Chapter 978 Battle for Quotas
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Game time PM18:23
The world of innocence Realm, Hongyun Terrace in the Northwest Continent, outside Artisan Town
"Well..."
After regaining consciousness, Mo Tan yawned and sat up from Wang Ba Dan's solid back, which was still broad but a bit awkward. Just when he was about to say something to the friends next to him, he saw the other side not far away. The sunset exploded.
The sunset exploded...
The sunset exploded! ?
No, is it realistic to blow it up in the sunset? !
Mo Tan, who was still a little tired at first, became energetic at that time, and then he suddenly turned over and jumped off Wang Ba Dan's shell, staring at the man next to him who was also watching and constantly 'exploding' Under the sunset, Ji Xiaoge, who was holding his arms and looking very interested, asked: "Hey! What's going on!?"
Boom - boom boom boom! ! !
At the same time, a series of deafening explosions exploded from a distance, directly covering up Mo Tan's voice.
"Ah! Mo, are you coming up?"
Ji Xiaoge turned to look at Mo Tan thoughtfully, and asked in a loud voice against the backdrop of the distant explosions. : "What did you just say?"
"I said——"
Mo Tan raised his hand to block a few gravels that came from nowhere, raised his voice and repeated it again: "What is going on?"
"I don't know."
Ji Xiaoge, who had been intercepting gravel with his wings before, saw that Mo Tan was blocking him, so he simply shrank behind the latter, grabbed Mo Tan's shoulders and said, "Not long after we arrived, there was an explosion in the town. from a moment It hasn’t stopped since before midnight! We originally planned to wait and see, but the explosion has been going on there and there is no intention of stopping at all.”
Mo Tan’s eyes widened and he suddenly panicked. He turned around and looked in the direction where the roar was still erupting: "The town?"
"Yes, there is the Craftsman Town ahead, but the smoke and dust there are relatively large now, so it is not easy to see."< br>
Jadeka walked out from behind Wang Badan in disgrace. He originally wanted to put up a magic shield to block the sand for everyone, but one of them failed to do it properly and blew himself up. If it weren't for Yaya who is particularly sensitive to sounds. Hiding behind Wang Ba Dan and holding his head, the old mage's appearance may be even worse.
"This..."
Mo Tan frowned, raised his shield and brushed away the fine flying sand that kept coming, and said in a deep voice: "If it's just an ordinary explosion If it was an experiment or an accident, it couldn't have started a quarter of an hour ago and lasted until now. Something must have happened over there. Well, let’s go take a look.”
Because everyone has stayed in Craftsman Town for a while, they are not surprised that big explosions occasionally occur in the town. This was also the main reason why Ji Xiaoge and others did not rush into the town to check the situation immediately before Mo Tan went online.
After all, there are countless great craftsmen living here. Except for civil servants or ordinary businessmen from neutral organizations such as the Mining Association, Adventurer's Guild, and Tavern Owners, the vast majority of the residents are engineers in the objective sense. Or it can also be said to be craftsmen, and among these people, the proportion of bosses with the title of 'Great Craftsman' is as high as 40%. If converted into regular professions under the worldview of the Innocence Realm, they are epic-level powerhouses!
Of course, despite saying this, the great craftsmen, great alchemists, and great pharmacists whose professional titles are equal to the epic level may not necessarily be very powerful in terms of personal combat effectiveness. After all, they are not people who specialize in the field of combat.
Just like those who broke the Guinness record, one is a senior technical geek who can build a Gundam in five seconds, and the other is a senior Russian who can hammer a bear to death in five seconds. Although they have both received the same honor, if they were to fight together... well, it would be a proper criminal case.
Of course, as the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome. Although it is not a combat profession in the conventional sense, a fortressed great engineer or great alchemist should never be underestimated. Take Tianzhu Mountain As for Luvi Fizilban, he is a standard technical talent, but he can still throw a detonator that is enough to create a small-scale space collapse, and develop a cannon that can directly complete "Reign of the Sun" of weapons of mass destruction.
Another example is Ji Xiaoge, who is obviously a cook, but... well, I understand everything, so I won’t go into details here.
All in all, in a town not far away that is filled with unstable, flammable and explosive creatures like the Great Craftsman, explosions that emit terrifying light and shadow effects and terrifying sounds are actually not uncommon. , at least during the time when Mo Tan and others stayed in Craftsman Town, they could witness similar situations once or twice every day. They were quite nervous at first, but after a long time, they became accustomed to it.
After all, the people who can make big noises are basically the bosses, and the bosses...especially the bosses who are engaged in scientific research mostly hate trouble, so in order not to get entangled in trivial matters such as blowing up other people's houses, everyone still relatively compares Restrained and overly dangerous scientific research projects are generally carried out in experimental sites (large open spaces) specially designated in the town. They will disturb the people, but since the people being disturbed are basically the same people, it doesn't matter.
But...
But!
At this moment, the situation in front of Mo Tan and others is like the main battlefield of World War II. It is definitely not a common phenomenon!
Even counting from the second when Motan just went online, the number of explosions in Craftsman Town in just a few minutes has exceeded the usual amount in a month.
To sum up, although Mo Tan immediately made the judgment that there must be something fishy in this matter, he was ready to go and find out.
"Just approach slowly. I took a look and the explosion mainly occurred not far outside the town. As long as we don't plunge into the core area, there shouldn't be much danger."
Mo Tan comforted Yaya who trotted next to him in silent mode. He took a deep breath, raised his shield and led cautiously towards the Craftsman Town, which was more than ten miles away.
Jadeka rushed to the front side by side with Mo Tan in leapfrog mode, followed by Wang BaCou who was cursing and accusing Mo Tan of being nosy, while Ji Xiaoge and Ya Ya followed at the back. After all, one of the two girls was too weak and the other had good hearing, so they both consciously hid themselves behind the bunker.
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Ten minutes later
A few people who acted cautiously finally approached the outer edge of the land that had been under constant bombardment, and saw a familiar face there.
"Bah...bah, bah, bah, bah! Damn, these lunatics!"
The president of the Miners Association of Craftsman Town, an old acquaintance of Ji Xiaoge, had taken care of Wangwang a lot in the past. The old dwarf of the team, Karg Ironbeard, sat on the ground in disgrace, spitting out the sand in his mouth while shouting curses at the core area of the explosion not far away, looking embarrassed and angry.
"Daddy Karg!"
Mo Tan, who was running at the front, was startled. In his impression, this generous and kind-hearted alcoholic old man had no strength. To put it simply, he couldn't even hold up Ji Xiaoge's broken tea egg. The weakling quickly made a heroic leap and threw himself in front of the old dwarf. He carefully raised his shield and pulled him up: "Why are you here? What happened?"
Kag blinked. Blinking his eyes, he reacted for a long time before saying in shock: "Oh, boy Mo, why are you back?"
"The things you told us have been completed. We will send you the receipt issued over there. "
Mo Tan took out some kind of note from his bag, which was probably equivalent to a receipt, and handed it to Kage, who looked very angry, but didn't seem to be very panicked, and asked again. Said: "So what's going on? We were far away and saw that this side of the town... uh... was very lively."
"Hey, I didn't tell you, you actually call this side that way." The Adventurer's Guild just brought it back to me, there's no need to go there myself." Kag smiled at the corner of his mouth, put the note from Mo Tan into his pocket, then huddled behind his shield and let out a long sigh: "As for this side of the town... you can understand that those lunatics have finally gone completely crazy!"
Mo Tan was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
Jadeka next to him also wondered: "What do you mean?"
"That's all. It’s a long story.”
Mr. Kag patted his knee and said sadly: “Although I had known that this situation would happen today, I never expected that these grandsons could play so big... ”
Mo Tan looked at the endless, lethal 'wonderful scene' not far away that still had great sound and light effects, and fell into a deep confusion.
Co-author Ting Kag’s father, this chaos that makes people feel that it is enough to blow up the entire Artisan Town to the sky, is it premeditated? Planned?
The old mage next to him also reacted, and asked immediately: "Why are you playing so big?"
"Oh, what else can it be, just that."< br>
Kag smacked his lips and said helplessly: "Isn't there an exchange meeting in Academy City to be held this year..."
"Exchange meeting!"
Ji Xiaoge, who had just caught up with Wang Ba Dan and Ya Ya, jumped in front of Father Kage with a 'swish' sound. The pair of shoes behind him had been baked by the dust. The wings were raised high, and a pretty face was full of excitement: "What happened at the exchange meeting?"
Mo Tan frowned secretly, suddenly having an ominous premonition.
“Yes, it is the exchange meeting in Academy City, and our Craftsmen Town will be invited every time. Of course, it has nothing to do with our Miners Association. The group mainly targeted at is those lunatics who make machinery and explosives. "
Dad Kager shrugged while picking out his ears that were shaken to the point of buzzing: "Then, although I definitely want to go, but because of the quota, The lunatics have not been able to reach an agreement on some issues until now. As the time is approaching, they start to get anxious. After getting anxious, they start doing the same thing as in previous years because of this little thing.”
"Quota..."
Ji Xiaoge flattened his mouth and muttered in a low voice: "It is really a big problem."
Mo Tan and Jadeka exchanged a There were some confused eyes. You must know that the old mage just said some time ago that as long as you are invited, it doesn't matter even if more people come.
In the blink of an eye, these big guys in Kung Fu Craftsman Town started working because of the quota!
Optimistically, I estimate that two layers of the land here have been removed!
"Yes, it's a big problem. It's not that I can't understand it, so I didn't stop them...well, actually it's because I couldn't stop them even if I wanted to."
Dad Kag smacked his lips. , said angrily: "But even if at least three people have to go to be considered decent, even if these crazy people don't want to move away from the trouble, they won't have such a big group fight. No, this can no longer be said. There’s a fight, this scale is nothing short of a war!”
Mo Tan: “…”
Ji Xiaoge: “…”
Judd Card: "..."
Yaya: "???"
Wang Badan: "Oh, it's over."
"What's wrong? What's your reaction?"
Kage's expression He gave Mo Tan and the others a strange look, spread his hands and said, "That's right. According to how frequently those crazy people spend money, if they don't want to starve to death, they can only To find export channels for products, the exchange meeting held every few years in Academy City is one of the best platforms. There are many big shots, rich people, and people who are discerning and knowledgeable about goods. It happens every few years. This period is also very suitable, just enough for those lunatics to come up with something new."
Mo Tan nodded stiffly.
Ji Xiaoge, whose eyes were getting brighter and brighter, grabbed Kager's hand and urged: "Then and then!"
"Then? Then according to the tradition here, everyone will think that they are pretty good. Take out the finished product, and then find a few unlucky guys to attend the exchange meeting on behalf of all the big craftsmen in the craftsman town, and deal with those who may pay high prices to discuss the price."
Kag saw the little pigeon feeling so. I'm interested, so I don't care. , explained carefully: "You also know that this is a gathering place for lunatics. There are many capable people. Those guys must have more stuff to play with. If only one or two people go there, they will definitely be too busy. It will take at least three people." I can barely manage it, so... we started fighting?"
"So we started fighting?"
Jadeka frowned and said curiously: "I really don’t want to go. ?”
"I really don't want to go!"
Kage nodded vigorously, took off the wine bag from his waist and took a sip, and sneered: "Those bastards are more troublesome than the last. They want money and want to sell. None of them really wanted to move their belongings. One said they had research to do and they couldn’t leave. The other said they still had 30 kilograms of calculations to finish. Anyway, they all wanted to be the shopkeepers and let others do the errands. As a result... you also know that these people are all Not a good temper, after all Let's start a fight."
Mo Tan twitched his lips and said dryly: "So, everyone is not competing for the place to go to Academy City, but..."
"It's about fighting over who won't go."< br>
Kag burped, and while wiping the corners of his mouth, he said: "To sum up, it's a big melee. The first three unlucky guys who are eliminated will go, and the others don't have to go. Do you understand? ”
"Understood!"
Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously, then flapped his wings suddenly, and jumped out like an arrow from the string -
"I completely Got it! ”
Chapter 971: End
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