◎Hurry up and save him!◎
Morgan's professional mission required collecting three clues. Xia Li was unsure whether she would encounter unexpected obstacles during the investigation. To be on the safe side and also to prepare for the second synthesis, she decided to ask Morgan for a few alchemy formulas to restore her skills.
It was not difficult for players who had obtained alchemical formulas before to ask Morgan for them again. After hearing Xia Li's request, Morgan just rolled his eyes and gave her one copy each of the Green Mist and Poison Bee formulas.
After getting the recipe, Xia Li turned around and went to the corresponding map to collect the raw materials. Thanks to her previous collection experience, she quickly gathered all the recipe materials this time.
Drag the ingredients to the empty space in the middle of the alchemy formula and click [Confirm Alchemy]. Two circular alchemy arrays will spin rapidly beneath your feet, and a shimmering light will radiate from the center of the array to the surrounding areas. The power of the light will soon reach its peak before suddenly extinguishing.
Following two prompts from the system, [Green Mist] and [Poison Bee] once again returned to her skill slot.
Above the skill grid, her account balance was displayed. She originally had 3,950 gold in her account. After deducting the 535 gold from the failed synthesis and adding the 40 gold reward from successfully completing two recipes, she now had a total of 3,455 gold. It wasn't much, even a little meager. Xia Li looked at her small stash with a pang of heartache. After a moment's thought, she gritted her teeth and decided to give it one more try! After all, if she didn't succeed, she'd die!
He dragged the green mist and poisonous bees into the small circle again with his fingers and clicked the synthesis button in the center.
[Please confirm whether to consume -3340 experience points and -535 gold coins to perform skill synthesis?]
With a determined heart, [Confirm]!
The two circles merged into one, and a familiar golden light emanated from the center. Xia Li held her breath, waiting for the signal after the light faded. The fleeting seconds seemed deliberately stretched out, as Xia Li stared intently at the center of the panel, not daring to relax for a moment.
Next second.
[Congratulations, the skill synthesis is successful, you have obtained a new skill - Gold Bomb]
Success! Xia Li closed her eyes in joy, looking up with emotion. This time, not only did she succeed, but she also combined the Alchemist's trump card skill - the Gold Bomb!
[Gold Coin Bomb: The user creates a large gold coin in 1 second, which explodes at any time within 5 seconds (within a certain range, increasing with skill level). Upon detonation, both parties are repelled. The repelled enemy will suffer a certain degree of damage, and there is a certain chance that the gold coins carried will be dropped.]
This skill was originally only available in the mid-term, and Morgan himself issued a professional task. Players could obtain the alchemical formula for this skill only after successfully completing the task. According to gossip players in the previous life, the materials for this formula were extremely difficult to collect. One had to travel to the cold land of Seville in the north and swim to the bottom of the sea in the south. One had to overcome many difficulties along the way before one could achieve the goal of making a gold bomb.
And it was this ace skill that could both output damage and save lives, and at the same time pick up gold coins from the enemy, that she was lucky enough to combine.
At this moment, Xia Li was delighted but also felt mixed emotions. She was delighted that she had obtained a good skill, but she was also mixed because her set of skills was a complete gamble between the system and the player. If the player was lucky, they would win and get their money back. But if they were unlucky, they might lose two or three times, or even three or five times, and might not even be able to combine a new skill.
Obviously, she won this time, but whether she would make a profit or a loss next time was still unknown.
She's offline.
The reason was simple: Bailixi and Qingzhengyu hadn't come back since their last logoff. While others in Fengyun Tianxia might not know, Xia Li knew full well that right now, Bailixi, Qingzhengyu, Ziteng, and Baiguo were desperately battling a wave of star beasts above the planet.
The star beast tide that occurs once every five years is coming with great force and much earlier than the military predicted. Even a military with first-class combat capabilities may not be able to withstand such a large number of enemies.
With a worried mood, Xia Li pushed open the door of the holographic warehouse and prepared to go next door to call Tang Poxiao out for a showdown. To be precise, it was not a showdown, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a self-introduction?
However, just as she stood up and walked to the door, with her hand on the doorknob, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the dark house. It sounded like there were at least three people, but no one spoke. It was as if they had arranged it in advance and just lowered their footsteps to prepare for a surprise attack.
Fortunately, she usually spent most of her time in the holographic chamber and didn't have the habit of turning on the lights inside. Someone outside wouldn't be able to tell if anyone was home for a while. Xia Li's eyes grew cold. As she turned, she swept two daggers from the table, quickly thrusting them into the sheaths strapped to her thighs. Then, she leaped out of a window in the wall that looked sealed but was actually movable. Her house was on the first floor, and the area under the window was covered in weeds and garbage, so her feet landed without making a loud noise.
Xia Li had just jumped out of the room when she heard a loud bang behind her ear!
The door was kicked open.
There was no other way. The houses in the slums had little security and quality. Anyone with a little strength could break down almost all the doors of No. 36. However, because everyone was poor and there was nothing to steal after breaking in, basically no one would choose to steal in this way.
It was now 9 o'clock in the evening. The night sky was pitch black, with no stars or moon visible. With the dim lights flickering on the streets in the distance, Xia Li raised her head and quickly glanced through the window at the three men who broke in. All three of them were dressed unusually, and it was obvious that they did not live at No. 36, so they could not have come to steal. So what was their purpose?
"Mr. Fu, he's not here!" Someone shouted after searching the house.
"Well, she slipped away." The man named Mr. Fu said in a gloomy voice.
"Then... what should we do? We can't go back empty-handed, right?"
"That's right. Given Master Long's personality, we might..."
Xia Li leaned against the window, listening attentively.
There was silence in the room for a while, and then Mr. Fu, the leader, spoke up: "It's okay, it's not like we didn't gain anything this time."
"What's the catch?" the other two blurted out.
"Have you forgotten? Feizixiao, Beishanlang, and Muyang." Mr. Fu said calmly, "We have already grasped the movements of the three of them. As long as Mr. Long is willing, we can arrest them at any time."
Xia Li frowned. Feizixiao, Beishanlang, and Muyang were all people she'd interacted with before, and they were all guild presidents. Why would the intruders target them? Was it because of their status as guild presidents? No, that wasn't right. Xia Li immediately rejected the idea. She was also among those targeted. She wasn't the guild president, so her "guild president status" couldn't be the reason they were arresting her. So, what else could have put her in the same circle as Feizixiao and the other two?
Occupation? Feizixiao and Beishanlang are both mages, which is something they have in common, but she and Muyang are not. She is an alchemist, and Muyang is a warrior, not this.
What about gender? That's not right either. She and Feizixiao are female, while Beishanlang and Muyang are male. It's obvious that they don't match. Level? She's 29, Feizixiao seems to be 28. Beishanlang hasn't paid much attention; he was 26 last time they met. It's been a while since they last saw each other, so he doesn't know what level he's reached recently. As for Muyang, she couldn't remember for sure.
In just half a minute, all kinds of possibilities flashed through Xia Li's mind. She felt that she had grasped something, but it seemed that she had grasped nothing.
Suddenly, a new idea emerged from the chaos—the personal strength rankings!
She has been paying attention to the top ten IDs in the strength list. If she remembers correctly, from top to bottom they should be: Bohu West Bank, Long Yan, Bao Feng, Hei Ye, Fei Zi Xiao, Xia Ri Li Hua, Xin Ze Xi, Mapo Tofu, Beishan Wolf and Mu Yang.
The intruder mentioned "Master Long," clearly referring to the Long family of Area A. In that case, anyone from the rankings who belonged to the Fiery Fury could be ruled out, including Bohu West Bank, Long Yan, and Mapo Tofu. Baofeng was the eldest son of the Leng family, and Xin Zexi served them; they could be considered a family. Hei Ye was a faction of his own, a figure to be reckoned with in Area A.
After this division, Xia Li looked at the remaining people and immediately understood the logic behind it - those with backing and those without.
Let’s talk about Fei Zi Xiao first. This female guild leader is very powerful. As the only guild leader in Miracle who dares to reject all male players and only allows female players to join the guild, her courage and strength are praised by everyone. But in fact, only they and Xia Li know that Fei Zi Xiao has a very ordinary background. She lives in District C and has no status. It is only because of her determination to not submit to boys that she has managed to carve out a place on the leaderboard.
Beishan Lang's family is indeed rich, but according to Xia Li's understanding in her previous life, his family is not in District A. Although his family is engaged in business, the scale of the business is not large. They have some assets but are far inferior to the class in District A.
As for Mu Yang, Xia Li didn't have many memories of him, but it was precisely because of this lack of memories that Xia Li was even more convinced that Mu Yang had no backing. After all, those who were rich and capable had long been famous in the game, such as Bao Feng and Hei Ye. No matter how much you wanted to hide it, there would always be bored and curious players who could dig up your background.
After eliminating all of these and analyzing them again, the conclusion is self-evident - the Long family wants to target these four people who have no background but are very powerful.
But what was the reason behind it? There was a lack of crucial evidence, and Xia Li felt that even if she squatted here and racked her brains, she would not be able to figure it out.
Just then, the footsteps in the house gradually faded away, and the three people left.
Xia Li squinted her eyes, peering through the crack to see that no one was inside. Then, she tiptoed along the window sill and climbed back inside. It was pitch black, but she couldn't turn on the light, or she'd attract the group's attention. Fortunately, her house was only a few steps ahead, with a table a few steps ahead and a holographic chamber a few steps back. She could easily walk through it with her eyes closed.
So she found the holographic cabin and reached for the hatch handle. Wait! She touched something.
A small piece of paper, folded and stuck tightly in the gap of the hatch. The person who stuffed the note obviously didn't want his companions to find it, so he folded the note narrow and small, but at the same time he was worried that she wouldn't find it, so he deliberately chose the position of the hatch handle to stuff it in. As long as she wanted to open the hatch, she would definitely find it.
Xia Li quickly unfolded the note and pushed open the window. In the dim light, she read a line of small words: "You have been designated by Long Lie as a subject for a biochemical experiment. Please be careful. I have already notified the others. Don't worry."
Biochemical experiments, top ten in the personal strength list, no backstage or background... Thinking of this, Xia Li couldn't help but snort coldly. It turned out that this was a black deal that used the A-area pass as bait to select biochemical experiment subjects for the Long family.
No wonder they targeted her, Feizixiao and others, but did not dare to turn their attention to Baofeng and Heiye, because a cat that cannot resist is the easiest to succeed.
The person who left the note did not leave his name. Xia Li felt that the man named Mr. Fu was the most suspicious, but she thought that since he did not leave any information, he must have felt inconvenienced. And since he was able to bring her news, and it was such inside information, it meant that he was on her side. Therefore, Xia Li thought that she did not need to dig out the other party's identity for the time being. After all, the "biochemical experiment" mentioned in the note was the key point he wanted to convey to her.
Biochemical experiments could only use animals as experimental subjects, but under Long Lie's secret instructions, the experimental subjects were changed from animals to humans. Although Xia Li did not understand the specific experimental process, she also understood very clearly that if such a thing were to be started, the consequences would be disastrous.
Bang!
A mushroom cloud suddenly exploded in the dark night sky, emitting brilliant light, with each ray of light bursting in all directions. At first glance, it looked like someone was setting off fireworks in the sky.
"Wow, Mom! The sky is so beautiful!" The child, who was awakened by the explosion and golden light, shouted in the corridor.
"Hey, is today a special day? Why are they setting off fireworks?" The old lady next door to Tang Poxiao also came out and expressed her confusion.
Just as the old woman finished speaking, the second mushroom cloud exploded with a bang. Countless fragments flew out from the black cloud, creating sparks of friction at low altitude, which was exceptionally brilliant.
No, those weren't fireworks! Xia Li watched the mushroom clouds explode one after another, her pupils instantly bulging and her whole body went cold. Those were the horrific explosions of a mecha crashing from the stars into the sky above the planet!
Baili Xi, it’s Baili Xi and the others!
Xia Li rushed out of the room like crazy. Under the surprised gazes of the child and the old woman, she kicked open the door of Tang Poxiao next door without caring about her image: "Tang Poxiao! Help!"
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