CHAPTER XX

While the Black Iron Dwarves were exploring the ore veins, Ye Ci continued to do his epic mission.

She brought the feedback from the Dolan Thieves to Black Mud City again, and as usual, she still didn't see the city lord Moore, only the mayor of Black Mud City received her.

"Good, good, Elf, you've done a very good job." The mayor unfolded the letter and read it carefully, then raised his head to look at Ye Ci, narrowed his triangular eyes, and smiled so much that Ye Ci was a little creepy. "I will convey your sincerity to the Moore City Lord, I think the Moore City Lord will be very happy to know about this. You also know that the city lord of Moore has been in poor health, but he still has to worry about the trivial things around him, which makes us subordinates very uneasy, I wonder if you can help us again? ”

Sure enough, the third stage of the task has begun, although Ye Ci doesn't know how many rings this epic task has, but since it has been deepened, it is impossible to stop.

"Of course, it's my pleasure." Ye Ci made a salute. I couldn't help but laugh at myself for being too hypocritical, obviously I had to do the task as a last resort, and I was honored, honored

"However, this journey will be far away, do you really want to skip words. Hearing Ye Ci's answer, the mayor of Black Mud City was obviously very satisfied, but he didn't know why, he still asked Ye Ci again.

"As long as I can solve the problems of the Moore City Lord, I will do my best." Ye Ci nodded.

"Well, it's a distant journey, and you'll probably be away from your hometown for a long time, hopefully you won't miss home too much." The mayor of Black Mud City nodded, but from his expression, it could be seen that Ye Ci didn't have a dime to do with him whether he wanted to go home or not. "Go to Gale Canyon, where there is a broken iron bridge, and at twelve o'clock in the evening, blow this whistle and someone will come from the opposite side to meet you. And he will tell you what you need to do. ”

The mayor of the Black Clay City took out a very simple bone whistle from his body, this whistle has been stroked smooth and has a faint brown color, and it looks like it has been used for a long time. He handed the whistle to Ye Ci, and then said with a little sincerity: "May God always be with you, and the Lord of Moore will wait for your return." ”

Ye Ci took the bone whistle, but his brows furrowed slightly. If she remembered correctly, Gale Canyon was a map bordering the southern and western continents, with a deep gully in between, dividing the entire Gale Canyon into two parts, one on the southern continent and the other on the western continent.

The mayor of Black Mud City wouldn't let her go to the Western Continent......

That's exactly what happened. Ye Ci quit the game and checked the map that has now been officially exposed, and sure enough, she saw that there seemed to be something connected in the narrowest part of Gale Canyon. On the other side is the western continent.

It seems that this trip is a must-go.

Ye Ci explained to the high-level of the guild that she was going to leave the Eastern Continent for a period of time, although Bai Mo went home, but she still played the game every night, she left him a message about this matter, and then prepared some spare funds for her parents, and filled all the arrows on her body, and then left the Eastern Continent and set off towards the Southern Continent.

Because he did an epic mission, Ye Ci did not contact Yang Yu Hongchen when he arrived on the Southern Continent, but just teleported all the way, and it didn't take long to reach the Gale Canyon.

Gale Canyon is a long, narrow map that divides the map into two parts because of a deep, long valley in between. This side of the southern continent is called Gale Canyon. and the western side of the continent is called Gale Canyon. Under.

Before the four continents were divided, there was an iron bridge connecting the two sides of the canyon for people on both sides to pass, but after the four continents were divided, the NPCs on both sides removed the wooden planks from the iron bridge, and built extremely tough watchtowers and arrow forts on both sides of the bridge to defend against enemies on the opposite side.

Now, above Gale Canyon, you can only see watchtowers and a dilapidated chain bridge......

Ye Ci stood at the mouth of the canyon and looked at the opposite side, only to see a red person moving, no need to guess, it is definitely the same bridge guarding elite as here. The level is all above level ten, with thick skin and a lot of blood, and it is a problem for Ye Ci to deal with one, let alone deal with this piece.

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 little strange, they don't prohibit players from the Alliance Continent from going to the local positions, as long as you can get over alive, they are very calm, but if the players or NPCs on the opposite side want to come over, it will definitely be a matter of time.

Ye Ci sat by the bridge, quietly waiting for the sun to go down.

She looked at the scenery opposite, and her heart was as calm as a waveless lake. What will happen after the past? Will everything go well in the Western Continent? How long will she have to delay to get back to the Eastern Continent? These questions will be left to the future to think about, and she, as long as she waits until twelve o'clock, will pass smoothly.

The bridge guards of the southern continent walked around behind Ye Ci, batch after batch, the interval between each batch would not exceed thirty seconds, and each batch of soldiers was four to one, it seemed that even if there were players on the opposite continent running over, it would be impossible to slip through their eyes smoothly. In the same way, it is not very likely that Ye Ci will slip between those guards if he wants to reach the other side.

She looked up and down the bone whistle in her hand, left and right, but she never found anything magical, she really couldn't imagine that by twelve o'clock, the NPC summoned by the whistle would have some way to take her to the other side.

Time is a strange thing.

When you don't care, it quickly slips away, but in a moment, it has already flown a lot. However, when you really care, it passes very slowly, as if you can do something earth-shattering in a second.

Just like Ye Ci now, she is sitting on a stake on the edge of the canyon, holding a dog's tail grass in her mouth, and quietly looking at the sunset in the distance with her hands on her cheeks, hoping that time can pass faster, but time seems to be unsatisfactory to her, and it has been consuming like this, as if it will not move. She didn't know how many times she had called up that time to see, or that point, such a boring time, how long did it really take to wait until twelve o'clock?

Sure enough, just waiting for time is definitely not something Ye Ci will do, since her people can't do anything here now, why don't they go offline to do something else. Now that he has 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 rushing skills in the game, and he didn't have anything to do for a while.

Ye Ci walked into the living room on crutches, and the sunlight poured in from the window, which was very brilliant. Ye Ci sat on the sofa and turned on the TV in all kinds of boredom. The boring interface is playing in the TV, Ye Ci is holding the remote control in his hand, and he is not interested in changing one station after another.

I don't know if it's because her mental age is too mature or the current TV show is really uninteresting, after changing so many stations, Ye Ci doesn't have a single program that can be watched, if it goes on like this, what will she do to pass the time this afternoon?

"According to the news just received by this reporter,Glory Group officially opened the countdown ceremony of the first expansion film of "Destiny L" in the National Stadium - "New Continent", "Destiny L" as an emerging holographic game launched in 2050, different from the previous holographic games, it uses the world's most advanced light and shadow change technology and human micro-sensory technology, 100 simulates all the environments of the entire real world, and it is a perfect combination of many countries around the world and the game background, It can be called an epoch-making holographic game. Since the beta began, Destiny L has held the record for the highest number of people online, and that number has grown more and more as Destiny L has been developed......"

I was tuned into a news channel, where the host of the news was smiling and announcing the news about the new Destiny L expansion. In fact, it is not surprising that there is such a thing as news about fate, in the current era, games have become very popular, and various countries have developed from simply classifying games as entertainment projects to stationing various important functions such as economy, politics, and military into games, and games have become more and more relevant to human beings.

So, it's not uncommon for the news to talk about the game in its own right.

If, in normal times, probably Ye Ci would not have noticed this news, anyway, there are too many introductions to all aspects of fate, and she doesn't have the mind and 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 World" has entered the countdown of 30 days, which means that a series of major mainland missions and expansion missions related to the expansion pack will be officially released. In this series of missions, the player's level and equipment will improve by leaps and bounds, so the next level 30 to 50 dungeon groups will be relatively easy to fight. Not only that, Ye Ci also knew that as long as the expansion was opened, it would also indicate one point - the Shengshi Guild was about to land on fate

In fact, Ye Ci didn't quite understand what these plans were thinking.

The Shengshi Guild was bought by the opposing company of the Glory Group to enter the fate L to fight the momentum of the current fate, this news, even Ye Ci, an ordinary player, already knows, she doesn't believe it, don't those leaders of the Glory Group's planning and affairs know? Now that they knew, they must have understood how terrible the impact the Prosperous Guild would have on the game when it entered the game, and wouldn't it be a very unwise decision to venture into an expansion under such circumstances? But why do they do it? Is it all water in the head? Or did Ye Ci not understand the foresight of this matter at all?

However, things have developed to this point, what the leaders of the Glory Group think is no longer in Ye Ci's consideration, and she only has one thing to think about, that is, how to keep everything as much as possible before the new expansion is opened, and before the Shengshi Guild enters the game.

That's a real headache.

Suddenly, she thought of someone.

On the game, Ye Ci began to contact customer service, indicating that he wanted to find customer service No. 094. Although the customer service *** is a little embarrassed, they can't refuse the player's not too excessive requirements, so even if there is some trouble, 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 planner, if I don't do it this way, what else can I do?" Ye Ci was a little funny about Wangjiangnan's question.

"I'm in Gale Canyon, coordinates 1893:47:3652, are you free? Come here. Ye Ci knew that this kind of customer service call would be recorded, so of course she wouldn't be stupid to discuss something with Wang Jiangnan here. Even in order to deal with the leaders of Wangjiangnan, she also thought of an excuse for Wangjiangnan: "I found a suspected BUG, please come and take a look." ”

Wang Jiangnan has no doubt about him, although today's duty manager is not him, but, in terms of the relationship between him and Ye Ci, there is nothing to take this trip: "Okay, you wait for me for a minute." ”

Turning off the customer service phone, Ye Ci sat on the stake and waited quietly, and soon, a level 1 player wearing a novice uniform appeared next to her, this person was not Wang Jiangnan or anyone. Wangjiangnan is really work-oriented, and the first thing he said when he saw Ye Ci was: "What bug did you find?" ”

Ye Ci smiled, patted the other wooden stake next to him and said, "Sit down and talk slowly." ”

Wang Jiangnan sat down, he looked at the environment here, and quickly understood the reason why Ye Ci appeared here: "You received an epic mission?" ”

"Hmm." Ye Ci narrowed his eyes: "Can you reveal it, what will be waiting for me in the future?" ”

Wang Jiangnan shook his head: "If I tell you, won't you find it very boring?" Moreover, this epic quest was not designed by me, and I did not participate in the test, so I don't know exactly what the specific links are. After that, he continued to care about the BUG: "Didn't you say there was a BUG? What BUGS? A bug that can be caught must be terrible. ”

"It's not a bug, I'm just looking for you as an excuse." Ye Ci pulled out the dog's tail grass from the corner of his mouth, and dangled it idly: "Something else." ”

Wang Jiangnan's eyebrows raised slightly: "This is unusual, will you have something to find me?" I remember, you don't really hate dealing with us planners. ”

"It depends on when. When the crisis affects my own interests, I still like your plans. Ye Ci said unceremoniously that in front of Wangjiangnan, she did not hide her true colors of use at all.

Wang Jiangnan began to be a little curious, Gongzi Youke is the top figure in the Eastern Continent, and he is also the number one figure in the four continents, and it is rare to be able to crisis her own interests: "Hey, the more you say that, the more curious I become, what situation can threaten your interests?" ”

"Why did you release the expansion so early?" Ye Ci didn't want to go around in circles with Wangjiangnan, so he directly asked his own question: "Don't you know that Shengshi is going to enter the game, don't skip words."

The name of the prosperous era has to be said to be well known. They are like a giant locust, leaving a mess wherever they go.

Wang Jiangnan was slightly stunned when he heard Ye Ci's question, and then the look on his face was slightly unnatural: "These are high-level decisions, I am just an ordinary planner, and I can't influence anything." ”

Ye Ci raised his eyebrows: "Show me a clear way, how to deal with this storm?" The general level of our guild is only 40, and if you open a new expansion, the level cap will be opened, what should we retail investors do? ”

"You're really asking me this question, and I'm thinking about it, but I haven't been able to find a way." Wang Jiangnan looked at Ye Ci with a wry smile: "I also know that it is a bit too hasty to open the expansion pack now, but ......" Speaking of this, he sighed a little: "Why don't you give me a suggestion, how to deal with it better?" ”

Seeing Wangjiangnan's appearance, Ye Ci was a little depressed, it seemed that this storm could no longer be stopped. As the expansion gets closer and closer, she can only passively bear all this: "Suggestion? You're asking me to wait until the prosperous age enters the game and ruin my fate to the point where I can't do it? ”

"Ha, don't be so pessimistic." Although Wang Jiangnan was laughing, it could be seen that his heart was also very heavy.

"Pessimistic? Pessimistic people change the world. Ye Cibai glanced at Jiang Nan.

"Well, if at that time, you are me, what are you going to do?" Wang Jiangnan looked at Ye Ci very sincerely, he had thought about this problem more than once. He even thought that by that time, the whole game would definitely be turned upside down, and the fate of their plans would be turned upside down just like the game. And his dreams, his fate, I don't know if it will be broken because of this matter.

"You have two paths. First, pack up and leave. Second, living in embarrassment. Ye Ci raised two fingers, in fact, these are the two paths that all players will face in the future.

"Is there a third one?" Wang Jiangnan had known these two roads for a long time, but he was unwilling.

Ye Ci narrowed his eyes, and the third ...... The third one is that she wants to do it herself, but she doesn't know if she can do it.

"Yes......" Ye Ci's lips overflowed with an almost inaudible sigh, "Of course there is." ”

"What?"

"Put death in the afterlife." Ye Ci looked into the distance and sighed again, her body was full of contradictions, on the one hand, she didn't want the prosperous world to come, on the other hand, she hoped that the prosperous world would come soon, it was best to come immediately. Because no matter what you think, you never know exactly what the future holds.

Even if you know the outcome of the matter, if you don't know the process of the matter, it will be unpredictable.

Back then, Wangjiangnan's carrying of the crown in adversity was to put death in the afterlife, and now that Ye Ci has started to excavate the Mithril vein in advance, isn't it a death in the afterlife? There was only one month, and in that month, she had to get the mining rights from the Black Iron Dwarves who had detected the exact location of the veins. Even if she had the right to mine, where would she go to find so many people to open a mine? Even if she finds so many people to open a mine, how can she protect such a large vein? The current Tiantian upward is only a small meeting of no more than 100,000 people, and even if all the staff are dispatched, they may not be able to defend this vein.

Even if the prosperous world doesn't come to rob it at that time, won't those big guilds with millions of people come to rob it?

She never thought that there really was any friendship between herself and the leaders of the big guilds, only interests were permanent in this world.

From the day she decided to mine the Mithril veins, she thought that she had already placed herself in a dead place, but she had no way of knowing if this dead place would be able to survive in the future.

Night had fallen, and Wangjiangnan had already left. Ye Ci sat in the dark, quietly stroking the bone whistle in his hand, and finally glanced at the time, twelve o'clock was still ten seconds away.

10. 8...... Three, two, one.

"Whew-" The sound of the bone whistle was a peculiar, high-pitched sound that Ye Ci had never heard before on any whistle. This sharp and strange voice was like a sharp dagger in the dark night sky, tearing the peaceful silence alive.

Ye Ci gently pressed her ear, the sound made her eardrum hurt a little, and then she stood up and began to look around for the person who would come out to answer. However, in Night Wind, she never saw anyone but herself.

Could it be that he made a mistake in remembering his task, Ye Ci was a little strange, and hurriedly began to look through his mission log, but found nothing. Just when Ye Ci was standing in place and looking around, he heard a hoarse voice in a high place and laughed lowly: "It's actually an elf." ”

Ye Ci followed the prestige, only to see a black shadow squatting on the pillar at the head of the bridge, he was hidden in the dense shadow all over his body, except for his voice, Ye Ci couldn't explore all his other attributes at all.

Ethnicity, unknown. Occupation, unknown. Friend or foe, unknown.

Although it is stated in the task that this person will lead Ye Ci and will also hand over the following tasks to Ye Ci, the uncertainty of the epic task is too great, as long as a link does not meet the predetermined requirements, it is likely to inspire other consequences. For things that cannot be grasped, Ye Ci never dares to make any decisions randomly, so as not to cause irreparable results.

"Hello, the mayor of Black Mud City gave me a whistle." Ye Ci bowed respectfully: "He said that this whistle will bring me the next hints." "When Ye Ci is doing tasks, he speaks very well, often putting himself in a passive position, and putting the NPC who delivers the task in an active position, in this way, it doesn't seem to be much to go, but when dealing with NPCs, he can get a lot of bargains.

The black shadow squatting on the pillar at the head of the bridge heard Ye Ci say this and laughed twice: "He is not dead yet?" ”

These words made Ye Ci slightly stunned, she seemed to have caught some strange feeling, but when she thought about it carefully, she didn't catch anything. However, she didn't respond casually to the words of the black shadow, the NPCs of these epic quests are some very difficult guys to deal with, they have a higher IQ than the average NPC, and they are more thoughtful than the average NPC, so if you don't deal with it carefully, it is easy to be pocketed by these NPCs. One of the best ways to avoid being bagged by NPCs is to prick up your ears, but keep your mouth shut. It is an eternal truth that there are many words and many mistakes.

The black shadow seemed to be satisfied, and Ye Ci didn't talk much. He laughed twice, and his voice was strange, and it was particularly terrifying in the silence of the night. "You're a mouthless elf."

Can this be considered a compliment?

"Let's go, come with me, I'll take you there." The black shadow jumped down from the pillar, and the silver-white moonlight immediately covered his whole body, allowing Ye Ci to see his true face clearly. It turned out to be a goblin.

He had green skin, pointed ears, and bulging eyeballs, which looked strange, but the most strange thing was that the goblin's arms were apparently much longer than the other goblins, and they had dragged up to their knees. It was not tall, reaching the waist of an elf, but it was small and easy to move.

Goblins are a peculiar race, they have ugly faces, but they have a very high IQ, they can make the most elaborate machinery and the highest grade medicine on the continent, and they are also very good at collecting money, so 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, which is a kind of standing race. Before the Continent Split, the Goblins often interacted with other races, but after the Continent Split, the Goblins were hidden, and only a few merchants could still find them, exchanging them for high-grade engineering products and high-quality medicines.

Seeing this goblin, Ye Ci's heart moved slightly. Goblins are a good race, especially in siege warfare, and being able to get the help of goblins is like a tiger, but how do you deal with goblins? This is indeed a problem.

Following behind this goblin, Ye Ci has been thinking about a way to approach this goblin, but he has never found anything suitable. Goblins are different from gnomes who are also well-versed in engineering, they have much higher emotional intelligence than gnomes, and if they don't do what they like, they can easily be disliked.

"Elf, are you thinking about how you can get the goblin benefits from me without skipping words. The goblin, who had not spoken, chuckled.

Ye Ci was slightly startled, but she didn't show any hasty look on her face, she just said lightly: "Elves have never been a greedy race. ”

"Well, you're not the same as the orcs and dwarves." The goblin agreed on this, and suddenly he stopped, whistled loudly, and the sky resounded with the sound of wings flapping from far to near. Ye Ci looked up and saw a huge bird flying in their direction in the distance.

It looks like an eagle. Ye Ci narrowed his eyes, the elf's night vision was not bad, judging from that physique, it did look like an eagle, but when it flew closer, Ye Ci was taken aback This is indeed an eagle, but this is not a living eagle, it is a machine carving 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 became a little more proud. With a bit of ostentation, he said, "How? Looks good, right? ”

"It's wonderful." Ye Ci did not hesitate to praise it, and nodded at the goblin, "It's really worthy of the goblin engineering, it's so beautiful."

These words made the look on the goblin's face change, 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 this name. According to the "Geomastery Chronicles" in the National Library, Ortus was a personal disciple of the great master of goblin engineering, De Philae, and after De Philae's disappearance, Ortus seemed to gradually fade out of the goblin world, and finally disappeared into the record of the Geomaster Chronicles. When Ye Ci was reading the book, he was quite sorry, so that the last inheritance of the most exquisite goblin engineering also disappeared in the mainland, but he didn't expect that creation would make people, in this life, she actually met Ortus.

"What? Have you heard my name? ”

"Yes, I have seen records of you in the National Library, and of course of course of your master De Philae." Ye Ci told the truth.

"Oh? It's strange that the descendants of the goblins don't remember me and my master anymore, and an elf still does. With an indifferent taunt on his face, Ortus beckoned to the mechanical eagle in the sky, sending it to the edge of the cliff before jumping onto its back. Then, Ortus turned his head and said to Ye Ci, "Elf, jump up, I'll send you over." ”

Ye Ci nodded, and then jumped on the back of the mechanical carving, and then he heard Ortus shouting: "Sit tight" The mechanical carving suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the sky

This is not the first time that Ye Ci has taken a flying machine, but this is definitely the fastest and smoothest flying machine that Ye Ci has ever ridden. Although there was a strong air flow passing under the wings of the mechanical eagle, the mechanical eagle did not become bumpy, but took advantage of the air flow to fly higher and higher, as if it was about to pass through the clouds.

"What's that crazy goblin doing with its broken bird again?" The guards guarding the bridge on the western continent looked at the mechanical carvings in the distance, as if they had long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

"Who knows about it. He guarded the broken bird every day and wouldn't let us get close, and the last time I wanted to sit down, he almost beat me up. ”

"Hahaha, you're afraid of that goblin? How much does it hurt to hit you? If you let the captain know this, he will definitely punish you severely."

"You know a fart, goblins are a species, if I fight him, maybe I will be retaliated" The guard guarding the bridge snorted: "That old man can make that kind of broken bird, it's hard to guarantee that he can't make something else, in case he suffers a big loss, then it's unlucky." ”

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The two guards guarding the bridge from the Western Continent were patrolling and talking in a low voice, unaware that Ortus had actually brought a player from the Eastern Continent to his land through this big bird

Ye Ci looked down at the bottom, a confused red light, which meant that the altitude they were at now was very high. But what made Ye Ci strange was: "Those guards guarding the bridge can't see us, don't they skip words."

"How can you not see it, they are not blind." Ortus rolled his eyes.

"Then how can you fly with me?"

"It's a secret." Ortus obviously didn't want Ye Ci to know too many secrets about mechanical carvings, so he just snorted haughtily.

Since Ortus had this attitude, Ye Ci didn't want to say anything more, she stood quietly behind Ortus, waiting for the moment when the mechanical eagle landed. The speed of the mechanical carving was extremely fast, and I don't know how long it took, Ye Ci began to feel that the mechanical carving began to slide downward, which meant that it was about to land. Ye Ci lowered his body and lowered his center of gravity to avoid falling down due to inertia when the mechanical eagle landed.

The mechanical sculpture was made by Ortus, and it landed very smoothly and silently, and as soon as it landed, it became lifeless, like a pile of dead steel.

Ortus jumped down from the mechanical carving, and Ye Ci jumped down with him.

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." And then you have to do a very simple job, find my teacher and rescue him. ”

This mission made Ye Ci a little baffled, because in the Goblin Chronicles it was only said that De Philae was missing, but it did not say why it disappeared.

Because this is an important part of the task, Ye Ci must ask clearly: "Dear Mr. Ortus, please wait first, although I know that Master De Philae also knows about you, but in the book it is only recorded that your teacher is missing, and nothing else is said." Where am I going to find your teacher? ”

"It's not written in the books?" Ortus looked a little strange, but he was soon relieved: "Hmph, it would be strange if they could record such a dirty thing, of course they won't record it in books."

It can be seen that Ortus is very unhappy and very excited. He walked back and forth in place, waving his fists and cursing as he went, "Those damned goblins, those damn goblins, and damn Chel, you all deserve to go to hell."

Ye Ci looked at Ortus quietly, waiting for the moment when the task was triggered.

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