Chapter 190: Luca, the Volcano Survivor
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Instance [Chaos Block No. 13]
-Number of survivors: 35
- Death toll: 50
-Best Performance: Wei Wei, "101 Body Cleansing Master"
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The last time they left Zhongzhou was to attend Qin Xishuang's funeral. After that, they completed two copies in a row, [Tangdi Tongxin] and [No. 13 Chaos Block]. More than a month has passed since they returned to Zhongzhou, and Yuefan's base camp has been built.
A castle was built on the original deserted village land, combining the tall and pointed ascending towers of Gothic architecture with the majestic and vast spherical domes of Roman architecture. The towers formed a circle and were arranged in the shape of a spiral staircase. Next to the tallest tower was Black Tower Seven that Gao Mengtang had moved from the other world.
Black Tower 7 blends in with the towering towers of the main castle and does not look particularly abrupt. Outside the castle is a large open space where workers are planting lawns, building gardens and fountains. In the distance, a line of trucks is pulling fruit trees to be planted on the east side of the castle.
Above the main gate of the castle is the moon emblem of the Moon Banner Camp, with flags hanging from the tower, fluttering in the wind.
"It's so beautiful, is this our home?" Gao Mengtang looked up at the castle and couldn't help but smile.
Wei Wei looked worried: "I have calculated that Yue Fan's budget is not enough to build such a large castle."
[985 class teacher] Zhuang Yuan saw them and hurried over: "Leader, you're back."
When Wei Wei and Gao Mengtang were away, Zhuang Yuan was in charge of all matters related to Yue Fan. She was recruited from Hei Ou and had excellent work ability.
"How much did it cost?" Wei Wei asked before Gao Mengtang could speak.
Zhuang Yuan opened the 1MB Excel file on his phone: "This is the spending details."
After swiping through the form several times but still unable to reach the end, Wei Wei hesitated for a moment and asked with difficulty: "How much money is left in Yuefan?"
Zhuang Yuan counted on his fingers and said, "Forty thousand ancestral remains of various grades, 7,452 gems, 25,342 bottles of potions of various grades, 987 precious items, 13.52 million broken bones, 7.88 million yuan in universal currency..."
Gao Mengtang said with a smile: "There are still so many left!"
"These are all what we owe to other factions," Zhuang Yuan counted on his fingers and said expressionlessly, "As for Yue Fan's deposit, except for the treasures in the Limo scroll, the rest is the same as you, 000."
Gao Mengtang: “…Is that so.”
Wei Wei: "If it can't be completed in one month, we can build it slowly. Why should we borrow money?"
"Isn't this what you meant?" Zhuang Yuan was also very surprised.
Wei Wei: “Me?”
"When you attended Qin Xishuang's funeral, you said sadly: I hope that when I come back alive, I can see the completion of Yue Fan's base camp." Zhuang Yuan said, "Exactly what you said, word for word. The surveillance footage should still be preserved."
“…”
Is the focus of this sentence the latter part? It should be coming back alive!
How could Zhuang Yuan understand this? He was so anxious that he borrowed so much money and built the castle within a month.
"Where did you borrow so much money from?" Wei Wei held his forehead weakly.
The group walked into the castle, and Zhuang Yuan flipped through the notepad on his phone: "The one who helped us borrow the money was my friend Tong Ximing. She used her position to bring in a lot of supplies, which were transferred to Yue Fan's account in 15 batches."
"Tong Ximing..." Wei Wei repeated to himself, "Isn't she [007 Actuary], the chief financial officer of Heiou?"
Zhuang Yuan said calmly, "Yes, it was her. She was scolded by Yin Mingwu and was dissatisfied. Under my guidance, she transferred Heiou's property and then left Heiou. Now she is also preparing to join Yuefan."
At this point, Zhuang Yuan showed an expression of approval and admiration, "Before Tong Ximing entered Black Tower Games, she was an accountant. She received the highest honor for accountants: going to jail. She is very good at this kind of thing. Black Tower's financial supervision is much worse than that of the company. She does these things without any effort, and even thinks they are too simple and not challenging. Yin Mingwu has not discovered it yet. 95% of our debts are owed to Black Owl."
Upon hearing that most of the debt was owed to Hei Ou, Wei Wei was no longer worried. Seeing his relaxed state, he seemed to think that the money did not need to be repaid.
Wei Wei even corrected Zhuang Yuan's inaccurate wording: "This is not a loan, it is a war without the smoke of gunpowder. These materials are our spoils of war. Black Gull is not a creditor, but a loser."
"That makes sense. You have good standards." Zhuang Yuan nodded in approval.
The decoration inside the castle was very exquisite. The ebony desk and screen in Wei Weiyuan's office were moved by Tong Ximing and placed in the tea room. Even the tea cakes, coffee beans and incense provided by Heiou every month were not spared.
Zhuang Yuan said with regret: "If there was more time, Tong Ximing would have been able to get rid of all the black gulls."
They sat down to rest in the tea room. The apex windows let in a lot of sunlight, filling the entire room. The pillows behind them were warm and fluffy from the sun.
"Where does the remaining 5% of the debt come from?" Wei Wei asked.
Zhuang Yuan: "The wizard family, the Lu family with the ID card [816], borrowed 5,000 ancestral bones and 900 rare props from us, and the rest is 7.88 million common currency from ordinary banks." She handed the bill to Wei Wei.
The bank owes 7.88 million, so Duan Song can just use his pocket money to pay it back. As for this Lu with the 816 ID card… Bai Jie leaned over and took a look at the detailed list.
"It's them," Bai Jie took a sip of tea, his face wrinkled with bitterness, "They are good people. Their family specializes in [Forging Expertise] and forges weapons for many families. They are very wealthy. Wizard families are very exclusive, but the Lu family can maintain good relations with other families."
In other words, offending the Lu family is basically equivalent to offending all wizard families.
"We still have to pay them back." Wei Wei said, then took out a calculator and began to calculate his overtime hours in the next two months.
"Are you all here? Chief Gao!" Tong Ximing walked in. She was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, carrying a badminton racket. She looked young, beautiful, and full of energy, with a full glow on her apple cheeks. "I've heard a lot about you, and finally meet you. You're even more beautiful than in the video. Just by looking at you, you're much better than those old, ugly, and whiny people!"
Tong Ximing came over to shake hands with Gao Mengtang. Behind her followed a man who looked like a worker, wearing a black, dirty work suit, with dust on his face. At first glance, he looked old and haggard. A closer look revealed that he was in his early 20s, and actually quite young.
The dusty young man raised his head, met Gao Mengtang's eyes, and was obviously stunned for a moment.
It was a sunny day, and the window bars filtered out neat squares of light, shining on the table in front of Gao Mengtang. Gao Mengtang was wearing a white shirt with a lapel and lotus leaf sleeves, and translucent rhinestones were sewn on the collar, front and cuffs. His shoulder-length curly hair was tucked behind his ears, and the curls swayed slightly when Gao Mengtang raised his head.
It was clearly just an ordinary hairstyle, with only a slight movement, but it was like the quietly rising and falling sea in the dark night, with an indescribable beauty and mystery.
Gao Mengtang had just forked up a piece of watermelon and raised it to his mouth. Before he could eat it, he saw a customer and smiled charmingly: "Hello."
The young man tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground, with dust flying all over his body.
Wei Wei paused in sipping his tea, stared at the carpet that was soiled by the young man, and tried his best to control his expression. Bai Jie couldn't hold back his laughter and helped the man up.
"This is Gao Mengtang, our leader," Tong Ximing introduced. "Would you two like to shake hands?"
The man glanced at Gao Mengtang quickly, then lowered his head, hunched his shoulders even tighter, and rubbed his dusty and calloused hands hard on his trouser legs.
He wiped for a long time without shaking hands, which made Gao Mengtang's outstretched hand seem very awkward, so Gao Mengtang pulled his hand over and shook it.
"My hands are dirty, and I've made your hands dirty." The young man was shocked. There was a black mark on Gao Mengtang's hand mixed with sweat and mud.
The young man panicked even more, and pulled a mat over to wipe Gao Mengtang's hands, but ended up pulling down the celadon vase on the mat. Fortunately, the black clay puppet rushed over in time, and the vase was saved from being broken into pieces. Wei Wei's smile seemed even more forced.
"Brother Dao, please sit down!" Bai Jie seemed to be very familiar with him, and pulled him to sit in the chair beside the tea table, next to Wei Wei. When "Brother Dao" sat down, a cloud of dust rose around him, and some coal slag-like debris in his sleeves fell into Wei Wei's teacup.
Wei Wei's smile disappeared completely.
"Who are you?" Gao Mengtang quietly picked out a piece of broken stone from the fruit plate.
"His real name is Luca, I call him Brother Dao," Bai Jie introduced enthusiastically, "He is the head of the Lu family, and his ID card is [816 Volcano Survivor]"
The head of the Lu family is Yue Fan’s current creditor.
This surprised Gao Mengtang. Bai Jie said that the Lu family was well-known and wealthy, but he didn't expect the head of the family to be so... stylish.
“I’ve heard a lot about you.” Wei Wei immediately smiled as brightly as the spring breeze and as gentle as the soft waves. He held Luca’s dirty hand and said, “I’m [101 Body Cleansing Master] Wei Wei.”
"I, I know you," Luca's eyes lit up, "Mr. Kui, do you know me?"
Don’t know.
Wei Wei only learned about the Lu family 10 minutes ago.
But being outgoing is Wei Wei's innate ability, especially towards creditors.
He poured tea and served snacks, and the two of them seemed like good friends who had not seen each other for a long time.
"Why does Bai Jie call you Brother Dao?" Wei Wei asked kindly.
"I, that, forging," Luca said a word and looked at Gao Mengtang, as if Gao Mengtang's face was a teleprompter. He accidentally looked at her for a few seconds longer, his eyes blank, "So beautiful, ah, no!"
Bai Jie took over the conversation: "He likes forging. Once he starts to refine props and weapons, he will never stop, forgetting to eat and sleep. When his family calls him to eat, he says: I will refine the last piece of iron, the last 10 hammers, the last weapon, and then I will eat after refining... Just like the last cut in Pin Xixi, it is always the last cut, so I call him Brother Dao."
Good image. Gao Mengtang couldn't help but smile.
Brother Dao was drinking tea. When he saw Gao Mengtang laughing, he laughed too. The tea in his mouth spilled all over the table and on Wei Wei. Wei Wei didn't show any suspicion at all. He continued to chat in a familiar manner.
Finally, Wei Wei patted Luca on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we are trustworthy and don't want to lose you as a friend. We will pay you back without losing a cent."
Since entering the tea room, Luca's heart has been pounding, and his mouth can't be controlled: "No need to pay it back, well, it's an honor to be Gao Meng's friend..."
Gao Mengtang: “Eh?”
Seeing Gao Mengtang’s eyes wide open in confusion, this time, not only did Luca’s tongue become stiff, he even forgot how to breathe.
Those incredibly clear eyes, soft and long eyelashes, and the tight and clean skin under the sun...
Luca stared at Gao Mengtang for several seconds. Gao Mengtang blinked, but it was like a bolt of lightning hitting Luca's head, causing Luca to snap back to his senses. He almost shouted, "No need to return it! It's my honor to be able to make friends with Gao Mengtang!"
He shouted so loudly that it scared everyone else. Wei Wei's tea spilled out, and Bai Jie choked on the cake and kept coughing.
If you don't have to pay it back, then don't pay it back. Why are you yelling so loudly? Gao Mengtang was even more confused.
"He admires you," Tong Ximing whispered in Gao Mengtang's ear, "It's his first time seeing you, so he was nervous."
Oh. I see.
Gao Mengtang also patted Luca on the shoulder: "I'm easy to get along with, relax." However, Gao Mengtang's body movements only had the opposite effect. Luca's whole body stiffened, as if Gao Mengtang was a fairy who could petrify others with just a touch.
"No need to pay it back?" Wei Wei's eyes lit up. "How can this be? Paying back debts is only natural."
Luca huddled in his chair, mumbling something in a voice as soft as a mosquito. He could vaguely hear the words "hope", "ceremony" and "Jiecheng". Seeing how nervous he was, Tong Ximing smiled helplessly.
"Captain Gao, Mr. Lu is here this time to invite you to attend an event. Mr. Lu, do you have the invitation with you?"
Luca was sitting next to Gao Mengtang, but he took out the invitation from his inner pocket, wiped off the stains with trepidation, and handed it to Tong Ximing across the table. Tong Ximing stood up again, bent his upper body, crossed the entire table, and handed it to Gao Mengtang.
...a very efficient way of communicating.
When Gao Mengtang opened the invitation, he saw that it was full of words from the other world. He asked Wei Wei to translate it.
"The leader is Xiao Tien from the Xiao family in Jiecheng." Wei Wei frowned as soon as he read out a line.
Among all the wizard families, the Xiao family is the strongest and most powerful. Not long ago, Bai Jie's family just converted to Xiao Tien.
"The name of the event is: The Ancient God Pope Changes the Ecumenical Council." Wei Wei continued, as if he doubted his translation ability, and read it again, "Yes, it is "The Ancient God Pope Changes the Ecumenical Council"
Gao Mengtang: "This is the Big Rooster Meeting of the Ancient God Cult. Sorry, it's just a simple meeting..."
"The Ancient God Religion's Ecumenical Council for Conversion." Wei Wei reminded in a low voice.
Gao Mengtang: "...It's not appropriate to invite me, right?"
"Ancient God" is what humans call shadow creatures. Gao Mengtang belongs to the moon creature, and humans call him Fu Ling, who is the opposite of Ancient God.
Although, they now suspect that the Moon and Shadow have the same origin...
"That's right, you want to go to Fuling and the others..." Luca said hesitantly.
Wei Wei knew that he would not be able to hear a complete sentence from Luca, so he looked for the answer in the invitation letter: "The recent epiphany and divine revelation indicate that there are still many mysteries in the inner world, calling us to explore. We sincerely invite all disciples of miracles to participate in the alliance and discuss together."
After all the translations were completed, combined with Luca's few words, they finally understood what was going on.
All along, the creatures on the moon were considered extinct, and only the "Ancient Gods" remained in the inner world. Gao Mengtang's existence shocked their cognition and also shook the foundation of the Ancient God Cult.
Within the Ancient God Cult, the gods worshipped include the Half-Dead, the Feast One... there are also the Rock Eye, the Heart of the Grave, etc. Their number is as numerous as stars.
But they are all stars.
Now, the moon is coming out.
Gao Mengtang jumped around everywhere, carrying a rabbit transformed from the Seventh Wise King (the ancestor of the reveler originally worshipped by the Bai family), tamed the source of fear, Pegana (directly shattered the faith of the Pei family who originally believed in the source of fear), and treated Hydra as a pet snake (another family's faith was shattered). There is also various evidence that Gao Mengtang himself is the Twelfth Wise King.
In just half a year, the wizard family suffered a devastating shock to their faith. The god they had believed in for hundreds of years had become a dog of a player. People who were upset lined up on the rooftop. Gao Mengtang had no idea about this and didn't care at all.
Four months ago, Xiao Tien first noticed Gao Mengtang, and he began to prepare for this meeting. However, his preparation speed could not keep up with Gao Mengtang's disruption speed. If the meeting was not held, the believers would buy out the pesticides.
Therefore, Xiao Tien made a hasty decision to hold a meeting immediately and invited Gao Mengtang, who had just finished the copy, to attend the meeting.
After listening to the analysis, Gao Mengtang hesitated and said, "Why do I feel like this is a Hongmen Banquet? He wants to kill me? Although I'm not afraid of them."
"No," Wei Wei shook his head, "I think he wants to naturalize you."
The meaning of "denominational reform" in the name of the meeting refers to the change and adjustment of sects within the church. From the name of the meeting, it can be inferred that Xiao Tien should want Gao Mengtang to admit that he belongs to a branch of the Ancient God, and let Gao Mengtang create a sect under the Ancient God religion to maintain the stability of the church.
Zhuang Yuan: "Chief, are you willing to go?"
Gao Mengtang: "Of course I am willing."
Only by contacting the wizard family can you uncover more secrets of the Black Tower.
"You can't go!" Bai Jie slammed the table. "Xiao Tien's strength is terrifying. What should we do if he threatens and bribes the boss?"
Wei Wei put down the invitation letter and said righteously: "Bai Jie, you are narrow-minded! How can we sit by and watch the Ancient God Church's followers encounter a crisis of faith? Of course we have to go, and we have to contribute our humble efforts to the development of the Ancient God Church."
Bai Jie was stunned by the long talk and said blankly: "Brother Wei, don't you believe in the God of Wealth? Why are you concerned about the Ancient God Cult?"
After being glared at by Wei Wei, Bai Jie didn't dare to say anything, but became more confused.
"After the word coercion, isn't there also the word bribery?" Tong Ximing whispered, "The wizard families are all very wealthy, and the Moon Banner warehouse is empty. Wei Wei is most likely trying to... No, he is most likely trying to gain some benefits from the meeting."
On the other side, Gao Mengtang and Wei Wei accepted the invitation, agreed on a travel time with Luca, and enthusiastically invited Luca to dinner. But after Gao Mengtang hugged Luca, Luca ran for his life like a sailor encountering a siren, and fell again before escaping.
"Quickly clean up the tea room and wash my clothes." Wei Wei instructed the black clay puppet, "Don't throw away the tea set. This set is very expensive. Wash it twice more."
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