Of course, it was only a small incident.
Or rather, it was something Mo Shao had already anticipated.
To put it simply, Zhang Jiaying and her group had discovered that Aris had teammates, and they had come to demand an explanation.
The reason Mo Shao and the others had come to the market today was partly to clear this matter up, saving themselves from various troubles in the future.
However, Mo Shao had still underestimated how thick-skinned those people could be.
They started by throwing a bunch of hints at Aris without speaking plainly, acting as if they still cared about some kind of "teammate bond."
If Mo Shao had to say anything—they were simply being obnoxious.
She didn't even bother to argue with them; she just unleashed a crackling bolt of lightning, shocking those who were pestering them until they were charred black.
She revealed herself from invisibility, crossing her arms over her chest as she spoke nonchalantly, “Next time you bother us, I’ll just electrocute you to death.”
Golden lightning intertwined on her staff like swimming dragons.
This immediately scared the others away… oh wait, they didn't run. They couldn't move at all; they were paralyzed on the ground, having completely lost control of their bowels and bladders.
The lethality of the lightning element was truly authoritative…
…
After handling this wave of harassment, Mo Shao didn't leave immediately. Instead, she went looking for the headquarters of their faction.
After all, if this wasn't settled once and for all, there would be many more troubles down the line. It was better to cut the Gordian knot.
As for why she hadn't come here directly before and had instead wandered around the market—she was naturally "fishing."
Under normal circumstances, one still needed a justifiable cause. Waiting for the other party to strike first before retaliating—doesn't that make them the ones in the right?
And as for how to clean things up… it was simple—just keep shocking them. Violence is always the fastest solution.
—Or maybe she should use some fire?
After a bit of thought, Mo Shao ultimately decided that using electricity was better. She would keep her fire element as a trump card.
She would also use the earth element along the way. She had already exposed her earth element once in the Ocean Planet Phantom Realm, so there was no point in continuing to hide it.
…
She arrived at the headquarters of Zhang Jiaying’s faction… it was a relatively luxurious house with people acting as security guards at the door.
However, inside… Mo Shao took a turn while invisible and found that not a single person was there; they had all gone out.
That was normal. The morning was the prime time for exploring the outside world; it would be strange to huddle at home.
But it did make her subsequent operations much easier.
As for things here that could be electrocuted… well, there seemed to be quite a lot of appliances—she would just blow them all up.
Then she would drop a meteor on it—which in fact was just earth elements being condensed and dropped from the sky while she was invisible.
The startup time and controllability were laughably bad, but it didn't matter. As long as the intimidation factor was high enough, it was fine. No one would be able to detect the truth anyway.
Blowing up the appliances demonstrated her precision in control, while the simple, crude attack demonstrated her raw power. Only then could she completely deter others.
Mo Shao flew to the roof of the headquarters, placed a block out of thin air, and stood on it to begin channeling the earth element.
Of course, she used a little help—Mora.
It was already the seventh day of the apocalypse, and this Mora had already begun to possess a bit of the power of the earth element, which was perfect for her use.
…
With the help of the Mora, Mo Shao spent about ten minutes finally condensing a massive stone sphere with a five-meter radius.
However, it felt much slower than when she was at sea… was it because she was further from the ground?
The next steps were much simpler. She mined the block and let the stone sphere fall naturally.
The stone sphere plummeted from the sky, instantly smashing through the house!
Every object within the core area was completely destroyed, and the surrounding areas suffered massive secondary damage due to the vibrations and debris!
—It was almost equivalent to an aerial bomb scoring a direct hit on the target!
Simultaneously, Mo Shao’s staff crackled with arcs of electricity that snaked into the undamaged rooms, blowing up every appliance.
Dust filled the air along with the smell of earth. This surprise was now waiting for their main force to return and inspect. She hoped they would be sensible enough.
As for whether she should leave a note as a reminder… that would be too tacky. If they couldn't even guess that "Sister Hui" was the one who did this, then she would truly have to doubt the competence of Zhang Jiaying’s team—at least in terms of intelligence and intellect, they would be an absolute failure.
…
Now that the situation here was temporarily handled, it was naturally time to set off. It was time for a journey into the Underground Desert.
They still drove there, but on the way this time, they discovered quite a few more people heading deeper into the desert.
They needed to pick up the pace to avoid fighting over resources with others.
Using Pathfinding, Mo Shao easily found the spot where they had previously entered the Pyramid. She repeated the previous steps and made her way all the way to the bottom.
The surrounding environment changed, and after digging down a bit further, they officially entered the territory of the Underground Desert.
“Everyone be careful of Cactus Balls, Pressure Plates, and Antlion Eggs,” Aris said seriously. “Clear the monsters before moving forward.”
In fact, it was mainly a bunch of Antlion-type monsters. Dealing with them was quite simple; a single fire spell burned away most of them.
The harder ones to deal with were those Tomb Crawlers. They darted back and forth with incredible speed, but thankfully they were still manageable.
—After all, Mo Shao was currently wielding lightning in her left hand and fire in her right!
…
The subsequent process was exceptionally simple. They mined some fossils and ores, and smashed every jar they saw…
A bunch of potions dropped—Recall Potions, Dangersense Potions… Mo Shao felt that these potions accounted for most of the value of their haul.
They also obtained quite a few Beetle Bombs, a tool that could blow out long, straight tunnels. With these, they wouldn't have to go through the trouble of digging manually.
Of course, she had to save some of them, just in case they needed to dig a tunnel in the future.
One unexpected incident worth mentioning was their discovery of a Terraria NPC in the Underground Desert: the Golfer.
He looked like a middle-aged man with dark skin, black hair, and black eyes. He wore a white hat, a plaid shirt, a vest, long pants, and brown shoes.
“Thanks for saving me! If I were trapped here any longer, I might have gotten heatstroke!” the Golfer cheered with wild joy.
But… who the hell gets heatstroke in an Underground Desert? Was that really the biggest problem here?!
As for his shop… it was just a bunch of golf-related junk. The only somewhat useful thing among the items for sale was the Lawn Mower.
—Areas where the grass had been mowed would have a 10% reduction in monster spawns. It was better than nothing… but she might as well buy it anyway.
And this Golfer clearly possessed a higher level of intelligence; he followed closely behind them instead of running around aimlessly.
Clearly, he wanted to leave this place with them.
However… an NPC entering Seven Hills City.
Moreover, he was an NPC with zero threat. Killing him would allow someone to transform into him and then access parts of the Terraria system…
One could only say… he was essentially a walking piece of Tang Monk's flesh.
Rate on N.U.
