Chapter 229: Monk's Ancient Kingdom Relics
Ryan wandered around the city for a while, intending to get some information from the information merchant in the tavern.
Unexpectedly, after taking a walk, I heard that the scavengers on the street were all in a hurry, and an explosive news was spreading among them.
"Have you heard that a huge ancient city ruins suddenly appeared in the western 'Tehsen Desert'! Most of those skeleton monsters last night came from those ruins!"
"Ah? Those skeleton monsters with gold equipment?"
"That's right! Early in the morning, someone followed the traces and found some broken walls and ruins in the desert that was originally full of yellow sand. When they looked deeper, they found a large area of ancient architectural ruins. Didn't you see that the large-scale hunting group in the city is ready to go? They are heading for the ruins. Let's go quickly, maybe we can have some soup..."
"If the news could be passed back, wouldn't the ruins have been cleared out long ago?"
"Clear it? How is that possible? I heard that the ruins are like an ancient kingdom, and the area is frighteningly large. Moreover, a very complex underground palace was discovered, and it is unknown how deep it is. It is impossible to explore it completely in a short time..."
"Ah? This... so many zombies came to attack the city last night, the ruins are probably an empty city. Can we really drink soup if we go there now?"
"Hehe, of course. I heard that there are a lot of thorny bugs in those sands and palaces. Some of the people who went there first got a lot of benefits, but many people also died. Now, everyone has just come back to pack up their expedition equipment and plan to explore deeper into those underground palaces. I heard that it was an ancient country from the 'Monkr Civilization' period, and there might be temples!"
"Fuck, a temple? Let's go and take a look!"
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Ryan initially thought that the news was just gossip, but later he discovered that almost all the wasteland hunters in the mechanical city were talking about it.
Moreover, various large mercenary groups and people from the City Lord's Mansion also organized large-scale hunting groups to set out, obviously heading for the ancient desert city.
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“Perhaps, there really is a temple?”
Hearing the news, Ryan thought of the gold piece he had bought at the street stall before and fell into deep thought.
Just now it was just a few clues, and we don't know where the gold flakes came from.
Now the ruins have confirmed that there is a relic of the ancient Monkel Kingdom in the desert, so the temple is very likely to have come from there!
Temple Ryan has personally experienced two.
One is the one in the Coleman Courtyard Tribe, which yielded the "Divine Power Crystal", the stone relief of the [Mighty Demon God], two totem beads, and the [Morogos' Hunting God Spear]...
The second time was when I met the legendary skeleton. I gained the "Divine Power Crystal", [Ice Disaster] Petra's exclusive inherited skills, the Ice Sword, and more than 2,000 sets of [Vine Armor]...
A "temple" that has never been discovered by anyone has a fatal attraction for everyone.
From now on, since there are so many gold artifacts in the ruins, it is very likely that they have never been excavated!
When Ryan thought of this, the eagerness in his eyes grew stronger and stronger.
What's more, it's always a bit lacking to understand the "momentum" behind closed doors, so he decided to go out for a walk.
Exploring the ruins is a great choice!
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It is better to buy directly from the information merchant than to hear about it from others.
Those guys have a bunch of common intelligence informants under their command, and they always have the most complete first-hand intelligence.
Since he was determined to go and take a look, Ryan spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy the latest information about the ruins.
Two hundred kilometers west of the "Black Wind Territory" lies a desert of tens of thousands of square kilometers. There were very few resources that could be plundered there, and few hunters had ever gone there to explore.
However, after the tide of zombies last night, the desert suddenly sank hundreds of meters in part, revealing broken walls and ruins.
The ancient country of Monkel, which had been buried for countless years, finally saw the light of day again.
"According to intelligence, there are almost no zombies on a large scale. The biggest threat is a large shelled sandworm... It can defend against ordinary muskets, and its mouthparts are highly poisonous, which can cause great damage to low-level extraordinary people..."
Ryan looked at the information in his hand and began to ponder.
There was no large-scale zombie tide, which was good news. As for those insects, whether they were poisonous or had shells, he had ways to deal with them now, so it wasn't a big problem.
As for the threat deep in the ruins... no one knows the situation.
But now, there is still a problem, he is alone!
If you explore this kind of large ruins alone without anyone to guide you, you may encounter many other problems, such as mechanisms that require multiple people to operate, lock picking skills of thieves, dispelling skills of mages, and path exploration by shield warriors...
Moreover , the ones that need to be guarded against the most are not the sandworms, but those colleagues or thieves with bad intentions! Therefore, traveling alone is not a good choice.
Thinking of this, Ryan planned to go to the Wasteland Hunter Hall to form a temporary team.
It is not difficult for doctors to form a team when participating in hunting.
Moreover, because the sandworms are highly poisonous, doctors immediately became a sought-after "resource", and many teams deployed multiple doctors in case of emergency.
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Just go.
Not all, Ryan came to the Liar Hunter Hall in the city.
This place is a bit like the "talent market" in the previous life. In addition to posting and handing over tasks, there are also various recruitment advertisements for recruiting teammates.
Hunting is a very dangerous thing, and it is normal to lose people. Therefore, it is common to see some standard hunting teams, after going out, only half of the professionals are left. Then they need to add new members to the next hunting.
When Ryan arrived, the place was crowded, more people than at any other time.
Because he was wearing a white coat, as soon as he entered the door, he heard someone greet him: "Hey brother, are you a doctor? What's your level of medical certification? We are in need of a doctor in the Straw Hat Pirates. Let's go as soon as we can ."
He didn't say where he was going, but everyone seemed to understand that the destination was the desert ruins.
Ryan took a look at the man, a first-class light-armored swordsman with poor equipment and a bad complexion.
He had no intention of following a team that might be wiped out by a random encounter with a magical beast to go hunting, so he politely declined, "Sorry, I'm just an apprentice doctor."
"Tsk~"
After hearing Ryan say that he was a doctor's apprentice, the man immediately lost interest and turned to look for other people.
Then on the way into the door, we encountered several waves of teams that were also recruiting medical extraordinary people.
Ryan was not in a hurry to join, but squeezed into the crowd to take a look at the magic light screen that posted the recruitment advertisement.
The team that can spend money to put recruitment information on the bounty screen is an ideal and powerful team.
"3301: 'Black Bear Hunting Group' is recruiting five spellcasters, limited to second-level mages; three extraordinary medical personnel, with priority given to those with relevant certifications... Remuneration: 8,000 lisol/day + spoils distributed according to contribution..."
"3557: 'Iron Boots Hunting Group' recruits 20 spellcasters, limited to formal mages; 10 medical transcendents, priority given to those with relevant certifications... Remuneration: 7,000 lisol/day + spoils divided equally based on the headcount distribution system..."
"3773: 'Firebird Hunting Group' is recruiting three heavy armored shield warriors with resilience talent, [Advanced] with cultivation level above mid-term; several medical extraordinary people, regardless of cultivation level, primary medals... Reward: rank head bonus + spoils distributed according to contribution..."
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Ryan took a look at the information scrolling above and saw it clearly.
Most of those that can be displayed on the light screen are large-scale hunting groups that can be named.
His goal was to find a medium-sized hunting group of thirty to fifty people. Even if they couldn't find treasure, they would at least have a certain level of self-protection capabilities.
Then, my attention was attracted by a "bold message".
"Special announcement: 'Redwood Chamber of Commerce' is recruiting professional hunters/professional guards of various professions, with a cultivation level of rank 2 or above; five extraordinary medical professionals, who need intermediate professional assessment medals; compensation: 15,000 liso/day + 100% rank premium + contribution reward + bonus + spoils distribution..."
Every word in this recruitment information reminds people of the word "wealthy and powerful".
This recruitment is very demanding, but the reward is almost twice as much as other recruitment information, or even more.
Naturally, Ryan was immediately attracted by the recruitment information.
I originally wanted to form a team based on my status as a doctor, but now it seems unrealistic.
The "certificate" has blocked them at the threshold.
He is now undergoing an assessment for the "Doctor's Apprentice" medal. With this, except for the "cannon fodder team" that cannot be led, most capable hunting teams will not want him.
But he can also be a second-level fighter!
This recruitment information is just right.
"Redwood Chamber of Commerce? Isn't this a branch chamber of commerce under Canossa?"
Ryan looked at the name and was somewhat impressed. She remembered that before coming here, Canossa told her that if she encountered any trouble, she could contact the people in this Chamber of Commerce?
And apparently, Ryan was not the only one interested in this information.
When this "bold message" flashed on the screen, the scavengers who looked up at the screen also started talking about it.
"Tsk tsk... the minimum requirement is to be a second-level extraordinary person. This condition is really harsh."
"They are the Redwood Chamber of Commerce. They are not short of money, so they must be recruiting elite troops. However, the reward is really good. If I were not a first-level rank, I would also want to go."
"Tsk tsk, even though the reward is high, I'm afraid it's hard to recruit people. The second-level extraordinary people are the core members of large-scale hunting groups. Those who are not captains are elite. Xiaoxin's group is almost at the level of a group leader. How is it possible to recruit them? What's more, the 'Redwood Chamber of Commerce' is not an official chamber of commerce recognized by the Glorious Country. The tax is terrifyingly high. The reward seems high, but it's not much higher when you get it. Unless you don't go through the official certification channel and recruit privately..."
"Forget it. We don't meet the requirements, so we'll just enjoy the sight."
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After listening to this, Ryan also understood why the reward for this recruitment information was so high. It turned out that there was also a tax.
Now that Glory City has established a nation and signed an alliance with Omar, the Sunflower Chamber of Commerce has become the only official cooperative chamber of commerce. Other chambers of commerce such as the Redwood Chamber of Commerce are private chambers of commerce that are not officially recognized, and the corresponding taxes are much higher.
For recruitment like this, if you go through the Hunting Guild platform, you must register and pay taxes.
Ryan didn't care because he didn't care about the compensation, let alone the tax.
Since I have to find a hunting group anyway, I might as well find someone I know.
The recruitment information from the "Sequoia Chamber of Commerce" was exactly what he wanted.
Without further ado, Ryan went directly to the union application window and registered his ID card. Then he received a recruitment notice to gather at the "Big Beard Tavern" at six o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Ryan prepared enough emergency supplies this time.
However, in order to cope with the desert environment, he also specially prepared a lot of drinking water. There was no need to think about buying antidotes, as the pharmacy Yoshimoto had sold out, and the remaining ones were of poor quality and very expensive.
Since he had to set off tomorrow morning anyway, he simply went to buy some pharmaceutical materials, rented a laboratory and started preparing the antidote himself.
After so much dream practice, his current level of medicine making has reached the level of an intermediate or even advanced pharmacist.
The success rate of refining some primary and intermediate level detoxification machines is extremely high.
After a sleepless night, he probably made several hundred antidotes.
He pretended to put a few of them on his body and put the rest in the storage ring.
Early in the morning, go out at 5:50.
Three minutes later, he arrived at the "Big Beard Tavern", where many people were already sitting.
