Chapter 141 A "Guest" from Another Region
There's no need to buy items from Obsidian City this time; the Gray Text System Shop has plenty to choose from.
Rong Yi bought a substitute doll, spending 15 second-tier energy stones.
The doll can be used to detect threats, and its owner can see and feel them. Sometimes the doll can also be used to block enemy damage, but it can not block all damage. The doll is mainly used for detection.
There is also a high-incendiary bomb, which is made entirely of Tier 5 heterometallic iron. The key feature is that it contains highly flammable oil that ignites instantly upon explosion and is difficult to extinguish, making it an excellent bullet for wide-area destruction.
The price is one second-tier energy stone. Rong Yi bought five thousand first, since she currently has a lot of energy stones.
There's no rush to choose the rest.
Rong Yi slept for five hours before waking up, by which time Wei Yanqing had already disposed of the supplies he no longer needed.
The two went to a shop that specializes in selling high-end ingredients for making food.
"After we finish eating, I'll go with you to get rid of the useless supplies. Can you buy items of level four or higher from the shop you visited before?" Wei Yanqing asked her.
Rong Yi lightly scratched the back of his neck with his index finger. "I haven't asked, but I think there probably is."
Speaking of points, she felt they were becoming less and less useful, estimating they could only be used to buy higher-level guns and ammunition, while other items could be purchased from the gray-text system.
Wei Yanqing: "If not, I can introduce you to a family. Do you need exotic iron for weapon upgrades? I have some."
Rong Yi waved his hand, "No need, we have enough weapons."
She has a Blazing Melt weapon, which has no fixed level and depends entirely on the user's strength, making it a kind of growth-type weapon.
Wei Yanqing picked up some vegetables with his chopsticks, chewed them slowly, and then looked up at her. "It seems you've had a good harvest. Your strength has suddenly increased to the upper level of the fourth rank."
Rong Yi froze.
What? When did I reach the upper-tier fourth rank? I didn't even notice!
She was not sensitive to her own improvement, so much so that when Wei Yanqing spoke, she couldn't think of a corresponding answer.
"With your current strength, you absolutely must buy items that are at least Tier 5. The next dungeon will likely be much more dangerous." Wei Yanqing didn't dwell on her inexplicable increase in strength, but offered a friendly reminder.
Rong Yi mumbled a few words, "Yes, I will return the points I borrowed from you last time."
Wei Yanqing didn't stand on ceremony, but he also felt that the points weren't very useful.
Inside Obsidian City, the two rested separately. Rong Yi put all the unnecessary supplies into his storage bracelet and went to Sister Wu to sell them.
He used his points to buy a rifle and pistol made of Tier 5 Iron, as well as a sniper rifle made of Tier 6 Iron. Starting from Tier 5, his points were not enough, so Rong Yi used low-level energy stones to buy a large number of Tier 5 bullets.
After packing everything up, Sister Wu kept staring at her while holding a thin cigarette in her mouth.
Rong Yi asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"You're famous now. Players with ninth-tier strength are asking me about you, wanting to invite you to join their teams, saying they'll help you through mid-level and early-game high-level dungeons."
Rong Yi adjusted the position of the bracelet. "No need, I have teammates."
Sister Wu smiled and shook her head, "Recruiting you as a teammate is just the surface meaning. On a deeper level, it's because there are nobles outside who want to poach you from the Gongbo clan, as long as you are willing to pledge your loyalty to them."
"That's more likely."
Sister Wu held a thin cigarette between her index and middle fingers. "I know, that's why I know you won't agree with that."
She couldn't watch the live chat inside Obsidian City, but since she was participating in the dungeon, she naturally saw the audience mentioning it.
Sister Wu continued, “High-level players don’t care about ordinary viewers, but it’s different for nobles. The biggest purpose of this show is to select outstanding seeds for these families. Players outside the seed selection are just for the entertainment of ordinary viewers. Sometimes they will make very unreasonable demands. Therefore, some players will take the initiative to join the seed selection team to seek protection. But you don’t care about that group of ordinary viewers at all, and you are strong enough yourself.”
After only a few dungeons, Rong Yi has already reached the upper fourth tier. At this rate, becoming a high-tier player is only a matter of time.
Rong Yi: "I see. Then I can only say that I will not be a subordinate of any force, or even any individual."
Where there is power, there is conflict. Look at how this factional strife has spread to Obsidian City. They even thought of asking her to voluntarily withdraw from the Gongbo Clan's recruitment, but she didn't agree to it anyway. She just ignored the barrage of comments from the Gongbo Clan.
When Sister Wu said she was helping her politely decline, it was actually another way to avoid making her feel offended.
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"Look, everyone! We can already see it from the atmosphere. Don't worry if you can't see it in person, just follow my live stream and I'll take you on an immersive experience of this massive meteor shower!"
The live streamer's voice came from the small phone. Rong Yi looked up and saw the person at the opposite table holding a phone and watching the live stream.
She remembered that as soon as she left Sister Wu's shop, she turned around and sat down in... a coffee shop?
We've only been resting for a short while, and we're already in the dungeon.
I'm in Xingchao District, Zhongyang City. Where are you?
Wei Yanqing seemed to be in a different place from her. Besides a cup of coffee, Rong Yi had a laptop on her desk. She searched for her location and found that she was also in Zhongyang City, but she was in the southernmost district, while Wei Yanqing was in the northernmost district.
I'm in Fuxin District
I'm coming to find you. Feel free to contact me anytime.
A large crowd stood outside the coffee shop, all pointing up at the sky. Rong Yi looked down outside, but only a limited number of the coffee shop's windows were open.
As soon as Rong Yi opened the door, his muffled voice became clear.
"I saw it, so many shooting stars."
"Didn't I say those are meteorites? But don't worry, the atmosphere will wear most of them off, so they won't be very big when they hit the ground."
"Are you sure? I think that one is pretty big, with a really long tail."
Rong Yi followed their gaze and saw many meteors streaking across the sky, visible in every direction; it was indeed a super-large meteor shower.
After watching for a while, they sensed something was wrong. Some meteors were getting closer and closer to them, and the crowd panicked, but they did not disperse immediately. Instead, they stood there hesitant.
"I feel like that thing is getting closer."
"It shouldn't end up here, right?"
"We'd better leave quickly, something's not right."
Only when the meteor became visible to the naked eye nearby did everyone hurriedly run away.
Rong Yi stood still, watching the shooting stars fall one by one, only about five or six in number.
Besides the coffee shop downstairs, there are several office buildings nearby, which is located in the famous CBD business district.
There were still people working upstairs. A few of them noticed what was happening outside the window. Just as someone raised their hand, a meteorite smashed through the glass and crashed in.
The loud noise startled people into screaming.
After a while, everyone dared to look at the broken glass and the meteorite embedded in the ground.
Du Chao was known for his daring on this floor. He was the first to approach the glass. The meteorite embedded in the ground had a glazed texture and was covered with holes of varying sizes, which made people's skin crawl.
"It's nothing, just broken glass." He said, sticking his head out of the broken window. "Hopefully it didn't hit anyone below."
(End of this chapter)
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