Chapter 124. Goodbye Xu Yilang...
[Lucky Goddess's Agent - Lin Xiaoxiao, activates Treasure Chest Hunting Mode, available for two months]
[Treasure Chest Hunt Mode: Each time you slay a Corrupted Beast/Corrupted Being, there is a chance to obtain a level-free treasure chest; each time you slay a BOSS, you can obtain a corresponding treasure chest based on the BOSS's level.]
Upon seeing the notification, Xingyan gave Lin Xiaoxiao a flirtatious whistle: "Crazy Xiao, that's quite a generous offer. If you ever go bankrupt, just call me Sister Xing, and I can provide for you and your little man for the rest of your lives."
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and raised an eyebrow at Xingyan: "Want to keep me as a mistress? You might have to wait until your next life."
Does she really think all those runs through those secret realms recently were for nothing?
She not only enlightened a series of elves, but also used the space she had previously seized from the God of War to collect a large amount of resources. She then used the power of faith to forcibly expand the elf treasury and set up several production lines inside.
As long as these elves are around, she will never lack equipment below epic level.
As long as Monet has the time, she will never lack equipment of epic rank or higher.
In addition, when Kagome was preparing to leave the City of the Gods, she also packed up all the resources, items, and weapons in the City of the Gods and gave them to her.
Moreover, the drop rate isn't 100%; she adjusted it to around 3%, which should be enough to last for two months.
The native inhabitants of the Black Abyss were unusually excited about the appearance of the [Treasure Chest Hunting Mode].
This is because their daily equipment and weapons... are obtained by collecting resources in polluted areas and then finding various professions in the city to forge them with a lot of money. They have never tried to obtain rewards by opening treasure chests.
Now, this treasure chest hunting mode has appeared.
The Black Abyss professionals, who had originally planned to dawdle and procrastinate, suddenly emerged from the back, their eyes gleaming with excitement as they looked at the corrupted beasts, corrupted entities, and corpses outside the city...
The professionals from the inner realm seemed particularly bewildered by the excitement of the dark-skinned professionals around them, not understanding why the treasure chest could excite them so much.
Meanwhile, the resistance forces from the inner realm, who had lived in the Black Abyss for many years, were also allocating their manpower the moment the notification sounded, determined not to miss this great opportunity to obtain treasure chest resources.
Half an hour later, the enemy troops arrived at the city gates. They climbed up the city walls by stepping on their comrades, attempting to use this method to attack the professionals on the walls.
Some advanced corrupted beings retain some of their abilities from their previous lives, allowing them to use a number of dark energy skills.
Countless black spheres, black arrows, and black energy blades... launched an attack on the area above and around the city wall.
The skill explodes the moment it touches something else, creating a black, putrid blast.
Any contact with it will result in a layer of black contamination, which, if not cleaned in time, will become a source of pollution.
Therefore, the light-elemental pastors and healers from the inner realm have become highly sought-after by various forces.
Many of the polluted beasts attacking from below had clean fur, bloodshot eyes, and few wounds on their bodies.
It's clearly a monster from a secret realm. After entering the Black Abyss, it was corrupted upon landing and became a corrupted beast.
Colorful skills were thrown down from the city wall, landing in the horde of polluted beasts and exploding instantly. Lower-level polluted beasts were blasted to pieces.
A few minutes later, the first professional to obtain the treasure chest appeared.
He was a burly, dark-skinned professional who looked at the treasure chest that had appeared out of nowhere, about 20 centimeters in size and with a very ordinary appearance, floating above him.
When he tentatively opened it, he obtained one: [Healing Potion (Diamond Grade)]
He grabbed the medicine, tore off the stopper, and drank all 100ml of the bluish-green medicine in one gulp.
The next second, his battered body healed completely in just a few breaths, the scabs fell off, and he was restored to his original state.
Many other dark-skinned professionals, after witnessing that professional's actions, began to attack even more rapidly.
They also wanted such a recovery potion.
When the professionals from the Dragon Kingdom saw the Black Abyss professionals acting like they were on steroids, most of them wore innocent and bewildered expressions, not understanding why a healing potion could excite them so much.
Only a small minority speculated that resources in the Black Abyss might be extremely difficult to obtain, which is why they were so excited.
These clever individuals, after considering this problem, mingled among the resistance forces, intensified their skill usage, and silently followed along to reap the rewards. They didn't open the treasure chests they obtained; instead, they put them away first.
Lin Xiaoxiao stood with Xingyan, Ge Wei, Ina, Zhong Sang, and Cang Shu, their eyes calm as they watched the polluted beast horde below. As for Mishu, he was confident he could handle the situation on his own.
Xingyan's gaze swept over the wild gods gathered together, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, and his brows furrowed: "The number of these wild gods is abnormally high."
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at the Wild Gods mingling among the polluted hordes below and chuckled, "It's a bit unusual. I have a feeling there will be quite a few more Wild Gods later."
Considering that the Black Abyss has existed for so many years, and Nur'enro has lived for so many years, no one really knows how many wild gods are hidden in the contaminated zone.
Kagome maneuvered her wheelchair to float up another 20 centimeters, her voice calm: "Clear out a wave of wild gods. If we keep waiting like this, the walls won't hold for long."
These words interrupted Xingyan's attempt to tease Lin Xiaoxiao. She chuckled and shrugged, "Alright, let's clear out a wave of wild gods first."
Afterwards, the group split up and each went in a different direction to kill the high-level corrupted entities and wild gods outside the city walls.
Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi also chose a direction, and together with Black Cat, Sicily, and the other four guardians, they jumped off the city wall and quickly cleared a 10*10m open space.
Skills were accompanied by flying experience coins, and amidst the explosions, purplish-black blood, along with severed limbs, flew into the air before falling back down.
An hour later, most of the more powerful pollutants and wild gods on the field had been eliminated.
Three hours later, the gates of Mona City opened, and more than 3,000 shield warriors stood in front, forming a long shield barrier to make room for the energy cannons behind them.
Time passed quickly during the battle, and half a month had gone by.
The battle gradually devolved into a stalemate, with many casualties among the professionals in Mona City; meanwhile, the enemy's corrupted beasts seemed to show no signs of decreasing, and even appeared to be increasing in number.
Professionals from the inner realm were not used to the environment of the Black Abyss, and many began to complain.
There is also a hidden rumor circulating in the cities of Mona and Blackcoll:
'Originally, cultivators at the Inner Realm wouldn't have needed to end up in this barren land of the Black Abyss. It was all because of the agent of the Goddess of Fortune that all of this happened, and even the two groups of corrupted beasts outside the city were after her…'
As the rumors intensified, Lin Xiaoxiao sometimes walked the streets of Mona City.
They received many resentful glances, and even their faith power diminished considerably.
On the 28th floor of the Modern Building in Zuocheng, Lin Xiaoxiao nestled in a soft leather chair, a welcome sight after a long absence. She looked at the documents handed to her by Lao Ewen, her slender white fingers tracing the paper, the curve of her lips looking particularly mocking.
Xiao Weizhi sat at the desk to the side, expressionless, his eyes quickly scanning the data on the computer, occasionally making a note or two, dealing with what he could and setting aside what he couldn't.
Lau Evan sat opposite Xiao Weizhi, his pen constantly taking notes, occasionally stamping one or two seals.
After a moment, Lin Xiaoxiao asked in a hoarse voice, "Can you find the source of the rumors?"
Lau Evan's hand, stamping and signing without pause, spoke calmly: "We've found him. He's in Blackcole City. We need to send someone to bring him back."
He paused for five seconds, then continued, "There are too many polluted beasts outside right now. Sending someone to bring that person back might take at least a week."
The implication is that if Lin Xiaoxiao has time, it would be best to visit in person; if not, she would have to wait a week.
Lin Xiaoxiao closed the open report in her hand and threw it on the desk: "I'm going for a walk with Weizhi later. Where are Suotutu and the others? Why aren't they here?"
Lin Xiaoxiao placed Suo Tutu, Li Youran, and all the other volunteers under Lao Ewen's wing to assist him with his work.
The entire city of Mona is now crowded with many unsettled Inner Realm professionals;
There are still many lost comrades who have been teleported in from outside the city, and we need to go and bring them back...
These matters are currently being handled by Lloyd Evan and his team.
Lau Evan clipped the completed report to a clip and set it aside, his voice calm: "Their levels are too low, so I sent them to level up with Lady Xingyan and Lady Kagome. I can handle things on my own now; I don't need any extra assistants."
'da.da.da……' The beast-hide military boots sprinted across the marble floor, making a crisp sound.
Jiang Dehai knocked on the door of Lao Ewen's workroom somewhat anxiously, and after receiving a reply of consent, he...
He anxiously pushed open the door, but the moment he saw Lin Xiaoxiao, he instinctively straightened his disheveled clothes and greeted her immediately: "Long time no see, Miss Lin."
Lin Xiaoxiao greeted him with a smile: "Long time no see, Elder Jiang."
After exchanging greetings, Jiang Dehai quickly told Lin Xiaoxiao, Lao Ewen, and Xiao Weizhi, who were present, about the large-scale demonstration that had taken place below, with the number of participants reaching hundreds of thousands.
The procession included professionals from Black Abyss, professionals from Dragon Kingdom, and professionals from other countries...
Their goal was to hand over Lin Xiaoxiao, the agent of Lady Luck, in exchange for their original living space and to force the polluting beasts that were besieging them to retreat.
They even threatened: "If we don't hand Lin Xiaoxiao over, they will leave Mona City en masse, turning it into a ghost town."
Lau Evan's pen didn't stop. He casually gave a few instructions: "Have the city's electronic police verify their identities, and reduce each person's relief food by half. If they insist on leaving, then find someone to send them away."
It just so happens that Mona City is almost overflowing with people, and there's barely any room to walk on the roads. It's a good thing that some fools are willing to leave.
In just three days, the number of protesters reached 200,000. Because they were hungry and had witnessed (watched live) the fate of the 200 professionals who left the city gates, they immediately dispersed.
No one dared to organize a march anymore.
Subsequently, Lin Xiaoxiao led Xiao Weizhi to Blackcole City and found the source of the rumors.
Lying in a corner at the end of some unknown alley, dressed like a beggar, surrounded by empty bottles of liquor, Xu Yilang was drunk and reeking of alcohol.
He glanced at Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi, chuckled, and downed another mouthful of strong liquor.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked closely for a while before recognizing Xu Yilang, an S-rank member of the Ocean Tide Squad, whom she had teamed up with several years ago when they were at a lower level and entered the Ice and Snow Mountain Secret Realm.
She spoke calmly, looking down at the man who looked like a lump of mud: "Xu Yilang, there shouldn't be any grudge between us. What is your purpose in spreading such rumors?"
Xu Yilang half-reclined in the dirty corner, his hands trembling unnaturally. He picked up a bottle of wine and took a swig, ignoring Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi standing three meters away.
Seeing that she was about to attract attention, Lin Xiaoxiao's energy surged, and with a gentle wave of her hand, she created a barrier, trapping the three of them inside.
As he swallowed the last sip of liquor, Xu Yilang reached out to Lin Xiaoxiao: "Give me whiskey, and I'll tell you why."
Lin Xiaoxiao stared at him for a while, then took out a few bottles of wine from her spatial storage and threw them directly at him: "Speak."
Xu Yilang groaned as the strong liquor hit him. His hands trembled violently, and it took him several attempts to unpack the liquor. He then bit off the cork and gulped down several mouthfuls of the strong liquor, choking and coughing for a long time.
He wiped his mouth with his dirty hands before saying in a hoarse voice, "A festival? Are you sure there wasn't one? Back then, with those icy mountains and rivers, can you swear to your gods that you didn't find the Snow Spirit?"
Lin Xiaoxiao frowned slightly: "Ice and Snow Elf?"
How did the Ice and Snow Elf become a source of conflict between her and Xu Yilang?
Xu Yilang looked at the puzzled expression on Lin Xiaoxiao's face, threw his head back and laughed wildly. As he laughed, tears fell down his face: "Yes, it's the Ice and Snow Elf."
If she hadn't concealed the information back then, the Tide Squad wouldn't have fallen into someone else's trap while trying to find the Ice and Snow Elf for him.
He thought of the filthy hands that groped him in the dark auction house; he thought of being publicly humiliated and then trying to escape, only to have his tendons severed; he thought of the gruesome deaths of his former teammates…
He had originally given up and planned to become a complete failure.
Unexpectedly, I saw this woman again on Taobao in Beijing. She seemed to be doing extremely well. I really feel resentful.
Xu Yilang couldn't stop the hatred in his heart whenever he thought about the past. It was all the fault of the woman in front of him. If she hadn't hidden it back then, Hai Chao and the others wouldn't have died.
A moment later, Xu Yilang revealed a strange smile, took another swig of wine, and said, "Captain, just wait a little longer, I will be able to avenge you soon."
At the same time, Lin Xiaoxiao received a message from Kagome's communication module: "Xiaoxiao, there is a traitor in Mona City. The city gates have been opened from the inside, and now a large number of pollutants are entering the city and killing people everywhere. You need to come back quickly."
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes flashed with anger, but she quickly suppressed it, and her eyes regained their clarity.
She turned to Xiao Weizhi and said, "Weizhi, the gates of Mona City are open. Let's go back and bring him back with us. We can question him carefully and we might find something else."
Xiao Weizhi frowned deeply, his expression one of disgust. When he reached out to pick up Xu Yilang, he realized that he was already lifeless.
His face was extremely pale: "He's dead."
Lin Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and removed the barrier: "Okay, let's go back then."
The two traveled for almost half a day before finally returning to Mona City.
The road near the city gate in Mona City was stained red with blood of various colors, buildings had collapsed, and wisps of smoke were rising.
Many polluting beasts and pollutants were searching around, walking and stopping, gnawing on something with their heads down.
Lin Xiaoxiao's expression was solemn, her chest heaving rapidly. Standing at the city gate, she clenched her right hand, and a staff formed from condensed energy appeared.
She brandished her staff in anger, and a golden magic circle quickly materialized in mid-air, expanding outward from the size of a fist until it reached over 500 meters before stopping.
With another wave of his staff, a fine rain of golden energy fell from the sky.
Upon contact with the golden energy rain, the pollutants and polluting beasts melted into wisps of gray smoke, much like dry ice being melted.
The crystal nuclei inside them fell onto the road, forming a shimmering, pale light path of crystal nuclei.
Lin Xiaoxiao, shielded by the magic circle, flew rapidly towards the inner city.
Xiao Weizhi, who was standing beside her, kept waving the staff in his hand to finish off the high-level pollutants that couldn't be killed immediately and were trying to fight back.
A huge explosion rang out from the left city, and several skyscrapers collapsed. Faint cries for help could be heard.
A silver beam of light shot into the sky, followed by a gigantic, hundred-meter-tall phantom whose face was obscured.
His eyes seemed to encompass all the passage of time in the world, and whenever those emotionless eyes swept across, countless wild gods, corrupted beings, and corrupted beasts exploded and died.
A figure in a tattered red dress, with her hands behind her back, floated in mid-air and smiled as she blocked Lin Xiaoxiao's way to Zuocheng.
Cheng Yu's smile held a strange, peculiar quality: "Xiao Xiao, you're here. Why did you leave in the first place? Wouldn't it have been better to stay with me, and with your parents, at Corpse Mountain?"
'Peng—' A mushroom cloud rose up, and then, a phantom with a green body and a long beard appeared again in the right city.
Lin Xiaoxiao waved her staff, sending golden energy towards Cheng Yu, who was blocking her way, trying to knock it away and get back to Xingyan, Ge Wei, and the others.
With a wave of her hand, Cheng Yu caused the corpses beneath her to surge up like a tide, blocking Lin Xiaoxiao's attack.
Xiao Weizhi dispersed the energy staff in his hand, put his hands together, and quickly changed several hand seals. Thousands of fireballs gathered around him and then attacked Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu waved her hand, and the recently deceased professionals, mixed in with the horde of zombies, quickly blocked Xiao Weizhi's fireball attack like a giant wave.
Lin Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity, transformed her staff into a lightsaber, flew close, and swung her sword at Cheng Yu who was flying in mid-air.
Cheng Yu retreated and hid repeatedly, occasionally controlling hundreds of corpses to self-destruct or surround her body to block Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi's skills.
The three were locked in combat, and for a time it was difficult to determine the victor.
Just then, three illusory figures, each a hundred meters tall, reappeared.
Lin Xiaoxiao was extremely anxious. The phantom of a god had appeared, and it was clear that Ge Wei and the other four were in trouble and in a predicament. She had to quickly eliminate the enemy in front of her and help them.
His sword movements quickened again, unleashing over a hundred strikes in succession, slicing away the corpses blocking his path.
When the sword tip ripped through Cheng Yu's tattered red dress, the smile on her face vanished, replaced by a grim expression: "You dare to tear my dress? I'm furious."
The ground trembled violently, and the corpses buried under the dilapidated buildings seemed to be summoned, crawling out from underneath, piling up together, their hands intertwining rhythmically.
First the feet, then the waist, then the chest... like assembling building blocks, a hundred-meter-tall composite corpse was assembled in the blink of an eye.
Lin Xiaoxiao flew in mid-air, slightly out of breath, holding a lightsaber, coldly looking at the giant corpse in front of her, with Cheng Yu standing on her shoulder.
This scene overlapped once again with what I had seen long ago when I looked back while escaping in a B-level secret realm.
This time, however, she was no longer a fleeing stray dog, but a peak demigod powerhouse wielding a sword to fight back.
A dazzling golden light emanated from Lin Xiaoxiao, enveloping her body and transforming her into a small radiant figure.
She raised her hand and pointed the tip of her sword at Cheng Yu, who was standing on the giant's shoulder...
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