Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1206 - 130: Ksitigarbha’s Lingering Regret, The Plot Revealed
"Huh?" Xu Shu’s expression clearly froze.
Seeing this situation, Xie Xiaochan and the others pricked their ears, guessing what had happened.
The former one, seeing Xu Shu’s dazed look, misunderstood and stepped out boldly to ask, "Yan Huoxing, what do you mean? Did you secretly swallow my little brother’s reward?"
"Haha, Sister Qiangwei, you’re joking. Actually, it’s like this..." Yan Huoxing spoke unhurriedly, explaining the situation briefly.
It turned out, Yan Huoxing was not a fool and naturally could see that in this secret realm, Xu Shu’s contribution was significant for their smooth progress.
And now that they’ve gotten the golden bowl they wanted, the items promised to the other side only amounted to three crystals from that mid-level Corpse King, merely high-grade and not worth much money.
This is obviously far from the promised rewards of two "Third-Order Peak Ghost Kings."
Although it seemed the Ghost Kings were let go by Xu Shu himself, Yan Huoxing didn’t see it that way.
Saying that would surely offend Xu Shu! The two Ghost Kings together, just talking about their internal crystals, how much would that be worth? At most, sixty to seventy million.
For such a trivial thing, it’s clearly not worthwhile to offend a rising star on the genius list. It’s better for the three of them to contribute a bit, each giving a couple of thousand.
"Don’t you agree?" Yan Huoxing gave his teammates a wink with a cheerful smile.
"Alright."
"Of course~"
Lu Bingwei and Ali quickly nodded in agreement, although the former was now entirely focused on studying the golden bowl, while Ali kept casting ambiguous glances at Xu Shu, her eyes darting around, especially lingering on his mermaid, unsure of what she was thinking.
Among the three, only Zhang Runzhi seemed normal; he smiled silently and nodded, as if tacitly agreeing.
"Hmm, that works, let’s settle it then."
Xu Shu rubbed his nose to hide his embarrassment.
Given the other party’s politeness, if he declined, it would reveal his act, but they didn’t seem short on money, so Xu Shu felt no guilt.
The group discussed further, as Yan Huoxing’s side’s goal was achieved, now it was time for Xie Xiaochan’s team’s destination.
Unlike small secret realms like "Qingshan Temple."
"Death Report Ridge" was a rather famous large secret realm on the internet.
Even to this day, explorers have yet to understand the exact size of Death Report Ridge.
Many "high-player" Transcendents who enjoy researching strategies believed that the scale of Death Report Ridge might not be much smaller than that of the [Night Parade of Hundred Demons] island on the sea. Such a massive secret realm is evidently special, and to clear Night Parade of Hundred Demons, potential key clues are suspected to reside within Death Report Ridge across the ocean.
This viewpoint was supported by many, as repeated explorations revealed Death Report Ridge also possessed numerous hidden and terrifying entities.
To enter Death Report Ridge, one must possess a special trigger item to open the secret entrance named "Hokkaido" for access.
This is also the main reason why Death Report Ridge is considered a "major secret realm" rather than an independent relic.
"Then let’s set off! The journey from here to Death Report Ridge’s entrance isn’t short."
Xie Xiaochan took out a [Night Parade of Hundred Demons] map and marked two circles on it.
One at the middle part of the lower right corner is the current location of their group.
The other is far north, with a small body of water labeled ’sea’ separating it, within the small circle She wrote neat small characters as a note.
Clearly, her statement that she did thorough homework wasn’t boasting, but indeed she had done extensive research to avenge past humiliations.
"We’ll head west first, avoiding this ’Nai River’ known as the Forbidden Land, reaching the coastal area, then follow this abandoned railway northward..."
Xie Xiaochan seriously drew out the route and distributed it for everyone to see.
Xu Shi suddenly raised his eyebrows, "What is Nai River?"
Xie Xiaochan twitched her mouth and said, "This horizontal blue area is Nai River. Initially, it had the word ’Nai River’ engraved on its bank, with a peculiar symbol in front. Later, due to a large number of drowned ghosts in this river and because people who came away from the relic afterward suffered nightmares, declinations, and were prone to losing control, it was called Forbidden Land."
"Oh, so that’s how it is." Xu Shu nodded thoughtfully and suddenly pointed to a location, "Then what’s this Radiation Island?"
Xie Xiaochan explained, "An island filled with corrosive monsters, like Rat-man, Ant Head Man, and radish hole people, it’s vast. Entering it means you’ll suffer from notorious radiation pollution during the disaster, unless accompanied by an ’Alchemist,’ entry is impossible."
"Oh, what about Yellow Fruit Plain then?"
"A plain covered in fallen leaves, where fruits grow on people’s bodies as if entering autumn’s harvest season..."
Xu Shu had many questions, and Xie Xiaochan patiently answered them one by one.
The others didn’t have as many questions as Xu Shu, and after some research, they quickly reached a consensus.
Based on the map, the journey from Qingshan Temple northward is thousands of kilometers.
Although Third-tier Experts are fast on foot, Xu Shu could chase a high-speed train, but in this crisis-ridden relic, running full speed recklessly isn’t possible, so the speed would definitely be affected.
At the very least it would be four, no, maybe five or six hours to arrive.
Time was pressing, so they set off immediately.
