EBE Chapter 192 Trouble with Brother Yuanzheng
Chapter 192 Trouble with Brother Yuanzheng
Gu Jia quickly reported to Coron about finding the Moon Silver Coin.
The other person looked surprised.
Gu Jia handed the silver coin to Ke Lun, with Yan Xun standing beside him.
After taking it, Corren examined it carefully... He looked at it in the light for a while before placing the silver coin on the table. "This is indeed a symbol of heretics."
His expression was rather grim. "It seems the heretics have indeed appeared on the Terror."
Yan Xun looked at the silver coin placed on the table. "Not an ordinary souvenir?"
“No.” Corren answered quickly, then hesitated for a moment before explaining to Yan Xun, “The sun, the moon, or the stars—these things in nature… are all symbols of some kind of existence.”
"We believe in the sun god, so we have His totem."
"This moon symbol is indeed a signal of faith in something else."
He then inquired carefully about where Gu Jia found the silver coin. Upon learning that it was hidden in a crevice of a wine barrel in the storeroom, he rested his chin on his hand and pondered, "It's possible that a crew member secretly placed it there."
“Once other symbols appear on the ship, that thing will take away the power of the sun god.”
Yan Xun thought to himself, "Is this Sun God a bit weak? He can have his divine power taken away with something so simple?"
"Then do we still need to find him?" Yan Xun asked.
Kolen nodded. "Thank you for your help."
“These heretics might destroy the amulet at the bow of the ship, causing us to get lost in the sea of evil spirits and be possessed by them.”
In the end, they still need to find the infidel crew, Yan Xun thought.
"Aren't they afraid of being possessed by evil spirits?" Yan Xun asked. "To be able to quietly destroy the symbol of the sun god, it must be at night after we've fallen asleep."
"Aren't you afraid of being possessed by evil spirits if you move around freely at this time?"
Koren shook his head. "These heretics are no different from evil spirits, so of course they're not afraid of being possessed."
Like a devout follower of the sun god, he told Yan Xun and Gu Jia, "Therefore we must find the heretics on the ship as soon as possible to prevent them from destroying the amulet on the bow of the ship while we are asleep."
Seeing how earnest and urgent Corren was speaking, Yan Xun even suspected that he had been maliciously speculating about him before—for example, that Corren was deliberately framing the old crew member or something.
“I will also tell the others on the ship to be wary of the infidels,” Corren continued. “You are all good.”
"The hidden beliefs of the heretics have been discovered."
……
Wen Yuan was having a conversation in his mind with the old man who always accompanied him.
"Why would that green-eyed guy suddenly issue a mission?" he said, somewhat disgruntled.
According to the old man, Corin will issue a task to clean the captain's cabin today, and then he can take the opportunity to go to the captain's cabin to look for clues.
Unlike ordinary players, Wen Yuanzheng naturally knew that the Terror Ship had a hidden mission: the captain was searching for Blue Gold.
In order to get the task assigned by Coron, Wen Yuan followed Coron closely after he left. Unexpectedly, Coron suddenly returned and assigned the task of cleaning the captain's cabin to the three people in the cabin.
"Liar!" Wen Yuan thought to himself. He had been following Ke Lun the whole time, and the other party had never met the captain. He himself had given the mission to Yan Xun and the other two.
Wen Yuanzheng had a good impression of Yan Xun, considering him his future younger brother, but his impression of the other two was not so good, especially that damned Gao Wen. Just thinking about how this guy had gotten the mission to the captain's cabin first made Wen Yuanzheng so angry that he almost vomited blood.
"Don't rush," the voice in Wen Yuan's head told him.
The voice was somewhat cold, and its age was hard to discern, which perfectly matched his impression of a mysterious master.
He had tried to find out the old man's identity, and from the old man's few words, Wen Yuanzheng deduced that the old man must have been a player, or at least a very skilled one. After failing a dungeon, his soul drifted away and, for some reason, came into his mind.
That's how all the "Dragon Pride" novels are written anyway.
Wen Yuanzheng had also benefited greatly from the old man, so naturally he listened to him without question.
"Corren issues a daily task to clean the captain's cabin," the old man said.
'It was just a coincidence today.'
Wen Yuanzheng didn't ask how he knew, because he discovered that the old man really did know everything.
"So this wasn't the captain's request?"
"The captain said he wanted it kept clean," the old man said, "so Corinne will issue the orders for him."
'Just follow Coren from now on, and he'll have you do the cleaning.'
"At that time, if you look at the letter on the captain's desk, you can unlock the hidden blue-gold quest."
The old man patiently explained to Wen Yuanzheng how to unlock the hidden quest.
In his description, the mission of the Terror is divided into two main storylines. One is the overt storyline related to the Whale Whisperer, under whose guidance the entire Terror will search for the whale's location.
Another subplot involves the captain, who is searching for the mysterious Blue Gold, which is located near the ice wall.
Wen Yuanzheng had long been used to treating the old man as an AI assistant, so he naturally didn't suspect anything.
"There's another way." Seemingly sensing that Wen Yuanzheng was still somewhat bothered by not being able to go to the captain's cabin, the old man added, "You can go to the captain now and express your great admiration for him and your desire to visit him."
There's a chance he'll let you in.
Wen Yuanzheng hesitated upon hearing this, "The captain won't kick me out?"
"There's no harm in trying," the old man said. "There's only a 50% chance he'll refuse you anyway."
……
As Yan Xun was about to go up to the deck to see the Evil Spirit Sea from the daytime, he saw Wen Yuanzheng acting suspiciously.
It seems the other party wants to go towards the captain's cabin.
He walked straight over and patted Wen Yuanzheng on the shoulder. "Where are you going?"
Wen Yuanzheng probably didn't expect Yan Xun to appear suddenly. His body trembled reflexively. When he turned around and saw that it was Yan Xun, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“I want to go to the captain’s cabin to look for clues,” he said, using the excuse he had prepared from the beginning.
“I see…” Yan Xun nodded, then looked at Wen Yuanzheng, “Can I come along?”
"I haven't found any clues yet."
In the past, Wen Yuanzheng would not have refused, but this involved a hidden mission, so he immediately asked the old man in his mind.
"If Yan Xun and I see those letters together, will he accept the hidden quest?"
"No," the old man said.
The hidden quest will only be triggered if the player can understand the text above and say the keywords "blue" and "gold".
'He doesn't recognize the writing or the blue gold. Just speak softly, and he won't hear you, so the hidden quest won't be triggered.'
'unless……'
"Unless what?" Wen Yuanzheng asked anxiously.
'Unless a player happens to recognize the script and shares the entire letter with nearby players, the system will consider the discoverer as willing to share the quest, and other players present will also be able to receive the quest.'
Hearing the old man say that, Wen Yuanzheng felt much more at ease.
He did want to take Yan Xun under his wing, but he had no intention of letting his underling steal his credit. Isn't that how it's always written in romance novels?
Even if the protagonist only gets a small favor, his underlings will be eternally grateful and would be willing to give their lives for their boss.
That was exactly what Wen Yuanzheng was planning.
He had made up his mind. Once he successfully obtained the Blue Gold mission, he would help Yan Xun complete the mission of finding the heretics. It would be a way for him, as the older brother, to give his younger brother a reward.
Yan Xun stood beside Wen Yuanzheng, observing the man's expression shift between worry and smugness, wondering what he was thinking.
After watching Wen Yuanzheng's performance, he suddenly spoke to the system in his mind.
What do you think he's doing?
"Go crazy," the system said.
"Why do I feel like he's talking to someone inside his head?" Yan Xun watched Wen Yuanzheng's dramatic change of expression.
[It's normal to talk to the system in your head? Aren't we talking right now?] The system was unconvinced.
"Then why don't I have so many facial expressions?"
[Heh, you have facial paralysis, do I even need to say that?]
Yan Xun ignored the system's taunts. Generally speaking, the system can only communicate basic information with players, such as opening a live stream or the progress of a task.
Looking at Wen Yuanzheng's tense yet relaxed and smug expression, it didn't seem like he was chatting idly with the system in his head, but rather like he had received some great benefit.
—It should be something that allows him to have a real-time conversation, Yan Xun thought.
Otherwise, Wen Yuanzheng's expression wouldn't have kept changing.
Unaware that he was being observed, Wen Yuanzheng confirmed the details with the old man before calling out to Yan Xun.
"Let's go to the captain's cabin now to look for clues."
Yan Xun smiled and said, "Okay."
"Then I'll trouble Brother Yuanzheng to take me to find clues."