Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 411

After the Spring Festival, Zhong Cheng simply packed his luggage in the game and bid farewell to Zhang Sanfeng and his fellow apprentices.

Wearing a Taoist robe and a sword, he floated away from the mountain and started a long journey in the rivers and lakes.

At this time, it has been almost two years since the official opening of the Dream World, and the year in the game is already in the middle of the 11th year of the new calendar.

Nearly one billion players in the Eastland Continent have fully integrated into this virtual world, and are widely distributed in all walks of life in this society.

Some players have already become the lord of a city, and even entered the court of a country.

But the vast majority of players are still at the bottom of the society. Those who have ambitions have joined the various sects, while those who have no money and no ambitions have worked hard in gangs and the market.

System roles have gradually disappeared at the bottom of this society and are replaced by players. Dream World is evolving towards the second human society.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are disputes!

Today's Dongtu Continent is full of struggles for power, vendettas, and even murder and robbery, whistling in the mountains and forests.

Of course, heroes like Zhong Cheng are also indispensable, helping the poor, helping the poor, eliminating rape and evil.

This river and lake is very real, very exciting, but also very cruel!

After the player is killed, although not really dead, the body enhancement effect will also be preserved.

But all the martial arts skills will be completely emptied, and the money and equipment on the body will also be looted, and years of hard work will be in vain.

Jianghu Erlang Jianghu is old, countless passionate young people have been disheartened after many times of life and death, and chose to retire from the Jianghu, willing to be a clerk or a farmer.

But not many people are willing to really leave the Dream World!

Zhong Cheng has always been high above the clouds in this virtual world, even in reality.

Wherever he goes, he is always greeted and hugged, someone picks him up, someone drops him off, and there are dedicated people to take care of all the trivial things in life. He hasn't even used money for many years.

Back then, he took a quick tour to the underground world of the city that never sleeps on the moon, which had already opened his eyes.

Now walking alone in the rivers and lakes, he needs to deal with the small things of food, clothing, housing and transportation by himself, which makes him seem to have returned to his student days 30 years ago.

He was born in the grassroots class, and now he has returned to the ordinary people, and he feels like a fish in water.

Riding horses in the rivers and lakes, happy to enmity, draw your sword when you see injustice on the road.

Eat meat in large chunks, drink in large bowls, scold your mother loudly, no need to suppress yourself to set an example for others, and pay attention to your public image!

Maybe this is the life he really wants!
Amidst the joys and sorrows, love and hatred of ordinary people in the city and the children of the rivers and lakes, he realized the true meaning of life and lived in the present.

In the confrontation with one vicious person after another, he realized the ugliness and complexity of human nature.

In the process of treasure hunting together, he also learned the suspicion and greed of human beings.

Of course, there is no lack of old-fashioned and warm-hearted, chivalrous and courageous, and where righteousness comes, life and death follow each other.

The brilliance of humanity shines on those poor and lonely ordinary people, even if they are as small as fireflies and as humble as weeds, it also makes him believe that there is indeed light in this world!
In this virtual world, people tear off their masks in reality, and fully express the goodness or evil in human nature.

Zhong Cheng gradually changed his mentality, he no longer deliberately obtained chivalry points, and regarded this trip to the rivers and lakes as a trip of cultivation, and what he cultivated was his character.

See all kinds of life, experience all kinds of life!

There is only one kind of heroism in the world, which is to still love life after seeing the truth of life clearly.

……

Two years later, the real time is August 2040, and the game time is May 8 of the new calendar.

On the ice field in the extreme north of the Eastern Land Continent.

Five masters of the rivers and lakes are fighting to the death with a wild beast.

This is a mutated ferocious beast that stepped half of its feet into the realm of a divine beast. It looks like a tiger but not a tiger, like a wolf but not a wolf. It is as big as a brown bear, but it is covered with indestructible scales. It is extremely powerful and flexible.

This strange beast has been a disaster for the Northland for many years, and countless human beings have been buried in its belly, but because of its cunning like a fox, it has been at large.

The five accepted the reward offered by Shangjing and searched all the way. It took nearly a month to stop the beast.

After a day and night of fighting, the beast was exhausted, but four of the five masters also fell to the ground.

Now there is only one last person still fighting with the beast.

This is a young man with a tall and straight body, dressed poorly, and has the cynicism of walking in the rivers and lakes all year round.

But the Tai Chi swordsmanship made it superb, and the endless Tai Chi circles intertwined one after another, forming the strictest defense, entangled the fierce beast in it, and left a wound between its scales and armor from time to time.

The ferocious beast was furious, rushing left and right, but it was helpless against this old Jianghu, unable to fight and escape.

Two hours later, the quasi-sacred beast collapsed to the ground and died from exhaustion.

The cheers of the other four Jianghu people suddenly sounded.

"Brother Ye is mighty!"

"I think Brother Ye's Tai Chi swordsmanship is much stronger than the current top ten Wudang masters!"

"Brother Ye can actually kill divine beasts, he is the number one expert in the East!"

Facing the compliments from his companions, the young swordsman was not complacent, he just smiled helplessly: "Tai Chi swordsmanship is strong in defense, but the attack is too weak, it didn't kill the beast, it boiled it to death!"

Everyone laughed and said that no matter what, no one can kill the beast except him.

The young swordsman then said: "Xiao Li, this guy is full of treasures, you clean it up, let's go back to the capital!"

"Okay, Brother Ye!"

Although these five people were formed temporarily because they jointly accepted the task of offering rewards to beasts, but for more than a month, the young swordsman has undoubtedly become the core of this small team with his knowledge and ability.

The young swordsman had just finished treating the injuries of the other three when he heard Xiao Li cheering.

"Brother Ye, take a look, it's a treasure map fragment!"

Before everyone could gather around, there was already a system prompt in everyone's mind:

"Congratulations to player Li Xunhuan for killing the beast Mutant Four Elephant in the Northern Ice Field and obtaining the 348th treasure map fragment!"

The four cheered again: "We sent it, it's 1000 million!"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect the treasure map fragments to be hidden in Ji Zeng's stomach!"

"Brother Ye has done the most, give it to Brother Ye and let him distribute it!"

But the young swordsman ignored everyone's conversation, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Brothers, the master has something to do, I have to go back to Wudang Mountain immediately, let me take my leave!"

"Ah, Brother Ye, what about the fragments?"

The young swordsman had already jumped on his horse, he turned his head and said with a smile: "You can see the points, but it's best to hand it over to the Universal Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible, lest things change!"

After finishing speaking, he spurred his horse and headed south all the way.

The four Jianghu masters left behind looked at each other, unable to understand the situation for a while.

This down-and-out young swordsman is exactly Zhong Cheng who has traveled in the rivers and lakes for nearly 18 years.

His alias was Ye Cheng, and he traveled all over the mainland of Eastern China, leaving behind a illustrious reputation as a hero.

With the discovery of the treasure map fragments just now, his chivalrous value increased by 1 points, just broke through [-] points, and his mission of walking the rivers and lakes was completed ahead of schedule.

Although he still wants to continue this kind of unrestrained life as his home in the world, the heavy responsibility on his shoulders tells him that he must return to Wudang Mountain.

And hopefully it's not too late!

(End of this chapter)