Chapter 171
‘Dude, you’re focusing on the wrong thing!’
Godly Tycoon didn’t respond. He was probably calling the Undermoons.
Shi Sheng opened up the game’s official website to check the background and lore of the game. The story was rather simple. The world was set a thousand years after the Great War of Gods and Demons had ended.
The deity faction’s main quest was to find the God King, while the demon faction’s main quest was to rescue their Demon God, who had been sealed. There wasn’t much useful information, though…
Shi Sheng hurriedly accepted the party invite.
Drunkalone Undermoon and Windsong Undermoon were already in the party. After she entered, Crabapple Undermoon joined as well. However, Snowfall Undermoon, who usually always showed up, wasn’t around.
‘Can’t get any filthier than that…’
‘Source material? This game was adapted from a novel? There was nothing about this in Chu Yunxi’s memories of the plot…’
‘You’re going to get hit by the author if you talk like that. Even if it’s too Jack Sue, that’s still their heart’s blood! What’s more, this novel even got adapted to such a successful game…’
Since “Yes” and “No” had been ruled out as answers, the only other option would be the name of the “him” Xi Li was referring to.
‘The devs sure know how to play around! If a retard received this quest instead, they can forget about ever getting it to succeed!’
Shi Sheng switched back. Ink Seeker’s message had just arrived.
‘How’d the fuck he know?’ Shi Sheng’s mood was glum as she clicked Xi Li and typed in “Xiao Jing” into the chat window.
It was probably because of the fact he was a demon that Xi Li wouldn’t pay Ink Seeker any mind. Only Shi Sheng’s answers would work.
And the result was Xi Li flying into a rage out of nowhere, catching Shi Sheng and Ink Seeker off guard. ‘That was a quick change of attitude! Even if you’re an NPC, you can’t be this arbitrary, okay?!’
Shi Sheng and Ink Seeker worked together to beat her down to a sliver of health. Yet just as they were about to finish her, Xi Li’s appearance reverted back to normal, and she collapsed on the ground, seemingly on the verge of death.
Now, no matter how much they hit her, her health wouldn’t drop.
‘Well aren’t you NPCs just amazing? Only letting your HP drop when you feel like it and throwing tantrums as you please… simply disrespectful to us players! 0/10!’
And… there was nothing else.
She and Ink Seeker were teleported out of the cave.
‘Your grandpa! Suddenly started a fight, then called it quits after issuing some quest without a description?!’
Ink Seeker still couldn’t see the quest on his screen.
Shi Sheng felt like she was undergoing a mental split as she switched back to the other computer.
‘You can tell who this guy is just from the tone…
Honestly, the other three Undermoons are fairly normal. It’s only when Snowfall turns up that they all turn cray cray.’
Just think about it, the development team had set such an eccentric condition of someone killing someone else 99 times as the trigger for the quest. If the trigger was already so harsh, you could imagine what horrors they had in store for players next.
The party chat fell silent. After around 10 or so seconds, Crabapple Undermoon sent another message.
Shi Sheng looked around. The darkness outside the valley had receded, so she should be able to go out now?
Shi Sheng and Ink Seeker left the valley. As expected, it wasn’t like before. Just as they were about to continue on though, Ink Seeker vanished.
‘Logged off? This unreliable pig teammate…
Knew it’s best to rely on myself.’
Shi Sheng continued forging ahead. After around 10 or so metres though, she was suddenly unable to proceed any further.
She continued to try making her character move forward, resulting in system alerts popping up constantly.
She tried testing out the range in all directions. It was around 20 metres or so. She was unable to move further than that.
Shi Sheng was fed up. ‘Just what the fuck is up with this quest?! Ink Seeker that idiot! The fuck did he just log off for?!’