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Chapter 55

[Private chat] Xia Zhu: Did you see it?

[Private chat] Xia Zhu: The leader of the sea snake wants to come to the mermaid clan!

Players will not like this plot direction.

After finally returning from the perilous sea snake clan with venom, the sea snake clan's role is not over yet.

The plot description didn't make it clear whether the leader of the sea snake could discover Silver Tail's disguise, but said it was very possible.

Half of the mermaids currently participating in the election are players disguised with venom. When the leader of the sea snake came and saw... that scene is simply unimaginable.

Mingshu turned off all system messages, and her mind was in a mess.

What he was thinking about was not the plot, but the fact that Xiuqi wanted to come to the Mermaid Clan.

Compared with other players, he has one more worry, that is how he will explain the current situation when Xiu Qi sees him.

And the silver-tailed mermaid in front of me, the only npc with a name in the current plot, why does she look so similar to Xiu Qi.

And they are all very similar to Yuan Chen, including Xiu Qi's voice, the system sometimes deliberately avoids this situation, especially in the dungeons of continuous customs clearance, this should not be a coincidence.

Some conjectures that were considered impossible before all came to mind, and Ming Shu suddenly thought of Jing Shuang and Jing Chu.

In the last dungeon, the two brothers of the Jing family had a blood relationship with Yuan Chen. This may have been deliberately set by the system, but if not.

Even Jing Shuang's werewolf form and his original face are somewhat similar to Yuan Chen's...

These npcs have one thing in common, they not only look alike, but also have a high degree of affection for themselves.

In this dungeon, the character details cannot be viewed, and there is no initial value, and the favorability of brushing has all been converted into faction values.

But Mingshu can be sure that when Xiuju first met him, his initial favorability was at least 70.

Will the Xiyu in front of her also like him?

Xi Yu noticed Ming Shu's short-term distraction and daze. He is a black tail and should be in the leading position at any time. If he doesn't make any further moves, Xi Yu can't be too active.

He let go of Mingshu, picked a piece of water grass and carefully wrapped the rhizome of the little blue flower, and said: "I live near here, and I can see my house when I go around the coral bushes over there."

"When you need me in the future..." Xiyu continued, "You can come and find me anytime."

There are more and more mermaids passing by nearby, players and npcs are mixed together, it's time for Mingshu to go back.

He nodded indiscriminately, and quickly swam away with the pearl.

Xi Yu stopped at the same spot, watching Ming Shu's hurried back, until he disappeared from his sight, then turned and left.

He returned to his own small piece of territory and planted little blue flowers in the corner.

Another mermaid NPC came over to look curiously: "Xiyu, where did this flower come from?"

"I met a black tail just now," Xi Yu looked down at the flowers, "He gave them to me."

The mermaid was surprised: "Heiwei? Heiwei doesn't come here often."

This sea area is where mermaids with light tails live, which is equivalent to the slums in the territory. Ordinary black tails would never set foot here, let alone send flowers to anyone.

Xi Yu had no intention of continuing this topic, and smoothed out the soil around the little blue flower.

Mingshu is indeed different from the usual Heiwei, he is delicate and beautiful, with a slender body, and his reaction when sending him flowers is also very cute.

He stroked the blue petals slowly, and the mermaid asked again: "By the way, are you really going to sign up for the successor selection?"

Xi Yu gave a faint "hmm", and the mermaid knew that he probably didn't want to talk about this, so she shut up tactfully.

Ming Shu on the other side returned to the residence, Xia Zhu was not there, maybe he went out too.

The pearl was held in Ming Shu's hand the whole time, and the thin tentacles fluttered in the sea water.

Only then did Ming Shu let go of it, and said in a serious tone, "Don't be like that again from now on."

Even if Xiu Qi appeared in person, Pearl shouldn't be so reckless.

Knowing that she was in the wrong, Pearl rubbed Mingshu's palm flatteringly, for fear that he would drive her away.

Ming Shu lightly poked its chubby body with his hand: "So why? Because he looks like Xiu Qi?"

Pearl is Xiu Qi's pet, and she has been with him for a long time, and she should have seen his face under the mask.

The little white jellyfish was distracted, and embarrassedly swam to hide behind Mingshu's hand.

It can't beat Xiuqi, can't it beat a mermaid?And when it saw Xi Yu just now, it rushed over almost instinctively, as if Xi Yu also had a nasty aura on him.

Ming Shu couldn't bear to talk about it again, and Xi Yu didn't doubt it when he saw Pearl just now.

As long as the pearl maintains its smaller size, the bottom of the sea is so big, there are many small jellyfish like it.

At about noon, Xia Zhu came back from outside.

The selection is about to officially start, and many NPCs are very busy, so Xia Zhu went to ask for help, and in the morning, another strategy mission was created.

"It's much simpler than when we were in the Sea Serpent Clan," he sighed. "It seems that they are both mermaids, but they still have some racial bonuses."

As usual, Xia Zhu told Ming Shu about the task that was created, and Ming Shu hesitated, and also told about Xi Yu.

Marine blue silk flowers are not rare, and Xia Zhu can also find one to give to Xiyu.

Xia Zhu was extremely shocked: "15 o'clock!?"

Why are the rewards for the missions created by Mingshu so high, and Xiyu, a mermaid, is not so easy to get close to.

As early as the beginning of the dungeon, some players wanted to know which mermaid "Xiyu" in the plot is. According to the inertia of this kind of "fairy tale", this npc with a name is very likely to be the protagonist, so get to know it as soon as possible. Favorability is always good.

However, Xiyu's personality is indifferent and withdrawn. He only knows a few mermaids and never contacts strangers. Many players return without success.

Mingshu had a strange expression: "Indifference? Reclusive?"

The Xiyu he saw did not seem to be like this.

"Yeah, I heard what others said," Xia Zhu said again, "and Xiyu, seems to be that npc who looks very similar to a player..."

His voice gradually became quieter, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt incredible.

Mingshu's luck is too good, right?After defeating the leader of the sea snake and abducting the pet of the leader of the sea snake, it is still so easy to get Xiyu's strategy mission.

This dungeon seems to be tailor-made for him, and about Xi Yu's appearance, Xia Zhu also always feels that there is something weird about it.

As for that Xiyu's strategy mission, or else he should not try it yet...

"A player?" Ming Shu frowned, remembering those anonymous voices on the world channel after he cleared Dungeon [-], "Which player?"

Xia Zhu shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't been in the dungeon for a long time, and I know few people."

Asking too much might be annoying, and he didn't pay much attention to information that had nothing to do with the dungeon mission.

Zhuzhu caught a few small fish for the two of them, Mingshu lowered his head to catch them, and opened the system panel to find out the friend list.

He seemed to ask Xia Zhu unintentionally: "Do you know who is number one in the standings?"

At that time, someone on the World Channel mentioned the change in the number one ranking, and said that it was impossible for him to be dead for a long time. Later, Mingshu was dragged into the second copy before he had time to open the leaderboard to take a look.

In addition to the various abnormalities after clearing the level of the dungeon, Ming Shu intuitively felt that there might be a connection between these.

"I know this." Xia Zhu ate a small fish, "It's called Sang Yin."

Ming Shu's hands trembled, staring at a strange yet familiar name in the friend list.

——Sang Yin.

But when some uncertain guesses were confirmed, Mingshu was even more confused, not knowing where to start to sort out the clues.

He responded, ate the fish silently, and opened the chat box with Sang Yin.

[Private Chat] Ming Shu: Hello?

Players who are in the dungeon mission cannot communicate with outsiders, and various leaderboard data and channel chat cannot be opened.

If Sang Yin is not in this dungeon, he will not receive this message.

Until Ming Shu finished eating all the small fish, he did not receive any reply from Sang Yin.

Xia Zhu looked at Ming Shu hesitating to speak, but finally couldn't help but said: "Well, the leader of the sea snake doesn't know when he will come..."

Ming Shu didn't take the initiative to bring it up, but he was still a little worried.

Mingshu sighed: "Yes."

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, throwing away all the messy thoughts in his mind.

The task in front of him is the most important thing. Besides, he also wants to know if there are other things about Xiyu that he feels familiar with.

—

Xia Zhu didn't do Xiyu's strategy mission, and the stage of completing the campaign mission lasted for a long time, and they had a lot of opportunities to increase the favorability of npcs.

On the second day, a dull horn sounded on time in the mermaid territory, indicating that the representative election had officially started.

Then comes the first task, the mermaids need to go to the dark sea area in the north of the territory to retrieve a black coral branch unique to this sea area, and the time limit is three days.

There are often current eddies in the dark sea area, and when it is the strongest, it can even tear up a medium-sized shark on the spot. Mermaids with weaker physical strength dare not approach it.

The retrieved coral branches can be handed over to the mermaid npc at the registration point for registration. I heard that the subsequent tasks will only become more and more difficult.

Ming Shu discussed with Xia Zhu and decided to let Pearl try it later in the afternoon.

They deliberately chose a remote route and came to the outskirts of the Dark Sea.

Holding the pearl in his hands, Mingshu told it carefully: "Safety comes first, mission comes second. If you encounter danger and get bigger before you run away, be careful."

Pearl shook the tentacles, indicating that there was no problem at all.

Mingshu touched the top of its umbrella: "We'll wait for you here."

Pearl received the instruction to start, and swam into the sea quickly with a "swish", disappearing in front of her eyes in a blink of an eye like a white light.

Xia Zhu was also very worried: "Don't be discovered..."

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the small figure of Pearl appeared in sight, its speed was still very fast, and the tentacles behind it were wrapped around two black coral branches.

It almost didn't stop the car, crashed into Mingshu's arms, stopped and handed the coral branch to Mingshu as if offering a treasure.

Xia Zhu praised sincerely: "Pearls are amazing."

It is so small, but very convenient.

"Did no other mermaid see you?" Ming Shu quietly looked around, took the coral branch, and handed one to Xia Zhu.

At the same time, both of them received a system message.

[Reminder: It is detected that the item in your hand is a gift from the non-merfolk, please follow the prompts in the main mission to change the source of the item. 】

Immediately afterwards, the coral branches in Ming Shu and Xia Zhu's hands shattered into powder, mixed with the sea water and disappeared.

Ming Shu stared blankly at the empty palm: "What's going on..."

Xia Zhu reacted first, and raised his hand to his forehead: "We can only accept the coral branches sent by the mermaid tribe."

The description in the mission is "find a mermaid who is willing to complete the campaign mission for them." They can only accept the help of the mermaid npc, and they may not even be able to get the props they got.

"I'm careless..." Xia Zhu's mood was hard to describe, "No wonder I saw a lot of people with black tails hanging down at noon, and I thought they were worried that the mission was too dangerous."

There is no penalty for not completing the task, but the score for this item will be zero, and this result does not conform to the description of Silver Tail in the plot.

"Then what should we do now?" Ming Shu held the pearl and hid it in his hair, "Go find an NPC and try?"

Since Pearl can't help... The first face that popped up in Ming Shu's mind was Xi Yu who had met yesterday.

If there is any connection between Xiyu and Xiujin... Will he help him almost unconditionally like Xiujin did?

Xia Zhu had the same thought as Ming Shu: "You go to Xiyu, he will definitely help you."

He believed in Mingshu, this was some kind of strange intuition of his, and it could also be said to be his confidence in Mingshu.

Ming Shu asked, "What about you?"

"I'll think of another way. Let's go back today and talk about it tomorrow," Xia Zhu thought, thinking to himself, "Didn't I say you can't threaten or lure..."

The difficulty of obtaining the mission props suddenly increased. On the way back, Xia Zhu comforted Mingshu: "Don't worry too much. I estimate that most players will score zero for this first campaign mission."

As the night gradually fell, the two turned back the same way, not noticing a figure quietly following not far behind.

Yi Qing stared at the slightly familiar figure in front of him, thinking that he must have seen it right.

That was Ming Shu, who was with him, who had just returned from the Dark Sea.

At that time, Mingshu was taken away by Pearl, and he was hunted down by sea snake soldiers after his identity was exposed, and he almost died.

He was forced to leave the territory of the Sea Snake Clan, and has been secretly lurking on the periphery. Some time ago, he found an opportunity to kill a player and take away the Sea Snake venom from him.

He originally thought that Ming Shu was also dead, but he saw his name appearing in the system bulletin.

This seemingly weak and innocent newcomer was able to survive in Pearl's hands, and he was the only one who obtained high-quality venom.

Yi Qing had a hunch that Mingshu was not easy. He was the first player Mingshu met after entering the dungeon. They even added friends, so they had a deal. He had to make good use of this relationship.

He followed Ming Shu and Xia Zhu, wanting to see where they lived, planning to create a chance encounter.

Yi Qing continued to follow under the cover of the night and the reef, without being spotted by Ming Shu and Xia Zhu ahead.

When he quickened his pace, a silver-tailed mermaid suddenly appeared and stopped in front of him.

Yi Qing felt guilty and was startled: "You, what do you want?"

He recognized this mermaid as Xiyu, the protagonist of the story guessed by all the players, he never talked to strangers, what happened tonight...

Xi Yu stared at Yi Qing indifferently, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes: "Are you following him?"

Yi Qing immediately retorted: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

He realized that he was overreacting, and then explained in a slow tone: "You misunderstood, I just passed by..."

Xi Yu saw at a glance that he was lying.

He followed Mingshu with an impure purpose.

A cold hand reached out, grabbed Yi Qing's hair, and slammed into the rock behind.

Yi Qing exhaled in pain, but there was no third mermaid passing by, and the sound was filtered by the sea water and could not be transmitted far.

"Not telling the truth?" Xi Yu asked again, "Why did you follow him?"

Xiyu's strength is surprisingly great, not the strength a silver-tailed mermaid should have at all, Yi Qing pressed half of her face against the rock, and hurriedly changed her words: "I... I know him, I haven't seen him for a long time, I want to chat with him hello..."

Of course Yi Qing wouldn't tell the truth, how could he tell an NPC his intentions, although he didn't know why Xiyu was so hostile to him, but there must be some misunderstanding...

Xi Yu stared at him for two seconds, exhausted of patience.

He exerted force with his hands, and the waist and tail fin covered with silvery white scales turned black faintly, showing signs of gradually spreading.

Seeing this scene, Yi Qing opened her eyes wide: "You..."

He only had time to say a single word before Xi Yu snapped his neck cleanly and fell down weakly.

Xi Yu raised his left hand slightly, and some small black fish with sharp teeth swam out from the darkness, gnawing on Yi Qing's body frantically.

"It's so weak..." Xi Yu murmured, the black dyed fish tail returned to its original silvery white.

At this time, strands of black liquid overflowed from Yi Qing's tail, condensed in the seawater and could not be dissolved.

After the black liquid faded out completely, the black scales on Yi Qing's tail also turned white.

A small black fish was curious, took a sip of the liquid, twitched a few moments later, and rolled up its belly.

Xi Yu took all this into his eyes and looked thoughtful.

—

After the first day of the election, only a few mermaids turned in coral branches, and they seemed to be all NPCs.

Xia Zhu couldn't sit still, and went to inquire about the news of a few players he had just met recently: "Wait, I will tell you in private chat as soon as there is a situation."

Ming Shu didn't want to wait, and planned to go to Xi Yu.

One is for the mission, and the other is to get to know him better and to confirm his guess.

He told Pearl not to run around this time, and walked quietly along the remote path.

Before reaching the destination, a horn suddenly sounded in the territory.

"Ugh-"

Three times in a row, the mermaids all looked dazed, not knowing what happened.

Suddenly, the sea surged, and a fierce undercurrent rose from the far end, and a giant black snake broke through the waves.

The appearance of the giant snake seemed to have sucked away most of the light of the day, like a god on the bottom of the sea that symbolized death, shrouding the entire territory in haze.

The mermaids panicked and ran away screaming: "It's a snake! It's a sea snake!"

Ming Shu stared blankly, about to be hit by a mermaid in front, a silver-white figure approached quickly, pulled him into his arms, and hid behind the reef.

The giant snake circled in the sky and swam towards the center of the territory.

Ming Shu came back to his senses, and received Xia Zhu's news and task reminder.

[Private chat] Xia Zhu: The leader of the sea snake is really here!

[Private chat] Xia Zhu: To be honest, I'm a little scared... He won't find out before the mission starts...

[Ding dong—main mission released]

[Mission [-]: Pretend to seek refuge with the leader of the sea snake, reach a cooperation with him, and avoid the disguise from being exposed]

(Task completion condition: Sea Serpent faction value reaches 70)

[Private chat] Xia Zhu: ... I can't do this task, so let me die