Volume 4 Dungeon Dungeon Chapter 174 Sand City (Part 1)
When Li Wei displayed the small axe, everyone was puzzled as to what he was up to. Zheng Yutong, who was closer to Li Wei, picked up the small axe and said in astonishment, "This must be a weapon or item obtained from a mission world, right?"
Li Wei glanced at her and said, "It is indeed a weapon or item, but it wasn't obtained from a mission world. Can you guess where I got it?"
This left Zheng Yutong and the others completely baffled.
Aside from obtaining weapons and items from the quest world and the Shadow Street Free Market, I haven't heard of anywhere else you can get them.
A moment of silence fell over everyone present, and suddenly a possibility popped into their minds.
After all, Li Wei was focusing too much on the word "location".
It's perfectly normal to obtain these kinds of items in quest worlds and Shadow Street, so the fact that Li Wei brought up this small hand axe clearly indicates that its origin is questionable.
Aside from the mission world and Shadow Street, there's only one other place, and it's the only one.
"Could it be that it was obtained from the real world?" Zheng Yutong felt the coldness transmitted to her skin from the small hand axe, but her heart was even colder.
Li Wei nodded.
To everyone's astonishment, Li Wei recounted the events of the Jungle outside, the encounter with the pack of hyenas, and how he obtained the small hand axe.
Silence!
Even Fatty Wu's mouth dropped open, seemingly struggling to process these unbelievable things.
From Li Wei's words, they gleaned a conclusion: the real world had already assimilated with Shadow Street, meaning that it was no different from a mission world.
Or rather, from the very beginning, the real world was part of the mission world.
"Level-two hyenas can drop low-quality weapons, but what about higher-level monsters? They might drop more equipment. Also, be aware that because of magic crystals, even ordinary people can go out hunting and fighting monsters, just like we do in the quest world."
"Therefore, I believe this is an ultimate mission that has not been officially announced but truly exists. The mission has only one purpose, which is to survive. This applies not only to us reincarnators but also to ordinary people. The consequence of failing the mission is death."
Li Wei didn't say one more thing: with the help of magic crystals, ordinary people will stand on the same level as reincarnators, and the advantages of reincarnators will gradually diminish in the near future. They might even be surpassed by ordinary people in the end.
What Li Wei didn't know was that his worst fears had already come true.
Hundreds of kilometers away, in a Jungle, a man with blood on his hands grinned as he picked up a piece of Yellow Paper that had fallen to the ground.
Upon seeing the instructions on the Yellow Paper, he first showed a look of astonishment, then burst into wild laughter.
"Reincarnators? Shadow Street? There's such a place? As long as I sign my name on this piece of paper, I'll become a member of the Reincarnators and can freely enter and leave Shadow Street, hahaha! This is amazing!"
The man burst into wild laughter; at his feet lay a corpse.
That Yellow Paper was dropped suddenly after this person was killed. The same thing was happening all over the New World. Many levels of reincarnators were no match for humans who had obtained the power of magic crystals. A massacre against reincarnators began.
Inside the meeting room, Li Wei laid out a large pile of magic crystals he had collected on the table.
"These are all I've collected: red coral, three green ones, white otter, and a mixed-color one. Aside from the red ones which contain the power of fire, I don't know the abilities the other magic crystals can grant. Furthermore, I'm already a fire-type magic crystal user, so I can only consume red magic crystals from now on."
Li Wei grabbed all the Ying Demon Crystals from the table.
"The rest is up to you. But remember, once you've chosen your department, you can't change it."
In the end, all the remaining magic crystals were distributed.
The green magic crystal was taken away by Xue Yan.
That's a poison-based ability. This way, Xue Yan's throwing knives will automatically be coated with a layer of green poisonous light, greatly increasing their lethality.
The white magic crystal was assigned to Zheng Yutong.
The white one represents lightning-based abilities, which perfectly match Zheng Yutong's original special skills. She no longer needs arrows or bows; with a flick of her finger, a crackling arrow made of lightning will appear, nearly doubling her combat power.
The remaining ones are mixed colors. Nina was assigned one to the otter, and Chen Dali, Luo Cheng, Liu Piaopiao, and Blood Wolf were each assigned one.
Amakusa, however, had no choice. Her point of view was that she had not yet found a suitable magic crystal, so the remaining Shan magic crystals were all given to Fatty Wu and the others.
Variegated magic crystals are among the easiest to obtain. They can cause mutations in the body; for example, after Nina consumed two variegated magic crystals, she unexpectedly grew a pair of enormous bat wings.
She was already Vampire, and now she also has the ability to fly.
Just as individuals were gradually adapting to their new abilities, suddenly, without warning, everyone's Yellow Paper jumped out.
Li Wei was taken aback. He was very familiar with this scene. In a mission world, a new mission would be issued under such circumstances. But this was the real world. What did the sudden appearance of the Yellow Paper mean?
The Yellow Paper contained only a short passage and a miniature map.
"Mission: Conquer Sand City,"
"A magical force has created countless Jungle, valleys, and mysterious caves. At the same time, the Old Soul Sand City has also appeared. It is a city built of sand and stone, capable of accommodating a thousand people. Of course, at this moment, they are all unclaimed cities. What you need to do is to conquer it with powerful force, occupy it, and become the lord of the Sand City. At that time, you will gain unexpected rewards."
"The mission has no time limit; it will close once all four Sand City have their own lords." Please follow the map prompts to find and conquer the nearest Sand City as soon as possible.
"Mission initiated!"
The meeting room was silent; the reincarnators stared at the instructions on the Yellow Paper without uttering a word.
The map on the Yellow Paper marked the nearest Sand City with a gray-white square, which looked to be about 100 kilometers away.
Li Wei looked up and saw a hint of longing in the eyes of his companions.
Indeed, given such a mission and such an opportunity, Li Wei couldn't find a reason not to give it a try. Moreover, the mission stated that becoming the city lord of Sand City would bring unexpected rewards.
After a long pause, Li Wei coughed, stood up, and said, "Looks like we have some work to do!"
In a cave a kilometer away from the entrance to the villa area, dozens of strong men, shirtless, were dissecting the corpse of a razor-sharp monster.
They quickly dug out a multicolored magic crystal from the corpse of the razor-sharp monster, which a burly man with a physique comparable to a chimpanzee snatched and swallowed.
Then, his muscles began to twitch, as if countless earthworms were hiding under his skin. The burly man looked on with enjoyment. Immediately afterwards, a layer of bone grew on his wrists, ankles, and some joints.
"Congratulations, Second Brother! Congratulations, Second Brother! Your abilities have improved again!" A man next to him quickly picked up a large bluestone and walked over to place it on the ground.
He chuckled twice, then the burly man swung his fist and smashed it down on the bluestone. With a deafening roar, fragments of stone flew everywhere; he had actually blasted the stone into tiny pieces.
"Keep collecting those stones for me, the more the better, hahaha!" The burly man was also extremely excited after witnessing the power of his punch.
Suddenly, a Yellow Paper appeared on the person next to him.
"What's wrong? Third brother, isn't this the tattered piece of paper you stole?" The burly man walked over with great interest, wanting to see what was written on the yellow paper.
"Second brother, remember this well, this isn't some worthless piece of paper, it's something called Guardian. Never mind! You wouldn't understand even if I told you, but there's a very interesting message on it." The man called Third Brother grinned and muttered.
"Tell our boss right away, we're about to strike it rich!"
A dozen minutes later, the group rushed out of the cave where they were hiding. They looked menacing and ran toward a certain location, carrying various weapons.
At the same time, the task of "contending for Sand City" appeared on the Yellow Paper of all the reincarnators.
Four Sand City are located around the world.
The quantity is limited, but not everyone gets a share; almost all reincarnators are well aware of this.
On a mountain in Western Sichuan, the Daoist took off the suit he had worn for a long time and put on an antique-style long robe. Because he hadn't combed his hair for a long time, he simply tied it up with a bamboo stick and stuck it in his hair.
At this moment, he appeared to have a rather otherworldly air about him.
He then retrieved the Demon Refining Pot and a longsword, his fingers lightly pinching together, his expression pausing. "It seems we absolutely must get our hands on the City Lord of Sand City, or we'll be in deep trouble. I just wonder how things are going with my young friend Li. But given his personality, I doubt he'd give up on this mission. Oh well, I'd better worry about myself first!"
After muttering to himself for a while, the Daoist leaped off the precipice, transforming into a streak of light and disappearing towards the nearest Sand City marked on the map.
On the ruins of the capital of Old World European country, a high wizard dressed in a black wizard's robe gazed at a city that had suddenly appeared in the distance, his face revealing arrogance and madness.
Behind him were dozens of corpses, their deaths gruesome and incomplete, some even emitting wisps of white smoke as if they had been burned.
These were all killed by the great wizard's lightning magic. Beside their corpses stood a man with a terrified expression.
He was the sole survivor; the corpses around him had been his comrades just minutes before. As an agent of the new government, this was the first time he had encountered such a terrifying enemy.
"You're lucky. I needed someone to deliver a message to me, so I spared your life." The great wizard made a grabbing motion in the air, and a huge black broom appeared in his hand.
"Tell everyone that the Sand City already has an owner! Don't try to take it, or you will face destruction!"