Chapter 118 Mermaid Cruise

[New monster detected: Ghost of the Dead]

[Kill the monster to get complete monster information]

Ten minutes later, although Xu Zhiyan was still in the static space controlled by the undead, he had been completely released.

He calmly wiped the water stains that had just touched his body and stepped back a few steps.

Behind where he had just stood, the wet undead was holding a white skull. The scene was unexpectedly well matched.

The gender of the undead could not be determined, and its entire body was covered with a kind of black water grass, which was as thin as hair. As a result, Xu Zhiyan thought it was the other person's long hair, and was slightly envious of the amazing amount of hair.

As for what detailed information can be obtained after killing the enemy...tsk, it makes me hesitant.

He curled his lips and subconsciously touched the ring.

It's a side quest after all.

Although the system seems to be targeting him all the time, there will be a point bonus at the final settlement of the side quest. Judging from the various weapons obtained so far, many of them have a chance of dropping after killing monsters.

The undead in front of me is quite strong, and I think there is an 80% chance that it will drop something good.

But you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Rather than props, he now wants a brand new identity.

Seeing that the crisis was over, he could only reluctantly give up the reward dropped by killing monsters.

The "cracking" sound continued to be heard. Little Cubic Bone had been saying something. The undead on the opposite side listened for a long time before slowly answering.

“Ka-ka-ka…”

“Ka-ka…”

“…”

Xu Zhiyan didn't understand the language, so he pretended to listen for a while and then simply turned his attention elsewhere.

Before entering the dungeon, his little snail steward prepared some communication items suitable for Little Brittle Bones.

In the blink of an eye, a light yellow duck backpack not much bigger than a palm appeared in Xu Zhiyan's hand.

【Name: Duck Duck Backpack】

[Level: E]

【Type: Storage】

[Introduction: Dropped by the Duck-Duck monster in the Sweet Town dungeon after being killed. Can store medium-sized items. /Putting corpses in it can prevent them from rotting and spoiling~]

[Notes: Available for players and monsters, very strong. ]

Considering that everyone in the safe house would also be watching the live broadcast, he resisted the urge to complain and complimented her against his will: "...She's quite cute."

He regretted it. When Qu Ji told him that there was a large number of unsaleable prop backpacks that needed advertising, he should have taken a look!

In the safe house, there are obviously many styles of these messy props.

No wonder it’s slow selling.

With such an awkward and cute design and being a storage item of considerable value, it would be a wonder if it could be sold!

But it was his own business after all, and since there was no supporting actor, he was too embarrassed to read the advertising slogan in broad daylight, so he could only go and take out the YaYa backpack first.

Fortunately, although this backpack looks unreliable, it is fully equipped with everything.

Xu Zhiyan took out a dozen notebooks and a large number of pens. In addition to the ordinary black pens and fountain pens, he also prepared a lot of functional pens such as oil-based markers.

Although Xiaokuigu cannot speak human language, as the only precious college student in the safe house, it has no problem writing and conducting conversations.

There is also a human bone puzzle guide in the side compartment of the backpack.

It can be felt that the monsters in the safe house are really concerned about Xiaocui Gu's entry into the dungeon this time.

Xu Zhiyan casually took out a pen and a notebook, stuffed the rest of the things back into the bag, hesitated for a moment, and then put on the duck bag.

There is no other way. If you put the duck bag into the prop backpack, then you have to go through an extra procedure to take things out. This way, if you carry it on your back, you can directly control the things inside to reach your hands.

He carried a Duck Duck backpack, took out the summoning box, and pulled out two bone hands from it.

The current situation is not suitable for Xiao Ke Gu to run around, so it’s better to take it piece by piece.

Putting the pen and notebook into Xiaokuigu's hands and placing them on the counter, Xu Zhiyan waited for new information.

Little did he know that Qu Ji, who was watching the live broadcast, silently ticked the box in his notebook.

This duck bag item was obtained accidentally a few days ago. Some monsters got a lot of it from the dungeon.

However, its cute appearance does not fit in with the infinite game style, so this medium-sized backpack has not been sold even though it is much better than other storage props that can only hold a small amount of items.

This made Qu Ji very worried.

Finally, I found Xu Zhiyan, and after discussion, I decided to advertise.

In the old house in Yunshan, the monsters who have finished their work usually like to get together and watch the live broadcast with great interest.

Compared to the audience in the live broadcast room who were watching for entertainment, they were the ones who were really worried about Xu Zhiyan.

Seeing Xu Zhiyan in trouble.

The monsters helped to curse the main system.

See trigger powerful undead monsters.

The monsters held their breath and dared not breathe, for fear that the other party would be injured.

When the monsters saw YaYa's backpack, they became very excited and started talking about it.

“It’s a Duck Duck backpack!”

"Hehe! I brought them back from the dungeon. I brought a lot!"

“Half the warehouse is piled up with them. You’re amazing!”

"Every monster has this backpack. They are shy and they drop the backpack when they see me."

"Wow! You're awesome!"

"Woo woo...next time...I will also find more, more props!"

The monster, envied by his companions, puffed out his chest.

In fact, it had picked up a lot of low-level props and was a little nervous, but this time Mr. Xu personally came to advertise the goods sold in the safe house.

It glanced at the other monsters who were full of fighting spirit, and secretly swore in its heart that it must work harder!

In the live broadcast room, the audience was silent for a while, and then the barrage of comments began to laugh.

[I am dying of laughter. This little duck backpack is actually a prop! ]

[Hahahaha, it looks like it. Look at that backpack. It's so small, and with so many things taken out of it, there must be some space compression.]

[It's really good! But it looks a little weird, hahaha. ]

[Wait! I saw this Duck Duck backpack in the safe house a few days ago! But it was too ugly and expensive, so I didn’t buy it…]

[Hahahahahahaha ugly? It is quite ugly when viewed alone, but why do I think it is quite cute when Xiao Baiwan carries him on his back, hahahahahahahaha]

[Me too, don’t tell me, I’m a little tempted by this backpack! ]

[Are safe houses for sale? Emmm, I suddenly want to buy one too! The same model as Xiao Baiwan! ]

Some people have already started to make moves.

However, some viewers did not buy it and pointed out many shortcomings of the YaYa backpack, which attracted the attention of the master of balancing the issues.

[You don’t have to buy whatever the anchor is carrying. If it can’t hold much and is expensive, I won’t buy it even if I carry it on my own! ]

[It’s still a color problem. The color is too bright and the props can’t be changed. ]

[+1, this color is quite deadly. If you don’t really have any storage items, there’s no need to buy it.]

[Oh, what's there to argue about? Maybe someone will buy it and then go back to the next life to suffer for it! Buying or not buying is a choice! ]

[The upstairs person is a 10-point liar? They should both be punished with 50 lashes? ]

Xu Zhiyan, who was cheated by his own employees, had no time to check the sales results.

He was now waiting for the information translated by Little Grit.

“Ka-ka-ka…”

“Kacha…Kacha…”

The little crisp bones were still talking, but the white bones had already written a lot of words with their hands.

[I just kept apologizing, and it stopped being angry and told me a lot of things. Woohoo, it's so pitiful.]

Xu Zhiyan looked at the first line of words and realized that Xiao Ke Gu had been clicking non-stop just now, and was actually apologizing madly?

He suddenly felt fortunate that he brought Little Kelpie with him this time.

As expected, humans have a similar way of thinking. If something can be solved with words, it’s best not to use force. If it were a low-intelligence monster, they would probably have started fighting by now.

Next, he learned about the undead.

Miss Fang Sisi originally worked in a school. Because she had a good temper and was gentle to others, and she was very short of money, she happened to hear that a colleague was going to do a part-time job in a rich man's house and be a tutor for the rich man's young son.

However, the rich man’s youngest son is going to attend a cruise party, so the tutor also has to go on the cruise, but accordingly, he will be given double salary.

The salary is high and is calculated on a daily basis.

What she earned during this period on the cruise ship was more than her salary from working hard for half a year.

She was just envious at first.

Didn't think much about it.

Later, this colleague inexplicably gave this opportunity to her.

Fang Sisi did not realize the seriousness of the problem and just thought that her colleagues were doing it for her own good.

To show respect, she rushed to the dock as soon as she got her holiday and waited for the Leviathan cruise ship.

It was because of her early arrival that she accidentally learned more information.

For example, this ship holds a cruise party every year, the list of wealthy people who board the ship has never changed, and ordinary people... never come back.

[She regretted it and wanted to leave.]

[But this ticket seems to be a curse.]

No matter where she went during the day, as soon as she opened her eyes, she would return to the hotel near the pier.

She tried to tear up the ticket and throw it away.

But in the end, the ticket always ended up back in her wallet.

When she called to try to get help, both her family and the local police said they couldn't hear what she was saying.

This went on for a few times and completely broke the spirit of the young teacher.

[Finally, after she gave the boat ticket to the second-hand shop owner, she no longer understood what happened afterwards. When she opened her eyes again, she became a ghost of the dead who could not leave.]

After reading the whole story of the deceased's boat ticket, Xu Zhiyan paused for a moment and looked back at the motionless second-hand shop owner.

Does this person know about the boat tickets?

He decided to observe it for a while longer and turned his attention back to the undead.

The undead, almost covered in black algae, exuded a fishy smell and stood on the water stains, with sea water constantly dripping from its body.

"Ms. Fang, I'm sorry for what happened to you."

Xu Zhiyan nodded slightly and spoke apologetically. Xiao Cuigu understood what he meant and hurriedly began to help translate.

“Ka-ka-ka—”

This man is my elder brother. We feel sorry and heartbroken for your unfortunate experience.

"I have a reason to get on board now, so I need your ticket. I want to know if there is anything I can do to help you?"

Xu Zhiyan chose his words carefully to conceal his intentions, and under the banner of helping others, he made himself look like a kind-hearted person.

Little Kegu was so smart that he understood Xu Zhiyan's thoughts immediately and translated them briefly.

“Ka-ka—”

My brother wants your boat ticket, name your price!

After listening to the translation, the undead raised his head, with a bloodshot eye revealed from under his hair, looking at the young man who was speaking.

Xu Zhiyan generously let the undead see him and was not frightened at all. It was just a bloodshot eyeball. He was surrounded by a pile of strange monsters in the safe house every day and had long been able to ignore it.

After a while, he heard the dead man's answer.

“Click…”

After saying this, the undead in front of him put the bones in his hand on the ground and retreated.

Time began to move slowly.

"What did he say? Do you need help?" Xu Zhiyan couldn't wait to ask Xiaokuigu.

Staring at the bony hand that was writing, Xu Zhiyan felt a little surprised when he saw the content, but when he thought of Miss Fang's profession, he felt it was natural.

[It said not to get on board, because ordinary people who got on board would not be able to come back alive.]

Even though he had turned into a resentful undead, Fang Sisi still chose to dissuade passers-by who wanted to board the ship after regaining his sanity.

Xu Zhiyan was in mixed feelings.

In certain situations, noble character can really overcome the instinctive drive, allowing her to remain herself in this situation.

Seeing that time was about to return to normal, Xu Zhiyan quickly put away the small crispy bone.

The lights in the second-hand store flickered a few times, and soon the bulbs returned to their original warm yellowish light.

There was a puddle of water where Teacher Fang had just stood, emitting an unpleasant smell, like a dead fish that had been soaked in sea water for a long time.

The boss kept knitting as if her nose was broken, and she completely ignored the strange smell.

However, Xu Zhiyan could finally hear clearly what she said.

"My nephew met a man who came aboard on foot one day, and he told me that the man was going to work."

"Teacher Fang came very early, much earlier than the boarding time. Before boarding, she learned something strange. After giving me the ticket, she committed suicide outside the store. She would rather die than board the ship. Later, I heard that she was a tutor. Master Bai, have you heard of her?"

"His father is the richest man. He holds a mermaid viewing every year and a carnival party on the Leviathan..."

The amount of information was too much, Xu Zhiyan listened quietly and basically understood the cause and effect.

That's why the boss said that the owner of the ticket might not want to get on the ship, but even so, she still handed over the ticket.

He leaned against the counter, looking at the boss who was knitting a sweater with his head down, and always felt that the other party looked a little guilty.

"Boss, so you should know how to help her, right?"

Xu Zhiyan spoke tentatively.

When the boss heard this question, he was suddenly shocked, threw down his knitting needles and retorted loudly.

"I don't know how to help her! Don't talk nonsense."

Looking at the emotional boss, Xu Zhiyan smiled.

"You really do know about the dead."

He asked why this task came so easily. The boss gave him the boat ticket when he asked casually. But considering the setting that one would be harassed as soon as he received the boat ticket, the first person to be harassed should be the owner of the second-hand shop.

But Teacher Fang did not attack the innocent old lady, and it seemed that he got along well with the old lady.

"Let me guess. You must have been cursed after you got the boat ticket, but Teacher Fang didn't kill you."

"Although you can't communicate, you have a good relationship for some reason? You must have a lot of strange things going on here. Does she often help you?"

The people at the dock are a mixed bunch, with all kinds of people.

This place is part of a dungeon. In addition to humans, monsters will pop up from time to time, which is extremely dangerous.

That's why the boss took out the things directly when he asked about the boat ticket. You should know that when he entered the door, the boss said "Don't touch if you don't buy, and no returns or exchanges after sale."

She is not a good-tempered person. Things here can only be touched after paying. The way he is dressed does not look like someone who can buy anything. The boss has no doubts at all, so how can he just give the things to him?

Moreover, when Teacher Fang's ghost appears and leaves, it will leave behind water stains with a strange smell.

The smell was extremely pungent, but the owner of the second-hand shop acted as if nothing had happened.

At this time, the boss also realized that he had let the cat out of the bag.

She bent down to pick up the knitting needles that she had just dropped on the ground. Her wrinkled face was full of solemnity, and she pursed her lips and said nothing.

"We are all businessmen, don't be nervous."

Xu Zhiyan bent over the counter, propped up his face with one arm, with a half-smile on his face.

"I just met Teacher Fang, and we had a pleasant conversation. I want to help her, so can you tell me more details? Otherwise, I can't help her."

The boss sat in the chair with his head down for a long time without answering.

After waiting for five or six minutes, she seemed to have digested Xu Zhiyan's words and asked in confusion.

"You really want to get on board? You really have to?"

This question is very important to her.

"It's not that I have to board, but if there are no problems, I will definitely board this ship."

Xu Zhiyan didn't say anything too decisive.

After listening to this, the second-hand shop owner stood up and took Xu Zhiyan to the small warehouse on the side of the store.

She took out a pocket watch from the warehouse and handed it to Xu Zhiyan.

"I don't know if I harmed her."

"But over the years, no ordinary person who boarded the ship from here has ever returned alive."

There was fear in the old, hoarse voice.

The information that Teacher Fang received was given by her, and she didn't want more people to board the ship, but unfortunately it was of no avail.

So when Teacher Fang committed suicide outside the store, she was shocked at first, and then blamed herself. She thought that if she didn't say anything, the young teacher might still be able to live.

"I collected her body and dumped it in the sea."

The young and fresh corpses fell into the shallow sea, the rotting flesh was eaten by fish and shrimp, and the remains became a breeding ground for seaweed growth.

The boss who took the boat ticket became the next person to be cursed.

But surprisingly, the young teacher who turned into a ghost did not kill her. Instead, he just hid quietly in a corner every day. Even when the store was robbed, Teacher Fang helped her drive away the robbers.

Finally, the boss read through countless old books and found a way to free the dead.

"The truly cursed ones are those who refuse to come aboard."

"The number of people aboard the Leviathan is limited, and her occupation is different every year. If someone is willing to take her place, she can be freed."

That's why she hesitated to take out the ticket when she learned that someone wanted to get on the boat. This person would die on the boat anyway, so she might as well help others.

After hearing this, Xu Zhiyan tried hard not to let the corners of his mouth curl up.

Although it seems that the identity of this tutor is not very good and is quite high-risk, if he can obtain the identity from the NPC, it will definitely be much better than him pretending on his own!

Looking at the boss who wanted to stop the passerby but failed in the end, Xu Zhiyan thought of the task notes and understood.

'A second-hand shop for players on the edge of foul play'

It turns out that this foul edge not only refers to players, but also NPCs.

After participating in the NPC cultivation-related matters in the Nightmare Community, Xu Zhiyan found that he seemed to be able to analyze the principles of the tasks from the perspective of the main system.

The NPC shop owner was supposed to be just an ordinary vendor, but she had inappropriate thoughts and wanted to stop innocent passers-by from boarding the ship, and she did so.

How could the main system allow NPCs to not follow the rules?

So Teacher Fang could not escape his fate and died tragically outside the second-hand shop. The boss was also cursed and was about to die, but after becoming a ghost, Teacher Fang was still not so obsessed with killing people. Instead, he became friends with the shop owner by accident.

Then, when something happens that the NPC cannot handle, the logged-in player will find relevant clues and clean up the bad NPCs on behalf of the main system.

By the time Teacher Fang's ghost is eliminated, and after seeing with his own eyes how people who refuse to board the ship die, the second-hand shop owner will also have been warned. He will no longer say anything extravagant when he meets passers-by and will be able to run his business with peace of mind.

What a brilliant plan!

Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but want to curse the main system again.

Stroking the old pocket watch in his hand, he looked at his boss puzzledly.

"What's this?"

"Aren't you going to replace her? This is a photo of Young Master Bai, you have to recognize it." She stood in the shadow, and her voice trembled a little when she mentioned Young Master Bai.

Xu Zhiyan nodded, feeling happy, knowing that the second-hand shop owner wanted to help him. However, before he opened the pocket watch lid, he heard the owner say something a little shocking.

"This pocket watch was collected more than ten years ago... He, his appearance is exactly the same as in Mr. Fang's information."

It turned out that after Teacher Fang died, the boss burned all the relics. But when she saw the photo of Master Bai inside, she found that the photo was exactly the same as the photo she received more than ten years ago, without any difference.

She couldn't imagine how someone's appearance could remain unchanged for more than ten years.

Afraid that Xu Zhiyan wouldn't believe her, she tried to explain: "I know you're going to say something like parents, relatives, or something like that, but I can be sure that this is the same person! Because even if two people look alike, it's impossible for them to have moles in the same place!"

Xu Zhiyan listened in a daze without saying a word, but quietly opened the pocket watch in his hand.

A black and white photo appeared in the pocket watch.

Just as he had guessed, the person in the photo was very familiar to him.

It was Bai Jin, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old.

He doesn't look like the solemn, majestic and divine main ghost in the safe house, nor does he look like the perverted painter with eight hundred thoughts and nowhere to put them. Although he is somewhat close to the little blind man in age, the person in the photo has a completely different temperament.

The young man Bai Jin had a frown on his face and his eyes were sharp. He had an arrogant edge and an air of nobility. The three moles on his right earlobe were the evidence that enabled the boss to judge that he had not changed over the years.

Xu Zhiyan looked at the childish Bai Jin and after trying to hold back for a long time, he suddenly bent over and laughed.

Young, arrogant, rich...

Damn, even if her age is questionable, just based on that clear and stupid look, she looks so easy to fool, he can't wait!

When he had laughed enough, he touched the round golden ring on his middle finger and looked up at the second-hand shop owner.

"Boss, although I am willing to help, but you can see that my current outfit may not look like a tutor. I wonder if you can provide me with some more help."

The boss is suspected to be a good guy, and the dead man is also a good guy, but he really needs some help.

He took out a second-hand boat ticket from his pocket and scratched off the last character of Teacher Fang's name from it.

【Name:▇▇▇】

From now on, he is Bai Jin's tutor who has been waiting here for two years.

He believed that with the round ring, everything would be solved as long as he met the young Bai Jin.

"Do you know when these fat sheep... no, young masters and young ladies will come?" Xu Zhiyan asked.

The second-hand shop owner searched for something useful and answered breathlessly, "Tonight, they will begin arriving one after another. By the way, what identity do you want to use to board the ship? Do you want to wear a skirt?"

Xu Zhiyan was stunned and waved his hand quickly: "No!"

He would never wear a skirt! Never!