Chapter 138: A New Journey

It was not the first time Evans had been summoned by the Lord, but every time, he felt trembling with fear.

It had to be said that the Sewers were getting cleaner and cleaner; he did not know that after the players resurrected, Susan would arrange for them to clean the Sewers, and those players, in order to grind Susan's favorability, were always willing to work for free—not to mention, there were indeed a few players whom Susan had already remembered.

It was just that they did not know whether this counted as a good thing...

Chen Zhi waited for quite a while before seeing Evans arrive, dawdling all the way.

"Great Lord of Calamity, your Believer responds to your summons." Evans's voice was even trembling a little; at the thought of his unlucky state from a while ago, tears were almost about to fall.

He hadn't expected the Lord to be so vengeful; had he known, he shouldn't have been so curious and insisted on making contact with this terrifying god.

"You need not worry; the reason I have you come this time is that there is something for you to do. We need to know the prices of most Spiritual Materials in the Royal Capital." Chen Zhi reminded the other party, "There is no need for us to keep handing these materials over to the Wealth Church; that is too obvious."

Saying this much was enough; if he said too much, it would have the opposite effect, which would be of no benefit to Chen Zhi.

"Uh, I understand what you mean. I will head to the Royal Capital within three days, but I don't know how I am to report the progress to you..." It was not easy to find a secret organization in the Royal Capital, let alone the fact that there would be life-threatening danger.

But he had no other choice; he dared not disobey the orders of the Lord of Calamity.

After all, that was a true god.

Chen Zhi had long known there would be this problem, and he said indifferently: "I will arrange for someone to go with you; you can just tell him the information you obtain when the time comes."

Having said that, Chen Zhi had already begun recruiting enthusiastic players in his mind.

There were quite a few such players; Ye Laoshi should be very happy to go to the Royal Capital to see more books, and he was more cultured and would not do anything out of line.

Of course, Ye Laoshi would still need a reliable player to help; he thought about it, and the one who could help Ye Laoshi should be a player who was quite confident in combat, so he chose Luolita, who preferred going out to fight.

She was a girl after all, so she shouldn't do anything too out of line; in short, he quickly summoned these two players over.

It was Ye Laoshi's first time being summoned by the Lord of Calamity, while Luolita was an old acquaintance of the Lord of Calamity.

Because Luolita would enter a death state from time to time, every time she resurrected, she would resurrect in front of the Lord of Calamity.

As for Ye Laoshi, he had never died once, so it was his first time seeing the Lord of Calamity.

It had to be said that this god looked a bit terrifying; the countless arms looked a bit disgusting—no wonder he was called an Evil God.

However, this Lord was unexpectedly easy to talk to; Ye Laoshi was, after all, knowledgeable and experienced, and would not be jumpy like some players, so he quickly understood the other party's meaning.

A business trip on public funds, plus another female player, and an NPC.

In the words of his own grandson, this was an escort mission, but one could look at the scenery along the way and understand the story background.

Not only that, he could also go to the Royal Capital to read books and purchase some volumes; in short, this was a mission with generous rewards, just a bit long in duration.

That did not matter; his two apprentices at the bookstore could manage perfectly well, and he quickly accepted the mission from the Lord of Calamity.

Compared to Ye Laoshi, Luolita was much more excited.

She knew that if she did more things, she would definitely be recorded by the system; every time she died, she would do tasks for the Lord of Calamity, like cleaning rooms, and sure enough, this merciful Lord had thought of her.

It seemed she should post more guides; perhaps she could even get more tips.

Evans processed his affairs at nearly the speed of light, and then, not daring to delay even a minute, after reporting the situation clearly to Saina, he took Ye Laoshi and Luolita and boarded the Train heading for the Royal Capital.

There were usually not many passengers traveling from Tana City to the Royal Capital; in the entire carriage, there were only eight people in total.

Because there were few people and the ticket price was expensive, the Train was quite luxurious; Luolita felt as if she had arrived two hundred years in the past, and everything in the Train looked like something out of a movie.

Velvet sofa cushions, solid wood dining tables, the steaming Train...

Even the attendant was very striking in appearance, and she couldn't even help but strike up a conversation with the other party in broken Tana Language.

"Are you also from Tana City? Or from the Royal Capital?" Luolita said to the other party while picking up snacks from the dining cart.

"This snack is 30 Tana a bag." The attendant was polite enough, but her gaze was very unfriendly.

Luolita hurriedly looked at Evans, who was sitting down.

Evans did not know what status these Xiahui People had with the Lord of Calamity, but he knew that these guys were monsters who could resurrect and would not die.

So, just by looking at the other party's gaze, he obediently took out money, and even ordered a cup of Coffee for Ye Laoshi.

The attendant hadn't expected someone on the Train to be so generous, especially since the other party didn't look like a noble at all.

If they were nobles, they would often choose to charter the carriage; they were unwilling to sit together with commoners.

And as for commoners, especially those merchants, they were very stingy.

Sometimes they would even prepare their own lunch and dinner, and would never enjoy the delicacies on the Train.

She smiled as she accepted the money, and only then said to Luolita: "I am neither from Tana City nor from the Royal Capital; my home is in Sweetwater Port, and I used to be a ticket seller at the pier."

Because the shipping route from Sweetwater Port to the small port of Tana City was interrupted, she went to work on the railway; this job's salary was not lower than at the port, and was even much higher.

After all, the transport efficiency of cargo trains was far greater than that of a port.

She hadn't expected this beautiful attendant to be so old; Luolita said with some surprise: "When exactly did the port close?"

"Although it was announced to the public that it closed ten years ago, in reality, it completely stopped operations three years ago; after all, the water flow hasn't been abundant these past few years, and it is said that it is because of the War in the territory of the God of Death." The attendant said with a smile, "I'm not that old, you know; I'm only 18."

So women in this other world also cared so much about their age; Luolita hurriedly said: "But you don't look like you're 18 at all; I think you're at most 16."

"Even if you say that, I can't give you a discount, but I still like hearing you say that." The attendant said with a smile, "If you need anything, you can call me at any time."

Having said that, she drifted away from there.

Seeing the attendant leave, two merchants on the Train came over and sat directly in front of Luolita, asking: "Are you Xiahui People?"

Happy New Year to everyone.

(End of chapter)