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Ten Lords Chat Group.

After dinner.

Samuel is a bit panicked, he searched for Chun for an hour, and has checked more than a dozen nearby towns through teleportation, but found no trace of him!

Michael also logged into the chat room. Samuel is quite vexed; the boss can’t revive himself, so he has become particularly fond of managing things.

Sure enough, the first thing Michael did was ask: "What’s Chun’s status now?"

Samuel could only helplessly explain: "He disappeared for an hour after receiving a paper note at the hotel, and after searching the surroundings, there’s still no sign of him..."

Michael frowned: "What’s your take?"

Samuel felt powerless: "Maybe he’s trying to avoid being tracked by me. His actions throughout the day are very conspicuous and easy to locate. But the accompanying NPC is already exhausted and needs rest, so he is actually worried about the NPC’s safety. That’s why he quickly secret teleported to another city and discreetly checked into a hotel, making it impossible for me to find him."

Michael asked again: "So what are you going to do?"

If I knew what to do, would I have needed an hour?

But Samuel eventually had an idea: "Have Sheila come over to help me search; she’s a guild elder and can use the guild channel to help me search in border cities."

Sheila was quite annoyed: "Why are you calling me for such a troublesome task?"

Samuel retorted irritably: "I stole a ring for you, so it’s only fair that you help me find someone!"

Sheila protested: "Serving noble ladies is something you should naturally do!"

Michael said sharply: "Sheila, drop everything you’re doing immediately and return to the Empire! I absolutely refuse to let Chun be out of monitoring; he’s possessed by Andariel and will seize any opportunity to escape!"

Sheila resignedly: "Alright, since the boss has spoken..."

...

Ten minutes later, Sheila teleported to the Empire.

"I’m here!"

Samuel provided the Imperial city map markers: "I’m searching the core cities, you search the border areas."

Sheila replied irritably: "Understood, let’s start with Red Sand City."

Upon arriving at Red Sand City, Sheila began calling out in the guild channel: "Is the chairman around?"

No response.

Then she started asking NPCs on the streets. Regular players won’t get answers under normal circumstances, but Sheila has privilege points, which allow her to force an event trigger and receive responses.

She randomly approached a street vendor selling handmade crafts near the teleportation array and started asking.

The vendor was suddenly stunned: "Who are you?"

Dialogue triggered!

"I’m an elder of the Broken Bottle Guild in the New World. I’m looking for Chairman Chun, the one wanted and imprisoned by the Empire..."

The street vendor NPC perked up immediately: "So you’re from the Broken Bottle Guild too! Chun came by in the morning and knocked down the city bully Red Sand Gang!"

Sheila was startled: "What do you mean knocked down?"

The vendor joyfully explained: "All the gang leaders were arrested by the police, it’s for real this time! The lady might not know, the police have always been in cahoots with the Red Sand Gang, but this time not only did they not arrest the chairman, but the chief personally teleported them away."

Sheila asked in shock: "Where were they teleported to?"

The street vendor NPC laughed: "How would I know! Since you’re an elder of the Broken Bottle Guild, here’s this silly little thing for you, to express my thanks for him defeating the bullies..."

Sheila was both amused and annoyed: "Boss, Samuel, as soon as I arrived I found a clue, he was here in the morning! Seems he triggered a major event and gained quite a reputation, Samuel didn’t know?"

Samuel was stunned: "This morning? I just received the information, I was analyzing intelligence! And Red Sand City is on the border, NPC information doesn’t spread to the core area easily! By the time I received the news again, he had appeared in a nearby city!"

Sheila remarked: "Feels like Chun deliberately created a time gap, so you wouldn’t know he had been to the border?"

Michael said in a deep voice: "If the police chief really sent him, then a major event has been triggered! Sheila, continue searching in border cities!"

"Understood."

Sheila headed back to the teleportation array to travel to the next, neighboring city, Blood Sand City.

Upon arriving at Blood Sand City, the first task remained to inquire from nearby street vendors; this vendor suddenly stiffened and held out his hand.

There’s news!! Sheila happily handed over 10 Mining Coins.

The vendor casually pointed: "Was it a person in a wheelchair with five very noble-looking ladies? They went over there!"

Sheila rejoiced: "When did they go?"

"Roughly around closing time, before night fell."

Sheila laughed triumphantly: "Samuel, you’re a foggy lung! You searched for an hour without results, I found them as soon as I arrived!"

Samuel replied grumpily: "I sent you to the border! That shows I essentially figured it out!"

Sheila retorted irritably: "Then why didn’t you act? Made me take the trip!"

Samuel laughed: "Because there are four noble ladies in the team, they definitely won’t want to go to a poor, chaotic city like the border!"

Michael said sternly: "Sheila, keep searching!"

Thus, Sheila questioned all along until she learned that Chun eventually entered the Adventurer’s Guild.

Samuel suddenly realized: "The Adventurer’s Guild in the border city only does one thing, which is treasure hunting in the desert next to it! That desert city ruin was bombed into existence in the last version’s apocalypse war!"

Sela was stunned: "Could it be that he took on a treasure hunting mission too? Is he planning to hunt you down? Or is he trying to avoid you? Or is he using this chance to escape prison..."

Michael said solemnly: "Escaping prison is absolutely not allowed, put all efforts into finding him!"

"Understood."

Sela entered the guild, went straight to the counter clerk and made enquiries: "I’m an Elder of the Broken Bottle Gang, I’m looking for our Chairman Chun."

The clerk was taken aback: "Sorry, ma’am, the Adventurer’s Guild does not provide any information unrelated to business."

Sela continued her probing: "I’m here to assist the Chairman, to help him with business!"

The clerk said: "Sorry, you’re not on the list of arrangements, I can’t provide related information."

Gotcha! A quick "not on the list of arrangements" just means Chun’s team is the one that’s been allocated the business!

Samuel unfolded the map: "If it’s a treasure hunting business, then it’s probably at the ruins of Holy Emerald City, 100 kilometers from Blood Sand City, which was the Jewelry City of the last version, buried with a large quantity of jewels. 100 kilometers isn’t far, just fly there with your True Angel True Body."

Sela fumed: "Why don’t you fly over there?"

Samuel laughed: "If I go over there, it would trigger the bounty mark, and immediately start a fight, wouldn’t it? Although I really want to go over and destroy him, the boss doesn’t allow it!"

Michael said: "Sela, set off immediately."

Sela retorted irritably: "Got it."

...

6:30 in the morning.

——System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Treasure Identification Technique has upgraded to Master Level 5, and your Erudite Scholar profession experience has been enhanced...

——System Prompt: Congratulations! Your extraordinary Wisdom has appraised the exquisite ancient relics, your Archaeology Technique has been promoted to Master Level 1, and you have received an achievement reward "Jewelry Archeology Expertise"... Your Erudite Scholar profession experience has been enhanced...

Chun let out a big sigh of relief, after an hour, archaeology finally reached master level! He originally thought it would be stuck at Expert Level 10 without progressing.

At this moment, Mina and her team lived up to the expectations, victory was in sight, and Aileen also saw the advantage on our side, decisively deploying all one hundred and forty plus Dancing Girls, the cries of the opposition gradually quieted. It must be said that a creature that could withstand an hour of siege from Mina, the Baron, along with a group of fake Tifa Viscounts and Barons, and still required a final assault to take down, was indeed formidable.

Finally:

——System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Nightmare Team has successfully defeated Sand Demon No. 3, and the entire team has gained considerable battle experience! Mina obtained the Sand Demon’s Fragmented Divine Format Crystal Core.

——Mission Hint: You have recorded your feat of vanquishing Sand Demon No. 3 in the Treasure Recorder.

Holy Shit! A fragmented divine format, this Sand Demon is actually a small Evil God?

The next moment, a large mass of a black cloud surged towards them. This must be the Sand Demon’s spiritual energy!

Then the black cloud, no, it was Black Water, surged into Chun’s first layer of Dream Realm!

Holy Shit, Chun was utterly disdainful, wasn’t this just the garbage negative energy that the Black Iron Guardian God had irrigated me with back then?

Looks like there’ll need to be garbage layering in the future. Garbage just gets piled in the first layer of the Dream Realm as a battlefield. The nutritious stuff can be absorbed by the second layer farm, the clean stuff goes to the third layer island...

Let’s wait and see Liya’s progress then.

It was at this moment that the glowing sphere, which had been flickering brilliantly, suddenly calmed down.

Then the sphere displayed Liya’s appearance: "We won!"

Chun exhaled a sigh of relief: "Such coincidence?"

Liya mused: "Yes, I integrated part of her memory, as long as the evil god outside is eliminated, her wishes would be appeased. She was once the Guardian God of Holy Emerald City, specifically guarding the jewel chamber’s clone. A thousand years ago, after the Divine War, the Guardian God perished, and the city was buried, but this clone continued to guard the chamber. Then the numerous Resentful Spirits and residual Demon Souls that died in the city absorbed various magic power items’ energies to form monsters, she kept holding out, until finally we arrived."

Uh... waiting for us to devour her?

Chun asked: "Did you become stronger?"

Liya smiled: "Much stronger, I’m feeling sleepy, I’ll go back and nap first."

"Then hurry back."

With Liya re-entering the Vine, Chun obviously felt the urge to pee!

——Mission Hint: You have recorded your feat of vanquishing a newly discovered powerful creature in the Treasure Recorder.

Chun felt very gratified and asked again: "There are quite a few jewelry stores in the city, is it just this store that’s guarded by a clone? What about the others?"

Liya laughed: "I’d like to know too, if there are more just wake me up, I’m now more powerful and it will be easier to integrate!"

Alright, retract the vine, prepare to head to the next jewelry store.

But just at that moment:

——Broken Bottle Commerce Association Channel[Elder Silva]: Chairman, are you there? I’m here to help you!

Holy Shit!!!

Chun was instantly stunned, was another of the Ten Lords knocking at the door?

I’ve hidden so far away, how did they find me? Did they come specifically to spy on me?

Alright then, the Ten Lords are indeed the Ten Lords, I can’t be too careful in my precautions!

Since they’ve said they’re here to help, they might as well help!

Chun immediately responded in the channel:

——Broken Bottle Commerce Association Channel[Chairman Chun]: Are you the Imperial Wandering Nun recruited by the Vice Chairman?!

——Broken Bottle Commerce Association Channel[Elder Silva]: Great! I’ve found the Chairman, that’s right, I am...