Undead Mage from a Cell

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Seeing Gu Xi looking at him, the Butcher grinned.

Then he held onto the machete hanging from his waist, ignoring the people around, and strode away.

The aura directly forced Gu Xi back a few steps.

By the time Gu Xi reacted, the Butcher had disappeared from everyone’s sight.

And Gu Xi noticed that, taking advantage of the Butcher’s presence, Li Gu had already collected all the Thunderbird feathers from the ground.

Prepared to leave at any moment.

Gu Xi was a bit slow to react, but he wasn’t foolish; if he didn’t leave now, when would he?

So Gu Xi took a step and reached the side of the Thunderbird, placing his hand on the giant bird.

Gu Xi’s action naturally caught the attention of the on-site black-robed figures.

However, none of them took Gu Xi seriously.

Those black-robed figures could clearly see that Gu Xi’s strength was limited; he couldn’t carry such a large Thunderbird by himself.

But they never expected that Gu Xi would just step up to the Thunderbird, and with the opening of the main city gate behind him, the Ghost Squad flew out, dragging the Thunderbird back.

When the Thunderbird’s corpse vanished, they still hadn’t comprehended the situation.

Taking advantage of the black-robed figures’ unawareness, Gu Xi nodded to Li Gu.

Li Gu decisively cleared the way ahead: "Alright, everyone, we’ve got what we came to buy, now we want to leave."

Gu Xi did not linger any longer, quickly followed behind.

At this moment, Gu Xi felt increasingly uneasy.

This situation must be avoided.

He couldn’t create any trouble for himself.

Ma Yinglong and Ma Su still wanted to keep Gu Xi a little longer.

But with other people from the black market watching.

They couldn’t say much more.

They could only watch helplessly as Gu Xi left like this.

After leaving the black market, Gu Xi maintained a distance of five meters behind Li Gu.

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Li Gu only seemed to realize just now.

"Qianfang City is not safe to stay in, we should head quickly to Hundred Directions City."

"Ah?"

Gu Xi had only been in Qianfang City for a few days and wasn’t too familiar with the situation here.

Seeing Gu Xi’s strange expression, Li Gu could only quickly explain.

"The largest city nearby is White Stone City, a second-level city, similar to a provincial capital.

Beneath White Stone City are the five third-level cities: Single Line City, Ten-sided City, Hundred Directions City, Qianfang City, and Ten Thousand Roads City.

I’m a player from Hundred Directions City, but my connections work in the other cities as well.

I came here this time because I heard there would be a Thunderbird delivered to the black market today; I rushed over this morning just for the dungeon."

Li Gu casually explained to Gu Xi.

Gu Xi thus understood the relationship between White Stone City and the five cities under it.

He also understood the meaning behind Li Gu’s words: quickly going to Hundred Directions City would mean any issues from Qianfang City can’t follow us there.

Gu Xi was also someone who acted decisively.

The situation in Qianfang City was clearly not right, and Gu Xi wasn’t foolish.

Subsequent transactions with the black market, before seeing the actual items, were all verbal deals; he hadn’t paid anything, and the black market hadn’t exerted effort to search for him.

So he could pretend nothing happened.

Thus, Gu Xi promptly followed in Li Gu’s footsteps, arriving at the bus station in Qianfang City.

"Are we taking a bus?"

Seeing the station ahead, Gu Xi couldn’t help but ask; after all, he wasn’t very familiar with the real-world situation.

"Yes, the public transport system between White Stone City’s five cities is quite developed; you can take a bus, don’t worry, I’m familiar with this route, there won’t be any mistakes."

As Li Gu spoke, he led Gu Xi onto the bus.

After boarding, Gu Xi realized that the bus was also filled with a gaming-like atmosphere.

From the outside, it looked like a rural minibus, but inside, it was a completely different world.

The bus had an area of over six hundred square meters, divided into upper, middle, and lower levels.

If crowded, it could fit over a thousand people.

Luckily, even in the real world, players were quite wealthy.

After boarding, Li Gu promptly closed his eyes and grabbed the hanging ring above.

Gu Xi continued to look around, but Li Gu said.

"Don’t look around; the bus guarantees player safety, but if you cause trouble, it won’t ensure your safety. Close your eyes and act as if you’ve seen nothing; that’s the best choice.

We depart in three minutes, arriving in twenty minutes.

If you don’t look around, others won’t dare to bother you."

Gu Xi was surprised upon hearing this; was it possible?

But he had no choice but to trust Li Gu.

After thinking for a moment, he finally grabbed a hanging ring, steadied himself, and closed his eyes.

When Gu Xi closed his eyes, he was astonished to find that instead of seeing darkness, numerous window-like scenes flashed before him.

It even contained advertisements.

It seemed that the real-world research on spiritual power far surpassed that of Gu Xi’s world.

Clearly, they were using the hanging ring to directly transmit various images into players’ minds through spiritual power.

Judging by Li Gu’s behavior, these actions were indeed logical and normal.

Gu Xi didn’t ask more, pretending to be familiar with everything.

But he didn’t engage with the advertisements transmitted through spiritual power.

Instead, he truly closed his eyes for self-meditation.

Gu Xi wasn’t aware that when he boarded, Ma Su from the black market truly brought people over.

Unfortunately, he was a step too late.

Gu Xi had already boarded; even if Ma Su had influence in the black market, he couldn’t intercept someone on the bus.

The most critical factor was that Ma Su knew only that Gu Xi was an Undead Mage.

Where he lived, where he came from, where he was going.

He knew nothing about these questions.

If Gu Xi stayed in Qianfang City, Ma Su could potentially find some clues.

But if he left Qianfang City, Ma Su’s reach couldn’t extend that far.

This cooked duck had flown away; how could Ma Su be satisfied?

While hesitating to follow him to Hundred Directions City, to find a way to trick Gu Xi back, a voice sounded behind Ma Su.

"Forget it, go back, you won’t make that money."

When Ma Su turned around, he found Ma Yinglong standing with hands behind his back, watching the rural bus slowly leaving the station.

"That person is a genius; although not highly ranked, he’s not someone you and I can handle. Also, White Stone City has no method to suppress the Undead, if you use force, who knows what other tricks they have.

Let’s forget about this incident."