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Chapter 682: Chapter 583: The Abyss Rift is Sealed Shut Chapter 682: Chapter 583: The Abyss Rift is Sealed Shut “`

Unlike the Sixth Palace, which is flanked by twelve Space Towers, from a distance, one can only see a towering giant tree shining with golden light amidst the dazzling starry river in the First Palace.

To mere mortals standing before this tree, they are but a speck in the ocean.

The First Palace is unmanaged by anyone.

Hovering around the giant tree are spots of light, which upon closer examination, reveal themselves to be ball-like Little Elves, with tiny wings on their backs that strongly resemble those of the Q-version winged messenger used by instructors.

Here, there is harmony and tranquility, exuberance of life, as if there are faint singing ballads coming from afar, greeting the ethereal and lingering chime of windbells.

Whoosh—

The entrance of two people disrupted the peaceful waters.

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Defensive Tower.

Los patiently waited for a long time, keeping an eye on the situation of the Abyss Rift in Yangcheng while waiting.

Seeing that the rift was not spreading for the time being, and that the person seemed to have no plans to continue with his reckless actions, he was able to calmly continue waiting.

It’s true that people from the First Palace are difficult to talk to.

But they will definitely grant authority.

That’s why Los was so certain to send Luofu directly to the First Palace without fear of her finding it empty.

After a long while.

Los suddenly opened his eyes.

Having received the authority codes granted by the First Palace, he immediately restarted the defensive line.

The light of the Tall Tower suddenly burst forth and then quickly contracted.

An invisible barrier radiated from the defense line, encompassing the entire world, keeping the thick and chaotic darkness of the universe’s starry river at bay, outside of the light’s reach.

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Peace Street.

A temporary assembly point.

Xu Shuo had just finished bargaining with Luo Kai.

Mainly because there really isn’t much of substance among these items.

Although with Luo Kai’s experience, he had collected many artifacts he couldn’t use but may be somewhat useful, most of the artifacts that could be taken out in this world were very low rank.

And the truly important artifacts had probably already been reserved by Luo Kai for his close associates or sold to the officials for research in the spirit of friendship.

So what was left over was essentially junk.

Among the junk, Xu Shuo picked and chose, eventually bundling six small artifacts for a total of a hundred points.

“I…

I’ve never seen anyone as stingy as you!”

Luo Kai’s fingers trembled with anger.

Xu Shuo remained composed, “You could have not sold them, I didn’t force you to sell.”

Luo Kai was choked up with frustration,”…”

The reason he was willing to sell to this guy was to curry some favor; otherwise, he would have put them up for sale in the mall’s trading section long ago.

Was there even a need to sell them off at such a low price?

Yet this guy was brutally ruthless when it came to haggling!

The price was already low.

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He slashed it by half right off the bat!

Xu Xi sat on the side, watching their earnest haggling, a thin smile curling at the edges of her mouth.

But just then, she seemed to sense something and abruptly looked up, her gaze fixated on the void, her expression momentarily puzzled and perplexed.

“What’s wrong?” Xu Shuo suddenly looked at her and asked.

“Nothing,” Xu Xi shook her head.

In that instant, she felt as if she had something stolen from her, an incomprehensible sense of loss, but upon seeing Xu Shuo standing in front of her,

Xu Xi suddenly felt—

What could she possibly still lose?

There was nothing.

The strange emotion in her heart quickly dispersed.

At that time, the six small artifacts had also been pushed in front of Xu Xi.

She sat there, maintaining her composed and graceful demeanor, resembling a princess awaiting afternoon tea.

“Just keep everything safe, and take these few disposable artifacts with you.

I’ll give you a bag for them.”

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Xu Shuo said this as he took out an ancient-style brocade pouch.

Crystal stones, magic array pendants…

These seemingly ordinary pieces of junk were stuffed into the brocade pouch by Xu Shuo in one go and then handed to Xu Xi.

After receiving it, Xu Xi thought to herself, It looks like I need to start wearing bigger clothes in the future.

And the pants have to be the kind with waistbands, otherwise, there’s no way to hang the brocade pouch.

She hadn’t even used the stuff in her last brocade pouch.

Luo Kai said at this time, “You could actually pay more attention to those pickable items in the scripts, sometimes the most ordinary-looking things can be brought out as props.”

Xu Shuo looked at him, “Is this why you love picking up junk?”

Luo Kai: “…” There was no continuing this conversation today.

You have a team that can get anything they want; I’ve been working alone from the start!

Anything can happen in the Script World, and players never seem to have enough props, or they have props that are incompatible with the script.

So, shouldn’t they collect more life-saving items?!

Although actually, until he passed the level four assessment, these pieces of junk hadn’t been of any use, and they ended up completely unused…

Try trading with other players, but they don’t see any value in them.

Those who are interested end up not offering much after haggling.

It’s a very awkward stage.

It could be said that if there hadn’t been those changes in the real world, this pile of junk would have been either sold cheaply to the newbies at lower levels or just left to gather dust.

Recently, the marketplace opened a platform for free player-to-player trading without any intermediary fees.

Luo Kai had even planned to go to the trading platform to recover some losses.

But it was at this time that signs of Abyssal erosion started to appear in their real world; and yet, despite the world level still being strictly level zero, players were not able to freely use their abilities except for some special, non-damaging props that could be taken out.

That’s when Luo Kai keenly sensed a business opportunity!

This pile of junk…

oh no, these low-level props seemed to have finally found their place?

Well, they seemed to still be useless to him.

Because after the system upgrade, facing the Abyss directly unlocked abilities according to players’ levels in the handbook.

Then, after a while, the officials popped up again!

Eh-heh?

Looks like the junk is becoming useful again?

Life really is full of ups and downs…

As Luo Kai thought about his experiences recently, he lit another cigarette and took a puff, his expression showing a weary and melancholic gaze toward the direction of the alley.

“Eh?”

Luo Kai’s gaze sharpened.

“Eh??”

Luo Kai’s eyes widened.

Xu Shuo, who was explaining to Xu Xi how to use the protection prop, heard the noise and looked up calmly, just as a misty golden glow appeared above the alley.

Like the beautiful aurora, it complemented the evening sunset, faint like smoke, falling from the sky and seeping into the alley.

Such a beautiful sight faded as quickly as it came, shining only for a brief moment before dissipating like smoke, unnoticed by anyone else.

Xu Shuo felt a hunch and said, “That Abyss rift seems to have been blocked.”

Luo Kai immediately became excited and slammed the table, “Can we go in now and clear out the darkness in this territory?!”

The reason they had been waiting here was because of the presence of the Abyss Rift, which made them uncertain, so they planned to wait for support from other players before going in together to tackle it.

But if they were confident now—

Why share the rewards with other players then?

Sealing the Abyss Darkness invading the real world had rewards with points!!

This was almost like the reward mechanism of the Abyss Battlefield; as long as you defeat the Abyss creatures and seal the darkness of a territory, the system would calculate and issue points as rewards after the event!

This was the only way for players who weren’t “directors,” “mentors,” or idols to earn points from the Script Space!

Directors and mentors earn points through extracting scripts and teaching students, while idol players active in forums are like bloggers, earning from the tips of other players.

And for those plain old ordinary players?

Hardworking souls of the working class.

Luo Kai got excited, “Let’s go!

Quick, rush!”

Snatch the working class’s points!

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