Chapter 1143: Really an accident? Or?

Game time flew by.

Su Sheng here daily looks for bosses, strolls around the Imperial City map, his days are going well, and he also marvels at the vastness of the Imperial City.

Almost a month and a half has passed since first clearing the Solidified Instance; in this month and a half, Su Sheng still hasn't managed to run around the entire vicinity of the Imperial City.

Big!

It's really too big!!

But thinking about it, to accommodate Whole Server players, the place for practice activities, how could it be small?

Therefore, for the address of relocating the garrison, Su Sheng during this period has identified several pretty good locations, but he cannot finally choose.

Because the Imperial City's leveling areas are actually not many, but the map is very large, the leveling areas from level 80 to 100.

Su Sheng's selection is roughly around the level 90 leveling area, right in the middle position; no matter which stage, except the initial Imperial City stage, at other times it is at least more convenient than being in the Imperial City.

But also because of this reason, Su Sheng for a while also doesn't know where to choose.

Too big!

No matter where the site of Yanhuang Town is chosen, it seems impossible to maximize.

Forget it, no need to dwell on it.

Su Sheng went back, found Huan Jie, and together with Huan Jie, Huang Mingxin and Li Wenwan, they went on a run of the Magic Cave Dungeon…… Indeed, over the past month and a half, the Domestic Server's level‑80 players have already reached over twenty.

They are all the leading players of the various major guilds.

During this period, Su Sheng himself, aside from doing a fixed dungeon run each day, has not been leveling, just wandering around the entire Imperial City area.

Of course, the Foreign Server also isn't lacking players who have reached level eighty!

Among these, there is also a very big uproar that has not yet subsided…

It's the players of the Eagle Sauce Server; someone has also reached level eighty, but this person is not I am not Thanos, but another player who originally ranked second on the leaderboard.

After all, I am not Thanos lost a level on the Domestic Server side earlier, and that has been caught up by those who later surpassed him.

However, the Eagle Sauce Server player who reached level eighty went to the Imperial City to look for that Solidified Instance task.

But after searching for almost a week and a half and still not finding the task, the Yingjiang Players came to the Domestic Server side to inquire about the situation of that dungeon's solidification task.

However, few people know about this task: first are the Yanhuang and Zhuimeng people, and the remaining are the five members of the vanguard team including Su Sheng.

These people are tight‑lipped, so naturally the Yingjiang Players cannot hear any news about this dungeon task.

No way, they can only buzz around like headless flies.

And not long after that, someone on the Mao Xiong side also reached level eighty.

The people on the Mao Xiong side easily accepted that one Solidified Instance's unique task, after all the task is not hidden, it's right by the road.

But that fellow is rather arrogant; after accepting the task, he posted on the forum saying he would surely complete it and solidify the dungeon.

Thus, the Eagle Sauce Server side, through the situation on the Mao Xiong side, got wind of that task's news. However, this is not the same as his situation; in his Imperial City range he did not find that task.

The main monsters on the Imperial City side truly have some heaven‑defying stats; after the Fourth Rebirth stage, monster stats are greatly increased, and now the Imperial City monsters on the Eagle Sauce Server side also receive Demon Energy influence, raising stats an additional 5%.

During this period he in the Imperial City can be said to have suffered greatly.

And at this time, another server's player reached level eighty and also received that task.

Then the Eagle Sauce Server side went again to inquire about the news; after comparison, it seems the task scales of the two servers are the same.

But why don't they have it on the Eagle Sauce Server?

Thus the players on the Eagle Sauce Server side again started complaining on the official forum about this situation.

But now the game's entire operation is handled by the AI Brain itself, and the AI Brain's reply is that everything is normal, with no bugs present.

Furthermore, regarding the Eagle Sauce Server players' issue, the AI Brain side also gave a reply.

Their task has already been taken and failed; since the unique task failed, there is no way to take it again.

Besides that, the AI Brain also gave no further reply.

This makes these Yingjiang Players constantly protest, 'How could this be? Who could come to the Imperial City and take that task?'

Clearly the Eagle Sauce Server player who reached level eighty first—who could get to the Imperial City a step ahead of him?

And just at this time, another piece of news came out.

The Mao Xiong side's task also failed!

That fellow is too arrogant; he didn't form a team but chose to go alone to do that task. Think of our Domestic Server side: we formed a vanguard team, Su Sheng Shen Wang, Li Wenwan, Xingchen—truly a heavenly‑tier team—and we only passed that dungeon after many hardships.

That arrogant fellow, how could one person possibly clear it? So saying, he went in alone, and the task failing is completely normal.

Moreover, as that player on the Mao Xiong Server side failed the task, a system announcement also sounded inside the Mao Xiong Server.

It is similar to the earlier notice that the Eagle Sauce Server gave a long time ago: an unknown change caused Demon Energy to leak on the Imperial City side, raising monster stats by 5%.

This instantly quieted the noisy Yingjiang Players.

They also recalled that system announcement.

That was something from over two months ago!

That is to say, their unique task capable of solidifying the dungeon had already failed over two months ago, which made them all complain.

After all, which fellow, by what means, got to the Imperial City beforehand? Even if he got there, he still randomly took the task, causing it to fail and making them lose a Solidified Instance.

That is after all an Imperial City‑stage dungeon; the existence of a dungeon absolutely creates a clear gap.

This time, the Mao Xiong State's task also failed; the Eagle Sauce Server players, although still somewhat resentful, didn't say much more, after all they weren't the only ones who suffered.

At the same time, they also started a manhunt for the player who caused the Imperial City task to fail.

After all, the game Zhuolu does have many mysterious items that always work wonders at critical moments.

So they have never suspected up to now that it is the Huaxia side's players messing around.

They only thought that some lucky fellow on their own server had obtained a miraculous item, went to the Imperial City beforehand, and thus caused the task to fail.

This time, the player who was the fourth to accept that task dared not act rashly.

Obviously he also knows how important this mission is; if it succeeds, there will be an extra Dungeon, a solid big reward. If it fails, not only will the Dungeon be lost, but there will also be negative repercussions.

If he acts rashly and causes the mission to fail, he will definitely be jabbed in the spine by Whole Server players.

Just like that arrogant guy on the Mao Xiong Server right now.

That guy hasn't logged in for four or five days, and the entire Mao Xiong Server's players are relentlessly trash‑talking that arrogant guy.

He was originally the first in the Whole Server to reach level 80, essentially the server's number one, and many players still idolized him. Because his arrogance caused the mission to fail, the situation flipped dramatically.

Of course, this has little to do with Su Sheng at the moment.

After logging off, he was lounging on the bed, leaning against the disheveled Lin Huan.

The two were facing a tablet, discussing some matters.

The tablet's contents were the locations Su Sheng had been selecting for base relocations in Huangcheng during this period.

"So conflicted— which spot would maximize the benefits?"

Su Sheng furrowed his brows.

Lin Huan swiped once, finally tapping a spot: "Here, then."

Su Sheng glanced at the information for that spot, his brows slightly furrowed: "This location doesn't seem ideal either; it can't cover this side and it's just too far."

"Ah Sheng~"

At that moment, Lin Huan lifted his head and extended both hands to cup Su Sheng's face.

Su Sheng was startled, lowered his head to look, and the beautiful visage before him always fascinated him.

Lin Huan, with both hands holding his face, looked up at him while in his arms; Su Sheng almost slipped out of his sage state again.

"You're too greedy."

Feeling something in Su Sheng's embrace, Lin Huan released his hand, patted Su Sheng and said,

"Ah?"

Su Sheng was taken aback, a bit slow to react.

"You've been roaming so many places lately; you should know how vast Huangcheng is,"

Lin Huan whispered.

"Hmm."

Su Sheng nodded, then smacked his forehead, realizing…

He indeed had been a bit greedy, simply falling into a mental trap.

Because so far, unless other guilds also possess the Divine Artifact called the Huangcheng Order,

otherwise, in the short term no other guild could establish a base on the Huangcheng side.

In this situation, Su Sheng naturally thought about how to seize the initiative and maximize profit.

That was Su Sheng's mental trap: focusing solely on profit maximization while overlooking Huangcheng's size.

Huangcheng is not the Main City; it's simply too vast. So far there's only one Yanhuang Town, and no matter how this spot is arranged, it cannot radiate to all important locations of Huangcheng.

Not to mention Huangcheng; even the Main City, Yanhuang Town only covers a portion.

"Alright, then this place, following what Huan Jie said."

Su Sheng nodded, then turned off the tablet and set it aside.

"You... ~" Lin Huan raised his hand, intending to poke Su Sheng's forehead.

Only…

A slight pain suddenly tingled in his finger; Lin Huan looked up and saw Su Sheng's playful smile, his teeth gently biting the outstretched finger.

Immediately, Lin Huan sensed something, his face flushing slightly: "You…"

"Shh~"

"Hold on, Mom and Dad should have prepared breakfast; it's time to call us to eat."

"Don't worry, haven't you noticed they haven't knocked on our door these days?"

"Mom and Dad are in the living room!!"

"You bought the house yourself; you know how soundproof it is…"

"……"

……(ten thousand words omitted here)

……

"Captain, you really need to be more careful lately."

Li Dahai… no, it should be Xuan Yu Wu, his face solemn as he stared at Su Sheng.

Su Sheng raised an eyebrow: "What? Have those rats made a move?"

Having been comfortable for so long, Su Sheng almost forgot about this issue; the old comrades have gathered dust.

Xuan Yu Wu nodded slightly: "It's all because of the Solidified Instance."

"Originally we only suspected minor moves across the ocean."

"But now on the Mao Xiong side, they also failed; it seems they have some covert actions as well."

"I even suspect they've teamed up, which is why things have been uneasy lately."

Xuan Yu Wu spoke up to remind.

Su Sheng's brows furrowed slightly, then he seemed to understand.

Although Huaxia and Mao Xiong are currently in a honeymoon phase,

regarding the New Energy distribution that can reshape the world order, Huaxia now clearly holds an advantage, so Mao Xiong cannot remain indifferent.

After all, between great powers there has never been friendship, only interests.

Thus it's normal if Mao Xiong conducts some covert moves.

"Don't worry, the little mouse issue is minor; it's just that the security on my family's side needs to be tightened a bit."

"Got it."

Xuan Yu Wu nodded.

It was peaceful when the workday ended…

Returned home; everything was normal.

Logged in.

But after logging in, Su Sheng looked for people to run a Dungeon, and everything was still normal.

However, when the Dungeon was finished, Su Sheng noticed something surprising.

Xingchen didn't log in!

Su Sheng raised an eyebrow, a bit puzzled, but didn't think much; now it's at this stage.

One or two days' progress hasn't been affected much.

Even during this period, Su Sheng himself had one or two times when he didn't log in.

But the next day, Xingchen still hadn't logged in.

Su Sheng grew more puzzled, then opened a Private Chat and asked Shen Wang.

Upon asking, Su Sheng's brow furrowed.

A car accident?!

Coincidence?! Or those mice?

Especially now, Su Sheng couldn't help but suspect.

Immediately, Su Sheng called out to Huan Jie, asked her to bring the newly level‑80 Wu Zhaodi from yesterday to run a Dungeon, and then logged out himself.

After logging out, Su Sheng directly contacted Li Da Hai… no, Xuan Yu Wu.

Because of Xuan Yu Wu's special status, he didn't enter the game.

After hearing Su Sheng's account, he learned that Xingchen, the former chairman of the third Rising Star Guild—one of Huaxia's top ten guilds—had been offline for two days due to a car accident.

Xuan Yu Wu's expression grew solemn, indicating he would investigate.

After hanging up, Su Sheng's eyes flickered; he hoped it was just an accident.

If those guys really did some underhanded tricks, even though everyone is on guard and it is explicitly stipulated that official forces cannot intervene.

But if that loophole is truly opened, things probably won't stay peaceful.

Immediately after, Su Sheng had no intention of logging in again; he went straight to the on‑duty staff of Hidden Dragon, gave a reminder, and then went straight to Xuan Yu Wu.

Although the phone call was already made, Su Sheng still wasn't comfortable with the various protections and needed to verify them personally.

The worst case is those tricks actually affect his own family—that would be trouble…