoist heritage can be cultivated here using the players' bodies? You guys give it a try. When it's confirmed to be useful, we can discuss countermeasures. As for the evolutionary heritage of vampires, leave it to me when I go back to report and see if we can negotiate with the West."
"Okay, I'll let Lao Hei and the others research it. By the way, Boss, that super-popular person sent me the results. She wants to open a cultivation consulting business."
Xiong Da said in confusion, "What? Cultivation consultant? You are so arrogant. Now that we have read the contents of the inheritance, cultivation is not as simple as just magic. Do you think she is from the mermaid world? Why do I feel like she is quite familiar with our methods?"
"Who knows, but we have to save the money for rent, so the best way to pay the bill is to help her decorate. This favor is not easy to owe. If it weren't for her, we might not be able to complete the task this time."
"Then we'll notify them to start the work and finish cleaning up his hut as soon as possible, and then the matter will be over."
Half a month later, a piece of gossip spread that one could use silver to buy the human cultivation method.