novelraw Chapter 627 477
Chapter 627 477
Fishing competition, Lava Mountain Range venue.
This environment is vastly different from the Endless Ocean. As soon as you enter, the first thing you feel is the high temperature, which is unbearable for most people.
Heat waves hit you in the face, and players with slightly lower physical resilience might even feel their exposed hair curling slowly under the scorching heat.
The terrain of the Lava Mountain Range is also quite distinctive. As far as the eye can see, there are barren rocky mountains, with no grass or trees, only various irregular volcanic craters scattered all around.
This is a paradise for players skilled in Fire Gene Abilities, but a place where other players are reluctant to linger.
"Quite a few people have actually shown up." Li Zheng stood at the entrance of the Lava Mountain Range, gazing out. Despite the surrounding heat, the number of players fishing at each crater was not small.
"That's because players who have developed Fire Gene Abilities generally have a higher tolerance for high temperatures, and the special fish catches produced in the Lava Mountain Range boost all kinds of Fire Abilities, which is why they're willing to endure this torment." Phoenix Mountain came over from not far away, explaining to Li Zheng, then teased, "I knew you'd definitely come, just didn't expect you so early."
Li Zheng was puzzled, "How did you know I'd come?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Phoenix Mountain pointed to a crater not far away, "This environment is practically tailor-made for you. Once you activate that Genetic Ability of yours, the whole volcano would probably explode, right?"
"Did you already know that fish caught by unconventional methods also count for points?" Li Zheng asked with a frown.
"Not that early; it was about five minutes ago when the Fishing Equipment Merchant suddenly started selling a special tool," Phoenix Mountain waved and said, "Wanna check it out?"
"Sure."
Li Zheng followed Phoenix Mountain, heading towards the merchant responsible for fishing gear transactions in the Lava Mountain Range area.
Arriving there, Li Zheng was shocked, "Are there no merchants left in your group? How are you even here?"
Phoenix Mountain was also surprised, "You know him?"
Know him?
Li Zheng certainly did!
The blue skin, the ordinary appearance, the unrestrained aura.
Wasn't this the wandering merchant "Xiao" he'd met not long ago?
Xiao was sitting in a leather chair, enjoying the cool breeze from a fan beside him, holding a cup with a fiery red drink and sipping through a straw. Hearing Li Zheng's voice, his eyelids slightly lifted, revealing a very average-looking face, "Huh? You look somewhat familiar?"
"Sorry, but all of your race looks pretty much the same to me. Have we met somewhere?" Xiao bit the straw, speaking clearly, and didn't seem to be pretending.
Phoenix Mountain looked skeptically at Li Zheng, so your idea of knowing someone means you know them, but they don't know you, is that it?
Li Zheng felt numb, so this guy's a bit face-blind?
He even said let's be friends before parting last time, and it hasn't been long, yet he's forgotten me?
But it doesn't make sense!
Even if you're face-blind, can you not tell the difference between having hair and being bald?
At this moment, a player buying a tool walked up, "Boss, get me a Flying Claw!"
"A great deal, one thousand points."
With a customer on hand, Xiao naturally prioritized business, turning to take out a peculiarly shaped machine and set it on the ground with a thud, casually collecting a pile of fiery-red, oddly shaped 'fish.'
Seeing that player, Li Zheng figured out why Xiao couldn't distinguish between having hair and not.
Because this player was also clearly someone who had triggered some side effects, with not a single hair visible on his whole head, hardly any better off than Li Zheng.
"Damn, with this Flying Claw, I'm going to make those little trash in the Royal Cavalry Legion kneel and sing in defeat!" The bald player packed up the machine, gave Li Zheng a sympathetic glance, and walked away.
Even from afar, you could hear him shouting, "Get me two brothers! This Flying Claw Machine can't be operated alone!"
Then from afar, two more bald players came running...
After completing the transaction, Xiao turned around just in time to see the small Sakura sleeping behind Li Zheng and immediately recalled, "Now I remember, you're the first player to trade with me!"
Now that he remembered who Li Zheng was, Xiao's expression became much friendlier, since this was the most generous customer he'd encountered in his merchant career, one transaction equivalent to over a dozen with other players!
Relieved, Li Zheng stopped fidgeting with his villa's toe as if a weight had been lifted, while Phoenix Mountain's skeptical look seemed to have a magic power that could cause social death.
This guy never misses an opportunity to tease me, just like I used to do to him before.
"Didn't expect to meet you while doing a part-time job!" Xiao familiarly draped an arm over Li Zheng's shoulder, "The channel you recommended last time is indeed pretty good, lots of customers and high quality at that. I even tried to find you to say thanks later but couldn't locate you?"
Phoenix Mountain looked frustrated, "Damn, you actually do know each other?"
Missed yet another chance to tease old Li, such a pity!
"Uh...you went back to Channel 995 to find me?" Li Zheng recalled hearing about the fight between Lu Li and Xiao after he returned to Channel 879, thinking that this matter was indirectly related to him?
But come to think of it, given Xiao's level of face-blindness, even if Sakura didn't show up, he probably wouldn't recognize me even if he found me, right?