Chapter 50 : Chapter 50
Chapter 50: The Investigation Division’s Section Chief Has Gone Missing? The Cursed Statue!
To be fair, although Wan Feipeng was a bit reckless, he was extremely straightforward when it came to rewards.
He even promised Ye Ze that if there was nothing he wanted in Linyuan City’s Treasury, he could take him to choose something from Dongwu City’s Treasury instead!
After all, the Abyss-related item had been handed over to Wu Ming, who would be taking it to the research institute in Dongwu City. So when Wan Feipeng made that promise, Wu Ming tacitly accepted it as well.
Even so, Ye Ze still wanted to visit Linyuan City’s Treasury first. He was still very curious about those few unidentified materials he had seen there before.
Wan Feipeng said, “Then let’s go first!”
“I advise you not to leave through the front gate, unless you want to be blocked by reporters...”
Just as the two were about to leave, Wu Ming gestured toward the window of the VIP lounge...
Outside was a dense black mass of people, all reporters and media crews from every direction!
In only half an hour, the news of the first clear of Hell difficulty had already spread like wildfire!
Ye Ze’s mouth twitched. “Then... we leave through the back?”
At his current level of strength, he did not really need that kind of fame anymore. On the contrary, the feeling of being surrounded by reporters...
Anyone who had ever been mobbed by reporters would know how terrifying it was.
It was no less oppressive than a city besieged by zombies.
As the East China Region’s chief administrator, Wu Ming clearly had far more experience handling this sort of thing.
“I have arranged a special vehicle for you. Your classmates and teacher are over there as well.”
Not long afterward, Wu Ming led Ye Ze out through another door. Four Hovercars were already waiting there.
Even Wan Feipeng had to admit that the chief administrator’s arrangements were impressively professional.
Xia Qing and the War Academy students had long since been waiting there, their faces full of curiosity and excitement as they looked at the Hovercars.
They were like children who had just discovered a toy they loved.
Even Xia Qing herself came from an ordinary family. This was her first time riding in a Hovercar too.
The moment she saw Ye Ze, delight appeared on her face. “Ye Ze, how are you?”
She had originally wanted to ask whether clearing Hell difficulty had been hard, and whether he had been injured, but seeing how clear and relaxed Ye Ze looked right now...
it almost seemed as if he had cleared it without a scratch.
Ye Ze stepped closer and smiled. “Very well. I even picked up a pretty good job on the side.”
Beating people up while getting rewarded for it really was not a bad deal at all.
Xia Qing was equally happy. Straightening her back, she lowered her voice and said with unconcealed delight, “Oh, right. Thanks to you, I was officially confirmed in my post.”
“When you have time, I’m treating you to a meal!”
As Ye Ze’s supervising teacher, she had been officially confirmed by the Ministry of Education not long after Ye Ze led the team to clear Hell difficulty. She had not even needed to hand in her appointment report.
Simply being the teacher who led the team already counted as an immense honor.
But Xia Qing understood perfectly well that all of this had ultimately been thanks to Ye Ze...
Although Ye Ze himself had not expected the impact of his clear to be so great that even the Ministry of Education intervened, he guessed Wu Ming had likely given some kind of instruction.
So he agreed readily. “Sure. It’s just that I’m rather busy lately.”
“That’s all right. Anytime you’re free is fine!”
This time, seeing the way Ye Ze and Xia Qing spoke to each other, not a single male student felt jealous or bitter anymore.
If anything, it felt only natural.
“Ahem.” At the side, Wu Ming quietly reminded them, “You can talk after you get back. Once you’re back, you’ll be able to talk more freely too.”
...
Beside them stood four silver-white Hovercars, all of them elongated models with sleek lines. Where normal tires should have been, there were instead jet turbines spitting blue flames.
Ye Ze, Xia Qing, who was still feeling somewhat conflicted, Wan Feipeng, and the students all got into the cars.
With a roar of blue flame, the Hovercars shot into the air like meteors streaking across the sky.
Compared with the high-speed train, the Hovercars were far faster and far more stable.
And as an aerial means of transport, they were much harder to attack. On top of that, Wan Feipeng, a sixth-rank powerhouse, was right there in the vehicle. The sense of security was absolute.
Before long, the outline of Linyuan City had already come into view.
Seated on the soft sofa inside the Hovercar, Ye Ze suddenly looked suspiciously toward the area outside Linyuan City’s gates.
“There are usually only four guards at the city gate. Why are there now two full squads of Demon Suppression Army soldiers stationed there?”
Two squads of the Demon Suppression Army meant twenty people.
Why had a place like Linyuan City suddenly strengthened its defenses so dramatically?
Wan Feipeng was quite happy to explain.
“There’s been trouble in No. 17 Contaminated Land. The Section Chief of the Investigation Division, along with an escort team that went in, have all gone missing.”
“The Demon Suppression Army has deployed an entire regiment here, both to strengthen defenses and to carry out a rescue.”
Gone missing?
Ye Ze was startled. He had heard Liu Boyan mention before that the Section Chief of the Investigation Division was a genuine fourth-rank Class User!
Not to mention the escort personnel who had gone along...
And even they could simply vanish?
Ye Ze was not worrying for no reason.
No. 17 Contaminated Land was only a little over ten kilometers from No. 19 Contaminated Land.
If something really went wrong there, it might very well spread to Linyuan City...
But Wan Feipeng chuckled and reassured him.
“No need to worry. The East China Army Fiendslaying Regiment has already gone over there.”
“Besides the regiment commander and deputy commander, both of whom are fifth-rank, there are also over a dozen fourth-rank Class Users. They should settle it soon enough!”
Two fifth-ranks and more than ten fourth-ranks... Ye Ze relaxed a little.
If even a force like that could not resolve the situation, then the problem would truly be enormous. At that point, it would likely affect far more than just Linyuan City.
They arrived at Linyuan City.
The Hovercars descended.
After saying goodbye to Xia Qing and the others, Ye Ze followed Wan Feipeng to Linyuan City’s Treasury.
In fact, it had only been two days since his last visit.
Wan Feipeng chuckled. “Kid, you’re practically becoming a regular at the treasury.”
Ye Ze did not deny it.
Those few unidentified materials he had seen last time were finally about to be properly understood.
The moment he entered the treasury, the very first thing he saw was that piece of 【Void Meteorite】!
Last time, its function had been unknown...
But this time, Ye Ze directly activated Eye of Insight, and a line of information appeared in his golden pupils:
【Void Meteorite: An ordinary meteorite from the endless Void. Possesses 100% physical resistance and magic resistance, contains unstable spatial elements, and cannot be touched by any being other than a Void Creature.】
What on earth?
An ordinary meteorite had one hundred percent physical and magical resistance?
So this was what a material from the endless Void was like?
And those unstable spatial elements...
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Ze chose to reserve judgment for now.
With one hundred percent physical resistance, Panda would probably chip two big teeth just trying to bite it.
Ye Ze then looked toward the next item.
It was a statue made of some unknown material, and this one made him especially excited:
【Cursed Statue: Inflicts one negative status on the user and grants one permanent class-exclusive skill (random grade)!】
A randomly graded class-exclusive skill!
For a Summoner in particular, there were many different kinds of exclusive skills, varying greatly in strength.
If his luck was good, a single exclusive skill could greatly increase the abilities of either the Summoner or the summoned beasts!
The price was a negative status, and some of those were truly disgusting.
According to what Eye of Insight told him, after using the statue, he would still have one chance to cancel it.
After thinking for a moment, Ye Ze decisively took it!