Chapter 290: District 17 of Nanli City, the Hidden Daqian Mountain

"Xiao Lu, what should we say now?"

"I didn't say much. Let's think of other ways later."

"Then...okay."

Due to Mu Xiaoye's unexpected 'matchmaking', the leader of the third brigade, Xie Mingjing, left unexpectedly.

As for Liu Shaohai, who has been pursuing Mingjing for ten years and has not hesitated to give up other opportunities to be promoted to the headmaster, he has always stayed in Lizhou Shanhaisi.

The goddess has left, so there is no reason for him not to keep up.

As a result, the captain and vice-captain who could speak in the third brigade temporarily ran away.

Lu Chen's original plan was disrupted on the spot.

Fortunately, the matter of 'joint action' does not have to be done by the Third Brigade.

After a brief thought, Lu Chen found a new partner.

Lizhou Shanhai Division, Ninth Brigade.

"Brother Lu, is this why you came to us? It's easy to talk about. You can see which mission you want to take on. We will all cooperate with you."

"As for the mission reward, we can split it half and half."

In the break room of the Ninth Brigade, Jiang Yuanshan laughed and patted his chest.

He said that he could completely accept Lu Chen's suggestion.

This is not only because Jiang Yuanshan is very optimistic about Lu Chen, but also because he feels that this matter is also a good thing for their Ninth Brigade.

You must know that one of the indicators for Shanhaisi's commander's assessment is to look at the number of A-level tasks that the commander completes every three years.

Generally speaking, as long as you complete five A-level tasks, you can meet the minimum requirements.

This requirement can be completed by your own team alone or together with other teams.

Therefore, they would not lose anything by cooperating with Lu Chen.

Facing Jiang Yuanshan who immediately accepted his suggestion, Lu Chen was not surprised.

After all, he had carefully read the rules and regulations of Shan Hai Division before coming here.

Overall, Shanhaisi is still very humane.

Generally speaking, there is no requirement that the walking or meditating envoys within the department must complete any tasks.

But just like there are assessments for the Master of the Palm, there are also assessment requirements for walking on mountains and seas, and even the Great Palm above the Master of the Master.

Therefore, my suggestions will be of great benefit to other teams without any harm.

After all, a helper at the Golden Core stage is not that easy to find.

As for the tasks to be completed jointly, Lu Chen had already thought about it before coming.

He took out his tablet and handed it to Jiang Yuanshan in front of him.

Jiang Yuanshan took the tablet and immediately saw the tasks displayed on it.

[Task content: Investigate the source of the ‘Secret Medicine·Illusion’ in District 17 of Nanli City and destroy it as much as possible]

[Task Difficulty: A]

[Description: In the past three years, a special potion called ‘Secret Medicine·Illusion’ has appeared in District 17 of Nanli City. According to our company’s walking investigation, it was found that this potion can suppress the animal nature of ‘alienated persons’.

But it will also subtly increase the degree of infection in their blood vessels, further increasing the possibility of them going berserk.

In the past three years, there have been hundreds of incidents of alienated persons breaking out and injuring people, and many citizens have been injured or killed as a result.

Our company has had many walkers enter it for investigation, and one of them was a walker in the Jindan stage.

But without exception, these people all disappeared in Xicheng District, so it is speculated that there is at least one Jindan-level enemy behind them, so please be careful]

[Task reward: A-level task evaluation, 1 million total contribution points]

Seeing the task chosen by Lu Chen, Jiang Yuanshan's expression became a little strange.

"Brother Lu, you probably don't know much about the situation in District 17, right?"

Lu Chen shook his head and said: "I only have a general understanding. I know that District 17 is an exclusive city area established by Nanli City specifically for aliens and some bloodline polluters. However, I really don't know the specific situation. What's wrong with this mission? Where?”

"It's not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just that the monks in our department are generally averse to such tasks that require walking around alien areas."

"After all, since the establishment of the Immortal Alliance, although many foreign races have been integrated into the Immortal Alliance, this does not mean that all foreign races are willing to accept this arrangement. The situation is very complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few words."

“In addition to the alien races in Area 17, there are also some ‘Black Mist Infected People’.”

"The so-called black mist is a phenomenon unique to our Lizhou, and is a companion product of the forbidden land, Mahakala."

"Although there is not only the 'Suzaku Great Wall' between the 'Forbidden Land - Mahakala' and our Nanli City as a barrier, there are also one hundred thousand Suzaku troops stationed there all year round."

"But the protective formation of the Suzaku Great Wall cannot be maintained all year round. Occasionally, some citizens in the city will still be infected by the thin black mist."

"People with mild symptoms only need simple treatment."

"But for those with severe symptoms and black mist entering their souls, even Nascent Soul stage monks are helpless. Only some God Transformation stage monks with special magical powers have the ability to eradicate the black mist."

"But it is impossible for monks in the transformation stage to focus on this, but this black mist is very contagious."

"So arranging the residences of these black mist-infected people and who should take care of them have become a headache for Nanli City."

"Fortunately, the aliens living in the 'Forbidden Land, Mahakala' seem to be born with a strong immunity to the black mist, so Nanli City has left this part of the work to them."

"Over time, District 17 has become a gathering point for aliens and infected people in Nanli City."

"And because most of the monks are reluctant to serve in this place, the entire District 17 is relatively closed. Only when there is a situation that they cannot control, will they ask our Shanhai Division to come forward to solve it."

"That's the task you are doing now."

"So Brother Lu, do you really want to choose this task? This task... is a bit hot."

In response, Lu Chen said calmly: "It's okay, Uncle Yuanshan, let's take this one."

"Okay, I'll tell the guys in the team and let you know when it's ready."

"Okay."

After Lu Chen left, Jiang Yuanshan himself called up the task related to "District 17" with a frown.

He always felt that Lu Chen chose this task not just to make a name for himself and the 11th Team, and there were probably other considerations.

But Jiang Yuanshan couldn't guess what it was.

After all, he would never dream that one of Lu Chen's purposes for going to District 17 was to help those infected by the "black fog".

Although Lu Chen had never seen those people, nor had he been to the forbidden land of Mahakala.

But he had roughly guessed what the so-called "black fog" was from various channels and his own experience in the game.

If he guessed correctly, then this so-called black fog should be the same thing as the black fog he encountered in the copy of the Ancient Sword Cultivator's Tomb and the Sword Formation Ruins.

The reason why Lu Chen was able to pass through the black fog surrounding the Cangjian Pavilion Ruins and enter the special copy of the Sword Formation Ruins behind was because he had not only broken through to the foundation-building stage at that time.

He also awakened the special talent, the Immortal Lotus Embryo, which was able to transform the ancient power in the black fog.

This made him immune to the "black fog".

But these are all things in the game.

And Lu Chen's purpose of finding those infected with the black fog is also very simple.

That is to see if he can use the ancient power of them to activate his "Nine Realms Order".

Although so far, Lu Chen has not found an effective way to activate the Nine Realms Order.

But after many attempts, Lu Chen already has a direction.

Lu Chen tried to use the power of Gu Qie in the copy, but he couldn't bring it out.

And Lu Chen had a feeling that the power of Gu Qie in the copy and the power of Gu Qie outside the copy seemed to be different.

As for the Nine Realms Order, which is a product of the world of Gu Qie.

Lu Chen speculated that in order to activate it, he needed enough power of Gu Qie to drive it.

If his guess was correct, then this trip to District 17 might allow him to meet the conditions for activating the Nine Realms Order.

So as to enter the world where Gu Qie is in the form of an alien incarnation.

Using the name of cooperation to make the 11th Brigade famous?

This was just something Lu Chen did by the way.

Entering District 17 in a reasonable way was Lu Chen's fundamental purpose.

Nanli City, District 17.

As an area where aliens and infected people live together, the overall atmosphere of District 17 seems much more depressing.

Here, you can see those strange-looking aliens everywhere, as well as some infected people with "black crystals" on their faces.

The black crystals on the bodies of the infected are also called "black stones".

Most of the infected only have a small part of the black stone on their bodies.

A small number of infected people have black stones on their bodies to the extent that they completely cover a limb.

Such infected people are also called severely infected, and there is no cure.

Because the body covered by black stones is only the appearance.

What is really polluted in the infected is actually their soul.

And the soul is a matter of course, so ordinary people dare not try it easily.

Aliens, infected, normal monks...

In the end, although District 17 seems stable, there are several distinct areas in it.

One is the gathering area of ​​aliens, most of whom come from the forbidden land of Mahakala and the tribes that surrender to the Immortal Alliance.

The second is the gathering area of ​​infected people, which is also a relatively prosperous area with a large number of infected people.

The third is the monk stationing area, which is not only the core area of ​​District 17, but also the headquarters for managing the entire District 17.

At this time, in an underground space in the gathering area of ​​infected people.

Hundreds of severely infected people gathered here inexplicably, kneeling and worshipping a masked monk in a Taoist robe in the distance.

Their expressions were extremely pious, and their eyes were mixed with the madness of holding on to the last ray of hope in despair.

After kneeling for an unknown period of time, the masked monk sitting in the first seat immediately waved his hand.

Seeing this action, the foreign girls next to the masked monk immediately came to the front of these severely infected people with bottles of potions.

Looking at the small medicine bottles in the hands of the foreign girls, the expressions of the severely infected people became even more crazy.

After they took the medicine bottles handed over by the foreign girls, they opened them without hesitation.

A strong stench immediately emanated from the bottle.

The smell was like the stench of a corpse that had been rotting for a long time.

The person who was looking for the child would feel sick and want to vomit after smelling it.

But these severely infected people not only did not resist the smell, but were intoxicated on their faces.

As if this was not a stench at all, but some kind of fascinating fragrance.

After a moment of intoxication, the severely infected person who first got the medicine bottle immediately drank up the "holy water" inside.

The black viscous liquid flowed through the severely infected person's mouth and directly entered his body.

Strangely, after the severely infected person drank the holy water, the right hand that was highly covered with ‘black stone’ actually visibly faded a lot.

Similar situations also happened to other people.

A moment later, everyone present knelt down again in the direction of the masked monk, or in other words, the nine-headed dragon statue behind the masked monk.

Like the most devout believers.

This strange ceremony lasted for about an hour, and the masked monk asked them to leave.

After everyone left, a masked woman walked out from the shadows next to her.

The woman looked at the masked man sitting under the nine-headed dragon statue and said jokingly: "Zhenhu, you killed a Jindan-stage walker from the Lizhou Mountain and Sea Division before, and Nanli City is the headquarters of the Lizhou Mountain and Sea Division. Aren't you afraid that they will come to your door?"

"You should know that as long as multiple palm masters are dispatched, you will definitely die."

Hearing this, the man named Zhenhu took off the brim of his hat, revealing the weird one-eyed tiger head.

He looked at the masked woman and said calmly: "The palm master will not come to District 17. This is an agreement between the Immortal Alliance and the Mahakala aliens."

"Once this agreement is easily broken, it will not be so easy for the Immortal Alliance to subdue the aliens in Mahakala."

"And if it is just a few palm masters, then it will not threaten me."

"After all, several alien leaders in District 17 have now surrendered to our Daqian Mountain, and even many people in the infected area are now our Daqian Mountain's spies."

"Once the Mountain and Sea Division If you make any move, I will receive the news immediately. "

"Oh, so confident?"

Zhenhu looked at her expressionlessly and said, "It's not confidence, but the fact is so."

I don't know what she thought of. The masked woman turned her head to look in the direction where the severely infected people had just left, and said with interest: "If those guys knew that your method of treating them was to use the power of a human to replace the power of another immortal, what would they think?"

Zhenhu stood up, turned around and worshiped the nine-headed dragon statue devoutly.

Then he turned back to look at the masked woman and said meaningfully: "Xuehu, do you know when people are most pious?"

"When?"

"When they are about to die."

"And what I do is to give them hope."

"As long as this hope is still there...they will never betray me."

After that, Zhenhu disappeared in the dim basement...

PS: On the last day of April, the guarding is completed!