Chapter 164: Chapter 112: The Divine Artifact Reappears, Unexpected News
His sister Shen Yue’s eyes curved like crescent moons as she replied loudly.
"Come on! Come on! Come on! Give Xiaohong a hug!" she chirped. "Do you have any idea how many positive comments our Xiaohong posted for you last night, and how many people flamed her for it?!"
After briefly mentioning their mother’s condition, Shen Yue spun around and grabbed Xiaohong. She pushed the meekly standing Li Xiaohong, whose eyes were filled with adoration, in front of Shen Fei.
"Alright!"
Without a second thought, Shen Fei gave the timid Xiaohong—whose arms were held stiffly at her sides—a big hug. After such a heart-pounding battle, he completely understood the desire to share this joy with family.
"Hm?"
As he hugged the reserved Xiaohong, Shen Fei suddenly froze. They were both fully clothed, but when he embraced Xiaohong, he somehow felt a slippery, incredibly smooth sensation. At the same time, he felt that Xiaohong’s body was surprisingly hot, especially the part of her lower abdomen pressed against his own.
"Xiaohong, are you okay?" Letting go of Xiaohong, whose face was now beet red, Shen Fei asked curiously. "Is this an ability you inherited? Or have you been infected by some special power?"
"What are you talking about!" Before Shen Fei could say another word, Shen Yue, her little scheme having succeeded, pulled Xiaohong protectively behind her. "Our Xiaohong is just nervous, that’s all!
"Here, I wanted to show you this!" she continued, not giving Shen Fei a chance to speak. "The Traveling Frog came back just now! It brought this back. Take a look and see what we should do with it! This is the main reason I came over!"
Shen Yue directly handed him a map that looked like it was made of beast hide.
It’s back already?
Hearing that it was something the Traveling Frog had brought back, Shen Fei was surprised. The little guy hadn’t been gone for long, yet it had already returned with its first haul.
"You bet it is! It’s a Void Frog! It uses Void Walking! It’s insanely fast!" With her chin held high and a light hum, Shen Yue pulled Xiaohong along and left again after delivering the item to her big brother.
She wanted to go back and continue studying her Traveling Frog. Although she acted casual in front of her brother, Shen Yue was actually quite surprised herself that the Traveling Frog had returned so quickly. Besides, she also needed to get back quickly to help Xiaohong research the second wave of abilities she had inherited. In the first week, Xiaohong had inherited a Succubus constitution. The power she inherited in the second week was even more peculiar.
That was also why, just now, Shen Yue had made Xiaohong hug her brother.
After Shen Yue left, Shen Fei picked up the beast hide and began to examine it. While looking at the hide, he rubbed his own stomach. His lower abdomen felt a little warm.
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A map? Hang City? A special-type small city? A secret treasure? A National Treasure Divine Artifact?
After examining the beast hide map for a few minutes, Shen Fei deciphered the information on it. The map, which the Traveling Frog had procured from who-knows-where, actually showed a special, small-scale Neutral City.
From his experience capturing Yang City, he knew that a "special city" was one that possessed a special ability, like those with Divine Text. Shen Fei immediately grew interested in the city on the map.
Just as someone on the Forum had said, when a Neutral City descended, there was a three-day window to capture it. And right now, less than ten hours had passed. He was more than strong enough to go and capture another city. Although a captured city couldn’t be moved into Qing City’s cluster, it wasn’t impossible for him to continue capturing them.
More importantly, Shen Fei saw on the beast hide map that this small city was actually related to a [National Treasure Divine Artifact].
This gave Shen Fei a huge shock. Xia Country’s Divine Artifact was safe and sound at the Tourism Management Office headquarters; Shen Fei knew that for a fact. Now, news of another [National Treasure Divine Artifact] had suddenly appeared on Xia Country’s soil, which stunned him. At the same time, he instantly began to wonder if he might have a chance to obtain this so-called [National Treasure Divine Artifact] for himself.
The National Treasure Divine Artifact had directly granted the Tourism Management Office headquarters a large-scale city. Furthermore, it would continue to grant things with every future version update. On top of that, it definitely had many more unknown secrets and functions.
As someone who possessed a 5% fragment of Japan’s Divine Artifact, Shen Fei was full of anticipation for such items. Seeing all this on the map brought back by the Traveling Frog, he was immediately tempted.
The location is within Hang City’s range! Before the apocalypse, Qing City was 1,000 km from Hang City. Now that the planet has expanded, the distance has become over 9,000 kilometers...
Looking at the location shown on the map, Shen Fei thought quickly. At such a distance, his Teleportation Gate Tower was useless. If he wanted to get there quickly, the only way was to use the fragment of Japan’s Divine Artifact in his possession.
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[Nine Phases Power: Can perform Long-range Teleportation (3/6). Within areas free of restrictions, Domains, Arrays, etc., allows for teleportation anywhere on Earth.]
[Component: This item is a component (5%) of Japan’s National Treasure Divine Artifact, the ’Nine-Phase Divine Bottle’.]
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With three uses of Long-range Teleportation remaining, Shen Fei couldn’t help but take the item out.
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
But before he could do anything else, an important message, for which he had set a special notification, suddenly came through.
"Congratulations on being the first to capture a city, Brother Fei!!"
"Brother Fei, your guide was a huge help! I’ve already started prioritizing the bosses!"
Opening the message, Shen Fei was surprised to see it was from Huang Yi, all the way in the Divine Capital. Huang Yi, who was in the middle of defending his own city, had seen the statement and combat guide that Gun’Er posted on the Forum under Shen Fei’s instructions and guessed that Shen Fei was finally free. So, he had immediately sent a message.
"Just got lucky, just got lucky!" Shen Fei replied politely. "How are the defenses on your end, Brother Huang?"
He still had a good relationship with Huang Yi. Besides, the Divine Capital’s Tourism Management Office had previously sent him information about the Divine Artifact and the Fanghu Cave Heaven. Shen Fei had received their gesture of goodwill. As long as it wasn’t too much trouble, he was willing to help the Tourism Management Office headquarters. After all, after he had fully inherited his first game ability, Li Yunlong had come to speak with him on behalf of the headquarters. Moreover, they had granted him a great deal of authority. While that authority wasn’t necessarily a golden ticket, the gesture was what counted.
"It’s fine, it’s fine!"
"I just wanted to say hi!"
"Our defense here should be fine. With your guide, it’s become much easier!"
To Shen Fei’s surprise, Huang Yi hadn’t contacted him to ask for reinforcements. He was just checking in.
"Alright, well, good luck, Brother Huang!"
"We’ll celebrate when the battle’s over!"
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, they both closed the chat window. Shen Fei had sensed Huang Yi’s goodwill, and Huang Yi had sensed Shen Fei’s in return. At the same time, the fact that Huang Yi hadn’t asked for help also told Shen Fei that the Tourism Management Office headquarters indeed had other methods at its disposal that he didn’t know about. And those methods most likely came from the [National Treasure Divine Artifact].
"Hm?"
He had just closed the chat with Huang Yi when, to his surprise, another message started beeping. Furthermore, the sender was also someone for whom he had set a special notification. There weren’t many people in his friends list for whom Shen Fei had set up special notifications.
No way...
Seeing the sender’s name, Shen Fei froze.
Ethereum Punk!!!
The one messaging him was actually the special organization, Ethereum Punk
