Chapter 146 The Messenger of the Spiritual World (two updates in one for the helmsmen and monthly tickets)
The crocodile man leaned out most of his body from the ceiling.
The dark green body has solid muscles and extremely hard horny scales. An aura that made one's hair stand on end spread out in all directions.
"The spiritual messenger at the top of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce is a Crocodile?"
Chen Lun was a little surprised.
Crocodiles are a kind of spirit world creature that lives in small groups. Their strength is generally similar to that of [Sequence 8] extraordinary beings, and individual leaders can reach the level of [Sequence 7] extraordinary beings.
They are good at melee combat and are proficient in various fighting and cold weapon skills.
Chen Lun noticed that the adult crocodile Jieshi hanging upside down from the ceiling had a ferocious-looking machete tied to his back.
"..."
Crocodile Jack opened his mouth slightly, as if he said something, and then stretched out a big hand.
Its four fingers are curved and its nails are as sharp as daggers.
Chen Lun has [Beast Language LVMAX+2] by his side, so he can naturally understand the other party's meaning easily——
It was urging Chen Lun to hand over the letter to it.
Chen Lun shrugged, picked up the letter that had been prepared on the table, and handed it into Crocodile Jiashi's big hand.
The other party retracted it skillfully and hid the letter in the leather pocket on his waist.
But then it reached out again.
"The errand fee...80 silver coins?"
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows.
A bit expensive.
If he didn't want to do an experiment, he wouldn't bother to call the messenger, but directly notify the steward, Walsh. After all, it's not very private information, and it's not impossible to communicate through conventional means, it just takes a little longer.
Chen Lun counted the silver coins, put them in a small bag, raised his hand and handed them over.
Crocodile Jieshi took the money bag with a straight face and prepared to retreat into the spirit world and leave.
But that's it.
Snap!
It was suddenly startled.
The human who called it over actually grabbed its wrist!
A huge force came, and Crocodile Jack couldn't help but became angry. A human actually wanted to compete with him, so he subconsciously started to exert force.
boom! !
But the next moment.
Crocodile Jieshi's entire body was like a carrot, being dragged out of the "soil" from the gap in the spiritual world, and then smashed heavily on the ground.
The room trembled slightly, and fine dust and sand fell from the cracks in the ceiling.
It raised its head in confusion and found a disappointed expression on the face of the human in front of it.
"I thought it was Alligator, but it turns out it's just a fake..."
Chen Lun shook his head and said.
He had just noticed something was wrong. No matter how indifferent Crocodile Jack was, with his 22 charm points and [Animal Friends] interaction +10 charm, he should not have any reaction at all.
What have I done to make you disrespect me so much that you don't even want to call me Mr. Jack...
So Chen Lun tried it out and found that the opponent's strength was not high, at most only [Sequence 9].
It’s the same thing...
Chaos mist flashed in his eyes, and he grabbed the Crocodile Master's Tianling Cap with his five fingers.
"Are you going to come out on your own, or do you want me to open it with my own hands?"
Chen Lun said indifferently.
Crocodile Master's huge crocodile head was stunned, and immediately a trace of panic flashed in his amber vertical pupils.
Chen Lun's fingers covered the shiny black exoskeleton and he exerted force gently. Crocodile Jiashi suddenly felt as if five holes were going to be drilled out of his skull in the next second.
It quickly opened its huge mouth.
Like a coat being unzipped, the upper and lower jaws of the crocodile head were opened sideways, and a small white ball came out of its "throat".
On the white ball, it seems that a child has scribbled eyes and noses with crayons, which is extremely abstract and ugly.
"'Cheat Doll'..."
Chen Lun saw its details through the [Peeping Eyes of Life].
This is an extraordinary creature that is very good at camouflaging itself and has extremely strong survivability. Although the body is fragile, as long as it finds a suitable "skin", it can be imitated vividly.
It's no wonder that the senior officials of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce made it a messenger instead of a real crocodile. Because it’s useless to be able to fight in the spiritual world, there is always someone who can fight better.
It is only true if you have a strong ability to save your life.
At least this ensures that the confidential information transfer of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce can proceed normally.
"Okay, let's go."
Chen Lun waved his hand.
Now that he knew the truth, he lost interest and didn't even get his money bag back.
Although this "fraud doll" was obviously blackmailing him and charging a fee that was much higher than its own "price range", Chen Lun couldn't care less about the errand fee.
Just give it a few warnings and let it go.
"..."
The white ball twisted a few times, made a strange sound, and then swished back into the "crocodile leather case".
Chen Lun looked at it silently. The meaning of its words was probably "I'm sorry, sir, I won't dare to do it next time."
The crocodile closed its big mouth, the huge crocodile head shook twice, and the amber vertical pupils turned, returning to life.
It looked at Chen Lun nervously and fearfully, and consciously took out the extra silver coins and put them back on the table, only collecting 10 silver coins.
Immediately under Chen Lun's gaze, he bent down to salute, turned around and stepped out into the gap in the blue spiritual world, disappearing without a trace.
"I hope the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce can quickly send over the extraordinary knowledge of [Deep Sea Faction Sequence 9]..."
Chen Lun thought to himself.
In the letter, he stated the quantity and types of equipment, potions and extraordinary wine produced by the circus during this period, and chose to sell most of them directly to the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce and sell a small part as consignment.
Reciprocate kindness and reciprocate courtesy.
Now that we have taken up the banner of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce, we naturally have to share more benefits.
Chen Lun also specifically wrote in the letter that he hoped to acquire a piece of the extraordinary knowledge of the [Deep Sea Faction] through the channels of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce. This is the last piece of [Sequence 9] knowledge that he lacks. I believe that with the strength of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce, he will not be disappointed.
"I don’t know if [Sequence 9], which has ten paths, will trigger something...?"
Chen Lun thought to himself.
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Two weeks passed quickly.
This afternoon.
Chen Lun was lying on the bed reading a book, with frozen milk on the coffee table at hand.
At this time, a faint blue crack slowly appeared on the carpet next to it.
Immediately afterwards, a tawny lizard head emerged from inside, and cautiously glanced at the young man on the bed.
"Have you changed the appearance of Lizard Zack this time? You have to change the skin very frequently..."
Chen Lun chuckled twice.
He stretched out his hand and took a large money bag, a letter and a well-wrapped book from the lizard messenger.
After putting the more than 300 gold coins in the money bag into the panel, Chen Lun opened the letter and read it.
A long while.
"Currently, potions and extraordinary wine are the best sellers, while weapons sales are only average..."
Chen Lun looked at the detailed report in the reply and curled his lips.
"Only when the open beta is released will the weapons be easy to sell..."
The best sellers now are the potions prepared by Maggie and the extraordinary wine she brews. Often a potion can be sold for several gold pounds, or even more than ten gold pounds, and the price of extraordinary wine is almost the same.
There are a few bottles with unique effects, such as increasing male charm, creation time, and reducing pain, and they have been specially arranged by the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce to be held in several auctions.
I don’t know how many powerful and wealthy businessmen have raised their cards for this.
In the end, a total of more than 300 gold pounds were collected, of which the actual cost was less than one-fifth.
Mainly because extraordinary materials are produced in "Wonderland" and are a business without capital.
"Well, you can't say that...the cost is there, it's just shared among the players."
Chen Lun thought to himself.
He looked at the only 400+ gold pounds on the panel and sighed secretly.
The previous more than one thousand gold pounds were finally drained dry due to huge expenditures in many aspects.
I can't keep the money of more than 400 gold pounds, and I will soon spend it to increase investment in team building, and I will become a pauper again.
"Bite your teeth and survive this period, and you will welcome the beautiful light...!"
Chen Lun began to hint at himself.
In addition to the "quiet spirit potion" and "blood-producing bottle", Maggie's potion is also developing a new potion that can restore physical strength according to Chen Lun's request. This is in preparation for the public beta.
In addition, there is also the "Beef Powerful... Powerful Blood Producing Bottle" that she is obsessed with. This needs to be made and tested to know whether it is useful or not.
Chen Lun maintains a pessimistic view on this.
As for his wine-making business, he has begun to make red wine with all his strength.
But because extraordinary materials are limited, the output is not very large. Chen Lun has placed a large order with the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce and will purchase a batch of extraordinary materials specifically for the team's brewing, medicine, and forging.
Although the cost increases, as long as you don't lose money, it is worth doing.
Floy Magi and the others are not players and do not have such a thing as a panel, so they will need this opportunity to continue to accumulate mysteries and prepare for future promotions.
To put it simply, team members can gain experience points every time they successfully use their extraordinary powers and gain insights. Chen Lun actually had this point, but because he had so little experience, he basically didn't notice it.
In addition, the production of extraordinary wine and the forging of extraordinary objects by Floy are both random. Therefore, only by increasing the number of times can more excellent products be born.
"Let Connie go to the famous vineyards in the inner city to pick the fine grapes, and then go through de-stemming, cleaning, pressing, and skin maceration for fermentation..."
Chen Lun recalled the brewing process and suddenly had an idea.
"If the ordinary grapes as the raw materials can be replaced by the fruits of extraordinary plants, it does not have to be grapes...then the effect of the brewed wine will be much better!"
There was a grape tree at the door of the lakeside house in Wonderland, but there was no fruit on it, which made Chen Lun a little regretful.
He took out ten silver coins and handed them to the lizard man who only exposed half of his body.
It stretched out its paws to take it, bowed, and then planned to retreat into the spirit world.
"Wait..."
Chen Lun stopped it.
The lizard man was a little confused.
"Two questions for you."
Chen Lun said.
"Do you have a name? What is it?"
The lizard man opened his mouth and made a strange sound.
Chen Lun nodded.
"Joan? Okay... So, Joan, have you heard of 'Mr. Bottle' in the spirit world?"
The lizard man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
Chen Lun looked disappointed.
After the messenger named Joan left, he still looked thoughtful.
The "Mr. Bottle" that Chen Lun was asking about was also a spiritual creature. It had a great reputation in its previous life and was an NPC discovered by many players inadvertently.
It has a very special ability. It was this ability that made Chen Lun think of it and thought that he could use it to help Noah get rid of the curse——
That is "Mr. Bottle"'s hobby of swallowing "curses".
The more curious the "curse" it is, the more it likes it, and after eating the curse on the target, if it is happy, it will even give some spiritual world specialties as gifts.
"Mr. Bottle"'s behavior of doing good deeds without getting paid naturally led to his extremely high popularity. But it's elusive and doesn't stay in one place, making it difficult to find it.
"That's a question...well, but I remember there is a 'home remedy', and I don't know if it will work. I can try it out next time, maybe I can bring it out."
Chen Lun thought to himself.
He then took out two ink bottles from the blood poem ring.
The appearance of the two ink bottles is roughly the same, but the background color of the glass bottles is somewhat inconsistent. One is red and the other is blue.
Chen Lun first played with the red one and thought:
"More than ten or twenty bottles of 'Red Ink' have been produced. After all, I still have four or five bottles on my body, even if I need to sell them back."
This special "shrapnel explosive" has been tested in actual combat, is powerful and very easy to use.
When he saved the Pompeii family, he relied on two bottles of "red ink" to blow up the crows in [Sequence 8], and then tilted the scale of victory in his direction.
Putting down the red ink, he picked up the blue ink.
"This is a high-explosive incendiary bomb made by Connie according to my request. Now there are only a few bottles as samples..."
Chen Lun carefully held it in his palm.
Although Connie added three layers of insurance to it, this thing is of the "ready-to-eat, quite convenient" type.
If it explodes because of a lack of control, I will be fine, but the entire building may not be safe.
According to Connie's introduction, after it is excited, it will explode and burn quickly, and in the process, it will split into three smaller fire balls, and then continue to split into nine fire balls, continuing to spread and burn.
The blended fuel is extremely viscous and the flame is blue, so it is called 'blue ink'.
Buzz!
Chen Lun's eyes narrowed.
Suddenly, many gaps in the spiritual world that could not be seen at ordinary times appeared in the room.
The blue diamond-shaped cracks are constantly twisting and undulating, looking very terrifying.
"It's not convenient in this world, so let's go to the spiritual world to test our power..."
Chen Lun thought to himself.
In the next second, he stretched out his hand and touched a crack at the head of the bed.
boom!
The whole person's vision flickered, and everything around him changed drastically.
The room was still the same room, but everything as far as the eye could see was hazy and unreal, and the whole room seemed to be covered with a faint blue filter.
Chen Lun moved his feet and rushed out of the window.
call!
The black wings on his back appeared, flapped once, and immediately turned into black feathers and flew away.
After a moment of buffering, Chen Lun landed on the ground unharmed.
"Huh?"
He looked up and frowned slightly.
The spiritual messenger wearing the skin of a lizard man was not far ahead, being held in the hands of a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit.
This place is already in the spiritual world. Although it still looks like it is in the courtyard of his own manor, it is not the same thing at all.
"Zak, a lizard, is so lucky...!"
The middle-aged man suddenly noticed something and raised his head and looked at Chen Lun.
He was wearing a pair of strange-looking sunglasses on the bridge of his nose. After seeing Chen Lun, he was slightly startled and frowned:
"Are you a person lost in the spiritual world? If you need help, I can tell you the specific anchor points of several big cities..."
Chen Lun looked at him silently and did not respond.
This middle-aged man should be a scavenger in the spiritual world.
As the name suggests, they are people who look for all kinds of ownerless but valuable things in the spiritual world. They usually bring the things they pick up back to the living world for sale or for their own use.
These people are generally not very strong and do not have strong backing. They often rely on special abilities or tricks that can increase their insight to venture into the spiritual world in advance without being promoted to the next level.
Chen Lun himself, in a sense, is like this.
The spirit world has no boundaries and is a dangerous and vast public realm.
The time and space here do not coincide with the current world.
Maybe he stepped in, then pulled back, and the person appeared a hundred meters away, or even in another block.
Therefore, when traveling in the spirit world, you must know the specific anchor point for your return trip, otherwise it will be extremely easy to get lost...
If you get lost here, you may never return to this world. The history of extraordinary beings is not without such sad examples.
"Sir? What do you call...? I am Ni..."
The man in a gray suit carried the limp lizard man messenger and walked slowly towards Chen Lun.
Suddenly, he dropped the messenger in his hand, and passed through an afterimage, arriving in front of Chen Lun.
With a ferocious smile on his face, his big hands grabbed his neck.
Snap!
But the next second.
The man in sunglasses had a look of horror on his face.
I saw the black-haired young man in front of me suddenly stretching out his left hand and turning it into a thick, dark golden snake-like thing, wrapping itself around him.
"There happens to be one audience missing, so why not just accompany me here to enjoy the fireworks..."
Chen Lun said softly.
The man in the gray suit who was restrained by his snake touch gritted his teeth. His whole body radiated light, and his hands moved as if he wanted to break free.
"[Locksmith]? Then try it..."
Chen Lun chuckled lightly and ignored the other party's struggle.
With a flick of his right hand, he took out the bottle of blue ink.
Turn the switch on gently and press the button.
boom! !
Flames spread all over the body, covering Chen Lun and the man in his hands.
This scavenger in the spirit world tried his best to use the power of "unlocking", but found in despair that the snake's tentacles that trapped him became tighter and tighter, and he was completely unaffected.
"The effect of [Snake Body Incarnation] combined with [Touch of the Abyss], the needle will not poke..."
Chen Lun's face was slowly covered with dark golden scales, and he sighed inwardly.
A shrill scream came to my ears.
The blue flame burst out, split and finally spread. With Chen Lun himself as the center, the surrounding area was filled with blazing flames for tens of meters.
Although it is far inferior to the [Corona Glory] used against Rafa during the Battle of Bradley Square, the overall effect is quite good.
Wait until the blue flame gradually extinguishes.
In the middle of Chen Lun's curled snake touch, the human figure had been burned into black charcoal, and the precipitated spirituality failed to become a strange object. Together with his strange pair of sunglasses, it turned into several mysterious substances.
Chen Lun shook his head slightly.
I just came to the spirit world to test the power of incendiary bombs, but I didn't expect to kill an extraordinary person who came to my door. It was purely accidental.
Suddenly there was a strange noise in my ears.
Chen Lun looked up and saw a sheep-headed humanoid creature emerging from behind a hazy tree.
It seemed very happy. After running over, its mouth opened.
The familiar little white graffiti ball came out, chirping and saying something.
Chen Lun listened silently and chuckled.
Looking to the side of the ground, the "lizard leather holster" had been burned by the aftermath of "blue ink". This cunning "cheating doll" had already escaped at some point, and had never been caught by that guy before.
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Return to the present world.
Everything in the manor is as it was before, with no trace of being burned.
Chen Lun returned to the room and carefully opened the mysterious book shipped from the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce.
Open it slightly and read it carefully.
【You discovered the mysterious book of the Deep Sea Faction! 】
【"How to Combat Seasickness" (Progress 5%)】
[By reading carefully, you gain 25 experience points]
[You have discovered the knowledge of the extraordinary path (complete)! 】
【Deep Sea Faction Sequence 9-Sailor】
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows.
"I have collected all the extraordinary introductory knowledge of the ten sequences..."
After a few seconds, his expression suddenly froze, showing surprise.
[Have mastered the seven righteous god sequence paths, three hidden sequence paths, ten paths [Sequence 9] extraordinary knowledge, and obtained the blessing [Knowledge Collector]! 】
【Knowledge Collector LV1 (Blessing)】
Blessing description: A blessing given to you by an unknown existence.
Blessing effect: The experience points gained through mysterious knowledge will be more. Will +5. (End of chapter)