Chapter 34: Silvermoon City Sewer Ruins Entrance |
“Clang....”
Not long after those people ran off, the Evil God lifted the box and crawled out from inside.
This is outrageous!!
Vivian was completely dumbfounded by this move.
No—
What kind of ridiculous operation is this?!
Lord God, are you stupid?!
At a time like this, shouldn’t you wait a bit longer before coming out?!
Vivian could even still see the backs of those chasing figures not yet disappearing.
Almost at the same time, they all stopped.
Then their gazes uniformly turned toward the box—but by now, Vivian was already gone.
“Not good! She was hiding in the box!”
Realizing this, the group immediately turned back, returning to the intersection and looking around, but they couldn’t find Vivian anywhere.
“She must have gone back the way she came!”
“Chase!”
……
Unexpected—extremely unexpected.
Even Jiang Chen hadn’t anticipated this game’s mechanics.
In fact, many games have stealth systems.
For example, Genshin, Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, and even many single-player games all include stealth mechanics.
Under normal circumstances, in stealth mode, you can see a cone-shaped vision area of NPCs.
Once you enter that area, stealth fails.
Either you get teleported back to the starting point, or it triggers enemy aggro.
This game was similar.
After entering stealth mode, there was also a vision zone—but its range was far larger than in traditional games.
If traditional games showed only about one-third of an NPC’s actual vision, this game displayed 100%.
Not only was the range ridiculously large, but more importantly, the game added another mechanic.
It was exactly what had just happened.
Jiang Chen had instinctively acted according to traditional game logic.
As long as you weren’t in the vision zone, even if you danced behind an NPC, they wouldn’t notice you.
But in this game, he never expected that just making a bit of noise would reveal his position.
“Damn, that’s something… they can actually detect based on sound. That’s kind of insane.”
Jiang Chen muttered.
Hearing the Evil God’s complaint, Vivian felt like her brain was about to overheat—how is that insane?! They have ears!
Why would Lord God think detecting enemies through sound is strange?!
Vivian felt that the god controlling her lacked even the most basic common sense.
But just as Vivian was still complaining internally, she suddenly realized her body had stopped.
Then her gaze shifted toward a river not far away.
“The Flowing Silver River… why did Lord God stop here?”
The Flowing Silver River ran through Silvermoon City and was one of its most important rivers.
Countless legends surrounded this river.
It also served as the boundary between New Silvermoon City and Old Silvermoon City.
Iconic locations such as Moon Gate Plaza, the New Mage District, the New Warrior District, and the Moon Forest Market were all part of the newly built city.
They had become symbols of Silvermoon City.
As for Old Silvermoon City, many areas had already been rebuilt with new structures and wide roads.
Only a small portion still retained its original appearance—the rest had mostly been renovated.
Looking at the faintly visible arch structures beneath the water’s surface, Vivian recalled reading about them in books before arriving at Silvermoon City.
The Flowing Silver River had surged multiple times in the past, forcing residents along its banks to relocate repeatedly.
Naturally, many old buildings had been submerged beneath the water.
If she wasn’t mistaken, those should be structures that had been flooded long ago.
“But why is Lord God staring at them?”
“Could it be that Lord God has been here before, and seeing these remnants brought back memories?”
Vivian thought to herself.
After all, she knew that the first thing Lord God wanted to do now was remove the seal on the bracelet.
At a time like this, the only thing that could make him stop would be memories of the past...
But clearly, Vivian had overthought it.
“Holy—what a lucky find!”
At this moment, Jiang Chen stared at a line of white text floating above a submerged arch structure, completely stunned.
【Silvermoon City Sewer Ruins Entrance】
Jiang Chen had never expected this.
He had only been looking for a secluded place to remove the seal—
And just by casually glancing, he noticed something off.
Why was there white text in the water?
Then when he adjusted his view and looked closely—damn, there was actually a ruin below!
However, judging by the speed of the current, Jiang Chen estimated that if he jumped in, he’d most likely be swept away.
This ruin definitely had to be explored.
After memorizing the location, Jiang Chen immediately headed toward the distant Old Silvermoon City, where buildings lay in ruins, collapsed and overgrown with vegetation.
Since the establishment of New Silvermoon City, the old city had undergone reconstruction.
Many buildings had been demolished and rebuilt.
So in Old Silvermoon City, collapsed structures could be seen everywhere, along with the occasional skeleton of some unfortunate soul lying in the corners.
After all, this area was basically an unregulated zone, and dangerous incidents occasionally occurred.
After arriving, Jiang Chen didn’t waste any time.
He found a relatively intact small building, confirmed no one was around, and entered.
Ignoring the creaking sounds of wooden planks beneath his feet, Jiang Chen quickly reached a relatively intact room.
“This will do.”
Then Jiang Chen took out the bracelet and one thousand gold coins.
“Next, it’s time to remove the seal!”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen took a deep breath and clasped his hands together.
“Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, Amitabha—bless me with top-tier attributes!”
Just as he was about to click, he decided to play it safe.
“I sacrifice ten years of my brother’s lifespan—give me god-tier equipment!”
Then—
With a crisp clicking sound, Jiang Chen held his breath.
Meanwhile, Vivian had been completely confused the entire time.
When Jiang Chen said he would remove the seal, she had been curious how Lord God would do it.
So she had been watching his every move.
And then she was stunned.
Lord God brought her to this desolate place and took out gold coins.
What does removing a seal have to do with taking out gold coins?
Is he insane?! If this could remove the seal, then it would’ve been broken long ago!
Vivian felt that the god controlling her was becoming increasingly absurd.
Using gold coins to break a seal—what a joke. Did he think gold coins were all-powerful?
But at that moment, Vivian was horrified to discover—
The gold coins were melting at a visible speed, slowly dissolving.
What was happening?
Before she could react, a dazzling golden light made her unable to open her eyes.
Then Vivian realized—
She had appeared in a strange golden world.