Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 85 I don’t want to
The next day, I went to work as usual.

All morning, there was no sign of Lu Xiaobei. It was unclear whether he had gone out or hadn't gotten out of bed at all.

At noon, I sent her a message: "Where are you? Do you want me to bring you lunch?"

She sent me her location.

So, I went to Aunt Xue's restaurant and bought her favorite Kung Pao Chicken rice bowl. For myself, I got a Yu Xiang Rou Si (shredded pork with garlic sauce) and then carried the two meals into the old town.

Finally, we found her on a street lined with guesthouses in the old town. Instead of setting up a stall to earn extra money as usual, she was sitting alone in the scenic area, staring blankly at the many bonsai trees placed in the open space.

"What's wrong?" I handed him the lunchbox.

"Do not ask."

Lu Xiaobei gave him a smile: "Adults all have worries, let alone someone who is already this age."

"Too."

I sat down to the side, opened my lunchbox, and started eating.

"Ding Han..."

Lu Xiaobei didn't have a particularly good appetite and asked, "Have you ever thought about leaving Xicheng?"

"Have."

I nodded: "Xicheng is not a place to stay for long. My final destination is the Crimson Dragon Kingdom. I heard that the wages are higher there. I want to go there to work, earn money, buy a house, and get married!"

"Promising..."

She rolled her eyes at me, and we didn't continue the conversation.

……

In the afternoon, at Feiyang Internet Cafe.

I sat in the internet cafe manager's seat, my eyes slightly closed, and suddenly I felt my body flip over, and in the blink of an eye I was standing on a huge star map, where many players were chatting.

"A ceasefire has been reached outside the city?"

"Yes, the ceasefire has been lifted; it happened this morning."

"Holy crap... We've been fighting for so long, so many of our players have died, how can we just stop fighting like this?"

"We just can't beat them..."

Someone scoffed, "The Dark Tide is deeply rooted and powerful, while Xicheng only has a mere Burning Wind Warriors. How could it possibly be a match for the behemoth that is the Dark Tide? Moreover, the Crimson Dragon Kingdom's army has not intervened. I feel that Xicheng may not be able to hold on, so the two sides started contacting each other this morning to begin discussing peace talks."

"Are you really going to negotiate?"

"Who knows..."

I frowned, leaned back in my chair and pondered for a moment, but didn't speak in the star map.

Since peace talks are underway, it means that Xicheng is not yet in danger of becoming a city in peril. However, if the peace talks do not go smoothly and war breaks out again, the Dark Tide will definitely launch a full-scale attack. At that time, the mere Xicheng will probably be reduced to dust in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, the seemingly peaceful Xicheng is like an active volcano underneath, ready to erupt at any moment!

In the afternoon, around four o'clock, I got off work.

Lin Qingying didn't send any messages, which meant she was probably going to work overtime today. So I wasn't in a hurry to go back to my place. Instead, I went into the old town to visit the player black market.

……

"Ding Han, you've arrived."

Old Ma looked somewhat haggard, with sunken eyes and very noticeable dark circles. He said, "What do you want? Let me explain first, there's a shortage of ammunition right now. Bullets for the Wind Whisperer and the Howler are in high demand and short supply. I can't supply them right now."

"Ah."

I nodded: "Old Ma, I wanted to ask... do you have any 25mm caliber explosive gun ammunition here?"

"A bomb gun?"

Old Ma shuddered, his eyes wide with disbelief: "You got your hands on such a high-end item as a bomb gun?"

"Ah."

I nodded and said, "I did manage to get one. The high firepower of the bomb gun is really tempting, so I came to ask if we have any bomb gun bullets?"

"It really does!"

Old Ma said, "At this point in time, other ammunition may be out of stock, but there is still a considerable stock of 25mm caliber bullets for bomb guns. After all, there aren't many players in the entire Xicheng who own bomb guns. What quality is your bomb gun? Is it white or green? If it's green, it's cost-effective. I don't recommend using white; the bullets are too expensive, so it's not cost-effective at all."

"green!"

I hesitated for a moment, not daring to say that my explosive gun was purple. That would be too shocking. Old Ma, a veteran in the black market, might not keep his mouth shut. Once the news got out, people would inevitably be eyeing the weapon in my hand.

"Row!"

Old Ma said, "There are four types of bullets for the explosive gun: explosive, armor-piercing, fragmentation, and thermal. Which one do you want? Or do you want them all? I have to warn you first that the bullets for the explosive gun are 25mm in caliber, which is no exaggeration to call them small cannonballs, so the price is a bit high. Currently, it's 10 star coins per bullet. Be prepared."

"Holy crap, that's so expensive!?" I was slightly taken aback.

"What do you think? This is a munition of arms..."

Old Ma glared and said, "Think about what prices the US charged for weapons to their sworn allies in our previous world? A single artillery shell cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Compared to that, do you still think the ten-dollar bullets in our 'Star Abyss' are expensive?"

"Nima..."

I frowned: "Old Ma, now that you put it that way, the bullets for this bomb gun seem incredibly cheap and good quality..."

"That's right, that makes sense."

Old Ma laughed and said, "Tell me, which one do you want? How many?"

I glanced at my extradimensional storage space. I still had 7+ star coins. I only needed to keep 1+ as pocket money, and exchange the rest for bomb gun bullets. After all, this bomb gun is my capital to roam the Star Abyss for a while!

"How about this……"

I thought for a moment and said, "Give me 1,000 rounds of each of the three types: high-explosive rounds, thermal melting rounds, and fragmentation rounds, followed by 3,000 armor-piercing rounds." "Damn, so many armor-piercing rounds?"

Old Ma couldn't help but narrow his eyes and said, "Trying to take down Dark Tide's power armor?"

"Ah."

I said calmly, "This time, two of my best friends died at the hands of the Dark Tide. I will remember this debt..."

"Ding Han, this is you."

Old Ma gave me a thumbs up and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go get you some ammunition. Do you want anything as a bonus?"

"Perfect, how about giving me ten extra empty Hellfire magazines?"

"Damn, so many?"

Old Ma looked pained, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "Alright, we're all on the same side, I'll go get it for you!"

He turned away in anguish.

"Thanks, Lao Ma!" I said with a smile.

He didn't even turn his head, just raised his hand and made a "thank you my ass" gesture.

Not long after, Old Ma returned, followed by four young men carrying two heavy boxes.

The bullets from the bomb gun were too large, and they did look like small cannonballs. They were very heavy. I quickly put all the weapons into my otherworldly storage space. Then I accepted the ten empty bomb gun magazines that Old Ma gave me. Without thinking much, I immediately filled half of the magazines with bullets to avoid encountering a battle as soon as I left the black market.

Better safe than sorry; it's always good to be cautious.

Afterwards, they left the player black market and arrived at the residential area.

……

Li Xiang didn't come out to play today. The whole city of Xicheng is in a state of panic. Everyone knows that the Dark Tide may attack the city at any time. Some wealthy people have already left Xicheng and gone to the neighboring city of Chilong Kingdom to avoid the storm.

I lost interest in playing arcade games, so I wandered around the neighborhood for a bit, then went into a mutton restaurant, ordered a small hot pot of Tibetan mutton, and started eating it with a white rice cake.

Halfway through the meal, the glass door of the restaurant was pushed open, a cold wind blew in, and then two people walked in.

I looked up and glanced at them. At first, I didn't think much of it, but I soon realized that these two people were not ordinary people. Their eyes carried a faint murderous intent, and they exuded a capable aura. They were definitely not ordinary people. As for their appearance, one of them was more rugged, while the other had a slightly more scholarly air.

In addition, both of them carried "iron rods" wrapped in black cloth on their backs, which, if I'm not mistaken, should be swords.

"What would you two like to eat?" the owner asked.

"Two bowls of hot mutton soup and ten flatbreads will do," said the slightly bookish man.

"okay!"

Soon after, the mutton soup was served, and the two devoured it.

I put down my chopsticks, scanned the code to pay, and turned to leave.

"Ding Han".

Suddenly, a man with a scholarly air called out my name, stood up, and said with a smile, "Can we talk?"

Who are you? What are you talking about?

I frowned, already on guard, ready to enter combat mode at any moment.

Let's go outside and talk.

The other person cast a warm glance my way and said with a smile, "There are too many people here, it's not convenient to talk."

So, I led the two of them away from the shop, turned a corner, and entered a sparsely populated alley. I raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "So, what are you? What do you want with me?"

"Humph!"

The bookish young man smiled slightly: "Ding Han, our people detected half a month ago that a furnace has awakened within you, and this furnace is of a very high level."

"you……"

I frowned.

"take it easy."

He said calmly, "We have no hostility towards you. We came to Xicheng specifically to try and recruit you."

"Join what?"

"Ding Han, have you ever heard of the Great Wall?"

"Great Wall……"

I was slightly startled; of course I had heard of it.

"Ding Han, do you know why the capital of the Crimson Dragon Kingdom is called BH City?"

"why?"

I don't know anything about that.

He smiled faintly and said, "Because, on the northern border of the Crimson Dragon Kingdom, our ancestors for generations have devoted their lives to building a Great Wall. The area north of the Great Wall is called the North Sea, which is the land of the demon realm. The Great Wall is the seal of the demon realm. Inside and outside the Great Wall, there is a million-strong army called the Great Wall Watch."

He gave me a deep look and introduced himself: "Cheng Feng, deputy captain of the Great Wall Watch Legion's Sentinel Corps!"

Another burly man nodded: "Captain, Qin Lang."

I frowned.

As far as I can remember, the beta version did mention the Great Wall Watch faction. The Great Wall Watch Legion and the Crimson Dragon Legion were hailed as the twin stars of the Crimson Dragon Kingdom and the two pillars of the Republic!
The Great Wall Guardian Legion consumes a large amount of funds and manpower from the Crimson Dragon Kingdom every year in order to suppress the demon spirits that have lived in the North Sea for generations. The content of version 2.0 is even "Demon Realm Rift". Once the rift in the demon realm is opened, the demon realm will officially declare war on the Crimson Dragon Kingdom, and then it will be another inevitable war!

Cheng Feng's eyes burned with excitement as he said, "Ding Han, you possess a high-grade Yuan Power Furnace. You have no idea how terrifying your potential is... But this world is not peaceful. The Star Maple Federation is eyeing you covetously, the Undercurrents are spying, the Zerg are lurking, and the North Sea Demon Realm is stirring. With great power comes great responsibility. Therefore, I formally invite you to join the Great Wall Watch and become a Sentinel. Are you willing?"

"I refuse!" I said firmly.

(End of this chapter)