Night of apocalypse

Shen Qiu smiled hoarsely, put away Long Zheng, bowed deeply to Master Hydera, and thanked him.

"Master Hydera, thanks to you this time, if you hadn't taken action, we don't know how long it would have taken us to figure it out."

"You don't need to thank me. The weapon itself was forged, and I didn't put much effort into it."

Hydra replied very proudly.

"I still want it. Now that the weapon is ready, how much do I need to pay you in total?"

Shen Qiu replied very politely.

Seeing Shen Qiu being so polite, Hydera's impression of him improved a lot, and her tense face softened a lot.

At this time, Chen Ye rolled his eyes when he saw that Shen Qiu was about to settle the bill. He thought that the old man didn't put much effort into the forging, and it was done in one day, so the cost would definitely not be much higher, so he volunteered.

"Boss, I'll pay!"

Shen Qiu looked at Chen Ye in surprise and asked.

"Are you sure you want to pay?"

"Boss, look what you said, you take care of me every time, let me show it this time."

"OK!"

"How much is the total."

Chen Ye looked at Hydera confidently.

Hydra stroked his beard and said thoughtfully.

"This weapon has opened my eyes, so the forging fee is waived!"

"That's great."

When Chen Ye heard that Hydera was going to waive the forging fee, he smiled from ear to ear and said, "This time I feel relieved and I don't have to pay for it."

But before Chen Ye could be happy for long, Hydera continued.

"You just need to pay the maintenance fee for the Lava Core."

"Ah? How much?"

Chen Zhiyi immediately grabbed it and asked with a very bad feeling.

"10 billion blue alliance coins!"

Master Hydera then gave a specific value.

After hearing this, Chen Ye's head made a buzzing sound as if someone had hammered him. He turned around and said to Shen Qiu with a bitter look on his face.

"Boss, should you do it?"

Shen Qiu didn't embarrass Chen Ye. It was really too much embarrassment for him with his little possessions, but with such a large sum of money, even he was in trouble.

Of course, Shen Qiu had no doubt at all that Hydera had made a blind offer. That was the temperament of the old man.

To be honest, Shen Qiu is very optimistic about Hydra. His forging skills and knowledge are indeed worthy of being ranked first.

Therefore, Shen Qiu's current consideration is not to pay the maintenance fee, he said after pondering.

"Master Hydra, the maintenance fee is no problem. But before that, I would like to invite the master to join my team. The master's skills should not be buried and only forged ordinary weapons."

Hydera refused without thinking.

"No, to put it nicely, I'm a master forger, to put it worst, I'm just a blacksmith. I have no interest in joining anyone's team."

When Shen Qiu saw Hydera's resolute attitude, she knew she couldn't convince him at all.

But Shen Qiu was not angry, nor did he continue to struggle. Since you don't want to join, forget it, but you still need to build a relationship so that you can come to forging in the future. As for the way to conquer it, Haiyue, the granddaughter of Hydera, is the way to go.

So Shen Qiu coughed and said.

"That's a shame. Let's talk about the maintenance costs."

"There's nothing to discuss about the maintenance fee. It's just that price. I don't want a penny more. Of course, if you don't want to pay, I can't do anything to you."

Master Hydra said with his hands behind his back.

"Master Hydera, you misunderstood. When you were forging Longzheng, your granddaughter, Miss Haiyue, had dinner and chatted with us. I think she was still young, but she stayed at home and did not go to school. You are planning to let her succeed you. The mantle?"

Shen Qiu asked deliberately.

In fact, Shen Qiu knew very well that Haiyue had such a weak personality and seemed to have poor talent, so it was impossible for her to inherit Hydera's mantle.

After hearing what Shen Qiu said, Hydera said in a deep voice.

"Does that girl Haiyue look like she can inherit my legacy? Do you think I don't want to send her to school? The problem is that there is only one school in the City of Stars, and this school is jointly run by the Red League and the Blue League. This school The school is very strict in recruiting students. It not only has strict requirements on identity, but also extremely high requirements on talent. Haiyue can't get into it at all, okay?"

"Oh! So that's it. Master, why don't you be like this? I think Haiyue is a very well-behaved child. Leave her school affairs to me. After graduation, I will help her arrange a job for the Sun Umbrella Group, the top company in the second ring. , and it is the easiest and safest job. In addition, I will give her a 1-ring villa. You also know that 1-ring is not as safe as 10-ring, and it is not even possible if you have money."

Shen Qiu quickly said to Master Hydera.

After hearing what Shen Qiu said, Hydera was also very moved, and her expression became a little unnatural. In fact, Shen Qiu's entry point was indeed right. Apart from forging, Hydera only cared about Haiyue, but he still asked cautiously.

"Why are you helping me?"

"I'm not helping you, I mean these are just maintenance fees."

Shen Qiu said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you very much."

Although Hydera knew very well that Shen Qiu was deliberately trying to win over him, he really couldn't refuse.

"Yes, this is the property ownership certificate of the 1st ring villa."

Shen Qiu immediately took out the property ownership certificate and handed it to Hydera.

When Hydera took the property ownership certificate, she said in a deep voice.

"In the future, if you have any matters such as forging, you can come to me directly."

"No problem, let's go first."

Shen Qiu replied in a very good mood, this was what he was waiting for.

"Um."

Hydra nodded in response.

So Shen Qiu took Yun Xiaoxi and others into his off-road vehicle.

"Boss, where should we go next?"

Chen Ye asked while sitting in the driver's seat.

"I need to get a matching scabbard for this weapon."

Shen Qiu pondered and replied.

"Boss, if you want to get the scabbard, why don't you ask that Hydra to get it together? He should be able to get it there?"

Chen Ye asked in confusion.

"Of course I have my own considerations. Xiao Xi, does your best friend still make scabbards? I think she does a good job and looks pretty. Anyway, she is just making a scabbard, so just ask her to take care of it. Her business.”

Although Shen Qiu said this, he secretly thought in his heart that Master Hydera was an extremely particular person. If you go to him to buy it, he will definitely recommend a very expensive scabbard, which may lead to heavy bleeding.

Yun Xiaoxi said very happily when she heard that Shen Qiu wanted to order a scabbard from Mu Han.

"Yes, and she also moved to the City of Stars."

"That's great, where is her store?"

"It's in the 10th ring of the City of Stars, in the southeast area."

Yun Xiaoxi thought for a moment and replied.

"Southeast area? We are currently in the western suburbs of the City of Stars, so let's just go around to the south gate and enter."

Chen Ye immediately started the off-road vehicle and said.

"Okay, let's go!"

Shen Qiu replied simply and neatly.

Chen Ye immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the south gate.

Shen Qiu sat in the passenger seat, gently waved Long Zheng, stroking the weapon fondly.

Anji got out of Shen Qiu's pocket and said with a smile.

"Chen Qiu, do you like this weapon?"

"Of course I like it. This is the weapon I am most satisfied with so far."

Shen Qiu replied with satisfaction.

"Of course you are satisfied with the way you imagined it, but I have one thing to remind you."

Angie said with a smile.

"You tell me."

Shen Qiu didn't pay much attention and replied directly.

"When you usually fight, it's best not to use this weapon."

"Why? Is there something else wrong with this weapon?"

"Yes, of course."

"what is the problem?"

Shen Qiu suddenly asked with his heart twitching.

"This weapon is particularly lethal to wallets."

"???"

"Don't you know? Every time this weapon is swung it consumes the atomic module embedded in it. If you fight a few more times, the module will run out of energy. You will need to replace it then."

Anji spread her little hands, shook her head and replied.

When Shen Qiu heard Anji's words, her mood suddenly fell from the clouds to the bottom.

"Stop, doesn't it consume atomic modules at the same speed as conventional weapons?"

"How can it be the same? As long as you don't use conventional weapons too frequently, it's normal to use them for a few years. This dragon consumes modules at the same rate as your atomic magic equipment."

"Holy crap! Then when you use it, you have to weigh it again to see if it's a loss or not?"

"That's right."

Anji said with some gloating.

When Yun Xiaoxi and others saw Shen Qiu's expression of hopelessness, they all covered their mouths and snickered.

"Damn! This has something to do with LV5, why is it so stupid? Not to mention the atomic magic equipment, the LV5 realm is also a trap. Once you enter, the power will be like opening a gate to release water, and it will be used up in a while."

"It's a bit of a trap, but it's so awesome!"

Angie said with a smile.

"Alas~"

Shen Qiu sighed helplessly.

You must know that he only had the confidence to frequently use the first-generation atomic magic equipment until now. However, what this dragon is consuming is prismatic atomic modules, and no matter how powerful it is, it cannot hold it.

"Boss, don't sigh. With your current strength, not many people can force you to use this weapon."

Chen Ye flattered him very thoughtfully.

"That's right, you finally said something humane."

Shen Qiu thought for a moment, and it seemed to be the truth.

"Boss, that's what you said."

Just as Chen Ye was mid-sentence, the high-beam headlights of the car approaching in front of him were directly illuminated, and the speed was extremely fast.

He immediately flashed the light to signal the other party, but unfortunately the other party had no intention of shutting him down.

"are you crazy!"

When two cars passed each other, Chen Ye lowered the window and cursed.

Then two cars passed by each other, and Shen Qiu said to Chen Ye.

"Stop scolding and drive with peace of mind."

"Boss, these people are really unqualified. Fortunately, this is not the City of Stars. If we were in the city, I would definitely seize his car."

Chen Ye complained to Shen Qiu angrily.

Shen Qiu was too lazy to respond to Chen Ye's complaints. He was currently thinking about how to get more atomic modules.

At this time, an inconspicuous jeep drove past. Shen Qiu inadvertently saw General Tang Yi in casual clothes on the jeep, and then turned to look back.

"What's wrong?"

Yun Xiaoxi and others asked curiously.

"No, I saw an acquaintance."

Shen Qiu shook his head and replied.

"What a coincidence."

Yun Xiaoxi and others didn't pay much attention. They were driving on the city-ring expressway in the City of Stars, and it was not surprising that they met acquaintances from the Hong League.

"Um."

Shen Qiu nodded.

However, not long after, probably only a minute or two, a family black sports car drove up.

Shen Qiu saw Chu Wuji's figure through the window.

For a moment, doubts arose in Shen Qiu's heart, what's going on?

Just when Shen Qiu was confused, another bus drove over.

Shen Qiu immediately saw two familiar figures.

Wu Di was seen smoking a cigar with the window open, and Bai Mucheng was sitting next to him. Although both of them were dressed casually, he recognized them immediately.

He suddenly thought to himself.

"When did Wu Di and Bai Mucheng come back? Where are they going?"

The more Shen Qiu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he spoke.

"Chen Ye, pull over."

"good!"

Chen Ye immediately braked and stopped on the side of the road.

Yun Xiaoxi asked Shen Qiudao curiously.

"What's wrong with Shen Qiu?"

"I'm going to do something. You guys should go back to the company first. And Chen Ye, in my name, go handle Haiyue's affairs. If you can't figure it out, you can tell me."

Shen Qiu gave a brief explanation, then opened the car door and got out.

"Chen Qiu, pay attention to safety."

Yun Xiaoxi stuck her little head out of the car window and gave instructions to Shen Qiu.

"good!"

Shen Qiu nodded, put Long Zheng into the capsule first, and then chased after Bai Mucheng and the others in the direction they left.

Under night.

Cars drove into the Western Geffington Gathering Area (formerly the Western Refugee Resettlement Area) outside the City of Stars.

Although this area is a gathering area that is not protected by the City of Stars, it is very prosperous because it is very close to the City of Stars. There are various buildings here and there are bright lights everywhere.

The streets are full of vehicles and brightly dressed residents, no different from a normal city. In a sense, this place looks a little more prosperous than the Ten Rings of the City of Stars.

These cars circled east and west, parking in various areas one after another.

Wu Di and others then entered a very stylish club, Lan Courtyard, in batches.

"welcome."

A tall and beautiful waitress at the door gave a warm welcome.

At this time, Shen Qiu appeared in the distance and was surprised when he looked at the Lan courtyard. He originally thought something had happened, but he didn't expect that they would actually come here.

The more Shen Qiu thought about it, the more curious he became, so he walked towards Lan Courtyard.

The whole courtyard is made of wooden materials. When you walk through the door, you enter the hall.

The entire hall was very lively, with many dining guests sitting there. Shen Qiu saw many familiar figures among these dining guests, such as General Tang Yi, Lieutenant General Lin Xuan, Lieutenant General Duan Jingyan, etc.

Shen Qiu touched his chin and thought to himself.

"With so many people from the Red Alliance, could this be the secret stronghold of the Red Alliance? Are Wu Di and the others going to secretly discuss some important matter here?"

The more Shen Qiu thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

Thinking of this, Shen Qiu quietly followed Wu Di and others towards the interior of the hall, preparing to go and take a look.

It didn't take long for Shen Qiu to pass through the hall. Behind it was a quiet and spacious courtyard with landscape plants planted in it.

In the corridor surrounding the courtyard, there are private rooms.

Shen Qiu immediately walked towards one of the private rooms. The door of this private room was ajar, so he pretended to meet by chance, opened the door and walked straight away.

After entering the private room, Shen Qiu immediately saw Wu Di, Bai Mucheng, Chu Wuji and several subordinates wearing casual clothes sitting at the dining table.

When Wu Di and others heard the noise, they turned to look at the door. When they saw Shen Qiu coming in, they turned back.

When Shen Qiu saw that none of them paid any attention to him, he was also stunned. Then he walked to the empty seat next to Wu Di, sat down, patted his shoulder and said.

"Hey, what a coincidence!"

"Well, what a coincidence!"

Wu Di responded expressionlessly.

After Shen Qiu heard this, he was stunned again. What happened? After not seeing each other for a few days, has the relationship faded?

However, Shen Qiu still chatted with Wu Di enthusiastically.

"When did you come back?"

"Just came back not long ago."

"Damn it, you didn't even tell me when you came back. It's really not fun!"

"ah?"

Wu Di looked at Shen Qiu in confusion.

"What's that expression on your face? You didn't say anything to me when you came back, and you didn't call me when we were having dinner. Are we still brothers? It's so boring."

Shen Qiu complained to Wu Di for a while.

Wu Di's expression became more and more unnatural as he listened to Shen Qiu's words. Bai Mucheng's brows frowned slightly under his mask, and everyone else looked at Shen Qiu dumbfounded.

"Why are you looking at me like that? What did I say wrong? Could it be that you are not having a dinner together? Are you discussing something in secret?"

Shen Qiu asked with a smile.

When Wu Di and others heard Shen Qiu's words, they couldn't close their mouths and looked at Shen Qiu in confusion.

They were extremely shocked. Could it be that Shen Qiu was not a participant in the mission?

Shen Qiu looked at their extremely shocked expressions and felt even more sure that he was right.

"I guessed it right"

At this time, Bai Mucheng reacted keenly and said to Shen Qiu.

"do not talk."

"Um?"

Shen Qiu was stunned immediately.

At this moment, the door was pushed open again. Shen Qiu turned around and looked over. Then he saw a male waiter in a gray uniform walking in with tea. This male waiter had a sinister face, and there was a trace of anger between his eyebrows. At the same time, a little tattoo is exposed on the cuff.

Shen Qiu recognized the tattoo at a glance as the pattern of the Defeated Army Order, and generally only extreme admirers would get it.

He was a little surprised and puzzled, why were the people from the Defeated Army Religion here?

"Your tea."

The waiter stared at Shen Qiu and others with unkind eyes, and he obviously recognized them.

"Just leave it alone."

Wu Di replied in a deep voice.

At this time, in a nearby private room, Long Yan was sitting on a chair wearing a simple gray robe.

At this time, the two gatekeepers at the door of the private room stretched out their hands to stop a waiter.

"For what?"

"The one who brings tea."

The very old waiter replied with his body hunched over and his head lowered.

"Let him in."

Long Yan's hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the room.

After hearing Long Yan's words, the two dragon guards immediately put down their hands, opened the door to let him in, and then closed it again.

The older male waiter respectfully brought the tea in and put it on the table, then turned around and left.

At this time, Long Yan said calmly.

"Old Qi, long time no see. Why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea together?"

At this time, the waiter stopped when he heard Long Yan's words, slowly raised his head, his whole personality changed drastically in an instant, and he said coldly.

"It's been a long time."

"Sit down and have a drink together."

Long Yan invited him.

The leader of the defeated army, Long Shang, did not shirk, and immediately walked to sit opposite Long Yan.

Long Yan picked up the teapot and poured two cups of tea, handed one cup to the leader of the defeated army, Long Shang, and said to him.

"Lao Qi, to be honest, there is no need for us brothers to go to this point. As long as you stop, I can forget about the past."

Long Shang picked up the tea cup and took a sip, showing a charming smile and replied coldly.

"Haha, losing is losing, winning is winning, there is nothing to say about success and failure. But you win, but you come to persuade me to stop! Don't you think this is too much? People can't be so greedy. In that position, I want to be a good person again!”

When Chairman Long Yan heard this, he sighed slightly, raised his head and stared at Long Shang.

"I understand, it seems that only one person can walk out of here today."

"That's right."

In the private room on the other side, the waiter who brought tea stood there and looked at Shen Qiu and others, delaying in bringing the tea.

Shen Qiu and the others didn't rush him either.

However, at this moment, a violent explosion suddenly sounded outside.

The waiter then dropped the tea in his hand to the ground.

Bang~

Accompanied by a cracking sound.

The door was kicked open, and a vicious defeated cultist rushed in. They held weapons and surrounded Shen Qiu and others.

"Ahem, did I come at a bad time?"

Shen Qiu asked awkwardly.

"No, it's just the right time. With one more helper and more strength, I can just hammer them and that's it."

Wu Di took a deep breath and said.

"It's up to you. To tell you the truth, you have been surrounded. You have the wisdom to raise your hands and surrender."

The waiter looked at Wu Di and others fiercely.

As a result, before he could finish his words, Wu Di burst out with energy, and instantly got close and slapped the waiter on the head, and lifted him up.

"ah!"

The waiter was also struggling desperately.

Bang!

The serviceman's head was crushed and blood splattered.

All the defeated believers present instinctively retreated in fear, Wu Di twisted his neck and said.

"It's so noisy that I'm tired of hearing it."

Shen Qiu looked at this scene and sighed.

"Are you going to surrender on your own, or are we going to do it?"

The result was a scene that was unexpected by Shen Qiu and the others. They saw these fearful defeated believers, each with fierce eyes, taking out the divine potion from their pockets and injecting it into their bodies.

For a moment, disgusting flesh bumps appeared on the surface of their bodies, and these flesh bumps lit up with a dark red halo.

At this moment, their eyes were like bloodthirsty beasts, and their auras surged!

they shouted wildly.

"Kill for the leader!"

The next second, these defeated cultists rushed forward crazily. One of the cultists burst out with red wind energy, and pierced Shen Qiu's head with a sword.

Shen Qiu sat on the chair without moving, but stretched out two fingers to directly clamp the incoming sword.

"ah!"

The cultist roared with all his strength and kept releasing his power. Unfortunately, Shen Qiu sat there motionless.

At this time, Bai Mucheng, who had cut several cultists into pieces with one sword, looked at Shen Qiu, with a hint of surprise in her cold eyes. She could feel that Shen Qiu seemed to have become stronger.

You must know that these defeated believers have been injected with the medicine of God, and they are no different from those who are disqualified. Even she does not dare to make such a big deal about them.

At this time, Shen Qiu's fingers flashed with lightning, and he directly cut off the circular module sword and threw it towards the head of the cultist in front of him with his backhand.

Click!

The cultist suddenly screamed, his head was penetrated directly, and he finally fell to his knees on the ground.

Then Shen Qiu saw that Bai Mucheng and others had already fought their way out, so he stood up and walked out of the private room to the courtyard. When he faced him, he saw two people standing in the center of the courtyard.

One is the deputy leader of the defeated army, Sima Di, and the other is the elder of the defeated army, Heralin.

"Sima Di? I didn't expect you to be here."

Shen Qiu said slightly surprised.

"Chen Qiu! You're here too, that's even better, let's settle the old and new accounts together today!"

Sima Di said fiercely.

"Are you out of your mind? Don't you look around first? You can't even beat me, let alone there are so many people here."

Shen Qiu looked at Sima Di in disbelief, where did this guy get the confidence?

ps: Sorry, I’m too busy. I’ll resume the 10,000-word update tomorrow (*^▽^*).