Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 184 Map Treasure Chest
"He's not dead!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people present were slightly shaken.

As members of the upper echelons of Wangyue City, they all knew a secret: beneath the city lay a powerful and incomparably potent demonic plant from another realm.

Legend has it that it was personally cultivated by the God of Plant Masters, and was left to the first head of the Edward family, Zell Edward, before he passed away.

The Edward family developed the Boundary Demon Plants and eventually discovered a special teleportation method—the successive city lords could use the Boundary Demon Plants to hide their massive underground bodies and teleport freely within Moon Gazing City.

In later rumors.

Some say the Boundary Demon Plant has died.

Because no one has ever seen it.

but now……

He actually showed up again, and this time he even placed his bet on Arakawa Hakuyo.

"So, does that mean Sharp's allegiance to the demons was actually supported by the Boundary Demon Plants?" Kocha looked at Ganluo and offered a bold guess.

Gan Luo immediately said seriously, "Kecha, you need to think things through. If the Realm Demon Plant really supports Sharp doing this, then why would it grant Arakawa White Owl the ability to teleport?"

"Furthermore, don't forget that this city is part of the body of that Boundary Demon Plant."

Kocha broke out in a cold sweat instantly, instinctively looking at the ground, and quickly said, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't think before I spoke."

“He won’t blame you. Besides, Arakawa Haku is a smart man. Before leaving, he teleported in front of us. In fact, he was using teleportation to send us a message,” Gan Luo said softly.

"The Boundary Demon Plants have stood on the opposite side of the demons!"

"However, this is not good news either!"

"The interests of the Realm Demon Plants have always been aligned with the Edward family. Now that Sharp has sided with the demons, He is opposing them. According to the information I have, He has not been heard to appear in the battle between the Church of the New Moon and the demons."

"Therefore, I personally speculate that the current state of the Boundary Demon Plant is very bad, which makes it unable to influence Sharp's decision. It can only achieve its goal by supporting foreigners like Arakawa White Owl."

After hearing what Gan Luo said...

Kocha's face immediately fell. "So, we'll have to rely on ourselves from now on?"

"Are you scared?" Gan Luo asked.

Kocha immediately shook his head. "It's not that I'm scared. What's there to be afraid of in death? My family is all dead. Now I crave death more than anyone else. I'm just desperate about the future of this city. After we die, how will the remaining residents survive?"

"And those foreigners, to be honest, if Morris knew that we've dragged his only student into this, involving the foreigners who just entered Moongazing City, he'd be furious!"

Gan Luo patted Kecha on the shoulder without saying anything, but his eyes were a little sad.

In fact, from the moment the Demon Slayer Plan was decided, everyone, including Gan Luo, believed it was a plan of throwing an egg against a rock.

In Morris's words, they are just barely hanging on and will not succeed!

At most, we'll just have to kill a few more demons!

Their deaths were inevitable.

Gan Luo did not refute, but he did not stop his actions either.

Those few are no good.

But what if we add foreigners?
Bring Arakawa White Owl into the [Demon Slayer] operation.

After they die, Arakawa White Owl will likely inherit their will and lead the outsiders to continue fighting against the demons.

Transferring the hatred between the original inhabitants of Wangyue City and the demons onto the outsiders is actually part of the final version of the demon-slaying plan.

That's a very selfish idea.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

The new generation pushes the old one aside; once the old generation is all gone, we can only rely on the ever-renewing new generation to keep going.

……

……

Lin Hanchuan left the Chamber of Commerce and took Xingchen directly to the [Bia Wasteland] teleportation portal.

The moment you arrive at the [Bia Wasteland] through the portal.

"Buy the levitation scroll at a high price!"

"A team of 100 people is recruiting tank positions, with tank position subsidies available!"

"Any guys want to team up and farm the Wasteland Scorpion map?"

"We're one short, need a high-level support!"

……

Not long had passed, but the two sides of the portal inside the [Bia Wasteland] map were already crowded with players, and the noise was deafening.

In the wasteland scorpion map ahead, there are more people than scorpions.

Opening the personal panel, one can see that there are already 50,000 online players in the [Bia Wasteland] public chat channel.

Surprisingly, Lin Hanchuan saw people discussing the map of Beigu Valley.

"The stone golems in the Stele Valley map have incredibly thick defenses; they're practically unbreakable!"

"The bosses in the Stele Valley map have been taken over by the Heavenly Dao Squad, bro, don't bother farming them!"

"The spirit pet summoned by the Dragon's Regret is ridiculously strong! It's completely dominating the Stone Golem Boss!"

……

After glancing at the information about the Beigu map in the public chat channel, Lin Hanchuan opened the group chat panel and sent a message in the Tiandao Squad chat group.

Lin Hanchuan: "Are you guys still farming the Stele Valley map?"

The Beigu map has already been explored once.

We've already secured all the first kills we were looking for.

In Lin Hanchuan's opinion, there was no need to waste time watching it again.

Cao Renjie understood the question behind Lin Hanchuan's words and explained in the group: "The Stele Valley Hut hidden inside the broken stele on the Stele Valley map has a treasure chest inside. You need a treasure chest key to open it. I just got the key."

Long Xiaochen: "Captain, we might be rolling in money this time. It's a two-star map treasure chest, the coordinates are..."

Besides the classification of treasure chest quality using methods like black iron, silver, etc., which are used for equipment and weapons, there are other ways to categorize treasure chests.

There is also a type called map treasure chest, which is divided into quality levels from one star to nine stars.

Very rare.

One such map appears only once every forty or fifty maps.

It is unique; once it's opened, it's gone.

The items obtained are generally exclusive to that map.

Lin Hanchuan hadn't heard of anyone opening any map treasure chests in the map developed around Wangyue City, yet one of them had appeared in the small dimension of [Bia Wasteland].

Lin Hanchuan: "I'll be there right away."

After replying in the group, Lin Hanchuan took out a one-time teleportation token and teleported directly to Long Xiaochen's side with Xingchen.

"Captain!" The milky white teleportation light slowly dissipated, and as soon as his vision cleared, Lin Hanchuan saw Long Xiaochen's grinning face.

He raised his hand and handed Lin Hanchuan a golden key covered with inscriptions.

Before Lin Hanchuan could even take it, the noise around him was already overwhelming.

"Holy crap! Arakawa White Owl is here too!"

"Now the entire Heavenly Dao Squad is complete!"

"Brother Xiao! I've been a fan of yours for ten years, can I take a picture with you?"

"He's so handsome!" Lin Hanchuan looked around.

There were players all around.

At this moment, he was on a high platform, with the Boss's corpse and its loot at his feet.

I didn't say much.

Clean up the fallen debris.

The Heavenly Path Team then left and headed to the Stele Valley Hut.

Looking at Lin Hanchuan, who was still level 30, Cao Renjie couldn't help but ask, "Boss, haven't you gathered enough resources for the second job advancement?"

Long Xiaochen and Long Xiaoyue also looked over.

"I've got them all!" Lin Hanchuan replied frankly. "I plan to stay at a certain level and gain some experience points that are higher level than me in the [Bia Wasteland] map."

"That's good!" Cao Renjie breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Hanchuan is currently the strongest damage dealer in the team, and he is also the only one in the Heavenly Path Squad who has a chance to take first place in the server launch event starting tomorrow.

At this critical juncture.

Will Lin Hanchuan be able to advance to the second job advancement?

Very important!
"Also, I've accepted an S-rank hidden mission!" Lin Hanchuan dropped a bombshell on Long Xiaochen and the others, "It's related to demons!"

"Holy crap!!" Long Xiaochen's smile froze instantly, and he blurted out the words subconsciously. Then, his face lit up with a fawning smile as he hurriedly said to Lin Hanchuan, "Captain, is there a spot? Can you take me with you?!"

The last time Lin Hanchuan completed a hidden quest related to a C-rank demon, he was able to casually obtain a rare item.

Now another S-class one has arrived.

If you eat this, you're guaranteed at least two rare items.

Lin Hanchuan shook his head and said, "I can't take you with me, but you all have a chance to participate and there's a probability of obtaining related hidden missions. The mission level is at least C-level, that's my guess!"

This time, Long Xiaochen, Long Xiaoyue, and Cao Renjie all looked at Lin Hanchuan with shining eyes.

“Boss, explain in detail!” Cao Renjie said immediately.

Lin Hanchuan: "This hidden quest isn't a follow-up to the demon-related quests I've been doing. It's one I received from Gan Luo, the guild leader of the mercenary guild. The quest is called [Demon Slayer]. They plan to carry out an assassination operation targeting the demons in Wangyue City!"

"I was invited to join."

"However, if you look for Chairman Gan Luo, you should have a chance to join!"

The "Demon Slayer" quest is not triggered by the system.

It was given by an NPC.

Other players have a chance to participate.

In particular, Long Xiaochen and Cao Renjie have a good relationship with Gan Luo. As long as they express their thoughts, Gan Luo should allow them to join.

However, due to the different roles they played in the mission, Lin Hanchuan was responsible for something similar to frontline "spy" operations, so he was ranked S!
If Long Xiaochen and Cao Renjie join in and cooperate on the operation, it should be possible to get a C-level hidden mission.

As for Long Xiaoyue...

All three members of the Heavenly Path Squad joined.

I'll definitely take the opportunity to help her out.

After all, her skill as a musician is unparalleled among all musician players.

"Thank you, boss!" Cao Renjie said gratefully.

Long Xiaochen said with tears of gratitude, "Captain! You've been so good to me. I'll be your slave in my next life!"

Long Xiaoyue sighed, kept her distance from her brother, looked at Lin Hanchuan, and asked, "So, who is the first demon we need to kill in this plan?"

“The president of the Magic Potion Guild—Chels!” Lin Hanchuan replied, “His true form is a demon goblin. He not only controls almost all the potion production in the entire Moon Gazing City, but also has close ties with the Demon Potion Masters Association of the Abyss.”

"Some of the resources needed for the second transformation of the Berserker Archmage, including that drop of demon blood of level 100 or above, were obtained from him."

"In addition, we also reached a deal for 30 million bottles of medicine!"

As they spoke, Lin Hanchuan took out three kinds of medicine and handed them to Long Xiaochen, Long Xiaoyue, and Cao Renjie respectively.

They were looking at the drug information.

Lin Hanchuan continued.

"I will use these three potions to make a big profit from the eight million players in Wangyue City and solve all my current funding problems."

"Of course, with these three potions, plus the rewards from the launch event and the registration bonus, the combat power level of players in Wangyue City will experience a surge in a short period of time!"

"It can be considered a win-win situation for all parties."

Lin Hanchuan has never hidden anything from Long Xiaochen and the others.

Say whatever you have to say.

After reading the information about the potion, Cao Renjie asked in confusion, "Boss, didn't you say before that you upgraded the death list? Why didn't you add Chers's name to the death list and kill him?"

Lin Hanchuan explained, "First, the death list is a rare item, not a divine artifact. The difference in combat power between me and Chers is too great. It's not like writing a name on it will kill the other party. It's highly unlikely to have any effect on them."

"Secondly, the death list has the ability to sever causality. If Chers is really killed by it, the system will not assign his death kill to me. In other words, if I use the death list to kill him, I will not get any rewards such as experience, drops, or quest completion. In terms of programming, it's just a piece of code that disappears, nothing more."

Cao Renjie suddenly understood.

All three bottles of potions ended up in Long Xiaoyue's hands. She looked up at Lin Hanchuan and said, "These three potions are all types that are not commonly found on the market. If they were sold in large quantities, they would definitely be a hit."

"But what about the drug supply after killing Chers?"

Lin Hanchuan laughed and said, "Demons are all about profit. Now that Chers is gone, there are no other demons left in Wangyue City. I can take advantage of the fact that I import potions from the Abyss and use the huge economic benefits to keep these demons hanging one by one."

Chers was never his only option.

He couldn't possibly let the drug hold Chers back and choose not to kill him.

in contrast.

Lin Hanchuan had to kill him.

Only after Chers died was Lin Hanchuan able to use the pretext of purchasing medicine to get involved with other demons.

After all, Chers wasn't the only one who could contact the Demon Alchemist Guild in the Abyss.

While talking.

The Heavenly Path Team arrived at a broken stone tablet.

The crack in the stone tablet is large enough for one person to pass through, and inside stands a small house with its door tightly closed.

There were hundreds of players around, standing at the seam and peering inside. Anyone could guess that there were good things inside the small house in the crack.

However, they didn't have the key.

Can only watch.

"Please move aside!"

Cao Renjie shouted.

Upon seeing that it was the Heavenly Path Squad, the players quickly moved aside to both sides.

Under their gaze.

Lin Hanchuan led the Heavenly Dao Squad into the rift.

Take out the key and open the door to the cabin.

After entering, the door closed again.

(End of this chapter)