Urban Superpower: Starting From Mastering All Elements - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: The Unscrupulous System is Out to Cheat Again

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was six in the morning, and the city hall was already packed with people.

The people who came here were basically here to collect missions.

It was different from the guild of magic’s missions.

Most of the quests issued by the city hall were related to the city defense or the sudden appearance of a spatial rift in the city.

A protective shield protected the city.

But for some reason, and when it started…

From time to time, small spatial rifts would appear in the city.

Many underground magical beasts would pass through the cracks and wreak havoc in the city.

If one wanted to destroy the spatial rift, one would have to enter it and destroy its core.

These cores could be a device or the most potent magic beast in the rift.

Fortunately, the city defense soldiers had enough manpower.

The city would not have many problems.

In order to allow the mages in the city to get used to fighting magical beasts as soon as possible…

The city lord had specially issued many missions to clear up the spatial rifts.

Of course, some space rifts suitable for training were left behind.

Xu Tianci’s eyes fell on the mission panel.

[A spatial Rift appeared in the Times Mall Square an hour ago. E-rank and above are allowed to enter. Clearance reward: 200000 magic coins.]

[An F-rank spatial rift has appeared 40 meters South of the intersection of Huiming Street and Heyang Road. Clearance reward: 120000 magic coins]

[An E-Class spatial rift has appeared in the Chong Ming District. Clearing the stage will reward you with 310000 magic coins.]

On the mission panel, there were only three side quests.

Although the one at the Times Mall was closer, an hour had already passed, so it was not suitable.

That F-rank spatial rift reward was too little. Pass.

The last one was quite high, so he decided to take it.

At that thought, Xu Tianci swiped his card to accept the mission.

It had to be said that the great Xia Empire placed great importance on the privacy of individuals.

The personal information on the magic certification card could only be revealed by its owner.

No one had the right to view its detailed information.

Of course, those wanted criminals who had committed heinous crimes and those who the Supreme Court had convicted were exceptions.

Right now, the only information displayed on Xu Tianci’s magic certification card was his name, age, certification number, and 1-star water-element trainee mage.

Naturally, he would not be so stupid as to expose all his information.

Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger was the best.

When Xu Tianci arrived at the Chong Ming community.

In the distance, he could see a five-meter-tall and two-meter-wide spatial rift standing between the two floors.

At the crack’s edge, two small cars parked downstairs were cut in half.

Many city guards were pulling up the cordon to keep the scene in order.

“Temporary control area! Please stop!”

Seeing Xu Tianci walk over, a soldier approached him and raised his hand.

“I received a mission to destroy the spatial rift.”

As he spoke, Xu Tianci took out his magic identification card and handed it to the soldier.

The warrior looked at the young man in front of him suspiciously.

Beep beep…

The card slid across the magnetic strip, and Xu Tianci’s information appeared on the computer.

“Respected apprentice mage, please come in!”

He returned the card to Xu Tianci and saluted.

The surrounding crowd turned around and started discussing.

“Apprentice mage! He’s actually so young!”

“Who said he wasn’t? He doesn’t even look 20 years old. It’s only been a few years, and he’s already become a mage apprentice!”

“But isn’t this crack a little too difficult for him?”

“I think he can do it. Didn’t you see that he came here alone? He must have some special means!”

For the first time, Xu Tianci felt a sense of superiority from the promotion of his status.

He walked to the crack.

Before Xu Tianci could marvel at the size of the spatial Rift, he heard the system’s notification.

[Ding! Discovered spatial rift, instance dungeon system activated]

[Instance dungeon: Boneyard, E-rank. Mission issued. Please check it after entering the instance dungeon.]

Xu Tianci jumped and disappeared into the spatial crack.

Howl…

A cold wind blew across his face.

The sky was gray, and it gave off the impression of death.

As far as the eye could see, it was an endless pile of white bones.

After looking around and seeing no danger, Xu Tianci quickly opened the mission interface.

[Dungeon: Boneyard, E-rank]

[Mission objective:]

[Skeleton general 0/1]

[Skeleton priest 0/4]

[Skeleton warrior 0/10]

[Mission reward: A random E-rank skill book; 10 E-rank magic crystals]

“There’s a skill book? And ten magic cores?”

Xu Tianci’s eyes lit up.

This was all money!

He looked at the skeleton swaying in the distance, and his eyes suddenly became as small as quarters.

But Xu Tianci didn’t let his guard down.

This wasn’t a game where one could revive after dying.

This was the reality. Once he died, even if he were injured, it would still be fatal.

He immediately cast a D-rank water curtain spell.

The sky-blue water curtain covered his entire body.

Xu Tianci realized that his vision was not hindered by anything.

He carefully approached a skeleton soldier.

His left hand formed the wind escape technique, ready to escape any moment.

He conjured a fireball with his right hand, ready to attack at any time.

This was Xu Tianci’s first actual combat experience, so he had to be extra careful.

When he was about ten meters away from the skeleton soldier, Xu Tianci threw out the fireball spell in his hand.

The fireball was installed with a positioning device, hitting the skeleton soldier’s body.

Crash!

Ka-plong!

The skeleton soldiers could not fight back and were crushed to pieces.

After a long wait, Xu Tianci looked around in confusion. “He’s dead?”

He had played many games in his previous life andremembered that there was a game that described skeleton soldiers as being able to regroup and fight even if they were scattered.

However, wasn’t this skeleton soldier too weak?

Xu Tianci stepped forward and kicked the broken bones on the ground.

Eh?

What was this?

[F-rank Soul Orb +1]

The system prompt sounded just as he picked up the white bead on the ground.

Did he drop something?

Xu Tianci’s expression became even weirder.

The system had really turned this place into an instance dungeon!

After that, he began to probe the place like crazy.

He found that the skeleton soldiers and skeleton warriors could not cause any damage to his water curtain spell.

Skeleton mages were much stronger.

He needed to attack five times before his water curtain spell would break.

The water curtain spell consumed very little energy.

Xu Tianci could use it without stopping.

With his life at risk, he directly swaggered into the group of skeletons.

The fireballs in his left and right hands kept dancing.

“It would be great if there was an automatic pickup function!”

Xu Tianci, whose back and legs were aching, sighed.

[Ding! It is the system’s lifelong pursuit to satisfy all of the host’s needs. The automatic pickup function has been activated. 100 magic coins will be consumed per minute.]

Huh… Huuuhhh?

It opened just like that?

Xu Tianci was dumbfounded.

However, what the hell was 100 magic coins per minute? One disappearance and evaporation cost 6000 magic coins?

This was asking for his life!

“Close it! Hurry up and close it!”

Xu Tianci roared in his heart.

[Ding! Automatic pickup function has been turned off. 1000000 magic coins have been deducted. Your balance is not enough. Shutting down failed!]

F*ck!

What the hell was this?

Closing actually requires a fee, an overbearing clause. I want to complain!