Rebirth of the God Hunter Legend

Chapter 49 An Invitation from Zhang Meng's Private Residence

The moment this thought crossed Ling Chuan's mind, he got goosebumps! If his guess was correct, the role this skill could play, both now and in the future, would be absolutely immeasurable!

Thinking of this, Ling Chuan's mind shifted. If what he obtained was this kind of existence, then what about Yi Han and Ling Feixue?
"Xiao Chuan!"

Before he could ask, a joyful cry came from Ling Feixue's mouth.

"look."

Seeing Ling Chuan's gaze, Ling Feixue smiled and waved the object in her hand. In her hand was an exquisite scepter, its body snow-white, with a huge purple crystal inlaid at the top. It not only looked simple but also quite matching her Seraphim race.

"A reward weapon?"

"A level 15 amethyst scepter, bronze grade, with a magic attack cap of 130 and an additional 5 points of intelligence, what do you think?"

Ling Feixue spoke with great excitement. Compared to her younger brother and Yi Han, her gains were the least, even less than those of the Lone Swordsman and Half-Awake. At this moment, obtaining a bronze scepter was like receiving charcoal in snowy weather for her, and most importantly, it finally brought her psychological balance.

"It's very strong. In this way, the shortcomings that could have been ignored in the early stages are completely made up for."

You still have to praise her. No matter her status or age, you should just coax her.

After speaking, Ling Chuan turned his questioning gaze to Yi Han, and Ling Feixue did the same.

Yi Han noticed their gazes and said irritably, "Is this roughneck being treated differently?"

Ling Chuan chuckled, "What? You got some black ironware?"

Yi Han curled his lip, "Black ironware is fine, at least we have some."

Ling Chuan, "What's up?"

Yi Han: "They're giving you nothing but experience points and gold coins!"

Lingchuan, "..."

That's really bad luck; an S-rank mission and not a single item. But considering the equipment produced in half a day, maybe Yi Han just ran out of luck.

"My dear brother."

Just as he was about to end the conversation and head to the auction house to exchange the huge sum of gold coins, Zhang Meng's call pulled him back.

"Brother Zhang?" Ling Chuan was secretly startled. He looked up and saw Zhang Meng staring at him thoughtfully. This look made him inexplicably nervous. What was going on? Could there be more to this story?
"Come with me." With that, Zhang Meng turned around, opened the door between the weapon shop and the armor shop, and extended an invitation to Ling Chuan.

[Ding] System notification: Due to [Hunter Zhang Meng]'s favorability towards you exceeding the limit, he has invited you to enter his private residence alone. Do you accept?
"?"

Invitation to a private residence? The Divine Revelation even has this kind of operating system? In his previous life, aside from military camps, palaces, and his own constructed territories and mansions, he had never entered an NPC's private residence. He even once thought that the so-called private residences of NPCs were simply fake models created by designers, purely for aesthetic purposes and without any practical function. Now, looking back, his initial judgment was incredibly wrong. NPCs' private residences can indeed interact with players, provided that extremely stringent conditions are met.

"accept!"

He didn't know how things would develop, but he knew it was an opportunity. No, even if it wasn't an opportunity, even if it wasn't a favorable development, even if Zhang Meng wanted to discuss "philosophical questions" with him after he went in, he still had to find out the truth, because that was the basic quality of a strategist and a king-level data analyst!

Zhang Meng had already entered the house. At the spot where he disappeared, there was a white pillar of light, similar to a teleportation array. Ling Chuan took a step, then turned to look at Yi Han and Ling Feixue, and instructed them, "You two log off first."

The system notification clearly informed him that he was allowed to enter alone, indicating that Ling Feixue and Yi Han were people Zhang Meng had excluded.

Ling Feixue and Yi Han nodded in obedience and logged off one after the other, stating that they would not eat until Ling Chuan came out. Ling Chuan chuckled, his tense mood easing a little. Looking at the white light, he took a deep breath and stepped inside.

"Whoosh!"

The scene before him distorted, and Ling Chuan found himself in a dimly lit room. Opposite him was a bed, on which sat Zhang Meng, who was as tall as an iron tower. Through the light of the oil lamp, one could see the pensive look on his face and the hideous scars on his chest muscles.

? !
This scene, this atmosphere—are we really going to have a philosophical discussion? No! Absolutely not! He's an upright and exemplary young man; he would never lose his moral compass because of exploring the unknown!
With this thought in mind, Ling Chuan put one hand on his hip, trying to shorten the distance between his chrysanthemum and his penis, in case of any unforeseen event. "Brother."

Just as he was worrying, Zhang Meng began the conversation in a heavy tone.

“Brother Zhang…” Ling Chuan said somewhat reservedly.

Zhang Meng looked at him thoughtfully for a long time before saying, "Do you have a mysterious fragment on you? Don't hide it. I wasn't sure last time, but this time I can clearly feel its presence."

"..."

Suffocating, heavy-hearted, Ling Chuan's eyes became wary.

Zhang Meng seemed oblivious to Ling Chuan's change in expression, reaching out to the carvings on the side of the bed, stopping at the fifth eagle's head, and pressing his hand against its eyeball.

"Kakaka!"

The wooden bed operated like a machine, flipping and folding to reveal a hidden door about one meter long. He reached out and took out an ancient-looking bone box, gently stroked it a few times, and then handed it to Ling Chuan.

Ling Chuan paused, intending to take it, but didn't move. It wasn't out of politeness, but rather due to the stiffness caused by excessive tension, because he had already sensed something, sensing the contents of the long box.

Zhang Meng shook his head and handed the long box to him again.

Ling Chuan calmed himself down and picked up the long box to examine it.

[A Precious Bone Box] (Exquisite Item)
Material: Fire dragon bone.

"This is...?" Ling Chuan swallowed hard, staring at Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng calmly said, "Open it and take a look."

Ling Chuan did as instructed. The bone box was very light and easy to open with a flick of his wrist. There was no dazzling light as expected, no gorgeous and rare treasures, only a black fragment a meter long. If it weren't for the red patterns on the fragment, no one would even glance at it if it were lying on the road, because it looked exactly like a piece of rusty scrap iron!

[Mysterious Fragment] (Grade ???)
special items
Item description: ? ? ?
use:???
state:???

Item belongs to: [Hunter Zhang Meng]

……

As expected, it is a Supreme Fragment. Although I was 99% certain before opening it, I still couldn't contain my excitement when I actually saw it. The true form of this fragment is Artemis, and given its size, it might be the main body of Artemis!
"We know each other, right?"

As if he had seen through Ling Chuan's thoughts, Zhang Meng continued, "I have an older brother. Back then, my brother and I left the village to train and grow stronger. We also enjoyed exploring the mysteries of the world. This mysterious fragment was obtained by my brother and me at the final place of a mystery."

At this point, Zhang Meng's eyes were filled with sorrow, "It was also because of this that my brother triggered the magic array, was violently impacted and thrown into the River of the Underworld, and disappeared from the world."

He pinched the bridge of his nose, suppressing the cowardice that was building up, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for saying some things that don't make sense. These words are too early for you to understand. Just listen to me vent my emotions."

Ling Chuan shook his head solemnly. He wasn't an ordinary person; how could he not understand? The Maze was actually a mysterious dungeon randomly distributed throughout the Divine Revelation Continent, yielding generous rewards upon completion. The River of Darkness was even more profound; only someone with in-depth knowledge of the history of the Divine Revelation Continent could utter the term. It was the outer boundary of each Maze space, a kind of geographical restriction. Once a player fell into it, they would be swallowed by darkness, triggering an immediate death penalty and returning to the respawn point. Because its appearance was very similar to the black hole in Interstellar, players named it "Black River."

"My brother's disappearance was a huge blow to me, and I even lost the belief in venturing out into the world again, so I returned here in a wretched state."

“I considered discarding this piece of scrap metal that caused my brother’s death on the way, but I wavered because it was something my brother had risked his life to obtain, and I eventually gave up the idea.”

"When I returned here, I was surrounded by loss and confusion for a while, which also made me think about this thing. Why did it have no information? Why did it appear in a world-class mystery? And why was its function unknown? I started to analyze it, study it, and experiment with it, and I have been doing this for twenty years."

“Three years ago, I finally found a breakthrough. This fragment could actually react with the water of the River of the Underworld. The God of Hunting bloodline, Mother-Child Soul Chasing, and Wild Riding that I passed on to you are the rewards I received through this reaction.”

"Two years ago, my exploration made progress again. Through a tattered ancient history book in the village chief's house, I had a suspicion that this item might be related to the cataclysm of the gods countless millions of years ago!"

(End of this chapter)