Happy Bar's treasure hunt has been around for a long time.

Ever since he dug up the first gangster vault from the sewers of Crimson Keep and got information about the Vulture Arsenal, he'd been trying to activate the vault mission from Master Murphy.

However, there is a precondition for this task, which is that the internal reputation of the Blood Vulture Clan must reach the title of "Family Knight", and this reputation level was not opened until after the recent wolf venom invasion, so it's no wonder that Brother Bang is slow, but it's really the game progress card here that makes him feel powerless.

This time it was a good opportunity to follow the hussar instructor to the Earldom of Sike for training, plus he and the little rich brother spent tens of thousands of gold coins to get the drawings and information of the underground vault of Sike City from the little Earl of Sharon, and they were ready to wait for this wave of excavations to complete a one-night rich.

It is said that Brother Bang was funded by Brother Xiao Fu to set up a company, and so far there is almost no output, although Brother Xiao Fu does not urge him, but Brother Bang himself is under a lot of pressure, he is a guy who has high requirements for himself, and always thinks that he must make a little achievement in order to make a difference.

However, Happy Stick did not know the "inside story" of Sico City, and Murphy and Sharon did not inform the players of the news that there was an army of the undead hidden under the ruins, and so far, this is a "backstory" that has not yet been opened.

Due to the lack of intelligence, the treasure hunt of Happy Sticks was overshadowed from the very beginning.

The scariest thing is that Happy Stick himself doesn't know this! I'm still happily waiting to make a fortune. Therefore, when they arrived outside the city of Sico the next afternoon, Brother Bang and his subordinates were immersed in the joy of being about to "get rich", and they knew almost nothing about the real threat ahead.

And the "Big Bird Turnaround Troupe" that they had agreed to develop this vault with them was already camping nearby and waiting.

Brother Woomeow's team travels in a very foreign way.

While not vampires can't fly, they have a dedicated "Gargoyle Civilian Airliner" that is big enough to carry everyone in the group on a quick trip, so Meow Meow only departed from Crimson Keep this morning, and arrived at his destination earlier than Happy Stick.

After the Valander instructor announced the disbandment of the free activities, Brother Bang immediately took his people to run to join Brother Woo Meow, and when they arrived at the camp in a cavalry formation, Brother Woo Meow's special "Sky Eye" Yansang had just completed a psionic reconnaissance of the ruins of the city ahead.

The expression of this man with an embarrassing stubble is not too good-looking.

"It's quiet, it's in line with an abandoned city that has been abandoned for two years and no one has set foot on it, and it even reminds me of some of the sights of a post-apocalyptic wasteland."

When Brother Bang got off the horse and walked over with the cavalry helmet, Yan Sangmo rubbed his chin and said to Brother Meow and Brother Bang:

"Most of the buildings in Sico City are still intact, but the city defenses have been completely damaged, the city gates have been shattered, and I can see that many parts of the city are filled with gray-green smoke with my reconnaissance skills.

It was supposed to be a remnant of the psionic plague, which I had marked on the map.

Those areas are absolutely not accessible to you.

I consulted with my mentor, who had previously worked in the Tower of the Ring, and he warned me that even the warriors of the Silver Tier were not immune to the terrible effects of the psionic plague, and that we would die within five minutes of stepping inside.

The good news, though, is that the road to the Bank of Cico City has not been blocked by the plague, and I have just mapped out a safe path that will allow you to rush into it as quickly as possible.

But I can't do anything to find out what's going on inside the bank, and I haven't learned the advanced skills of using the echoes of psionic concussions to detect what's going on inside a building, so I'll have to improvise once you're in.

And the place you're going to is underground, and my advice is to be careful, because if something happens, it's hard to escape. ”

"What about the enemies in the city?"

Brother Bang asked very cautiously:

"Do you find any situations that need to be focused on?"

"Yes! There are a lot of ghouls-like things roaming around the plague area of the city, but they are all wandering blindly so it shouldn't be a problem not to mess with them, and in the city sky, there are also swarms of strange flying creatures like rotten birds, which are air defenses that even the wings of vampires can barely break through.

The good news is that the psionic environment here is pretty stable so far, so you don't have to worry about monsters that don't match the strength of the place. ”

Yan Sang explained very professionally:

"According to my mentor Heru's explanation, monsters with outrageous values are generally not born in places where the psionic environment is stable, unless this is a super-large-scale camouflage enchantment in itself, but the probability of that possibility is too small, Sike City has been destroyed, and this is not a strategic location.

But again, my current understanding of psionic energy is only at the apprenticeship stage, so I may miss some details.

So the advice I can give is, don't go all in!

Leave some people outside to answer, in case something happens inside, the whole army will not be wiped out. ”

"This one is natural, I'll leave some people behind."

Brother Bang nodded, took the city map that Yansang handed over to plan safe passages and dangerous areas, he opened it and looked at it, he was very satisfied with Yansang's work results, and thought that he might also train professional reconnaissance psionics for his team, these guys can overlook the situation from the sky for several kilometers nearby, it is simply a walking "humanoid radar".

"Yansang, and Brother Qu, you two stay outside the city."

Brother Meow also made arrangements.

He handed the green gargoyle heart to Brother Qu and admonished:

"After we entered, Yansang kept an eye on the inside of the city, and if you found a problem, you two would ride this thing to save us."

"No problem!"

Brother Qu made an OK gesture.

The guy was getting more and more like a sharpshooter now, and he had found himself a sassy cowboy hat to cover half of his face, a face towel to cover his mouth like Mama Marianne's classic attire, and a cowhide chain was fastened to the front of him, with a large-caliber revolver on the left and right sides.

The primary weapon is a precisely calibrated witch lance, as well as a trench gun modeled after the Hammer Guard's custom-made trench gun from Mama Marianne.

Armed to the teeth, so to speak.

As one of the current top teams in the game, Brother Woo Meow knows the truth that sharpening knives does not mistake woodcutters, and has always spared no expense in arming his brothers.

This can be seen from the "unbreakable" heavy shield and the "undefeated" war hammer carried by Sanwu Dou, which is the most top-notch equipment that players can get at the moment in the game, and it is a magic weapon that does not need to be exchanged when using the gold level.

Of course, this is also the biggest reason why Brother Bang is looking for Brother Woo Meow to cooperate in treasure hunting, he must find those players who can turn the tide at critical moments, there is no doubt that Brother Woo Meow's big bird group is such a player.

These guys are expensive, but there is a reason why they are expensive.

"Let's go, let's go into the city!"

Happy Stick gives an order.

His thirty hand-picked subordinates and Brother Meow's five-man group turned on their horses and galloped towards the ruins of Sico City, revealing unease and gloom in the pale afternoon sun.

"To be honest, I'm a little uneasy."

Brother Qu watched this large ticket of "Vault Hunters" rush to the land of wealth and death, he rubbed his eyebrows and said to Yansang:

"The closer I get to Sico, the more uneasy I become, as if a voice is reminding me not to step in, you know, we are all Avalon believers now, and Father Eugene has repeatedly warned us that Avalon God will warn his followers when they are in danger."

"So what else can you do?"

Yan Sang rolled his eyes, took out his beloved magic weapon and clasped it in his hand, he said:

"These guys are all blinded by gold, and now they can't listen to the advice at all, besides, everyone has a life for three days, and if something really happens, it's just to endure it for three days.

Don't talk about this, how about that flight attendant who was introduced to you earlier? Didn't you say that your family urged you to go on a blind date? ”

Hearing this question, Brother Qu rolled his eyes helplessly.

He whispered:

"The flight attendant is good, good in all aspects, even a little too good, but not so good by the standards of the blind date."

"Why?"

Yan Sang asked curiously, Brother Qu shrugged his shoulders and whispered:

"Isn't the reason said?

It's so good to live.

It's so good that I'm a little afraid to continue, you see, I'm a normal man, right? I'm not in the habit of wearing a hat or being a pick-up. ”

"Hey, old feudal! It's called fun, do you understand? But what you said also makes sense, what serious man would spend money on an eight-hand bus. ”

——

The city of Sico was once the capital of the Translancia region and the capital of the entire Portia Confederacy, and the fact that the city was once the capital of the Confederacy of Portia is a testament to the wealth and prosperity of the place.

If nothing else, even though it is in ruins, it is still three times the size of the Crimson Keep.

Of course, on the other hand, when both places are in ruins, it is obviously very boring to have to be more perfect than the other pile of ruins.

The Vault Hunters weave their way through the dead city, riding their horses through the deserted and empty streets, following the safe route that Yansang has planned.

Along the way, you can see houses that have collapsed during the war, strange holes left in the stones that have been corroded by the plague, and the streets still have traces of pre-breached chaos and some bloodstains that cannot be washed.

Disturbingly, however, they did not see a single intact corpse in the entire abandoned city.

seem

After the disaster, someone deliberately "cleaned" the place.

"I'm feeling a little hairy."

Brother Meow vigilantly held the witch's cane in his hand and the imitation holy blade on his waist, as an oak knight who will become a red knight in the future, he passively possessed the talent of [Junior Weapon Master] after changing classes, and he can skillfully use various weapons to fight.

Of course, this is just a talent, and it is not a concept with the profession of "weapon master" that Brother Cat is pursuing now.

After Brother Meow stepped into the ruins of Sike City, the aura of natural psionic energy that was always by his side would be severely weakened, making it difficult for him to identify the hidden dangers around him through perception, which made the Oak Knight's heart more and more uneasy, and his four brothers were just as nervous as he was.

Not only them, but the members of the team with high perception attributes will also look suspiciously at the abandoned buildings that have long been uninhabited, as if there is always a pair of eyes staring at them behind those plank-sealed windows.

"Damn! This hellish place! ”

Happy Stick scolded, and he was also irritable.

This irritability comes not only from the action itself that knows there is danger, but also from the sense of danger inherent in a transcendent creature like a vampire.

He knew he had to move faster and then evacuate as fast as he could.

You can't stay here for long.

The good news is that, after galloping all the way, they reached the street where the Bank of Cico City is located, which is the most devastated part of the city, except for the industrial area.

When the Countl of Sharon sold the information about the underground vault of the Bank of Sico City to Brother Bang, he had reminded him that after the Pioneer Legion broke the city with the plague, all the visible wealth in the entire banking area was looted by those bastards, and only the vault in the deepest part of the underground was not destroyed.

There was the psionic lock, which had to be opened with the Sico family key, and the key was now in the pocket that Brother Bang had close to him.

"Pro! You're here with the newcomers! We'll be back in half an hour at most! ”

Brother Bang jumped off his horse in front of the ruins of the bank that seemed to have been bombarded by shells, and shouted to his aide-de-camp.

He didn't dare to delay any longer, and the other eight brothers and the five-member group of Brother Woo Meow rushed into the ruins of the bank, and after they left, the twenty newcomers of the tempering group also consciously rode horses to patrol around.

This scene was seen by Yan Sang outside the city with reconnaissance techniques, and Brother Qu had already activated the heart of the gargoyle to gather the body of the structure creature with stone, ready to rise into the air at any time.

The Pioneer Legion's looting of Sico City two years ago was very thorough, but the good news is that after that looting, Brother Bang won't have to spend time looking for a way to the vault below.

The passage was so clearly placed, like a black beast's mouth that had been blasted open with gunpowder and leading to the ground, waiting to swallow the greedy adventurer into its belly.

"Everyone has taken these teleportation scrolls, if something happens and you can't escape, you can directly tear the scrolls back to the Crimson Keep."

Before going down to the vault, Brother Bang took out the scroll he had bought from Madame Tracey before his departure and distributed it to everyone.

Everyone looked disgusted when they held it in their hands.

Apparently because of the 1% chance of this thing getting out of control, it was a good lesson to be remembered for anyone who was going to use the teleportation scroll, and it is said that poor Cheche would not try the teleportation service provided by the NPC anymore because of the "astral journey".

"Don't scare yourself, maybe there's nothing down there?"

Brother Meow cheered up and told a joke, but was despised by the others.

Everyone followed the passage and went down the spiral staircase made of marble, not stopping at the first basement level but going straight to the large vault on the second floor.

The process went smoothly, with little noise other than a few black rats that were more than a meter long running in the dark.

The vault that Brother Bang was looking for was also very conspicuous, the other vaults were violently blown open, except for the deepest underground vault, which was intact, surrounded by traces left by the explosion and a few bundles of explosives that had not been detonated, but the iron door weighing several tons did not leave any traces of destruction.

"Its psionic lock is still full of energy!"

Brother Woo Meow stepped forward to feel it, and immediately turned back to Brother Bang with a look of ecstasy and said:

"This proves that it has not been opened in two years and that the gold inside is intact! Quick, open it and see what's inside! ”

"Don't worry."

Brother Bang also breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that he would get nothing after paying so much, but he still had to make a steady posture, stepped forward and took out the key given by Xiao Sharon and inserted it into the lock hole.

As soon as the seventeen runes of the psionic key lit up, the heavy steel gate slowly opened.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, a golden light that could not be ignored burst out in this dim place.

Of course, gold itself doesn't shine!

No amount of gold stacked together could emit light, and the reason why the golden light floated was because there was a circle of psionic aura in the treasure trove flickering, so that the neatly stacked gold bars reflected a colorful dazzling light, and this scene made all the players in front of them forget to cheer or even breathe.

They stood stunned, staring at the amazing wealth they had unearthed with their own hands.

In fact, the gold bars stored in this vault are actually not much, after all, it is only one of Sico's treasury treasures, and it is not even a tenth of the family wealth compared to the blood vulture corridor, but this is already a super treasure that cannot be described in words for players!

The Little Earl of Sharon didn't lie to them!

There really is treasure here!

Although I don't understand the exchange ratio of gold bars and gold coins, but at present, the crude estimated value of these gold bars will never be less than 500,000 gold coins, according to the exchange ratio of 1:10, that is, 5 million yuan?

Well, that doesn't seem like a lot.

At least for the level of the little rich brother, this is not a lot of money, but Brother Bang at least has the results that can be taken out to soothe his too heavy work pressure in the recent period.

"Move!"

He gave the order!

The other guys rushed into the vault like wild dogs and threw the gold bricks into the specially prepared psionic bag, but just as everyone was happily loading the gold bars, the little hand with the highest perception here suddenly moved his ears, and while he decisively hid in the shadows, he grabbed Brother Mew and said:

"Did you hear anything? Looks like someone has come in. In the back! ”

"Bang"

As soon as he finished speaking, something heavy fell to the ground.

Brother Bang turned back suddenly, and saw that the broken body of the brother who stayed at the entrance of the basement on the second floor was being smashed to the ground, and a figure in gold armor and holding a skull hammer slowly walked out of the darkness.

"This land will not allow anything to be taken away from it! Any! Bandits, weep! ”

The guy roared, and the giant hammer in his hand smashed out and sent the brother next to the happy stick flying, and then a large expanse of cold mist rose from all sides, and dense wraiths flew out of it.

This scene made his hair stand on end, and he and his brothers immediately drew their weapons and prepared to make a final resistance.

"! I knew it wasn't going to go this way, every pile of treasure had to have a guard, right? This mechanical design sucks! ”

(End of chapter)