BXBX NOVEL Chapter 183: 183, Showing Cards Officially_1
The first phase of Tina’s quest progressed quickly, with Su Yu completing it in just 4 days. The date was now June 12th.
The second phase of both main quests would start in 3 days.
Aside from developing his territory, there wasn’t much else to do in these three days.
So, Su Yu planned to focus his energy offline, getting things done in the real world.
However, the precondition was that he would gild Tina’s Summoning Scroll first.
Su Yu glanced at his backpack. He had 128 pieces of [Tina’s Blood].
He contacted Sky Dragon, ready to ask the little loli for help in gilding.
Sky Dragon was very helpful.
Under her high luck boost, Su Yu successfully gilded both the [Summoning Scroll of Tina Garcia] and [Echo of the Ghost Cat], and still had 51 [Tina’s Blood] left.
[Echo of the Ghost Cat (Gold)]
Remaining uses: 13
Effect 1: Uses one charge to grant the [Ghost] state, allowing you to pass through any obstructive object such as a wall, lasting for 5 minutes.
Effect 2: Uses 10 charges to summon the Ghost Cat to launch a [Ghost Strike] dealing 100% true damage of the target’s life value, ignoring shields and damage reduction skills. (Only valid for targets below level 70.)
Once the gilding was successful, it was time to reveal the truth to the authorities!
As Su Yu rode Dima through the bustling streets of Orleans, he sent a private message to Snow Leopard: “Are you busy now?”
Snow Leopard replied, “Doing tasks.”
Su Yu: “Orleans coordinates (215, 164) at the House of Warm Wind pub. Fancy a drink?”
Snow Leopard: “Is it urgent?”
Su Yu: “Certainly.”
Snow Leopard: “I’ll be right there.”
A few minutes later, Snow Leopard arrived at the House of Warm Wind pub, looking haggard as he pushed open the oak door.
This was the first time Nemesis had requested a private meeting, Snow Leopard wondered what the matter could be.
Entering the pub, Snow Leopard noticed that it was a rather shabby place, with outdated facilities and no other players, only Su Yu sitting by the bar.
Seeing Snow Leopard’s arrival, Su Yu waved at him and tossed him a glass of beer: “You need to rest more, mate, you’ve got serious bags under your eyes!”
Snow Leopard still had dark circles under his eyes, he looked exhausted.
In addition to playing the game, he was swamped with numerous real-world tasks, sleeping only 2-3 hours per day, the dark circles were a permanent fixture.
“Alas, I can’t sleep!” Snow Leopard took a sip of the beer Su Yu tossed him and chuckled bitterly: “Every time I close my eyes, I hear the roar of the Skuru fleet, how could I possibly sleep?”
He walked over to Su Yu: “What’s the reason you summoned me, senior?”
Su Yu waved his hand dismissively: “You don’t have to call me senior anymore. I called you here to clear things up. I am not Zhang Jiao.”
“What? You’re not Zhang Jiao?” Snow Leopard was shocked, and the beer glass in his hand disintegrated.
The authorities had previously suspected that Nemesis wasn’t Zhang Jiao, because Nemesis appeared too young.
The authorities have now managed to contact the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor Zhu Guorui, who also entered the game.
But Zhu Guorui still looked old after entering the game, he couldn’t change his age.
Nemesis was too young, it was unlikely that he was Zhang Jiao surviving till now.
But the authorities didn’t spend much effort investigating this. After all, with a common enemy at hand, the authorities wanted to use as many resources as possible to fight against the Skuru rather than waste time and resources investigating one of their own.
Unbelievably, Nemesis was the one to reveal his own identity.
“So who are you?” Snow Leopard’s face turned extremely solemn.
Su Yu took a sip of beer and calmly answered: “There’s this young man in East Sea City that you guys discovered was capable of actualizing his power in the real world, remember him?”
Snow Leopard’s eyes narrowed: “Are you referring to Su Yu?”
Su Yu nodded: “That’s right, I’m him.”
Snow Leopard took a deep breath.
Nemesis wasn’t Zhang Jiao, but Su Yu instead! Snow Leopard found it hard to believe.
Su Yu’s life was thoroughly investigated by the authorities. Before “Evolution” was launched, he was just a handsome but otherwise normal person.
After “Evolution” was launched, he used his actualized power to kill dozens of ghosts, making a great contribution to humanity.
Moreover, Su Yu’s great contributions at East Sea University, the Pan Mountain Highway, and Mu Yun Building were basically cleared up. Xue Wenli spoke highly of him; he was a focus of attention for the authorities.
It never crossed his mind that Su Yu, the top player in the game “Nemesis”, and Zhang Jiao who had constantly guided him, were the same person. How could he not be shocked?
“Why why did you pretend to be Zhang Jiao in the first place?”
No sooner had Snow Leopard spoken than he realized what a foolish question he’d just asked.
If Su Yu hadn’t pretended to be Zhang Jiao, why would the authorities trust him?
Su Yu also shook his head with a smile: “Let’s not talk about Zhang Jiao any more. We can treat the past as if it never happened.”
“The reason I’m revealing my real identity now is twofold. One, to show my sincerity in cooperating; and two, because of this.”
Su Yu showed Snow Leopard the properties of the [6th Order Temporary Experience Scroll (Gold)].
Snow Leopard tried to suppress his chaotic thoughts and looked at the item Su Yu was showing.
After reading it, his face was full of confusion: “[6th Order Temporary Experience Scroll]? What good is this?”
“This scroll is gold. According to my testing, gold items can be brought into reality.” Su Yu explained.
“What?!” Snow Leopard was so shocked that he nearly fell off his stool. He quickly held onto the bar to stop himself from toppling over.
“Gold items can be brought into reality, why didn’t you tell me this sooner?!”
Snow Leopard previously hadn’t thought much of gold items, he even thought they were just for aesthetics, but now, they could be brought into reality!
That would be a huge help to humanity! Many people relied on equipment to boost their abilities.
“It’s because there was no use in telling.” Su Yu shrugged and explained: “By the time players are able to actualize their power, they’re already at the third order. At that point, first-order equipment is useless. They would be better off farming for a set of third order white board gold equipment in the wild. As for scrolls like the one I showed you, you can only get them from the main storyline quests, not regular hidden quests.”
“So that’s why!” Snow Leopard had an epiphany: “No wonder you instructed me to keep a close watch on the two players who took on the rebel mainline quests and not waste their consumables. So this is why!”
Snow Leopard was quick-witted and immediately realized how important the gold scroll in Su Yu’s hand was!
To become a 6th order powerhouse in reality was an invigorating thought.
He stared intently at the scroll: “Are you saying you want to bring this scroll into reality and use it?”
“Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying.”
“This is a big deal! Let me have Wen Li pick you up so we can discuss it in person.” Snow Leopard said hastily.
“Alright, see you in person then.” Su Yu nodded and clicked the [Log Out] button.
Both their figures disappeared from the pub.