Chapter 718: 718

Chapter 718: Unraveling The Secrets Of Set-Items

Everyone had secrets . Zhang Heng never asked how Shen Xixi acquired the Justice Scale and what sort of agreement she had made with the goddess of justice, Justitia . Shen Xixi, too did not ask Zhang Heng how he came to know about the location where Yogurt and 1810 would meet .

She and Black Swan had followed Zhang Heng here, subsequently managing to prevent two tragedies from happening during the critical moment .

Zhang Heng had two Grade-B game items with him, second only to those major guilds’ highest-ranking members . However, his biggest secret was the extra 24 hours that he had every day . To Shen Xixi, Zhang Heng investigated Yogurt’s disappearance with her the whole night, but the truth was that he had left Shen Dongxing’s apartment after midnight . Using the tracking skill he learned from the Deductive Reasoning quest, it took about four hours to find the two . Instead of tying them up, Zhang Heng implanted Trojan horse malware in their mobile phones to monitor and pinpoint their locations .

If 1810 had arrived here to accept the result, the investigation of this matter would end here . If 1810 refused to accept the outcome, Zhang Heng could locate Yogurt and Shen Dongxing faster than him .

Anyway, this matter was resolved peacefully in the end . 1810, however, had to pay the price of his team getting disbanded . As they went their separate ways, Black Swan hinted to Zhang Heng that if he were willing to team up with her, she would surprise him with something pleasurable . Unfortunately, Zhang Heng declined her request .

From the beginning of this game, Zhang Heng had never thought of teaming up with anyone else . Although the difficulty of the Proxy War quest had increased, he could handle it alone for now .

Zhang Heng had also asked 1810 to pay him the remaining game points he owed . However, the latter did not have enough points, and since his Feign Death was now exposed, he decided to give the Grade-C game item with one use left to Zhang Heng .

After a little deliberation, Zhang Heng agreed to take the item in place of the game points . Feign Death was a unique game item, a perfect trump card he could put to good use . However, it had its shortcomings . If his enemies found out about the item, using it would be pointless . Zhang Heng wasn’t too bothered, as long as it could be used in the quest . In the real world, however, he would never think of using Feign Death to help him to save his life .

In total, Zhang Heng received three game items in just one night . After bidding Black Swan and Shen Xixi farewell, he headed to the game’s checkpoint to look for Miss Bartender since he had acquired the last Shadow Set piece .

“Interesting . You actually managed to complete the entire Shadow Set . That’s efficient of you,” commended the bartender lady after seeing the four items on the table .

“You said that when I find them all, I can inherit part of the original owner’s power?”

“Yes, that’s right . But I also mentioned that you’d need to go through some form of test . ” The bartender lady picked up Shadow Key . “You can only use this item once more . Once you decide to inherit its power, whether succeed or fail, you won’t be able to use it anymore . ”

“I know, but it doesn’t matter . ”

Shadow Key and Shadow Foot were both Grade-E and Grade-F game items . Their values were limited, and they had been used before . Shadow Key had only one last use left in it . So after giving it a little thought, Zhang Heng decided he wouldn’t wait any longer to go through the test . After all, he had a ton of items with him, and he would not be able to use them all .

Whenever he entered a dungeon, he would need to consider which item he should bring with him . This was as painful as thinking about what to eat and what to wear every morning . It was better if the game items were converted into an ability .

“Since you are fine with it, when do you want to be tested?” the bartender lady shrugged and asked .

“Do we need to complete any rituals?”

“Of course, but it is a very simple ritual . You can complete it now if you want . ”

“Let’s begin,” Zhang Heng said .

…

It took less than 15 minutes for the bartender to complete all the preparations . Zhang Heng watched on simultaneously, and he felt that she was just doing what she usually did . Except this time, she used some weird ingredients like lizard tails and mouse skulls . She then put all of them into a blender to grind them and made a homemade cigar filled with some suspicious tobacco .

Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows .

“Yes, I know it looks very old-fashioned, but there’s nothing I can do about it . Those old-timers like it a lot . As early as the BCE era, the Mayans and Indians had started smoking tobacco, believing that it allowed them to communicate with their gods . The Mayans left behind this blend’s recipe,” Miss bartender said . “Don’t underestimate this thing . It’s not easy to get these materials in the modern world . So you’ll have to pay me whether you fail or succeed . It will cost you 50 game points . ”

“What should I do?” Zhang Heng asked and grabbed the cigar .

“Just bring those four game items with you . It’s best to allow all of them to contact your body . Once you’ve made sure of that, go ahead and light the cigar . By the way, do you have any other game items with you now? Pass them to me first, or they might interfere with the communication, especially the more powerful ones . The original owner of this Shadow Set has passed away for some time . Hence, not much power is left in them . You better not expect too much . ”

“Okay . ”

Miss bartender thought for a while and decided to explain more . “If the original owner of this set-item is still alive, it’d be nearly impossible for you to gather them all . After all, if not for special reasons, no one would want to divide their power to others . Giving out part of their power would speed up the owner’s deterioration process . As an agent, you should know about this . This set of items should belong to some very ancient existence . ”

Zhang Heng nodded and temporarily stored all his game items at the game point . After that, he sat cross-legged on the deck and put the four Shadow set items on his lap . Once that was done, he lit the cigar and took a deep breath .

The taste… was not as disgusting and strange as he initially thought . Zhang Heng even tasted a strange scent from it .

It seemed like the Mayan’s ritual was not too difficult for him to accept .

Zhang Heng took a small puff first, and then two long drags after that . The white smoke rose in front of his eyes . Strangely, the smoke did not spread to other places but hovered around him, becoming thicker over time .

At the same time, Zhang Heng also fell into a half-awake, trance-like state . He became completely oblivious to the existence of time and where he was . When he finished smoking the cigar, the smoke had disappeared as well .

Zhang Heng looked at the scene in front of him and frowned deeply .

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