137: Information traffickers

[Congratulations! You have obtained: Equipment: Faulty Robot Helmet (Bronze Level), Water Vine Staff (Silver Tier), Machine Oil Belt (Bronze Level), Schematic: Blue Flame, Schematic: Mechanical Squirrel]

A Normal difficulty Dungeon can drop a Silver Tier staff now?

Xu Shian looked at the equipment; their attributes were already stronger than his full set of Gold equipment. After all, there was a 20-level difference! No amount of arguing could change that fact!

But because the level requirement was too high, he couldn't use a single piece for now.

Only the [Schematic: Mechanical Squirrel] could be learned once Engineering reached level 75.

Even [Schematic: Blue Flame] required Engineering level 150... Although he didn't get what he wanted... as long as he could defeat the final boss, these things would eventually turn up again!

Open the extra lifespan treasure chest!

[Congratulations, your extra lifespan has increased by 1,980 days.]

The extra portion came from the Sentry Robots Xu Shian encountered on the way... Those had to be destroyed; otherwise, a single boss would only provide 1,800 days of extra lifespan.

The ratio for extra lifespan was the same as in the outside world: one-twentieth of the EXP!

Now, Xu Shian felt confident!

Leaving the boss room, he mounted his ride and let his two bears pull the aggro of the mobs along the way.

Xu Shian sprinted all the way to the Dungeon entrance.

He even used his mount's skills... Exit Dungeon, reset!

This time, Xu Shian was going to start grinding slowly!

In the entire Dungeon, he didn't want to let a single mob go, except for those that were out of his way.

[Congratulations! For killing the 'Mechanical Graveyard' Normal Difficulty Boss 'Security Chief Rust-Solid' at 17 levels higher, you receive 200% rewards: EXP +33,600 points.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained: Engineering Creation: Electromagnetic Activator; Equipment: Charging Ring (Bronze Level), Poisonous Avenger (Bronze Level).]

...[Congratulations! For killing the 'Mechanical Graveyard' Normal Difficulty Boss 'Out-of-Control Subject: Stitched Abomination "Bang-Bang"' at 18 levels higher, you receive 200% rewards: EXP +34,800 points.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained: Schematic: Module: Storage Core; Equipment: Bang-Bang Boots (Silver Tier), Bang-Bang's Claw (Bronze Level).]

...[Congratulations! For killing the 'Mechanical Graveyard' Normal Difficulty Boss 'Chief Researcher: Thought Spiral Fizzle' at 19 levels higher, you receive 200% rewards: EXP +36,000 points.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained: Schematic: Copper Chain; Equipment: Fizzle's Central Module (Silver Tier), Fizzle's Mechanical Arm (Bronze Level).]

When he saw [Fizzle's Mechanical Arm], Xu Shian got excited for a moment, thinking it was an actual mechanical arm... He didn't expect it to be a glove... That was certainly an eye-opener!

...By the time he reached the final boss again, [Gearmaster Nemesis], Xu Shian was already very calm!

What was the big deal? This would be easy!

It really was quite easy.

This time, not only did he clear it, but not a single one of his minions died!

After all, he already had a slight understanding of the boss's skill mechanics.

Plus, Xu Shian was exceptionally tanky... Wasn't an easy clear only to be expected!

[Congratulations! For killing the 'Mechanical Graveyard' Normal Difficulty Boss 'Gearmaster Nemesis' at 19 levels higher, you receive 200% rewards: EXP +36,000 points.]

[Congratulations! You have received the clear reward: extra lifespan treasure chest +1]

[Congratulations! You have obtained: Engineering Creation: Inferior Energy Core! Schematic: Gnomish Rocket Boots, Schematic: Simple Throwing Bomb; Equipment: Faulty Robot Shoes (Silver Tier)]

Xu Shian was stunned when he saw these gains.

Didn't Boss Zeng say that this Inferior Energy Core only dropped in the elite difficulty Dungeon?

Xu Shian didn't know where the discrepancy came from.

But he didn't dwell on it or overthink!

If the system gave it to him, he'd take it. It was that simple!

He just chalked it up to his high Luck attribute!

Opening the extra lifespan treasure chest... [Congratulations! You have obtained extra lifespan: 17,887 days!]

Xu Shian breathed a sigh of relief!

Although it had been nerfed once, gaining extra lifespan wasn't as hard as he'd imagined!

Checking his EXP, he was already Level 11 with over 570,000 EXP... Even though these were gains from killing mobs nearly 20 levels higher, it didn't seem that high when looked at this way.

Looking at the time, these two Dungeon runs had taken Xu Shian nearly six hours.

Since he had achieved his goal, Xu Shian directly brought out the [Recall] skill he had just been issued but hadn't used yet.

After recalling, he appeared in his room at the 'You Jian Inn' in Qixia City.

This skill... other than the casting time being too long, it had no other flaws!

Checking the time, it was 6:30 PM!

He went out to eat first, then went to Wanxia River to go Fishing.

He felt like he had been saving up his luck for several days, yet he hadn't pulled anything good... While Fishing, Xu Shian opened the level rankings!

1st: Xu Shian, Level 11 (19.12%)

2nd: I Am Really Not a Big Star, Level 8 (47.64%)

3rd: My Daughter Is a Big Star, Level 8 (43.28%)

4th: Sad Fish, Level 8 (39.73%)

5th: Dumplings Boil Tangyuan, Level 8 (14.38%)

6th: War God Xingtian, Level 8 (13.72%)

7th: Wolf Fang Chen Feng, Level 8 (12.29%)

8th: Bankai, Level 8 (9.87%)

9th: California Farmer, Level 8 (4.38%)

10th: Snake Crown Heaven, Level 7 (98.37%)

...After the EXP adjustment, the leveling speed of others had indeed increased quite a bit.

Xu Shian fished for an hour as usual, pushing his Fishing proficiency up by nearly 20 points.

His Fishing skill had now reached level 100!

The only pity was that the items he got today were only fit for selling to the general store... After finishing up, Xu Shian checked the time; it was already 8:30 PM.

He returned to the city at a leisurely pace and found an antique calligraphy and painting shop called [Mo Ran Xuan].

Xu Shian certainly didn't come here to buy antiques... You had to be kidding; he hadn't even figured out the antiques of Blue Star, and he was going to study them in a game world?

How much of a glutton for punishment would he have to be?

Xu Shian had only one purpose for coming here.

He had heard that this was a black market stronghold in Qixia City specifically for selling information.

Of course, they occasionally took on business like assassinations as well.

As soon as he entered, a middle-aged man standing behind the counter looked up at Xu Shian.

The man was elegant and lean, with a sharp gaze.

Even though he only gave Xu Shian a brief once-over, it gave Xu Shian the feeling that he had been seen through completely.

The middle-aged man didn't move from behind the counter; instead, a man less than 1.2 meters tall came out to receive Xu Shian.

Although the disguise was excellent, in Xu Shian's eyes, this was a Goblin disguised as a human!

He didn't know what item the man was using, but one thing was for sure... the effect wasn't as good as the [deception ring]!

The deception ring could at least hide one from Bronze Level units... and Xu Shian himself was Bronze Level now, yet this Goblin's disguise had nowhere to hide from his eyes!

Seeing the surprised look in Xu Shian's eyes, the middle-aged man finally began to take him seriously.

"Greetings, guest. This old man is Mo Qi..."

"Shi Chuan!"

Mo Qi smiled.

"I know. You were asking around for the location of our shop earlier!"

Xu Shian wasn't surprised at all.

After all, they ran an underground information market; if they didn't even know that, why bother opening an information black market?

Xu Shian's purpose for coming here was simple.

He needed to find out as soon as possible why Hu Zhihao would choose [Yunzhou] since the entire world was about to fall into chaos... It couldn't just be because Yunzhou had beautiful scenery, could it?

You must be joking. Ze Province's misty southern rains, Yan Province's frontier scenery, Lin Province's snow-capped mountains, Hai Province's ends of the earth... when it came to scenery... where wasn't beautiful?

So, why Yunzhou?