Chapter 298: Correction and Change
“Ding!”
System Notification: General Yunshui Aijue has issued you an SS-level main quest “Ambush the Demoness.” Do you accept?
Nothing to think about, accept!
“Ding!”
System Notification: Successfully accepted. Please follow Aijue to Ten Li Street and wait for the “Demoness” to appear.
System Notification: Warning, due to the player’s level being below 50, the correction mode has been activated.
System Notification: Correction mode activated. A notice will be released. Do you want to hide the player’s name?
Juchan was taken aback, no!
“Ding!”
World Announcement: Player **** has entered the Imperial City through special means and triggered the SS-level main quest “Ambush the Demoness.” Due to their level being below 50, correction mode has been activated. From now on, the level restriction of 50 in the Imperial City, Flame Star City, and Shalong City is lifted, and any player can enter freely.
World Announcement: Reminder, during this special storyline, the Imperial City is in a lockdown state. Players can go to the North Gate guard to register and accept the shared SS-level main quest “Rebellion Suppression” to cleanse the traitors and the Demoness for the peace of the Imperial City!
“Don’t just stand there, let’s go!” Aijue called out.
“Coming!” Zichen snapped back to reality and hurried to follow.
…
Aijue wore a black traveler’s hat, and his attire was quite different from his usual style.
As for Zichen, there was no need for disguise; he just didn’t know if the profession of Summoner of the Void would make everyone target him.
It turned out that worrying about such things was unnecessary; there were pitifully few pedestrians on the road, and almost all the shops were closed.
He had unconsciously accepted the quest just now, and thinking back, it was a bit different from previous SS-level quests.
This time, it included the words main quest.
What does main quest mean? It’s easy to understand that the storyline of this quest guides the direction of the entire national server.
Moreover, the moment he accepted it, the correction mode was triggered.
This means that players below level 50 shouldn’t be appearing in this quest, but Zichen’s transformation triggered the mode, leading to the comprehensive lifting of the level restriction.
In other words, the central city that was supposed to be accessible only to level 50 players was opened to everyone tonight!
Furthermore… Zichen was more concerned about the subsequent Rebellion Suppression quest.
If he guessed correctly, Rebellion Suppression should be a task released by an official NPC.
—Once players got involved in this quest, the difficulty of clearing Alna’s name would rise exponentially!
Even life safety could be threatened.
It would take a full day to get from Yunshui City to the Imperial City by carriage.
Qianyans even further; it would take about a day and a half. Huawu and Cang Se were similar, both taking a day, and the closest, Holy Flame City, could be reached in just one day according to the map scale.
This meant that, departing from Holy Flame City, there would be at most half a day of action time.
If others had means of speeding up, it could be even shorter.
This was really troublesome… Everything had to be resolved within half a day, by tomorrow morning, otherwise, once players got involved, things would become very serious.
…
“You look like you’re not feeling well?” Aijue suddenly spoke as they walked.
“Ah? Am… I?”
“Sigh, is it because you are with me and can’t eliminate threats to civilians, Demoness!”
“?” Zichen was left speechless; when I throw out a question mark, you should reflect on whether there’s something wrong with you.
“It seems… it’s not you; never mind, I just said it casually.” Aijue waved his hand.
“… Who would believe your nonsense!”
Twenty minutes later, the two arrived at the destination—Ten Li Street.
This street is only about one li long; why is it called Ten Li Street?
It is understood that once you step into this street, you will be attracted by the various shops, and by the time you realize it, you’ve already stopped at a particular shop. Ten Li Street is famous for its merchandise in the Imperial City.
Unfortunately, under the influence of the Demoness, this street has become a misnomer, with large areas of shop doors tightly closed, and the remaining few half-opened, afraid to attract trouble.
Meida seemed to have his own people here as well; Zichen followed Aijue into a tailor’s shop.
“Next, do we just wait here?” Zichen pulled over a small chair and sat down.
“Exactly, although it’s still a bit early, she might act sooner. If anything abnormal occurs, we must rush to the scene at the first opportunity.” Aijue explained.
“Understood.”
“… Seems a bit surprised by Zichen’s calmness, he asked, ‘Why are you getting involved in this? This matter shouldn’t concern you.’
“Alna is my friend; I will do my best to help her.”
“Friend… huh? I see, thank you for taking care of her these past six months.”
General Yunshui lowered his head.
What’s going on? Zichen hurried to support him; Aijue wasn’t a fool and certainly could see Hedy’s true identity.
If they were friends, it could only be from getting to know each other in the underground passage.
“It’s fine; she has helped me a lot too.”
The topic came to a halt, and both fell into silence.
7 o’clock.
7:30.
7:40.
7:50.
Time was drawing closer.
This Demoness’s strength was still unknown, and her appearance would surely cause great turmoil; if handled too slowly, it would attract the Thorn Blade.
There were still two lucky charms left, 2 lives, not sure if that would be enough…
Recognition!
As Zichen thought about this, he noticed the ground becoming soft.
“Ah ah—!”
Along with the chair, Zichen fell downward.
“Hedy!!!” Aijue reacted belatedly and reached out his right hand, grabbing the shadow demon shoulder guard.
Balancing on one leg, he grabbed the edge of the door behind him, using it as a support point, and with all his strength, he pulled suddenly!!
The black-haired girl was forcibly pulled back from the collapsing ground.
“Whew… whew… whew…” Zichen gasped desperately; she was frightened.
Unlike digging a hole with Mo Se, the unknown was what was most terrifying.
Moreover, before hitting the ground, all sorts of horrifying scenes were imprinted in her mind.
A huge tunnel had been dug underground by the rat-headed people, their fierce faces densely packed and filling the entire space!
Different from the corrupted rats encountered previously, these monsters looked even more aggressive and feral.
If she truly fell down, she would die before the summoning!
“Are you okay!?” Aijue hurriedly asked.
“I’m… compared to this, we can’t stay here, or this entire shopping street will be in danger!”
Since they could accurately locate, their target must be her.
Perhaps it was Hedy’s aura, or the identity of a player; no matter what, they couldn’t let things escalate here; they needed to draw them away!
“Okay! Let’s go!” Aijue was a decisive person; after hearing this, he immediately stood up.
Due to being thrown out, Zichen was closer and ran out the door first.
Click!
Just as she reached the entrance and was about to turn around, a sharp arrow flew through her chest from the right, dealing astounding damage—Meteor Arrow!
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Hedy was knocked back several steps from the impact, thoroughly dead.
In a frail voice, a woman’s voice echoed, “Contamination… and… shadow?”
