I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 1400: Chapter 1402: Doomsday Cruise Chapter 1400: Chapter 1402: Doomsday Cruise “My lord, any item hidden within the body can be taken out of the Assessment World… You didn’t know this?” The NPC from the Sala Clan revealed a surprised expression and couldn’t help but speak out.

“What, hidden within the body? You mean to say…” Song Jian was startled and quickly asked, “You mean to say, just by making a cut on the arm and hiding the Golden Blood inside, it can be taken out of the Assessment World? How is that possible…”

Such a method could only be used to take out valuable jewelry like earrings and rings, it was impossible for other larger equipment. However, Golden Blood obviously could be taken out among those items.

It belonged to a type of trick that was widely known among NPCs, but players who had been in the game for only a short time wouldn’t know such tricks, and nobody would tell them.

Seeing the surprised look on Song Jian’s face, Stanuo realized that such a trick would never be known by the Divine Patron unless someone revealed it.

Although he regretted inadvertently revealing this trick, Stanuo was certain that Song Jian indeed hadn’t taken the Golden Blood out with him.

“What a waste, using Golden Blood to raise clearing scores is simply too extravagant!” Stanuo shook his head and sighed.

Song Jian also sighed and shook his head, preparing to chat more with the NPC in front of him to see if he could extract some more information. However, just at that moment, Song Jian suddenly received a system announcement.

System: The Apocalypse Cruise has appeared. All players may board the Apocalypse Cruise for a seven-day luxury tour. Participants can win generous rewards by taking part in various activities on the cruise!

This message was a public announcement; every online player would receive it. Simultaneously, a small point continuously flashing with light appeared on the map. When Song Jian enlarged the map, he discovered that this point was more than three hundred kilometers away from the City of Hope.

Additionally, above this glistening location, there was a thirty-minute countdown. Obviously, the Apocalypse Cruise mentioned in the system message would exist only for thirty minutes before departing.

“The Apocalypse Cruise, I wonder if it has any relation to the Doomsday Store I encountered before…” Song Jian thought. He had spent quite a few points to become a member of the Doomsday Store. After appearing once when he entered the game, it hadn’t shown up again, leaving the usefulness of that membership unknown to him until now.

“Go and take a look!” Song Jian thought to himself and, after apologizing to Stanuo, he directly performed the Sword Flight Art and flew towards the location of the Apocalypse Cruise.

It could be seen that after Song Jian set off, several dozen people flew out of the City of Hope. Most of these people were at levels around eighty or ninety, possessing flying apparatuses and confident they could reach the destination within thirty minutes. Numerous others rode on land mounts, heading towards the Apocalypse Cruise as well, but the speed of land mounts couldn’t compare to flying ones, and whether they could make it in time was up to luck.

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“The Apocalypse Cruise, a voyage of death, has appeared again. Who knows how many will perish this time…” An aged NPC watching the distant dark shadow in the sky shook his head and sighed.

“Hmph, although it’s a matter of life and death, there are rare encounters that most people might not experience in their lifetime. Even treasures like the Golden Blood aren’t beyond reach,” a younger NPC said proudly, looking up at the Glory Board of Honor with a loud voice.

“The Apocalypse Cruise travels through time rifts, spatial rifts; boarding without strength is akin to courting death. Even those confident in their abilities face a life-and-death ordeal on the cruise. It’s only suitable for those who are all by themselves, risking their lives to gamble on their futures. I, for one, will not partake!” Another scholarly-looking man, looking a bit shabby, took a big swig from his wine gourd and loudly lamented.

“Hmph, in a lifetime, you might only encounter this once. Look, isn’t the Lord of the Divine Patron City the first to rush over? If he’s not afraid, what do we have to be scared of!” A soldier armed with a rifle, who seemed to be a member of the City of Hope guard army, shouted loudly and turned to run towards the city gate.

It seemed that the appearance of the doomsday cruise was not only noticed by the players, but also by the NPCs indigenous to the game world at the same time.

However, by their looks, they seemed to be quite familiar with the Doomsday Cruise. Most NPCs were not willing to take the risk, only a very few followed behind the players and ran toward the location of the Doomsday Cruise. As for whether they could reach the Doomsday Cruise within thirty minutes, that was another matter.

By this time, Song Jian had already flown to the seaside, but according to the flashing part on the map, the target was still deep in the sea. Song Jian stepped on the Sky-breaking Sword, pondered for a moment, and then, with gritted teeth, continued flying towards the target location.

The boundless sea stretched as far as the eye could see. In the tumultuous waves, a ship that looked like a steel giant silently floated on the surface.

Within a hundred meters around this steel giant, the sea was calm as a mirror, without a single ripple, creating a bizarre circular area. Outside this zone, however, the waves surged higher with each passing moment, creating an eerie sight!

Song Jian quickly entered the range of this huge ship. The moment he entered the calm sea, a blood-red system prompt immediately appeared before his eyes.

System: You have entered the docking range of the Doomsday Cruise. Do you wish to board the cruise? Yes/No
System: Warning, please make your choice carefully. Once you choose, it cannot be changed. You must endure seven days of voyage before you can leave the Doomsday Cruise!

Song Jian’s heart chilled. Prompts in crimson usually signified great danger and often led to life-and-death situations. Even Song Jian had encountered this only once or twice in the game.

“With my ability to protect myself, if I can’t make it through these seven days, then others might not stand a chance of surviving here,” Song Jian thought to himself, and with a slight smile, he didn’t hesitate to select “Yes”.

Suddenly, everything before Song Jian’s eyes blurred, and his whole body lost control, as if he were being teleported. When he regained consciousness, he found himself standing on the deck of the steel behemoth.

At this moment, the deck was empty, no one in sight, surrounded by silence. There was no sign of a sailor, as if it were a ghost ship.

Just then, a skeleton dressed in tattered captain’s clothes staggered up from the cabin. Dark red flames burned in its eye sockets, giving the appearance of a cold, undead monster.

“Hehehe, I didn’t expect someone to come rushing to their death so soon. Such a young body, enviable indeed!” The Skeleton Captain had a cutlass and an old flintlock pistol hanging at his waist. This garb seemed out of place on the steel behemoth where Song Jian was, as if a 17th-century Caribbean pirate had intruded upon a 21st-century warship.

“Who are you?” Song Jian asked, clutching the Sky-breaking Sword tightly and on full alert.

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