Chapter 290: District 17 of Nanli City, the lurking Daqian Mountain

"Xiao Lu, what should we say now?"

"Nothing much to say. Let's think of other ways later."

"Well... okay."

Due to Mu Xiaoye's accidental "matchmaking", the Third Brigade's Chief Emissary Jie Mingjing left unexpectedly.

As for Liu Shaohai, who has been pursuing Li Mingjing for ten years and was willing to give up other opportunities to be promoted to the Chief Sutra Envoy, he has been staying in the Lizhou Mountain and Sea Division.

The goddess has left, so there is no reason for him not to follow her.

As a result, the captain and deputy captain of the third brigade who had a say temporarily fled.

This disrupted Lu Chen's original plan.

Fortunately, the "joint action" does not necessarily require the Third Battalion.

After some brief thought, Lu Chen found a new partner.

Lizhou Mountain and Sea Division, the Ninth Battalion.

"Brother Lu, is this what you came for? No problem, no problem. Just decide which mission you want to take and we will fully cooperate with you."

"As for the mission rewards, we can just split them in half."

In the lounge of the Ninth Brigade, Jiang Yuanshan patted his chest with laughter.

He said that he could totally accept Lu Chen's suggestion.

This is not only because Jiang Yuanshan is very optimistic about Lu Chen, but also because he thinks this is a good thing for their Ninth Brigade.

You should know that one of the indicators for the assessment of the Chief Advisor of the Shanhai Division is the number of A-level tasks completed by the Chief Advisor every three years.

Generally speaking, as long as you complete five A-level tasks, you can meet the minimum requirements.

This requirement can be completed by your own team alone or together with other teams.

Therefore, they would not lose anything by cooperating with Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was not surprised that Jiang Yuanshan accepted his suggestion immediately.

After all, he had carefully read the rules and regulations of the Shanhai Division before coming here.

Overall, Shanhaisi is still very humane.

Generally, people who walk around or manage the business within the company are not forced to complete any tasks.

But just like there are assessments for the Palm Master, there are also assessment requirements for walking in mountains and seas, and even for the great Palm Masters above the Palm Master.

Therefore, my suggestions will bring only benefits and no harm to other teams.

After all, it is not easy to find a helper in the Jindan stage.

As for what task they wanted to complete together, Lu Chen had thought about it before coming.

He took out his tablet and handed it to Jiang Yuanshan in front of him.

Jiang Yuanshan took the tablet and immediately saw the task displayed on it.

[Mission content: Investigate the source of the 'Secret Medicine·Illusion' in District 17 of Nanli City and destroy it as much as possible]

[Mission Difficulty: A]

[Description: In the past three years, a special potion called "Secret Medicine·Illusion" has appeared in District 17 of Nanli City. According to our investigation, this potion can suppress the bestiality of "Alienators".

However, it will also subtly increase the degree of infection in their blood, further increasing the possibility of them going berserk.

In the past three years, there have been hundreds of incidents of mutants attacking and injuring people, and many citizens have been injured or killed.

Several people from our company have entered the area to conduct investigations, including one who was in the Jindan stage.

But without exception, these people all disappeared in Xicheng District in the end, so it is speculated that there is at least a Jindan-level enemy behind them, please be careful.]

[Task Reward: A-level task evaluation, 1 million total contribution points]

Seeing the mission chosen by Lu Chen, Jiang Yuanshan's expression became a little strange.

"Brother Lu, you probably don't know much about the situation in District 17, right?"

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I only have a rough understanding of this. I know that District 17 is an exclusive district built by Nanli City specifically for alien races and some blood-polluted people, but I don't know the specific situation. Is there anything wrong with this mission?"

"It's not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just that the monks in our company generally dislike this kind of mission that requires them to travel to alien areas."

"After all, although many alien races have been integrated into the Immortal Alliance since its establishment, this does not mean that all alien races are willing to accept this arrangement. The situation is very complicated and cannot be explained in a few words."

"In addition to the alien races, there are also some 'Black Mist Infected' in Area 17."

"The so-called black fog is a phenomenon unique to our Lizhou. It is a byproduct of the forbidden land, Mahakala."

"Although there is not only the 'Suzaku Great Wall' blocking the 'Forbidden Land Mahakala' from our Nanli City, but there are also 100,000 Suzaku troops stationed there all year round."

"But the defense formation of the Suzaku Great Wall cannot be maintained all year round. Occasionally, some citizens in the city will be infected by the thin black fog."

"For those with mild symptoms, simple treatment is all that is needed."

“But for those with severe symptoms and black fog entering their souls, even Nascent Soul cultivators are helpless. Only some Spiritualization cultivators with special great magical powers have the ability to eradicate the black fog.”

"But a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage cannot focus on this, and this black fog is very contagious."

"Therefore, arranging the living quarters for these black fog infected people and assigning people to take care of them have become headaches for Nanli City."

"Fortunately, the alien races living in the 'Forbidden Land - Mahakala' seem to be naturally immune to the black fog, so Nanli City handed this part of the work over to them."

"Over time, District 17 became a gathering point for the alien races and infected people in Nanli City."

"And because most monks are not willing to serve in this place, the entire District 17 is relatively isolated. Only when a situation that they cannot control arises will they ask our Mountain and Sea Division to step in to resolve it."

"That's your current mission."

"So, Brother Lu, do you really want to choose this mission? This mission... is a bit hot."

In response, Lu Chen said calmly: "It's okay, Uncle Yuanshan, this is it."

"Okay then. I'll talk to the guys on the team and let you know when it's ready."

"OK."

After Lu Chen left, Jiang Yuanshan called up the tasks related to "Area 17" himself, with a frown on his face.

He always felt that Lu Chen chose this mission not just to make a name for himself and the 11th Squadron, but most likely had other considerations.

But Jiang Yuanshan couldn't guess what it was exactly.

After all, he would never have dreamed that one of the purposes of Lu Chen's trip to Area 17 was to help those who were unfortunately infected by the "black fog".

Although Lu Chen had never seen those people, nor had he been to the forbidden area of ​​Mahakala.

But from various channels and his own experience in the game, he has roughly guessed what the so-called "black fog" is.

If his guess was correct, then this so-called black fog should be the same thing as the black fog he encountered in the copy of the Ancient Sword Tomb and the Sword Formation Ruins.

The reason why Lu Chen was able to pass through the black fog surrounding the Cangjian Pavilion ruins and enter the special copy of the Sword Array Ruins at the back was because at that time he had not only broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

He even awakened a special talent, the Immortal Lotus Embryo, which enabled him to transform the ancient power in the black fog.

This is how he achieved the ability to be immune to the 'black fog'.

But these are in-game things.

Lu Chen's purpose in finding those infected by the black fog was very simple.

That is to see if he can use the power of Gu Qie in them to activate his own 'Nine Realms Order'.

Although up to now, Lu Chen has not found an effective way to activate the Nine Realms Order.

But after many attempts, Lu Chen already had a direction.

Lu Chen tried to use the ancient power in the copy, but he couldn't bring it out at all.

Moreover, Lu Chen had a feeling that the power of Gu Qie in the copy and the power of Gu Qie outside the copy did not seem to be the same thing.

And the Nine Realms Order, a product of the ancient world.

Lu Chen speculated that in order to activate it, he would need enough ancient power to drive it.

If his guess is correct, then this trip to District 17 might allow him to meet the requirements to activate the Nine Realms Order.

In this way, he entered the world where Gu Qie existed by incarnating as a foreign incarnation.

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Using the name of cooperation to promote the reputation of the 11th Squadron? This was just something Lu Chen did incidentally.

Lu Chen’s fundamental goal is to enter Area 17 in a reasonable manner.

Nanli City, District 17.

As an area where aliens and infected people live together, the overall atmosphere of District 17 seems much more depressing.

Here, you can see strange-looking aliens everywhere, as well as some infected people with "black crystals" on their faces.

The black crystal blocks on the infected person's body are called "black stones".

Most of the infected people only have a small part of the black stone on their bodies.

In a small number of infected people, the black stones have reached the point where they completely cover a limb.

This type of infected person is also called a severely infected person and there is no cure.

Because the body covered by black stone is just an appearance.

What is truly contaminated in the infected is actually their souls.

As for the spirit and soul, any move can affect the whole body, so ordinary people dare not try it easily.

Aliens, infected people, normal monks...

Ultimately, although District 17 seems stable, it actually has several clearly defined areas.

One is the gathering area of ​​foreign races, most of whom are from the forbidden land of Mahakala and are tribes that have surrendered to the Immortal Alliance.

The second is the area where infected people gather. This area is also a relatively prosperous area, where a large number of infected people live.

The third is the monks’ garrison area, which is not only the core area of ​​District 17, but also the headquarters for managing the entire District 17.

At this time, in an underground space where the infected people gathered.

Hundreds of severely infected people gathered here inexplicably, kneeling and worshiping a masked monk in Taoist robes in the distance.

Their expressions were extremely pious, and their eyes were filled with the madness of someone clinging to the last ray of hope in despair.

After kneeling for an unknown amount of time, the masked monk sitting in the first seat immediately waved his hand.

Seeing this action, the foreign girls next to the masked monk immediately came to these severely infected people with bottles of potions.

Looking at the small medicine bottles in the hands of the alien girls, the expressions of the severely infected people became even more crazy.

After they took the medicine bottle handed to them by the alien girl, they opened it without hesitation.

A strong foul smell immediately emanated from the bottle.

The smell was like the stench of a corpse that had been rotting for a long time.

Anyone who wants to give birth will feel nauseous and want to vomit after smelling it.

However, these severely infected people not only did not resist the smell, but instead looked intoxicated by it.

It was as if this was not a bad smell at all, but some kind of intoxicating fragrance.

After being intoxicated for a moment, the severely infected person who first got the medicine bottle immediately drank the "holy water" inside.

The black viscous liquid flowed through the mouth of the severely infected person and directly into his body.

The strange thing is that after the severely infected person drank the holy water, the pain on his right hand, which was heavily covered with 'black stone', actually visibly subsided a lot.

Similar situations also happened to other people.

A moment later, everyone present knelt down again in the direction of the masked monk, or rather, the nine-headed dragon statue behind the masked monk.

Like the most devout believer.

This strange ceremony continued for about another hour, and then the masked monk asked them to leave.

After everyone left, a masked woman walked out from the shadows nearby.

The woman looked at the masked man sitting under the nine-headed dragon statue and said jokingly, "Zhenhu, you killed a Jindan-stage walker from the Lizhou Mountain and Sea Division before, and Nanli City is the headquarters of the Lizhou Mountain and Sea Division. Aren't you afraid that they will come looking for you?"

"You should know that, let alone the Great Palm Master, as long as multiple Palm Masters are dispatched, you will definitely be dead."

Upon hearing this, the man named Zhehu took off the brim of his hat, revealing the strange one-eyed tiger head.

He looked at the masked woman and said calmly, "The Great Palm Master will not come to Area 17. This is an agreement between the Immortal Alliance and the Mahakala aliens."

"Once this agreement is easily broken, it will not be so easy for the Immortal Alliance to subdue the alien races in Mahakala."

"And if there are only a few Masters, they can't threaten me."

"After all, several alien leaders in District 17 have now surrendered to Da Qian Shan. Even many people in the infected area are now our Da Qian Shan's spies."

"Once the Shanhai Division takes any action, I will be the first to receive the news."

"Oh, so confident?"

Zhehu looked at her expressionlessly and said, "It's not confidence, but the fact is this."

Thinking of something, the masked woman turned to look in the direction where the severely infected people had just left, and said with interest: "What do you think those guys would think if they knew that the way you treated them was to use the power of a human to replace the power of another immortal?"

Zhehu stood up, turned around and bowed devoutly to the nine-headed dragon statue.

Then he turned back to look at the masked woman and said meaningfully: "Snow Fox, do you know when people are most pious?"

"when?"

"When they're dying."

"And what I do is give them hope."

"As long as this hope remains... they will never betray me."

After saying that, Zhehu disappeared into the dim basement...

PS: On the last day of April, the guard was fully completed!

(End of this chapter)