Chapter 230: Type 1 to support the streamer.
Chapter 230: Type 1 to support the streamer.
The follower wanted to laugh, but dared not, fearing that Yan Xun would chop him up with an axe.
Yan Xun looked at the combination of a shotgun and an axe with a bit of speechlessness, not too surprised—he himself had never touched the real thing, and Nightmare simply couldn't recreate the details. Besides, Nightmare's consciousness was only slowly awakening, and its power wasn't at its strongest.
The axe returned to its original state in Yan Xun's hands.
The lackey stared at the two of them, his mind racing as he tried to figure out their relationship... but the next second he wanted to punch himself in the head.
Stop thinking nonsense!
"Shall we keep waiting?" The henchman had turned into a robot, speaking slowly and deliberately, trying his best to keep his mind from wandering.
"Let's wait," Yan Xun said. "Although I really want to help Wen Yuanzheng."
"Even though he betrayed us, I'm still worried about him."
“I really want to help Wen Yuanzheng.”
Yan Xun repeated it again.
"I want to help Wen Yuanzheng find Lan Jin."
When Yan Xun heard this, his follower was about to say, "Are you crazy, Lao Tie?" when he heard Qin Ke also speak up, "Yes, I really want to help Wen Yuanzheng."
He now roughly understood what the two people meant.
Most likely, they wanted to use this method to find Wen Yuanzheng, who was lost somewhere.
He immediately began to read aloud, "Yes, yes, I also want to find Wen Yuanzheng, I also want to help him."
But he didn't mean what he said. In his heart, he wished that idiot Wen Yuanzheng would die immediately! First, he abandoned him and the bearded man on the ice sheet, and on the Terror Ship, he liked to act like an expert... It would be hellishly difficult for him to genuinely want to help Wen Yuanzheng.
Inside the underground space, the three people stood in a line and shouted into the open space—
"Ah, I really want to help Wen Yuanzheng~"
This is used to deceive the elderly with failing eyesight, who are half-asleep and experiencing nightmares.
After howling with them for a while, the follower felt like a groundhog and a pelican with its mouth wide open, waiting to peck at someone. Just as he was about to say, "Maybe we should take a break," the two people next to him disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Follower: ...No? What does that mean?
How could you just throw yourself away like that!
If Yan Xun were still here, he would probably offer a comment—
It's your fault for lacking conviction.
……
Wen Yuan was in a terrible predicament, feeling as if he had been tricked.
He watched as Yan Xun and the others went straight into the ice crevice, and could only urge the old man to hurry up. But the old man would immediately switch people as soon as they entered the crevice. Before Wen Yuanzheng could even curse, he heard the old man say...
'Didn't you suspect I wanted to possess your body? Here you go.'
His words struck a chord with Wen Yuanzheng. Although he was still saying, "How could I possibly doubt you?", he felt much relieved to see that the old man had successfully returned the right to use his body.
He slowly walked forward along the ice crevice.
As he walked further and further into darkness, feeling uncertain, he asked the old man again, "You said the Blue Gold is somewhere in the ice crevice, but where exactly is it?"
'That wasn't mentioned.'
All I know is that the blue-gold blood is the blood flowing from that thing inside the ice wall.
"The blood that flows out can make people gods?" Wen Yuanzheng was even more tempted as he listened. "Then if we get some meat, wouldn't we be able to step on everyone's heads?"
"I don't know," the old man said. "I only know that blue gold has this effect."
'Besides, that thing is inside the ice wall, how did you get your hands on its flesh?'
Wen Yuanzhengyi thought so too.
He suddenly started missing Yan Xun again.
He thought that if Yan Xun were here, perhaps with some advice from the other party, he could figure out how to get monster meat.
He walked along carrying the lighting equipment.
However, Yan Xun and the others were nowhere to be seen.
There were no other paths leading through the ice crevice. Wen Yuanzheng, seeing that he saw neither Yan Xun nor Gao Wen, began to have doubts. "Have we taken the wrong path?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, he realized he was wrong.
As they walked on the ice sheet, they could clearly see that there was only one crack beneath the ice wall.
They had been walking for so long, but they still hadn't seen Yan Xun and the others.
There wasn't even a trace on the ground, as if they had never existed there at all.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, especially as the crevice became narrower and narrower as he walked forward, as if it were a dead end.
Wen Yuanzheng stopped and looked back at what was behind him.
He didn't know how long he had walked, and when he looked back, he could no longer see the entrance they had come in through.
"If Yan Xun were here..." he couldn't help but say, but was scolded by the old man in his heart.
'If Yan Xun were here, would you even have a chance to eat?'
'You forgot you entered the Ice Rift for the blue gold and the hidden quest.'
Although the old man had long thought that Wen Yuanzheng was an incompetent fool, he never expected that the man would back down when faced with a problem.
When I was completing the task, I thought I could rely on the old man.
Now that he feels unreliable, he wants Yan Xun's help.
Perhaps it was because he had been thinking about Yan Xun for too long, but as Wen Yuan continued walking forward, he finally heard footsteps and voices ahead.
He couldn't care less about the competition now; the fear of being in a confined space made him quicken his pace and walk forward rapidly.
After walking about a few dozen meters, while Wen Yuan was pondering just how thick the ice wall was, he finally saw a familiar figure, dressed in the uniform of a crew member from the Terror Ship.
The figures turned around immediately upon hearing the footsteps.
Gao Wen stood at the back and, upon seeing Wen Yuanzheng, angrily cursed, "You bastard, you dare to come here? I'll beat you to death!"
Yan Xun, who was walking at the front, was holding a flashlight. When he saw Wen Yuanzheng, he turned his head away, looking like he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him.
"Yan Xun!" Wen Yuanzheng hurriedly said, "I was wrong."
"It felt like something just controlled my thoughts..."
"I think I'm possessed by an evil spirit."
He was lying, and then raised his hands to show his innocence, asking, "Can I come with you?"
"I have points."
He was about to take it out when Yan Xun, who was at the front, turned around and said, "Never mind."
"If you betray us again this time..."
"You're not going to complete the Blue Gold mission."
Yan Xun shone a flashlight into Wen Yuanzheng's eyes, as if to warn him.
Wen Yuanzheng nodded hurriedly.
He cautiously walked into the group of people, and then glanced at the people following Yan Xun.
This person had very long bangs. He remembered that his name was Gu Jia. He couldn't remember what the person looked like, but he remembered that he was a follower who always followed Yan Xun.
……
Yan Xun and Qin Ke followed behind Wen Yuanzheng and his group.
"Is he sick?" Yan Xun wondered. "Does he think I'm the kind of person who can forgive him just because he hears some nice words?"
Qin Ke nodded in agreement, "If he were a little more clear-headed, he wouldn't have been fooled by that thing."
That thing, of course, refers to the old man inside Wen Yuanzheng's body.
“That’s not quite how it works,” Yan Xun said again.
Qin Ke glanced at him, wondering if Yan Xun could possibly speak on Wen Yuanzheng's behalf, when he heard Yan Xun say something else—
"Maybe this is a targeted scam?"
"The old man searched for a lot of people, and in the end, he found Wen Yuanzhengxin."
Yan Xun found it increasingly reasonable. It was impossible that the old man had only found Wen Yuanzheng. There must have been other players before, but they either did not believe the old man or did not survive the Evil Spirit Sea instance.
In short, Wen Yuan was chosen just in time.
The two whispered to each other from behind, while observing Wen Yuanzheng and "Yan Xun" and his group from a distance.
"Did the old man return the body to him?" Yan Xun asked.
He remembered that when they were on the ice sheet, Wen Yuanzheng was incredibly ruthless, shaking off the bearded man and his henchmen and running away.
The follower also said that Wen Yuanzhenghe had become a completely different person.
"Isn't he just a different person?" Yan Xun thought.
"It seems that after entering the crevice, the old man returned his body to Wen Yuanzheng." Yan Xun looked at the cautious Wen Yuanzheng from a distance and said to Qin Ke, "What do you think?"
"Do we really have to have this question-and-answer session here?" Qin Ke couldn't help but ask. "Can't we just have a normal, friendly conversation?"
Yan Xun chuckled, "Sorry, I've gotten used to being on guard against you."
Qin Ke generously replied, "It's alright."
Anyway, I don't really trust you.
Yan Xun suddenly felt that he and Qin Ke were like a mismatched couple. They didn't like each other much, but they were just making do because the division of property in a divorce was too troublesome. They each had their own calculations in their hearts.
"I guess the old man returned the body to Wen Yuanzheng because he was unsure what was inside the ice crevice. If he were to perish both body and soul this time, it would be a great loss."
Yan Xun nodded. The old man had been sent outside the instance by the nightmare, but that was just his guess.
Now that the nightmare is about to end, and with so many living people coming into the ice crevice, there's enough for a hearty meal, so there's probably no need for something like the old man who's half-dead.
Yan Xun guessed that Nightmare's current abilities were somewhere between Jia Ye and the White Bone Angel, allowing him to enter the dungeon world without causing it to break apart.
But perhaps it lacks a bit of divinity? Or something else, that makes it somewhat different from those mysterious beings.
...When Yan Xun arrived here, he suddenly remembered the Donkey Meat Sandwich Cult.
According to Wen Yuanzheng, the leader of the Donkey Meat Sandwich Cult was originally just an ordinary player. However, he developed his Donkey Meat Sandwich Cult every day, spreading the word among players. That's why he inexplicably became a special existence after his death.
Although the power still seems a bit lackluster, it's completely different from that of ordinary players or wandering ghosts.
The reason why Nightmare can still stay in this dungeon world after consuming a lot of Blue Gold's power is probably that, apart from the fact that Nightmare's size has not yet reached the limit of the dungeon, another reason is that Nightmare wants to slowly establish its own faith here.
What if the nightmare awakens, and the nightmare descends upon the entire dungeon world, causing the people in the dungeon to abandon their faith in the Sun God and instead take the Nightmare God as their new faith?
Could nightmares then transcend monsters and become new, mysterious entities?
Killing Nightmare is unrealistic, even if he and Qin Ke both swallowed the Blue Gold and were still alive.
They only possess power temporarily and have not yet become gods. Their initial values are inferior to Nightmare's, not to mention that their body sizes are limited, and Blue Gold cannot absorb much of it.
The Book of Corruption may seem incredibly powerful, but it's unlikely to be a fatal blow to the nightmares about to awaken within the ice walls.
Judging by the dungeon level, Yan Xun felt that the nightmare still sleeping inside the ice wall was probably an SSS+ level monster.
Nightmares are monsters that are beyond the players' ability range; perhaps only beings of the witch's level can rival them.
The Blue Gold dungeon won't have any guaranteed death challenges, and it certainly won't force players to confront the Nightmare directly—by quietly taking a little, the Nightmare will probably remain dormant—but the problem is that now Qin Ke wants to rationalize swallowing the Blue Gold, which inevitably awakens the Nightmare.
They were going to put on a show right under the noses of the Bone Angel.
They created the illusion that Qin Ke had no choice but to swallow the blue gold because the enemy was too powerful.
"Sigh," Yan Xun sighed, "troublesome."
"What trouble?" Qin Ke asked knowingly.
"Cooperating with you is very troublesome," Yan Xun said.
The main system would absolutely not allow Yan Xun to take Blue Gold, which is clearly outside the rules of the instance, out of the instance.
Qin Ke was able to bring it out because of the angels' intervention. Would the main system dare to confiscate what the one in the Garden of Bones wanted?
Yan Xun felt he had no one backing him, and the only way to obtain the Blue Gold was to just eat it in the dungeon, just like Qin Ke did.
If he dies, then he's just unlucky.
If he were alive... his power would have increased, so of course he would have the right to talk to the main system. Besides, even if he were to eat it, the main system would most likely not pursue the matter.
The reason players aren't allowed to take it out is because there are other eyes watching.
If the player eats it themselves, that's their own fate, and we can't control that.
Although he still couldn't figure out the main system's purpose, Yan Xun vaguely sensed that the other party intended to buy his shares.
They just didn't want to offend either side, so they had to give some benefits secretly, putting on an act of fairness and impartiality.
"What if that thing really awakens and we can't escape?" Yan Xun asked.
In theory, once they complete the task, they can leave the instance.
But there are many ways those things can prevent them from leaving the instance. If Jia Ye can do it, Yan Xun doesn't believe that Nightmare can't.
When the time comes, it will only take Nightmare a flick of his finger to crush them both.
"If you already have a plan, why not tell me?" Qin Ke said.
"I don't think the two of us have a chance of killing that thing," Yan Xun said. It wasn't that he wanted to demoralize them, but the enemy was simply too powerful.
"Or we can just pray that the dungeon teleportation will succeed."
"Or we can hope that His body will be stretched so much that it will be rejected and thrown out of the instance," Yan Xun said as he walked. "But be careful that the instance doesn't explode first."
Qin Ke put on a troubled expression, "Neither of these plans seems very reliable."
"You're so good, then tell me."
Perhaps because they had gone far enough, Yan Xun's system suddenly notified him that the live stream had been restored and he could start the live stream again.
Yan Xun immediately opened the live stream—
“Actually, I have another idea,” Yan Xun said to Qin Ke.
"What?" Qin Ke asked.
Yan Xun didn't answer, but instead addressed the live stream, "Type 1 if you support us going to kill that thing inside the ice wall right now."
The comments section was flooded with "1".
"What if the streamer can't beat them?" Yan Xun said, distressed. "The opponent seems to be an SSS+ level big boss."
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