My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 313: General’s Mansion? Slaughterhouse
Li Rui used Reviving Peach Mist to heal his injuries, which were nothing more than scrapes and bruises, nothing serious.
Cheng Mingyue saw his technique and curiously said, "I didn’t know you could heal."
"I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve,"
Li Rui casually said, "What was that you did just now?"
"A big move, hehe,"
Cheng Mingyue said proudly, "Impressive, huh?"
"Big move... how long is the cooldown?"
"Two hours, why?"
"We still have to fight the Witch Demon King. You used your big move."
"...Oh right, I forgot," Cheng Mingyue slapped her forehead. "I’ll leave it up to you then."
Li Rui didn’t press the matter, because he also activated the Blood Soul Ring.
As they chatted and laughed, Xu Xiliang approached from behind, feeling quite absurd. These two had just taken down a boss and seemed unbothered by it.
"Well, since the boss is already dead..." he tried to interject, wanting to relay the recall order from the command center.
"We haven’t collected our rewards yet!"
Li Rui shouted, waking Cheng Mingyue up, but the Ghost General had already turned to dust, where could the rewards be?
Xu Xiliang didn’t get a chance to say what he wanted and instinctively glanced at the spot where the Ghost General had been beaten.
"There’s a key."
Li Rui and Cheng Mingyue turned to look.
"There really is one. It must be for opening a chest at the General’s Mansion. Thanks, Captain Xu."
"No problem, no problem."
Xu Xiliang smiled, then suddenly realized something was amiss, "Um, I came because Commander Cheng wanted..."
"Got it, we’ll talk on the go. Captain Xu, let’s open the loot first." Cheng Mingyue said.
Xu Xiliang thought about it and felt it made sense too; it wouldn’t hurt to gather all the loot before heading back.
The three of them headed to the City Patrol General’s Mansion, where originally there was no treasure marked on the map, but after obtaining the key, a door icon appeared, slightly ajar.
"Is the East Gate still closed?" Cheng Mingyue asked.
Li Rui stood on the shoulder of a strong giant looking around, "Not yet, no sign of movement at all."
Xu Xiliang, puzzled, asked, and they explained before he said, "Well, that’s perfect, we’ll first return as Commander Cheng instructed, and you can head to the west line, ask Conductor Kong to send a few people to contact the other three tribes and increase goodwill."
"Once goodwill at the other side reaches respectful or higher, it’ll be a great time to explore Ghost City together."
Li Rui and Cheng Mingyue exchanged a glance, looked at Xu Xiliang, and said in unison, "We’re already here."
Captain Xu, with experience and wisdom, frowned, "But... the command center’s intention is..."
Li Rui jumped off the giant’s shoulders, holding Xu’s arm, "Captain Xu, we’re definitely eager to return with you."
"But think about it, the southern gate of Ghost City has been breached, two of the four Great Witches are dead, the City Patrol General is gone, if we retreat now and someone else slips in and takes Ghost City, wouldn’t it be a big loss for us?"
Xu Xiliang instinctively nodded.
"Me and Sister Yue, initially we wouldn’t have enough time to finish, but now that you’re here, it’s different, the three of us can work together and quickly clear Ghost City, still time to report back."
Cheng Mingyue chimed in from the side, "There are six bosses in total, and three are already dead, it’ll be quick."
Xu Xiliang said, "Well, let’s give it a try, if we can’t clear it in a short time, we’ll head back first."
Their faces beamed with joy as they quickened their pace to the City Patrol General’s Mansion, where they found a locked secret room.
Using the key to open the outer door revealed another wall engraved with patterns inside, with an Array on it, preventing a brute force approach; clearly, they needed to solve a puzzle.
Xu Xiliang volunteered to take on the puzzle-solving, claiming it’s his skill.
Li Rui started dismantling the solid wall nearby, and soon, he and Cheng Mingyue had together dismantled the wall blocked with earth and stone on the other side of the secret room, the door puzzle was still unsolved.
Xu Xiliang chuckled dryly and joined them through the side entrance, and upon entering the hole they created, they were met with a gruesome sight.
The secret room was filled with rusty iron hooks, each suspending skeletons, while some hooks were empty with skeletons fallen on the ground, as if the hooks only pierced the flesh but not through bone.
The trio found this situation slightly nauseating, at a glance, there were at least a hundred skeletons.
"What’s going on?"
"Isn’t this the City Patrol General’s Mansion, why does it resemble a slaughterhouse?"
No one knew what transpired here, but from the current scene, it seemed the city-closing, gate-locking City Patrol General was hiding a secret.
Li Rui stopped and looked at the skeletons, "These dead bones don’t seem right."
The other two didn’t notice anything unusual but watched as he swiftly piled all the Demon Race skeletons together.
"You guys open the chests."
Xu Xiliang was unclear, Cheng Mingyue obediently went over to unlock the chest at the end of the secret room, but as soon as she unlocked it, a sinister Evil Qi burst forth.
She naturally dodged its clutches, sidestepping as the Evil Qi surged toward Li Rui, or more accurately, the pile of bones beside him.
"Owww..."
Countless eerie wails echoed within the secret room.
Boom!
This was Li Rui’s Thunder Shocking Earth, and since all the monsters were gathered, the strike felt great.
If killing monsters could add experience, the notifications would have flooded the screen by now.
"How did you know the Evil Qi would activate those bones?" Cheng Mingyue asked curiously.
Li Rui shrugged, "Just a gut feeling. Quickly see what’s in the chest."
The three of them ran over to check the chest and found two Epic Level pieces of equipment, several crystals each worth 200,000 experience, and a total of three refined gold coins.
Xu Xiliang generously said, "You guys go ahead, I didn’t contribute as much."
Li Rui glanced at the equipment, "Gear’s no use to me, I want the refined gold and the crystals."
Xu Xiliang gave him a surprised look.
No use?
Could it be his violet gear was already maxed out?
He confirmed, "You’re not just being polite, are you?"
Li Rui said, "Not at all, Captain Xu, you go ahead and split with Sister Yue."
Compared to him, although Xu Xilang was a city-level Vice President, he rose through longevity, his equipment wasn’t as good as Cheng Mingyue’s, getting Epic Level items casually naturally delighted him.
Although he sported mostly Epic Level, several pieces weren’t quite fitting.
Li Rui didn’t concern himself with their division, using the experience crystals he leveled up to 46, holding 20 refined gold coins, reaching a quarter of what was needed to open the gate.
Cheng Mingyue said, "I feel like I’m gaining too much, you take priority on the next items, if neither of us want it, you take the lead in contribution gains."
"No problem."
A few words later, they settled the matter and left the City Patrol General’s Mansion.
Li Rui glanced again at the East Gate.
"Are those tribes coming or not?"
