After entering the upper town, the surrounding environment changes, and even the sky becomes brighter.

Artificial sunlight slowly rises from the east, and if it weren't for the wrong environment, Xiao Di would even have the illusion of returning to the earth.

There were not many people who entered Uptown at the same time as Xiao Di, and at the same time, she only saw two contestants with injuries coming up from Downtown.

She looked down at the terminal, and saw that there were only eight hundred teams left, and the number of participants had decreased a lot.

She clicked on the same frequency as her teammates, and just as she wanted to send a message, she saw that the chat channel was still in a gray closed state, and a one-hour countdown was displayed on it.

Seeing that he couldn't contact his teammates for the time being, Xiao Di didn't stay any longer, wrapped his hood tightly and walked forward.

There is no warmth in the artificial sunlight, and the inorganic metal buildings and the extremely fast vehicles in mid-air always make Xiao Di have an indescribable dislike for the city.

Passing through an alley, Xiao Di was about to turn a corner, but at this moment, a prompt sound came from the terminal.

[Hidden Mission 3: Attend the party hosted by Grand Duke Bruce and steal his ruby, be careful not to let Bruce find out.] 】

Xiao Di called up the competition map, searched for the address of Grand Duke Bruce's house on it, and slid in the direction of his house with the New Year's sword.

Not long after Xiao Di left the entrance, Zhige also entered the upper city from the lower city.

Archduke Bruce has a transcendent position in Uptown, and it is no exaggeration to say that he controls half of the economic lifeblood of the entire Uptown.

Xiao Di hid behind a building not far from the Bruce Manor, and only then did he see the large magnetic screen erected at the door of the manor···························································································································································.

[Admission to the party is by invitation only.] 】

Where do I get the invitation?

Xiao Di's brows furrowed, avoiding the manor's monitoring system, and stepping on the New Year's greetings and speeding away.

In the bustling central part of Uptown, Xiao Di mingled with the crowd, drinking a bland nutrient solution while pricking up his ears to listen to others talking about the banquet of Grand Duke Bruce.

The information in the crowd was mixed, Xiao Di patiently and carefully distinguished, and finally let her extract useful information after half a universe.

"Where did the Grand Duke Bruce's banquet invitation go?"

"I've heard that there are high prices on the black market."

"But I don't have that many Star Coins, what can I do?"

……

After getting important information, Xiao Di was not in a hurry to go to the black market to find the invitation, but turned on the same frequency as his teammates, and saw that the closure above had entered the countdown of the last ten seconds.

10、9…… 3、2、1、0。

The communication channel, which was originally gray, immediately had a color, and at the same time, the news of Zhige jumped out first.

Xiao Di's eyebrows were raised, and before she realized it, the corners of her lips were already hooked.

It was his coordinates that stopped Ge.

She did the same, sending her coordinates out.

The distance between the two was less than a thousand meters now, and Xiao Di immediately set off and went to the location where Zhi Ge was to meet him.

From afar, Xiao Di saw Zhi Ge standing on the Lantern Festival Sword and leaning towards her.

"For the time being, we should be the only ones coming up." At the moment when Xiao Di rubbed shoulders with Zhi Ge, he turned around and jumped onto the Lantern Festival Sword.

Zhi Ge reached out to catch the person, although he knew that she couldn't fall, but he still hugged Xiao Di's waist tightly.

The moment he took Xiao Di in his arms again, Zhi Ge actually felt like he had lost and regained.

"Yes." Zhi Ge's chin rested lightly on the top of Xiao Di's head, and his voice answered in a hoarse voice.

The Ambiguous Terminator Xiao Di stepped away from his arms, "I triggered the Archduke Bruce Banquet quest, and I need to get a banquet invitation by tonight."

The person in his arms suddenly withdrew, and Zhige only felt that his arms were empty.

But when it comes to business, Zhige didn't do anything superfluous.

"I triggered this quest as well." Zhi Ge told Xiao Di the information he got at the same time, "Part of the invitation letter from Grand Duke Bruce was distributed to the NPCs in the upper city, and only fifty were leaked out for the taskers to compete for. ”

"Some of it should be available in quests, and some of it should be available on the black market."

Obviously, the two of them didn't trigger the quest where the reward was an invitation, so the only option for them at this point was to go to the black market.

The black market may sound low, but it's in the heart of the entire Uptown.

Xiao Di and Zhi Ge stood under a skyscraper, followed the map guidance, entered the sliding elevator, and selected the "-" floor.

At the same time as the "-" button was lit, the elevator began to descend rapidly with the two of them.

I don't know how many meters down, the elevator suddenly turned to the left, and the strong inertia made the unsuspecting two people crash into the elevator wall for a while.

Zhi Ge's hand was on Xiao Di's shoulder, not letting her hurt her shoulder.

"Are you alright?" Zhi Ge's calm voice echoed slightly in the elevator.

Xiao Di shook his head, his gaze lingering on the hand he held over his shoulder for a moment.

Just then, the elevator came to a sudden halt.

After a "ding dong", the elevator door opened.

The two of them looked up together, and saw that there was a long and narrow dark mirrored corridor outside, and the top of the corridor was inlaid with two light strips extending parallel to each other, guiding the direction of people's progress.

Xiao Di and Zhi Ge stepped out of the elevator and walked along the corridor.

At the end of the corridor is an intelligent electronic magnetic screen.

Xiao Di stretched out his hand to light up the magnetic screen, and saw a prompt pop up on the magnetic screen.

[Do you want to spend 10,000 Star Coins to enter the black market?] 】

Here are the Yes and No options.

"It costs money to enter the black market?!" Xiao Di scolded secretly.

Zhi Ge also frowned, but he didn't say anything, reached out to select the [Yes] option, touched his terminal with the magnetic screen twice, and swiped down 20,000 star coins.

As soon as the entrance fee of 20,000 yuan was paid, the electromagnetic door slowly opened in front of the two.

Behind the door was as bright as day, Xiao Di and Zhige squinted their eyes, and it took a long time to get used to the light.

It's an open trading market with stalls and countless NPCs and questers.

Xiao Di and Zhi Ge joined the crowd and began to look for a booth to sell invitations.

"I'm really an invitation to the Grand Duke's dinner, don't you believe it? Then you don't buy it! A man's shrewd voice fell into the ears of Xiao Di and Zhi Ge from not far away.

The two glanced at each other and walked in that direction in tacit understanding.

(End of chapter)