48 Hours a Day Novel Chapter 732 - Wings

Chapter 732: Wings

While those half-man-half-fish and frog monsters looked at Zhang Heng in bewildernt, Zhang Heng’s soared into the air. A massive pair of black wings spread out behind him. And at the sa ti, feather-like fine fragnts of shadows were falling from the sky.

This was Zhang Heng’s first experience flying in the air.

Of course, flying on a plane didn’t count. This ti, he was flying without the help of an external source. Differing from the birds that flew in the sky, he could feel the presence of the wings in his consciousness, but they were not controlled by his muscles. As of now, Zhang Heng was still discovering how to use his wings right.

Zhang Heng looked a little clumsy as he tried to learn the reins of flight. Since it was his first ti using such an ability, he did not dare to rise up too high, rely hovering high enough so the monsters could not reach him by jumping. After that, he flew out of the encirclent.

Under the moonlight, a black shadow floated over the wasteland. Zhang Heng could see that all those monsters lifting their heads, staring at him from the ground. They had been preparing for this battle for a long ti, and everything that they did was like a carefully rehearsed stage play. However, none of them foresaw that Zhang Heng would grow a pair of wings and fly away.

Twelve seconds was a short ti.

Zhang Heng silently counted the seconds in his heart. He managed to lower his altitude one second before his wings disappeared. Due to his inexperience in flying, he couldn’t estimate the right speed and strength needed for landing. His arm landed first, and he rolled on the ground a few tis before coming to a stop.

He didn’t even care about checking his injuries. After he got up from the ground, he continued to run forward. Although he had managed to avoid many enemies by flying, there were still many scattered nearby.

Since he could not use his wings, for now, Zhang Heng was not entirely confident that he would be able to run away. After all, the residents who had lived here for decades or longer knew these grounds much better than him.

Suddenly, he heard soone uttering a series of rapid syllables. The noise ca was coming from the priest with the gold crown.

Zhang Heng wasn’t sure if this priest was the one that survived the shootout earlier. Although there were more monsters than priests, he was certain there were more than just three priests. After a while, more and more monsters started to repeat the series of strange syllables and, at the sa ti, stopped advancing as well. It was as if they had just received an order from their commander.

Although unaffected by the chants, he still looked back as he ran. For the ti being, he did not see them coming after him. It seed they were just going to stand there and watch him leave.

After running for a while, Zhang Heng gradually slowed his pace.

Right now, another sound perated his ears.

If the voices of those monsters made him feel uncomfortable, then these low-frequency hums filled with malicious intent would probably turn a sound-minded person utterly crazy. It was comparable to the sound that ca from the deepest parts of hell.

Since Zhang Heng was gradually losing his emotion, he showed little reaction to the sounds. He guessed that the sounds roughly originated from the black reef.

It was a sha that the wave breaker blocked the person, and he couldn’t see what was beyond it. All of a sudden, a cloud of white smoke reappeared beside Zhang Heng. Judging by its taste, it was the cigar that the bartender gave him.

Zhang Heng knew that it was ti to leave. Before he left, he took one last look at the low and dilapidated buildings and ruins in the distant town, and half of the tower spire bathed in moonlight. He then allowed the white smoke to engulf him.

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“You stayed longer than I expected.” The bartender lady glanced at the clock hanging on the lounge’s wall and asked Zhang Heng, who had just opened his eyes, “How did the test go?”

“I don’t know if it went well.” Seemingly rembering sothing, he went silent before asking, “How much ti has passed?”

The bartender lady wasn’t too bothered about Zhang Heng not wanting to talk more about the test. She was never a person who liked to explore the secrets of others and had done an excellent job as a ga checkpoint staff. That said, she was quite obsessed with the ga herself.

“You were in there for about half a minute. Since you are awake, co and settle the bill first.”

“How much?” Zhang Heng was not too surprised by her answer. Although he had been in that weird town for almost half a day, he had beco accustod to the change of ti after experiencing so many quests.

But that place wasn’t like the dungeons he had been to before. His ga items, character panels, and even his watch were taken away from him. If he were to describe it, it was more like a dream.

“100 ga points.”

“Why is it so expensive?” Zhang Heng frowned.

“Compared with what you have recently received, this is nothing to you.” The bartender raised her eyebrows and returned all the ga items to him. Zhang Heng had stored all his ga items here before he entered the ga.

“But I don’t have so many points with .” Zhang Heng said.

“Impossible. Aren’t you ranked first on the proxy war’s leaderboard?” The bartender lady was surprised.

“But there were no ga points to earn in the proxy war’s dungeon.”

Zhang Heng told everything truthfully to the bartender lady. Initially, he could have gotten four hundred ga points from 1807, but the latter decided to pay with his ga items. And the points that he earned from the Western dungeon had practically been used to pay off his debts. Now, all he was left with were thirty ga points.

“All your points have been used to recast the sword.” The bartender lady rubbed her chin. “What should I do?”

“I still have twenty-nine ga points. If possible, I will pay the remainder after the next quest,” Zhang Heng said.

“If it was soone else, I won’t take the deal because I don’t know if the player can survive the next round. And even if they do, I don’t know if they can earn enough points. But given that we have done so many transactions, I might make an exception and let you pay the next ti. However, this is only a one-ti thing,” Miss bartender said. She seed nicer to him this ti.

However, Zhang Heng did not seem to appreciate the favor very much. His expression changed, “You used to collect ga points before providing

with services.”

“You an, I’m making you pay all your ga points now?”

“That’s not the case. I an, why did you set a different rule this ti. You seem to be really eager for

to participate in this test.” Zhang Heng looked into the eyes of the bartender, his mind filled with thought.

“Are you doubting ? Why? Did anything happen during the test?”

Zhang Heng could read nothing from the bartender’s cunning eyes. In the end, he said, “Nothing, maybe it’s just a coincidence.”