met free Chapter 204 Even bankrupt, one can make a comeback based on their looks.
Chapter 204 Even bankrupt, one can make a comeback based on their looks.
Yan Xun really didn't understand what Wen Yuan was up to. He kicked Wen Yuanzheng's foot, signaling him to get up and talk, before looking at the Whale Whisperer and talking about the portrait in the captain's cabin.
Surprisingly, the whale whisperer was not at all surprised.
“He’s been like this ever since the last voyage.”
The whale whisperer said slowly, "The crew all saw the portrait in the captain's cabin, but the captain said there was nothing in his room."
"Does no one suspect that he's possessed by an evil spirit?" Yan Xun asked immediately.
"Being mentally confused and muttering things that no one can understand—aren't these signs of being possessed by an evil spirit?" He counted on his fingers, listing the characteristics of being possessed by an evil spirit.
“But he’s the captain,” the whale whisperer said slowly.
"He is to lead the entire Terror forward."
"Fortunately, the captain only said that there were no portraits in his room and nothing else unusual." The Whale Speaker looked at the three players. "This is an unspoken secret among the crew."
Thinking they had finished cleaning, the Whale Speaker lay down on the bed and said, "You can leave now."
"I need to rest."
……
The three of them left the Whale Whisperer's room.
“He’s fine,” Wen Yuanzheng said unwillingly, “he just fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.”
He looked at Yan Xun and Qin Ke, "What do you think is going on?"
"Is the captain mentally unstable, or does the painting really not exist?"
“I’d rather the captain had a mental breakdown,” Yan Xun said. “Wouldn’t it be even more terrifying if all the crew members were hallucinating? Would the real problem be with the crew?”
Wen Yuanzheng thought for a moment, then couldn't help but shudder. "That's true."
"It would definitely be better if there was only one person with mental problems on the ship."
Qin Ke had been silent since leaving the Whale Whisperer's room, and only after hearing the two's conversation did he show a slight smile—which terrified Wen Yuanzheng. He thought the perverted kid must have mental problems to be amused by such words.
He had already given up on the idea of taking Yan Xun as his subordinate. He was still resentful that Yan Xun hadn't helped him stop the captain earlier, and he decided not to share the Blue Gold mission with him. After making up an excuse to leave, he left Yan Xun and Qin Ke alone.
Yan Xun was about to leave when Qin Ke blocked his way slightly.
He looked up at Qin Ke. "Is something the matter?"
Qin Ke then revealed some of his emotions, "I just don't quite understand."
"Why am I the only one who hasn't received the blessing?"
He sounded a little aggrieved, "I also want to receive blessings."
Yan Xun put his hands inside his bulky clothes and said, "Maybe you're just unlucky."
Qin Ke: "..."
He looked at Yan Xun, "Is that so?"
“Yes.” Yan Xun looked at Qin Ke sincerely.
"Do you have anything else to say? If not, then get out of the way."
Qin Ke did not allow it.
He stood there, looking conflicted. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked Yan Xun, "Do you hate me?"
Yan Xun asked in surprise, "You noticed?"
Qin Ke felt even more aggrieved, "But I didn't do anything."
"Heh, if you do that, it won't just be that I hate you anymore," Yan Xun said, raising his hand in a throat-slitting gesture. "Understand?"
Whether Qin Ke understood or was frightened, he made way for Yan Xun to leave.
But even after Yan Xun's figure disappeared, he didn't look away—
"...You hate me..."
He was talking to himself.
"why?"
He stretched out his hand and looked at it for a while. "It looks perfectly normal."
……
Yan Xun found Gu Jia in the cabin and met up with her.
"What do you mean?" he asked Gu Jia, inquiring about the results of their probe of the crew.
Gu Jia shook her head. "No."
“I tried asking a few crew members about the portrait in the captain’s cabin, but they all shook their heads and said they had never heard of it.” Gu Jia was probably a little annoyed and swept her bangs back slightly. “Although they didn’t say anything, I saw the wariness in their eyes. They seemed to suspect that I was possessed by an evil spirit.”
Yan Xun crossed his arms and looked at Gu Jia.
He hadn't expected Gu Jia's face to look like this under her bangs. She had thick eyelashes, high brow bones, and a deep profile. When she spoke with her eyes lowered, she gave people the illusion of looking at a dog with deep affection.
Yan Xun's silence led Gu Jia to misunderstand his meaning. He quickly lowered his hand and turned his back somewhat awkwardly, "...Does it look bad?"
He pulled his bangs back over his face, saying, "I'm really not good-looking."
Yan Xun: ? What is this person doing in Versailles?
"It's okay, even if your face goes bankrupt, you can still make a comeback and earn money," Yan Xun said nonchalantly, then exchanged information about the captain's cabin with Gu Jia.
"In his fourth year's diary, the captain already mentioned that someone was watching him and that the person had gone mad."
“But now, we’ve all seen the portraits, including the crew members,” Yan Xun said. He felt that the crew members’ response to Gu Jia that they hadn’t seen them was more like the standard NPC response when a prerequisite level hadn’t been completed.
If the player doesn't enter the captain's cabin, the crew won't mention any information about the portrait, even if you hear it from elsewhere.
The crew will only mention this to you if you meet the prerequisites for entering the captain's cabin.
Gu Jia nodded, deciding that he would apply to enter when Coron issued another task to clean the captain's cabin the next day.
“Actually, I’ve been thinking…” Yan Xun said to Gu Jia, “Is there some other purpose behind Coron’s daily assignment to clean the captain’s cabin?”
The Terror set sail with two purposes: on the surface, everyone's goal was to capture a whale, but secretly, the captain's mission was to find the blue gold inside the ice wall.
However, the captain's idea of approaching the ice wall conflicted with the crew's purpose—the crew only wanted to make money safely and did not want to get close to the dangerous ice wall whose exact direction was unknown.
The existence of the portrait has already raised suspicions that the captain is possessed by an evil spirit.
Will the crew allow the captain to insist on heading towards the ice wall?
"Only by entering the captain's cabin can you have a chance to receive a hidden mission," Yan Xun said.
To complete the hidden mission, they would have to follow the captain to the ice wall. "Under what circumstances do you think a captain suspected of being possessed by an evil spirit could lead the Terror and some of the crew close to the ice wall?" Yan Xun asked Gu Jia.
“The crew members who opposed it are either dead or they were forced to approach the ice wall,” Gu Jia said.
"The whale whisperer said they were close to the whale, and Coron said they would prepare bait," Yan Xun recalled the conversation between Coron and the whale whisperer last night.
"The captain wrote in his diary that after three crew members died, three new red dolphins appeared in the Evil Sea."
"The crew also said that only whales in the Sea of Evil have special energy clusters in their bodies, which are not found in other sea areas."
"It's just a guess," Yan Xun said, looking at Gu Jia.
"When the Terror discovers the whales, players who have neither received the hidden quest nor completed quest 2 will be used as bait and thrown into the Evil Sea to feed the whales."
Yan Xun had been curious before: why was there no time limit for this instance, which was a promotion quest?
The crew members had nothing to do, and the players' time seemed to be under no pressure. Apart from the daily task of cleaning the captain's cabin issued by Coron, there wasn't a single decent crisis.
Although the whale talker and Coron also mentioned that it would be 5 days before they could get close to the whale.
However, the lack of any prior notice in the dungeon meant that many players were unaware that this was their final deadline.
“The conversation between the Whale Whisperer and Coron is a reminder,” Yan Xun said.
“Tell the players that they have 5 days left. They either need to complete mission 2 or receive the hidden mission and go with the captain to the ice wall to find the blue gold.” Yan Xun thought for a moment, then changed his words, “Now there are only 4 days left.”