The morning sunlight spilled into the living room.
Three people gathered around the dining table, drinking soy milk and eating buns.
Lu Ming asked Qin Churan, "What are your plans for today?"
"The investment from Li Hui hasn't arrived yet, so my plans are on hold for now," Qin Churan replied, sipping her soy milk. She then asked Lu Ming, "What about you? I'll follow your lead for now."
"Alright," Lu Ming said. "Let's head to a place later."
Currently, Lu Ming's main concern was finding the person who had taken the quest from the goblin Avani.
The previous plan was to wait for a chance at the black market until the person showed up.
But last night, while lying in bed, Lu Ming suddenly had a better idea!
Having completed this quest in his past life, Lu Ming knew the quest details and location.
"Going directly to the quest map to find him would be faster!"
With this thought in mind.
After finishing their buns, Qin Churan and Lu Ming returned to their rooms.
Seeing Qin Churan enter Lu Ming's room, Lin Youwei was momentarily stunned.
After a while, she quietly returned to her own room.
In the room, Lu Ming sat at the computer desk and turned on the computer.
He turned to Qin Churan, who was sitting on the bed, and said, "I'll buy you a new computer. It'll be more convenient for logging into the game."
"No need, we're short on money right now. Let's save some. I can't even afford to treat you to a meal," Qin Churan said, somewhat embarrassed. "My computer is already sent for repair. It should be fixed in a day or two."
Knowing Qin Churan's strong-willed nature and her dislike of owing others, Lu Ming didn't press further.
The two of them logged into Sky Abyss one after the other.
A moment later, the three of them met up in Starlight City.
Relying on his memory, they left the city and headed north of Starlight City.
"Where are we going?" Qin Churan asked curiously on the way.
"You'll know when we get there," Lu Ming replied.
As he spoke, Lu Ming's brows suddenly furrowed.
Sensing something, he quickly led Qin Churan and Lin Youwei into a thicket by the roadside!
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Just as the two women were puzzled.
A large group of players hurried past the front of the thicket.
To Qin Churan's surprise, they were players from the Dragon Soul team!
There were about a hundred of them, all between levels 45-50.
Qin Churan immediately recognized, "Some of them used to follow Dragon Soul Guan Yu!"
Whenever Lu Ming went out into the wild, he had a habit of having a few Death Lords keeping watch around him.
Just now, he had used the shared vision of the Death Lords behind him to spot the approaching Dragon Soul players in advance.
Once the Dragon Soul team players hurried past.
Lu Ming and the others quietly followed.
Or rather, they weren't really tracking them.
Since Dragon Soul Guan Yu was dead, as long as the Dragon Soul team didn't cause trouble, Lu Ming had no reason to waste energy on them.
It was just that their direction happened to align with Lu Ming's!
The Dragon Soul team players arrived at a valley.
In the depths of the tranquil valley, a swirling vortex appeared on the ground.
Seeing this scene from their hiding spot outside the valley, Qin Churan mused, "Isn't this the 'Gate of Hell'?"
"The legendary gate to hell that exists in the second layer of Sky Abyss, near Starlight City?" Lin Youwei had obviously heard of it, hiding fearfully behind Lu Ming. "They say there are monsters inside that devour people whole..."
Qin Churan, however, was dismissive. "This Gate of Hell has been here for decades, and no player has ever entered. The stories about monsters are obviously nonsense."
"Some even say it hides countless treasures!"
As the two women discussed, Lu Ming remained silent, his gaze fixed intently ahead.
Because the place where the Dragon Soul players had arrived was precisely where Lu Ming intended to go!
"Could it be that someone from Dragon Soul accepted the quest?"
As Lu Ming pondered this, he saw that the Dragon Soul team players had clearly come prepared.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Several level 47-48 Dragon Soul mages launched a concentrated attack, killing a nearby level 50 monster, the "Spectral Wolf."
They then dragged the Spectral Wolf's corpse onto the vortex.
Soon, the Spectral Wolf's body slowly sank into the vortex!
At the same time.
Whoosh!
A black hole emerged from the vortex.
"Everyone, go in, quickly!"
The Dragon Soul team players jumped into the black hole one after another.
Once they all disappeared into the valley.
The black hole was covered by the swirling vortex again.
Everything returned to calm.
Witnessing this, Qin Churan was somewhat surprised. "They actually opened the Gate of Hell!"
Lu Ming appeared relatively calm.
As expected, it was indeed someone from Dragon Soul who had accepted the quest!
The corpse aura could temporarily corrode the Gate of Hell, opening a passage.
Only those who had accepted the quest would know this trait from goblin Avani!
With this group paving the way, Lu Ming wouldn't have to explain to Qin Churan and Lin Youwei how he knew how to open the Gate of Hell.
So, Lu Ming followed suit.
He stepped into the valley.
Targeting a Spectral Wolf within his attack range.
Swish!
Sword Draw—
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With a wail, the level 50 Spectral Wolf was instantly killed by Lu Ming, a level 25 Trickster, in a single strike, falling to the ground.
[Ding~ Killed level 50 Spectral Wolf, Experience Points +5450!]
Lu Ming summoned two Death Lords and ordered them to drag the Spectral Wolf's corpse onto the vortex.
Just like before, the corpse sank into the vortex.
The black hole appeared.
Without hesitation, Lu Ming walked over and jumped into the black hole.
Qin Churan and Lin Youwei, curious and surprised, followed him in.
The next second.
The three of them descended into a land of darkness!
According to Lu Ming's memory, this place was called the "Goblin Kingdom," a level 50 hidden map near Starlight City.
It was also the homeland of goblin Avani, who had fled to the black market decades ago from here.
Lu Ming vaguely remembered the quest's original words:
The goblin family guarded the sleeping god for generations, repaying the god's protection, until one day, the god's aura attracted demons resurrected from hell;
To seize the god's power, Avani witnessed the "Demon King Xinuo" leading a demon legion to massacre the entire Goblin Kingdom;
King Alaska sacrificed his life to cast a goblin curse, trapping all demons in the Goblin Kingdom, and sent Prince Avani away with a scroll sealed with the god's power.
Avani, filled with hatred, vowed to find his destined one to avenge his race's extinction!
Thus, the quest required players to kill all the demons in the Goblin Kingdom map!
The demons here weren't particularly strong; aside from their high levels, they were just level 50 monsters, no different from the wild monsters outside.
Unfortunately, in his past life, due to a lack of funds to hire help and a desire to keep the opportunity secret, Lu Ming had tried dozens of times alone, all ending in failure.
Looking ahead, he could see that the Dragon Soul team players who had entered earlier were already spread out, systematically clearing the demons outside the Goblin Kingdom castle.
"It seems the person who accepted the quest is among them!"
"In that case, the next steps are straightforward."
As he spoke, a hint of killing intent flashed in Lu Ming's eyes.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
At Lu Ming's command, seven hundred and fifty tier-3 Death Lords swarmed out, instantly surrounding the hundred Dragon Soul players engaged in monster hunting!
"Attack."
Before the Dragon Soul players could react.
Lu Ming directly commanded the Undead Legion to launch an attack on them!
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