While the Dark Iron Dwarves were exploring the mines, Ye Ci continued to do his epic quest.
She brought the feedback that Dolan thieves would give her to Black Mud City again. As usual, she still did not see the city lord Moore, only the mayor of Black Mud City received her.
"Very good, very good, Elf, you have done a very good job." The mayor opened the letter and read it carefully, then raised his head to look at Ye Ci, narrowed his triangular eyes, and smiled. Gotta make Ye Ci a little creepy. "I will convey your sincerity to City Lord Moore. I think City Lord Moore will be very happy after knowing this. You also know City Lord Moore's health has always been bad, but he still has to worry about the trivial things around him. This makes us subordinates very uneasy, wondering if you can help us again?"
Sure enough, the mission of the third stage has started. Although Ye Ci doesn't know how many links this epic mission has, it is impossible to stop since it has already gone deep.
.
"Of course, this is my honor." Ye Ci bowed. In my heart, I couldn't help laughing at how hypocritical I was. It was obviously a task that I had to do as a last resort, and I was honored, honored!
"However, this journey will be far away, are you really willing?" Hearing Ye Ci's answer, the mayor of Black Mud City was obviously very satisfied, but for some unknown reason, he still asked Ye Ci again.
"As long as I can help City Lord Moore, I will do my best." Ye Ci nodded.
"Well, this is a long journey, you may be away from your hometown for a long time, I hope you won't be too homesick." The mayor of Black Mud City nodded. However, it can be seen from his expression that Ye Ci has nothing to do with him whether he wants to or not. "Go to Gale Canyon, where there is a broken iron bridge. At twelve o'clock in the evening, blow the whistle and someone will come to meet you. And he will tell you what you need to do."
The mayor of Hei Mucheng took out a very primitive bone whistle from his body. This whistle has been stroked smooth and has a light brown color. It looks like it has been used for a long time. He handed the whistle to Ye Ci, and then said slightly sincerely: "May God always be with you. City Lord Moore will wait for your return."
Ye Ci took the bone whistle, but frowned slightly. If she remembered correctly, Gale Canyon is a map that borders the southern continent and the western continent. There is a deep ditch in the middle, dividing the entire Gale Canyon into two parts. One is in the southern continent and the other is in the western continent.
The mayor of this black mud city will not let her go to the western continent...
In fact, that's what happened. Ye Ci quit the game and checked the map that was officially exposed now. Sure enough, she saw what seemed to be a connection in the narrowest part of Gale Canyon. On the other side is the Western Continent.
It seems that this trip is a must.
Ye Ci explained to the top of the guild that he was going to leave the Eastern Continent for a while. Although Bai Mo went home, he still played games every night. She messaged him about it, and then prepared some spare funds for her parents. After filling all the arrows on his body, he left the Eastern Continent and set off towards the Southern Continent.
Because it was an epic mission, Ye Ci did not contact Yangyu Hongchen when he arrived in the southern continent, but just teleported all the way. It didn't take much time to reach Gale Canyon.
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Gale Canyon is a long and narrow map, because there is a deep and long deep valley in the middle, which divides the map into two parts. The southern continent is called Gale Canyon. Up, while the western continent is called Gale Canyon. Down.
Before the four continents in the south, south, and northwest were divided. There is an iron bridge linking the two sides of the canyon here for people on both sides to pass, but after the four continents split. The NPCs on both sides removed the planks on the iron bridge, and built extremely tough watchtowers and arrow castles on both sides of the bridge to defend against the enemy on the opposite side.
Now. Above the Gale Canyon, you can only see a lot of watchtowers and a dilapidated chain bridge...
Ye Ci stood at the mouth of the canyon and looked towards the opposite side, only to see a patch of red people moving, no need to guess, he was definitely the same elite guarding the bridge as here. All levels are above 60, with thick skin and a lot of blood, Ye Ci is a problem to deal with one, let alone deal with this one.
She stroked the bone whistle in her hand, and it seemed that she could only wait until twelve o'clock in the evening.
The NPCs guarding the bridge are actually a bit strange. They will not prohibit players from the alliance continent from going to the local positions. As long as you can survive, they are very calm, but if the opposite player or NPC wants to come over, then absolutely It is a husband who is a man and a man who cannot open it.
Ye Ci sat by the bridge, quietly waiting for the sun to go down.
She looked at the scenery opposite her, and her heart was as calm as a lake without waves. What will you meet after the past? Will everything go well in the Western Continent? How long does it take for her to return to the Eastern Continent? Leave these questions to the future to think about, and she just needs to wait until twelve o'clock and pass it smoothly.
The bridge guards in the southern continent walked behind Ye Ci, batch after batch, the interval between each batch would not exceed thirty seconds, and the soldiers in each batch were four to six. , even if there are players on the opposite continent running over, it is simply impossible to slip past their eyes smoothly. In the same way, Ye Ci had to think that it was unlikely that the other side would slip past the guards.
She flipped the bone whistle in her hand up and down, left and right, and found nothing magical. She really couldn't imagine how the npc summoned by the whistle would take her to twelve o'clock. Go to the other side.
Time is a weird thing.
When you don't care, it slips away quickly, but the feeling of a moment has passed by a lot.
. However, when you really care, it goes by very slowly, as if a second can do an earth-shattering event.
Just like Ye Ci now, she is sitting on a wooden stake on the edge of the canyon. With a dog's tail grass in her mouth, she held her cheeks in her hands and quietly looked at the setting sun in the distance, hoping that time would pass faster, but it seemed that time did not go as she intended. General. She didn't know how many times she called up the time to see it, or it was the point. How long does it really take to wait until twelve o'clock in such a boring time
really. Just waiting and wasting time is definitely not something Ye Ci will do. Since her people can't do anything here now, it's better to go offline and do something else. Now that he made up his mind, Ye Ci went offline, and the house was quiet. Bai Mo went home. Tan Polang went to school, his parents were all rushing skills in the game, and he didn't have anything to do for a while.
Ye Ci walked into the living room with a cane. The sun was streaming in from outside the window, and it was very bright. Ye Ci sat on the sofa bored and turned on the TV. There was a boring interface playing on the TV, Ye Ci was holding the remote control in his hand, switching from station to station with little interest.
I don't know if her mental age is too mature or the current TV shows are really meaningless. After switching to so many channels, Ye Ci couldn't watch any of the programs. If it goes on like this, what is she going to do to pass the afternoon
"According to the news just received by our reporter, the Honor Group officially opened the countdown ceremony for the first expansion of "Destiny ol" - "New Continent" in the National Stadium. The holographic game, which is different from the previous holographic games, adopts the world's most advanced light and shadow change technology and human body micro-sensory technology, 100% simulates all the environments of the entire real world, and even combines the cultures of many countries around the world with The game background is perfectly combined, and it can be called an epoch-making holographic game. Since the opening of the test, "Destiny ol" has maintained the record of the highest number of online users. Moreover, this online number has increased with the development of "Destiny ol". more and more…”
I was transferred to a news channel, and the host in the news was smiling and broadcasting news about the new expansion film of "Destiny ol". actually. It's not surprising at all about things like fate being in the news, these days. Games have become very popular, and various countries have developed from simply classifying games as entertainment projects to integrating various important functions such as economy, politics, and military into games. Games have become more and more related to human beings.
Therefore, it is commonplace to talk about the news about the game.
In normal times, Ye Ci probably wouldn't have noticed this news. Anyway, there are too many introductions to all aspects of destiny. She doesn't have the time to pay attention to them one by one.
. But this news is different. Ye Ci stopped the remote control in his hand and watched the news quietly.
The first expansion "New Continent" has entered the 30-day countdown, which means that the official will release a series of major continental tasks and expansion tasks related to the expansion. In this series of tasks, the player's level and equipment will be improved by leaps and bounds, so the next 30 to 50 level dungeons will be relatively easy to fight. Not only that, Ye Ci also knows that as long as the expansion pack is opened, it also indicates one thing - the Prosperity Guild is about to land in the destiny!
In fact, Ye Ci didn't quite understand what these plans were thinking.
The Glory World Guild was bought by the rival company of the Glory Group and wanted to enter the Destiny ol to combat the current momentum of the destiny. This news, even the ordinary player Ye Ci already knew, she did not believe that the planners and the principals of the Glory Group Do not you know? Now that they know it, they must understand how terrifying the impact of the Prosperity Guild on the game will be after entering the game. Isn't it a very unwise decision to take the risk to open an expansion piece under such circumstances? But why do they still do it? Are your brains flooded? Or, Ye Ci didn't understand the foresight of this matter at all
However, when things have developed to this point, what the leaders of the Glory Group think is no longer within the scope of Ye Ci's consideration. All she wants to think about is only one thing, and that is how to do it before the new expansion piece opens and in the Prosperity Guild should try to keep everything it has now before entering the game.
This is the real headache.
Suddenly, she thought of someone.
After getting on the game, Ye Ci started to contact customer service, indicating that he was looking for customer service number 094. Although the customer service little sister is a bit embarrassed. But they couldn't refuse the players' demands that were not excessive, so even if it was a little troublesome, she quickly found Wang Jiangnan for Ye Ci.
Wang Jiangnan was a little strange: "How did you find me through here?"
"I'm a player looking for a plan, what else can I do if I don't use this method?" Ye Ci was a little funny about Wang Jiangnan's question.
"I'm in Gale Canyon, coordinates 1893:47:3652, are you free? Come here." Ye Ci knew that such customer service calls would be recorded. Of course, she wouldn't be stupid to discuss a certain issue with Wang Jiangnan here. some things
. Even in order to cope with Wang Jiangnan's leadership, she even thought of an excuse for Wang Jiangnan: "I found a suspected bug. Please come and take a look."
Wang Jiangnan has no doubts about him. Although he is not the manager on duty today, as far as his relationship with Ye Ci is concerned, there is nothing wrong with this trip: "Okay. Wait for me for a minute."
After closing the customer service phone, Ye Ci sat on the stake and waited quietly, soon. A level 1 player in a novice uniform appeared beside her. This person was either Wang Jiangnan or someone else. Wang Jiangnan really put his work first, and the first sentence he saw Ye Ci was: "What bug did you find?"
Ye Ci smiled, patted the other stake beside him and said, "Sit down and talk slowly."
Wang Jiangnan sat down. He looked at the environment here, and quickly understood why Ye Ci appeared here: "You received an epic mission?"
"Well." Ye Ci narrowed his eyes: "Can you tell me. What will be waiting for me later?"
Wang Jiangnan shook his head: "If I told you, wouldn't you find it very boring? Besides, this epic mission was not designed by me, and I didn't participate in the test. I'm not very clear about the specific links." After all, he still Continue to care about bugs: "Didn't you say there is a bug? What bug? A bug that can be caught must be bad."
"It's not a bug, it's just an excuse for me to find you." Ye Ci pulled the dog's tail grass from the corner of his mouth, and dangled it idly: "There is something else."
Wang Jiangnan's eyebrows raised slightly: "This is strange, you have something to ask me? I remember, you don't really hate dealing with our planners."
"It depends on when. When the crisis comes to my own interests. I still like your plans." Ye Ci said unceremoniously, in front of Wang Jiangnan, she did not hide her true nature of use at all.
Wang Jiangnan became a little curious, Young Master You is the top figure in the Eastern Continent. She is also a top-ranked person on the four continents, and it is rare for her own interests to be at risk: "Hey. The more you say that, the more curious I am, what situation could endanger you. Benefit?"
"Why did you open the expansion so early?" Ye Ci didn't want to go around with Wang Jiangnan, so he directly asked his own question: "Don't you know that Shengshi is going to enter the game?"
The name of the prosperous world has to be said that everyone knows it
. They are like a giant locust that will leave a mess wherever they go.
When Wang Jiangnan heard Ye Ci's question, he was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face was slightly unnatural: "These are high-level decisions, I'm just an ordinary plan, and I can't control anything."
Ye Ci raised his eyebrows: "Show me a clear path, how to deal with this storm? The general level of our guild is only 40. You open a new expansion, and the level cap will be opened. What should we retail investors do? ?"
"You're really asking me, I'm also thinking about this question, but I haven't found a way." Wang Jiangnan looked at Ye Ci with a wry smile: "I know it's a bit too hasty to open the expansion pack now, but..." Said When he got here, he sighed a little: "Why don't you give me a suggestion, how to deal with it better?"
Seeing Wang Jiangnan like this, Ye Ci was a little disappointed. It seemed that this storm could no longer be stopped. As the opening of the expansion pack is getting closer, she can only passively bear all this: "Suggestion? Are you asking me to wait until the prosperous world enters the game and ruin my fate?"
"Ha! Don't be so pessimistic." Although Wang Jiangnan was smiling, he could see that his heart was also very heavy.
"Pessimistic? Pessimistic people can change the world." Ye Cibai glanced at Jiangnan.
"Well, if you were me at that time, what would you do?" Wang Jiangnan looked at Ye Ci sincerely. He thought about this question more than once. He even thought that by that time, the entire game would have been turned upside down, and the fate of these plans would be turned upside down just like the game. And his dream, his destiny, I don't know if it will be broken because of this matter.
"You have two paths. First, pack up and leave. Second, live in embarrassment." Ye Ci raised two fingers, in fact. This is also the two paths that all players will face in the future.
"Is there a third one?" Wang Jiangnan knew these two paths for a long time, but he was not reconciled.
Ye Ci narrowed her eyes, the third... The third is that she wants to do it herself, but she doesn't know if she can do it.
"Yes..." A barely audible sigh overflowed from the corner of Ye Ci's lips. "Of course there is."
"what?"
"Death to the future." Ye Ci looked into the distance and sighed again, her body was full of contradictions
. On the one hand, she doesn't want the prosperous world to come, on the other hand, she hopes that the prosperous world will come soon. Best to come right away. Because no matter how you imagine it, you can never know exactly what will happen in the future.
Even if you know how things will turn out. However, if you don't know the process of things, it will also be unpredictable.
Back then, when Wang Jiangnan was in the midst of adversity, it was the death of the future, but now Ye Ci started to excavate the mithril veins in advance, isn't it the death of the future? There is only one month, and within this month, she must obtain the mining rights from the dark iron dwarves who have detected the specific location of the ore vein. Even if she has mining rights, where will she find so many people to mine? Even if so many people were found to mine, how would she protect such a large vein? The current Tiantianyang is just a small meeting of no more than 100,000 people. Even if all members are dispatched, they may not be able to defend the mine.
Even if the prosperous times don't come to grab it, won't those big guilds with millions of people come to grab it
She never thought that there was any friendship between herself and the presidents of the big guilds. Only interests in this world were constant.
Started on the day it was decided to mine the mithril vein. She thought, she had already put herself in a dead place, just. She has no way of knowing whether this dead place can be reborn.
Night has fallen. Wang Jiangnan also left long ago. Ye Ci sat in the dark, quietly stroking the bone whistle in his hand, and finally glanced at the time, ten seconds before twelve o'clock.
Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one.
"Huh!" The sound from the bone whistle was a peculiar, high-pitched sound that Ye Ci had never heard on any whistle. This sharp and peculiar voice was like a sharp dagger in the dark night sky, tearing apart the peace and quiet alive.
Ye Ci gently pressed her ear, the sound made her eardrum hurt a little, then she stood up and started looking around for someone who would come out to meet her. However, in the night wind, she never saw anyone other than herself.
It's not that you remember your mission wrong! Ye Ci was a little strange, and hurriedly started to look at his mission log, but found nothing. Just as Ye Ci was standing there and looking around, he heard a hoarse voice from a high place laughing in a low voice: "It's actually an elf."
Ye Ci looked at the sound, and saw a black shadow squatting on the pillar at the head of the bridge. His whole body was hidden in the thick shadow. Except for his voice, Ye Ci couldn't find his other all properties
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Race, unknown. Occupation, unknown. Friends and foes, unknown.
Although it is stated on the task that this person will lead Ye Ci and hand over the following tasks to Ye Ci, however, the uncertainty of epic tasks is too great. As long as one link does not meet the predetermined requirements, it is very likely that trigger other consequences. Ye Ci never dared to make arbitrary decisions about things that could not be grasped, so as not to cause irreversible results.
"Hello, the mayor of Black Mud City gave me a whistle." Ye Ci gave a respectful salute: "He said this whistle will give me a hint for the next step." When Ye Ci was doing the task , It's very strange to talk about it. They often put themselves in a passive position, and put the NPC who delivered the task in an active position. In this way, it seems that there is not much to go, but when dealing with NPCs But can get a lot of cheap.
The shadow who was squatting on the pillar at the bridge head heard Ye Ci saying this and laughed slyly: "He's not dead yet?"
Ye Ci was stunned for a moment. She seemed to have caught some strange feeling, but after thinking about it carefully, she didn't catch anything. However, she did not respond casually to Sombra's words. The NPCs in these epic quests are some very difficult guys to deal with. They are more intelligent than ordinary NPCs, and they are more thoughtful than ordinary NPCs, so if they are not careful, they will easily be put into pockets by these NPCs. went inside. However, the best way to prevent yourself from being bagged by NPCs is to prick up your ears, but keep your mouth shut. Too much to say too much, this is an eternal truth.
Sombra seemed satisfied that Ye Ci didn't talk too much. He laughed twice. His voice was very strange, and it seemed particularly frightening in this silent night. "You're an elf who doesn't talk much."
Can this be considered a compliment
"Come on, come with me, I'll take you there." The shadow jumped down from the pillar, and the silver-white moonlight immediately covered his whole body. Let Ye Ci see his true face clearly. It turned out to be a goblin.
He has green skin, pointy ears, and bulging eyeballs. It seems a little strange, but the strangest thing is that this goblin's arms are obviously much longer than the other goblins. Actually dragged his knees. It is not tall, only to the waist of the elf. However, the physique is very small, and it is very light to move.
Goblins are a peculiar race. They have ugly faces, but they have very high IQs. They can make the most sophisticated machinery and the most advanced medicines on the continent. Moreover, they are also very good at accumulating money. Therefore, in the whole continent
. Goblins are probably the richest race. However, this race does not like to deal with other races, and has a cold personality. Is a neutral race. Before the division of the continent, goblins often interacted with other races. However, after the division of the continent, the goblins were all hidden, and only a few merchants could find them, exchanging those advanced engineering products and high-quality medicines from their hands at a high price.
Seeing this goblin, Ye Ci's heart moved slightly. Goblins are a good race, especially in siege battles, being able to get the help of goblins is like a tiger with wings, but how to deal with goblins? This is indeed a problem.
Following this goblin, Ye Ci has been thinking about ways to approach this goblin, but has not found anything suitable. Goblins are different from gnomes who are also proficient in engineering. They have much higher emotional intelligence than gnomes. If they don't like it, they will easily be rejected by them.
"Elf, are you thinking about how to get the benefits of the goblin from me?" The goblin who had not spoken all the time smiled.
Ye Ci was slightly startled, but she didn't show any frantic look on her face, she just said lightly: "Elves have never been a greedy race."
"That's right, you are different from the orcs and the dwarves." The goblin agreed with this point. He suddenly stopped and blew a loud whistle, and there was a sound of wings flapping from far to near in the sky. . Ye Ci looked up and saw a huge bird flying towards them in the distance.
It looks like a sculpture. Ye Ci narrowed his eyes, the night vision of the elf is not bad, from that physique, it really looks like a eagle, but when he flew close, Ye Ci was surprised! This is indeed a sculpture! But this is not a living sculpture, it is a machine sculpture made of machine parts! !
The goblin seemed to be watching Ye Ci's expression all the time, and when he saw the surprised expression on Ye Ci's face, his expression immediately showed a few streaks of pride. He said with a bit of bragging: "How is it? It looks good."
"It's wonderful." Ye Ci didn't hesitate to praise, and nodded at the goblin, "It's really worthy of the goblin's engineering, it's so beautiful!"
This changed the expression on the goblin's face, and then he snorted: "Goblin engineering? What would goblin engineering be without me, Ortus?"
"Ortus?" Ye Ci was stunned for a moment, and she was really surprised to hear the name. According to the "Goblin Chronicles" in the National Library, Altus was a direct disciple of the goblin engineering master Dephila. After Dephila disappeared, Ortus seemed to gradually fade out of the goblin world. Finally disappeared in the records of Goblin Mastery Chronicles
. When Ye Ci was reading the book, he was quite regretful. In this way, the last inheritance of the most exquisite goblin engineering also disappeared in the mainland. But she didn't think that good luck will make people, in this life, she actually met Ortus.
"What? Have you heard my name?"
"Yes, I have seen records about you in the National Library, and of course the records of your master De Philae." Ye Ci told the truth.
"Oh? This is quite strange. The descendants of the goblins don't remember me and my master, and even a elf knows it." Ortus' face showed an indifferent mockery. The mechanical eagle beckoned, let it fly to the edge of the cliff, and then jumped onto its back. Then go on. Ortus turned his head and said to Ye Ci, "Elf, jump up, and I'll take you there."
Ye Ci nodded and jumped onto the back of the mechanical sculpture. Then I heard Ortus shouting: "Sit tight!" The mechanical eagle suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the sky!
This isn't Ye Ci's first ride on a flying machine, however. This is definitely the fastest and smoothest flying machine Ye Ci has ever ridden. Although, there is a strong airflow passing under the wings of the mechanical sculpture, but. The mechanical sculpture did not become bumpy because of this, but instead flew higher and higher with this airflow. It seems to be passing through the clouds.
"What's that mad goblin doing with its broken bird again?" The guards guarding the bridge in the western continent looked at the mechanical sculpture in the distance, as if they were already used to this kind of thing.
"Who knows it. I guard the broken bird every day and don't let us get close. The last time I wanted to sit down, I was almost beaten by him."
"Hahaha, are you actually afraid of that goblin? How painful is it to beat you? If you let the captain know about this, he will definitely punish you severely!"
"You know shit, goblins are a neutral race. If I fight him, maybe I will get revenge!" The guard guarding the bridge snorted: "The old man can make such a broken bird. If you make something else, if you suffer a big loss, you will be unlucky."
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Two guards guarding the bridge from the western continent were patrolling. While talking in a low voice, I didn't know that Ortus had brought a player from the Eastern Continent to his own land through this big bird!
Ye Ci looked down
. A confused red light, which means that they are now at a very high altitude. But what makes Ye Ci strange is: "Can't those guards guarding the bridge see us?"
"How can they not see, they are not blind." Ortus rolled his eyes.
"Then how can you fly me over there?"
"This is a secret." Ortus obviously didn't want Ye Ci to know too many secrets about the mechanical sculpture, but just snorted proudly.
Since Ortus had this attitude, Ye Ci didn't want to say more, she stood quietly behind Ortus, waiting for the moment when the mechanical sculpture landed. The speed of the mechanical eagle was extremely fast, and I don't know how long it took before Ye Ci began to feel that the mechanical eagle began to slide down, which meant that it was about to land. Ye Ci lowered his body and center of gravity to avoid falling down due to inertia when the mechanical sculpture landed.
The mechanical sculpture is worthy of being made by Ortus. It landed very smoothly and silently. After it landed, it immediately became lifeless, like a pile of dead steel.
Ortus jumped off the mechanical eagle, and Ye Ci also jumped down.
Ortus stood facing Ye Ci and said to Ye Ci: "Since you know me and my teacher, then I don't have to bother to introduce myself to you. Next, you have to do it very simply. , find my teacher, and rescue him."
This quest makes Ye Ci a little puzzled, because in the Goblin Chronicles it is only said that De Philae is missing, but it does not say why it is missing.
Because this is an important part of the mission, Ye Ci must ask clearly: "Dear Mr. Ortus, please wait first, although I know that Master De Philae also knows you, but in the book only It is recorded that your teacher is missing, nothing else. Where should I go to find your teacher?"
"It's not recorded in the book?" Ortus seemed a little strange, but he soon let go: "Hmph, it would be strange if it could be recorded! Of course they wouldn't record such a dirty thing in a book!"
It can be seen that Altus is very unhappy and emotional. He walked back and forth in place, waving his fists and cursing as he walked: "Those damn goblins, those damn goblins! And damn Chell! You all should go to hell!"
Ye Ci looked at Ortus quietly, waiting for the moment when the task was triggered. (To be continued)