Time flies.
After defeating the area boss, the infected in the city stopped respawning.
After systematically clearing out various areas, distinct territories gradually emerged within City A, with each faction operating independently and without interference.
The alliance led by Chen Ling occupied the east and south of the city, while the alliance led by Zhou Jin occupied the other two directions.
Despite their distinct power, they still use the portal plaza in the city center as a public area, including the adventurer's hall not far from the plaza.
Among them were those who wanted to monopolize this area. After several large-scale battles broke out, no one could do anything to the other, which is why the current rules exist.
These things had nothing to do with Liu Nian. After the street vendor incident that night, he moved back to his original rented apartment.
As more and more people move back to the city from the wilderness, Liu Nian, who prefers peace and quiet, has no choice but to move out.
Chen Ling went to great lengths to win over Liu Nian, but he refused.
For a professional homebody, a bed is everything!
Anything outside the bed is considered the distant horizon, and the rest of the furniture is merely icing on the cake!
Even so, this place is still Chen Ling's territory.
Seemingly in order to gain a foothold, the legendary Chen family of Jiangnan sent many professionals to assist them. Chen Ling was busy greeting them so that Liu Nian could successfully leave the hotel.
All I have to do every day now is go to the Adventurer's Hall to accept and turn in quests.
This cycle continued until that day arrived.
It was when he was level 20, and he entered the Adventurer's Hall early as usual.
The moment he stepped into the Adventurer's Hall and saw the customer service, the dreaded mercenary advancement quest finally arrived.
"Your mercenary rank cannot be increased further. You need to complete a promotion quest to continue to improve it."
"So, do I need to accept the advancement mission?" The customer service representative's voice was very sweet, but the words she uttered were so cold.
"Yes." Since she had the final say, Liu Nian didn't know what task she would be assigned to, and she had an expression of resignation.
The spinning wheel, that damn spinning wheel again.
When the pointer stopped, Liu Nian's pupils contracted.
How did I end up winning it?
After breaking through level 20, it now requires an additional 10,000 experience points to level up, and a new breakthrough will not occur until level 30.
As for the three-choice skill reward at level 20, Liu Nian decisively chose the bone-type spell Bone Spear as the level reward.
This way, you can also have a single-target damage skill, and most importantly, this skill has no cooldown and can be used infinitely. The only slight drawback is that it does not benefit from shadow damage bonuses.
After returning to her original home, Liu Nian emptied the physical resources in her spatial storage, as they had now become a burden and served no purpose for her.
He had considered selling it, but the incident at the stall made him realize his lack of eloquence. Besides, how could he explain that he could store so many supplies? Would people think he also possessed spatial items?
Thinking about this, Liu Nian felt that the risk was too great and the losses outweighed the gains.
The food and supplies are in the next room; anyone who's lucky enough to find them, feel free to take them!
The space currently contains only some clothes for changing in all four seasons and some daily necessities.
The freed-up space was used to store the corpse of the mutated spider boss in the square. As for the Queen Spider, its corpse was too large to fit in the space, so Liu Nian had to regretfully give up on it.
Hatred and all sorts of corpses occupied most of the space.
I wonder where I can get an expansion card?
Seeing that the space was about to be filled up, Liu Nian now wanted an expansion card.
Liu Nian used the remaining space to load a car, which would be of great help for his next task.
Lying inside the carriage, Liu Nian stared blankly at the mission panel.
[Escort Mission: Deliver a Message] (Silver Mercenary Advancement Mission)
Description: Deliver this letter to the military camp leader on the outskirts of City B.
Yes, you read that right, it's a horse-drawn carriage.
Within a few days of reaching level 20, Liu Nian's skills had all been upgraded to the maximum level.
The skill that summons the bone horse has now been changed to summoning the bone chariot.
The chariot was made from the skeleton of a horse, while the rear body was made from broken and rusty iron. The chariot was pieced together from these two parts.
They were connected so seamlessly that Liu Nian couldn't help but marvel.
The front part consisted of two skeletal horse legs, while the rear part was a chariot made up of two wheels. Liu Nian felt like he had been ripped off; it looked exactly like a counterfeit product.
The rear compartment can accommodate two adults lying down. The compartment is open to the elements, and there are some tattered curtains fluttering on the windows. The key problem is that the curtains are too short to be closed.
The roof overhead was also rotten and had several holes, allowing sunlight to stream directly into the carriage. A small battle flag hung in one corner of the roof, fluttering in the wind.
It's fine on sunny days, but what use are you on rainy days?
Looking at the vehicle that exuded an air of poverty, Liu Nian was speechless.
Although it looked bumpy, its speed wasn't much slower than a sports car going full speed, which made Liu Nian feel a little better.
At this moment, Liu Nian was holding the so-called letter that was to be given to the military camp leader.
[Urgent Military Situation] (Mission Item)
Damn it, an emergency military situation?
You don't even have a post station, and you've been reduced to having to send an emergency military dispatch by a mercenary?
It's truly a collection of scores from the plains, one after another!
The person who orchestrated this should be dragged out and commit seppuku as an atonement!!
Taking out the dry rations prepared by the chef at Ruan Xin's house, Liu Nian decided to turn her complaints into appetite.
Of course, I was inevitably exploited by them for a while; they were practically bandits, just short of outright robbery!
Although this isn't much better than outright robbery!
Lying in the carriage, traveling alone on horseback in the desolate suburbs, Liu Nian couldn't suppress his urge to complain.
As he ate and complained, several motorcycles appeared at the bend ahead, seemingly heading towards City A.
The people in the vehicle looked at the chariot in front of them with great interest. When they saw Liu Nian's chariot heading this way, the scouts in front relayed what they saw over the walkie-talkie.
"A skeleton wagon?" A slightly surprised voice quickly came through the walkie-talkie.
“Yes,” the scout captain repeated what he had seen.
"Forget it, we're almost in City A, let's not cause any more trouble now," the person on the other end of the walkie-talkie said.
"Received." Upon hearing this, the scout captain shook his head at the other scouts, and everyone stepped aside to make way.
Liu Nian brushed past them, exchanging glances at each other.
Behind them, Liu Nian soon saw a long dragon.
It was a long and impressive convoy, with the word "dart" prominently displayed on the vehicles.
It seemed to be a group of people escorting goods. After turning this bend, the road ahead opened up considerably. To avoid a collision, Liu Nian chose to take a detour.
In the middle of the convoy, someone spotted Liu Nian's mount through binoculars; it really was a horse-drawn carriage.
He looks like a necromancer; I once encountered one, a very troublesome opponent.
It's a pity. If I didn't have important business to attend to, I would have spent more time playing with you.
The visitor put down his binoculars and looked at the outline of City A, which had already appeared, talking to himself.
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