I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 898 - 899: Boarding_1

Chapter 898 -899: Boarding_1

Returning to Manor Castle from the instance, Wang Qi gazed at the dozen or so pieces of Dark Gold and gold quality equipment with a surprised and delighted expression on his face.

“This, this many high-quality pieces of equipment? Fantastic!” Wang Qi was visibly overjoyed and couldn’t help but examine them one by one.

“These are all level forty and above equipment, haha, now those kids have the motivation to level up!” Wang Qi laughed. “Did you get all these from the difficult Abyss Shadow instance? Amazing!”

Song Jian gave a slight smile and said, “Most are here, let’s have the Elite Team level up as soon as possible. With these, tackling the difficult Abyss Shadow will be much easier.”

“Don’t worry, within a month, no, twenty days, I’ll definitely get all these guys up to level forty and above!” Wang Qi said confidently.

Actually, most players in the Elite Team were already above level thirty-six. With this equipment as motivation, their levels were believed to soon rise;

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“By the way, how’s the acquisition of Skill Books and Skill Scrolls going?” Song Jian asked.

“It’s kind of difficult!” Wang Qi’s face showed a troubled expression. “High-quality Skill Books are simply not appearing on the market. As soon as a gold or even silver quality Skill Book shows up in the auction house, it’s instantly snatched up. Recently, a silver quality passive universal skill was bid up to 1.2 million Doomsday Coins at the auction, these people are simply crazy!”

In the real world, more and more people were learning about the game and many consortia, like sharks that had smelled blood, began investing in the game. Numerous gamers even started working for these consortia, forming specialized teams or alliances, farming items in the game, and then transferring them out through special methods;

In the game, just a bottle of basic healing potion could sell for several tens or even hundreds of thousands in the real world—imagine the allure of this game for those consortia;

This also led to any good items in the auction house being frantically vied for by many people;

“So far, we have only managed to acquire three Skill Books!” Wang Qi said while placing three Skill Books glowing with golden light on the table;

“Boss, we can’t go on buying like this, continuing will affect the city’s construction funds,” Wang Qi advised in a low voice;

Song Jian’s brow furrowed slightly, he sighed quietly and nodded, “Alright, city development and construction is crucial!”

City of Hope was in a rapid expansion phase and needed funds for various purposes. Wang Qi had already told Song Jian more than once that there were consortia willing to invest, but they had all been turned down by Song Jian;

Now, the revenue of City of Hope came partly from the development of the Valley of the Undead and partly from renting out various shops in the city. Furthermore, a trading caravan that had just been established was heading to the old military barracks and other cities for trade;

But as the territory of City of Hope kept expanding, just the basic infrastructure alone was like a money-sucking beast, with investment going in but no return, leaving City of Hope’s finances actually quite tight, not as wealthy as outsiders might imagine;

After stowing away the three gold quality Skill Books, Song Jian’s gaze drifted toward the distant Sky City;

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The location of Sky City was a vast expanse of farmland, originally a grain planting base, but after the apocalypse, it had obviously been abandoned and had turned into a wild field overgrown with weeds. Inside, there were many man-eating-plant-like monsters, most of which were between levels thirty to thirty-five, just the right level for most players to handle at the time. Therefore, many players would come here to level up by grinding these monsters;

Moreover, in this wasteland, players would occasionally find some high-quality grain seeds, akin to treasure chests generated by the game. When planted, these would yield ingredients of fine quality for cooking, and players would often buy them at high prices. If one managed to find them, it would be considered a small fortune;

But ever since a city appeared above this wasteland, shrouded within the clouds, this level-thirty monster grinding area suddenly became bustling;

For anyone wishing to enter Sky City, having the ability to fly was a must. Some players with flying mounts even started a ride service here, charging to ferry players up to Sky City. In just half a day, they made a huge profit, which turned the eyes of those without flying mounts green with envy.

However, most flying mounts could only carry one player at a time and needed to rest after a while. As more people learned of Sky City, the wasteland became overcrowded. Every player who had a flying mount was surrounded by a throng of people.

By the time Song Jian arrived at the wasteland, he was taken aback by the crowd in front of him. There were at least a thousand people, but the few who could actually get up to Sky City were exceedingly rare;

Whoosh~

A sound of flapping wings arose, and Song Jian looked up to see a player with a pair of white wings carrying another player, flying toward Sky City;

“Hey, did you see that? That’s the player who got a pair of Angel Wings in Sky City, damn lucky bastard. He can make back and forth trips about fifteen times in an hour, earning ten thousand Doomsday Coins each trip, son of a bitch, he made more in half a day than I do in a month…” a player nearby grumbled enviously;

Whoosh~

The sound of wingbeats rose again as a flying mount carrying two players took off with a shrill cry, heading toward Sky City;

Those with flying mounts were the envy of all other players. Song Jian took a quick glance and saw that there were about seven or eight mount owners facing a customer base of over a thousand. There was a clear shortage, and the price for a ride kept skyrocketing;

Song Jian shook his head as his Steel Feather Wings unfolded, and he took off into the air;

A player standing nearby was dumbfounded, watching Song Jian’s departing figure, and couldn’t help but spit on the ground;

“Tch, another lucky bastard. Are Angel Wings that easy to come by?” he muttered under his breath.

“You’re blind as a dog!” another player glared at him from the side and said in a low voice, “Can’t you see the difference between his wings and the common Angel Wings?”

“Eh, you’re right, they are different. The feathers on his wings are reflective, they look like they are made of steel, what’s up with that?”

“Hmph, those are Steel Feather Wings. In Doomsday City, only one person has such wings!” the man said with a scornful look in his eyes: “The city leader of the City of Hope, Song Jian, you know him?”

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