The Tycoon God of Online Gaming

Chapter 57: The Magical Mask

Chu You carved an arc in the dark sky as he piloted his paraglider into the dark pit.

The elite monsters that noticed him were helpless, as Chu You was simply too far away from the ground. The monsters had no way to attack him, so all they could do was glare at him gloomily.

Some of the leader elite monsters remained steady. They stared at Chu You while tracking his movements. Once Chu You entered their range of attack, they would shoot him down mercilessly.

However, when Chu You was just about to approach the pit, the leader elite monsters halted their movements. They could do nothing but watch Chu You disappear into the pit.

The speed of the paraglider was quite fast. Chu You had dived headfirst into the hole. When he was swallowed by the darkness, he immediately retrieved the candle from his backpack.

The flame of the candle flickered violently, as though it would be extinguished at any time. Chu You was not worried at all. With the light from the candle, he could see just about everything in the vicinity before him.

This was an underground cavern with winding and complicated paths, which meant that it was not suitable for flying on a paraglider at all. At high speed, Chu You turned off the “glide” mode. Immediately, the paraglider responded with a loud thump as it turned into a parachute. With a candle in hand, Chu You slowly and gently landed in the dark space, as though he was a ray of light.

Soon, Chu You set his foot firmly on the ground. He was clear where this place was – it was a massive graveyard, if one chose not to give it any euphemisms.

At the same time, countless treasures were buried here. In the previous life, players had named this place the Killing Ground.

This didn’t mean that the monsters here were horrifying, as this was after all only a Level 30 monster region. However, in the previous life, even Level 60 players didn’t dare to treat this place callously. This was because there was a huge treasure here!

This time, Chu You came here not for the huge treasure, but rather for a small godly item.

He felt like he was stepping on a gravelly beach – the ground was a bit soft.

With the halberd on his back, he held the candle up as he moved deeper, heading forward. What was strange to him was that there were few elite monsters guarding the area.

“Boss, the leaderboard is doing something funny – a lot of players are moving over, especially from the North America region.”

Kill Team Leader suddenly sent a voice message.

Chu You’s expression was calm. He glanced at the in-game date and said to himself, it had to come sooner or later.

In the previous life, a few players of the ROD Organization from the North America region had changed occupations around this time. Chu You remembered this, so he knew.

It was truly a widely known event at the time. From limited information on the forums, one was able to learn that a series of gold coin exchanging missions were opened in the North America region. With the ability of the ROD Organization, something like this happening was only natural.

However, when Chu You stopped to open the leaderboard, his eyes widened.

On the leaderboard, Chu You saw almost 40 additional players who had changed occupations. How was this possible? It definitely couldn’t have happened in the previous life, as Chu You remembered that only 6 players had changed occupations that time.

Immediately, Chu You realized that the Red Queen mainframe computer had awakened slightly later. He had no idea that the mere delay of an hour had caused such immense repercussions!

What was even more ironic was that he completely forgot that he was the “immense repercussion”! In fact, he was able to influence the entire situation.

“No worries, tell me immediately if you see their organization appearing!”

It seemed like they were creating their organization earlier.

“Got it, boss.”

Chu You continued forward. In a moment, he began to hear the sound of running water.

He came to the end of the cavern. There stood a massive rock formation, with a flowing underground river beside it.

Underground rivers were also known as dark rivers. As Chu You looked at the dark and foreboding surface, he knew immediately that although the river looked calm, it was actually a rapid one beneath the surface. Players would be washed away instantly if they jumped in.

But… there was nothing much to worry about. This was because the treasure lay beneath the depths of the river. The river would automatically bring the player to that place, as long as they survived the vicious monsters in the river.

Just as Chu You was about to transform himself, he caught a glimpse of a dark shape by the river.

He raised his candle and walked over. What appeared was a dilapidated wooden boat.

Hm? How have I not heard about this before? Surprise flashed in Chu You’s eyes.

When he tentatively stepped foot on the boat, he received a system notification immediately.

System: Would you like to ride the “Soul Ferry”? The “Soul Ferry” can help players cross the dark river safely, at a cost of 100 gold coins. Do you agree?

How was this even possible! Chu You was pleasantly surprised as he paid the 100 gold coins for the journey.

After paying the gold coins, a small white candle appeared on the bow of the boat. The boat shuddered as it moved off into the dark river.

The boat followed the movement of the current as Chu You looked at the elite monsters in the river coldly. These monsters were all aquatic creatures, and could not attack as long as the player was out of the water.

Soon enough, Chu You would see something glowing faintly green on the riverbank, not far away from him. These things were almost fused with the rock formations.

When he saw this, Chu You narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that these had immense value, as they were called Spiritual Stones!

Spiritual Stones were not just a type of material for upgrading equipment. It was also a high-class material for life occupations. At the same time, it had valuable characteristics by itself.

Spiritual Stones: For every 50 Spiritual Stones absorbed, player attack +2, accuracy +1, rage attack +0.2. Permanently effective, and can be stacked infinitely. If it was a mage occupation, then the boost in stats would be for magic attack, magic accuracy and rage attack.

This was a great item! The abundance of riches here must be why this place was called the Killing Grounds in the previous life.

All the player needed was a mining tool to begin mining for treasures here. Then, they would be well on their way to becoming wealthy.

This was a massive Spiritual Stone quarry here. In the previous life, it took players two years to deplete it of its resources.

Usually, these places would be reserved in conjunction with a few large organizations. Once other players were detected, they would be killed immediately.

Chu You didn’t stop for a moment as he sped towards the deeper end of the river. Soon, a loud noise was heard. Ahead of Chu You was a dark cave in the shape of a devil’s tooth. No player would survive if they entered the cave, regardless of their levels.

Calmly, Chu You directed the boat to dock at the riverbank. Chu You went ashore and looked up. He saw a small offering table, with a single candle emanating light on top of it. Beside the table was a stone door.

This was it…

Immediately, Chu You walked towards it. He put his own candle away and took the candle from the offering table. It was a strange candle that glowed eerily green.

After doing this, the stone door opened, all of a sudden.

Savagery flashed in Chu You’s eyes, as he activated his one-star transformation skill for his form type.

His character grew immensely. Chu You’s original likeliness had disappeared completely, leaving behind a macabre humanoid. This was named the “Ancient God.”

After transformation, Chu You bent down and dashed through the stone door.

A high-level ancient underground palace lay here. Legends told that it was the burial place of a queen.

-500. Before Chu You had realized it, he suffered -500 in health points.

System: You have been subject to the force of suppression, please leave immediately.

A negative effect appeared on Chu You. For every 10 seconds, he suffered -500 in health points.

In the dark, Chu You’s pupil-less eyes radiated a faint red glow. With the green candle in hand, he looked especially terrifying.

Through memory, Chu You came all the way to the deepest place. Here was where the owner of the palace lay.

His health points kept decreasing. However, the good thing was that Chu You still had 54,000 health points after transformation, so he was able to withstand the damage.

Looking inwards, one would be able to see seven massive coffins, arranged in a floral petal pattern.

Chu You knew deeply that he had to be very careful now. If he opened the wrong coffin, he would awake the owner of the palace!

Only one coffin held the godly item. The other six contained the true form of the queen, and were not to be tampered with.

With his eyes deadly set on the seven coffins, his memory began to overlap with the scene he saw. He hoped that this would help him identify the correct coffin.

Chu You’s body froze, almost for a little while too long. This wasn’t because Chu You didn’t want to open the coffins, but rather because he was unsure. Two of the coffins had been so similar that he didn’t know which one was the one to be opened.

The memory was too far away, and was a little blurry. However, there was no other way. Chu You steeled himself and opened one of the coffins.

The friction of the coffin lid made an abrupt sound as the coffin opened completely. At this moment, Chu You would see the mist that escaped from the coffin.

Simultaneously, Chu You’s faint green candle was extinguished…

Chu You was unmoved. He immediately looked over and saw an intricately patterned mask on an embroidered pillow in the coffin. Apart from that, there was nothing else.

The mask seemed to have sensed the fact that it had been discovered. It began to glow like twilight, making its mark as a treasure.