Chapter 493: Northern Abyss
“Good day, Master Chui Yang! As you wis.h.!.+”
The surname Chui was very special in Beihua City.
The family was once the dominant force in this city because they were led by a powerful A-tier apt.i.tude user—The Fire Lord Chui Lian. It was well respected across the continent in Qin Feng’s past life.
No one would have thought that Chui Lian’s life would be unexpectedly taken in an accident. Ever since his pa.s.sing, the family plunged from being the most prestigious family in Beihua into a declining, no-longer-relevant faction.
The reason the family was still holding a place in Beihua was thanks to their A-tier elder, who was more than one hundred years old. Thus, people in Beihua city, especially those from the middle and lower cla.s.ses, would still give face to the Chui family despite them falling out of favor.
“Young Master, do you need to find more men to go with you?” A B-tier apt.i.tude user known as Liu Yue asked. He was sent by the family to make sure that Chui Yang would pa.s.s the C-tier a.s.sessment safely.
“There’s no need for that. We are not exploring deep. Just follow the couple from earlier.” Chui Yang waved his hand impatiently.
“Okay. Please get into the car, Young Master. We will head out of town.”
“Alright.”
The two men got into a hover tank. It would take half an hour to get out of the town. Once outside, they would need to take the hover copter to reach the destination.
Chui Yang initially thought that it would be easy to catch up to Qin Feng. To their surprise, the two unknown apt.i.tude users were driving a more powerful vehicle. They accelerated to max speed but could hardly shorten the gap.
Qin Feng’s Silver Bolt and Sky Dweller were no longer the same vehicles from when he first bought them. Guo Guan had replaced the turbo and hover system with more powerful units. Their speed probably would not lose to the fastest car and chopper in the market.
Inside the Sky Dweller, Qin Feng frowned slightly as he could sense they were being followed.
“Hubby, why are those two from before following us? Should we shake them off?” Bai Li asked.
“It’s fine. Just let them be.”
“Okay. I don’t sense any hostility from them anyway.”
“Of course there isn’t. They are just being curious and probably coveted by your beauty!” Qin Feng shook his head.
Sky Dweller traveled safely through the sky. The sky and the ground around Beihua City were being constantly swept. That was because it would be terrible if a war were to break out here. There were simply too many rifts around the region. To use a s.p.a.ce stabilizer to secure this area was no longer an option.
The hover copter flew on for another twenty minutes and a hundred-meter-tall wall came into sight. The wall was painted pitch black.
“We have arrived!” Qin Feng said and descended the Sky Dweller.
The Northern Abyss was located among valleys and it was a humongous spatial tunnel that spanned about a hundred meters wide.
Till today, humans were still unable to find a spatial stone large enough to seal off this place.
As such, they opted for the only feasible alternative, which was to completely isolate the spatial tunnel. They moved mountains around it and built a large wall between the gaps. Furthermore, the sky was sealed with a special barrier to imprison the beasts inside a man-made giant fortress.
The beasts arriving from this rift were not highly intelligent. They came to Earth through the large tunnel and would soon figure out that this place was another limited habitat with scarce resources. Most of the mutated beast would thus return to their own worlds after a short while.
This method had successfully contained the abyss for fifty long years.
The ma.s.sive wall was filled with dense dark runes. It was a safety measure to hinder the beast from perceiving the condition outside of the fortress.
The only entrance was being guarded by an elite army. The captains here were all B-tiers. These people glanced at the hover copter briefly and immediately got back to their duty.
Qin Feng and Bai Li alighted and walked toward the gate.
“We are here for the C-tier a.s.sessment.” Qin Feng spoke and asked Bai Li to display her mission card.
“Only the two of you?” The guard looked at them curiously. He was apparently unconvinced by Qin Feng and Bai Li’s capability.
“More than enough,” Qin Feng replied confidently.
The B-tier apt.i.tude user found Qin Feng’s answer funny but he did not say anything.
“We just let a party through earlier. You have to wait here until there are ten candidates.”
Qin Feng did not protest and waited patiently. Chui Yang and his bodyguard reached not long after. They were still short of heads. However, the B-tier apt.i.tude user seemed to recognize Chui Yang and his bodyguard.
“Master Chui, Mr. Liu!”
“Good day, Captain Yang Pi!”
“Are you here for the C-tier mission?” Yang Pi was baffled. He quietly wondered what brought the C-tier candidates to the abyss today. ‘Don’t they understand how dangerous this place is?’
“Yes,” Liu Yue answered. Chui Yang, on the other hand, was busy trying to strike a conversation with Qin Feng and Bai Li again. He was more courageous this time with Liu Yue by his side.
“Hey bro! What a coincidence!” Chui Yang said insincerely.
Qin Feng was not fond of a rich kid like him. It was easy to tell that the young man was a descendent of a well-known family since the B-tier guard treated them so differently.
“Coincidence or not, I think you know best,” Qin Feng replied coldly.
“Haha. I am here to make sure the two of you don’t throw away your life this easily. Why not tag along with us? It’s safer to have a B-tier apt.i.tude user around!”
“Thanks for the offer but no thanks.”
“Don’t reject me so quickly. Let’s ask for the lady’s opinion. I haven’t gotten your name yet, too!”
Unfortunately, both of them were not enthused to talk to him.
The B-tier guard felt a little awkward, while Liu Yue was unhappy with their att.i.tude. “Know your manners. My young master is being kind and has offered to help you. It’s one thing that you don’t appreciate it. But now you are just being rude. You should at least tell us your name!”
Qin Feng pulled a long face and chastised him, “You aren’t worth my politeness.”
Liu Yue frowned out of anger. “Watch your tongue, young man.” He did not expect a C-tier to be acting so arrogantly in front of him.
Yang Pi did not want trouble, at least not in front of the gate. There were surveillance drones around this area. Besides, Qin Feng’s badge showed that he was a governor. It would be extremely troublesome if something were to happen to him under his watch.
“Calm down. I will give face to Master Chui and open the gate for you all. You can settle your dispute in there.” They could do whatever they wanted once they were inside the abyss. He could not care less.
“Fine!” Liu Yue was infuriated. Chui Yang, in contrast, was stiffened by the heated exchange. He only wanted to get acquainted with the beautiful lady and never thought that the situation would escalate like that.
Qin Feng did not mind since he wanted to enter the abyss as soon as possible.
Yang Pi took out four palm-sized bronze lanterns and handed it to them. “The Northern Abyss does not have much light. This runic equipment would light up to thirty meters around you. It also helps to repel the weaker beasts and keep you safe from being mobbed by the beasts. Finally, it also serves as a recorder to help you register your kill count and exchange for resources later. To rent this, you will need to first deposit 50 million. It’s up to you whether you want to take it or not!”