anovelconsole Chapter 273 Give Me the Time It Takes to Burn an Incense Stick
Chapter 273 Give Me the Time It Takes to Burn an Incense Stick
Chen You looked at the one-eyed giant kneeling on the ground, "weeping bitterly," and his eyes twitched involuntarily.
Is his surname really Meng?
The odds are like being hit by a meteorite on your way out the door, with the words "Congratulations on winning the lottery" engraved on it.
He took a deep breath, maintaining his composed demeanor, and said calmly:
"Get up. You have a connection with the Meng family. Today, you will be the one to perform this meritorious deed."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The Cyclops player named Meng Huo suddenly looked up, slapping his large, fan-like hand hard on his breastplate with a loud "bang" to show his determination.
He stood up, his imposing figure like a small mountain, making the city lord Meng De beside him appear somewhat petite.
Meng De also recovered from his shock at this moment. He looked at Meng Huo with a complicated expression.
Brother Chen is truly a sage!
With a simple tap, I can find those in the sea of people who are connected to my Meng family by blood!
Although this appearance... is a bit too unrestrained.
"May I ask your esteemed name, sir?"
Meng De couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward, asking politely.
Meng Huo grinned widely, his single eye gleaming with pride.
He straightened his back and declared in a loud, clear voice: "My full name is Biyangdeganside Menghuo!"
Chen You: "..."
Meng De: "..."
The players around, who were eavesdropping, were speechless.
The air at the scene seemed to freeze for half a second.
Chen You felt a dull ache in his temples again.
Goodness, I thought it was yellow, but it's an imported white one?
Forget it, forget it.
He was too tired to maintain that nonsensical script anymore; he was exhausted.
Hurry up and finish this deadly ritual, then find a comfortable spot to sit back and wait for the monsters to attack, and grind experience like crazy.
Chen You raised his chin at Meng De expressionlessly, giving him a look that said: Get started now, stop dawdling.
As a top-tier intelligent NPC, Meng De instantly understood the "sage's" impatience.
He stopped dwelling on the tongue-twisting name, immediately turned around, and bowed deeply to Biyangdeganside Menghuo with an extremely solemn and respectful posture.
"Thank you for your help...this is the person I'm destined to meet!"
He took a specially made torch with a golden flame burning at the top from his guard and presented it with both hands.
Meng Huo was so excited that his whole body was trembling. He carefully took the torch as if it were a family heirloom.
Under the watchful eyes of countless people, he walked with heavy steps toward the "Heaven-Reaching Jade Incense," a ten-meter-tall structure resembling a pillar supporting the sky.
A tall ladder has already been erected next to it.
He held the torch high, climbed the ladder, and even paused devoutly just before touching the incense stick.
He nodded vigorously in Chen You's direction.
The next second, the golden flame touched the tip of the incense.
hum-
There were no raging flames; at the top of the Heavenly Jade Incense Burner, only a tiny red dot appeared.
Immediately afterwards, a wisp of smoke, thin as a spider's thread yet condensed and unyielding, rose straight up into the sky, seemingly ignoring the obstruction of the wind.
Almost at the same instant the smoke rose, the sky changed!
The once cloudless sky suddenly darkened without warning.
Vast swirling dark clouds surged in from all directions, like boiling ink, churning wildly across the sky and instantly obscuring the sun.
The wind howled, whipping up sand, stones, and paper money from the ground, making a strange, wailing sound.
The entire Mausoleum of a Thousand Lights resembled a ghostly realm where the wind howled.
"Holy crap! Who turned off the lights?!"
"What's going on? This ancestral worship ceremony can change the weather? The special effects are off the charts!"
"This is absolutely a world-class mission! I knew following the God of Travel would bring us rewards!"
Instead of being afraid, the players erupted in even more frenzied shouts of excitement.
However, Mengde and the guards of the city lord's mansion were all ashen-faced and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
They could clearly sense a chill and pressure emanating from the depths of their souls permeating the air.
Just then, an old, furious voice, as if coming from the deepest depths of hell, resounded in everyone's mind.
"Meng-de!"
The voice was unlike that of an ordinary person, carrying a hint of hoarseness and endless resentment.
Just two words were enough to make the weaker guards collapse to the ground.
City Lord Meng De was struck dumb, collapsing to his knees with a thud. His face was ashen, his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a single word.
"waste!"
The dark clouds in the sky gathered into the outline of a huge, blurry human face, and the voice seemed to come from that face.
"Our Meng clan, bound by blood and soul, has earned the power to rule a city and continue its glory for a thousand years! This is a blessing bestowed upon us by our ancestors at an unparalleled cost!"
"You unfilial descendant, how dare you enlist the help of outsiders to destroy my ancestral tombstone and sever my bloodline contract!"
"A blessing? You call that curse that makes your people kill each other a blessing?" Meng De, kneeling on the ground, seemed to have all his strength drained away, but he still roared unwillingly.
"shut up!"
The aged voice grew increasingly furious.
"Ignorant child! Without this contract, how could my Meng family stand atop Thousand Light City? Power! That is the foundation of everything!"
"Womanly compassion will only bring my Meng family lineage to dust!"
The face in the sky looked down, filled with disdain and contempt.
"You, Mengde, have abandoned the glory of your ancestors and indulged in worldly love. You are no longer worthy to be a descendant of the Meng family, much less worthy to be the lord of this Thousand Light City!"
"From this day forward, in the name of the Meng family ancestors, I hereby strip you of your position as city lord!"
"Thousand Light City will soon welcome its true master!"
The aged voice echoed between heaven and earth, filled with unquestionable majesty.
Chen You, on the other hand, stood still the whole time, his face expressionless.
It seems this enraged ancestor didn't care at all who lit the incense.
In any case, the objective should have been achieved.
Chen You thought to himself.
Just as the voice of the Meng family ancestor was fading away, a series of rapid system notifications rang precisely in his ears.
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully triggering the hidden world event in Thousand Light City: The Ancestor's Wrath!]
[System Notification: Due to your actions, the seal on the 'Netherworld' connected to the Tomb of a Thousand Lights has been greatly weakened.]
[System Notification: A massive monster siege will begin in 10 minutes!]
At the same time, a blood-red world announcement covering the entire Thousand Light City area, accompanied by a piercing alarm, exploded above the heads of all players!
[World Announcement (Thousand Light City Region): Alert! The wrath of the ancestors has been ignited! A spatial rift connecting to the Netherworld is opening at the Tomb of Thousand Lights!]
[World Announcement (Thousand Light City Region): An endless army of undead is about to engulf Thousand Light City! Spatial Rift duration: one incense stick's time!]
boom--!
As if to confirm this announcement, a terrifying roar, powerful enough to tear eardrums, suddenly echoed from the depths of the Tomb of a Thousand Lights.
Immediately afterwards, a visible black wave of energy shot up from the entrance of the tomb and soared into the sky!
The whole world went completely mad at this moment!
Chen You's expression remained unchanged as he looked at the "one stick of incense" in the announcement and then at the 10-meter-tall Jade Golden Incense next to him.
So that's how it's played?!