Chapter 561: Going Further (2/2)

The unknown shooter seemed to notice their presence, and looked towards them.

By now, they could all see the shooter's face. To everyone's surprise, the powerful shooter was actually a woman!

When Xuan Ning saw her face clearly, he shivered. His expression was one of shock and disbelief when he cried out, ”It's her!”

Ye Chong threw a side glance at Xuan Ning and asked, ”You know her?” Sha Ya looked to him as well.

”Quick, help her,” Xuan Ning said firmly, ”I'll explain later.”

Ye Chong heard him. He immediately had the Spider running towards the woman. Sha Ya and Xuan Ning went to their weapons stations without delay.

With a Level 8 shooter and a Level 9 shooter behind the Spider's powerful weapons, the horned tyrasaurs were quickly overpowered. The Spider's two main laser guns could easily tear through the horned tyrasaur's layer of scales.

The woman was surprised by the powerful weapons of the Spider. However, she gathered herself quickly and continued firing at the horned tyrasaurs.

In just a short moment, most of the horned tyrasaurs had already fallen, leaving only about a dozen of them left. These survivors realized their terrible position and escaped without looking back.

The huge spider brought three of its riders towards the huge rock.

The rock had a smooth surface, with no anchor points for climbing. It was hard to imagine how the female shooter got onto the rock. The woman took one last glance at the huge spider, then slid down along the surface of the rock. She kept close to the rock and made her way down smoothly.

Ye Chong was surprised by her maneuvre. If he had not seen her shooting the horned tyrasaurs, he would have thought she was a combat expert, and a pretty good one at that.

Xuan Ning lowered his voice and said, ”She is Mei Wu. Mind your words.” He took a look at Ye Chong and felt the advice wasted on him.

Mei Wu sounded familiar. Ye Chong tried to recall when he had heard that name.

Sha Ya had a complicated expression on her face.

The three of them came out of the huge spider, and Ye Chong finally had a good look of the woman called Mei Wu. She had long eyes and thin lips, with an air of apathy about here. She wore an old and gray colored combat uniform, and had a laser gun of an old design in her hand.

Mei Wu watched the newcomers. When she saw Xuan Ning, her eyes lit up in recognition. ”So it's Sir Xuan. Seems that this lady is safe thanks to you.” Her voice was sharp and stressed with mockery.

Xuan Ning bowed in greeting. He shrugged helplessly and said, ”You're too kind. I hope I was not interfering with your fight. How did you get here? His Majesty has missed you all these years.”

”His Majesty?” Mei Wu laughed coldly. ”Looks like he finally got the throne, just as he wished. Missed me? Just what kind of relationship is there between us? Since when did he dictate where I should be?”

Xuan Ning had nothing to say to that. He kept his head bowed low and his mouth shut.

”Whatever, it's not your fault anyway. You don't have to look like that. You're his subordinate, and you've got nothing to do with me.” Mei Wu sighed, as though she had remembered something.

Ye Chong watched the two of them, amused. He finally remembered who Mei Wu was – she was the Shu sisters' teacher. What luck to have met her in Darkniss.

Mei Wu studied Xuan Ning for a moment and asked, ”You've reached Level 9?”

Xuan Ning nodded obediently and replied, ”Yes, just recently.”

Mei Wu smiled coldly and said, ”He's going to be very happy about this. Tsk tsk. A Level 9 shooter. Eastern Cloud's got herself a symbol of power alright.”

Xuan Ning did not know how to respond to that either.

Mei Wu turned to Ye Chong and Sha Ya. ”These your friends?”

”Yes. This is Ye Chong, Master weaponsmith. This is Sha Ya, a Level 8 shooter.”

”Oh, a weaponsmith.” Mei Wu studied him with interest. ”Do you make laser guns? I need a new one. This one's too old for me.”

”A laser gun,” Ye Chong considered, ”That can be done, but what do you have to trade for it?”

Xuan Ning was alarmed by his words. He quickly interfered, ”Just get the laser gun. We'll pay for it.” ”Really, this guy offends people so easily,” Xuan Ning cursed Ye Chong inside.

Mei Wu raised an eyebrow. ”I will pay for my own things, thank you very much.” She turned back to Ye Chong and said, ”What do you want? Money's out of the question. I haven't left Darkniss in a long while.”

”You – You've been staying in Darkniss all this while?” Xuan Ning was shocked.

Mei Wu replied nonchalantly, ”Why, yes, is that a problem? By the way, do any of you have energy crystals with you? Mine's almost used up. There is no way recharge energy crystals here, and going outside is too much of a hassle.”

Xuan Ning shuddered as his mind caught onto an idea. He asked Mei Wu carefully, ”Did you … Did you also reach Level 9?”

”Yes, what about it? Are you the only one allowed to do that?” Mei Wu threw a side glance at Xuan Ning with an unreadable expression. Sha Ya looked surprised. She had met another Level 9 shooter!

Xuan Ning looked overjoyed. He asked excitedly, ”When – when did you reach Level 9?”

”Don't remember, it's been awhile.” Mei Wu cut him short and turned to Ye Chong. ”You haven't said what you want.”

Ye Chong considered for a moment. ”You must be familiar with Darkniss, having lived here for so long, right?”

”Just so so. I didn't venture too deep inside. The animals there are too strong for me. Besides, I don't have a suitable weapon,” Mei Wu explained frankly.

”I need you to be our guide. Take us on a tour to the places you're familiar with. In return, I'll make you a laser gun, and throw in some energy crystals into the deal too. What do you say?” Ye Chong asked.

”Deal,” Mei Wu agreed happily.

Ye Chong had a few laser guns with him. He had wanted to use them for trading at the weapons design contest. However, he did not find anything interesting there except for the rubbery germ. Hence, he stored all the laser guns in Celest's dimension keystone. Ye Chong went back into the Spider and pretended to search in the storage room. He then withdrew a laser gun from the dimension keystone. Sha Ya and Xuan Ning did not know what was in the storage room of the Spider, which was why they did not suspect anything was wrong.

Mei Wu took the laser gun from Ye Chong and examined it. Her eyes lit up in approval. ”Nice one!” It was an honest compliment, but her voice was still uncomfortable to listen to.

Ye Chong considered that particular laser gun to be only average, but Mei Wu thought it was an excellent model, and loved it immediately. It was fortunate that she did not see Sha Ya's laser gun. Hers was even better.

”Did you build this huge spider?” Mei Wu looked at Ye Chong from head to toe with admiration. ”As expected of a Master weaponsmith. Not bad, not bad at all.” She suddenly remembered something, and looked curiously to Xuan Ning. ”I seem to remember you have your own duties. Why would the King allow you to come here?”

Xuan Ning explained, ”His Majesty has reached an agreement with Ye Chong. I'm here to assist him.”

Mei Wu smiled coldly. ”He's still the same as before. He'll use anything he can get his hands on.” She turned back to Ye Chong and relaxed a little. ”Are you looking for raw materials? I remember weaponsmiths are fond of gravstones. Let me show you this one place I've been to.”