novelden Chapter 125 The Time Traveler
Chapter 125 The Time Traveler
It wasn't until the trade was almost over that the Wushen team went to inform the other teams.
"Our team leader invites your team leader and a key member to the main tent tonight to discuss matters related to the hunt for the mid-level anomaly!"
On the Xinhuo train team's side, Fu Xiaojian and Xu Si exchanged a glance, knowing that the main event was about to begin.
"Let's go." Fu Xiaojian stood up and pretended to dust off the corner of his clothes.
The convoy naturally included him and Xu Si, since Fu Xiaojian was basically not a fighter.
The two walked one after the other through the gradually quieting trading market.
The last rays of the blood-red sun cast jagged shadows across the square.
The "Martial God Caravan" had its main tent set up behind the flag in the center of the square. It was a dark green tent that was several times larger than an ordinary marching tent, made of thick material, with heavy sandbags weighing down its edges.
Two extraordinary individuals from the Martial God Caravan stood at the entrance of the tent. Xu Si didn't recognize them; he had only seen them on guard duty in the past two days.
The tent was brightly lit, with a high-powered emergency light illuminating the interior as if it were daytime.
In the center was a makeshift long table, surrounded by a dozen or so chairs of different styles.
Quite a few people have already arrived.
Lin Li and Fire Man from "Flame Chariot" sat on one side. Fire Man crossed his arms, his face still showing a cynical attitude, but his eyes held a deep seriousness.
Lin Li remained calm and nodded slightly to Fu Xiaojian and Xu Si.
Xu Si and his companion sat down opposite Jack from "The Amazing Circus." Jack had come alone, bringing only his steel-studded myna bird. The little bird was currently perched on his shoulder, cracking sunflower seeds, but it wasn't being sarcastic.
However, sitting next to him was Cheng Xinyi, who had just received a new arm transplant. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on the two people who had just entered, or more precisely, on Xu Si.
The look in his eyes was as if he wanted to devour him.
Xu Si accepted it calmly.
Zhu Yu of the "Wantong Caravan" arrived right behind them, accompanied by a man in a shirt.
The group then sat down.
Lu Meng, the leader of the "Bull Racing Team," had thick bandages wrapped around his chest and his face was still pale, but the fierce look in his bull-like eyes remained undiminished.
Especially when he saw Xu Si, his pupils suddenly contracted, but he forcibly suppressed them. The scarred man was with him.
The gaunt old man, Cui Daoxuan, from the "Turtle Team" entered with a child. He sat down in the shadows at the very edge, not talking to anyone, as if he didn't know anyone.
Wang Yanhua of the "Fierce Tiger Team" made his final appearance, with Fu Qiangmin standing half a step behind him, looking meek and obedient like an old butler.
Wu Yue arrived late, sitting in the main seat, still wearing his faded work clothes and smoking an unlit pipe.
Wu Dazhao stood solemnly behind him, like an iron tower.
No one started the conversation, not even the jovial Wang Yanhua uttered a single word. The atmosphere inside the tent was heavy and tense, with each person's gaze silently vying for attention.
"Everyone, now that everyone's here, let's get down to business!"
Wu Yue's gaze slowly swept over everyone in the tent, and finally he tapped the table lightly with his pipe before speaking.
"You all came because you're giving me face." His voice wasn't loud, but it was like the friction of sand and gravel, carrying the cold hardness of the Gobi night wind.
"Let's skip the pleasantries. We've gathered you all here to hunt down a sleeping Level 4 anomaly deep within this mine—the Time-Delayed Mirage."
This was discovered by our team leader while he was searching this mine, and we stayed here for over a month because of it.
"We don't know when it will wake up, so we can't wait any longer!"
The members of the participating teams looked at each other in bewilderment. They had thought that the strategy of the Martial God Team for hunting mid-level monsters was just talk, and that at most they could only hunt level 3 monsters. They believed that they still had a chance if they combined their resources.
Unexpectedly, the Martial God Team really wanted a group of Sequence 2s to hunt a Level 4 Mysterious Being.
Isn't this like an old man hanging himself – tired of living?
Although they already knew they might be above a Level 4 anomaly, no one left.
They wanted to know what this strange creature would drop, and what kind of sequence made the Martial God Caravan absolutely determined to obtain it.
"Actually, this monster isn't as difficult to defeat as you all imagine, and not all monsters are that hard to kill!" Wu Yue said again.
"Team Leader Wu, please explain in detail!" Fu Xiaojian's face darkened; he had heard of this Level 4 strange phenomenon.
The earliest record of the "Time Delay Mirage" appears right after the apocalypse began, in the Honghu region. No one noticed anything unusual when it first appeared.
Until everyone in the entire Honghu region fell into a deep sleep, and anyone who entered the Honghu region also fell into a deep sleep, the official authorities dispatched various types of extraordinary beings to attempt a breakthrough, all of which ended in failure.
"Until a Sequence 4 psychic illusionist resisted this bizarre illusion and easily killed it with just a rare artifact!" Wu Yue seemed lost in memories.
"So what exactly is its drop? And what sequence does it point to?"
"Time Traveler!" Fu Xiaojian clearly knew something about it as well.
"Yes, its drop is called [Time Sandbox], which points to the sequence - Time Walker." Wu Yue looked at Fu Xiaojian with some surprise.
hiss!
Everyone else was taken aback; they knew the Time Traveler very well!
This is one of only four high-ranking sequences in Great Xia since the end of the world.
If it weren't for these four high-ranking individuals who withstood the first wave of the strange tide...
It's likely that the Great Xia Dynasty had already completely fallen when the strange phenomenon first appeared.
However, this time traveler ultimately sacrificed himself in the defense of the capital.
With his Timewalker abilities and Sequence 7 power, he also turned Upper Capital into a bizarre tomb.
The Timewalkers are also widely recognized as one of the most powerful sequences.
There was a moment of deathly silence inside the tent, as if even the hum of the emergency lights had been swallowed up.
The story of that Sequence 7 who perished in the capital was once circulated like a myth in the early days of the apocalypse.
Now, an opportunity that could lead to the same sequence is before us.
This risk seems worth taking!
"And the Time Sandbox is the only known key that can unlock the 'Timewalker' sequence pathway," Wu Yue added.
Lu Meng was panting heavily, and the wound under the bandage on his chest seemed to be throbbing with pain, but the fierce light in his eyes was replaced by something more intense—greed.
Zhu Yu's businessman-like smile froze, his brain clearly calculating the risks and the potential, immeasurable rewards at breakneck speed.
Cheng Xinyi stroked her cold, mechanical left arm, her gaze sweeping over Wu Yue with a complex expression, then over Xu Si, before finally lowering her eyes, lost in thought.
Wang Yanhua still had that same grinning look on his face, and even whistled: "Good heavens! The Time Traveler! My goodness! Boss Wu, I really came to the right place!"