Chapter 160

Brother, you're not hurt, are you?

Song Bingyuan immediately pulled Chen Shicheng aside, checked him all over, then breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not that serious, but shortly after entering, we were besieged by wild monsters, and while breaking out we got separated from the main force." Chen Shicheng simply made up his experience after entering.

However, this only covered events before encountering Hui Kong; after that he concealed everything, only saying that after breaking out he wandered on the Icefield for a long time, didn't find the main force and encountered other wild monsters, somewhat dangerous, so he turned back early.

"It's nothing, as long as you didn't encounter danger."

Song Bingyuan quickly comforted him, assuming Chen Shicheng felt guilty for not being able to help.

Regarding this, he didn't care at all; you should know that just now, guarding the spatial channel entrance, he saw many players return early, their injuries worse than the next, and the news they brought back was also increasingly severe.

First the wild monster attack scattered the team, then came news of a tragedy where after regrouping they were again besieged; such targeted attacks are clearly man-made.

And Chen Shicheng is the first consultant of the Cultural Tourism Bureau Logistics Department in C City, and also an expert not inferior to him; he must not come to harm.

So when he saw everyone else return while Chen Shicheng hadn't yet returned, Song Bingyuan was extremely anxious.

Fortunately, at this moment he returned safe and sound, and his worried heart finally settled.

And while the two were speaking, cheers came from the headquarters; without a doubt, the top players had transmitted news of mission success.

Song Bingyuan also learned this news via walkie-talkie, and instantly beamed with joy.

And as a deputy bureau chief of the city, although acting, he should also go to headquarters for a post-battle summary meeting; "Um, I still have some things here, I'll have someone drive you back to rest."

"Okay."

After seeing off Song Bingyuan, Chen Shicheng ate two boxes of military-prepared boxed meals, then took the troop's car back to his rental.

Upon returning, he immediately flopped onto the bed, logged into the game; the sea above isn't a safe place, after being offline so long he worried something might happen.

As soon as he went online, he found it hard to breathe; La Tiao seemed to treat his face as a nest, always lying there sleeping.

He casually picked up the La Tiao, which was sleeping like a dead dog, took out the Swallow-Sea Gourd, opened the lid and waved it before its nose.

A strange scent drifted out; La Tiao twitched its little nose, suddenly opened its eyes, and its limbs kept flopping, trying to hug the gourd.

Chen Shicheng carefully dropped a drop of blood onto La Tiao; after it swallowed the blood, he tossed it back into the Storage Bag, and also threw in the newly obtained divine artifact plate.

Tai Sui discovered the fresh blood food, waddled over, swallowed the beef on the plate, but it was quickly digested clean, and a new piece of flesh reappeared on the plate.

But Tai Sui had no desire to continue; this beef was just ordinary beef, for Tai Sui which had tasted Golden Core Stage tiger demon corpse and Ao Blood, it wasn't even a snack, only the trace of divine aura was somewhat interesting.

But for Tai Sui, this thing was less useful than smelling Ao Blood's scent.

So it immediately ran to La Tiao's side, extended two tentacles to pry open La Tiao's mouth, constantly sniffing, trying to find evidence of sneaking food.

Seeing the two little ones having fun, Chen Shicheng no longer paid attention, went to the helm vicinity to see how far he was from the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

However, the map turned blank after leaving the northeastern sea area, making it impossible to determine the ship's current position; he could only first find a port to dock, ask locals, but needed to watch for nearby Righteous Sect Cultivators, otherwise another fierce battle would ensue. He had always stayed near the shore, so he quickly found a small fishing village.

However, the fishermen here had never ventured far in their lifetimes, didn't know which prefecture the area belonged to, and of course didn't know how far it was from the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

However, from the accent Chen Shicheng could tell this place corresponded to the real-world Chaozhou-Shantou area; recalling the map, the distance to the Hundred Thousand Mountains shouldn't be far.

After replenishing some fresh water and food in the small fishing village, Chen Shicheng continued sailing forward according to the preset direction.

By the time he finished, the sea was pitch black, a brilliant river of stars stretched across the night sky, looking more beautiful than the mortal world.

But for such scenery, Chen Shicheng had seen it countless times, completely uninterested.

Moreover, compared to cultivating temperament by viewing scenery, he still preferred to look at the flashy world; a dancing female bodhisattva is simply too fragrant.

So while waiting for La Tiao to digest that drop of Ao Blood, Chen Shicheng entrusted safety to it, then logged off again back to reality.

But before he could open the short video, Song Bingyuan's text message came straight through.

"Quickly go online and check the forum; the matter of the spatial channel has blown up."

"Oh?" Chen Shicheng opened the forum with interest and glanced at the situation.

The appearance of a spatial channel in a bustling urban area is too shocking to conceal; it's been five or six hours, now likely everyone knows.

Indeed, upon opening the forum, he saw several posts that ended with the character meaning 'explode'.

"Statement on the Massive Wild Monster Invasion in C City!"

The first pinned post was from the official account of the Cultural Tourism Bureau Logistics Department, which often releases national policies, equivalent to an official state statement.

The post detailed everything that happened at the C City stadium this morning, including the cause, process, and result of the wild monster invasion.

After all, the mission was ultimately completed successfully; although the top players and support players went through a lot, the outcome was good, so there was naturally no need to conceal anything; instead it deserved praise.

Besides that, the post's ending specially popularized knowledge about the spatial channel.

No way, this kind of thing simply cannot be hidden.

The morning incident had too great an impact; there were many ordinary players applying for jobs on site, too many witnesses, and at the time someone had already filmed a video and uploaded it online, of course to the official forum of Mountains and Seas Deification.

Everyone on this forum is in the game; the state fundamentally lacks the ability to block it, so can only let the news spread.

So the official side simply stopped concealing, openly popularized the existence of the spatial channel to everyone, leaving a good impression on the broad ordinary players.

And less than half an hour after this post was posted, the replies below had already reached hundreds of thousands, truly a global explosion.

(End of chapter)