bookmarkrole Chapter 54
Chapter 54
The two signed up and quietly came to talk behind a clump of coral.
Xia Zhu frowned: "This task is even more difficult than when we were in the Sea Snake Clan. Everyone is a successor. Why should we help our competitors complete the campaign task?"
Not only that, but if a suitable npc is found, they may have to compete among players.
Ming Shu carefully read the plot, combined with the previous two tasks and the completion conditions, guessed: "Maybe the faction value is at least 50, just complete the campaign task, and there is no need to find an npc who is willing to help."
The first main quest also required the faction value to be at least 20. Later, the second quest was released. Players who did not have enough faction value to obtain the sea serpent fluid in other ways and successfully return to the mermaid family to sign up could also complete quest [-] at the same time.
According to this rule, a new mainline mission will be released in the near future, requiring them to complete all the mission objectives of the successor campaign.
It doesn't matter if there are npcs to help them at that time.
Xia Zhu thought for a while, nodded in agreement and said, "You are right, the faction value is not difficult, but we have to find a way to complete the task."
The faction value of the mermaid clan is 20 at the beginning, and 30 is enough. Xia Zhu is very confident.
At this moment, there was no one around, Ming Shu quietly took out the little jellyfish hidden in her hair.
"Pearl, do you want to follow me all the time?" Mingshu confirmed to it again and again, telling it the disadvantages of staying, "You can't be discovered by other mermaids, you have to hide well, and there are no young red-spotted fish here."
The pet of the leader of the sea snake is a giant white jellyfish, which is well-known on the bottom of the sea. The appearance of the pearl is too iconic. When there are strange mermaids around, it must not grow bigger.
The red-spotted juvenile fish it likes is also a unique fish in the sea snake family. Not only is its freedom restricted by following Mingshu, but its food will also deteriorate.
The little jellyfish was held in the palm of Mingshu's hand, it leaned close and rubbed against his cheek, and hugged Mingshu's finger with its thin tentacles, expressing that it didn't want to leave.
Ming Shu said again: "But you've been away for so long, the leader will worry about you."
Speaking of Xiuku, Pearl didn't look very happy, she swam to the side and smashed a small piece of coral branch with her tentacles, threw the residue on the ground, and stepped hard into the fine sand.
Its behavior seems to take this piece of coral branch as a pruning to vent its anger.
Mingshu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hugged it back: "Then help us and complete a few tasks, okay?"
On the way back, both he and Xia Zhu saw the strength of the pearl. Almost no creatures could escape from the pursuit of the giant jellyfish. It also ate everything, and even ate half of the aquatic plants with Ming Shu.
With it, safety is guaranteed, and you can also find ways to "cheat" in the election.
It's just that Mingshu still has some inexplicable feelings in his heart. He abducted the pearl for no reason. He lied and cheated it before and it was fine. Now, for the task, he even asked a simple little jellyfish for help.
Pearl didn't care about this little "request". It happily swung its tentacles and hid them in Mingshu's hair again.
Seeing this, Xia Zhu was both surprised and envious: "It really likes you, how many favorability points have you gained?"
Ming Shu tidied up her shoulder-length black hair, and replied, "As I mentioned to you before, it's 10 o'clock."
After he joined the Sea Snake Clan, he only did the Xiuju and Pearl raid missions, and the two added up to 30.
"10 o'clock...Pearl is considered a high-level npc, and this value is normal," Xia Zhu said to himself, "it listens to you so much, it will almost become your pet."
Not only obedient, but also angry at Xiu Qi because of Ming Shu's injury.
Ming Shu remained silent, he didn't know why Pearl was so kind to him, it seemed that it had been very friendly to him since the first time we met.
He had guessed before whether Pearl might be the little mushroom from the previous dungeon, but Pearl didn't have any special reaction to the name "Guji".
At this time, two black-tailed mermaids swam closer: "Are you newly registered mermaids just now? The clan has arranged a unified residence, and you can live in with everyone if you want."
All the mermaids participating in the selection can live in the arranged place for free until the occupancy is full. It is not a disadvantage to live with other mermaids and exchange experiences with each other.
Xia Zhu and Ming Shu looked at each other and politely refused: "No, thank you."
They also brought a pearl that "smuggled in", so it's better not to go to the place where the mermaids gather, so as not to cause trouble.
Mingshu is the only player who has obtained high-quality liquid. His name has been broadcast in the system announcement. He needs to be more cautious. Even the name he signed up just now is not his own. He randomly picked "Shiyue" on the way, which sounds like an npc.
The two black-tailed mermaids did not insist, and continued to look for other merfolk who signed up.
There are still three days before the registration deadline, and the campaign mission will be released after that. If the two of them don't live in the place arranged by the clan, they have to find it by themselves.
Xia Zhu purposely went to a remote place, complaining: "There are missions to be done, it's really difficult."
As he said, he quickly thought about the preparations that should be done in the near future. They will find a place to rest for one night, and tomorrow they will start looking for NPCs that can increase their favorability. quick.
The territorial environment of mermaids and sea snakes is very different. There are no palaces here. Except for the courtyard where the patriarchs and elders are located in the center of the territory, there is not even a decent building anywhere. Skeletons of large fish and coral branches come back to build huts.
Some even find it troublesome and don't want to build a house, so they sleep directly on the water grass pile at night.
The two passed by several seabeds inhabited by mermaids, and finally found a suitable foothold in a place densely populated with coral and aquatic plants before dark.
Xia Zhu cleared out two adjacent areas, spread aquatic plants and stones to hold down the edges, and barely used it as a "bed", and then moved a few corals and placed them on the periphery, indicating that there are already mermaids here.
"Just let it go," Xia Zhu smoothed out the aquatic plants, "This place is not as good as the Shanghai Snake Clan, just get used to it."
How could it be worse, Ming Shu felt like he had entered the deep mountains and old forests from a normal civilized city, and now the food that could be used to fill his stomach was raw food, aquatic plants or raw fish or something.
Fortunately, they are mermaids, and their bodies and habits and preferences have been systematically modified. For Ming Shu, raw fish is better than eating hard and fishy aquatic plants.
Zhuzhu rushed into the coral bush not far away, dragged out a few small fishes that were stunned by the tentacles, and placed them in front of Mingshu like offering treasures.
The meat of this small fish is tender, with almost no fish bones, and it tastes like a chewy soft jelly, with a little sweetness.
Mingshu refused this at first, he had no worries about food and clothing by Xiuji's side, but now he needed to eat small fish to feed his hunger, so he couldn't get used to it in a short time.
It was Xia Zhu who comforted him: "This is a good-tasting mass of data. Aquatic plants are data, so are fish. There is no difference."
His words made Mingshu let go of the grudge in his heart, and eat when it's time to eat.
Mermaids breathe in seawater, and they can rely on the gills to filter to obtain some substances to supplement their physical strength. Other than that, they don't need much food.
Ming Shu distributed the small fish to Xia Zhu, asked Pearl to find something to eat by herself, and told it not to be seen by other mermaids.
Pearl shook her body as if nodding, and swam away in the blink of an eye.
It came to an empty and remote corner, secretly increased its size, grabbed two fish and stuffed it into its stomach.
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On the second and third days, many black-tailed mermaids signed up to participate in the selection one after another, probably all players who came back from the Sea Snake Clan.
All of a sudden, many black-tailed mermaids appeared in the territory that they had never seen before. Fortunately, mermaids are creatures that like to go alone. .
Xia Zhu went to the registration place to inquire several times, and with her harmless baby face and friendly temperament, she got to know several players.
"There are more than 50 mermaids participating in the selection this time, and I guess half of them are players." Xia Zhu leaned against the stone and ate a small fish the size of a finger. worry."
There are more players and fewer NPCs, which makes it more difficult to complete the main task.
Some people also thought of what Mingshu guessed, and began to look for suitable candidates among the players to cooperate and form a team to do campaign tasks together.
As Xia Zhu said, he took out a small blue flower from his pocket, the root of which was still wrapped in a ball of soil.
"You take this and give it to a black tail who lives near the registration site, called Aunt Jun, who is quite old." He handed the little flower to Mingshu, "I helped her move some things during the day, and the brush came out. Raiders mission, I tried it out, I was lucky and chose the right one, and added 3 points to the faction value."
Ming Shu held the flowers carefully, surprised at Xia Zhu's speed: "You are so amazing..."
The second day after they came back, Xia Zhu started attacking NPCs.
Xia Zhu scratched her head: "It's nothing... You are in a special situation. It's better to stay here with Pearl and avoid going out as much as possible. I'll figure out a solution for the camp."
Mingshu and Pearl had to rely on the campaign mission, so Xia Zhu automatically took the NPC's strategy mission to herself.
"Someone still asks me today, asking if I know you." Xia Zhu was speechless, "It's not good to see it."
Mingshu's name is well known among the players, and everyone is waiting to see who is the most powerful character who can get the only high-quality liquid.
And once the player dies, the liquid that has not expired can be used again. It is hard to say whether anyone will miss the high-quality props on Mingshu.
He stayed by Xiuju's side before, and hadn't met other strange players face to face, but it's better to be cautious and keep a low profile.
Ming Shu nodded seriously: "Okay, you should be careful too."
"Also..." Xia Zhu hesitated for a moment, but still said the words, "I heard from several players that the leader of the Sea Snake slaughtered many of his own people in the territory a few days ago, from nobles to soldiers, what is his identity? everything."
Ming Shu's eyelashes trembled: "Massacre?"
"Yes." Xia Zhu nodded.
No one knows the specific reason, maybe some of the players who were killed were exposed players.
The leader of the sea snake has been labeled cruel and violent since he succeeded to the throne. The massacre seems to be wanton and random, but Xia Zhu thinks it is mostly because of Mingshu.
During those few days, the atmosphere in the Sea Snake Clan was oppressive and gloomy, filled with fear and death everywhere, and several players trapped inside were even desperate.
But suddenly, everything that was going on stopped abruptly, and the soldiers who searched everywhere were called back.
The leader of the sea snake seems to have disappeared, and no one knows where he went. Several players also took this opportunity to escape from the territory.
Pearl is also listening, holding Mingshu's fingers quietly.
Ming Shu lowered his head: "He's missing..."
"Or just don't want to show up," Xia Zhu said in relief, "He is the leader, even if he doesn't want to be, he has to arrange for a successor."
Ming Shu responded, and Xia Zhu knew that he was still thinking about that npc, so he changed the subject: "By the way, I also heard a very interesting thing, there is an npc in the mermaid tribe, who looks exactly like a player from long ago Very similar, many people were taken aback..."
But Ming Shu's mind was still on Xiu Qi, he didn't listen to what he was saying at all, holding the little blue flower in his hand absent-mindedly.
Seeing this, Xia Zhu tactfully shut up, and arranged the surrounding coral bushes for sleep.
Early the next morning, Mingshu took Xiaolanhua to look for an npc called Aunt Jun.
He deliberately got up very early, and many mermaids were still sleeping at this time.
When he came to the registration point, Ming Shu asked a passing mermaid about the direction of Aunt Jun's residence.
He thanked the mermaid npc who showed the way, and continued to swim forward.
The pearl is hidden in Mingshu's hair, holding a few strands of hair and quietly looking outside, occasionally revealing a little white body, which is hard to spot unless you look carefully.
After Mingshu swam for a while, she suddenly felt her hair entangled in pearls loosen.
He turned his head and saw that the little white jellyfish was swimming extremely fast, with a stream of water behind it, rushing straight in one direction.
There was a silver-tailed mermaid over there, it should be an NPC, Pearl's move came suddenly, Ming Shu was afraid that it would be discovered, so he swam over to stop it quickly: "Come back!"
Pearl didn't listen to Mingshu's words for the first time in the past few days, but she still remembered that she couldn't get bigger at will, otherwise Mingshu would be in danger.
The silver-tailed mermaid saw a small jellyfish half the size of a palm rushing towards him, and was about to bump into it without slowing down, so he raised his hand to resist.
The pearl bumped into his arm, and then exposed a row of small thorns on the edge of the umbrella cover, and stabbed it hard.
"hiss--"
The silver-tailed mermaid frowned slightly, and tore off the little jellyfish wrapped around her arm.
Pearl refused to give up, and picked up a coral branch from the ground with her tentacles, intending to throw it at the mermaid.
Mingshu rushed over in time, grabbed it, and quickly apologized to the silver-tailed mermaid: "I'm sorry, it's usually very good..."
Only now did he see the appearance of the silver-tailed mermaid clearly, his eyes fell on the other's face, and he paused in a daze.
This silver-tailed mermaid is a male, about ten years old, with short silver hair and a silver-white fish tail.
Ming Shu held the pearl in his hand, his eyes were dull: "You..."
"It's okay," the silver-tailed mermaid didn't care. He caught Mingshu's sight and asked calmly, "What's wrong with you?"
Ming Shu is Heiwei, the highest-ranking mermaid in the clan, with a light-colored tail, and you have to use honorific names when you see him.
Ming Shu was still in a daze, staring at the boy's face: "What..."
His brain can hardly think, because the mermaid in front of him looks very similar to Yuan Chen.
In other words, it is very similar to Xiuju, Pearl will suddenly become irritable, maybe it is because seeing this face reminds him of Xiuyun.
Yinwei is also quietly looking at Mingshu: "What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like this."
Ming Shu is a black-tailed mermaid, but she is more slender and more beautiful than an ordinary black-tailed mermaid. The fish tail is even a circle smaller than that of a silver-tailed mermaid. Judging from the body shape alone, the identities of the two should be reversed.
The silver-tailed mermaid looked away from Mingshu's fishtail without any trace, quietly waiting for him to come back to his senses.
Ming Shu's heart beat faster, and a bold guess emerged in his mind.
He didn't think it was a coincidence, maybe the npcs in this dungeon were from the same batch as the ones in dungeon one.
He swam a step closer and couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?"
His eyes were full of the silver-tailed mermaid in front of him, and he unconsciously wanted to get closer, his cheeks were slightly flushed from nervousness and excitement.
Thinking about it, it looks like... She couldn't control her instincts, and she developed a good impression of Silver Tail, and wanted to include him as a candidate for courtship.
This is a very common thing among mermaids. Mermaids don't need to have much emotional foundation to choose a spouse. Anyway, once the estrus period is over, they will break up with each other and separate.
The silver-tailed mermaid is taller than Ming Shu. He looked down at Ming Shu, as if he was guessing his intentions. After a while, his lips curled up slightly: "Xi Yu."
Ming Shu was stunned again. Isn't this name the mermaid that appeared at the beginning of the plot?Many players have speculated that this is the protagonist of the story.
"Xiyu..." he murmured, and the system prompt sounded suddenly.
[Ding dong—trigger a random task]
【Among the following items, which one is the favorite of the npc in front of you (you can get 15 favorability points if you successfully gift it)】
【a. Marine Blue Juanhua】【b. Small black shell】
This is Xiyu's strategy mission?He seemed to just ask the other person's name, and did nothing else.
The successive situations made Ming Shu a little confused, he hesitated to take out the blue flower hidden in his pocket, and handed it to Xi Yu in front of him: "Do you... like this?"
This kind of flower seems to be called Haisheng Lanjuanhua...
Xi Yu stared at the flower in Ming Shu's hand, but didn't pick it up for a moment, his eyes lit up with an inexplicable light, and said softly, "Do you want to give it to me?"
Silvertail has a low status in the clan, and Blacktail is two extremes.
No black tail has ever been willing to get close to Silver Tail, let alone show favor to Silver Tail for something, their identities have never been equal.
Even if Mingshu fell in love with Xiyu, whether he wanted to or not, it was reasonable and normal for him to insist on making him his temporary spouse.
Ming Shu thought that Xi Yu didn't want it, so he showed a look of disappointment: "Don't you like it?"
He is obviously a black tail, possessing the highest strength and status, facing the suspected rejection, he did not get angry or lose his temper, but instead showed such a look.
Xi Yu's eyes moved slightly, and he took the initiative to swim close to the flower in Ming Shu's hand: "I like it."
[Congratulations to the player for successfully sending [Seaborn Blue Juanhua], the npc favorability increased by 15 points]
[The faction value has been updated, please go to the background to check for yourself]
Xi Yu accepted the flowers, but her eyes still stayed on Ming Shu's face.
He tried to touch Ming Shu's other hand hanging by his side, seeing that he didn't resist, he pulled it up and slowly bent down, and kissed lightly on the back of Ming Shu's fair hand.
This is a gesture of respect and intimacy, and is usually done by a merfolk of a lower status to a higher status one.
Xiyu left as soon as he touched it, and his voice became softer: "Thank you."
Ming Shu let him lead her, looked at this familiar face, blushed and said, "You're welcome."
At the same time, another system message popped up.
[A new plot update has been detected, do you want to check it immediately? 】
Ming Shu wanted to turn off the message first, but accidentally clicked on it, and a few brief plots popped up.
【Plot reminder】:
[Silvertail searched among all the mermaids who participated in the selection, successfully found a suitable mermaid as a target, and tried every means to coax the other party to help him.But when Yinwei's election process was barely smooth, another bad news came out. 】
[In order to truly ease the relationship between the mermaid and sea snake clan, the mermaid clan will invite the leader of the sea snake clan to come to the territory to participate in the selection of the successor of the patriarch and cast a valuable vote. 】
[Silver Tail turned himself into a black tail, using the liquid of the sea snake clan, other mermaids can't see it, but the sea snake leader may not be able to see it, if the sea snake leader sees it, Silver Tail is very likely to be ripped apart.Once again he was in danger. 】