hunter world

Chapter 229 Ortus
Chapter 29

While the black iron dwarves were exploring the mine veins, Ye Ci continued to do his own epic mission.

She brought the feedback information that the Dolan thief would give her to Black Mud City again. As usual, she still didn't see the city lord Moore, and only the mayor of Hei Mud City received her.

"Very good, very good, Elf, the task you completed is very good." After the mayor unfolded the letter and read it carefully, he looked up at Ye Ci, narrowed his triangular eyes, and smiled. It must make Ye Ci a little creepy. "I will tell the Lord Moore about your sincerity. I think the Lord Moore will be very happy after knowing this. You also know that the Lord Moore has been in poor health, but you still have to worry about the trivial things around you. This makes us subordinates very uneasy, I wonder if you can help us again?"

Sure enough, the third phase of the mission has started. Although Ye Ci doesn't know how many rings this epic mission has, but since it has already gone deep, it is impossible to stop.

"Of course, it's my honor." Ye Ci saluted.But in my heart I couldn't help laughing at myself for being too hypocritical. It was obviously a task I had to do as a last resort, so I was honored, what an honor!
"However, this journey will be very far away. Do you really want to?" Hearing Ye Ci's answer, the mayor of Heimi City was obviously very satisfied, but for some reason, he still asked Ye Ci again.

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

"Well, this is a long journey. You may be far away from your hometown for a long time. I hope you won't be too homesick." The mayor of Black Mud City nodded, but it can be seen from his expression, Whether Ye Ci wants to have a family or not has nothing to do with him. "Go to Gale Canyon, where there is a broken iron bridge. At twelve o'clock in the evening, blow this whistle, and someone from the opposite side will come to meet you. And he will tell you what you need to do."

The mayor of Heimi City took out a very simple bone whistle from his body. This whistle has been touched smooth and has a light brown color. It can be seen that it has been used for a long time.He handed the whistle to Ye Ci, and then said a little sincerely: "May God always be with you, Lord Moore will wait for your return."

Ye Ci took the bone whistle, but frowned slightly.If she remembers correctly, Gale Canyon is a map bordering the southern continent and the western continent. There is a deep ditch in the middle that divides the entire Gale Canyon into two parts, one on the southern continent and the other on 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 exited the game and checked the official map. Sure enough, she saw that there 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 must go.

Ye Ci told the senior management of the guild that she was going to leave the Eastern Continent for a period of time. Although Bai Mo went home, she would still play games every night. She left a message for him and then told her parents After preparing some spare funds and filling up all the arrows on his body, he left the Eastern Continent and headed towards the Southern Continent.

Because he was doing an epic mission, Ye Ci didn't contact Yang Yu Hongchen when he arrived in the southern continent, but just teleported all the way, and it didn't take much time to reach Gale Canyon.

Gale Canyon is a long and narrow map, because there is a deep and long valley in the middle, which divides the map into two parts.The southern continent is called Gale Canyon. Upper, while the western continent is called Gale Canyon. Lower.

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

Now, on the Gale Canyon, only watchtowers and a dilapidated chain bridge can be seen...

Ye Ci stood at the mouth of the canyon and looked towards the opposite side, only to see a group of red people moving, no need to guess, it was definitely the same bridge guard elite as here.All of them were above level [-], with thick skin and lots of blood. Ye Ci would be a problem even if he had to deal with one of them, let alone this one.

She stroked the bone whistle in her hand, and it seemed that she could only wait until twelve o'clock at night.

The NPCs guarding the bridge are actually a bit strange. They will not forbid players from the Alliance Continent to go to the local positions. As long as you can pass by alive, they will be very calm, but if the players or NPCs on the opposite side want to come over, they will absolutely It's one man who guards the gate and ten thousand men who can't open it.

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

She looked at the opposite scenery, her heart was as calm as a lake without waves.What will you meet after the past?Will everything go well in the West Continent?How much time would she have to delay before returning to the Eastern Continent?Leave these questions to the future to think about, and she just needs to wait until twelve o'clock to pass smoothly.

The guards guarding the bridge in the southern continent walked back and forth behind Ye Ci, batch after batch, the interval between each batch would not exceed 30 seconds, each batch of soldiers was four to six, it seemed, Even if there are players running over from the opposite continent, it is simply impossible to slip past their eyes smoothly.In the same way, if Ye Ci thinks of the other side and slips through the guards guarding the other side, it is unlikely.

She checked the bone whistle in her hand up, down, left, and right, but she still didn't find anything magical. She really couldn't imagine that when twelve o'clock, the NPC summoned by the whistle would have any way to bring her to Go to the other side.

Time is a weird thing.

When you don't care, it slips away quickly, and it's just a momentary feeling, and it has already flown a lot.However, when you really care about it, it passes very slowly, as if you can do an earth-shattering event in a second.

Just like the current Ye Ci, she is sitting on a wooden stake by the edge of the canyon, holding a piece of dogtail grass in her mouth, resting her hands on her cheeks, quietly watching the sunset in the distance, hoping that time can pass faster, but , time seems to be not going her way, it has been so wasted, it seems that she will not move.She didn't know how many times she called up that time to see, or that point, such a boring time, how long would it really take to wait until twelve o'clock?
Sure enough, just waiting to waste time is definitely not something Ye Ci would do. Since her people can't do anything here now, why not go offline to do something else.Now that he had 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 developing their skills in the game, and he had nothing to do for a while.

Ye Ci walked into the living room with a cane, and the sunlight streamed in from the window, very bright.Ye Ci sat on the sofa and turned on the TV out of boredom.A boring interface was playing on the TV, and Ye Ci was holding the remote control in his hand, switching from station to station without interest.

I don't know if it's her mental age that's too mature or the current TV shows are really meaningless. After switching to so many channels, Ye Ci can't stand a single show. If things go on like this, what will she use? Something to pass the afternoon?
"According to the news just received by our reporter, the Glory Group officially opened the countdown ceremony for the first expansion piece of "Destiny Online" - "New World" in the National Stadium. The emerging holographic game is different from the previous holographic games. It adopts the world's most advanced light and shadow change technology and human micro-sensory technology. It 2050% simulates all the environments of the entire real world. Perfectly combined with the game background, it can be called an epoch-making holographic game. Since the opening of the beta, "Destiny OL" has always maintained the record for the highest number of online users, and this number of online people has followed the development of "Destiny OL" more and more……"

He was transferred to a news channel without any hassle, and the host in the news was broadcasting the news about the new expansion pack of "Destiny OL" with a smile.In fact, it is not surprising that news about destiny is not surprising at all. In this era, games have become very popular. Various countries have developed from simply classifying games as entertainment items to classifying them as economic, political, military, etc. Functions are all stationed in the game, and the game has become more and more related to human beings.

Therefore, it is commonplace for the news to introduce the game in a big way.

Normally, Ye Ci probably would not have noticed this news. Anyway, there are too many introductions to all aspects of fate, and she doesn't have the thought 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 piece "New Continent" has entered a 30-day countdown, which means that the official will release a series of major continental tasks and expansion tasks related to the expansion piece.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 released, it also indicates one thing - the prosperous guild is about to land in fate!
In fact, Ye Ci didn't quite understand what these plans were thinking.

The Shengshi 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. Even Ye Ci, an ordinary player, already knew this news, but she didn't believe it. Do not you know?Now that they know, they must understand how terrible the influence of Shengshi Guild will be on the game after entering the game. Wouldn't it be a very unwise decision to take the risk of opening an expansion piece under such circumstances?But why do they still do this?Are all heads flooded?Or, did Ye Ci simply not have the foresight to understand this matter?

However, when the matter has developed to this point, what the leaders of the Glory Group think is no longer within the scope of Ye Ci's consideration. The only thing she wants to think about is how to do it before the release of the new expansion pack. Before Shengshi Guild enters the game, try to keep everything it has now.

This is a real headache.

Suddenly, she thought of someone.

After playing the game, Ye Ci began to contact the customer service, specifying to find customer service number 094.Although the customer service sister was a bit embarrassed, they couldn't refuse the player's request that wasn't too much, 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?"

"As a player, I want to find a planner, what else should 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 knows that such customer service calls will be recorded, of course she will not be stupid to discuss something with Wang Jiangnan here. some things.Even in order to deal with Wang Jiangnan's leader, she even thought up an excuse for Wang Jiangnan: "I found a suspected bug, please come and take a look."

Wang Jiangnan does not doubt that he is there. Although he is not the manager on duty today, as far as the relationship between him and Ye Ci is concerned, it is not a big deal to take this trip: "Okay, just wait for me for a minute."

Turning off the customer service phone, Ye Ci sat on the stake and waited quietly. Soon, a level 1 player wearing a novice uniform appeared beside her. This person was either Wang Jiangnan or someone else.Wang Jiangnan really puts his work first. The first thing he said when he saw Ye Ci was: "What bug did you find?"

Ye Ci smiled, patted another stake beside him and said, "Sit down and talk slowly."

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

"Yeah." Ye Ci squinted his eyes: "Can you tell me what's waiting for me?"

Wang Jiangnan shook his head: "If I tell you, don't you think it's very boring? Besides, I didn't design this epic mission, and I didn't take part in the test. I don't know the specific links." After all, he still Continue to care about the BUG: "Didn't you say there is a BUG? What kind of BUG? A BUG that can be caught must be very bad."

"It's not a bug, I just made an excuse for you." Ye Ci pulled out the dog's tail grass from the corner of his mouth, dangling it idly: "There is something else."

Wang Jiangnan's eyebrows raised slightly: "This is strange, you will come to me for something? I remember, you don't really hate dealing with our plans."

"That depends on when. When the crisis is in my own interests, I still like your plans." Ye Ci said bluntly, she did not hide her true nature of taking advantage of Wang Jiangnan.

Wang Jiangnan began to be a little curious. Gong Ziyou is a top figure in the Eastern Continent, and is also a top figure in the four continents. It is rare for her own interests to be jeopardized: "Hey, the more you say that , the more curious I am, is there any situation that will endanger your interests?"

"Why did you release the expansion pack so early?" Ye Ci didn't want to go around with Wang Jiangnan, so he directly asked his own question: "Don't you guys know that Shengshi is going to enter the game?"

The name of Prosperity, I have to say that everyone knows it.They are like a huge locust, no matter where they go, they will leave a mess there.

When Wang Jiangnan heard Ye Ci's question, he was taken aback for a moment, and then the expression 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 people in our guild is only 40, you open a new expansion pack, the level cap will be opened, what should we retail investors do? ?”

"You're really asking me, I'm thinking about this question too, but I haven't found a solution." Wang Jiangnan looked at Ye Ci with a wry smile: "I also know that it's 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 Wang Jiangnan like this, Ye Ci was a little depressed. It seemed that this storm could no longer be stopped.As the opening of the expansion pack is getting closer, she can only bear it all passively: "Suggestion? You are asking me to wait until the prosperous age enters the game, and ruin the destiny into a bad shape?"

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

"Pessimistic? Only 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, and he thought about this question more than once.He even thought that by that time, the whole game would have changed drastically, and the fate of their plans would have been 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, these are the two paths that all players will face in the future.

"Is there a third way?" Wang Jiangnan knew these two ways a long time ago, but he was not reconciled.

Ye Ci narrowed her eyes, the third...the third is also what she wants to do, but she doesn't know if she can do it.

"Yes..." Ye Ci's lips overflowed with a barely audible sigh, "Of course there are."

"what?"

"Put death to future generations." 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 age to come, and on the other hand, she hoped that the prosperous age would come soon. Better come now.Because no matter how you imagine it, you can never know exactly what will happen in the future.

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

In the past, Wang Jiangnan carried the tripod in the face of adversity, but now Ye Ci started to excavate the Mithril veins ahead of time.There is only one month, and during this month, she must obtain the mining rights from the black iron dwarf who has detected the specific location of the mine vein.Even if she has mining rights, where can she find so many people to mine?Even if so many people were found to mine, how would she protect such a large mine?The current Tiantianshang is just a small meeting with no more than 10 people, even if all the members are mobilized, it may not be able to defend the mine vein.

Even if Prosperous Age doesn't come to snatch it, won't those grand guilds with millions of people come to snatch it?

She never thought that there was really any friendship between herself and the presidents of those big guilds. In this world, only interests are permanent.

From the day she decided to mine the mithril vein, she thought that she had already put herself in a dead place, but she had no way of knowing whether this dead place could be reborn.

Night had already fallen, and Wang Jiangnan had already left.Ye Ci sat in the dark, quietly stroking the bone whistle in his hand, and took a last look at the time, ten seconds to twelve o'clock.

Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one.

"Hey——!" The sound from the bone whistle was a strange, sharp sound, which Ye Ci had never heard from any whistle.This sharp and peculiar sound was like a sharp dagger in the dark night sky, tearing apart the tranquility alive.

Ye Ci pressed her ears lightly, the sound made her eardrum hurt a little, then she stood up and started looking for someone who would come out to respond.However, in Night Breeze, she never saw anyone except herself.

It can't be that my mission is wrong!Ye Ci was a little strange, and quickly started 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 laughing in a low voice: "It's actually an elf."

Ye Ci followed the prestige, and saw a black shadow squatting on the pillar at the end of the bridge. His whole body was hidden in the thick shadow. Except for his voice, Ye Ci couldn't find anything else about him. all properties.

Race, 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, however, the epic task is too uncertain, as long as one link does not meet the predetermined requirements, it is likely to fail trigger other consequences.For things that cannot be grasped, Ye Ci never dared to make any random decisions, so as not to cause irreversible results.

"Hello, the mayor of Black Mud City gave me a whistle." Ye Ci bowed respectfully: "He said that this whistle will give me the next reminder." Ye Ci was doing the task , It’s wonderful to speak well, often put yourself 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 do, but when dealing with NPCs But you can get a lot of cheap.

The black figure squatting on the pillar at the end of the bridge laughed strangely when he heard Ye Ci say that: "He's not dead yet?"

Ye Ci was taken aback by these words, 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 Sombra's words. The NPCs of these epic missions are very difficult to deal with. They have higher IQ than ordinary NPCs, and they are also more thoughtful than ordinary NPCs. If you deal with it, it is easy to be pocketed by these NPCs.However, the best way to avoid being bagged by an NPC is one, and that is to prick up your ears, but keep your mouth shut.Too much to say and so much to be wrong, this is an eternal truth.

Sombra seemed satisfied that Ye Ci didn't talk too much.He had a couple of weird laughs, his voice was very strange, and it looked extraordinarily creepy in this silent night. "You are a quiet elf."

Can this be considered a compliment?
"Come on, come with me, I'll take you there." The black figure 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 has green skin, pointed ears, and protruding eyeballs, which looks a bit strange, but the strangest thing is that the arms of this goblin are obviously much longer than other goblins, and they have already dragged past the knees .It is not tall, only reaching the elf's waist, but its body is small, and it moves very lightly.

Goblins are a strange race. They are ugly, but they have a very high IQ. They can make the most exquisite machinery and the most advanced medicines on the continent. Moreover, they are also very good at making money. Therefore, in Goblins are probably the wealthiest race on the entire continent.However, this race does not like to deal with other races, and has a cold personality, so it is a neutral race.Before the division of the continent, goblins often had contacts with other races. However, after the division of the continent, the goblins were hidden, and only a few merchants could find them, and exchange them for those high-level races at a high price. Engineering products and high-quality pharmaceuticals.

Seeing this goblin, Ye Ci's heart moved slightly.Goblins are a good race, especially in siege battles, getting help from goblins is like adding wings to a tiger, but how to deal with goblins?This is indeed a problem.

Following behind this goblin, Ye Ci has been thinking about ways to get close to this goblin, but he 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 you don't like them, you will easily be disgusted by them.

"Elf, are you thinking about how to get the benefits of the goblin from me?" The goblin who hadn't spoken all this time smiled.

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

"That's right, you are different from orcs and dwarves." The goblin agreed with this point, he suddenly stopped and blew a loud whistle, and there was a sound of flapping wings in the sky from far to near .Ye Ci looked up and saw a huge bird flying towards them in the distance.

It looks like a vulture.Ye Ci narrowed his eyes, the elf's night vision is not bad, from that physique, it really looks like a vulture, but when it flew close, Ye Ci was surprised!This is indeed a vulture!But this is not a living sculpture, but a machine sculpture made of machine parts! !
The goblin seemed to have been 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 smug.He said with a bit of show off: "How is it? It looks good."

"Excellent." Ye Ci didn't hesitate to praise, and nodded at the goblin, "It's really a goblin's 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 taken aback for a moment, she was really surprised to hear this name.According to the "History of Goblin Mastery" in the National Library, Ortus is a direct disciple of the great master of goblin engineering, Dephilais. After Dephilais disappeared, Ortus seems to have gradually faded out of the goblin world. Finally, it finally disappeared in the records of the Earth Mastery Annals.When Ye Ci was reading the book, she was quite regretful. In this way, the last inheritance of the so-called most exquisite goblin engineering also disappeared in the mainland, but she did not expect that good fortune would trick others. In this life, she actually Met Ortus.

"What? Have you heard my name?"

"Yes, I have seen the records about you in the National Library, and of course the records about your master De Feilai." Ye Ci said truthfully.

"Oh? That's strange. The descendants of goblins don't remember me and my master anymore, but an elf still knows." Ortus showed a kind of indifferent mockery on his face, and he looked at the bird in the sky. The mechanical eagle beckoned, let it fly to the edge of the cliff, and then jumped onto its back.Then, Ortus turned his head and said to Ye Ci: "Elf, jump up, I'll take you there."

Ye Ci nodded, and jumped onto the back of the mechanical carving, and then heard Ortus shout: "Sit still!" The mechanical carving suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the sky!

This is not the first time Ye Ci has taken a flying machine, but this is definitely the fastest and smoothest flying machine Ye Ci has ever taken.Although there was a strong airflow passing under the mechanical eagle's wings, the mechanical eagle did not become bumpy because of this, but instead flew higher and higher with this airflow, as if it was about to pass through the clouds.

"What is that crazy goblin doing with its broken bird?" The guard guarding the bridge in the western continent looked towards the mechanical sculpture in the distance, as if he had already seen this kind of thing quite often.

"Who knows about it. He guards that broken bird every day and doesn't let us get close. Last time I wanted to sit down, I was almost beaten by him."

"Hahaha, you're actually afraid of that goblin? How much can it hurt you? If you let the captain know what you said, he will definitely punish you severely!"

"You know what, goblins are a neutral race, if I fight him, maybe I will be retaliated!" The guard guarding the bridge snorted: "The old man can make that kind of broken bird, and it is impossible to guarantee that he will return it!" If you make something else, if you suffer a big loss, it will be bad luck."

……

The two guards guarding the bridge in the western continent were patrolling and chatting in low voices, unaware that Ortus had brought a player from the eastern continent to his land through this big bird!
Ye Ci looked down and saw a confused red light, which meant that they were at a very high altitude.But what surprised Ye Ci was: "Can't those guards guarding the bridge see us?"

"How could they not see, they are not blind." Ortus rolled his eyes.

"Then how can you fly over with me?"

"This is a secret." Ortus obviously didn't want Ye Ci to know too many secrets about the mechanical carving, so he just snorted proudly.

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 carving landed.The speed of the mechanical carving was extremely fast, and after an unknown period of time, Ye Ci began to feel that the mechanical carving began to slide down, which meant that it was about to land.Ye Ci lowered his body and lowered his center of gravity to avoid falling due to inertia when the mechanical carving landed later.

As expected, the mechanical sculpture was 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 carving, and Ye Ci also jumped off.

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 very simple , find my teacher and rescue him."

This task made Ye Ci a bit inexplicable, because in the goblin chronicle, it was only said that De Philai disappeared, but it didn't say why it disappeared.

Because this is an important part of the mission, Ye Ci must ask clearly: "Dear Mr. Ortus, please wait a moment, although I know that Master De Philae also knows you, but in the book only It is recorded that your teacher is missing, and nothing else is said. Where should I go to find your teacher?"

"Isn't it recorded in the book?" Ortus seemed a little strange, but soon he felt relieved: "Hmph, it would be strange if it would be recorded! Of course they won't record such a dirty thing in the book!"

It could be seen that Ortus was very unhappy and emotional.He walked back and forth in the same place, waving his fists and cursing while walking: "Those damned goblins, those damned goblins! And damned Chell! You all should go to hell!"

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

(End of this chapter)