Chapter 318: Divine Stick
Is he the masked man?
The players were startled and looked in the direction where the black shadow fled.
This is a legend. He has caused trouble in several cities and has not been caught yet. He is a super ruthless man with a total bounty of more than 10 billion.
A single fingernail on his body is worth much more than the entire team.
Such a person just passed by them!
"Stop him now!"
"Those undead guards, can't you hear me?"
"Think of that bounty!"
“…”
In the back, countless people shouted anxiously, asking the player team to intercept.
There were chaotic sounds of footsteps, shouts, and gunshots coming from far away. Some people were holding flashlights, some were wearing night vision goggles, and they were all chasing the black shadow.
Unfortunately, even if the player team takes action now, it is too late.
"Hey! Why don't you take action?" An old man came to the road first, stared at the many players, beat his chest and stamped his feet, saying with regret.
"Sir, we still have to protect the goods." The captain of the player team replied.
"How much is this cargo worth?"
The old man's eyes widened, his hair and beard standing up, and he shouted, "If you can catch the masked weirdo, you will have enough money for your next life. Why do you still need to work as a guard to make money?"
"We didn't react for a moment either. Please calm down, sir."
"Oh, it's almost there!"
The old man looked in the direction where the black shadow disappeared, shook his head and sighed, full of disappointment.
There were still many people behind. Some of them stopped like the old man when they saw they could not catch up, while others did not want to give up and continued to chase.
In fact, if the player team had taken action just now, it would have been enough to stop them for a moment.
In a life-and-death situation, a moment is enough to do a lot.
"If we miss this opportunity, we don't know when we will have the next one." Someone said with regret, holding a strong flashlight and shining it towards the dark area on the right side of the road.
"Just keep waiting. With the Masked Man's personality, he can't hide forever."
"I'll go find the City News Morning Post and publish some insulting news about him, and see if I can get him out of trouble."
"Then I'll go find someone from the TV station..."
“…”
These people seemed to know each other and formed an alliance to hunt down the masked monster. They each used their own methods to force the masked monster to show up.
Among them are locals as well as people who have come from all over the world.
A few are psychic creatures, but most are still ordinary people.
They all knew how powerful the masked man was, but they were all hoping for a lucky break. If they could really succeed, just like what the old man had said, they would make enough money for their next life.
"By the way, are you sure that the guy just now was the masked monster?" asked a player in the team.
"Of course I am sure!"
Someone answered confidently: "If it wasn't the masked man, who could run so fast? It's ok that ordinary people can't catch up with him, but a psychic creature like me with special talents can't even catch up with him!"
The player then asked: "But can't the masked man fly? Why is he running away on the ground?"
"You don't understand this!" another person said, "There's news from the Zero O'Clock Tavern that the Masked Stranger had been injured by a strong man and lost the ability to fly... That strong man is most likely a Level 5 creature from the north."
"Are there really level 5 creatures coming?"
The players were shocked and looked at each other.
In fact, they were all wondering if Su Xia was also a level five creature?
If it wasn't a level five creature, how could it have chopped down those mercenaries so easily like cutting melons and vegetables?
If it's true, traveling with a level 5 creature is exciting just to think about.
"The masked man can't escape." Someone in the back said, "Not only has the owner of the tavern come, but a heavyweight from the mechanical tribe has also come."
"That Mercer?"
"No, Mercer is still in charge of Coral City. I heard that there is another person who is as powerful as him."
In fact, the arrival of level five creatures is not good news for ordinary encirclement and suppression teams.
These small teams have no competitiveness compared to level 5 creatures.
I’m afraid that the masked man will be caught by the big shots in the tavern or the mechanical tribe first.
By then, all their efforts over the past few days would be in vain and all their efforts would be in vain.
"It is rumored that people from Anluo Company have also come, and they have brought a complete set of stand devices, and they seem to want to seal off the entire city."
"The whole city? That's too much..."
The psychic creatures present felt their scalps tingling at the thought of the stand device.
This is a device that can change the direction of the times. Once the position is opened, psychic creatures will instantly become ordinary people. Some may even be worse than ordinary people because of the disorder of psychic energy in their bodies.
If the entire city is really sealed off, what a horrific scene that would be?
By then, even the creatures in the Zero Point Tavern and the Mechanical Clan will fall into the mortal world, right?
"No, didn't Anluo Company surrender to the Mechanic?" Someone realized the problem. "If they dare to seal off the entire city, aren't they afraid that the Mechanic will find them to answer for their crimes? After all, the Mechanic are all psychic creatures, and they don't drink oil."
"That's not the case. I heard that they have developed an anti-position device that can be worn by mechanical individuals and make them immune to the control of the position."
"What?"
“This is troublesome…”
If the news is true, then the situation is really bad.
Once the positions are opened, in the entire city, except for the psychic creatures of the mechanical race, all the psychic creatures of other forces will become ordinary creatures. How can we play then?
Moreover, this position may be promoted to the whole world in the future and installed in all cities controlled by the mechanical race.
When they thought of that day, many psychic creatures present couldn't help but feel suffocated.
"Why would that damn Anluo Company come up with something like this?"
"They are just a bunch of running dogs. They have no choice but to research whatever the Mechanical Clan asks them to research."
"Well, let's go back and think about how to deal with it..."
“…”
A group of people walked and talked, and gradually walked away.
In the darkness in the distance, some people gave up the chase and also set out on the return journey.
The players also returned to the car and the convoy set off again.
“Buzz——”
The wheels rolled, the engines roared, and the lights of Kaiba City were getting closer and closer.
Su Xia had been sitting in the car with a calm expression, carefully analyzing the content of the conversation between those people.
"Does Anluo Company really want to seal off the entire city?" He thought silently, "If so, I can't stay in this city for long. I have to leave as soon as possible."
He had personally experienced the stand device and knew how terrifying it was.
Until now, Su Xia has not come up with a good solution.
Back then in Fish Scale City, he was able to fight back with the help of small nanorobots.
In order to crack the position, the fourth-order nanorobots in his hand were almost consumed by the explosion. If it happened again, his only remaining fifth-order nanorobots might also be consumed.
Such a heavy loss was hard for accept.
Su Xia looked up at the night sky. At this moment, the night sky was still clear and even stars could be seen.
But in the near future, the sky of this city may be shrouded in the blue of the standpoint and turned into a forbidden area of psychic energy.
"How many times has the masked man been hunted down recently?" Su Xia asked casually.
"This... Sir, I don't know either."
Cheng Men thought for a moment, stared at the road ahead, and said, "As far as I can remember, there are people chasing masked monsters every day recently. Sometimes there are even situations where... multiple teams are chasing several masked monsters at the same time in various parts of the city."
“It seems like they are all fake.”
"Yeah, a few were caught before, all of them were pretending to be someone else."
This pursuit tonight was just a small episode, and the pursuit team was not that powerful.
The chaos has just begun, and the legendary level 5 creatures rarely take action.
But there are some large teams in the city that frequently go out that have level 4 creatures.
At first, some people enjoyed pretending to be masked weirdos, which amused many hunting teams and made many people laugh.
Later, some advanced creatures took action and slapped several pretenders to death. The matter gradually became serious and those pretenders dared not laugh anymore.
At 4:30 in the morning, the convoy finally entered the city.
The city was brightly lit. Even so late, there were still many people on the streets. The houses on both sides of the road were built after the war. The whole city looked much better than Coral City.
"Sir, my warehouse is in front."
Cheng Men's car slowed down gradually. As they were about to reach their destination, he asked, "Where are you going, sir? I'll take you there first."
"Go to the Zero Point Tavern. Do you dare to send it there?"
"Well……"
Cheng Men looked embarrassed. The situation had been chaotic recently, and the area near the Zero Point Tavern was filled with high-level killers from all over the world. He didn't want to be targeted by those killers.
Su Xia smiled faintly: "Concentrate on driving, go to your warehouse first."
“Yes, yes…”
Cheng Men breathed a sigh of relief.
Not long after, the convoy drove into a fork road, left the city's main road, and slowly drove to the outside of a factory area.
Outside the factory gate, Cheng Men's men were already waiting to greet them.
“Come this way!”
Someone led the convoy in front of them and brought them into the factory.
The convoy was orderly, with each car entering one by one and slowly parking at its respective position.
As soon as several large trucks stopped, people immediately gathered around, opened the doors of the trucks, and started unloading the goods.
There were several bullet holes in the cabin of one of the cars and the refrigeration system was broken. Fortunately, it was winter and the frozen meat in the car had not melted much.
“Boom… boom… boom…”
The workers moved simultaneously, dropping the frozen meat, covered in crushed ice, into baskets on the ground.
It wasn't long before the boxes of medicine hidden behind the frozen meat were revealed.
When they saw the medicines, the workers in the factory all smiled.
On the other side, Cheng Men stopped the car, respectfully opened the door for Su Xia, bowed and said, "Sir, this is my base."
"Are all these warehouses and factories in the park yours?" Su Xia asked.
"Yes."
"What did you do before?"
"I used to be in the meat processing business." Cheng Men answered honestly, "Then I felt that I couldn't make much money from processing. I happened to come across the Redemption Pharmacy business, so I gritted my teeth and did it."
It was precisely because of his main business that he thought of using frozen meat to hide medicines.
Of course, there are many other ways to hide medicine.
In coastal cities further south, some merchants hide medicines in frozen fish, frozen shrimp and other seafood. Others hide medicines in tires, car compartments, seat cushions, fuel tanks, tree trunks, inside fruits, and even in items such as cigarette boxes and wine cans. Almost every method that the human brain can think of has been used.
But even if every possible means is used, more than half of the redemption potions will still be lost during transportation.
Some were robbed, and some were found to have problems at city checkpoints.
"Sir, my situation is good." Cheng Men took out a box of medicine and said, "Because I used to be in the meat products business, the people who check in and out of the city, check at the intersection, and check meat in various cities basically know me, and they will give me face and let me pass."
Some people are unlucky and may not be allowed to pass even if they give red envelopes.
"Sir, what should we do with these things?" Cheng Men asked, patting the hood of an off-road vehicle.
"Sell it, as we agreed before." Su Xia said, "Give me half of the proceeds, and discuss the other half with the Undead guards."
"OK."
These off-road vehicles are of universal style and have no special markings on them. You can just find a channel to deal with them privately. It won't be a big problem and you won't be targeted by mercenary organizations.
The rest of the off-road motorcycles and some of the supplies in the car can be sold directly at a low price.
As for guns, bullets, shells, etc., they are what Cheng Men needs himself. He will appraise the price of these things and give half of the total price to Su Xia.
According to a rough estimate, Su Xia should be able to get three to four million.
This amount of money is not too much for him now.
Before, just in that forest of alien plants, he, Sun Lang, and Chang Rufeng had found things worth tens of millions just by touching the corpses.
Unfortunately, the money was not obtained in a legitimate way and could not be used to build a school in Coral City, otherwise it would easily arouse suspicion.
In order to build the school, Su Xia sold several of his father's collections.
"I'm going to the Midnight Tavern and will come back tomorrow to get the money." Su Xia said.
"My Lord, please take care."
"Um."
Su Xia turned around to look at the unloading scene over there, then strode towards the factory gate.
This factory area is in the north of the city, while the Zero Point Tavern in Seahorse City is in the east of the city, so there is some distance between them.
At this time, the members of the player team hurriedly shouted: "Boss, it's inconvenient for you to move alone, how about we run errands for you!"
"Yes, we are the strongest undead team in the entire Coral City."
“…”
They didn't even have time to claim the mission rewards, and they all followed over, hoping to have a few more words with Su Xia.
But in the next second, Su Xia turned into a shadow and disappeared.
The words he left behind were carried in the wind: "No need, it's more convenient to move alone."
The team members stood there in a daze, looking at the direction where Su Xia disappeared. After looking for a long time, they felt a sense of disappointment.
After a while, the team leader gritted his teeth and said, "The boss will come back tomorrow to get the money. Let's wait here. When he comes back, there may still be hope!"
"Yes, wait here!"
For this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the team members quickly reached a consensus.
I haven't done anything these two days, just waiting for someone here.
On the side, Cheng Men shook his head and said, "How can we reach such a great man? Don't think too much."
"Anyway, I have nothing to do, so it doesn't matter if I wait."
Everyone is determined to seriously learn Li Defu's spirit.
…
Soon, it was five o'clock in the morning and the sky was still gloomy.
In a valley between Coral City and Seahorse City, body parts were scattered all over the ground, the grass and trees were withered, and the cold drizzle was still falling, blending more blood and soil into one.
This is where Fan Lu and his team members died.
At this time, the entire valley had been surrounded by members of the Zero Point Tavern.
“This is it.”
A new black umbrella was opened, and under the umbrella was a man in a wheelchair.
The man kept his eyes closed, his skin was pale, his body was thin, his cheekbones were prominent, and his eye sockets were sunken. He gave people an extremely sick feeling, as if he would not live long.
He seemed to have a very high status in the pub, with someone pushing his wheelchair, someone holding an umbrella for him, and many more people protecting him around him.
Next to the wheelchair, a tall woman said in a deep voice: "God charlatan, Fan Lu was killed here. It's up to you."
"good."
The man in the wheelchair nodded slightly and slowly opened his eyes.
The rest of the people stopped communicating and even slowed down their breathing, for fear of disturbing the man who was known as a "charlatan" inside the tavern.
