Splitting the Heavens-Chapter 1620.1: The Final Spirit Calming Vessel

Copper Furnace felt that his leader Lion Fang was simply giving him a hard time.

It was true he was born next to a fire furnace, but whether that furnace was made of copper or not, he wasn’t sure.

Like many tribesmen who didn’t even know their birth parents, the elders of the tribe just randomly selected a name they happened to see and gave it to him, and so he was called by that name.

However, regardless of whatever was said, it was an order from his leader!

Not daring to be negligent, he left and immediately called for his brothers to go get their weapons from their lodgings. Soon, a group of 10 marauders carried different types of guns through the checkpoint and entered the forest in the south of Bluestone County.

Leaving the camp with their leader, the group of marauders were very excited.

Since their retreat, they’d been digging holes and building houses. It was either that or they had been watching slaves digging holes and building houses. They felt so bored that their bones were about to rust and fall off.

“Boss, where’re we going?”

“South!”

A brawny man with a dark face said in excitement, “Are we finally going to march south?”

Copper Furnace glared at him. “Are you a pig? With so few of us, what’s the difference between going there and finding an electric pole to hang ourselves from?”

The marauders thought it made sense, exchanging glances and nodding.

Sir Advisor had said, a careful strategy was necessary before any operation. With no strategy, the end result would be similar to that of Black Snake. That guy’s corpse was hung on the gallows for an entire month, and was only taken down in early spring when it started to stink. It was finally thrown away to god knew where to decompose or become food for the creatures out there.

“Those blue gophers found a copper mine in the south, we can’t let them mine right under our noses. Our leader Lion Fang wants to teach them a lesson, but first, we have to help him figure out where the copper mine is!” Copper Furnace stopped in his tracks, glancing back at his men. “Who amongst you knows what a copper mine looks like? Whether it’s a feature or shape... Or anything else. Any help will be good.”

The marauders looked at each other.

Copper Furnace was completely disappointed. Those useless bastards were as stupid as he had expected them to be.

Surprisingly, someone raised their hand after some time.

“I think I have an impression of it! In one of the towns we took down before, they placed 2 steel bars in the mountain... They placed a car above those steel bars...”

“I remember as well! They seem to call it a railway track?”

“Very good!” Copper Furnace nodded in satisfaction, and tossed the monocular hanging from his waist to that knowledgeable guy. “We’ll go to that mountain in a moment! Take this to search for it!”

Although Copper Furnace was rough-looking, he was very attentive when it came to handling matters.

Not daring to get too close to the shelter residents' sentries, he veered easy through a 20 mile mountain road after arriving north of Remote Creek Town.

He looked around for a mountaintop with a good view, and only then did he lead his men up.

Fortunately, there were no sentries from Remote Creek Town, those blue coats probably also thought it was too far, so it would be difficult to send in supplies.

“I see it! I see it!” Suddenly exclaimed the scrawny-looking marauder, who was laying flat on high ground and using a monocular to scout Remote Creek Town.

Copper Furnace hastily asked, “What do you see?”

That marauder said excitedly, “A railway! Those blue gophers built a railway in the town!”

Surprised and pleased, Copper Furnace hurried forward and snatched the monocular, and looked in the direction his underling pointed. Sure enough, he saw 2 railway tracks in the south of town.

Those tracks extended from the edge of the forest directly into the small town. From the looks of it, they headed to the center of the town.

Although he still couldn’t see the location of the copper mine, there was no mistaking those tracks!

Just in case, Copper Furnace passed the monocular to someone next to him, letting his brothers take a look one after another.

After receiving the monocular, the marauders expressed that they had seen similar things in the towns they looted before.

Seeing the fervent expressions of his underlings, Copper Furnace’s heart sank slightly.

Those blue coats are really mining in Remote Creek Town!

This news must be reported to the brigade commander immediately!

“Withdraw!” With a wave of his hand, Copper Furnace took his men and quickly withdrew from the mountaintop.

...

“... They really discovered a copper mine?”

Inside the Bluestone County Department Store.

After listening to his men’s report, Lion Fang sat up straight, his hands clutching the arms of his seat and his eyes full of surprise and amazement.

Against the brigade commander’s inquiry, Copper Furnace said solemnly, “There’s no mistake! Several brothers under my command have seen it before. After taking a look, they said the things those blue coats fixed were identical to those they saw in other towns in the past!”

Bernie, standing next to Lion Fang, frowned and stared at Copper Furnace, pressing on, “Where is the copper mine? Has the location been confirmed?”

Instead of knowing if it existed or not, he was more concerned about the existence of the mine.

Copper Furnace replied, “It should be inside the town... There are people hunting inside the forest, and there were gunshots every now and then, so we couldn’t get too close and see the exact location.”

Inside the town?

Something wasn’t right.

Baffled, Bernie stared and repeated, “Are you sure what you saw was a copper mine?”

Copper Furnace revealed a look of annoyance.

What’s with this advisor being so fussy?

A few months ago, everyone still respected this person. After all, their chief said these people could help them win the war. However, a few months had passed, and let alone winning the war, they hadn't even seen any of those blue coats and had only been digging holes.

Also, after digging holes in Remote Creek Town, they then ran to Bluestone Country to dig more.

What was the point?

In the end, they still needed to use guns to kill people...

After thinking for a long while, Copper Furnace only reached one conclusion.

Coward! This advisor is such a coward!

No wonder the army suffered a defeat in the north. He heard around a million soldiers were lost in the battle.

If he had been in command of a million soldiers, he would simply order them to charge forward. Even if the Great Rift Valley was strong, it would be drowned by several millions' mouthfuls of spit.

“I’m sure. How could I be wrong when I checked through the monocular?! If you don’t believe me, then come with me, or I could call my brothers and you could ask them one by one.”

Bernie was about to say something, but Lion Fang burst into loud laughter. “Not bad! I didn’t think those gophers had some skills, but they found Remote Creek Town’s copper mine for us! Let’s not act rashly and wait for them to set up the mine first. Afterward we will launch a surprise assault and kill them!”

Bernie frowned. “I think we should be more cautious.”

“Hahaha, don't worry!” His right hand tapping his chair, Lion Fang looked at his close aide, who stood to his right side. “Iron Fang, I need you to go to the West Continent City and deliver a message to the chief for me. Tell him that copper ores have been found in Remote Creek Town, but the blue coats there aren’t easy to deal with, so we need reinforcements!”

The burly man, with human teeth strung along his animal skin clothing, stepped forward. “Yes, sir!”

...

In the northern street of Dawn City...

Newly built houses neatly lined up on both sides of the street, and the street was full of merchants selling cooking utensils and various food and vegetables. There were also traveling caravans selling goods imported from faraway lands. Things never seen before could be found here every day.

The people on the street dressed in diverse clothings, picking and choosing from the stalls.

Some of these people were traveling merchants from afar, some were caravan guards, some were temporary mercenaries, and some were locals and guards on routine patrol. Occasionally, there would be Y-1 quadrotor drones leisurely flying through the sky. Those were Little Seven’s eyes, and naturally, the information would be relayed to Chu Guang.

It was noon, and it was the busiest time on the streets.

Although the buildings weren’t as tall as those in Boulder Town, nor were there any towering walls, the liveliness here wasn’t any less than the street next to Boulder Town’s depot.

As the Permanent Strategic Partner of Enterprise and a survivor settlement whitelisted by Ideal City, almost all caravans passing through Clearspring City’s northern route, whether they came from Ideal City or not, would come over to take a look, replenishing their fresh water supply, or exchanging goods for other supplies.

It wasn’t easy at all to find a survivor settlement that was lawful neutral in a wasteland. Aside from refugees with nothing to lose and dirt poor people willing to sell their own lives, very few people dared to carelessly approach an unknown survivor settlement.

After all, who the hell would know if the meat in the bowl belonged to a pig or a man?

To be able to gain the recognition of Ideal City meant they weren’t a shady settlement...

The people who were feeling the most comfortable were probably those Lifestyle Profession players. The cutting-edge technology in their possession might not necessarily stand out exceptionally, but their otherworldly cuisine was extremely popular here.

There was a long line leading to the entrance of Zhang Hai's Ramen Stall, and in the stall were 3 wastelanders. 1 was making noodles, another was cooking, and the last was taking orders.

A bowl of plain noodles was 2 silver coins, a bowl of beef noodles cost 4 silver coins, and the preparation time took no more than 5 minutes. Because of the fair prices and good portion sizes, it was well received by many locals, and even some players also lined up at the entrance with the NPCs.

Chu Guang was happy to see that people from 2 different worlds that existed in 2 different dimensions, were getting along with each other under his administration.

Although there were still many problems needing to be solved in the Beta test, and new problems and challenges would surely appear in the future, it was a good start.

Following next to Chu Guang, Xia Yan looked around in excitement, like a child traversing Wonderland. For her, the streets were much more fascinating than the farmlands.

On the other hand, Xiaoyu was so well-behaved that it looked like she was the elder sister, holding Xia Yan’s hand all the time.

Although she was equally curious about everything, the unfamiliar faces made her nervous.

Her old man had said not to easily trust outsiders, and there were many liars and bandits amongst them. But Brother Chu and the residents of the shelter were different.

Still, unfamiliar strangers couldn’t be trusted. After all, who knew where they got their blue coats from?

People who ran around in such a chaotic environment were bound to get their hands dirty eventually.

“There’s ramen here too?” Xia Yan excitedly looked at the ramen stall on the side of the road, looking as if she had discovered a new continent.

Business was quite good.

Originally she didn’t feel very hungry, but upon seeing the long line of people, she started to feel a little bit hungry.

“That’s a branch opened by Zhang Hai, but didn’t you want to buy clothes?” Chu Guang said with a smile.

Xia Yan’s eyes widened and she turned her pitiful puppy eyes over to look at him. “But I’m hungry now.”

Xiaoyu also gulped, but she felt embarrassed to say it.

Not expecting her to ask him for permission, Chu Guang joked a little, “Go eat if you’re hungry, are you waiting for me to treat you?”

Xia Yan's pitiful expression instantly changed to a smile. “Thank you! You're such a kind and generous person!”

“Huh? I didn’t say I was treating you?”

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“C'mon, don't be stingy, it’s not even expensive.” Xia Yan said cheerfully as she pulled Chu Guang’s arm, trying to persuade him. “I’ll pay for dinner!”

The 3 went to join the queue.

It was already half an hour later when it was their turn to order food.

After finding a corner to sit down, Xiaoyu tried to discreetly pay for the tab, but Chu Guang beat her to it.

“Let me do it.”

“Didn’t I say this meal was on me?”

After paying with the VM, Chu Guang returned to the table and sat down, just in time to hear the person at the next table bragging.

“... For the most authentic ramen, you still need to go to ‘North Street’ in the south of the city. The beef slices here are too thick, and the knife work of the chef here is lacking.”

“They have a North Street there too?”

“Haha, you must be new here. Dawn City didn’t exist in earlier times, and North Street simply referred to the North Gate Market in the Wetland Park. Many of the branch stores here came from there!” The man who spoke had a face full of pride. Obviously, he had come here many times already.

The customers next to him looked envious. They had only recently learned of the North Street.

“The nearby survivor settlement has only about 3,000 to 4,000 people, right?... It's incredible that this place can be this bustling.”

“The permanent residents are less than 5,000, but the floating population is high. I saw quite a lot of mercenaries from Boulder Town coming here to take jobs, sitting in the inn next to the trading post, drinking a bottle of beer all day.”

Another customer worriedly said, “Then isn’t the public security here a big problem?”

“Not at all.” A man, who was a regular, leisurely said, “You’ll know if you take a careful look at the entrance of the town. The wall there is riddled with bullet holes, and even the roads were built after the trenches were filled in. The people here may look polite, but they’re, in fact, tough folks. Last time there was a drunkard making trouble, the patrolling guards didn’t have the chance to do anything before a few blue coats subdued him.”

Someone interjected, “I heard many of those blue coats are ability users.”

The man nodded and continued eloquently, “Yeah, there’s such a thing. But their awakening is different from ours. I heard it has to do with what they eat. Good thing we’ll stay here for a few days. Everyone, eat some more. There’s a chance we could awaken our abilities too!”

“Big bro has a point.”

“One more bowl!”

Halfway through listening, Chu Guang almost choked on his noodles.

Xia Yan gave him a strange look. “What's so funny?”

“Nothing... Just thought of something interesting. But let’s talk about that after we deal with the troubles in the north.” Chu Guang coughed dryly. He tried to find some tissues, but found that there was no such luxury available.

Luckily, Xiaoyu noticed his predicament and generously handed him a handkerchief. “Use mine!”

“Thank you, you’re a great help... I will buy you a new one when we get back.”

Seeing that she helped, Xiaoyu beamed. “You don’t have to! I still have a lot of them, all bought with the pocket money you gave me!”

Chu Guang corrected, “That is called a wage, it’s the payment for labor... By the way, who taught you that?”

Xiaoyu blinked wide-eyed, answering honestly, “My second brother said so. He said I shouldn’t send that little money home, and that he and big brother’s income was enough to support our family, so I should keep it as pocket money.”

Chu Guang raised an eyebrow and stared at her. “...”

Forget it.

I’ll talk to her brother about it another day.

After the group ate their fill, they continued to shop around.

The ramen stall wasn’t the only dining place here. There were also stuffed bun stalls, dumpling stores, and Chu Guang even saw a stall serving Sichuan cuisine.

Recently, most vegetable fields in the farms had started to be harvested, and the wastelanders resettlement fields had also started to ship out goods. A lot of vegetables that weren’t available before began to appear in the market.

Varieties like green peppers and scallions had started to appear on people’s dining tables one after another. By the middle or end of May, garlic would also hit the shelves, and the meals in restaurants would smell even better then.

Chu Guang didn’t forget what he said and took Xia Yan to a place to buy clothes.

Only then was he surprised to find out that Teng Teng’s Hut also opened a branch store in the region.

However, Teng Teng herself wasn’t present. Standing behind the counter was a young girl from the Iron Axe tribe.

As for how Chu Guang knew her identity at first glance, it was mainly because her tanned skin was too similar to that of Autumn Weed and Autumn Leaves.

She wore a leather jacket that highlighted her figure while maintaining flexibility, the belt slanting across her side could be used to store magazines and guns.

There was no doubt about it. It was definitely Teng Teng’s work. The shelves on the side also displayed male and female jackets of the same style.

There were many female mercenaries in the wasteland. In the current era, no one cared about gender.

But Chu Guang was still doubtful. Would there really be mercenaries aside from players considering whether the equipment looked good or not, aside from checking the quality and practicality?

However, when Chu Guang saw Idiot Xia’s sparkling eyes, he immediately dismissed the thought.

It seemed like his confusion was a bit redundant.

Wastelanders knew better than him what they needed. He should take care of what he was in charge of and let them decide the rest.

Xia Yan seemed to recognize the salesperson. She broke into a smile and greeted her, dragging Xiaoyu inside to try on clothes.

Chu Guang didn’t join them, mainly because it was inappropriate, so he decided to wander around by himself.

Surprisingly, he spotted someone familiar nearby.

“Huh? Administrator?” Yaya, who was setting up a stall, looked at Chu Guang in surprise, having recognized him instantly.

Chu Guang also looked at her, surprised. “Why are you here?”

Yaya blinked innocently. “I’ve been here for several days already... There are no more mushrooms near the park I can pick, so I can only go to the Elm District to pick more.”

Chu Guang asked curiously, “Why don’t you hire someone to help you?”

Yaya smiled with slight embarrassment, “Mainly because other people can’t tell whether they’re poisonous or not, and it’s not like I can force people to take a bite, so I can only do it myself.”

In truth, it wasn’t whether they could tell or not, but normal people generally weren’t sure if they should eat some mushrooms that they hadn't seen before, so to be safe, they simply didn’t bother trying it.

For example, in Elm District, there was a greenish mushroom with a spiky top that both players and aboriginal people thought was poisonous, but in reality, it wasn’t.

It wasn’t until Yaya publicly performed the act of eating the raw mushroom, and everyone saw the perception type player completely fine that everyone realized the mushroom was edible.

Although whether it was delicious or not was another matter.

Speaking of which, there was a small anecdote.

Because the mushroom looked a lot like the poisonous ones, but it unexpectedly didn’t kill anyone, Hyrja actually performed experiments on it.

In the end, it was found that this mushroom could secrete structural analogs of PBP substrates that bound to PBPs receptors and interfered with bacterial cell wall synthesis.

It sounded a bit complicated. Simply put, it was something similar to penicillin.

Because of that, Chu Guang even gave Yaya a special achievement and assigned Hyrja with an assignment, asking her to take the time to research how to, on a larger scale, artificially grow and extract the mushroom similar to penicillin.

Although most players didn’t really consume medicine, the demand for antibiotics was still quite high in areas such surgery might be required. There was also the matter of disease control.

Now that there were more people, it wasn’t possible to just rely on reward points to obtain things he needed. Compared to the lower-level loot boxes worth 10 points, Chu Guang still preferred to get more high-tech equipment from the advanced loot boxes.

After looking around, Chu Guang noticed something interesting.

It was a type of mushroom that had a round and red umbrella-like cap, and a flat, short white stalk; there were also round spots littering around the cap. At first glance, it looked extremely toxic.

“Is this not poisonous?” Chu Guang looked at Yaya and asked suspiciously.

“That, you can’t eat that! And it's impossible to eat it...” Yaya shook her head rapidly.

Chu Guang thought so.

Just now, he noticed there was a snap underneath the stalk, it seemed like a mushroom plug or hairpin.

However...

Why is the mushroom so hard?

Chu Guang picked one the size of an egg and squeezed it. It felt a little like rubber and was very light. It looked dehydrated but it didn’t feel dry at all.

Could this be a mushroom that can produce resin or rubber?

Chu Guang was mystified.

The creatures in this world were really out of the ordinary.

“This mushroom is too hard, but it doesn’t have poison. I found it by accident, and then ended up turning it into an accessory. Hehe, it’s very small and kinda cute... Look, you can even wear it on the head like this.”

After she spoke, Yaya clipped the small mushroom on her hair and showed it to Chu Guang.

The mushroom was very tiny. After wearing it, it looked like it was growing out of the top of her head.

To be honest, it was indeed quite cute.

But then, this scene was seen by surrounding players.

“Damn! There's a mushroom growing on Boss Ya’s head!”

“That thing looks like a hair accessory... Will someone really spend 5 silver coins to buy it?”

“Holy shit! 250 in real-world money! That’s a luxury item!”

“Uh! I don’t even know how to comment on your knowledge of luxury items and the up-to-date exchange rate of the silver coin.”

“Wait... Is that customer the administrator?!”

“Damn! I almost couldn't recognize him after he took off his exoframe! I have to say, he looks quite handsome!”

“Pass it on! Yaya is acting cute in front of the administrator!”

“What?! Boss Ya is seducing the administrator?!”

“Is she serious?!”

Yaya, who was trying to sell her products, wasn’t planning to pay attention at first, mainly because she was used to it. But the more other players talked, the more exaggerated it became. Her face gradually began to turn red.

Eventually, she couldn’t take it anymore. She heatedly grabbed a handful of mushrooms and hurled them at them.

“Go away, go away! Who actually saw me... Me... Me... Doing that?”

She was embarrassed to say the word aloud.

The player who was hit was ecstatic as if they had won the lottery.

Laughing and shouting, the person who was hit picked up the mushroom and ran away.

Calming down her erratic breathing, Yaya took a deep breath and suddenly realized that there were still customers, so she hurriedly put on a kind smile.

Not wanting to disappoint her effort, Chu Guang silently put down 5 silver coins on the stall, and left with the seemingly useless mushroom...

......

Nightfall gradually descended, casting a dusky hue on the horizon.

Having shopped around crazily for a day, Xiaoyu, who was sitting on a bench outside a barbecue stall, fell asleep on Xia Yan’s lap tired before the owner brought up the skewers.

Gazing at her peaceful sleeping face, Xia Yan unconsciously reached out and gently stroked her black and soft hair, finally knowing why everyone liked her so much.

Suddenly thinking of something, Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang, who sat across from her. “So what exactly is the treasure you wanted to show me?”

Chu Guang casually said, “Haven’t I shown you already.”

Xia Yan was dazed for a moment, then she understood what he meant and rolled her eyes at him. “This answer is too cheeky.”

“You're just too slow.” Chu Guang chuckled, unconcerned.

To him, everything they had seen was his treasure.

Whether it was the boundless farmland on the west of Longevity Town, or the increasingly prosperous streets of Dawn City.

It certainly wasn’t comparable to how it was more than 2 centuries ago, but to the survivors living on this wasteland, this was a great place that no number of loot boxes could exchange.

It was a rare peaceful place on the wasteland.

At the very least, they would be able to flip the safety switch of their rifles there.

The roasted meat was served as the scent of cumin filled the air. Xiaoyu, who was asleep on Xia Yan’s lap, seemed to have smelled the scent, her nose twitched.

But perhaps she was too tired, she didn’t wake up immediately.

While the young girl was still asleep, Xia Yan asked the boss to serve her a cup of her favorite beer, whereas Chu Guang sipped on his fizzy water; Nuka Cola had pretty much become Dawn City’s most popular drink.

“Speaking of, aren’t you worried about running into danger when you’re out here all by yourself?” Taking a skewer of roasted meat from the plate, Xia Yan asked casually while chewing.

“The drones in the sky will identify every unfamiliar face entering the patrol area and plan the patrol route of the patrol squad.” Chu Guang smiled lightly. “As for the people living here, I trust them as much as they trust me. If one day they hate me to the point that they wish I die, that means I need to reflect on myself.”

Of course, Chu Guang’s greatest reliance was his 21 constitution points, 19 perception points, and 18 agility points, as well as his carbon nano protective suit.

They were better than any bodyguard.

He was able to solo a Creeper before awakening. It wouldn't make sense that he’d be weaker after awakening.

Licking the wooden stick, Xia Yan joked, “That’s true. The way they look at you is like you’re their god. I noticed the meat on our skewers is more than those served to others!”

Chu Guang made a helpless expression. “That’s why I actually prefer buying from players.”

Although players sometimes would call him even more exaggerated names, and would always come up with quite a few inexplicable monikers, they did it mostly because they felt it was fun or for the so-called favorability. It was not because of true admiration.

This was why he didn’t have as much emotional baggage when facing players, and it didn’t matter when he occasionally tricked them or made a harmless joke.

In fact, they would instead get excited like children and then start yelling stuff like ‘NPC can even trick someone now’, or even ‘Yay! One step closer to open Beta’.

Looking at the dusky sky in the distance, Xia Yan seemed to be in deep thought.

Suddenly, as if she had made up her mind, she opened her mouth, “That serum, can you give me one?”

Chu Guang glanced at her while raising an eyebrow. “What do you want it for?”

Xia Yan looked down at Xiaoyu, who was still snoozing on her lap, and gently stroked her hair. “I feel like I’m becoming more and more... Useless.”

Hearing this, Chu Guang almost choked on his fizzy water. After coughing twice to cover up his gaffe, he said, “You finally noticed... I mean, you finally realized that you’ve been too lazy?”

Xia Ya surprisingly didn’t talk back this time. She lowered her head and muttered in a low voice, “I can still fight... You’ve seen it before. I’m good at shooting, and I can modify weapons. It’s not my fault that I can’t awaken any abilities. I was born like this, and it's not like I can change it. I almost didn’t catch the gun the militia threw to us. My hair is also conspicuously red. I wanted to shave it off several times, but every time I look at it, it would remind me of my mom. So I couldn’t bring myself to do it.”

Sniffling, she looked away stubbornly. “Sorry, for saying a lot of nonsense.”

Chu Guang was silent for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Actually, it’s not only the powerful people who can find the meaning of existence. Awakening is not the only criterion to evaluate whether a person is strong or not. Violence can solve some problems, but not all problems can be solved with violence.”

Xia Yan looked at him, lost.

To be honest, she didn’t really understand what he was saying. She just suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a bit like... her father?

No.

It probably was a bit weird and impudent to think so.

She had never met her father, and didn’t know if that bastard who abandoned her mother was still alive or not. But she had fantasized before that it would be nice if there was such a person that could tell her which path forward she should take.

Although she admitted that if there really was such a person next to her nagging about some great principles, she would never listen to them.

Every time Xiaoyu told her something her father said, she would roll her eyes on the surface, but inside, she was actually a little envious.

Family, huh?

She didn’t know which Tide it was, but the only thing left by her side were her guns.

Taking a sip of beer, Xia Yan muttered, “... Did your shelter also teach you guys this?”

That was an interesting question.

Chu Guang thought seriously for a moment and gave an uncertain answer. “I don’t know.”

Xia Yan looked at him in surprise. “You don’t know?”

“Mhm.” Chu Guang nodded and said calmly, “Just as you have many questions to ask me, I have just as many questions to ask the person who entrusted everything to me.”

“For example, why would he choose to trust someone who didn't even belong here? Why didn’t he do these things himself? And also, how could a man who died over a century ago know me so well... I believe he has hidden the answers somewhere in the labyrinth, and as long as I could prove that I am the one he was waiting for, he would gradually tell me all the answers.”

Xia Yan, who was drinking her beer, grunted, “Oh.”

She didn’t quite understand what he said, and this wasn’t the answer she wanted either.

Chu Guang suddenly remembered something. He took out a mushroom from his pocket and gently put it on the table. “By the way, this is for you.”

He couldn’t think of any use for it.

And he didn’t want those 5 silver coins to be spent in vain.

Looking at the mushroom on the table, Xia Yan’s expression was a bit strange. “What... is this for?”

First, the possibility that it could be eaten was ruled out. No one would eat a red mushroom with white dots all over it.

“Lean over.”

“?” Before Xia Yan could react, the mushroom was already clipped in her hair.

Looking at her new appearance, Chu Guang couldn’t help smiling. “Haha, it suits you very well.”

A big mushroom wearing a small mushroom.

The only pity was that the color of her hair was quite similar to the mushroom, so it wasn’t that obvious.

Xia Yan touched the top of her head and quickly realized that she now looked like there was a mushroom growing out of her head, and it wasn't even growing up straight.

She glared at Chu Guang. “Why are you putting a mushroom on my head?”

“You don’t like it? Then give it back to me.”

Before Chu Guang could extend his hand, Xia Yan quickly moved back.

“No takebacks! You've given it to me already, so it’s now mine!”

This time, Chu Guang could no longer hold back his laughter and burst out laughing.

No Takebacks?

Where did this woman learn this from? Did she even know what it meant?

“That’s not how you use this phrase.”

Xia Yan made a funny face at him and then concentrated on dealing with the beer and skewered meat on the table, ignoring him.

Probably awakened by Xia Yan’s movements, Xiaoyu rubbed her eyes as she sat up in a daze. “Huh? It’s already cooked?”

Xia Yan gave her a skewer. “It’s already cooked for a while. Try this.”

“Auhm.” Dazedly wiping off the drool from the corner of her mouth, the half-asleep Xiaoyu smelled food near her mouth and opened her mouth to take a bite.

Originally, Xia Yan was smiling as she fed Xiaoyu food, but then after she saw Xiaoyu wiping her mouth, her face suddenly changed, and she quickly lowered her head.

Her face quickly reddened.

Chu Guang roughly guessed what she was thinking, his expression was also slightly awkward.

Trying to comfort her, he coughed lightly. “It’s okay... No one can see it at night.”

“You, you...”

“Me?”

“Please stop talking...”

“...”

Looking at Boss Xia, whose voice gradually became smaller like a mosquito buzz, Chu Guang chose to close his mouth and stop mentioning the matter.

...

That evening, the official website became lively again.

Chu Guang realized the players were pretty bored, bored enough to take photos of him eating barbecue.

Have these people never seen a handsome man before?

Darkest: Shock! There's a mushroom growing on Boss Xia’s head!

Irene: The administrator bought that mushroom from Yaya! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Teng Teng: Wuaaaaaa, there’s a sudden feeling of gratification, although I personally prefer the administrator x hunter boy CP pairing. o(*///▽///*)o

Makka Pakka: Wait! The relationships here are a bit confusing. Why is there an extra Yaya between Boss Xia and the administrator? I need to organize this!

Yaya: The hell you will! What does this have to do with me! I’m just a random mushroom vendor, okay! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Midnight_pubg:┬─┬ノ('-'ノ）

- ......

Chu Guang turned and growled, “Little Seven...”

Feeling that Chu Guang was looking for it, Little Seven’s voice discreetly floated over. “Master?”

“Didn’t I ask you to sift out my photos?”

All the photos of him on the official website were either taken by himself or taken by Little Seven under his orders. In any case, they were photos that best highlighted the positive aspects of his image.

After all, if the players were allowed to screenshot as they liked, who the hell knew what kind of strange look they could capture?

That was a lesson he learned after seeing so many pictures of Xia Yan online.

Little Seven buzzed, “Hmm... But, those pictures don’t have your face, only your back appeared... Should I delete it? QAQ “

Chu Guang sighed.

... Forget it, it’s already posted.

Most likely, Little Seven did it intentionally.

But it wasn’t time to talk about that.

Earlier, Chu Guang received a report from the Logistics Department, that all the wartime supplies had been prepared. Due to the decrease of prices and sufficient supply, the New Alliance’s industrial zones had not only completed their production missions, but they had even completed them ahead of time.

7,000,000 rounds of ammunition and tens of thousands of artillery shells of various calibers were ready for dispatch, and production lines were still running non-stop.

The pilots trained by Mosquito had also successfully learnt takeoff, firing and bomb dropping, and were just waiting for his command to take over the skies of the West Continent City.

The day before, the harvest of the farming players were reviewed.

The next day, it would also be time to review the achievements of the military reform.

Whether players with high moral and low organization ability could adapt to battles of team-level and above under the guidance of the Corps System or not, was one of the core elements of this round of Beta tests.

At the same time, this would also determine whether the New Alliance could stand firmly on the wasteland.

Only by opening the north could they gain resources and space for development, as well strategic depth to deal with powerful neighbors.

Chu Guang dragged out an edited document about the game expansion from a new folder, and copy-pasted it on the official website.

His mouth curved into a smile as he pressed the confirm button.

“It’s time to take care of the problems in the north.”

“I hope everyone is ready.”