Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 146: Chapter 146: Evacuation

「Two hours later.」

Five trucks drove to a wide-open area, where an evacuation platform was being guarded by a combat squad.

Long Ming and the others jumped down from the trucks.

Luoxue then led the group straight onto the evacuation platform.

Without a hint of hesitation, she raised her wristband and pressed the evacuation button.

The entire evacuation platform lit up. Long Ming and the others began to float, then transformed into streaks of white light and vanished.

...

「Starry City.」

Streaks of white light descended.

Long Ming and the others appeared inside Starry City.

"This is great! We finally made it out!"

Xiaoqi and the others cheered excitedly.

"Whew..."

Long Ming also breathed a sigh of relief. ’We finally made it out safely.’

Just then, Fu Fuqing addressed everyone, his face grim.

"Let’s go sort out the haul."

"Yes!"

Everyone followed Fu Fuqing and left.

Luoxue said nothing, simply raising her wristband and tapping it to log out of the game.

In an instant, only Long Ming’s group of five remained.

The expressions on Xiaoqi and the others stiffened. The excitement drained from their faces as they began trading the items they had collected to Long Ming.

"Long Ming, this is everything we found."

"And these are your rewards."

After accepting all the items, Long Ming took out a stack of red-quality documents and handed one to Xiaoqi, Johnny, and Cloud Fish each.

"Whoa, for real? In that case, we won’t be shy!"

Xiaoqi and the others happily took them.

Tang Yue watched Long Ming expectantly. ’It’s not that I absolutely need one,’ she thought, ’but Xiaoqi and the others all got something. I should get one too, right?’

"Don’t worry, this is for you."

Long Ming then took out five red-quality documents and handed them to Tang Yue.

Tang Yue was taken aback and quickly tried to refuse.

"This—this is too much."

"Take them. You deserve the most credit this time. We wouldn’t have even gotten in if you hadn’t picked the lock."

Long Ming stuffed the documents directly into Tang Yue’s hands.

"Yeah, take them."

Xiaoqi and the others also urged Tang Yue to accept.

"Okay."

Tang Yue accepted them with great delight.

After distributing the rewards, Long Ming stored everything in his warehouse.

He decided to sort through it all later. ’I’m exhausted right now, I just want to rest.’ So, he said to Xiaoqi and the others,

"Let’s log off."

"Okay."

Xiaoqi and the others agreed.

...

「Star Wish Cafe, Private Room 666.」

PSSSH~

With a faint hiss of compressed air, the lid of the gaming pod opened.

Long Ming groggily sat up, put on his shoes, and opened the door.

As he stepped out of the private room, he stopped in his tracks, a look of confusion on his face.

Mira, An Qing, and the others had gathered around.

"Long Ming, you’re finally out."

Just then, the doors to the other private rooms opened. Xiaoqi and his group came out and stared at the crowd in astonishment.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Long Ming, how did you guys manage to snatch the Star God Guild’s quest?"

"Yeah."

"Come on, tell us!"

...

Mira and the others pressed, their excitement palpable.

Long Ming was taken aback for a moment before speaking.

"How did you guys know?"

"Geez, don’t you check the Honor Board? It was posted there."

Mira said to them with a grin.

Just as Johnny and the others heard Mira and were about to explain how they’d managed it, Long Ming suddenly cut in.

"Sorry, everyone. It’s a secret. I can’t reveal anything for now."

Hearing Long Ming, Xiaoqi and the others instantly caught on and quickly chimed in.

"Right, we can’t talk about it."

"Alright, then."

Mira and the others replied with resignation.

Just then, the sound of approaching footsteps echoed.

"The Guild Master is here."

An Qing quickly announced to the group.

Seeing Luoxue arrive, everyone parted to make way for her.

Luoxue walked up to Long Ming and said,

"Long Ming, you and your team, come with me into the private room. The rest of you are dismissed."

"Yes!"

An Qing and the others responded.

Luoxue then turned to Mira and gave an order.

"Mira, guard the door. Don’t let anyone eavesdrop."

"Got it."

Mira replied quickly.

After making the arrangements, Luoxue led Long Ming and his group into Private Room 666.

Cloud Fish and the others glanced at Luoxue nervously.

Luoxue ignored Xiaoqi and the others, her gaze falling directly on Long Ming.

"Long Ming, how did you snatch the Star God Guild’s quest?"

"Well, a while back, I opened a blind-box document and got a treasure map. I went to dig for the treasure on a whim, and I ended up digging into an underground backup control center. The console in there could control the equipment on the surface! We saw Lord Qian Wei was losing the fight, so we snatched the quest."

Long Ming explained the situation briefly.

"I see. Does anyone else know about this?"

"No. I can give you the exact location and the key Tang Yue made. You should organize a team to go in quickly. You might still have a chance to complete the quest once."

"The location has been exposed?"

"Yeah. I don’t think the secret will last long. I took out a player from the Star God Guild near the entrance, so they can probably guess the general location."

Long Ming explained to Luoxue.

"I understand. You all should go get some rest. For now, keep what we discussed today a secret."

Luoxue thought for a few seconds, then instructed Long Ming and his team.

"Alright, we’ll head out then."

Long Ming and his team opened the door to the room and left.

Luoxue remained in the private room, lost in thought for a long while before finally emerging.

Mira quickly hurried over to Luoxue.

"Miss, I just got a message. People from the All Stars Guild are here. They’re waiting for you in the office."

"Understood."

"They couldn’t be here about the quest too, could they?"

"Most likely. Come with me to meet them."

With that, Luoxue left with Mira.

....

「Star Wish Cafe, Main Lobby.」

Long Ming, Xiaoqi, and the others walked downstairs, chatting and laughing.

"Long Ming, you struck it rich this time. Shouldn’t you be treating us?"

"Yeah!"

"No problem. I’ll treat you all when I get some free time."

Long Ming said generously.

"You said it!"

Xiaoqi and the others were overjoyed to hear Long Ming’s promise.

"No problem. Xiaoqi, can you tally up our usage fees?"

Long Ming said cheerfully.

"No problem. We were logged on for about 72 hours total, and each person used 3,000 nutrition shots. After the guild’s 20% discount, the total comes to 69,600 Mountain Coins."

Xiaoqi quickly calculated the total cost.

"Oof. It really is more expensive with more people." Long Ming’s eye twitched when he saw the final price.

"Can’t be helped. That’s why I said it’s better to be in the combat division; you get to use the gaming pods for free."

"But you can’t use them unless there’s a group mission, right?"

"The combat division has perks. We get a monthly quota of free playtime."

Xiaoqi explained to Long Ming.

"I see. I just transferred the money to you."

Long Ming picked up his phone and transferred the money to Xiaoqi.

"Received."

Xiaoqi replied, in an excellent mood.

"I’m transferring your wages to you now, too."

Long Ming then transferred 3,000 Mountain Coins to each person.

"Hey, no! Didn’t we say we didn’t want it?"

Johnny and the others quickly tried to refuse the transfer.

"I made a decent profit on this run, too. Don’t worry about it."

Long Ming said to Johnny with a smile.

"Alright then."

Hearing this, Johnny and the others accepted the payment.

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