Lord of Zhenhai City: Meng Xuesong
When Yang Jian returned to the Eastern Continent, he was completely bewildered.
Witnessing a failed resistance against the Abyss firsthand was still too shocking for him.
To be honest, Yang Jian never expected the plot to unfold this way in the end.
During the last three hours he spent in the Starry Night World, Yang Jian had learned about the situation.
Of a world that originally had about six to seven billion people, those who successfully escaped into the game world and survived, across both continents combined, numbered no more than fifty million.
Moreover, most of those who survived either had connections, or enough wealth and power, or were among the top players from the first batch!
Money had become completely useless in the final moments!
You needed gold coins... The part that was dragged into the world of "salvation" did not land on the West Continent there.
It simply vanished after passing through the rift in the sky.
According to the hints given by the Eye of Heaven, this world was about to be transformed by the administrator, Aounar.
In one hundred and eighty years, it would be put into use as a new game continent.
And the survivors of the Starry Night World... or rather, their descendants!
They would listen to stories of their ancestors' regrettable defeat against the Abyss, and then, as new NPCs, welcome new adventurers!
When Yang Jian searched the teleportation array again, he could no longer find Peak City of the Starry Night World.
“Sigh, that’s good, such a great place to farm the Abyss!”
However, Yang Jian didn't lament for long.
After all, he only needed to level up a few more times.
Once he reached level 51, he would have no rivals in the current Eastern Continent.
When he went to other worlds, the system's external APP function couldn't be used naturally.
Otherwise, Yang Jian wouldn't have needed to specifically bring dedicated filming equipment from Blue Star.
After transferring the recorded data to the Star Palace guild leader group and finishing all of this, Yang Jian checked the time.
Only four hours remained until his appointment with Nick Fury.
Yang Jian decided to fly directly over the White Stone Mountain cliff, which was over two thousand meters above sea level, to find a place on the White Stone Plateau to level up by fighting monsters!
Most of the wild monsters on the White Stone Plateau were level 60.
Of course, there were still level 55 transitional monsters at the entrances of the major main cities.
After all, the attributes of wild monsters were already significantly higher than those of players.
If players were to directly enter the White Stone Plateau and immediately face the baptism of level 60 wild monsters, who knows how many would have to wear the mask of pain.
While Yang Jian was still searching for a place to level up, Zhou Yue sent a team invitation!
Yang Jian, not understanding why, joined the team.
Upon entering the team, he saw the four vice guild leaders plus himself!
Team Channel:
Zhou Yue: When did you get back?
Yang Jian: Not even half an hour ago! I still have to go to the West Continent later, so I was thinking of finding a place to level up first!
Bai Youyou: The materials for the Time-Space Altar have been gathered...
Yang Jian: I'll be right back!
Flying high in the sky, Yang Jian had already seen the endless plain at the edge of his vision.
If there were no accidents, Yang Jian estimated he would stay there until level 60.
But he still had to prioritize important matters.
Casually killing a few flying monsters that came looking for trouble, Yang Jian found a safe place to land.
He noted down the coordinates here, then used his Hearthstone to leave.
When he returned to the guild stronghold, the four vice guild leaders were all there.
“What’s the situation now?”
Yang Jian's question left the four women bewildered.
“What situation?”
“The matter of installing the city heart!”
Zhou Yue asked with some hesitation, “Didn’t you say you had a city heart in your possession?”
“Should we just install it?”
Yang Jian sighed. “Alright, let me rephrase. How do you plan to install the external city heart intoLingyun City?”
“You're not...”
Mid-sentence, they all realized. Indeed, something was wrong!
They had just gotten used to Yang Jian being able to communicate between two worlds.
They had gotten used to Yang Jian being omnipotent!
So they hadn't thought deeply about the essence of this matter.
If Yang Jian could do it, then how could others do it? How could they take the external city heart out?
Although Long Ruoling, this pseudo-reincarnator, had memories and experiences that were largely similar, the identity woven for her by the world's will was one far removed from the core of power.
In her memories from her previous life, there were only three Time-Space Altars on the entire Blue Star.
The latter two Time-Space Altars were brought out through the first one.
But how did the first Time-Space Altar solve the cross-world problem?
Her experience from her previous life was more like a memory sealed in her mind.
Only when she paid attention to this area and could search for it, could she uncover the hidden problems within.
Seeing their confusion, Yang Jian sighed.
Since he was already here, Yang Jian directly got up, intending to visit the city lord's mansion and meet this city lord he had never seen before.
The city lords in the "salvation" world were considered feudal lords.
Although their power was largely restricted by the system's administrator, Aounar, within their own territory, they were absolute.
Therefore, to meet the other party, one had to honestly explain their purpose to the servant at the mansion gate, announce themselves, and wait.
Yang Jian originally thought it wouldn't be so easy to meet the city lord, but he didn't expect the other party to arrange a meeting without making him wait long.
He was led by a servant into the reception room and sat down.
Before he had even taken two sips of tea, a middle-aged man with a powerful stride entered.
When he saw the other party, the Eye of Heaven directly saw through all the details of the other party.
“Name: Meng Xuesong, Level 80 Monk, City Lord of Zhenhai City.”
“Description: A disciple of the Shadow Trace Sect's main headquarters on the Tianxuan Continent, his potential exhausted, he decided to walk the path of the common people to attempt advancement.”
“Remark: A slightly larger minnow...”
Yang Jian was not interested in Meng Xuesong's strength.
Level 80... Without level suppression, if the other party had no trump cards, he might not necessarily be able to defeat himself.
He was quite interested in the other party's origin.
Tianxuan Continent, this was not the first time Yang Jian had heard of this place!
He had once heard Zhu Xi mention it.
Zhu Xi's father, the demigod-level Grandfather Giant Bamboo, seemed to spend most of his time on the Tianxuan Continent when there were no battles.
He had no idea what he did there all day long.
Yang Jian had also been curious once.
He had specifically searched for Tianxuan Continent in the teleportation list of the teleportation array.
There were hundreds of cities that could be teleported to there... Unfortunately, Yang Jian's strength was low at that time.
To be safe, he hadn't thought of teleporting there.
As time passed, he had almost forgotten about it.
He didn't expect to see the place name Tianxuan Continent again today.
He thought so much, but his thoughts only flashed in an instant.
“Hello, City Lord Meng, I am ‘Tianmu Zhenjun’, the guild leader of the Star Palace guild!”
Meng Xuesong laughed heartily. “I know you. You are quite famous in Zhenhai City. Many people say that Zhenhai City is your territory!”
Yang Jian looked at the other party in surprise.
There was a slight jab in that remark... “Those are just empty titles. I only have some fame among the player community! Unlike City Lord Meng, who is renowned in the main city circles!”
Meng Xuesong's smile remained gentle, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether the other party was sincere or not, as long as he was willing to show such an attitude and willing to separate the player circle from the main city's power circle, it was a good thing.
Now, with the Abyss pressing closer step by step, he was also afraid that the strong enemy hadn't been defeated yet, but they would start an internal conflict first!
“Actually, I’ve long admired Guild Leader Tian Mu! After all, you have over ten thousand reputation and honor in Zhenhai City!”
Yang Jian understood in his heart, no wonder it was so easy for him to meet the City Lord!
Speaking of which, when he first arrived in Zhenhai City, he used to go and improve his official position and military rank whenever he had nothing to do.
Later, he moved further and further away from the main city, and always felt that time was quickly running out!
He became lazy and didn't return to improve, and gradually, it became a habit... Speaking of which, with his reputation, honor, and merits, even if he couldn't be the City Lord, he could at least be the second-in-command, right?
As Yang Jian's thoughts drifted, he heard City Lord Meng speak again.
“May I ask what brings Guild Leader Tian Mu here this time?”
Recalling his thoughts, Yang Jian brought up the main topic. “I want to ask City Lord Meng how to bring the city heart to Blue Star?”
Meng Xuesong: ...?