Chapter 117 : Another Announcement
Another Announcement
Just as Chen Zixuan was still puzzled, shouts and the sound of fighting echoed from the street outside his window.
He went to the window in the corridor and glanced out. Dozens of people dressed in dark clothes and wielding scythes came into his view. They were pouring out from the surrounding alleys along this street, and many Hammer Gang members were fighting fiercely with them.
"Austin just died, and now the Scythe Gang comes attacking with reinforcements?"
Muttering to himself, Chen Zixuan quickened his pace and headed downstairs.
He had already obtained the key to the vault. With the reward for the quest within his grasp, he didn't want any complications at this critical moment.
If the Scythe Gang forcefully seized the vault, there was no telling how much more trouble it would cost him.
A few seconds later, Chen Zixuan reached the first floor of the casino. The guests who had been partying here moments ago had all escaped through the side door by now. The guards who watched over the area had also rushed outside to battle the Scythe Gang, leaving the previously bustling hall completely empty.
There was a basement below the first floor, and Chen Zixuan didn't linger. He continued down the stairs. Soon, at the farthest end of the basement on level B1, he saw a tightly closed metal door.
He knocked lightly, but there was no sound. Chen Zixuan estimated that the thickness of this metal door was at least three centimeters. Without the key, it would be nearly impossible to open it by force alone.
He inserted the key taken from Austin into the lock hole and gave it a gentle turn. With a crisp "click", the lock cylinder moved, and with a harder push, the door swung open.
Ignoring the key—after all, he would never return to this place again—Chen Zixuan simply pushed the door open and stepped inside.
Behind the door was a small, dimly lit room, barely over a dozen square meters in size, filled with the damp scent of mold. Using his Vampire night vision, Chen Zixuan swept a quick glance and immediately spotted the thing he wanted.
It was a large wooden chest, sitting in the innermost corner of the room.
Perhaps feeling that the vault was perfectly secure, there was no lock on the chest.
Chen Zixuan hurried over, raised his hand, and opened the heavy lid. A faint purple glow flashed as the entire chest, neatly stacked and packed to the brim with snowy-white cloth, appeared before his eyes.
"So this is Natural Snow Silkworm Silk...? It doesn't really look like it..."
With a touch of doubt, Chen Zixuan picked up a small piece of white cloth, only to be surprised that though it looked like regular fabric, it felt extraordinarily light and silky to the touch.
Rather than silkworm silk, it felt more like some kind of high-grade silk.
At the same time, a detailed page for the material popped up before him.
【Natural Snow Silkworm Silk】 (Material)
Quality: Epic
Description: Threads spun from the cocoons of rare magical creatures, can be used to craft rare and epic-grade armor.
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It wasn't until he confirmed the entire chest was indeed filled with Natural Snow Silkworm Silk, the essential material for crafting the Rose Maid set, that Chen Zixuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and packed the whole chest of material into his backpack.
"System notification: You have obtained 200 units of【Natural Snow Silkworm Silk】!"
"System notification: You have completed the city quest【Black Eats Black】Optional Task 1—'Man Dies for Wealth', received 20 silver, and 120 experience points!"
Silver and such were minor; what mattered was the 200 units of material.
Chen Zixuan had previously calculated that forging the entire Rose Maid set required a total of 104 units of【Natural Snow Silkworm Silk】. Yet now, he'd obtained 200 units in one go—a massive gain.
Having completed all optional tasks, Chen Zixuan walked out the casino's main entrance, casually cleared out several more enemies at the door, and earned a total of 142 experience points.
He glanced at the time. It was already 7 p.m. Aesther would only appear after 9.
With nearly two hours left, Chen Zixuan decided to first return to the real world for dinner, get some rest, and then find that woman to settle their business.
After walking a few minutes, Chen Zixuan found a roadside inn. He opened the main menu, preparing to log out.
Just as he was about to hit the【Logout】button, a full-server announcement suddenly rang out in his mind.
Wait, a system announcement?!
The silver-haired girl who had already laid down abruptly paused, then sat up straight.
"System announcement: Congratulations to the player 【Chihori Jinguuji】 from the Japanese server who has solo-killed the E-rank world boss 'Night-Wailing Water Tiger'! As the first player on their server to defeat a world-class boss, the system has rewarded this player with the【Intermediate Apothecary】skill. This is hereby announced and commended!"
Chen Zixuan was stunned.
From the game's launch until now, by a series of coincidences, he had managed to kill just one world-class boss and tame one. He hadn't expected someone to have already solo-killed a world-class boss.
Although this boss from the Japanese server was not D-rank, but like the Darkwing Demon Bat, only E-rank—probably level 15—the capabilities of a boss were often much greater than ordinary monsters.
To solo-kill a level 15 world boss meant this player's power, while perhaps not quite matching Cecilia's, likely wasn't far behind.
And, "Chihori Jinguuji"... That didn't sound like an internet nickname at all, but more like a girl's real name.
Could it be that this Japanese server player was also using her real name in the game?
Next, as per the game's rules, the full-server announcement echoed in the minds of players around the world two more times.
As time passed, the initial surprise gradually faded. Chen Zixuan shook his head slightly, lay back down on the bed, opened the game's main menu, and pressed the logout button.
If it's an event from another server, what has it got to do with me?
The Japanese and Chinese servers were two different servers. No matter what chaos broke out over there, it had nothing to do with Chen Zixuan.
The fact that someone had reached level 15 within just a week was already maddening enough for him—not to mention the transformation in the real world due in twenty days, and the divine descent ritual a year from now...
He was busy, not at all idle; lacking both time and energy to care about anyone else's affairs.
His consciousness gradually peeled away from his body in the game, as if his soul had left. When Chen Zixuan opened his eyes again, he was back in that small yet tidy bedroom.
The first thing he did upon waking was, of course, to check his phone and see whether he had received any messages during the hours he'd been logged into the game.
That's just how modern life is.
Recently, Gu Yanxi had been messaging more and more frequently. For her sake alone, Chen Zixuan had to make sure he didn't go uncontacted for too long.
Now, he cherished every bit of his limited time.
With only twenty days left before the curse struck, these could be his last days accompanying Gu Yanxi.
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Chapter 118: Heading Out
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**New Names, locations, skills, techniques**