Chapter 176 Deep Space Funeral
[Shock! NPC's battle of the century! The mercenary king challenges the masked weirdo! ]
This guy Sijidao is probably from the UC Shock Department, and almost every post has the word "shocking" in it.
But I have to say, this is indeed eye-catching.
The server has been open for a long time, but there are very few battles between NPCs.
The last time he attracted countless people's attention was the night when Su Xia caused the Coral City refugees to riot. His chase with Yu Tuo over the city is still listed as one of the classic NPC battles.
The battle between the two showed players the heights they could reach in the future.
The countless screenshots and videos of that night are still talked about by countless people.
Many players work hard to upgrade just to experience the feeling of flying and being omnipotent in the future.
"Fuck, it's another post from Coral City. Those NPCs in our city are all trash!"
This complaint was deliberately pinned to the top by Sijidao.
I have to say that this guy did make some contribution to Coral City.
Before entering the game, many new players will search for information in major forums and BBSes to choose the best novice map.
The most popular maps for beginners right now are undoubtedly Oasis Camp and Coral City. However, Oasis Camp is a random map, and some players have tried more than ten random maps but still failed. Therefore, Coral City has become the only choice for many beginners...
According to the system, the number of players in Coral City has reached 2.5 times that of the neighboring Waste Armor City, and 3.7 times that of the Fish Scale City in the east.
The game "Look Up at the Stars" is also rapidly gaining popularity at an almost crazy speed, sweeping across major video platforms.
It is said that a special event is being planned, but it is not known what form it will take in the future.
Under the post about the Four Seasons Rice NPC War, a player from Sea Star City replied: "The Mercenary King was an NPC of our Sea Star City before. He has his King's Castle in the wilderness outside the city. He is a super BOSS, and there are high-level monsters all around the castle... He has only been to Coral City these two days. He will come back after killing the Masked Stranger. Is this a special linkage between the two cities?"
Starfish City, located in the north of Coral City, is also a small city.
This city is less than half the size of Coral City, but it gave birth to a monster like Wang Teng.
The human officials in the city were all very polite to Wang Teng and invited him to visit the city many times, but Wang Teng never agreed.
Some people say he is arrogant, others say he is afraid of the mechanical base in the city.
Wang Teng was fine at bullying those mercenaries in the wilderness, but he could only flee in embarrassment when facing the regular troops of the Mechanical Clan. The fragile vitality of humans could not even survive a round of artillery fire.
"That NPC's name is Wang Teng? Why does it sound familiar?"
"That's right, it's the guy who has the potential to be an emperor!"
“…”
In the post, Sijidao directly posted all of Wang Teng’s data.
Of course, the intelligence data in his hands were all outdated, and the level of Wang Teng shown on it was still 4.8.
He also reiterated in the post that there were no bugs in this mission, and the masked man's actions were also within the plot automatically deduced by the system, so players can accept the mission with confidence.
Because this post was so popular, the post by the Bikini Bottom team showing Su Xia's【? 】data was sunk by more than ten posts.
Only one or two of them attracted attention, which also earned Su Xia the title of "the man so strong that only a question mark remains".
Of course, his previous cheating aura was too obvious, and the players were used to it.
In comparison, the name Pharmacist Su is more catchy.
Someone asked under the post: "Does Pharmacist Su have a girlfriend?"
Another person answered: "No, but I heard that his hobby is men."
"That's right, I'm a man, my name is Ajie, would you like to meet me?"
“…”
Although it was just a joke, when Su Xia saw similar remarks, he couldn't help but worry about the personal safety of himself and his roommates.
In the game he can fly and hide, but in reality he is still a weak scholar.
His fists were no harder than the rest of the men's.
At 6pm, he logged off to eat dinner and found that the five roommates were still fast asleep, so he left a message in the dormitory group: "Be careful in the future and don't reveal your true identity. Unless you are a very trustworthy friend in the game, try not to have too many real-life disputes with them."
After sending this message, he still felt uneasy.
So he added: "Try to process the photos before sending them out."
After dinner, he went back online and returned to the lumberyard in the game.
He briefly said goodbye to everyone, and then returned to Baimu Town accompanied by the mayor and others, intending to go back to the pharmacy in the city to consolidate the third-level potion.
The mayor tried to persuade him to stay: "Sir, how about having a meal before leaving? We have some exciting programs here."
"No, time is limited."
"Then let's send you back. This journey may not be safe."
"Do you think I need protection?"
"this……"
The scene where Su Xia killed the wolf king in seconds just now appeared in everyone's mind again.
It’s so strong, so strong that it’s hard to describe.
If it were any of them, facing the wolf king, they might not even have time to draw their guns.
"Forget it, just find someone to take me back."
Su Xia thought about it and realized that if he returned to the city too quickly, Sijidao might be able to calculate the time difference and discover the abnormality.
It’s also good to take a bus back and relax by enjoying the scenery on the way.
Hearing this, the mayor was overjoyed and actually wanted to drive Su Xia himself.
Su Xia did not refuse, but just said: "Hurry up a little, I have something to do when I go back."
"No problem, don't worry!"
The mayor is also an experienced driver. After getting on the road, he started to speed at full speed, exceeding 120 on the dilapidated suburban road, and the car was in the air several times.
In just half an hour, he sent Su Xia back to the city.
At dusk, the dilapidated city area seems to be covered with a layer of dark yellow gauze, adding a unique hazy beauty.
After saying goodbye to the mayor, Su Xia returned to the pharmacy.
Dad and his family were having dinner, and there was a set of clean bowls and chopsticks on the table, which were reserved for Su Xia.
"You're back just in time, come and have dinner." Dad ordered.
“Here I come.”
Su Xia sat next to Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu and started to have her second dinner of the day in the game.
The shop was lit up with warm yellow lights, the aroma of food filled the air, and it was cozy and pleasant. The four masters and apprentices chatted about daily matters like a family.
Hong Bafu was chewing on a big chicken leg and asked with a greasy mouth, "Brother Su, how does it feel to work over there?"
"It's okay, just slacking off."
"Are those two villains very repulsive to you?"
"That's about right."
Su Xia briefly talked about what happened in the afternoon.
In the city, thanks to Wu Zhonggui and Sijidao's unremitting publicity, many people knew that the King of Mercenaries had come to hunt down the masked monster.
But they never mentioned Su Xia from beginning to end, as if Su Xia had never been there.
After listening to Su Xia's story, the two brothers Hong Bafu realized that he was the one who facilitated this cooperation.
"Brother, you've fallen!" Hong Bafu sighed in pain, "How could you let that guy deal with the masked man? I heard that guy is ridiculously strong."
"Don't worry, the masked man is not that weak, nor that stupid. You have to have some faith in him, brother."
Su Xia already knew that Wang Teng had openly challenged someone to a fight in the wilderness.
But he is not a fool.
If there is an opportunity for a sneak attack, why fight head-on?
Su Xia was very interested in Wang Teng’s lucky third kind of contact, but now was not the time to deal with Wang Teng as he needed to develop for some time.
This unprecedented collaboration was also reported on the evening news on TV.
Wang Teng, a heinous criminal who made his fortune by trafficking refugee organs, was unexpectedly described by the authorities as a brave warrior with a sense of justice, a lone hero who went against the tide.
As expected, Sijidao was promoted again and was reported as an important figure in facilitating this cooperation.
Su Xia's name was not mentioned in the entire report.
"Those two guys are so disgusting. They are blatantly trying to steal the credit!" Hong Bafu couldn't help it, "Brother, go talk to Yu Tuo."
"It's okay. I don't need to be in the spotlight right now."
Many things don't need to be said at all. If Yu Tuo wants to know, he will naturally know.
After dinner, Su Xia began to practice the third-level potion as usual.
Hong Bafu has already refined several fourth-level potions today, but Lan Bafu still hasn't made a breakthrough and is very distressed.
The sunset outside the window gradually disappeared, and the street lights on both sides of the road lit up one after another.
The entire city was still on alert, with few pedestrians on the streets, and the most frequent visitors were still the patrolling soldiers.
Before I knew it, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
Pharmacies are closed.
Su Xia lay down on the bed on the second floor, then activated the bracelet and landed at the oasis camp.
He sat on the sofa. The warehouse was dark and quiet.
“It’s time.”
In front of Su Xia, there were 21 intermediate psychic potions.
This was accumulated from the previous two missions plus the looting of a large number of mercenary organization warehouses.
He took out a mobile phone, selected [Camera Mode], put it aside, and pointed it at the sofa where he was sitting.
In the past, every time after injecting the first dose of the drug, he would fall into hallucinations, and when he woke up, all the drugs had been used up.
Su Xia wanted to see what happened in the outside world when he fell into hallucination.
He lay on the sofa, picked up a medicine and injected it into his left arm.
"hiss……"
An inexplicable chill and tingling sensation suddenly appeared, penetrating deep into the bone marrow.
Su Xia's eyes darkened and his body became lighter, as if he had fallen into an endless abyss. Some strange lights and shadows flashed quickly before his eyes.
All kinds of noises appeared in his ears, the laughter of children, the crying of adults, and the roar of gunfire on a battlefield, as if he was falling through one world after another.
As he gradually stabilized, the noise disappeared.
Before his eyes was an endless, cold, deep and lonely space .
Su Xia realized that he was floating in the universe, and the feeling of weightlessness and powerlessness made him feel uncomfortable.
"Doctor, it's time for him to leave."
The familiar voice of the female robot came to his ears again.
The female robot was not far from him, also floating, wearing a special space suit that looked completely different from the one on Earth.
Although this ordinary robot does not need to breathe, the extreme low temperature in deep space is fatal to her.
Both of them had safety ropes connecting them to the spacecraft behind them.
There was a third person in front of Su Xia.
This person was also wearing a space suit, but the safety rope was not connected to the spacecraft, but to Su Xia.
"This is……"
Some fragments of memories suddenly flashed through Su Xia's mind.
The person in front of him was a good friend that Dr. Aigar met during his journey. He once traveled the universe with him, but later died in a civil war among the indigenous people of a planet.
Before he died, he asked Dr. Aigar to take his body away and bury him in the endless sea of stars.
