Card Creator: My Cards Unlimited Chain

  Chapter 98 Taboo!

   Yu Cang looked at Gu Luo.

  Gu Luo understood immediately, stepped forward and whispered a few words to the strong man in black, looked at the IDs they took out, checked on his personal terminal for a while, and then returned to the table.

   "Mr. Qiu, Mr. Yu, they are indeed staff members of the club... It may be that a shareholder's daughter had a temper tantrum with her family, and that's why she came here."

"Really? Why don't I believe it?" Qiu Ding looked suspicious, "I ran away from home when I was a child, and my family always sent people to follow them secretly. How can there be someone who arrests people so blatantly? You really don't want to lose face? ... You guys are too shameless." It's unprofessional!"

  Running away from home is something he is familiar with.

   It's not a feudal society anymore, how can anyone in the family arrest people in the street? Are you really not afraid to leave some psychological shadow on the future heirs of your family?

  Of course, he didn't say how much he was born.

  The leading burly man in black still looked apologetic: "Excuse me sir, we also obey orders, this..."

  Seeing his hesitation, Yu Cang thought deeply.

   Lowering his head, he asked the little girl with a smile: "Little sister, tell your brother the truth, who are you?"

   "Bad guy!" The girl gripped Yu Cang's calf even tighter.

   "Then... where are your family members, we can send you back."

   "I don't want to go home! She is also a bad person!" The girl said loudly, and tears even started to form in her eyes.

  Yu Cang and Qiu Ding looked at each other.

  This... sounds like it really is someone else's own family business.

  The foreign dress on the little girl looked quite expensive, and it was bright and beautiful, without any wrinkles or dust, as if she had been kidnapped. Hearing this, the little girl had indeed had a conflict with her family.

   "Then, are they people sent by your family?" Yu Cang pointed to those strong men in suits.

"yes…"

  Yu Cang knew in his heart that they had no position to take care of this matter.

So he lowered his head and touched the girl's head: "Sister, be good, no matter what happens, you have to communicate with your parents, no matter how big the problem is, it will be solved, a good boy can't leave his parents for too long , someone will be worried."

"That's right." Qiu Ding was eating snacks beside him, "It's not like I said, it's too unprofessional for you to run away from home, you don't bring a personal terminal, you don't take any cash, even if you go out, you can waste a few days Hey, listen to me, the next time you run away from home, first go to your father's small vault to find something... I will teach you how to find the small vault, first of all..."

   "Come on, shut up." Yu Cang rolled his eyes.

   "I don't want to go back... I won't be able to come out after I go back..." The girl still didn't let go, but buried her face in Yu Cang's pants.

   "How come. If you want to come out to play, just tell your family, they will definitely agree."

   "No..." The girl clenched her hands more and more tightly, and her body trembled violently.

   "Hey, the big deal is to find me when you want to come out to play!" Qiu Ding said with a smile, "I can take you to play whatever you want!"

   "..." The girl settled down, as if she already knew that Yu Cang and the two of them didn't want to help her anymore.

   After a while, she suddenly raised her head, staring at Yu Cang with big eyes, "If I really can't get out forever...Brother, will you come and save me?"

   "...someone will come to save you." That's all Yu Cang could say.

  Hearing this, the girl's expression was lost for a moment, but she still loosened Yu Cang's trousers lightly, and returned to the team of strong men in black.

  Before she left, she turned her head and looked at Yu Cang, her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she was already picked up by those men in black, turned and left.

   Yu Cang frowned slightly as he watched this scene.

  I always feel that something is not right.

  But... other people's family affairs, before he figured out the situation, he was really not easy to manage.

   Moreover, for some reason, there was a very familiar aura on that girl, which he couldn't remember at the moment, but it made him feel a little uncomfortable. It shouldn't be a good thing.

   "Cut." Qiu Ding curled his lips, "Really... I am the one who has been advising her all the time, why is she looking at you all the time... She didn't come to me for help or anything."

   "Don't teach others badly." Yu Cang shook his head.

  At this time, Ye Lai, who was lying on the side, raised his head and watched the girl walk away, then said to Yu Cang silently in his heart:

   "The master of this body, that girl has an aura similar to that of the Snow Mountain Evil Dragon."

   "Huh?" Yu Cang raised his eyebrows.

  By the way, it is a banned card!

  When he was in the snow mountain, the evil dragon didn't have much aura left because it was too old.

  In addition, when he rushed to the top of the mountain, Ye Lai's mental pressure had suppressed him so much that he couldn't do anything, and he couldn't enter the resonance, so he didn't remember the breath of the banned card very clearly.

  But after Jing Yelai reminded him, he immediately discovered the problem.

  But...why does a little girl have a forbidden card aura?

   On her body, there is no card box or place where the soul card can be hidden...

   Yu Cang frowned, but did not act rashly.

   Even if there is a banned card, it is not for him to solve it.

  He took out his personal terminal and sent a message to Superintendent Li Anjiu.

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  Officer Li, I found traces of banned cards in the Star Club.

   Not long after, news came from over there:-

   Can you describe it in detail?

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  You know, I'm a card maker, and I'm a little sensitive to the aura of this aspect. I met a girl here, and he has the aura of forbidden cards, and I will never admit it wrong.

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girl? Do you know her specific information?

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…have no idea.

  Yu Cang realized that he didn't even ask the girl's name. But he thought for a while, and continued typing:-

  The girl is about five or six years old, wearing a black dress, not tall, seems to be the daughter of a shareholder in the club. When I saw her, she was being chased by several staff members and seemed to have escaped.

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  Okay, I see, thank you for the information, please protect yourself, we will take action after we investigate clearly.

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OK.

  Yu Cang put away his personal terminal.

   This kind of thing, of course, has to be left to professional security officers.

  Raising his head, looking at Qiu Ding who was chatting with Gu Luo, Yu Cang hesitated for a moment.

  I feel... this place is about to become dangerous, should I hurry up and slip away now?

  Well, let’s stay until night, my entries haven’t been extracted yet. This is an epic entry, not common.

   After all, although the entry extraction can be interrupted, as long as it is not cancelled, there is no way to extract others.

   And if there is really something tricky here, it will definitely have to suspend business for rectification, or even close the door directly. Anyway, it will definitely not be able to come back for a while and continue to extract.

  He was a little bit unwilling to let an epic entry just get stuck here...Anyway, it’s not too late this afternoon, let’s take a look first.

And now he doesn't have enough relevant entries to deal with the major changes in armaments... If he goes to another club, he has to re-register as a member, and the thousands of dollars he spent on the fire star will be wasted .

  You are poor, but you can’t afford this.

  …

  A certain room.

  A figure sat at the tea table, while carefully tasting the hot tea, while looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the lawn and small lake not far away.

  At this time, there was a knock on the door, the door was pushed open, and a strong man in a suit walked in.

  He seemed a little nervous, and he didn't even dare to look up. After standing still at the door, he immediately said: "Mrs. Yu, Miss has been captured..."

  The air fell into silence.

  Madam Yu didn't look back, she still looked out of the window with calm eyes, she held the teacup in the palm of her hand, and the steaming mist filled her eyes.

   After a long time, she said: "You have disturbed the guests."

   "I... I'm sorry!" A few drops of cold sweat flowed down the strong man's face.

   "...do you know who that young man is?"

   "The subordinates don't know."

   da.

Madam Yu gently placed the teacup on the table and made a soft noise, and then she said: "His name is Yu Cang, because of him, the Forbidden Vein Erosion Dragon we found from the snow mountain will have to wait another half a year before it can take effect." .”

"It's him?" The brawny man raised his head, seemingly ignoring his fear, and hurriedly said, "Card makers who have been in contact with forbidden cards will be familiar with the breath of forbidden cards... He must have discovered something, I'll go and get rid of it." He gets rid of it!"

   After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but before he could leave the door, a faint sigh came from behind.

   Immediately afterwards, he realized that his body could not move.

   "You are..."

   "No, anyway, tonight, everything will end... You just need to keep an eye on him and don't let him leave here until tomorrow is enough."

   "However, the above did not say that we should try our best not to let the outside world find traces of banned cards..."

  Mrs. Yu's eyes fell, and she gently stroked her slender fingers: "Yu Cang can't die yet, this is also an order from above."

   "Then let him go..."

   "Yu Cang's priority is higher than exposing some insignificant tentacles."

"…I see."

  The strong man could only respond, and then control of his body returned to him.

   "By the way, ma'am... Yu Cang must live, the person who is following him, and that coach Gu Luo... how to deal with it?"

  Madam Yu was silent for a long time.

  Finally, he sighed inexplicably.

   "Stupid."

   "..."

   "Go on, don't do unnecessary things."

  The strong man got short, turned around and left quickly, and after closing the door, he realized that his back was already drenched in cold sweat.

   Don't look at Mrs. Yu sitting in her room drinking tea all day, but occasionally going out for a stroll, and staying with the young lady for a while, she looks harmless to humans and animals, like an ordinary wife who takes care of her husband and children at home.

  But only they who are her subordinates know what a **** and terrifying person Mrs. Yu is behind her back.

   Moreover, her methods, even when facing her subordinates, will not be restrained!

  That's why he was so terrified when he stood in front of Mrs. Yu.

  But...compared with the method of organizing and punishing those who make mistakes...Madam Yu is much gentler.

   That's why he lost his composure when he learned that he might have accidentally revealed the secrets of an organization!

  Thinking of Yu Cang whom he met in the cafeteria earlier, the strong man's heart sank slightly.

  Just a student, is it really worth exposing the existence of banned cards...

   You know, in the original plan, after tonight is over, a firearms depot in the forest will be detonated immediately, and all traces will be buried in the ruins!

  Hua has such a big formation just to prevent others from discovering that the forbidden card was born here, but in the end, because of Yu Cang, he has to bear the risk of exposure?

  Could it be... Mrs. Yu betrayed the organization?

  He couldn't help clenching his fists. If he could really discover this possibility... Maybe he could make up for the mistake he made this time.

And his guess didn't arise out of thin air. Ever since what happened that year, he has always felt that there was something wrong with Madam Yu... If he could bring her down, then maybe he could replace Madam Yu's position in the organization, and he would no longer have to be subject to Madam Yu. Madame is angry.

   It's just that he has never found any weighty evidence in his hands.

  After thinking for a long time to no avail, he had no choice but to give up. After all, Mrs. Yu's status was higher than his, and it was possible to have some orders that he didn't know about.

   "Leave Yu Cang here first..." The strong man left in a hurry.

  …

   "You two, what are you going to do this afternoon?" Gu Luo asked with a smile.

  The two of them had already eaten and drank enough, and finished their rest.

Gu Luo asked the chef of the restaurant to process the ingredients that Qiu Ding had harvested. He didn’t know whether it was because they had just been harvested relatively fresh, or because the chef was of a high level. Yu Cang really felt that the quality of the meat was different, regardless of the taste or flavor All excellent.

   "Hi... that, Master Yu Cang." Qiu Ding patted his stomach, "Why don't we go to the lake first, just to clear up our food, and then find some energy-enhancing programs later."

   "Alright." Yu Cang looked into the distance, the brilliance flowing in his eyes.

   Now, he's resonating all the time.

   Moreover, in order to speed up the efficiency of resonance, he also replaced the rare entry of the equipment with the related [Shoot], in order to complete today's goal as soon as possible.

  【Shooting】Equipment effect is to greatly increase Yu Cang's sensitivity to weaknesses.

Now Yu Cang, no matter what he sees, he can easily judge which part is relatively fragile. Even if he can't see it at first glance, he can understand the general structure of the object just by touching it with his hands a few times. .

With the blessing of the two entries of [Shooting] and [Shooting], Yu Cang's sympathy for this place is undoubtedly more profound. Correspondingly, the countdown has also been shortened a lot. It seems that it only takes another three hours to extract almost the same amount of time. up.

  However, Yu Cang always had an ominous premonition.

   It won’t be like in the snow mountain again, it’s obviously a snow mountain, but the [ritual] kind of evil thing is extracted...

   Yu Cang sighed.

  No need for that kind of thing.

   "By the way, Coach Gu." Yu Cang turned his head, "Is there anything like a howitzer here?"

  Gu Luo froze for a moment: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Yu knows a lot about firearms."

  In this world, firearms are not as popular as in the previous life. A large part of the reason is that the elements of gunfights that should have been in various film and television works have become fancy soul card duels, and the limelight has been stolen.

  Shooting is a relatively unpopular sport, and there are not many gun enthusiasts. Many people know that there is such a thing, but they don’t know what it is classified at all.

  After thinking for a while, Gu Luo said: "The grenades... should be in reserve, but if you two want to play, you may have to wait. This thing requires additional application procedures. Moreover, it will be more expensive."

   "Oh? Old Gu, you still have something good that you haven't told me!" Qiu Ding's eyes lit up, "Just tell me, when will it be ready?"

"Give me a few hours. Very few guests want to experience this, so I can't say it well... By the way, the howitzer costs 10,000 yuan per shot. Of course, this cost is definitely not expensive for the two of you." What kind of."

  Hearing this, Qiu Ding's face froze, but he quickly adjusted his expression and coughed a few times: "That...Of course."

   "That's troublesome." Yu Cang also nodded.

   Just right, it will take time for him to extract the entries, so let's wait.

   "In this case, I will take the two of you to the hotel for a rest first, and then prepare the ammunition."

   "Okay." Qiu Ding readily agreed.

  …

  Thanks to Qiu Ding's relationship, the location of the hostel where the two of them rested is very good. Not only is it surrounded by mountains and rivers, but it is also on a high terrain. When you walk to the balcony, you can almost overlook half of the shooting range.

  Yu Cang walked through the living room with a glass of fruit juice, looked at the closed door, and clicked his tongue a few times.

   This room is well soundproofed.

   Qiu Ding was empty, so Yu Cang decided to take a look around here.

  Out of the door, there is a swimming pool in the yard. It is said to be a hotel, but it is actually a small villa.

   Obviously, it is specially prepared for customers like Qiu Ding.

  Standing still by the swimming pool, Yu Cang stared at the countdown on the entry recorder, dazed.

  Besides, Ye Lai lay on his shoulders, looking around with big eyes, but Gu Pan didn't have much curiosity, but seemed a little nostalgic.

   "Speaking of which, Ye Lai, why didn't you eat something in the restaurant just now?"

   "This body does not have the function of digestion, and the sense of taste is not very sensitive. It is better not to desecrate those delicacies."

   "That's it... just wait, I will work hard to see if it is possible to add these functions for you."

   "Thank you for your trouble."

   "It's okay." Yu Cang looked away from the entry recorder, "By the way, Ye Lai, can you feel the smell of banned cards?"

   "That kind of breath..." Ye Lai raised his head and looked into the distance, "There seems to be a little bit left in the depths of the forest, but it's too far away, so I can't be sure."

   "I see." Yu Cang nodded.

   After thinking for a while, he took out a soul card from his pocket and summoned the Killing Star.

   Then I found a place with a wide view, and after setting up the gun, I tried to observe the situation in the distance through the scope.

  The area of ​​this club is not small, and the terrain is quite complicated. Without Gu Luo leading the way, Yu Cang is likely to get lost in the mountains and forests. Therefore, it is better to observe with a scope from a distance, and be safer.

   "The distance is not enough... add a little more." Yu Cang tried to inject soul energy, "If you don't increase the effective range, but only increase the sight distance... it still won't work."

  Yu Cang could only put down the gun.

  When the sight distance increased to 2,500 meters, his head was already dizzy, and his soul energy was almost exhausted, making him unsustainable.

   Moreover, at this distance, the occlusion is also a bit serious. The terrain in the mountains and forests is complicated, and it is difficult to see clearly at such a long distance.

   "...No, try another equipment." Yu Cang opened the entry database.

  After a while of selection, Yu Cang selected several entries:

  【Mechanical】+【Hyperopia】+【Diffusion】+【Electronic】!

   Two common and two rare, the success rate is not too high, but fortunately these entries have a good compatibility, there are also 50%

   The cooldown of the implantation of rare entries lasted for an hour, but Yu Cang was lucky this time, and succeeded the second time:

  Soul Card Name: Eye of Transcendence

  Category: Equipment Card

  Quality: Rare

  Attribute: Thunder/Wind

ability:

  [Hyperopia]: After wearing it, the visual field is greatly improved, and the wearer can share the visual field with the soul card master.

[Electronic Hypervision Barrier]: You can actively make it enter the death cooldown, and leave an enchantment in place, the soul card master can get all the vision in the enchantment, in the enchantment, the existence of the electric signal will not be able to enter stealth.

  The Eye of Supervision is a silver goggle, which will automatically fit the user's face after wearing it, making people feel no discomfort at all.

"try again!"

   Putting on the super vision eye, Yu Cang once again cast his gaze into the mountains and forests.

   This time, his field of vision is much clearer, and the visual adjustment of the super-vision eye is much more flexible than the scope of the star of death. It is very convenient to adjust the magnification as much as you want.

  The only bad thing is that when Yu Cang adjusts the vision multiplier very high, it often causes his perception of the surroundings to weaken a lot, and he almost fell on the ground a few times.

   "I still can't see anything..." Yu Cang was a little disappointed.

   But think about it, even if there is really something shady inside, it won't just be so blatantly placed on the surface.

   "Huh? Wait, there..." Yu Cang's gaze was attracted by a certain place.

It seems to be behind a warehouse. Originally, the place should be covered by a tall tree, but it seems that a sudden gust of wind blows out a hole in the layers of leaves, allowing Yu Cang to see the thing.

   "This is..." Yu Cang's heart trembled.

   It was an open space, and the flat ground was covered with fine purple lines, spreading all the way until it entered a place that Yu Cang could not touch. And right in the center of these lines, a woman is holding a writing brush, sitting on a stone chair, at his feet... The little girl that Yu Cang saw before was huddled together , shivering.

  Yu Cang's eyes trembled, and before he could react, he saw the woman turn her head slightly, and even cast her gaze at him, and then...smiled slightly.

  Yu Cang was silent.

   Saw...

   A gust of wind blew again, and the leaves closed again, hiding everything, as if what Yu Cang saw just now was just an illusion.

   "What is that?" Yu Cang frowned.

   Is that woman... a relative of the girl?

  But, generally speaking, even if they lose their temper, will children be afraid of their loved ones like that...

   Moreover, Yu Cang didn't think that the purple lines all over the floor were just simple graffiti, besides... that woman was holding a writing brush in her hand, and she was also a card maker!

  Before adding the forbidden card breath that Yu Cang sensed on the girl...

   In a trance, the girl's words surfaced in my ears:

  ...After going back, I can’t come out again

   "It's broken." Yu Cang frowned.

   At noon, it seemed that he shouldn't have let the girl go so easily.

  A feeling of uneasiness emerged in his heart, it seemed that there was a suffering that he could have prevented at will, but he had just let it go inadvertently.

   This made him a little irritable.

   "That place..." When Yu Cang looked away again, he couldn't see anything. The terrain among the mountains and forests has a high degree of similarity. With such a long distance, it will become very difficult to lock a certain position after the line of sight is removed.

  If you can only determine the approximate direction, finding the location is no different from finding a needle in a haystack.

  Yu Cang continued to manipulate the super vision eye to patrol the mountains and forests, but unfortunately, his luck seemed to have run out, and he never found a chance for the wind to blow away the bushes.

  …

  After the bushes closed, the smile on Mrs. Yu's face gradually disappeared.

  But only a moment later, she didn't know what to think of, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth again.

  She put down the writing brush in her hand.

  Beside the feet, the trembling girl saw this, bit her lip, and said timidly: "Mom...Mom, don't you continue to draw on Qi'er..."

"No hurry...Anyway, there is only one last stroke left." Madam Yu put her hand lightly on Qi'er's face, carefully scrutinized her fragile skin, her eyes were full of smiles, "You will be me The best work...of course, not yet, so don't be impatient."

   "Qier, Qier is not in a hurry..." The girl forcibly suppressed the uneasiness on her face.

   "By the way, I suddenly had an interesting idea. Before writing, I might as well find a few audience members. What do you think?"

   "..."

The girl didn't speak, but Mrs. Yu didn't expect the girl's answer, as if she was talking to herself: "That's it, let's go, Qier, mom will take you to have fun at the end, wait until tomorrow When you see Dad, don't speak ill of Mom..."

  …

   "Gentlemen, the application has been approved, we can go play with grenades now." Gu Luo rubbed his hands, "To be honest, even I don't have many chances to touch such a big guy..."

   "Oh? It's pretty fast." Qiu Ding walked out of the room while putting on his clothes. It seemed that he just took a shower.

   "Haha, it's all as it should be... By the way, the field where the grenade is allowed to be fired is a little far away from here, we have to go by car."

   "Then let's go." Qiu Ding said casually.

  "Coach Gu." Yu Cang who was on the side suddenly said, "In that mountain over there...are there any buildings like warehouses? I seemed to see some outlines when I looked from a distance just now."

"Ah? This... I don't know too much." Gu Luo was stunned, "After all, I'm just a coach, but as for the warehouse, there are many in the club, that direction... there should be. By the way, I remembered , the venue we are going to next is there, maybe what you see is the grenade gun warehouse.”

   "...Okay, then lead the way."

  Experiencing the grenade is a normal project, and there should be no danger.

  …

  Gu Luo rode an off-road vehicle and drove the two towards the field.

  On the way, Yu Cang has been contacting Li Anjiu through his personal terminal.

  This matter is full of evil. He must not be able to handle it by himself, so he has to rely on the strength of others.

  In the communication with Li Anjiu, I learned that the power background behind the Fire Star is a bit complicated. For a while, the superintendent couldn't directly investigate. Moreover, their place is too big, relying on the ambiguous information provided by Yu Cang, even if they search, it is difficult to find any clues.

   But fortunately, Li Anjiu told Yu Cang that he and a few colleagues had already entered the interior of Firestar in plain clothes, and planned to investigate secretly first.

  After learning about the girl, Li Anjiu attached great importance to it, and was already actively approaching the position provided by Yu Cang.

  However, Yu Cang's current location seems to be a place where only senior members like Qiu Ding can come, and Li Anjiu and the others will really not be able to get in for a while.

  I have to play by ear for the time being.

  After communicating with Li Anjiu, Yu Cang looked at the excited Qiu Ding and fell silent for a moment.

   Still quietly reminded with a message:

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  Qiu Ding, the girl we met at noon is probably related to the forbidden card. If you encounter danger later, you can just run away.

ah?

  Qiu Ding was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes were visible to the naked eye... even more excited!

  He looked around mysteriously, and then typed:-

  Master, let me tell you why you have been so mysterious just now, and you didn’t even come to invite you to drink tea, so you have a mission! I get it, I get it... Well, is there anything I can do to help?

  Soul Card Master University in Yan Kingdom, as long as they can be admitted, they can basically be regarded as people of the country.

  After all, it is impossible for the country to expend effort to cultivate an individual who has mastered the power of the soul card, and then put it in the society.

  So, this kind of thing of facing the forbidden card is actually a responsibility that Yu Cang will probably take on in the future. Now that he has discovered the abnormality of the girl, he has not deliberately avoided the danger.

  Many students have already found a unit after graduation, so it is normal to receive a little "secret mission" in advance.

  Obviously, Qiu Ding has brought Yu Cang into this role.

   So he was even more excited.

  Disguise your identity! Infiltrate in secret! Investigate banned cards!

  God, it's so exciting.

   Yu Cang was a little speechless, holding the terminal and typing face to face:

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   This is not a joke, the front... Forget it, just look at it.

  He has no idea.

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receive! Play it by ear for now!

  …

   Soon, several people arrived at the place.

   This is an open space full of potholes. Looking around, there are many wreckages of scrapped armored vehicles parked on the ground. It seems that they should have been destroyed by some kind of explosion.

   After several people got out of the car, Yu Cang moved his eyes and saw that there was an extra line of words on the entry recorder:

  The entries are extracted, and the epic entry: [taboo], the rare entry: [armory], and the common entry: [ammunition] are obtained.

   Seeing these three entries, Yu Cang's heart sank a little.

   Sure enough... a strange thing was extracted.

   On one side, Gu Luo has picked up a long strip and introduced it to the two:

"Look, this big guy's name is 'Roaring Messenger'. It's a rocket launcher. To be honest, I haven't played it a few times." Gu Luo's eyes were full of excitement, "Today, it's Mr. Tuo Qiu's. Fu, I can touch it again."

   "Really? Then come quickly, I can't wait!" Qiu Ding excitedly said.

  While observing the surroundings, Yu Cang walked up to a roaring messenger, and activated the entry recorder.

  A countdown timer appeared on it, and it lasted for an hour.

   "Don't worry, two. The use of the Roaring Messenger may be a bit complicated, I have to explain it to you first..."

   Thank you for your generous reward!

  (end of this chapter)