NCCnovel Chapter 321 Being a wage earner is still the most reliable.
Chapter 321 Being a wage earner is still the most reliable.
Chen You stared at the item icon.
It was a round sphere with a severely worn surface and a dark brown color.
The leather texture was filled with blackish-gray grime, and there were even signs of cracking at some of the seams.
He reached out and grabbed at the air.
A heavy, substantial feeling travels to the palm of your hand.
Chen You held the so-called "city lord's mysterious private collection" in both hands and examined it closely.
A faint smell of engine oil mixed with the acidic smell of sweat entered my nostrils.
He looked up at James Sand, who was standing next to the black iron pillar.
Sander stood with his hands on his hips, looking at the sphere in Chen You's hand with a proud expression.
"This is a treasure passed down through seventeen generations of our Sander family." Sander strode over, extending his thick fingers to gently stroke the surface of the sphere.
"Our ancestor once used it to smash the heads of three thousand elite monsters."
"It absorbed the blood of countless enemies and witnessed the rise of Hidden Star City."
Chen You held the ball with one hand and slammed it hard onto the ground.
"Bang."
A muffled thud.
The basketball bounced off the bluestone slab, rose a meter high, and landed back in Chen You's hands.
There was no golden light, no extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth.
There wasn't even a basic indication of attribute bonuses.
Chen You looked at Sander with a puzzled expression that seemed to say, "Are you serious?"
This thing has no practical value in combat except as a brick to throw at people.
Sander nodded solemnly.
Forget it.
Chen You stuffed the basketball back into his system inventory, out of sight, out of mind.
"By the way, adventurer." Sander walked to the stone table in the courtyard, poured two glasses of some kind of murky liquid, and handed one to Chen You.
"After the source of pollution in the power room was removed, the energy interference between Zangxing City and the outside world also disappeared."
"The long-distance teleportation array between Thousand Light City and Hidden Star City has been reactivated."
Chen You paused, his hand holding the cup still.
The teleportation array has been restored!
He was wondering how to get back to Thousand Light City to grind dungeons, but now that's easy!
Not all major cities in the Origin Realm have teleportation arrays, but I didn't expect that there would be a teleportation link between Hidden Star City and Thousand Light City.
"This is good news." Chen You calmly put down his cup.
The murky liquid smelled of engine oil, and he simply didn't have the courage to drink it.
"Indeed." Sander downed the liquid in his glass in one gulp and wiped his mouth.
"Now that the route is safe and the teleportation array is operational."
"I need you to make a trip to the Hidden Star Chamber of Commerce for me."
The system prompt popped up again.
[System notification: Main quest "The Revival of Hidden Star City" triggered.]
[Mission Objective: Go to the Golden Toad Merchant Guild, convey to the guild leader that the shadow over Hidden Star City has dissipated, and persuade the guild leader to resume trade.]
[Quest Rewards: 50000 Experience Points, 1000 Reputation Points in Hidden Star City.]
Chen You accepted the mission and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something.
He stopped and turned to look at Sander.
The image of the Star Neptune projection deep within the mine, blasting high-energy electronic music, flexible and adaptable, ultimately escaping with a slide tackle, came to mind.
Although that projection was a defective product, it was related to whether the Star Sea King's true form could descend.
As the lord of Cangxing City, Sander could not possibly be unaware of a threat of this magnitude.
Shouldn't you give me some clues so I can go look for them?
The key point is that he was still hoping for the arrival of Star Neptune to obtain the God Core!
Chen You organized his thoughts and tentatively began to speak.
"Lord, I encountered some strange things while cleaning the power room."
Sander wiped the black iron pillar, not turning his head: "What's so strange?"
"I've discovered a fissure leading deeper underground," Chen You said, his eyes fixed on Sander's retreating figure.
"There, I encountered a guy who called himself the 'Star Neptune Projection.' It seemed to be sealed by some kind of power."
Sander stopped wiping the iron pillar.
The air in the courtyard seemed to freeze for a moment.
Chen You secretly gripped the hilt of the Jade Emperor Sword, ready to deal with any unexpected situations that might arise.
If Sander and Star Neptune are colluding, or if Sander has violated some system taboo, he wouldn't mind facing Star Neptune's majesty here.
Sander slowly turned around, his brows furrowed.
She looked at Chen You, her eyes filled with a clear-eyed folly.
"What kind of king is this?" Sander scratched his buzz cut, looking completely bewildered.
Chen You was stunned.
"Star Neptune," Chen You repeated.
"A projection of a mythical creature that likes to make electric sounds and can also DJ."
Sander's brow furrowed even deeper as she reached out her thick fingers and picked at her ear.
"Electronic music? DJing? Is that some kind of new combat technique?" Sander asked, his face full of doubt.
"Star Sea King... This name has never been recorded in the history of Hidden Star City."
"Our ancestors' books only recorded how to play basketball and practice the Iron Mountain Lean."
Chen You stared intently into Sander's eyes.
[Observing Qi to See the Heart] is secretly activated.
There was no panic or evasion in those eyes, only pure doubt and curiosity about the unknown.
She was not lying.
She genuinely didn't know.
Chen You took a deep breath, feeling that things were becoming increasingly bizarre.
How could the dignified Lord of Cangxing City be unaware that a mythical monster was sealed beneath his own territory?
Did our ancestors deliberately conceal this part of history?
Or was the existence of Star Neptune itself erased by some higher law?
If even the city lord doesn't know, then why would Shadow Monarch Dai know?
How did the Meng family ancestors know this?
Chen You rubbed his temples and decided to put the problem aside for the time being.
Let's wait and see. Maybe we'll find some new clues when we go to some chamber of commerce later.
"Maybe I misread it," Chen You casually brushed it off.
"That monster looked grotesque and spouted nonsense, but I've already chased it away."
Sander, unsuspecting, laughed heartily: "It's normal for some mutated monsters to hallucinate in the underground mines where it's never seen the light of day."
"As long as the hidden danger is eliminated, that's all that matters. You should hurry to the Chamber of Commerce; that old man, the chairman, is probably jumping up and down in a panic."
Chen You nodded and turned to walk out of the courtyard.
Just as I reached the door, Sander's furious shout came from behind me again.
"Simply because!"
"Clang!"
Chen You quickened his pace and left the city lord's mansion without looking back.
He didn't want to stay in this place for even a second longer.
As Chen You stepped out of the city lord's mansion, he looked up at the darkening sky.
Chen You opened his friends list and clicked on the ID "Moon Arrow".
I haven't even run today's event dungeon yet.
Soon, the trio of top players reunited, and with Chen You joining them, the four formed a team once again.
In the team list, Chen You's almost empty health bar immediately caught the attention of the others.
[Team][Salos]: Brother Chen, what's going on with you this time?
[Team][Aurora]: This... a real 1 drop, this is the ultimate blood control!
[Team][Moon Arrow]: Guild Master Chen, should we wait for you to recover? Or should we start now?