As the clock hands moved closer to midnight, the lava castle, which had been noisy all day, fell silent, and the rain fell on the stone pavement, making the night even quieter.

Echoes of the Gods servers are routinely maintained every night at 12 p.m. real time, and at this time, players in the wilderness will put away their swords and burrow into their tents to rest and hide from the vicious enemies that haunt the darkness.

Players in the city are reluctant to take another look at the fantasy world, and then go offline, lie on the soft bed to reminisce about the magical game experience of this day, look forward to the unknown adventure tomorrow, and slowly fall asleep.

Lu Kuan was not so happy.

The muddy road in the wild is particularly annoying, after rushing in the middle of the night, Lu Kuan's gray-white leather armor is soaked in moisture, but the lower half of his body is covered with mud stains, looking from a distance, it looks like a green onion that has just been pulled out of the ground, and there is an inexplicable sense of joy.

Lu Kuan laboriously pulled his foot out of the rotten leaf pit, shook off the mud on his leather boots, and spat hatefully: It's really weird, how can you catch up with this kind of ghost weather every time you go out!

If it weren't for the importance of this backpack expansion mission, he wouldn't have run to the black jungle for a few days, but fortunately, his profession is a ranger and he has level 3 reconnaissance skills, otherwise he would probably be hanging in the reckless jungle.

There's no way, I didn't catch up with the game when I was reborn, and now I have to hurry up to level 10 and catch up with the pace of the first group of players as soon as possible.

Time waits for no one~

Recalling the experience ten days ago, Lu Kuan still felt like he was dreaming - he was already thirty years old, but he inexplicably traveled back to the senior year of high school more than ten years ago, and he was about to take the college entrance examination!

After the initial shock and ecstasy, Lu Kuan quickly regained his composure and began to replan his life little by little.

More importantly, Lu Kuan has the opportunity to let his parents change the trajectory of their lives and live the rest of their lives happily, instead of dying early and leaving him alone.

The rain continued, but fortunately, the troublesome journey finally came to an end, Lu Kuan took a few steps quickly through the grass, his eyes lit up, and his vision suddenly opened up.

The lighted lava castle was located at the bottom of the hillside, and under the illumination of the magic torch, the wet stone buildings in the city shimmered with a blurry brilliance, Lu Kuan slightly curled the corners of his mouth, tightened the longbow behind his back, and strode down the hillside.

Located in the heart of the Green Basin, on the plains south of the Frostfire Mountains, Lava Fortress is one of hundreds of smaller cities in Echoes of the Gods.

Thanks to its natural location, Lava Keep has always been the hub of north-south transportation in the Green Basin, and the small but well-equipped city is a frequent supply point for players around the basin when leveling up.

At this time, in the auction house in the city, the magic crystal lamp reflects the neat auction hall as bright as day.

Compared to the rest of the city, the number of players here was significantly larger, and people came and went, and Lu Kuan stood in an inconspicuous corner, habitually squinting, quickly browsing the items in the auction house.

The game world is open from 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. every day, which translates to 24 hours of game time, which is exactly the same as the real time of the day.

So every night before the game maintenance, players will come here and put a few days' harvest into the auction house.

Not only will you be able to empty your inventory, but if you're lucky, you'll find that something has already been sold when you go online the next day, and you'll be able to put the heavy amount of silver in your pocket to buy supplies, repair equipment, and prepare for the next adventure.

During this time, all kinds of freshly baked materials and equipment will appear in the auction house, with different values and different prices.

"You won 75 pieces of high-grade iron ore and cost 20 silver coins."

“…… Softened 9 pieces of jadeite, costing 1 silver and 6 copper coins. ”

“…… Refining agate silk for 5 parts, costing 10 silver coins. ”

“……”

Lu Kuan quickly switched between different kinds of menus, and quickly bought five or six materials.

The official website of the game has issued an announcement that three days later, that is, the day after the end of the college entrance examination, the game will open the first advanced task, the reward is very rich, and the difficulty of the task is naturally not bad.

Most of the miscellaneous things that Lu Kuan bought were task items needed for various career series tasks, and when the system opened up for career advancement in a few days, the price of these materials would skyrocket.

Of course, this news is only known to Lu Kuan.

After looking at the auction list again and confirming that the relevant materials had been bought by himself, Lu Kuan couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment.

In the past few days, it has been raining near the Lava Castle, and players are reluctant to venture into the muddy wilderness, which directly leads to a sharp drop in the number of fresh goods in the auction house, but fortunately, there are still a few days before the opening of the advanced mission, and there is still time to continue stocking.

Looking at the time, it was too late to go to the mailbox to pick up something, so Lu Kuan directly quit the game.

As soon as his eyes lit up and darkened, his ears were instantly filled with noisy human voices, Lu Kuan took off his virtual helmet, surrounded by neat and brand-new seats and helmets, and it was overcrowded as far as the eye could see.

This is a "zero-distance" Internet café in Tokai City, and for ordinary players who don't have the financial resources to buy a virtual helmet, this is the most affordable way to play Echoes of the Gods.

There are many familiar faces among the players, and there are many students from one school, and on the eve of this college entrance examination, everyone still can't resist the temptation of the game world and come here to go crazy.

Lu Kuan pulled out the game ID card from his helmet and was about to leave, when a somewhat sharp voice came from behind him: "Hey? Isn't this Lu Kuan? ”

This voice was too recognizable, Lu Kuan couldn't help frowning, turned around, and just saw a few young people coming from the aisle.

The boy with long hair is the one who speaks, his name is Liu Xueliang, he is Lu Kuan's classmate, he has excellent academic performance, his father is a businessman, and I heard that his uncle is a director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, and he is usually very arrogant.

Liu Xueliang didn't know how to hear about it a while ago, Lu Kuan was wearing an ancestral jade pendant, and he had already expressed several times that he wanted to bid for it.

This jade pendant was handed down by the ancestors of the Lu family, and it has always been regarded as a family heirloom, and it is already the seventh generation by Lu Kuan.

Liu Xueliang came to Lu Kuan with a shiny watch and a bright dress, and said with a smile: "Of course I have to say hello when I see my classmates, haha~ That's right, your jade pendant, let me open my eyes again~"

"I have other things to do, so let's go first." Lu Kuan simply refused, turned around and left.

"Hey, don't worry,"

Liu Xueliang hurriedly grabbed Lu Kuan and said with a smile: "Think about what I told you last time, I'll make this number!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Xueliang stretched out five fingers at Lu Kuan.

Five thousand?

Lu Kuan smiled disdainfully.

Five thousand yuan is already three months' salary for his father, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money for the current Lu Kuan family.

In the last life, Lu Kuan couldn't resist the temptation of money, and the jade pendant was finally bought by Liu Xueliang for 6,000 yuan, and it took a long time for Lu Kuan to know that he had been fooled, and the true value of the jade pendant was more than a hundred times the price!