Chapter 72 Bombing the Town, a Land of Sin
As Lin Nanxing finished speaking, the five hundred people around her sprang into action, nimbly weaving through the horde of monsters surging frantically toward Fuguang Town.
These monsters ignored them completely, focusing only on rushing towards the collapsing barrier.
Yuan Chengping cracked his knuckles and grinned, "Finally, it's time for a big battle!"
Lin Nanxing was protected in the center by the group. Looking at her team members who were gradually getting excited, she reminded them, "Remember, our goal is to find out the remaining resources in Fuguang Town, not to go to our deaths. If you encounter danger, retreat immediately. Don't be greedy."
The barrier is about to break, and those with connections have probably already fled. The town probably doesn't have many resources left.
"Don't worry, we will." As a top assassin, Yuan Chengping immediately led his team, taking the lead, and headed straight for the broken barrier of Fuguang Town.
Wen Zhiming stood firmly beside Lin Nanxing. As the tank player with the strongest defense in the team, he was naturally responsible for protecting the lord.
The group successfully infiltrated Fuguang Town. The moment they stepped into the town, Lin Nanxing's system interface lit up precisely on time:
[Congratulations, host, you have discovered the town: Fuguang Town]
[The detailed map of the area has been unlocked. Please view it yourself.]
Lin Nanxing quickly brought up the map interface, and after a moment, she made a decisive decision: "Go directly to the mayor's residence. Let's try to leave here before dark."
Wen Zhiming didn't ask her where she got the map information and trusted her to follow her directions.
Fuguang Town is in complete chaos right now. Everyone is thinking about escaping, so naturally no one has time to care about the strangers going against them. Lin Nanxing and his group arrived at their destination with virtually no obstacles.
However, upon entering, they found the room in complete disarray, with documents scattered all over the floor and valuables looted, clearly indicating that the owner had fled in panic.
"It seems we're a step too late."
Lin Nanxing frowned and looked around, casually flipping through the scattered documents, but found no valuable information.
Something's not right, is it?
Lin Nanxing had a gut feeling that there was something he had overlooked. As he was thinking about it, a cold light suddenly flashed from the shadows!
Wen Zhiming reacted extremely quickly, his heavy shield instantly blocking Lin Nanxing's path, but the attacker's dagger strangely bypassed the shield and stabbed straight at Lin Nanxing's back.
With a sharp clang, the attacker screamed and staggered backward.
Before anyone could react, they saw the attacker's health drop by half.
Lin Nanxing's body stiffened slightly. She slowly turned around, pursed her lips, looked at the person on the ground, and touched her collar with lingering fear.
Fortunately, she has always valued her life and never skimped on equipment. Being armed to the teeth was not just a figure of speech; she even wore a vest with damage reflection capabilities.
If her defensive capabilities weren't maxed out, how could she dare to travel so far?
Just as Lin Nanxing was secretly rejoicing, the cherry tree next to him was enraged when it saw someone dare to bypass it and attack its master. It grew several times larger and launched two cherries at the attacker.
"Boom, stop!" Lin Nanxing blurted out, but it couldn't keep up with the speed at which the cherry tree was being shot.
Two cherry bombs exploded with a bang, and a scorching blast of air swept through the entire room.
The attacker didn't even get a chance to scream before he vanished into a stream of data in the blinding flames, his equipment scattered all over the ground.
"..." Lin Nanxing looked at the empty ground and sighed helplessly, "I was originally planning to keep them here for questioning."
The socially anxious cherry tree seemed to know it had messed up, and uneasily hid behind the banyan tree spirit, leaving only a few leaves sticking out.
Seeing its behavior, Lin Nanxing didn't want to be too harsh on it, after all, it was just trying to protect its owner. She went up and patted its leaves, "Baobao, I'm not blaming you, you did a great job, you helped me get out of a big danger."
Hearing that it had helped, the cherry tree was happy again and quietly swayed its branches.
On the other side, Wen Zhiming learned his lesson and began a thorough search of the entire room. With so many people here, it was his dereliction of duty to have Nanxing put in danger.
After confirming that there were no other dangers in the room, he cautiously stepped forward to inspect the pile of fallen equipment.
Just as Lin Nanxing had calmed the cherry tree down, Wen Zhiming's surprised voice rang out: "Nanxing, look at this."
He held a uniquely shaped key in his hand.
Upon seeing the key, Lin Nanxing had a sudden realization that he had overlooked something. In Fuguang Town, which was known for its corrupt and greedy officials, the mayor's house was surprisingly small.
She immediately realized the mystery: "This room probably has a secret room; let's all look for it."
Without wasting much time, everyone immediately began a thorough search, with some checking the floor, some checking the furniture, and others feeling around on the walls.
“Something’s not right here.” Wen Zhiming stopped in front of a storage shelf that had been completely cleared away. “The sound when you tap on the wall behind it is hollow.”
He carefully moved the storage shelf and, sure enough, found an inconspicuous keyhole on the baseboard.
Without hesitation, Lin Nanxing inserted the key he had just found and turned it gently.
With a soft creak as the mechanism turned, the entire wall slowly slid open, revealing a spacious secret chamber behind it.
When the scene inside the secret room was revealed to everyone, everyone gasped, and several young team members even took a half step back.
The walls of the secret chamber were covered with the stark white bones of various creatures, some still bearing traces of undried blood. Twisted instruments of torture were piled up in the corner, and a strong stench of blood filled the air.
The most shocking thing was a complete human skeleton right in front of them.
Lin Nanxing reacted the most. She quickly covered Xie Yuan's eyes, who was still curiously looking around because of his height, and pulled him to the door to avoid the things in the secret room.
She gagged a few times as she walked, but even so, she couldn't shake off the lingering smell of blood that was psychologically induced at the tip of her nose.
"That town mayor is a freak!"
In the game world, everyone's body has been transformed into game data, and even death will only result in data dissipation.
To preserve so many bones, they would have to be removed while the individuals were alive, let alone a complete human skeleton...
The malice in it is chilling.
Everything else in the secret room had been moved away, leaving only these 'collectibles' that couldn't be moved in a short time.
In the center of the secret chamber, a teleportation array emitting a faint blue light was slowly operating, clearly having just been used.
"This game even has teleportation arrays?"
Wen Zhiming suddenly realized: "No wonder we didn't see anyone when we came in. It turns out they had already prepared an escape route."
After instructing Xie Yuan not to look around carelessly, Lin Nanxing walked over with a cold expression, deliberately avoiding the cruel scenes and focusing only on the glowing teleportation array.
"System, can I remove this teleportation array?" Lin Nanxing asked in his mind.
The teleportation array was still flashing and glowing regularly, clearly in use.
[Host, this teleportation array is bound to Fuguang Town and cannot be disassembled.]
The system notification had just appeared when turmoil erupted outside, and the deafening roars of monsters filled the air.
The barrier around Fuguang Town has completely collapsed!
The timing was perfect; the system information reappeared.
[Binding detected has been unbound]
[Unbound medium-sized teleportation array (detachable) discovered]
Disassembly requires 10,000 game coins.
Should it be disassembled immediately?
[WARNING! The teleportation array is currently in operation. Forcibly dismantling it now will result in immediate death for anyone inside the teleportation tunnel. Please make your decision carefully.]
Upon seeing the system notification, Lin Nanxing's lips curled into a slight smile; this was exactly the effect he wanted.
Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately chose "Yes".
The next second, the teleportation array in the secret room emitted a piercing buzz, and after its light flashed violently, it went out completely, eventually transforming into a compass-shaped item that fell into Lin Nanxing's hand.
In a daze, Lin Nanxing seemed to hear someone screaming. In a good mood, he put the new good stuff into his backpack.
"Nanxing, we should retreat." The barrier has been broken, and many monsters have already crawled into the residential area. It's no longer safe here.
Wen Zhiming protected Lin Nanxing and quickly left the disgusting room.
Half an hour later, the people in the territory gathered, but most of them had not found anything.
Standing on the street, looking at the chaotic town of Fuguang, Wen Zhiming felt only regret. They had arrived too late; everything useful in the town had been looted, leaving them not a single piece of gold.
"Nanxing, are we just going to leave like this?" Yuan Chengping was somewhat unwilling. He hadn't even accomplished anything significant yet, and to go back so dejectedly just like that felt unsatisfying.
Lin Nanxing raised an eyebrow: "Otherwise, do you want to stay here and feed the monsters?"
Before Yuan Chengping could be disappointed, she changed her tone: "But I do have something important to tell you."
She took out several deep red cherry bombs from her backpack and solemnly handed them to Yuan Chengping: "Brother Yuan, please place these bombs around the town."
Yuan Chengping's eyes lit up immediately as he took the bomb: "You want to completely flatten this place?"
This is an upgraded version of the Cherry Bomb; the power of just one is no less than that of a level 40 monster's self-destruction.
Lin Nanxing nodded: "According to the information you gathered, there are no ordinary players left here. Those who are still alive are all beasts who aid and abet evil. In that case, why not let them disappear along with the monsters?"
This place is an underground town. One bomb can stop a lot of monsters from coming out. Since we can't take anything with us, we should at least prevent this place from becoming a new monster nest.
As a top assassin, Yuan Chengping was also incredibly fast. When the main force began to retreat, he turned back alone, and his figure disappeared into the desert in just a few leaps.
Just as Lin Nanxing led his team to safety, a series of explosions erupted behind them.
Looking back, they saw flames shooting into the sky from the direction of Fuguang Town. The power was so great that the shockwaves reached them, causing the sand beneath their feet to sink slightly.
Just then, a system notification sounded:
Destroy the notorious town of Fuguang and rid the people of this scourge.
Reputation +3
Lin Nanxing was stunned for a moment, then immediately became pleasantly surprised. The only thing left to complete in the territory upgrade mission was the reputation points. He didn't expect the system to give him this kind of "heroic act award".
She opened the attribute panel, and the reputation value column clearly showed 13 points. After deducting the 6 points previously consumed, she could now perform another five-pull, and even have some left over.
Lin Nanxing was extremely satisfied. "I didn't expect this trip to be so fruitful."
Sitting on the camel, she had a sudden thought and brought up the reputation gacha machine interface. She wanted to draw directly, but after glancing at her surroundings, she gave up on the idea.
Let's go home and talk about it. She looks so disheveled right now, I don't want to affect her luck.
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