Chapter 147 Mermaid Cruise

In a messy side hall, Jin Sheng pushed his wheelchair and listened to the conversation of his teammates, his mind still a little confused.

He glanced at the 10,000 points that had just been sent to him on the panel, and then he realized belatedly that he had done nothing and got 10,000 points for nothing?

The crisis was over, Xiaoyi flew up, wagging his tail, and his furry dog face was not as fierce as before.

Having just explained that he was an honest man, Xu Zhiyan looked down at the little golden retriever that fell on the blanket. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he pressed the dog's head with his fingertips.

Although he inevitably stiffened for a moment after the puppy fell on his legs, his eyes towards Xiaoyi became much softer.

Although he had prepared a perfect plan, Xu Zhiyan was still nervous for a moment after Enli deduced that 'the player would transform into a mermaid'.

In this situation, Jinsheng and Xiaoyi did not think that their teammate could obtain S-level items by transforming into a mermaid, but they stood up to protect him at the first time, which was extremely reliable.

"Just touch it once!" Xu Zhiyan said in a serious tone.

“Woof woof!”

Xiaoyi, who was rewarded with a pat on the head, barked happily twice.

With the little golden retriever interrupting, Jiang Huaique's heartbeat slowed down. Seeing that Jin Sheng still didn't understand what was going on, he pointed at the wheelchair and rolled his eyes.

"The S-level item is useless. This big-tailed fish can't be killed."

"Hey? Brother Xu, are you really a mermaid?" Jin Sheng scratched his hair, sorted out the whole story, and shook his head disapprovingly.

"It's too risky. What if Enli really comes over and lifts the blanket?"

After listening to this, Jiang Huaique walked forward, pinched the skin on the back of Xiaoyi's neck, threw the dog into Jinsheng's arms, and reached out to lift the blanket.

Under the blanket, dense barnacles grew on the kelp, and a large amount of kelp protruded from the hem of the young man's shirt at his waist and fell straight to the ground.

"Why do you think we came so late? It took him nearly twenty minutes to prepare this disguise."

Speaking of this, Jiang Huai Que gets angry.

Xu Zhiyan plucked a shell off his ear and threw it away, shrugged his shoulders and looked disappointed: "I made all the necessary preparations. If I had known that Enli had such a wild imagination, I wouldn't have wasted so much time."

He had made up his mind at the time that if Enli really wanted to see his legs, then he could just lift up part of the blanket to reveal the barnacles underneath to prove that he was lying. But the other party actually guessed correctly and ran in another direction...

Glancing at Jiang Huai Que, whose hair was covered in fancy coral, Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips and tried to hold it in for a while, but finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahahahaha, but I really didn't expect his conclusion."

Jiang Huaique raised his middle finger and said, "Even if I were a mermaid, I could still beat a little fish like you to pieces with one punch."

"Okay grandpa, hahaha."

"Get lost, Xu Ba Pi!"

However, Jin Sheng pointed to the mermaid statue stained with water and expressed his understanding of Enli's guess.

"The test for the pre-mission is strength, and the mermaid portrait we found is of a relatively strong male mermaid. Enli's guess seems to be correct."

"After all, Brother Xu's physique... cough."

Jin Sheng paused and did not continue his topic.

Although Xu Zhiyan's skin color matched the mermaid portrait, his muscles and physique were still far behind the fierce and beautiful mermaid in the portrait.

Now it was Jiang Huaique's turn to laugh.

"That makes sense. If you don't know, Xu Baopi turned into a mermaid and you would think he was a young fish."

"You are just a young fish! Come and help me pick the kelp!"

Considering the limited time, the few of them stopped joking around and hurriedly began to remove the camouflage on the fish tail.

Fortunately, it was easy to take off than to wrap it around. After a few minutes, the dazzling golden fish tail reappeared in front of everyone.

Jin Sheng's expression also changed from normal to stunned.

In the live broadcast room, the continuous reversals made the audience almost laugh crazy.

[In fact, there is only one truth, that is - Jiang Huai Que is the mermaid! ]

[Hahahahahahahaha that’s too bad]

[Now I want to know, when reviewing the game after the instance is over, what kind of expression will the mathematician have when he sees his own super power reversal, hahahaha]

[To be honest, he deduced so much, and several of them were correct, but the final result was too outrageous, hahahaha]

[Help, I really don't want to laugh, but this is so fucking funny! ]

[The highest realm of imagination hahahahaha! ]

The Mermaid Cruise is not a very high-star copy, but because of the appearance of Soul Gift in the front, many people pay attention to it.

Enli and Xu Zhiyan's mutual predictions immediately heightened the atmosphere.

The top of the Shell's premium lounge area building.

The 360° panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows have an extremely wide field of view, which can take in most of the scenery of the shell.

The large projector half hanging in the air was playing the previous footage.

On the simple leather sofa, a white-haired man with frizzy hair was hugging a pillow and laughing until he almost started crowing.

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.”

"I can't take it anymore. Gan Mi, your brother is too funny! His reasoning is so wild and none of his conclusions are correct, hahahahaha."

"I almost vomited from laughing! When your brother said Jiang Huaique was a mermaid, Xu Zhiyan was dumbfounded. Hahaha, he never expected that the other party would guess like that!"

The man responded with a voice that sounded hopeless.

"Boss... you laughed too loudly and it hurt my eyes. Forget it, just treat me as if I don't have this brother."

At one side of the bar, a baby-faced young man sat on a high stool, holding his forehead with one hand, with a painful expression on his face.

However, his explanation had the opposite effect. The man ranked first in the game scoreboard laughed even louder after hearing it.

Seeing this, Gan Mi simply ignored the other person, picked up the glass, stood up and started choosing in front of the wine cabinet.

By the time he came to the sofa, Yan Chengfan had finally laughed enough.

The opened liquor exuded an enchanting aroma, and Gan Mi poured some into each of the two cups.

Glancing at the bumpy scene on the screen where Enli was taking Shen Zhen to the back kitchen, he couldn’t help but touch the remote control and frowned, “My brother is an idiot. I suggest you don’t watch his live broadcast, lest it lowers your intelligence.”

"Hahahahahahaha, you really should let Lili see your face." The man, who had just recovered, laughed again and complained mercilessly.

Turning the screen back to Xu Zhiyan's live broadcast room, Gan Mi stared at the dazzling fish tail that was revealed again after the disguise was removed, took a sip of wine, retracted his gaze, and got down to business.

"He wasn't killed. The people he sent were killed. Xinan became stronger... It's very strange. It doesn't make sense."

Ever since Xinan had a falling out with the number one on the list, Yan Chengfan, he received a new mission - to arrange for someone to kill this out-of-control mad dog.

Although he had come into contact with Xinan in a copy before, Gan Mi had no interest in the feud between Mad Dog and the BOSS.

He was like a sophisticated machine. After assessing Xinan's combat effectiveness, he arranged manpower, but all failed.

Hearing the answer, Yan Chengfan didn't seem surprised at all.

He took the wine and drank it in one gulp. He crossed his legs and placed them on the dark coffee table. His tone was still relaxed: "He is quite lucky. He actually became stronger."

Compared to others, this number one on the list obviously knows more.

Gan Mi paused with his hand holding the wine glass, and without saying anything more, he just asked about the next plan.

"Xinan's points ranking is 129th. The people I selected are all players within the top 100, but based on the personal combat power that Xinan has shown so far, his hard power can at least rank in the top 50."

The leaderboard is arranged according to the points players obtain in the dungeon.

For most people, the best way to get high scores is to kill monsters, but Xinan has always been more keen on killing people, and even gave up all non-main quests for the sake of killing.

Fifty, this is Gan Mi’s conservative estimate.

Thinking of the scene he saw in Xinan’s live broadcast room, he lowered his head and took another sip of wine.

The mad dog who lost his tongue was besieged by two players ranked within the top 100 in the points list. These two players were both selected by him and they had excellent cooperation.

As a result, although the two of them worked together to severely damage Xinan, they also paid the price with their lives.

Xinan continued his killing style, cutting off the flesh of the two men one by one until the two men who came to kill him were completely dead.

In the moonlight, the silver-haired mad dog held a double-edged knife and stood on the broken corpse, with cold eyes and a raised corner of his mouth, like a bloody demon.

"...trouble." Gan Mi sighed.

If he can't pick anyone, he will have to kill them. Damn it, he is not a professional killer, he has other things to do.

Yan Chengfan waved his hand, signaling the other party not to panic.

"Xinan's current condition is no longer something your men can handle. I will arrange for other people."

Seeing Gan Mi's expression instantly relaxed when he heard the change of person, Yan Chengfan found it a little funny.

"Come to think of it, why do you want to rush for the ranking? I remember that you were not very enthusiastic about entering the dungeon before, saying that the ranking on the leaderboard was useless?"

"I feel that my previous ranking was a bit low." Gan Mi finished the rest of the wine and poured himself another glass.

“Strange.”

Yan Chengfan put his legs away, sat up straight, looked at his capable subordinates, and then looked at the player with a golden fish tail on the screen.

"For him? You like this little newcomer?" He said with a playful smile.

Gan Mi, who had just taken a sip of wine, was suddenly choked when he heard this and started coughing: "Puff - cough cough... Don't talk nonsense, I just think he has more potential."

Yan Chengfan saw Gan Mi frantically looking for paper, wiping his mouth while retorting, and knocked on the table to speak.

“Oh—I was saying, when I asked you to rank high before, you always told me that 70th or 80th place would be enough. And Xu Zhiyan has already entered the four-star instance. As long as he clears the five-star instance, he can leave the rookie stage and compete with us on the leaderboard…”

As he spoke, Yan Chengfan fell silent for a moment.

"You have a good eye. This is the first time I've seen a newbie who is so bold as to venture into the chosen dungeon."

Normally, normal players will stay in their current level dungeon for a while and enter several dungeons of similar levels to consolidate their strength.

Only Xu Zhiyan directly jumped from a one-and-a-half-star copy to a three-and-a-half-star copy, obviously using some tricks.

"This is the first time I've seen someone do this kind of book-brushing. But if it's Xu Zhiyan, it seems very reasonable." Gan Mi adjusted his mood and looked at the person on the screen with a complicated expression.

"Anyway, I will try to get into the top 20 as soon as possible. I might be quite busy recently."

When he thought about Xu Zhiyan's speed of progress, he felt a bit overwhelmed when he thought about how fast he would be able to advance into the rankings soon. If he was really careless, he would be caught up by the other party soon.

Admiration for strength is something that is engraved in human genes.

Driven by selfish motives, he didn't want to meet Xu Zhiyan again as an equal next time.

"Tsk." Yan Chengfan shook his head and poured cold water on him.

"Even if you make it into the top 20, what can I do? I still haven't found out who Anonymous is." When he mentioned Anonymous, his lazy expression became more restrained.

Gan Mi didn't answer, but just frowned and looked at the live broadcast room, his mind had already been focused on watching the live broadcast.

"Looking for Xavier? Is he crazy?"

The topic was brought back to the copy.

Yan Chengfan, on the other hand, stared at the screen for a few seconds, raised his eyebrows and laughed: "I was wondering why the kid you like wanted to share the money with his teammates. It turns out that he wanted to complete the sacrifice."

"Completing the sacrifice will result in death, and everyone will be trapped in the dungeon. There is no reason for him to do this."

Gan Mi frowned, he didn't understand why Xu Zhiyan made this choice.

"Maybe he got other clues. For example, he can get more benefits by offering sacrifice. He is greedy after all." Yan Chengfan reminded.

"impossible."

Gan Mi shook his head to deny it.

"I watched all his live broadcasts and there were no relevant tips or content."

In the picture, the golden-tailed mermaid is arranging tasks.

"Xavier? Why?"

When Jiang Huaique heard that the other party was going to find Xavier, he was shocked and very confused.

"Do you know that you will die if you sacrifice yourself? And if you run around now, if you are caught by others, they will definitely chop you up."

He didn't understand why his teammates took the initiative to look for these guests.

There is still one hour left before the party starts.

As long as they hide the golden-tailed mermaid, and wait for the time to pass and the guests to choose other correct sacrifices, they can leave the copy. They will just lose some points, but their lives will not be in danger.

"I have reasons why I have to do it."

Xu Zhiyan replied.

In fact, he could have sent his teammates away and gone to find Xavier alone, but he didn't.

"I will complete the ritual and sacrifice myself to the sea god. Everyone's mission will fail and everyone will be trapped here."

After Xu Zhiyan finished speaking, he looked up at his teammates who were all shocked, and slowed down his voice: "But I have another way to leave the dungeon."

In fact, he didn't really care about the lives of other players. After all, when those people heard that he was worth an S-level item, the murderous intent in their eyes almost overflowed. If Enli hadn't said something else later, he bet that the players would definitely rush up and tear him to pieces!

He did not tell us his plan or explain his reasons.

"Will you believe me?"

It's risky, but it has to be done.

After a brief silence, Jin Sheng glanced at Jiang Huaique quietly, and seeing that the other person's face was ashen, he scratched his hair and nodded.

"Of course I believe it, but Brother Xu, you have to be careful."

Jiang Huaique was furious. He glared at Jin Sheng fiercely, then bent down to look Xu Zhiyan in the eye.

"If you fucking die, I'll blow your fish head off."

His tone was fierce.

But the content is concern for the safety of teammates.

"No wonder you divided the money in advance. I thought you were so kind." Jiang Huaique sneered and turned away.

The unconditional support from his teammates made Xu Zhiyan lower his eyes and smile.

"How could I do a business that would lose money?"

After whispering to his teammates what to do next, the three of them split up again.

Jin Sheng’s mission is to find Chu Qing and Lu Yaoling and prevent them from telling other players unnecessary information.

These two people knew that Xu Zhiyan was a mermaid.

Although they might not necessarily come to kill the mermaid just for an S-level item, if they knew that Xu Zhiyan's plan was to complete the sacrifice and keep the players in the dungeon, they would definitely not agree.

Who would want to live forever in a chaotic and terrifying dungeon?

Jiang Huai Que's mission is more hardcore.

The last step of the ritual is to throw the mermaid into the deep sea on the deck. By then, all the players will surely know that Xu Zhiyan is a mermaid. In order to prevent the ritual from being able to defeat many enemies alone, he needs to prepare early.

Soon, Xu Zhiyan was the only one left in the side hall.

When the waiter came and took him to find Xavier, he discovered that something had really happened.

Being pushed into the luxuriously decorated bedroom, Xu Zhiyan glanced at the guests who were sitting or standing around him, and saw from the gaps in the crowd that the person lying on the bed was Bai Jin. He became more certain of his guess.

Wei Le doesn't have that much energy to disperse all the guests.

They stayed in the side hall for so long, smashed everything that needed to be smashed, and no guests came over. Something must have happened.

Xavier discovered the mermaid and hurriedly dispersed the onlookers and had him taken to a private room.

"Mr. Xavier, what happened?"

The young man's pretty eyes were full of worry. After all, the excuse Xu Zhiyan used before was mainly to help Bai Jin.

"…Just a small problem. I'm not sure if the party should be postponed." Xavier didn't know how to comfort the sad beautiful mermaid in front of him, so he could only try to make the problem smaller.

Xu Zhiyan adjusted his expression and nodded, as if he really was a well-behaved lower class person.

My thoughts are racing.

White Ember's coma means the party is delayed.

Following this equation, White Ember is also an important part of the party, just like in other instances.

"Then can I meet Master Bai?"

Xu Zhiyan asked quietly: "With just the two of us, maybe I can wake him up."

Hearing the word "wake up", Xavier's eyes lit up, then darkened: "You can try, I'm not sure if it will work, the young master is too abnormal this time... But the mermaid is the favorite of the sea god, maybe it really can work."

He mumbled to himself, hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed to Xu Zhiyan's request.

Soon, the room was cleared and all the anxiously waiting guests were driven out.

Xu Zhiyan was driving his electric wheelchair, and his expression returned to normal the moment the door closed.

On the bed, the young boy Bai Jin seemed to be asleep.

Supporting his body, Xu Zhiyan struggled to lift up his useless tail, but his hand slipped and he fell on the bed.

"This tail is such a nuisance..."

He sighed in despair and simply crawled forward for a distance.

He patted the young boy Bai Jin on the chest, and seeing that he didn't respond, he frowned, moved his body upwards, and reached out to pinch the three moles on his ears.

"Wake up brother, there is something we need to discuss..."

Just as his hand was about to touch the other person's ear, the voice of the adult version of Bai Jin sounded faintly: "Can't you just kiss me to wake me up?"

“That’s a nice thought.”

Xu Zhiyan shook his ears with an indifferent look on his face, and pinched the boy's ears hard.

Bai Jin was not annoyed. He sat up straight and hugged the mermaid who was pressing on him in his arms. He kissed the mermaid's ear fins and spoke in a unpleasant tone.

"This body is so hard to use...why don't you just obey me?"

He wanted to rebuke Xu Zhiyan, but when he looked down at the mermaid who trembled after being kissed on the ear fin, he slowed down his tone and said, "Behave yourself. I'll find someone to take you back to the pool until the ceremony is over..."

In response, Xu Zhiyan pressed his hand on his forehead.

[Activate skill, force trade]

[Party A's remuneration: To be determined (paid)]

[Player Xu Zhiyan (Party A), please show the transaction item.]

[Party B’s Remuneration: Assist Party A in completing the mermaid sacrifice (unpaid)]

[Bai Jin (Party B) needs to complete the transaction when the ritual begins. If he does not cooperate, he will be forced to complete it.]

Looking at Bai Jin's incredulous eyes, Xu Zhiyan withdrew his hand, squinted his eyes and smiled.

"As the second party, you can ask me for the compensation you need. Of course, if it is too much, I will breach the contract." He has no business ethics.

Bai Jin, who was forced to use a skill, recovered and was unable to speak for a long time.

After a while, he murmured.

"…You will die."

"Complete the mermaid ritual and use your luck to suppress the sea god. You will die."

Unexpectedly, when Xu Zhiyan heard this, he was not afraid, but shook his head and laughed.

"Using super luck to suppress the sea god?"

"Can my luck really suppress the Sea God?"

Originally Xu Zhiyan was still a little nervous, but after the system released the task of the Mermaid's Death, he was completely certain that his luck was still very bad.

Not only will it fail to suppress the sea god, it will also have the opposite effect.

At present, it seems that the main system attaches great importance to the guests on the ship. Because they are not very strong and not very good at fighting, the main system sets up protection for the guests and the players cannot hurt them.

The guest is the core of the copy.

After Xu Zhiyan transformed into a mermaid, the main system determined that he would run away after learning that sacrifice meant death, so nothing targeted happened.

But when he took the initiative to show up and tried to cooperate with the ritual very gently, the main system panicked.

The fact that the game announced a temporary change to the main quest proves that if the mermaid is really sacrificed, these guests will be doomed.

Most importantly, the closer the cruise ship gets to the sacrificial coordinates of Poseidon's territory, the higher the progress of the safe house.

[Additional Task: Find a Safe House]

[Progress: 84%]

Under the influence of multiple conditions, Xu Zhiyan calculated repeatedly and finally concluded that he had to sink into the deep sea.

Since we're all going to sink to the bottom of the sea anyway, we might as well go big.

Once the safe house is opened, he will let everyone leave the safe house. He can then score twice and cheat Enli out of some more money.

Glancing back at Bai Jin who was already getting angry, Xu Zhiyan didn't care about what he was thinking. He shook his ears and said, "I didn't set a time limit. It doesn't matter if you don't want to make any demands on me."

No matter what happens in the end, Bai Jin will help him complete his plan.

"Why……"

Bai Jin still couldn't figure out why the other party did this.

Seeing that the other party was completely confused, Xu Zhiyan moved over, put his hand on Bai Jin's shoulder, leaned close to the other's ear, gently bit the earlobe with three moles, and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Mr. Poseidon, I hope you can explain to me what your other personality is after you are unsealed."

Through communication with the secondary personality, Xu Zhiyan obtained a lot of information.

Especially the one who was ignorant and didn't know anything, but his heart and eyes were filled with only his little master personality...

If Slice could now derive a personality that was completely to his liking, that would be too unfair! He simply couldn't imagine that if there was no love bonus, wouldn't he be fooled around?