I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Chapter 158 Obsidian

Translator: 549690339

Armed Miner?

At a first glance, it’s not quite mainstream profession, is it? Roughly translated, it’s probably a miner who can fight, right? Just like a “King among Beggars”— no matter how gloried it sounds, it’s still a mining job, eh? Just adding the word “Armed” in front makes it extraordinarily high-end?

“I’ve never heard of it. Could you explain this combat profession to me?” Song Jian inquired respectfully.

Even seemingly worthless professions deserve respect because after all, this guy is a Combat Mentor, and he’s hinting at some progress in my main task. In this city teeming with monsters, finding a Combat Mentor is certainly a tough challenge.

“Hahahaha, this profession has remarkable combat abilities and is also skilled in mining. They can identify various types of ores and often stumble upon unexpected benefits.” Aberdeen said with a face full of smiles, “So, what do you think, lad? If you’re willing to take on the Armed Miner profession, 1 can simplify your test task. How does that sound?”

Studying Aberdeen’s pyramid-scheme-entrepreneur-like face, Song Jian shook his head, “I haven’t decided on any combat profession yet. 1 want to learn more before 1 decide!”

“Well then…” Aberdeen’s smile faded, replaced by a serious look. He looked Song Jian up and down, muttering under his breath, “In that case, I must choose your task more carefully…”

Aberdeen’s right hand was constantly swiping in the air, as if there was a screen displaying a list of tasks for him to choose from.

“Gather Obsidian, that’s a good task. I’ll pick this one for you. This will also give you a taste of the allure of the Armed Miner profession!” Aberdeen chose a task, his eyes sparkling.

System: Combat Mentor Aberdeen has issued you a test task: Gather Obsidian. Task requirements: Collect loo units of obsidian and earn Aberdeen’s approval. Task rewards: Gain Aberdeen’s trust and receive information about the “Armed Miner” profession. Penalties: Loss of Aberdeen’s affection, reducing his favorability towards you to ‘indifferent’.

Accept!

“Mentor, where can I find Obsidian? The city mines are just too far from here…” Song Jian said, a bit uneasy.

“Take out your map. I’ll mark the locations where you can mine!” Aberdeen replied.

Song Jian smiles faintly. He had speculated that besides the mine, there must be other places in the city where ores could be collected.

After he handed the map over, Aberdeen lightly marked a few spots and returned the map to Song Jian.

“You just need to go to any of these locations, and you’ll be able to mine obsidian. You might even stumble upon other, more valuable ores. If you do, you can sell them to me. 1’11 give you a good price.” Aberdeen added, “However, be careful. These places are just like the mines – filled with monsters. You’ll have to eliminate the surrounding monsters to mine!”

Song Jian glanced at the map, nodded to Aberdeen, and started walking to the nearest mining location.

Watching Song Jian’s retreating figure, Aberdeen shook his head slightly and stepped back into the smithy, shutting the door behind him.

Song Jian quickly arrived at the location closest to him, an abandoned subway entrance. The entrance, which used to be an entrance to the city’s No. 2 subway line, was now covered in green vines, concealing the entrance.

Peeling back the vines, a pitch-black entrance came into view. Chilly winds blew out from the subway passageway, accompanied by the low growls of monsters within, making one’s hair stand on end.

“Phew, I hope the level of these monsters isn’t too high!” Song Jian’s heart pounded with fear. It’s the unknown that’s truly terrifying. After a moment of hesitation at the subway entrance, Song Jian stepped onto the dimly lit stairs. The ivy quickly closed back up over the entrance, the last sliver of light disappearing.

Alone, Song Jian slowly descended the stairs. It was pitch-black, one couldn’t see their hand in front of their face. A mere thirty-meter staircase took Song Jian more than twenty minutes, as he had to carefully sense his surroundings with every step taken.

At the bottom of the stairs was a spacious corridor lined with shops selling a variety of things on either side;

In the middle of the corridor, the sign for a store was lit up, illuminating a large part of the area. Intrigued, Song Jian made his way towards this store;

The store appeared to be a convenience store which wasn’t very big, just about fifty square meters or so. At the entrance of the convenience store, as Song Jian approached, the glass door opened automatically and a welcome music started to play;

Apart from the surrounding wall displays, there were no people in the store, indicating an unmanned convenience store. Walking in, Song Jian began to look around;

The items at the front were various foods and drinks, which could reduce hunger and thirst and increase temporary attributes. Checking his inventory, he still had plenty of food, but not much water left;

“Mineral Water (White): Beverage, effects: reduces 45 points of thirst, increases spirit points recovery rate by 10%; Price: 10 Doomsday Coins”

“Red Bull Drink (White): Beverage, effects: reduces 50 points of thirst, immediately recovers 30 spirit points; Price: 30 Doomsday Coins”

“Freshly Squeezed Juice (White): Beverage, effects: reduces 55 points of thirst, increases defense by 5 points for 30 minutes; Price: 45 Doomsday Coins”

Just the beverages alone were over a dozen types each with different attributes, but the prices weren’t exactly cheap;

Song Jian spent over a thousand Doomsday Coins and bought out all the beverages in the convenience store. Although these drinks were expensive, they were rare. If he didn’t use them, he could resell them and make a good profit;

Compared to the beverages, the food here had much worse attributes. Even his roasted or fried meat fare was better. After a brief glance, Song Jian lost interest in the food here;

Beyond the food and drinks, the next cabinet was filled with various gathering tools including pickaxes, Fine Iron Pickaxes, mineral detectors, and mining ropes. Song Jian even spotted an automatic mining robot, but the price of ten thousand Doomsday Coins made him balk. It was too expensive. He wondered whether the minerals mined by this robot could ever cover its cost;

Out of these tools, Song Jian only spent three hundred Doomsday Coins to buy a mineral detector and merely glanced at the rest without buying anything;

The next display cabinet was filled with rows upon rows of weapons. All kinds of pistols, assault rifles, and even infantry landmines, hand grenades, and explosives. However, all these items were white quality items with low damage and average attributes. After some hesitation, Song Jian ultimately decided against buying them;

If he bought all these items and sold them to other players, he could possibly earn a couple hundred Doomsday Coins, but Song Jian was only left with a little over two thousand Doomsday Coins, and he couldn’t possibly afford to buy them all. Furthermore, it’d be time-consuming to resell all these items and he wouldn’t earn much money from it. Song Jian didn’t want to become a full-time trader, so he just had a quick look and then turned to leave;

Upon arriving at the last display cabinet, Song Jian’s eyes lit up. There was only one type of item in this cabinet and there were just three of them. The price was exorbitantly high, but Song Jian did not hesitate to buy one;

After looking around the entire convenience store and finding nothing else of interest, Song Jian turned around and left, heading towards the subway station viewing platform;

There will be another chapter at eight, well, everyone, please wait a bit!