roccoschili Chapter 195 Refusal to Cooperate
Chapter 195 Refusal to Cooperate
"No," Yan Xun replied to the voice in his heart.
'Why?'
"I'm not smart either," Yan Xun said honestly. "I'm afraid you'll trick me."
Old man: '……'
He could naturally tell that Yan Xun didn't trust him.
"You can freely enter our minds?" Yan Xun asked again, "Then you know all my secrets?"
"I can't read your mind," the old man said hastily.
Yan Xun responded with an "oh," unsure whether he believed her or not.
"If you cooperate with me, we can get the rewards from the hidden quest," the old man tempted Yan Xun again.
"What reward?"
'Something you wouldn't expect.'
Yan Xun: "Hehe."
"Why don't you try a different approach?" he said to the old man. "I'm not buying what the boss is trying to say."
The system noticed that Yan Xun had been silent for a long time and was a little puzzled. [What's that silly boy doing?]
[Performing face-changing?]
"I guess I'm questioning the old man in my heart." Yan Xun was multitasking, answering the system while trying to get information out of the old man.
"Then how can you make me believe you?" the old man asked again, unwilling to give up.
Yan Xun thought to himself, "Just how impatient is this person? He can't wait to tie himself to me like this?"
"It depends on your performance," Yan Xun said vaguely.
If this old man had worked a few more days, he would have known that this was a vague tactic often used by leaders, and that they hadn't actually made any promises to him.
"Have you already accepted the Blue Gold quest?" the old man asked.
"Yes."
"Beneath the ice wall lies a colossal creature. Blue Gold is the blood that flowed from this thing, solidified into some kind of substance," he told Yan Xun. "Unlike ordinary blood, this substance, once solidified, has a metallic texture. It's an extremely precious material, said to grant eternal youth or superhuman strength."
'But in recent years, the people of the Evil Spirit Sea have frequently dreamed of ice walls, also because this thing is about to awaken.'
The year of His awakening is uncertain.
'But if someone who has entered the Sea of Evil spirits frequently dreams of the ice wall and Him, it proves that He is about to awaken.'
"The Blue Gold quest is quite simple. Just get close to the ice wall crevice with the captain and go deeper; you'll find Blue Gold there."
Yan Xun thought to himself, "This person is really dishonest. He's said so much, but he hasn't mentioned what to do if that thing wakes up."
Perhaps sensing Yan Xun's thoughts, the old man continued, "You don't need to worry about that thing waking up."
'You're different from the captain; once you get the blue gold and complete the quest, you can leave the instance immediately.'
'This poses no risk to you.'
Yan Xun didn't believe a word of this.
The system did not provide any prompts for the Blue Gold quest.
Only the task name was mentioned.
If it were as simple as just taking the blue gold, the system would at least explain that the player's completion method is to take the blue gold and then leave the game.
If they didn't say that, then it proves that there's probably something wrong with how you obtain blue gold.
"Then what will you get?" Yan Xun asked.
"You can't expect to get nothing in return."
The old man continued, "When you complete the task, I will gain some energy. Over time, I will gradually acquire my own body."
"Why do you know so much about the mission?" Yan Xun asked.
"I used to be a player too," the old man told Yan Xun. "After failing a mission, I discovered that my soul hadn't dissipated, and that I could also gain energy by helping players complete their missions."
My wish is simple: to have my own body.
Yan Xun thought to himself, "Isn't that ready-made?" He glanced at Wen Yuanzheng, who was still raging in a helpless frenzy.
Wen Yuanzheng, unaware that his grandfather had betrayed him, frantically processed information in his mind. Realizing his grandfather wasn't responding, he panicked again… He mentally recited a string of kind words, and only then did his grandfather slowly reply—
I won't hurt you.
'If it were to harm you, I wouldn't have waited until now.'
Wen Yuanzheng listened, and whether he believed it or not, he felt that his relationship with the old man had been repaired somewhat.
Yan Xun didn't give the old man a clear answer, but he wasn't in a hurry. He knew this man wasn't as easy to fool as Wen Yuanzheng, so he simply followed Wen Yuanzheng for now. Anyway, he had made Wen Yuanzheng activate the hidden quest of Blue Gold, so he didn't intend to let him live.
……
It was mealtime again, and the group reappeared at the same place where they had eaten yesterday.
The old crew members sat at one table, and the new crew members sat at another.
On the new crew's side, Gu Jia first said that he had found silver coins left by the heretics, and then heard Gao Wen say that he had also found a similar moon symbol.
Wen Yuan was still thinking about his conversation with the old man and was a little absent-minded until he heard the bearded man say, "I saw you go to the captain's cabin. Did you find anything?"
Now all eyes were on Wen Yuanzheng.
“I wasn’t the only one who went.” Wen Yuanzheng wasn’t in the mood to deal with these players right now. He looked at Yan Xun and the others, “The three of them also cleaned the captain’s cabin.”
Seeing that Wen Yuan was being secretive, the bearded man immediately suspected that he had discovered some clues but was unwilling to share them with everyone.
He immediately had an idea, but he didn't show it on the surface. He just looked at Yan Xun and the other two and asked, "Have you discovered anything?"
“There are many books in the captain’s cabin,” Yan Xun said.
He seemed to be trying hard to recall the scene at the time, "We cleaned for a long time, but Corren said that the captain hated it when people touched his things, so we dared not touch anything in his room."
"All I could see were a lot of books on the ground and a portrait in the captain's cabin."
"A portrait?" The bearded man became interested. "Who?"
"The captain?"
Yan Xun shook her head. "A man I don't know."
"He looks like some kind of nobleman."
Upon hearing this, the bearded man suddenly felt that Yan Xun and the other two were incredibly lucky. He had initially thought that the three of them, who were dawdling, would be scolded by Corinthians after seeing them return to the cabin, but unexpectedly, Corinthians assigned them the task of cleaning the captain's cabin.
He suspected that Yan Xun and the other two were hiding something, so he started to question them again.
What kind of man?
Yan Xun described the man's appearance in the portrait.
Qin Ke and Gao Wen added a few words, saying that the person looked like some kind of nobleman, holding a scepter.
Seeing how similar the three men's descriptions were, the bearded man thought they might not be lying, but he also suspected that the three men had rehearsed their testimonies beforehand.
Then he began asking about other details.
Those who knew nodded, while those who didn't shook their heads, until Yan Xun suddenly clapped his hands as if he had remembered something, "I've thought of something."
"what?"
"There are some letters on the captain's desk, but I can't read the words on them."
The players spoke very softly, but the old crew members nearby were making a lot of noise, so they couldn't hear what they were saying.
"I suspect the captain might be secretly communicating with someone."