mousepad-d2 Chapter 57 Where's the boss? He hasn't paid us yet!
Chapter 57 Where's the boss? He hasn't paid us yet!
After completing all the operations, Fang Qi did a final check on the copy and was about to click confirm.
At the very bottom of the map resource library, a mysterious metal plate suddenly caught his attention.
"What is this? I've never seen it at the bottom of the lake before," Fang Qi asked, puzzled.
The metal plate was buried deep at the bottom of the lake, with a line of strange symbols printed on it, which the game system did not translate.
"Luo Xi, look at this, do you recognize it?" Fang Qi activated the mental link to share the vision.
"Here it comes!" Rosie's energetic voice rang in my mind: "Huh? This format... it looks like the nameplate on that huge alchemy furnace in the Archaeology Department!"
Roche had taken an elective course in ancient languages and knew a portion of it. He stammered as he translated:
"Experimental subject, G-096, I don't recognize these characters..." She scratched the corner of her head, racking her brains.
"Abandoned... what was it again? Discharge, sea area, I don't recognize the rest."
Well, it seems that Roche's knowledge of ancient languages is mostly at a low level.
Fang Qi asked, "Do you remember what was written on the nameplate of the alchemy furnace?"
"Then I remember," Rosie replied without hesitation, "the creation of God, the Judge of Heaven, T3000!"
"The Judge of Heaven's Justice?" Fang Qi shuddered. "Such a grand name..."
"I think so too... that thing, when you put materials into it, can produce different kinds of golems. To me, it looks a lot like an alchemy furnace."
Luo Xi had long considered Fang Qi one of her own, and bluntly stated, "That's how the mentor teaches, and that's how everyone learns."
She frowned slightly, as if sorting through her memories: "In my mind, there's a faint voice telling me that the furnace was used to create 'bodies,' not some kind of arbiter..."
"Is that so..."
Fang Qi stopped worrying about it. He would see the actual product sooner or later anyway, and with his modern knowledge and the information from the trading terminal, he would know it at a glance.
However, it was the deity summoned by the merfolk...
After all that, it turns out it was just waste that was dumped out?
I wonder what the old merman priest will think when he finds out.
……
Zhenyu has been in a bit of a rush lately.
After the initial exploration ended and everyone reached the current version's level cap, the brothers' enthusiasm for the game was worn down by studying and working. The original fixed team quickly became a noob team.
You might call for people in the group chat for ages and still not get them to come, or even if you've agreed on a time, all sorts of unexpected situations can happen.
She wanted to yell at someone, but was also amused by all sorts of bizarre reasons...
What does it mean when your girlfriend asks you to poop together?
What does it mean when milk spills on the keyboard and burns the phone?
What does it mean when RAM prices rise, and you sell your device but can't even log into the game...?
No, this virtual reality device doesn't even have a host computer, yet you can remove the memory sticks?
"Fine, giving the sons a break is fine too." Zhenyu sighed. What could she do? She was the only one with free time in the four-person team, and she was addicted to the game.
"Let's check if the dungeon is still available." She posted a message on the recruitment board.
"Gulgar Raid, healer included, Black Healer class weapon 1000 gold/person, others can roll freely, keep fighting until you get the loot, looking for players with completion counts, let's communicate with each other."
There was no way around it; Zhenyu really wanted that glittering staff that dropped in the Gul'ga dungeon.
I had bad luck while exploring the new area and only got a knight's weapon. Now I can't gather a teammate, so I have to spend gold to hire other workers.
This instance had a bug before, but I just saw on the forum that it's been fixed, and she's been waiting for it for ages.
Swish swish.
The dungeon was full shortly after the recruitment notice was issued.
"Boss, is it really a package deal?" the main tank asked. It included consumables, and if you got equipment, you'd get money, and you could even contribute to your minimum wage. He squeezed in without thinking.
"True," Zhenyu replied with a single word.
"1111." The others didn't say anything, they just kept pressing "1".
Alright, judging from this, they're all probably prison players.
"It's open." Zhenyu clicked to enter the instance in the panel.
A familiar altar, a familiar lake, a familiar... but an unfamiliar vending machine?
When did a vending machine appear?
It's square and looks similar to the one downstairs in my building, but how come it's over three meters tall?
The button placement is unreasonable; is this supposed to be for giants?
"What discrimination!" Zhenyu gritted her teeth, feeling the malice of the world. Seeing others suppressing their laughter, she became even angrier.
She is only 1.53 meters tall, and she can barely reach the buttons and shipping containers by standing on tiptoe.
"Buy it! I'll buy twenty bottles at once!" With each press of the quantity button, Zhenyu seemed to vent her anger, slapping the bottles repeatedly.
"The Tyrannosaurus Rex from Sichuan and Chongqing is truly ferocious!"
"They are indeed fierce, but they are also very capable. There are basically no empty shells; they are all incredibly talented."
The two players behind them whispered to each other.
Instantly locking onto the direction of the sound, Zhenyu turned around and glared fiercely, her small body exuding a powerful aura.
The two players gasped, glancing nervously left and right.
He's the boss, and I'm just an employee. I'm beholden to him, so I guess I'll just let it go...
"The gold coins have been reduced, why aren't we getting any drops?" Zhenyu blinked and checked the number of gold coins in her backpack again.
"No mistake? It did deduct money, is it broken?" She used her traditional repair skills and patted the back of the vending machine hard.
This shot was actually quite good!
The screen slowly displays: "Players are requested to prepare bottled/canned liquid (any type) and insert it into the machine's enchanting interface. The current enchanting quantity is 20/20."
So that's how it was fixed?
Everyone immediately imagined the logic behind the plan: that high-IQ barrel must have a bug that's hard to fix, so if it has a problem, they might as well not fix it and just replace it.
"What are you still looking at? I've already paid the gold coins, so drink two bottles yourself." Zhenyu called to the players behind him.
"11111." The crowd dispersed in a flurry, and the bottling was quickly completed in the lake water nearby.
Several days have passed since the start of the raid, and there are already well-developed guides on the forums. Although no one can get past the third phase of the berserk mode, everyone has practiced a lot.
With just a glance from Zhenyu, the main tank rushed forward.
"provocative!"
After establishing a strong aggression, the group went their separate ways in an orderly manner.
Anyone who dares to work for the boss's team must have some skills; in just over ten minutes, he had defeated Gulga.
boom.
A glittering treasure chest emerged from the ground, identical to the one from the first clear.
Without hesitation, Zhenyu reached out and touched the box.
A sudden change occurred.
It's sizzling!
An unfamiliar voice rang out.
"I've never heard this sound before, could it be a super loud explosion?" The workers' faces lit up with joy, feeling that this was a good chance, and they might be able to leave work early!
If you're lucky, you might even get your own special-effect weapon, making even more money.
Unexpectedly, a blue halo suddenly spread out from the treasure chest, enveloping their boss with lightning speed.
hum.
The air vibrated slightly, and the eight-person team was instantly reduced to seven.
"Hiss... Where's the boss?" Everyone looked at each other, completely bewildered.
The system didn't give any notification, it wasn't a refund, and I didn't disconnect. So where did that person go?
Most importantly, the weapon she wanted had dropped and was now lying in the crate...
The goods have been shipped, but who will pay their wages?