Chapter 85: Map
Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Map
Long Ming stopped and looked down at the map on his wristband, his brow furrowed.
"Why did we stop?"
Qin Ying looked at Long Ming, confused.
"The route Bai Xiu shared only goes this far. There’s nothing after this. Do you have anything on your end?"
Long Ming explained in a low voice.
"Ah, let me see... It looks like the route on my map ends here too."
Qin Ying raised her wristband to check.
"I see."
After hearing Qin Ying’s words, Long Ming thought to himself.
’This Bai Xiu really is something else. He never fully trusted us from start to finish, holding back on the intel he gave us.’
’But that’s normal. If it were me, I’d have done the same thing.’
"So what do we do now?"
Qin Ying asked Long Ming, at a loss.
"We’ll have to explore on our own. Follow me."
Long Ming took a deep breath and felt his way toward the right-hand passageway.
Soon, they came to another fork in the path.
Qin Ying turned her head to look at Long Ming.
Long Ming said nothing, simply leading Qin Ying to the right.
Qin Ying followed Long Ming quietly, a strange sense of security welling up inside her.
In truth, Long Ming himself had no idea if they were going the right way.
He could only fumble along blindly.
「...」
「Observatory Base - North.」
Qian Luobing led Adika and the others up the stairs.
Jiang Huai gazed at the massive observatory base and let out a long breath.
"We finally made it up. Those small guilds and solo players are a real pain in the ass."
"It’s mainly because we didn’t bring many people this time. Otherwise, we would’ve cleared the field long ago!"
Bakaen cracked his neck.
Just then, Qian Luobing spoke coolly.
"Let’s go."
"Right. But Captain, which entrance should we take?"
Adika asked in a low voice.
"The north entrance."
Qian Luobing said the two words coolly and led her subordinates straight toward the base.
At this time, Qian Wei, Farina, and Padoka also arrived with their people.
Without a moment’s hesitation, they all chose to enter through the main passageways in their respective directions.
Although they knew full well that the rival guild members had all made it up, they weren’t foolish enough to seek each other out for a fight first. That would just make it easy for someone else to swoop in and reap the rewards.
After all the members of the three major guilds had gone inside,
a few scattered solo players clambered up.
They all made their way toward the observatory base, slipping into different entrances.
A good while later, the Pilates Streamer also scrambled up, panting and gasping as he livestreamed.
"I’m dead tired, everyone! The moment you’ve all been waiting for is almost here. Next up, I’ll be risking my life to bring you this stream. Don’t you worry about me, but if you really want to support your boy, please send some gifts. I’ll do my best to survive till the very end."
「...」
At that moment, the livestream’s chat was flooded with comments.
"Stop wasting time and get in there!"
"You’re already late! They’re probably already fighting inside!"
"Yeah, hurry up and go in!"
"We want to see that expert!"
「...」
Too bad the Pilates Streamer couldn’t see the chat at all and was still rambling on and on.
Of course, he was doing this a little on purpose.
After all, the longer he stayed alive, the more gifts he’d receive.
Besides, going in later meant a higher survival rate; he wouldn’t get taken out the second he stepped inside.
Just as everyone was dying of impatience, the Pilates Streamer finally started creeping cautiously toward the observatory base.
「Inside the observatory base.」
Long Ming led Qin Ying deeper inside, carefully pushing open the doors of any rooms they passed along the way.
He would peek inside to see if it was the central control room.
As long as it wasn’t, he would ignore it and continue his search.
"Mr. Red Ghost, where are we now?"
Qin Ying asked, clutching her grenade launcher, feeling very nervous and uneasy.
"I don’t know either."
Long Ming didn’t hide it from Qin Ying.
"Huh?"
Qin Ying’s eyes went wide.
"Don’t be surprised. This is my first time in this dungeon, there are no maps of the central control room on the forums, and the person on our team who had a map is already dead."
Long Ming sounded a little helpless.
’If that guy Bai Xiu hadn’t held back, I wouldn’t have to struggle so much, running around like a headless chicken.’
"Oh."
Qin Ying nodded.
Long Ming patiently continued to lead Qin Ying forward in their search.
But as they went deeper, they didn’t even see a single room, making it impossible to search.
Long Ming was also a bit speechless, unsure of where he had ended up.
Fortunately, just then, he finally saw a closed room.
Long Ming went forward and tried turning the doorknob, only to find the room was locked.
"The door’s locked, and we don’t have a key. What do we do?"
Qin Ying asked, scratching her head.
"There are ways to open a door without a key."
Long Ming took a step back, then raised his foot and kicked the door hard.
CRACK!
The door was instantly kicked open.
Seeing this, Qin Ying waved her hands happily and said,
"It’s open!"
"Yeah. Let’s go in and have a look."
Long Ming gently pushed the door open, raising his Carbine as he cautiously walked inside.
"Wow!"
Qin Ying gasped in amazement, covering her mouth with her hands when she saw what was inside.
The room was filled with shelves.
These shelves were packed with all sorts of repair parts.
The lowest quality parts were Blue-grade, and there was a huge number of them.
If they could carry them out, they would surely be worth a fortune.
But these parts weren’t light; it would be impossible for one person to carry them all out.
However, Long Ming didn’t even glance at the parts. His eyes were drawn to a map hanging on the wall.
Long Ming immediately raised his wristband to scan the map on the wall.
A notification immediately popped up on his wristband.
"Notice: You have revealed the map for the Observatory Base."
After seeing the notification, Long Ming immediately opened his map and quickly found the exact location of the central control room.
A smile appeared on his face, and he said to Qin Ying,
"I know where the central control room is. Let’s go!"
"Okay!"
Qin Ying immediately followed Long Ming out.
As they reached the doorway, Long Ming stopped again.
Qin Ying looked at Long Ming, her face full of confusion.
Long Ming then turned, rushed back into the room, tore the map off the wall, quickly folded it, and stuffed it into his backpack.
’If I’m not mistaken, this map of the observatory base must be worth a lot.’
"Mr. Red Ghost, didn’t you already reveal the map? Why are you still taking it?"
Qin Ying asked curiously.
"This thing is very valuable."
Long Ming explained simply.
"Oh."
Qin Ying replied nonchalantly.
Long Ming glanced at Qin Ying and said calmly,
"If you see anything good, you can take it too. Finders keepers."
"No thanks. Taking stuff is too much trouble, and it’s heavy to carry."
Qin Ying shook her head, replying with a look of pure innocence.
"Suit yourself."
Long Ming was at a loss for words for a moment. ’Guess we’re living in different worlds.’
"Mr. Red Ghost, can we go to the central control room now?"
"Yeah."
"Great! We can finally go to the central control room."
Hearing this, Qin Ying broke into a very happy smile.