Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

On Saturday afternoon, Zhou Ning put down the bullet he had just made and breathed a sigh of relief.

He hadn't slept well last night because he had just acquired the skill [Force of Nature] and was anxious to make good use of every CD. Under mental suggestion, he forced himself to wake up every three hours, and then go back to sleep after finishing his bullets.

Fortunately, after a whole day, he had accumulated 210 extraordinary bullets of various elements, which was considered a good accumulation... In the meantime, he had tried to use a clone to get bullets, but it turned out that there were not so many loopholes to exploit. Skills with long CDs, such as clan training, demigod form, revenge, and even force of nature, all occupied the public CD.

Zhou Ning sighed as he walked off the deck and towards the restaurant. After what happened yesterday, the professionals from the Church of War God looked at him with more and more awe.

Zhou Ning hadn't paid much attention before, but now he discovered that there were actually several professionals playing Yu-Gi-Oh in the restaurant. Jasmine had been bored for a long time, so Zhou Ning gave them some advice according to her wishes and played a few hands himself, finally satisfying her card addiction.

"We still have 40 minutes to reach Tartarus Island. Do you want to go down and take a look? This island is called the closest place to the underworld in "Apocalypse". It is characterized by a large black market and custom industry. Cosplay is also very interesting, especially cosplaying as an undead, which can be indistinguishable from the real thing. Haha, I actually tried it and it felt cool." Richie Burke sat down opposite Zhou Ning with a plate and asked with a smile.

After hearing Richie Burke's words, Zhou Ning looked up at him, then retracted his gaze and continued thinking - this was the negative effect of [Fofana's Gift], and he would fall into deep thought every 27 hours.

Zhou Ning recorded the time: 4:40 p.m. The next time to think about it was 7:40 p.m. tomorrow, so he could remove his equipment in advance to avoid it.

Considering that the ship would stop here for 3 to 4 hours to replenish supplies, he would disembark at Tartarus Island and go to the bar to see if he could gather some news from the Motley Islands.

For example, Archbishop Edward and Valentine, whom he cares about more.

If you have time, you can also visit the local underground trading market. This is a famous free port where the largest black market on the sea is located. It is also a distribution center for pirate slave trade.

Its status is similar to that of Port Royal in the Pirates of the Caribbean world. It is considered one of the "richest and most evil" cities in the world of Apocalypse and is also a major commercial center.

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The next leg of the journey wasn't exactly peaceful either. Perhaps due to the "narrow channel effect," storms struck as they passed through the Strait of Tartarus. To avoid delays, Zhou Ning repeatedly used his Heavenly King to alter the weather, reaching Tartarus Island with minimal delay.

Woo!

At 5:40 in the evening, the "Thorn" finally entered the port smoothly and arrived at Tartarus, the largest island in the southeast of the Kingdom of Sifalik, the "City of the Dead".

This place is also known as the "Free Port", a cargo distribution center of the Kingdom of West Falik, with maritime trade as its main economic pillar.

There was a noisy sound on the deck at this time. When Zhou Ning walked over to see what was happening, he saw a male professional asking Kelly for an explanation with a red face.

Zhou Ning knew this man. Like Smith Hall, he was also a noble of the Sifalik Kingdom. His family motto was "Cold makes people sober, ice and snow make people firm." His name was Will Turner, which happened to be the same name as a blacksmith in the Pirates of the Caribbean world, so Zhou Ning was impressed.

After hearing the reason, Zhou Ning couldn't help but laugh and cry. It turned out that this guy failed when the armor was between 10 and 11, and a very powerful unknown item dropped. Zhou Ning couldn't help but light a candle for the other party.

Unexpectedly, Kelly's first victim turned out to be an NPC. The rough estimate of the loss should not be less than 5 Victar.

"I clearly warned you that if you fail to upgrade your armor beyond +10, it will be damaged," Kelly said nonchalantly. Many others also chose to side with Kelly.

It seems that Kelly will not suffer any loss. Zhou Ning curled his lips and chose to watch. Just kidding, strengthening is Kelly's business, and she is the one who cheated people. What does it have to do with Wayne Stewell?

"Forget it. Kelly has a point. She has already warned me in advance. I am willing to accept the loss." Seeing Zhou Ning coming over, Smith Hall decisively chose to step forward to stop him.

Will Turner's face turned pale and blue, but he didn't continue to argue. He gritted his teeth, took off another piece of armor from his body and handed it to Kelly, saying viciously: "Keep strengthening it, I don't fucking believe it."

Zhou Ning: ???

Are you really serious?

Turning to look at Zhou Ning, Smith Hall nodded at him with a complicated expression. It was really no good to come into contact with him. Although he was fine yesterday, he also lost money. He tried to strengthen himself last night, but failed three times. The loss was heavy. It was really a prehistoric pit, so big that it was unimaginable.

Not knowing what the other person was thinking, Zhou Ning nodded slightly and greeted him.

"Would you like to go downstairs and take a look?" Elsa, who had also finished watching the excitement, greeted Zhou Ning warmly. "There's a bar here with great food, especially the posada skull soup and the blood cheese pot."

"Whatever." Zhou Ning nodded indifferently. After three days of boring life, he had always intended to visit Tartarus Island. As for who to travel with, it really didn't matter to him.

The three players were all restless, so when they arrived at a new map, they subconsciously followed Zhou Ning, trying to trigger the tasks in the new scene.

Compared with other cities, the architectural style of Tartarus Island is mainly black, which is closer to the color of the dead. It is built on a mountain and combines the natural landscape with the architecture very well. There are black buildings everywhere. In Zhou Ning's opinion, this place is a bit like the Chongqing in his memory, with buildings of different heights and rich layering.

"Do you know why this place is called the City of the Dead? Doesn't it look like a mausoleum?" Elsa pointed ahead after leaving the dock. "This is the entrance to the mausoleum. Ahead is the spiraling passageway. The city's various facilities are built along both ends of the passageway. The island's landmark, the black market, is on the 'shoulder' of the mausoleum. At the very top of the mausoleum is the former site of the Death Cult's church."

"Remember not to provoke the natives of this island. Many of them were descended from followers of the Curse Cult or the Death Cult, and possess the ability to curse."

Zhou Ning nodded. He had heard of this statement in later generations. In the background story provided by the official later, thousands of years ago, Tartarus Island was an island where everyone believed in the god of death, Ikkil. There was a custom of ending one's own life and even the life of one's family, and transforming the essence of life into the undead.

Therefore, Tartarus Island is also known as the place closest to the underworld in "Apocalypse". There is even a spring on the island that has been transformed into Huangquan in Chinese, which is said to connect to the underworld.

However, several players were very curious about this and kept pestering Elsa with questions. In addition to the fun of the game, the attractive aspect of "Apocalypse" is that players are very keen to explore the background story of the game.

It seemed that Elsa had been here before. She walked along the right fork and soon left the dock and came to a spiral staircase. There was a road on the fourth floor of the stairs. Soon, she came to the door of a bar called "Cemetery".

Like most buildings on Tartarus Island, this bar is also pitch black on the outside and looks more like a mausoleum than a bar.