Chapter 132 Let’s go to the banquet

Ye Xuan waited anxiously for the other party's response, but unexpectedly this time the elf did not say anything, but tacitly agreed for him to stay here.

Anyway, he got permission, and he didn't feel that he was being looked down upon. He took out a sleeping bag from the mall and fell asleep on the spot.

I hope there will be good progress after I wake up, and I hope I won’t be eaten as a midnight snack by monsters in my sleep.

The holographic game was very real, and after closing his eyes, he gradually felt sleepy.

Well, I should be able to fall asleep...

The real NPC fell into a deep sleep.

After waking up, Ye Xuan found that he was no longer in the "zoo".

What is going on?

Did he remember falling asleep there?

The confused real-life NPC opened the manual to check, only to find that this character's mission had already been completed.

At first he was a little bit unbelieving, but after thinking for a while, he understood the situation.

The sentence "You are a mysterious person living in the sewers" is not only a description of this character, but also a description of the task itself.

The manual played a word game here, and he no longer wanted to complain about this kind of double entendre of "playing games" within the game.

However, it is good enough to complete the task successfully, and any problems are already in the past.

Moreover, he soon received a new task.

This comes faster than takeout orders at meal times.

Almost the next moment he realized that his mission was accomplished, he received a new one.

Is this system intentional?

He was just feeling happy about completing the task, but the next second it was like being poured with a bucket of cold water. The system said to him maliciously, "Want to get off work? It's too early!"

Well, this is purely his fantasy. How could the system have such subjective ideas?

It must be that my colleagues are not doing their job!

Ye Xing watched as the "Real Person NPC Task Manual" automatically turned to a certain page before he could close it, and he could only accept the task in front of him.

This doesn't leave him any room for choice at all - eh, it seems?

He looked carefully and found that there were two options for this task.

In his opinion, some point-and-click games advance the plot in different directions depending on the choices made.

Although I have never played games, I am a professional after all, so I do have some common sense.

But can I also choose the mission of this real NPC by myself?

You're not a player, so why would you make a decision that you might regret?

He looked at the two options before him as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

Now it’s obvious that this isn’t a simple matter of “two options” at all—even though it may appear that way.

These are the two paths before him. If he takes the wrong one, it’s hard to say what will happen next.

Moreover, these two options made it difficult for him to choose.

One is “???”, and the other is “!!!”.

Excuse me, what is this thing???

What are all these!!!

Well, maybe they don’t exist for the selector to express their emotions here.

But this strange thing really made him tired.

He has already had a nap, why hasn’t today’s work been finished yet?

Even though he knew that the speed of time in reality was different from that in the game, he still felt confused.

Of the two strings of punctuation marks, he didn't know which one to choose so that he would not regret it easily.

In other words, no matter which one he chooses, he will probably regret it in the future.

Isn’t this how most people’s lives are?

No matter what choice you make, there will probably be moments of regret.

I closed my eyes and ordered one at random.

Just leave it all to fate!

After making the choice that wasn't really a choice, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, at a time like this, it would be nice if I could just randomly pick one, so I wouldn’t have to worry about it.

A new line of words appeared in the manual.

Ye Xuan discovered that, of the two original choices, the "???" that he clicked on glowed, while the "!!!" that was not selected turned into a dull gray.

He stopped paying attention to the options that had already been decided and started reading a new line of words.

"Five minutes later, a carriage will pass by on this road. You have a handful of nails in your hand. Will you choose to..."

After reading it, he felt a pain in the palm of his hand. He opened his hand and saw a bunch of nails.

But, can we not let them appear in such a "hurtful" form? !

His hand was almost pierced!

The real NPC blew on his palm and carefully put the nail away.

By the way, can the wheels of a means of transportation like a carriage be punctured by nails?

In his impression, the word "carriage" refers to the kind of horse-drawn wooden-wheeled carriage that appears in TV dramas.

Besides, even if you want to puncture the tire, you should use triangular nails, right?

At least that's what the auto repair shops that deliberately spread nails near their store entrances do in the social news.

He thought the "hint" was very strange, but it was not easy for him to just turn around and leave.

As a real-life NPC, completing tasks in the game is his job.

Before he had time to think, the carriage came from afar.

After Ye Xing saw the true appearance of the car, he fell completely silent.

It turned out that he had thought wrong from the very beginning.

The deviation between the facts and his speculation was not a little bit.

The so-called "carriage" does not mean that the horse is pulling the carriage, but that the horse is riding in the carriage.

Yes, it’s worthy of being the “???” route. His head is indeed full of question marks now.

So, Ye Xing threw the nails without hope, and they fell right in front of the convertible.

As long as the horse is not blind, it should be able to see the nail.

However, what happened next was beyond his expectations.

The horse actually stopped the carriage, jumped off impatiently, and picked up the nail as if it were a treasure.

"Neigh, neigh--" the horse made a series of noises.

Ye Xuan actually understood what he said, and the general meaning was "It's great to find such a suitable nail for horseshoeing."

Can two horse neighs be translated into such a long human sentence?

This is really a concise and efficient way of communication.

The horse also noticed the person standing nearby and enthusiastically invited the person to get on the horse.

"Neigh, neigh--" The horse closed the car door, completely ignoring how confused the human sitting in the passenger seat was.

This time, the real NPC also understood the horse's cry.

The general meaning is "I see that it was you who gave me such a good nail, I am so grateful! You must be going to a banquet on this road, right? Kind person, don't be shy, get in my car and go to the banquet with me."

No. Is there any difference between this cry and the last one?

They sound exactly the same, so why are the translations so different?

Besides, it is not right that such a complex sentence can be translated with just two sounds!

There is no way. Now that I have been pushed into the car, I will just take it one step at a time.

Ye Xuan felt that he was not riding in a carriage but on a pirate ship.

Attending a banquet...what kind of banquet are you attending?

Could it be a banquet for odd-toed ungulates?

Even though he was an employee of Youmeng, he felt that the plot was too outrageous.

Is there really anyone willing to play such a bizarre game?

He sat in the convertible, but had no intention of looking at the scenery.

It was so strange that there was a horse sitting next to him.

Even the horse was driving the car.

He could actually accept a horse as a driver, or rather, this car with one person and one horse in it was driven by a horse - although he had never passed the driving test, this seemed to be totally against the traffic law.

Ye Xing sat stiffly on the leather car seat, not knowing what to do.

He glanced at the manual and saw a new line of text appear.

Has the nature of the game changed? He is an employee, not a player. What is the point of insisting on letting employees make choices?

"The grand banquet is about to begin. You are a guest without an invitation. Please choose your route to the banquet."

Below this line of text, there are several options.

Here we go again, multiple choice questions.

NPC Ye Xing looked at the above plans and felt that none of them was likely to succeed.

What are all these?

Plan A: Drive this carriage directly into the banquet hall and wow everyone.

Plan B: Ask the thief who wants to steal the jewelry on display at the banquet to give you a ride and fly to the banquet hall on a hang glider.

Plan C: Learn ninjutsu and sneak into the venue.

Alternative plan: This is an unreliable alternative.

When I saw the details of the last plan, I was speechless.

No, is there a reliable solution here?

You choose, pick out a reliable plan and show it to him?

This can’t be some “special event” involving real-life NPCs, right?

After players are not allowed to play pranks, they arrange an official "prank"?

He believed that this was something You Meng could do.

Having worked in this company for quite some time, he had some understanding of them.

After all, it’s not just one or two days that some people have been cheating their colleagues.

If it were someone with less tolerance, they would probably have resigned.

Or if it were someone with a stronger ability to withstand stress, they might have gotten used to it long ago.

But he is now at a level that can neither be called a habit nor an escape.

That is, while accepting reality, one will also express one's true thoughts through complaining.

Seeing that the banquet venue was approaching, Ye Xing felt that he had to choose one anyway.

Otherwise, if it is considered as a mission failure, he will be at a great loss.

Apart from anything else, his hand was hurt by the nail just now.

Even in the game, it's real pain.

So, this time he did not choose blindly, but firmly chose the "alternative plan".

Anyway, they are all unreliable solutions, so choosing an unknown one can add some freshness.

After all, he had read the contents of the other plans, and after knowing the routes, their appeal to him decreased.

It’s also pretty cool to choose a plan without knowing the specific content.

"Whee, wee--" the horse driver started shouting again.

Ye Xuan felt like there was a simultaneous interpreter living in his head, translating the horses' calls into human language the moment he heard them.

"We're almost at the banquet hall, have you prepared your invitations?"