novelraw Chapter 572 - 456: Encountering Zi Shu Again (5.5K)
Chapter 572 - 456: Encountering Zi Shu Again (5.5K)
"Old Li, you weren’t doing so well, huh? That kid kicked you over to Old Xiao’s side to lie down like a corpse?"
Phoenix Mountain exaggeratedly jumped up and exclaimed upon seeing Li Zheng for the first time: "Acting all fine in front of us, gotta save face, right?"
Li Zheng’s face instantly turned dark when he heard that, and he looked at Lin Fengjiao following behind him.
"Don’t look at Little Lin; she just told us you were getting treatment. As for how bad the injury is..."
Zhan Zhouzhou stepped forward and said: "Even Dr. Xiao took two hours to allow you to stand; anyone could guess that, right?"
"Exactly, exactly... huh?" Phoenix Mountain paused his nodding and looked at Zhan Zhouzhou in confusion: "Who are you calling an idiot?"
"I wasn’t talking about you, but now I am." Zhan Zhouzhou said to Yan Guang: "Your boyfriend seems not quite normal here."
She pointed her right index finger at her own temple.
"Ugh... Honestly, I didn’t agree with him interacting too much with Lu Li."
Yan Guang shrugged with feigned resignation, making Phoenix Mountain hop madly: "Silly woman, already siding with someone else, huh?"
"College entrance exams are over; who still revises?" Yan Guang pouted.
"Alright then."
Phoenix Mountain suddenly calmed down, "Since you said that, from now on we’ll only take exams, no more revising!"
Yan Guang: "???"
Zhan Zhouzhou: "...?"
Li Zheng: "!!!"
Car!
Such a fast car!
What kind of car just ran over my face?
Wait a moment!
Why can I, a single dog, understand the hidden meaning of this sentence!?
Damn!
Li Zheng rolled his eyes helplessly and changed the topic: "Alright, everyone’s here, let’s head inside and see what kind of tricks this Terminal has for this award ceremony hall."
At this moment, the place where everyone was located was brought in by a teleportation item issued by the Terminal after Li Zheng confirmed his award.
The environment was simple—a vast metal hall with soft light sources embedded in every corner, making the view very pleasant.
In the center of the hall was another low-rise structure, looking quite ordinary from the outside.
A big door with three silver-grey columns on each side, supporting a wavy roof.
"I contacted Liu Qi Shao’s side, and when they received their reward, the Terminal operated remotely and gave it to them in their capsules after selecting the type," Zhan Zhouzhou said at this moment: "It seems only our team has the qualification to come to this so-called award hall."
Yan Guang was a bit puzzled: "Logically, our prizes could also just be issued directly to the Capsules, why go through the trouble?"
"Trouble?"
Phoenix Mountain had a different opinion: "How can this be called trouble? We’re the first! The champions! You see, in those e-sports competitions, doesn’t the overall champion always have a trophy ceremony?"
"What’s it called again? Right! A sense of ceremony!"
Phoenix Mountain believed that their team, as champions, had some special treatment that was nothing to fuss about.
A sense of ceremony?
Li Zheng murmured inwardly, would the Terminal bother with such superficial things?
In his view, it shouldn’t.
The reason they were brought to this so-called award hall might be because their prize was different from what Ma Long and the others received.
Is it because of better quality?
Li Zheng instantly dismissed this factor; if it were about quality, the Terminal should be able to send it to Players’ capsules through some means.
So, could it be...
Tickets?
Li Zheng pondered.
Having won, he could additionally receive an Outer City entry ticket as a reward. This ticket wasn’t part of the original prize rules but rather an additional clause.
So, the Terminal needed to issue the Outer City ticket on the spot using this form?
After thinking it over, Li Zheng concluded that this was the most likely scenario, as no other reason could explain it.
"Let’s go in and find out?"
Li Zheng led the way, bringing along four teammates and two pets to the big door.
As they pushed open the seemingly heavy metal door, a burly figure appeared in front of them.
With light purple skin, her face was marked with black lines forming peculiar patterns, and she had three eyes positioned in a triangular shape.
Her chest was full, straining the grey-white leather armor that barely contained her.
Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou were surprised to see the figure.
"Ms. Zi Shu?"
"What are you doing here?"
The figure was none other than a person Li Zheng had met once, who had pointed out the ’brutal’ lurking in his body—Zi Shu, the ninth apprentice of the Blacksmith!
A burly yet incredibly kind alien woman.
"You finally made it."
Zi Shu stood beside a long table, speaking with a hint of grievance.
"I received the mission from the Terminal two hours ago to wait for you here to collect your reward, and you only just arrived."
"Some unexpected things happened, and we were delayed." Li Zheng apologized with a smile; he hadn’t expected the Terminal to use such a manual award-giving method, and even more surprising was Zi Shu being the one to award it.
"Alright, come quickly, once I give you the stuff, I have to get back to serving my master." Zi Shu was unfazed by Li Zheng and the others’ tardiness, gesturing for them to come over.
"You know her?" Phoenix Mountain asked in a low voice, standing half a step behind Li Zheng.
"Yeah, we met when I first went to Channel 24, didn’t I mention it in the group?" Li Zheng explained: "You and Yan Guang had to deal with Yu Xiaoyu and your dad at the time, so you weren’t there."