The girl was naturally unaware of the players’ silent criticism.
Relinquishing that entire body full of fury, she introduced with a smile: “I’m Ling Huai, the Patron God of Glimmer Lights River.”
Jiang Chen and Fang JingXing’s hearts skipped.
The concept of “God” did exist in the Wandering Dreams. The three races, humans, demons, and the Untamed, each had their own gods to worship. Their statues were placed right inside the main castle of the realms, silently and resolutely protecting their respective races. However, those have always been simply a part of the game backstory, similar to the existence of legends. As such, no real God has appeared thus far. This was the very first time.
The Glimmering Lights river is the mother river of the entire land. Its importance goes without saying.
This hidden story quest began with her and contained her name. Clearly, it’s not so simple.
Tilting her head, the girl blinked mischievously and said after a pause: “Of course, that’s impossible.”
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “……”
The girl stuck out her tongue: “It’s been a very long time since I’ve talked with people. I was just kidding.” She returned to the main topic: “Because of a certain reason, I’ve been imprisoned within this river, unable to come out for too long. I promise, however, that I don’t have any ill intentions. Can you guys do me a favor?”
Looking at the options “Help” and “Do not help”, Jiang Chen felt it was superfluous, considering, are there really players who choose “Do not help”?
Why not just let the system answer for players like in normal story quests, otherwise……he’d get curious about the other path.
He raised his hand and then examined the screen in front of his eyes again. Finally he couldn’t help but ask: “What will happen if I choose ‘Do not help’?”
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “Who knows, you can try.”
Jiang Chen said: “What if it fails and we can’t accept the quest again?”
Fang JingXing said: “Then I’ll leave squad before you try? If you really can’t accept it again, I can get it. When we play it as a squad, the mission is shared between us.”
Jiang Chen nodded. Seeing him leave the squad, Jiang Chen selected “Do not help”.
The rims of the girl’s eyes instantly turned red as she said with a sob: “I have stayed in the river for so long and finally managed to meet you. This is fate, so please just lend me a hand.”
The transparent screen jumped out again with only one choice remaining— Okay, I’ll help.
Jiang Chen: “……”
The only difference he made was an extra click.
He added Fang JingXing back into the squad and selected help.
The girl’s tearful face burst into a smile: “That’s great. I have an older brother, whose name is Gary. Help me find him and bring him to see me. This is my personal token. Take it out for him to see. He should believe you guys.”
Jiang Chen accepted the token.
The girl said: “The last time I saw him, he was in Fractured Star City.” Pausing for a moment, she pulled out one more thing: “I can’t enter the city, but I can reach other river branches if I force it. I know you guys don’t actually want to help and I’m really sorry for troubling you guys so much, so I’m giving you guys this as a present. When necessary, you can use it to summon me.”
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “…….”
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Seeing that he agreed, the girl placed the shoes on the ground and advised: “Glimmering Lights River is the mother river of this entire land. Don’t throw stuff inside it anymore in the future.”
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Fang JingXing said with a smile: “How about we abandon the mission and do it over again to see?”
Jiang Chen said: “Can we still accept it after abandoning it?”
Fang JingXing said: “Not sure.”
Normal quests, when abandoned, can be restarted.
But this was a hidden story quest, he didn’t know either if there would be a 2nd chance after abandoning it.
Jiang Chen said: “Forget it. Let’s continue.”
As such, the two people dove into the river and swam their way back to the opposite bank. They were watched by plenty of people right now. When they came over here, there were people following them again. This time, there weren’t any good hiding places nearby, so they could only swim across to the opposite bank.
The width of the river in this area was nearly 300 meters wide. There were many trees on the other side and it just happened to be at a bend, so it made it easy to hide.
Currently, the players were still searching for them on the other riverbank.
The nude army had just dissipated, but they all sent people to watch their every move. Following them all the way to the neighboring city, they saw the two meander around the city gates for a while and then actually walk back to the riverside again. They felt like this time the two should be playing the hidden story quest, so they were all extremely excited.
However, afraid of beating the grass and alerting them inadvertently, they didn’t dare to get too close and instead all crouched in the woods next to riverside, advancing cautiously. Yet in a moment of carelessness, they lost the two again.
“How is it? Did you find them?”
“No.”
“Dammit, gone again in the blink of an eye!”
“These two people have quite the skill.”
“Hey, over there!”
The people around the area looked up in unison and saw the two people swimming over leisurely, getting back on land.
The crowd: “……”
They had run off to the other side of the bank!
“Impossible, we had delegated several people to watch the surface of the river specifically. No one saw anyone swimming!”
“That’s why I said they have quite the skill!”
“Pei, how skilled are they that no one even caught a glimpse of them?”
“That’s right……”
As they spoke, they recalled how they had been easily thrown off last time as well and gradually fell silent.
What if… what if these two weren’t normal players, but truly gaming experts?
Seeing them, Fang JingXing greeted with a smile: “You guys look so busy.”
The crowd choked.
One of them said: “You guys were on the opposite bank just now?”
Fang JingXing said: “No, we were having a swimming competition.”
The crowd: “…….”
Who the hell are you trying to fool?!
Fang JingXing said amiably: “We’ll leave you to your business, see you later.”
The crowd instantly lost their temper and started to follow them openly, all the way into the city where they watched the two walk into the teleportation array and disappear without a trace.
As the first small city that connected to the outer world after leaving the demon realm, the teleportation array here could reach three adjacent cities and four wilderness areas. Meanwhile, each of those 7 places had their own teleportation arrays as well, so who knows where they will go!
Helpless, with no other alternative, the crowd could only head back and report their findings.
Jiang Chen and Fang JingXing teleported to three different cities before finally reaching the main city, Fractured Star City.
Fractured Star City was located at the center of the entire continent. The main castle resided in the north district and was 9 stories high. From afar, it looked majestic and imposing.
The city occupied a vast area that’s more than 10 times that of a small city. Countless NPCs lived here. Wanting to find one person was practically like trying to fish a needle out of the ocean.
Fang JingXing said: “The hidden story quests have a certain difficulty level. Judging from the hidden story plot discovered in the beta, the person we’re looking for is most likely not even here. However, we should be able to find related clues here. Basically all the NPCs have the potential to provide clues.”
Jiang Chen acknowledged him and picked a random direction to start conversing with the NPCs.
Glimmering Lights River traversed through the land, but it did not pass through any cities. The only city it enters was Fractured Star City.
Inside the city from the east district to the west district, there were 12 bridges of various designs, which were all famous must-visit holy grounds. The two people walked from south to north, then north to south. Expending quite the effort to cross four bridges, Jiang Chen was about to reach the limits of his patience.
He felt like with his luck, he shouldn’t have attempted any hidden story quests.
With this kind of time and effort, he might as well clear dungeons and level up.
Fang JingXing also felt somewhat bored from all the wandering around. He was just about to say something when he suddenly saw two familiar figures in the small plaza next to them. One was a human Exorcist. The other was an Untamed Warrior. In addition, they were surrounded by 7-8 people. Because of distance, it was hard to see their IDs clearly.
He said: “Let’s go over and take a look.”
The two people went to the small plaza and saw that the Exorcist was indeed Love Escapist.
Love Escapist was currently holding a huge handful of fodder and sitting on the ground feeding pigeons.
The pigeons in the game only ate, they did not poop, so the ground was very clean. He sat without any pressure and said with a smile: “Come to check out the guild?”
Fang JingXing said: “No, we were just passing by.”
Love Escapist didn’t question anymore and beckoned at the Wardcaster: “The pigeons here can be fed. Want to try a handful?”
Jiang Chen accepted his fodder and sat down with his legs crossed on the ground. Without a single word, he started to feed the pigeons.
Seeing this, Fang JingXing immediately knew he was in a bad mood and asked with a smile: “Where did the pigeon food come from?”
Love Escapist said: “Purchased from the NPC over there.”
As such, Fang JingXing went to buy some and returned to feed the pigeons together with them.
A while later, a player walked by and focused their sights on the Wardcaster and Abysswalker. Immediately they contacted the backbones of their guild: “I found them!”
The guild backbones instantly became energized.
After entering the teleportation array, travel became too accessible, extending in all directions. Only a portion of their members could leave their respective realms, so manpower was very limited. As such, they could only send some people to the small cities while the rest went to level up. They would have never imagined to actually find the two.
They asked hastily: “Where are they?”
“In the main city.” The guild member said: “Love Escapist discovered the pigeons in the plaza can be fed, so he’s currently leading the group of salted fish in Indulge in feeding pigeons. The Wardcaster and Abysswalker are both there also.”
The guild backbones instantly lamented bitterly in unison.
Those who stay near vermillion stains red. Those who stay near ink stains black. All who join Indulge become salted fish.
The two haven’t even fucking joined for half a day and they’ve already given up on beating the hidden story quest!
The two people, who have ‘become salted fish’, finished feeding the pigeons and recovered slightly.
Coincidentally done with feeding as well, Love Escapist stood up and said: “Since you guys are already here, come with me to take a look at the guild, so you recognize the place.”
The two people thought, might as well, and followed over.
Players could buy land and property inside the city. However, every inch of land in Fractured Star City was expensive. Only large guilds and wealthy people could afford it. The guild leader and deputy guild leader of Indulge just happened to be rich. They bought the largest courtyard in the city, which had gardens, lake, and anything that could be thought of. The lake inside could even be used for fishing and had a higher yield rate than the wild lakes outside.
Love Escapist guided the new members to the big gates and pointed at the NPCs standing on either side, introducing them: “People who are not members of our guild must receive permission before entering. If they try to break in forcefully, they will be dealt with. I picked these from the city guards, selected the strongest two.”
Jiang Chen understood that they must also be the most expensive. Having no opinion on this matter, he followed inside without commenting.
When brushing past, he paused briefly and thought to himself, since they’re also NPCs…. He decided to converse and see what happens.
As a result, the next second, one of the guards spoke up in shock: “This… this item belongs to Ling Huai! Why would you have it?”
Jiang Chen: “…….”
Fang JingXing: “…….”
With a dumbfounded expression on their faces, the members of Indulge looked at the two and the gatekeeper of their guild in unison.
Love Escapist was also very surprised: “This is your mission?”
Returning to his senses, Fang JingXing patted his good friend’s shoulder with a smile and praised wholeheartedly: “This money you spent is quite worth it.”
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I swear these two have the worse but at the same time the best luck!!! 😂😂😂
JC: 800 years of bad luck
FJX: Lucky koi
They balance out
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haha really like yin and yang 🤣 🤣 🤣