Chapter 229: Dust of the Undead and New Expansion!
After cleaning up the battlefield, there was nothing special besides some crystal coins and a few pieces of equipment.
Chen Sisi also floated down, but her gaze had shifted from Li Xiang to the tent.
Li Xiang noticed her solemn expression and asked curiously, "Is there something inside?"
Chen Sisi did not speak, but raised her magic staff.
The next second, a magical light appeared, directly striking the tent.
Bang!
The entire tent instantly shattered.
Revealing what was inside.
Inside, there was a skeleton with a bit of shredded flesh still hanging on it.
In its eye sockets, a faint blue ghost fire flickered.
After the tent shattered, the skeleton directly attacked Li Xiang.
"Holy crap! There's another monster!"
Check attributes!
【LV60. Undead Skeleton】
Quality: Normal
HP: 172520
Physical Attack: 3824~3931
Physical Defense: 3749
Magic Defense: 3050
Skills: Undead Fire, Burst
【Commentary: A skeleton of the Undead Race. It is just the most ordinary skeleton and can be easily defeated.】
Seeing the monster's attributes, Li Xiang was stunned.
Is this... garbage?
This isn't even a fraction of the attributes of the three BOSSes he just killed.
Li Xiang casually swung his halberd.
-312815
Over three hundred thousand damage was dealt.
Instantly killed!!!
"Ding! Killed the normal monster 'Undead Skeleton' across levels, gaining Experience x286024, Dust of the Undead +1."
Seeing the kill notification, Li Xiang's gaze fixed on the final 'Dust of the Undead'.
"This is..."
Chen Sisi looked at Li Xiang, "You should have gotten the Dust of the Undead, right?"
Li Xiang nodded, looking at her curiously.
Chen Sisi had been solemn since earlier, and after Li Xiang nodded, her expression became even more grave.
"It's the Undead Race... I can't believe they still exist!!!"
The Undead Race?!
Li Xiang's eyes were full of confusion and curiosity.
What kind of race is this?
Chen Sisi explained, "The Undead Race was once a top-tier race that was on par with the Demon Clan.
But later, for some unknown reason, all the Undead disappeared from this World overnight."
At this point, Li Xiang finally understood what her solemn expression meant.
The appearance of an extinct race in this World... the implications are self-evident.
However...
For players, this is another major storyline, a major World background, which will lead to a large number of quests and missions.
At this moment, Chen Sisi was thinking about how important this matter was and how quickly she needed to report it, while Li Xiang was thinking about how to seize this new opportunity.
As they thought, they exchanged glances.
"Ant! I'm leaving. This news is too important, I need to go back and tell the High Priest."
With that, Chen Sisi directly cut open a spatial vortex and drilled into it, moving so fast that Li Xiang couldn't react in time.
"Hey, don't go yet, tell me more information!"
Chen Sisi disappeared.
"Tsk." Li Xiang smacked his lips and took out the Dust of the Undead from his backpack.
"Dust of the Undead: A product that is bound to appear after the death of an Undead creature."
"Undead creatures are bound to produce this upon death..."
"Maybe... I should go and report it to He Denlong?"
Li Xiang felt it was necessary.
To trigger this storyline, relying solely on this one item is definitely not enough.
To get a head start, he definitely needed to find an NPC.
The activation of this kind of storyline mission cannot happen without an NPC.
...
Using the return-to-city stone, Li Xiang returned to Wu Shuang City.
At this point, dusk had already fallen.
Li Xiang hurried to the City Lord's Mansion and found the NPC Lord of the City He Denlong, who was handling official business.
First, Li Xiang completed the quest he had previously accepted.
"City Lord, it was not the Demon Clan who killed the Minister earlier. After following clues, I discovered it was the work of three assassins. I tracked them down and finally killed all three assassins."
Saying this, Li Xiang took out the quest items dropped by the three assassins, one of which was the Minister's personal jade pendant.
Seeing the jade pendant, the NPC Lord of the City He Denlong nodded, as if he had expected it. He looked at Li Xiang, "Did you find anything else?"
At this moment, his eyes were extremely deep, giving Li Xiang the feeling that his secrets were being seen through.
Holy crap...
This darn game, even a look is made so realistic!
He couldn't have seen that I hid the matter about Deputy City Lord Wang Tianba, could he...
Thinking of this, Li Xiang immediately said, "During the investigation process, I encountered a Demon Clan Priest. In the battle, Deputy City Lord Wang Tianba was affected. After that, under the obstruction of the Guards, I fled with Deputy City Lord Wang Tianba.
Then, after confirming it was safe, I separated from Deputy City Lord, and after that, I found the assassins and eliminated them.
Oh, right. I came to find you immediately after returning, before going to see Deputy City Lord. I wonder if he is doing well now?"
Throughout the entire process, Li Xiang did not deliberately conceal anything, except for the parts related to Chen Sisi.
And apart from the parts related to Chen Sisi, the rest were true.
Indeed, upon hearing Li Xiang's words, the probing look in He Denlong's eyes disappeared, replaced by a smile.
"Imperial Guard brother, it had to be you. If it were someone else, they might not have been able to rescue City Lord Wang from that demon Chen Sisi.
After City Lord Wang returned, he was overly frightened and is currently recuperating.
This time, thanks to you, otherwise... City Lord Wang's life might not have been saved..."
Li Xiang slightly cupped his hands, "This is what I should do."
"Ding! Quest 'Demon Clan's Penetration' completed."
"Ding! Received quest reward 'Experience Points' x250000000."
The experience points reward arrived, pushing Li Xiang's experience bar to a state close to full.
Closing the panel, Li Xiang said solemnly, "City Lord, I have another major discovery."
NPC He Denlong looked at Li Xiang and asked in confusion, "Another major discovery?"
Li Xiang nodded and took out the Dust of the Undead.
"What is this?"
NPC He Denlong's face was full of doubt.
"Dust of the Undead!"
Hearing the four words Li Xiang said, a look of shock appeared on He Denlong's face.
He abruptly rose from his chair, took the Dust of the Undead, and examined it carefully. After a moment, he immediately said, "Summon Grand Tutor Wang to come in."
A few minutes later, a Mage with a white beard and wearing a magic robe entered.
"Grand Tutor Wang, take a look. Is this the Dust of the Undead?"
Upon hearing these four words, Grand Tutor Wang's body stiffened. He quickly stepped forward and after examining it carefully for a while, his body trembled as he said, "This... this is the Dust of the Undead! And, it's Dust of the Undead that was produced not long ago! City Lord, where did you get it?!"
Li Xiang quickly recounted the events after killing the three assassins, concealing the part where Chen Sisi bombed the tent open, instead saying he opened the tent himself.
"It's the Undead!"
"The Undead have reappeared in the World!!!"
"Grand Tutor, this matter must be reported to the Emperor immediately!!! You will need to go personally."
Grand Tutor Wang nodded solemnly, then directly drew a line in the air, and a spatial vortex appeared.
Li Xiang watched in astonishment.
Is this kind of magic something all high-level NPCs know?!
Less than five minutes after Grand Tutor Wang left, a World broadcast appeared.
"【World Broadcast: Player 'Qu Ge Mingzi Hao Nan' has triggered the expansion 'The Grief of the Undead'. All players please log off within five minutes. The game will be updated, and the update time will be three days.】"
"【World Broadcast: Player 'Qu Ge Mingzi Hao Nan' has triggered the expansion 'The Grief of the Undead'. All players please log off within five minutes. The game will be updated, and the update time will be three days.】"
"【World Broadcast: Player 'Qu Ge Mingzi Hao Nan' has triggered the expansion 'The Grief of the Undead'. All players please log off within five minutes. The game will be updated, and the update time will be three days.】"
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