Deep Love and Longevity endured the feeling of heartbreak and said bitterly: “Can’t you take care of business first? He’s about to reach me!”
Fang JingXing glanced behind him and said: “He’s not chasing you guys, don’t block the way. I will lure him around in a circle first. Xing TianChen, Early Departure, Meteor Ironwood, Deep Love, you guys get in the water, leave 2 meters in between. The rest of the people wait on land.”
While he gave a simple explanation of their strategy, he ducked behind a tree and evaded Yue Hui’s attack.
The other people dispersed according to his instructions, asking: “Is this going to work?”
“What if we can’t use the medicine in the water? Then what will we do?”
“Not to mention, what if someone fumbles, how do we fix it?”
“As long as the basic direction is correct, and it doesn’t fly past a certain distance, you won’t fumble.” Fang JingXing said: “In any case, let’s give it a try. If it doesn’t work, we can start from the top.”
Narrowly avoiding the attack once again, he saw that they were pretty much in position and as such, went into the water and swam towards the center of the lake.
Yue Hui followed closely behind and caught up to him very quickly. Seeing this, Fang JingXing was helpless and had no choice but to take a hard hit. Seeing his HP bar, he said: “Two hits is enough to kill a squishy. Warriors and Swordsmen might need three.”
He had several types of HP potions. After using a round of them, he successfully lured Yue Hui to the position at the center of the lake. Opening the medicinal bottle, he sprinkled it on Yue Hui’s body.
Reality proved that the medicine worked in water as well.
Yue Hui’s movements instantly became sluggish. He couldn’t even attack. As such, Fang JingXing took out the tool, spent a full 30 seconds waiting for the collection bar to complete, and finally obtained the blood.
The next second, they all saw a countdown.
No need to ask, as long as they survived within a certain time limit, they would pass.
Fang JingXing swam back quickly, using up the other 30 seconds.
The effects of the medicine on Yue Hui faded. Instantly, he became furious and turned to pursue Fang JingXing.
Taking potions and enduring the hit, he approached Xian TianChen and threw the acquired blood to him..
When the Potion Master passed it onto him just now, there were 2 meters between the two of them. Since it was possible to throw it at him, then it should be possible to throw it over there.
Xing TianChen reached out and sure enough, caught it.
Yue Hui’s gaze instantly turned towards Xing TianChen.
Xing TianChen didn’t even spare him a glance. Turning around, he threw it at Early Departure, who was also two meters away.
The latter caught it and then threw it further back, tossing it all the way back on land just like this.
Standing on the shore, Wooden Shackles grabbed the little bottle and immediately started running.
Seeing this, Yue Hui became even more enraged and swam onto the shore.
However, a game setting was that movement underwater is limited. He was definitely far slower than when he was on land.
Xing TianChen and the others, who were still in the water, practically wanted to kneel down in admiration.
It’s fine if the medicinal effect ends, I’ll think of some other plan to lower your speed. Just…… what kind of brain was this!
The audience also observed the entire bottle throwing process.
They were all huddled together, so there was no need to send any messages. They switched instead to the public channel.
Although they didn’t know the specific task and story quest, it didn’t prevent them from guessing based on the current situation in front of them.
“Amazing, you can lure a boss like this?”
“As expected of the Ace!”
“Why not just form a circle?”
“Too close. They probably considered the boss may have AOE skills.”
“That’s true, the boss is no weakling. After all, he’s much faster than the players.”
“He’s on land……”
As soon as Yue Hui got on land, his speed returned.
Wooden Shackles already ran more than 100 meters away. Jiang Chen and a few others had been running together with him. They were all in front of him and separated from him by a certain distance.
A moment later, Yue Hui caught up to Wooden Shackles.
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While he ran, Wooden Shackles took potions to tank the hits— Fang JingXing didn’t dare to bet on their skills and cohesion, so he told them as long as their HP wasn’t full, take the potion. Once their potions were on cooldown, throw the small bottle to the person in front of them.
As such, after Wooden Shackles finished drinking the last potion and tanked a hit, he threw the bottle at Gu Wen with half of his HP left.
Gu Wen did the same and threw it at Willow & Swamp in front of him. After Willow & Swamp finished taking a round of potions, he nimbly handed it to White Dragonbone.
White Dragonbone reached out and caught it. Turning around, he was just about to start running when he was blocked briefly by a small tree branch on the side.
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White Dragonbone never imagined that this small branch actually took up enough space to block a person either, and couldn’t help but curse. He made a detour and threw the bottle at the Wardcaster.
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However, first of all, people needed time to get on land. Second, the squad formation was improvised at the last minute, so it somewhat couldn’t keep up with the tempo. Not to mention, this was their first attempt. As such, they accidentally ran a bit far, so there was still some distance in between them.
Jiang CHen looked in Fang JingXing’s direction and did his best to run that way.
Fang JingXing came to meet up with him, wanting to provide some support. Unfortunately, before the two could reach each other, Jiang Chen’s potions have already entered cooldown.
Yue Hui caught up to him, raised a hand, and struck.
The guild leaders cursed in unison.
White Dragonbone was especially regretful. If he didn’t waste that bit of time, perhaps they would have been able to clear in one try. Now they needed to do it one more time.
They saw the boss’s attack land and sighed collectively. Even Jiang Chen stopped resisting and waited to eat dirt.
However, the next second, he still remained standing, alive and well; nothing was wrong at all.
The squad members: “? ? ?”
“This…… why didn’t he die?”
“Don’t know. The time is not up yet either!”
“That’s right. Isn’t the boss still chasing him?”
“Ahem, the combat message……”
The rest of the people hastily looked down to inspect it. They saw one word: Miss.
A miss in game meant the attack missed.
Either the attack failed, landed on an empty area, or the opponent successfully evaded. In any case, it meant the attack was ineffective.
“But that’s impossible. We all saw him get hit.”
“And that’s an attack from a boss. How can it miss?”
“If something like this can even miss, how lucky are you?”
“That’s right……”
The group stopped talking and silently digested the information. Their eyes filled with tears of excitement collectively.
Improved luck…… So this is how you’re used!
Captain Jiang, who had improved luck, successfully met up with Fang JingXing. Before the boss’s attack landed, he threw the bottle at the other.
Simultaneously, the countdown finally ended.
Yue Hui waved his sleeve and said in a bored tone: “Tch, pesky clowns, not even fun chasing you guys, I’ll spare you this time.”
Saying this, he left them behind and slowly returned to the mountain cave.
The pesky clowns watched him leave together, somewhat wanting to curse profanities.
Enduring it, they took the blood, fed it to Wen Yan, and watched as he also recovered his human form.
Yi Lin was extremely happy and gave him a huge hug.
Wen Yan hugged him back and looked into his eyes, his usually cold and arrogant eyes filled with warmth and tenderness.
Deep Love and Longevity egged them on the side: “Kiss, kiss, kiss!”
However, no matter how suggestive the atmosphere was, they still refrained from kissing.
Yi Lin looked away somewhat bashfully: “Do you remember how we once talked about collecting souvenirs from 10 places, and then telling each other a secret once we’re done? Right now, we’ve already collected 9. There’s still one left. Do you want to continue our adventure?”
Wen Yan said: “En.”
The 10-man squad: “……”
Seeing them walk over to give thanks and say farewell, Jiang Chen took out the souvenir that the Priest had given him and handed it over.
The story plot activated automatically. The System answered for him, saying he wanted to gift it to them.
Yi Lin’s face flushed completely red, but he didn’t refuse. Accepting it, he looked at Wen Yan and said: “Ge, my secret is…… I like you, that kind of like.”
Wen Yan’s eyes were deep and profound: “I like you too.”
Giving a yank, he pulled the other into his arms.
This group of single dogs watch them silently, swallowing this bowl of dog food.
Simultaneously, a familiar announcement spread throughout the entire server: Congratulations to the players Total Annihilation, Abyss, Deep Love and Longevity, Wooden Shackles, White Dragonbone, Gu Wen, Xing TianChen, Meteor Ironwood, Willow & Swamp, and Early Departure for being the first ones to complete the story quest [Yi Lin] and achieve a perfect clear!
[World] Gou Cheng: Amazing!
[World] The Curtain Drops: Oh damn two days!
[World] It’s Hard to Give Up Youth: Completing a hidden story quest in two days, I don’t even know what to say other than amazing.
[World] Rikka: And it’s a perfect clear!
[World] The Bright Moonlight Before My Bed: I heard they played it for over 20 days in the beta.
[World] Internet Addicted Girl: Twenty days vs Two days, just examine it for a moment, isn’t it scary?
[World] Learning to Give Up: Not scared, just want to kneel in awe.
[World] Love Is Like Breathing: The Aces of the other nine servers will probably go insane again.
They didn’t guess wrong. When the news spread to the forums, sure enough, the Aces went crazy.
The crowd deeply felt they weren’t even playing the same hidden story quest. For a moment, they wailed like a despairing flock of geese, thinking these two were practically not even human.
One of the nonhumans, Fang JingXing, carried the treasure chest and led them back to Indulge to help open the chest.
Although the guild leaders said they were providing free labor, Jiang Chen never actually considered giving nothing at all. He wanted to provide some fees for their trouble.
He was in the process of examining the rewards when his gaze turned onto an item. Picking it up for a closer look, he saw it was a round medal, which had symbols and patterns curved onto it. There were no attributes and the information section indicated that it was a commemorative medal for achieving a perfect completion for this hidden story quest.
Fang JingXing took it to examine it. He was just about to return it when he held it up to his eyes for a closer look.
Jiang Chen said: “What?”
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “It should be a little easter egg for the players.”
He pointed at the patterns on the very edge: “Look carefully. This is a ring of words, curved specifically to form a decorative pattern.”
Hearing this, the surrounding people were curious and also came to take a look.
A line of words was written clockwise from the top to bottom: The first draft of this story was created on September 1, 2028. With this, I sincerely celebrate the official enforcement of China’s same-sex marriage law. May all lovers in the world unite in wedlock. Love is love.
For a moment, the group felt somewhat touched.
Why has Wandering Dreams remained popular for so many years?
It’s precisely because the game not just fun, but also sentimental.
Fang JingXing also felt these commemorative words were very fitting to his heart. He looked at the Wardcaster beside him.
To put it simply, he liked the other, no and if or buts about it. Not to mention, after the fake photo incident, he felt like in the future, it didn’t matter what’s going on with the Wardcaster’s situation, he’d be able to accept it calmly.
With a smile, he returned the commemorative medal: “Why don’t you keep it. Perhaps you will be rewarded with romance.”
Jiang Chen shot him a glance and was just about to comment when he felt a poke on his arm.
He took off the glasses and saw that the cryofreeze team had come over, saying they wanted to take a series of measurements; it would take an entire afternoon, so they asked him to play later at night. He nodded and returned to the game to put away the commemorative medal. He indicated for Fang JingXing to divide the stuff, he’ll return at night, then he logged off.
As such, Fang JingXing kept the Divine Weapon and two rare materials, and distributed the remaining items. Then he went to help the Wardcaster write the guide, in case the other wasted time later doing it.
Unknowingly, he played until the evening. When he afked and went offline, he saw his cellphone flashing. A message came in. It was from the friend he had entrusted to investigate the research institution.
This person was a soldier in the past. At the moment, he was running a security company with some brother-in-arms and has collaborated with Fang JingXing’s family a few times before. They had a pretty good relationship. The company occasionally took on investigation work and had tight mouths, so there was no worry they’d leak secrets.
The message was very simple, asking Fang JingXing if it was convenient for him to talk.
Fang JingXing dialed back directly.
The other side picked up the call and said: “Those researchers are all pretty cold and aloof. It’s not easy to make contact with them.”
Fang JingXing smiled without commenting.
They had served in the military previously after all, so they probably had misgivings towards these kinds of secret projects.
In any case, this was not what he really wanted to investigate anyways. Rather, it was because he was really worried about the Wardcaster back then that he wanted to try his best to understand the situation over there. Since the other person contacted him, he should have found something. As such, Fang JingXing said: “If they’re not easy to contact, then forget it.
That side said: “En, it’s not easy to investigate them, but other people are fine.”
As he spoke, he sent a photo through the call.
Fang JingXing glanced at it. It was a plain and ordinary married couple, who didn’t look special at all.
That side said: “This man has a younger brother who died 30 years ago. Not long ago, he went to the research institution. Later on, he went to pay homage to his brother. I sent someone to check the place out. That grave had signs of being overturned.”
Fang JingXing said: “In other words, his little brother’s remains has been in the research institution for the past 30 years?”
That side said: “En, donating remains for research is fairly common. I didn’t mind it originally. Later on, it was really quite coincidental. My people just happened to encounter him in a diner and overhear him ramble a few words drunkenly to friends about a cryofreeze project, saying it’s about freezing terminally ill patients for a few decades then defrosting them, waiting for future medicine to be advanced enough to save their lives.”
The cryofreeze project, this phrase wasn’t anything new.
The person on the other side thought this was both fantastical and trivial, so after he provided Fang JingXing this small tidbit, he remarked: “If you ask me, the people are already dead, how can they be revived? Isn’t this just nonsense?”
Fang JingXing subconsciously wanted to laugh as well. Immediately afterwards, however, his heart skipped a beat as his expression changed slightly.
Unable to see his expression, the person on the other side said: “This is all I can find temporarily.”
Fang JingXing said calmly: “En, there’s no need to keep investigating. I will transfer the money onto your account in a bit.”
That side said: “Ai, didn’t provide you much help. There’s no need.”
Fang JingXing did his best to hold his usual tone and say with a smile: “Yes there is, fee for your efforts.”
As such, the person on the other side stopped being polite with him. Chatting with him a bit more with a smile, he ended the call.
Looking at the phone surface that dimmed, Fang JingXing got up to walk to the balcony for some breeze, wanting to calm himself down slightly.
He had prided himself on being smart, but never considered that someone could come back from the dead.
Originally, he had thought the Wardcaster contracted some kind of disease that couldn’t be treated by modern medicine, so the other went to the research institution to become a volunteer.
Perhaps he had some kind of undisclosed connection with the Jiang family or the Xie family, as such, he knew Jiang ShiLan. Furthermore, it’s also because of this that Xie ChengYan would help him hide the truth.
But now, Fang JingXing thought of another possibility.
Why was it that when he first searched the esports organizations, he couldn’t find anyone like this Wardcaster.
Why did that kid Wardcaster play so masterfully, yet seemed as if he had never played Wandering Dreams before.
Why did the Wardcaster treat Xie ChengYan so well, but refused adamantly to recognize the other as Gege, and why would ChengYan, a person with such heavy idol baggage, build such a close relationship with the Wardcaster in such a short period of time.
Why did the Wardcaster agree to Du FeiZhou’s PK invitation, and even specifically asked them for their ID; then planned purposely to run into Du FeiZhou while doing that hidden story quest, as if he trusted the other very much.
As well as why when asked about his age, the Wardcaster and Jiang ShiLan’s first reactions were both 18 years old.
All of this could be explained with one answer.
Because he is Jiang Chen.
Not another brand new black Wardcaster that appeared in Wandering Dreams 30 years later.
But rather, the legendary black Wardcaster back then…… he has returned.
Oooooh! Now to hope he doesn’t put his foot in it
Thank you for the chapter!🫶
Jiang Shilan was right! Fang Jingxing really is scarily perceptive and intelligent
Can’t wait to see how they’ll progress from here
shocked oh man didn’t expect that!! I need the next chapter now!
Thank you for the chapter 😍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I was right! Fang JingXing did figure it out! WOOOO!
Whoaaa…i can’t wait..🤩 now is the time.. what is in the next chapter?🤔😭
Ahh it’s out! Fang Jingxing really using all of his brain right now 🤯🤯
Don’t blow it fanboy… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
dang, he figured it out. Smart ML for real
LMFAO LEGENDS NEVER DIE!!! I’m too impatient for this going MTL xD
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