Chapter 52: The Prolock (3) “The Prolock was never…
Fei saw the barrage again while riding the elevator.
[Ahhhhhhh what is this?! Look at what an ugly thing you drew, you old bastard!]
[It's not me... Ugh... Family, I'm running away. When I watched the previous game, I felt like the old thief was dreaming. The monsters were all disgusting, and the main attack was mental pollution, and they were extremely difficult to kill. My sanity value has dropped like crazy, help me.]
[Uh ...
[But it’s okay, Yangmei is so good! Xiaoyu, you and Brother Wen can snuggle in my sister’s broad arms.]
The elevator reached the third basement floor of the cruise ship. The dim corridor was almost devoid of light. Only the dim moonlight shone through the windows, making it barely clear.
This entire floor is a "monster container" known only to the powerful.
Fei opened the innermost room. A damp air filled the air, a thick, wet vapor coating the surface of his skin, absorbed by his clothes until it was saturated. Not far from him, slender, blood-like roots were wriggling, threatening to bite the tip of his shoe.
He stepped on the root system, and the touch under his feet was smooth and delicate, like new flesh and blood. Fei looked deeper into the room. Countless huge tentacles gathered together, making the room seem particularly narrow and cramped.
The film clung to the wall, and the slight undulation made the shiny outer layer seem to be flowing, with prominent veins all over it, as if it was inside some kind of flesh and blood organ.
The transparent egg protrudes a distinct arc from the membrane, and something seems to be beating inside. It will break out of the shell in the next second and leave this carefully constructed greenhouse.
Fei walked over. The restless tentacles in the room could not stop him from raising the blade. He cut the thin membrane and the outer membrane of the egg together, and the sticky liquid poured out. The flat cross-section looked like the monster's wide-open mouth, and the tentacles rolled out.
The monster is still in the hatching stage, but the powerful people will probably continue to feed it with other NPCs. It is not certain when the cultivation will be completely completed.
These eggs couldn't be removed; if one was removed, a new one would appear. Furthermore, Fei wanted it to hatch successfully; only then could the Prolock's true consciousness be born. S-rank ghost stories certainly wouldn't completely disappear, but for him, there was still the option of control.
Fei put the blade in, turned around and left. He took the elevator back to the room. Most of the strange deep-sea monsters he encountered along the way ignored him.
Fei didn't change back to his original appearance, and in the afternoon he swaggered downstairs wearing Xu Du's appearance. He walked into an ordinary restaurant, ordered two dishes at random, and sat at a table near the door, openly listening to the argument not far away.
"I'm sorry, but the Plock has a rule that new passengers must pay before ordering. This applies to everyone."
The waiter who stopped them spoke politely, but his attitude was filled with contempt for outsiders. He made no effort to hide his indifference. "But since this is your first time here, Prok is willing to give you a discount. Only one of you needs to pay."
This strange cruise ship obviously wouldn't offer any easy terms. Shi Yu knew this in his heart, but he still asked, "What do you need us to pay?"
"It's simple," the waiter said with a polite smile. He raised the knife with a twist of his wrist and handed it directly to the uneasy young man. "An eyeball, a finger, and an ear. The Prok is not greedy. We only ask for one of them from you."
Shi Yu stared at the man in disbelief. Just as he was about to speak, Su Yang pulled him over. She pulled him back to a safe distance and then lowered her voice: "Captain Xie and the others should be able to find a way. Don't engage in a head-on conflict with the people on the Prolock. Let's go first."
Wen Tingxu also nodded in agreement, and Shi Yu had no choice but to swallow his words. Seeing that they didn't seem to plan to stay in the restaurant any longer, the waiter rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't want to pay, you're always welcome in the casino on the eighth floor."
"Money isn't the official currency in Plock, and most passengers don't have black cards. Gamblers use the conditions offered by the other party as chips to place bets. Perhaps you can give it a try."
The waiter's reminder seemed sincere, but it was actually to set up a new trap. Shi Yu and the others knew that the other party could not be so kind, so they left the restaurant without looking back.
Listen to me, old thief. Plock is completely different from those unscrupulous businessmen out there. He doesn't want my money, he just wants my life.
[My restaurant is overpriced, Plock, you've figured out how to rob someone, the passengers are the food, right? ()]
"Sir, is the food not to your taste?"
Fei was so busy listening that he didn't touch the food on the table. Not long after he sat there, the restaurant manager rushed over, fearing that this person from the privileged class would be dissatisfied. The waiter who had talked to Shi Yu not long ago was also standing next to him.
"You ordered too much. Since you haven't touched the food yet, if other customers don't mind, you can ask them if they would like to have a free extra meal." Fei didn't even touch the tableware. He stood up as if he was ready to leave.
The restaurant manager agreed and even praised it a few times. The waiter next to him said something earnestly. Fei glanced at him sideways and suddenly laughed out loud, "I really like what you just said. After all, the Prolock has never been greedy."
"You have to pay a price to get what you want. This is a very reasonable rule, isn't it?" Fei continued to smile. He leaned a little closer and spoke in a contemptuous tone, "But how can you be qualified to use the name of the Prolock without permission?"
"Because of your rudeness, it is only fair that I take a little of my luck as collateral. So, sir, I wish you good luck tonight."
Since Shi Yu and the others had already left, there was naturally no need for Fei to stay here any longer. He left after leaving this ambiguous sentence.
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Even the most energetic person would be exhausted after a whole night of thrilling escape experiences. Whether it is the mental torture caused by ugly monsters or running back and forth between floors, it is all exhausting.
The Operations Department left the house early, and Shi Yu and his companions slept soundly until they were awakened by hunger around dinner time. As a result, they didn't get anything to eat in the restaurant downstairs, and they also learned about the outrageous payment demands of the Prok.
Fortunately, there was emergency food in the executive team's backpacks, but the quantity was not large. They also needed to deal with those deep-sea monsters at night, which consumed a lot of energy. There would probably be very little left after today.
Shi Yu felt a little uneasy. He wanted to push it back, but Xie Jianshan had already stuffed the food into his palm. Lin Yuan on the other side took a look and felt that it was a little too little. He also gave them one as a gift. "You guys eat it. It's okay. We will find a way."
The young man could only manage a dry word of thanks.
Shi Yu tried to restore the food to its original state when he had almost finished eating, but unfortunately he failed. It should be the influence exerted by the Prok. The effect of backtracking was minimal. He thought in frustration that he might not have boarded the ship.
Who knows, it might even drag down the Operations Department, and judging by the current situation, he probably isn't being modest.
"Let's go to the casino." Wen Tingxu, who was always calm, said something shocking right away. Shi Yu was so frightened by his words that he almost fell off the bed. Su Yang also looked at him with a little surprise.
Su Yang frowned. She didn't think about it for too long and quickly accepted his suggestion. "I think it's okay. We don't necessarily have to place a bet. Let's wait and see."
But we'll have to wait until tomorrow to talk about this.
The situation tonight was even worse. After crawling out of the sea, the monsters grabbed them madly and their numbers increased rapidly, making them more and more difficult to deal with. The broken limbs of the monsters quickly grew back, and some were even split in two and still moving.
"This is too difficult to deal with! Isn't the journey a total of nine days? It's only the second night and it's already like this. What are we going to do next? When will that damn consciousness come out?!"
Shi Yu still had time to complain loudly while running away. He ran to the door of the stairwell, tried to open it without success, and then kicked it open with force, "Here!"
After they went downstairs, they closed the door and pushed the cabinet next to it to block the stair door. After doing all this, Shi Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't relax for long. The deep-sea monster that emerged at the end of the corridor made it impossible for him to keep smiling.
"No way..." Shi Yu wailed, but before she could even cry out, she was dragged away by Su Yang. She pulled these two useless auxiliary companions and forced her way out of the siege.
The glass in the corridor was shattered, and reptiles that looked like brain matter rushed in. The front mouthparts cracked, and hoarse and broken polyphonic screams overflowed. Wen Tingxu reacted quickly and built a new mental barrier to prevent the other two from being affected.
He frowned. "These monsters are confused, and there are too many of them. I can't control them. I'm leaving first."
But there is no road.
There were too many enclosed spaces on the cruise ship, and most of them were limited. Shi Yu was thinking about how likely it was to make a head-on breakthrough, and he was not sure whether being bitten by these monsters would have any other consequences.
Just then he heard a sound coming from the elevator behind him, a "ding" sound, followed by the sound of the sliding door opening.
Shi Yu turned his head stiffly. The unfamiliar face made the young man a little stunned. He felt vaguely familiar with it, as if he had seen it before. On the day he first boarded the ship, he saw someone lazily putting his arm around Fei's shoulder and talking incessantly.
...He remembered it seemed to be him.
The people in the elevator looked at them in surprise. After taking in the situation in the corridor, he roughly understood what had happened and said simply, "Come in."
"Okay, okay." Shi Yu knew that these monsters would not attack people from the powerful class, so he got on the elevator quickly and neatly. The door slowly closed in front of him. The special elevator for sightseeing was made of transparent one-way material, and he could clearly see the scenery outside.
As expected, the monsters stopped at that distance and showed no signs of attacking the elevator.
Shi Yu's tense nerves finally relaxed.
Beside him, Fei unhurriedly raised his hand and pressed the button for the 18th floor, then turned his head and asked casually, "Do you want to go get something to eat?"
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