Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 185 The storm is coming
"Ding Han, let's add each other as friends!"

Looking at us with a nonchalant expression, he said, "From now on, we're friends. If your team needs any help, just let us know. Our Old Royal Court will never hesitate, even if it means facing mountains of knives and seas of fire, or a hail of bullets!"

"Ok!"

I nodded and added several important players from the old royal court, such as Yu Shi Wu Zheng, Zhi Xiao, You Yao Qi, and Yu Bai, as friends. Fatty and others also exchanged friends, and the atmosphere immediately became extremely harmonious.

……

Player black market.

While Ruolin, Caicai, and Lao Ma were haggling, I gave Fatty and Koumei each a Resurrection Scripture. As for the extra one, I kept it for myself.

The Resurrection Scripture is a top-tier consumable item, and the more the better, because if you choose "Resurrect on the spot" as the resurrection method, you will be reborn with full health.

This "full state" is a true full state, with full health and full energy, and all skill cooldowns and burst skill cooldowns are reset, essentially giving players a perfect peak state.

Therefore, if a player is tough enough, they can wear down a boss much stronger than themselves by consuming the Resurrection Scripture!
Of course, the Resurrection Scripture is too rare and expensive, so it's impossible for anyone to do that right now, otherwise it would be too extravagant and inhumane.

Soon after, it was my turn to trade, so I took out a large pile of blue equipment, including some rare and high-quality items. In blue equipment, if the stats like "sturdy" or "powerful" appear, the price will basically double, so this batch of goods must be quite expensive.

In the end, Lao Ma appraised the price and gave me 108 million. I didn't haggle and we made the deal directly.

The next second, my extradimensional storage space was neatly piled with 122 million star coins, making me a millionaire!

"Old horse!"

I asked, "In the black market, once a player's reputation reaches Revered, they get a 5% discount when buying items. Shouldn't there be an additional 5% premium when selling items? If that's the case, you still owe me 5.4 Star Coins."

"???"

Old Ma looked at me in surprise: "You're dreaming..."

Ruolin and Caicai couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Nima..."

I was a little disappointed, but my frustration was quickly overshadowed by the pleasant surprise of what I had gained. 108 million was more than enough, and I had also picked up a lot of ammunition this time. In addition, with the gift of being content with one's lot, I could actually go out for a long battle next time!
After the transaction, they went to the teahouse next to the black market compound and found Gun-like Dragon drinking tea and cultivating his mind.

"Drink?"

He smiled slightly, poured me a cup of tea, and said, "This is freshly brewed Pu'er tea. Try it."

I took a sip, couldn't taste anything, and said, "I admire you pretentious people... I don't know what's so good about this. I think AD calcium milk is better."

"Your sister..."

Gunshot rolled his eyes and said, "You must have something to say to come looking for me, right? I heard you guys had some trouble in the Rising Wind Tundra."

"Ah."

I nodded: "Nothing was wrong at first, but the people from the Old Royal Court Guild were ambushed by a group of white players. You know I have a chivalrous heart, so I couldn't help but step in to save them and almost wiped out those white players."

"Was it Marco Polo's team?"

"Yes."

I nodded: "You know this person too?"

"How could I not recognize you?"

"Spear Like a Dragon" laughed, "Marco Polo is hailed as one of the top melee players in the European server. It is said that after being sucked into the Star Abyss World, his development has been quite good. He is the kind of person with strong adaptability. He calls himself a 'born warrior' on the European server's dark web. After a few PKs, he got addicted and only wanted to develop by looting other players' equipment. Damn it, he is a real scumbag."

I took a deep breath: "After entering the Star Abyss, some people are filled with fear and anxiety day and night, while others reveal their animalistic nature, thinking that they can do whatever they want in the Star Abyss world. Marco Polo should belong to the latter."

"Ah."

The spear flashed like a dragon as he said, "Ding Han, did you kill Marco Polo with your own hands?"

"Yes."

"good……"

He smiled and said, "The teleportation point for the Rising Tundra is only available on our Chinese server. Marco Polo and his group must have crossed another large map to get to the Rising Tundra. In the battle a few days ago, more than 30 of our Huaining City guild members were ambushed and attacked by them. In the end, only seven of us came back alive. The guild leader pulled me to drink and cried for a long time."

His eyes reddened: "Damn it... a man in his thirties, drinking and crying at the same time, made me feel so sad... Since you killed Marco Polo with your own hands, it's like avenging those Chinese players who were killed in the martial arts world. This result is good... It's better than letting Marco Polo and his gang of bastards return to the Star Maple Federation alive."

"It was quite a coincidence."

I frowned: "If they hadn't ambushed the people of the old royal court, I probably wouldn't have met Marco Polo."

"correct."

"Have you fought Marco Polo one-on-one? He's considered one of the top melee players on the European server. What do you think of his skill level?" said the spear-wielding expert.

"Their strength is naturally very high."

I said calmly, "But I didn't fight him one-on-one. The battlefield was too chaotic at the time. In order to reduce our own losses, I charged in melee form first, which depleted my Yuan Power to single digits. At this time, Marco Polo led two melee fighters to break through our team's rear. I rushed back to help. After taking down the two melee fighters, we formed a three-on-one situation and killed Marco Polo when his health bar was depleted."

You should know something about his skills, right?

"almost."

"so……"

Spear Like a Dragon smiled slightly: "If you were really to have a one-on-one duel with Marco Polo, what do you think your chances of winning would be?"

I thought about it for a long time.

"Between 65% and 70%, that's about it." "..."

Gunshot Like a Dragon's Expression Twist: He seemed surprised that the odds of winning I mentioned would be so high.

In fact, if I have enough Yuanli, once I activate "Follow the Wind" and have super high agility points, I can basically have a complete advantage in speed. In this way, I can definitely crush Marco Polo in close combat. If he doesn't have an invincible burst skill, he is very likely to die in those few seconds of "Follow the Wind".

Besides, my margin for error is too high. Even without following the wind, as long as my burst charge stuns him, a combo of Heavenly Craftsmanship and Unstoppable Force will be too much for Marco Polo to handle.

Moreover, "Unstoppable Force" is my top-secret skill. "Dragon's Spear" probably doesn't know about this skill yet. If he did, he probably wouldn't have asked.

We chatted for a while longer, but the tea brewed by Qiang Churulong was really awful, so I took an alarm clock and left.

However, after chatting with Qiang Churulong, I still felt somewhat more confident.

There are definitely a lot of players from the Star Maple Federation, and they can enter areas where Chinese players are active by traversing the world map, so this battle may just be the beginning.

It's too tough for Chinese players. After entering "Star Abyss", they not only have to face threats from alien species, insect swarms, dark tide organizations, and wanderers in the wilderness, but now they also have to face threats from players of the opposing faction!

The Crimson Dragon Kingdom and the Star Maple Federation are two behemoths on the "mother planet". Although they appear to be in a friendly cooperative relationship, they have long been fighting each other behind the scenes. Therefore, the fact that players from the Star Maple Federation faction have red IDs in our eyes means that the system defaults to players from the two factions being hostile!

With Marco Polo's death, it's impossible for players in the Star Maple Federation faction to have no reaction at all.

The storm is about to come and the wind is filling the building!

……

"Ding Han!"

In the black market, the fat man appeared out of nowhere and said, "It's not too late to go to work now. So, are you going to work or going back to sleep?"

"Go to work and gain some skills and experience; that's the important thing."

"Okay, let's go then. I won't ask Lao Lu for leave again."

"Ah."

The group left the black market, ate tofu pudding and fried dough sticks at a breakfast stall outside, and then took a taxi straight to Luo Mei Square.

Repair department, office.

When Fatty and I walked in, looking travel-worn, we saw Xu Hao sitting there eating breakfast, seemingly in low spirits.

"Mouse, what's wrong?"

The fat man laughed and said, "It looks like a wilted eggplant. Why is it all droopy?"

"Haven't you heard the news yet?"

Xu Hao said, "Yesterday the company issued a document transferring my brother-in-law. He is no longer the after-sales department manager, but has been transferred to the operations department as a supervisor."

"Holy crap... what's going on?"

The fat man frowned and said, "Being promoted from department manager to supervisor isn't just a demotion in disguise; it's a blatant demotion for Lao Lu. What's going on?"

"I do not know either……"

Xu Hao: "My brother-in-law's face is ashen right now, who dares to ask?"

"Then who will be the after-sales manager?" I asked.

"do not know."

Xu Hao shook his head, completely at a loss.

His work ability is far inferior to mine and Fatty's. The reason he can still get by at Luo Mei is because his brother-in-law, Lu Zifeng, is protecting him. Now that Lu Zifeng is no longer the manager of the after-sales department, the new manager can fire Xu Hao with just one word on the grounds of poor performance.

"dong dong~~"

Just then, someone knocked softly on the door and then came in.

It was Chen Dongqing. He held a document in his hand and handed it to me, saying, "Ding Han, the company has decided to promote you to after-sales department manager with a salary of 1.5 yuan. The appointment is effective immediately."

He smiled slightly: "Your superiors appreciate you, so you'd better work hard!"

"what's the situation?"

I'm still completely baffled. What kind of promotion did I get? Last time I almost couldn't resist spilling a beer in Boss Huang's face. Isn't this promotion a bit too sudden, and two levels at once? It's just too exaggerated.

"correct."

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "There will be a senior management meeting in Conference Room 1 at 10:00 AM. You have to attend."

"Oh."

I feel completely lost and even want to quit my job immediately. The workplace is too complicated, and as a newbie, I could easily get overwhelmed. This feeling is really not good.

"It's alright, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. It's not a big deal. At least you've been promoted, which will be a plus when you're looking for a job later. Isn't that awesome?" the fat man comforted him.

He's so open-minded; I have nothing to say.

……

At 10 o'clock, in the rooftop conference room of Luo Mei.

After I sat down nervously, Huang Minyu walked in excitedly and then showed me her PowerPoint presentation. The huge title was quite unsettling:
"Regarding the future B2B marketing strategy model of Luomei".

In that instant, I was struck dumb. How could Huang Minyu know about the B2B concept in an era before e-commerce even took off? Isn't this too similar to the B2C strategy proposed by Lin Qingying for the Yuening Group?!
(End of this chapter)