Chapter 8: Returning to the City
“Captain, over here!”
“Captain, over here too!”
A group of people excitedly searched everywhere.
Tu You, having hidden her merits and fame, quietly avoided the crowd and jumped onto Sang Chu’s shoulder: 【 You could have just sold them directly, why go through all this trouble! 】
Sang Chu didn’t speak, just watched them search for gold beans from the side.
Condensing these doesn’t take much effort, but I can’t make too much.
“A Chu, aren’t you going to search?”
“I’m not searching anymore, Brother Zuo. You guys search slowly here, I’m leaving first.”
As soon as Sang Chu mentioned leaving, the mercenaries stopped what they were doing and gathered around.
Yuan Ke: “Why are you leaving already?”
“I’ve been out for almost a month, so I plan to head back to the city while exploring the nearby areas to see if there are any other places like this Earth Dragon Nest.”
Zuo Xue Feng knew that Sang Chu might be used to taking missions alone and might feel uncomfortable with a crowd.
He took out his optical computer: “I’ll give you Dr. Li’s contact information. Add her optical computer number, and if you find anything, you can sell it directly to her. She’ll give you a reasonable price.”
“Okay, thank you, Brother Zuo.”
Sang Chu walked towards the cave entrance with Tu You.
Tu You: 【 We’re going back now? 】
After leaving the crowd, Sang Chu replied to Tu You: “Yes, it’s inconvenient to act with them. These few days while returning to the city, I’ll try to condense more gold blocks. That way, I can also sell them for a good price.”
“Then why did you give the Golden Sword to Zuo Xue Feng? You worked on that sword for a long time!”
Sang Chu fell silent for a moment, then lowered her head and smiled faintly: “Perhaps because he’s a good person.”
“Just that?”
Sang Chu nodded: “Yes, people in the Apocalypse are all trying their best to survive. Even good people will slowly become hard-hearted because you never know if the person you save will stab you in the back. Besides Mu Xue and Lu Min Feng, I haven’t met many good people for a long time.
Mu Xue and I have been friends since childhood, and Lu Min Feng likes Mu Xue, so we have some connection. Zuo Xue Feng and his group were strangers to me, yet they not only saved me, gave me food and shelter, but more importantly, they gave me a way to live. Trading a golden sword for them to increase their chances of safety is worth it.”
Tu You didn’t understand this line of thinking and could only flap her big ears and say: “Alright, it’s yours anyway, you decide.”
“Yes, let’s go, we’re going back.”
The person and the rabbit got into the hovercar.
Watching Sang Chu’s retreating figure, Cao Dianhui placed his hand on Zuo Xue Feng’s shoulder: “This young lady is a bit foolish, but she’s a good person. When you sell the items to the Doctor, remember to ask for more money, don’t let the young lady get shortchanged.”
“I know. I’ll inform the Doctor first. She can appraise these items first. We’ll be in the wilderness for a while longer. We’ll take them to her when we get back. Have you finished searching?”
Yuan Ke walked over upon hearing this: “There’s another level below this nest. This level has been searched, and we found fifteen golden beads in total. I suppose the golden long sword Sang Chu obtained was the largest item.”
Zuo Xue Feng: “Tell everyone to be careful and continue exploring downwards. Don’t let even a tiny bit of golden substance go unnoticed.”
“Okay, we understand.”
The group was still exploring the cave, while Sang Chu had already collapsed from exhaustion in the hovercar.
The gold she condensed this time was all in the form of individual round gold balls. She didn’t continue to refine long swords; long swords consumed too much mental power.
She didn’t have much time, so she could only make them in arbitrary shapes, prioritizing quantity over quality.
City A
After storing the hovercar, Sang Chu walked all the way towards the Mercenary Guild.
Hua Xi saw her and ran over, muttering: “Thank goodness, you’re finally back safe!”
When she reached Sang Chu, she couldn’t help but examine her from head to toe: “You really don’t make things easy for me, girl. I shouldn’t have helped you get a mercenary certificate. I told you to rest well, and you turned around and left the city!”
Her slightly worried and stern words came out as if the person standing before her wasn’t in her twenties but a disobedient child.
In the Monster Transformation World, the average age is generally very high. For example, Hua Xi looks like a young girl in her twenties, but she’s actually sixty or seventy years old.
Sang Chu: “I’m sorry, Sister Hua Xi. I couldn’t sit still, so I went out of the city. I killed many monsters, so I can pay back the money now.”
Hua Xi glared at her impatiently: “Don’t even start. The next day I went to find you to tell you about this, but you were gone!
Dr. Li said that the substance extracted from you has high attack power against monsters and wanted to ask if you wanted Star Coins or something else. Since you weren’t here, we discussed it and decided to have Dr. Li cover the cost of your weapons and equipment, so you wouldn’t be in debt.”
“Huh? Those things are that valuable?”
Aren’t they just scrap metal? Worth so much?
Hua Xi looked at the stunned Sang Chu and smiled: “This substance has never been seen on Guang Star. Dr. Li has been researching weapons for a hundred years. Not only are our weapons becoming more powerful, but the monsters’ defense capabilities are also evolving.
However, Dr. Li discovered that the substance found on you can pierce the skin of a Monster Transformation Frog. Therefore, the Doctor believes you have made a great contribution to research and invention, which is why your weapons and equipment costs were all waived.”
“Sang Chu? Who is Sang Chu?”
Dr. Li rushed over as soon as she received the message that Sang Chu had returned.
She had beautiful silver hair, neatly tied into a high ponytail at the back of her head.
She wore a white lab coat with a glowing badge on the chest, indicating her identity.
She wore a pair of smart glasses, and with a glance, the glasses displayed everyone’s physical information.
Upon spotting Sang Chu, she quickly walked over to her, her hands clasped together, full of stars in her eyes:
“You must be Sang Chu. My name is Li Yue, everyone calls me Dr. Li. Zuo Xue Feng told me that you discovered a golden substance in the wilderness, but he hasn’t returned yet, so he asked me to ask if you have any more?”
Seeing her so excited and enthusiastic, Sang Chu was startled and nodded repeatedly, taking out various shapes of gold from her temporary storage device.
“Ever since I knew that such things would appear in the Earth Dragon Nest, I’ve been drilling underground on the way back to the city. I haven’t seen any long swords, but I’ve brought back all these I found.”
“Wow! That’s so much! Sang Chu, you are truly our lucky star!”
Li Yue’s eyes were shining with gold upon seeing these gold pieces. Sang Chu was afraid she would swallow the gold in the next second out of excitement.
“Sang Chu, can I buy all of these from you? The price is negotiable!”
Sang Chu hesitated and asked: “Dr. Li, I saw on the optical computer that it’s possible to build houses using a house building machine. I was wondering if I could buy one. Sometimes it’s inconvenient in the wilderness, and I could choose a suitable place to build a house to rest, and not be afraid of being attacked by monsters.”
