Yan Jue covered his face and calmed down for a few seconds. After a while, he found his voice and looked at Pan Wencheng and said, "You said I should tell Noel now that this is just a fictional novel and not a real biography, okay?"
Pan Wencheng: “…”
"You mean, you told Noel it was a biography?" he repeated, then asked tentatively, "Did you add any qualifiers?"
Yan Jue shook his head angrily.
You have to remember, when he gave the gift, it was still just a game. In a game, players' moral standards and integrity are completely thrown aside, without a trace of nostalgia. He considers himself a player who abides by the rules, but he also easily pulls off the necessary boasting and exaggeration, without any hesitation. How could he have imagined how the game's characters would end up becoming reality?
He had just coaxed the angry Noel into peace and secretly promised him that he would never lie to him again. Now, in just a few minutes, he was going to be slapped in the face?
What's even worse is that after Noel took out the book, given his obsession with power, Yan Jue always felt that Noel forgave him so quickly just now because he wanted to ask him questions about the book, not because he was honest that they were not in the same world!
Pan Wencheng also had a headache.
You definitely can't lie. Who among them knows how to cultivate immortality? Using the knowledge in novels to deceive people is just repeating the content of the book in a different way, and it won't really work.
Sighing, he could only say, "To be honest, we can't come up with a cultivation method. If we agree now, it will cause more trouble later."
Yan Jue also had this idea, but... his favorability might be ruined.
If you stick your head out, you'll get a knife. If you hide your head, you'll get a knife too. Yan Jue simply stopped thinking about it and said to the phone, "I'm sorry, Noel, I don't know how to cultivate immortality. Cultivating immortality is a fictional power system in my world. It doesn't really exist. This book is also fictional. The genre is called a novel."
He stared at the screen nervously, and then saw that the originally excited Noel wilted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
To his surprise, Noel was not surprised, nor was he angry after being deceived. He said nothing, but just pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and silently held the book in his arms. His tail curled up, and he looked very sad.
Yan Jue was a little panicked, and hurriedly comforted him: "But maybe in the future, it will be possible. Think about it, we are not from the same world, so maybe people from other worlds will come in the future. Maybe we can meet someone from the world of cultivation?"
The next kid can draw after his favorability reaches 100. What if he gets lucky and really draws a cultivation world? It can't be that all the people are from the Noel world.
The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. Convinced by his own guess, Yan Jue seriously tried to divert Nuoer's attention: "If other people come in the future, Nuoer can make friends with them and let them teach you. Besides, there are many other ways to become stronger in this world besides cultivating immortals."
Noel finally reacted. He flicked his tail, raised his eyes, and asked uncertainly, "Really? Is there really a way for mermen to become stronger besides singing?"
Yan Jue and Pan Wencheng were both stunned.
After exchanging a glance, Yan Jue concealed his inner turmoil and lowered his head to answer, "Indeed. Besides singing, you can also use your physical strength to learn martial arts techniques, use tools and drugs to induce sleep, and employ tactics to circumvent bloodshed... There are so many different methods, there's always one that suits you."
"Teacher doesn't know how to cultivate immortality, but he does understand a little bit of the above."
Noel was thoughtful.
He didn't say anything, but from Yan Jue's perspective, the golden notifications at the top of the screen, indicating increasing favorability, continued like fireworks. Although each time was only a fraction of a second—it was the first time Yan Jue had heard of favorability with decimals—it was indeed increasing.
He continued to speculate, "The principle of singing is to use sound waves, or rather, to attach power to sound waves to attack the enemy. Is there a rule in your country that requires singing to activate power? If not, then singing as a form of expression can be avoided completely."
[Noel Favorability +6]
The favorability level has exceeded eighty!
Yan Jue's eyes lit up. "If Noel is interested in this, I can buy you some books on the subject. Or you can tell me about the manifestations of your race's power, and I'll work with you to find a solution. With strength in numbers, we can always solve it."
Noel had already left the shell bed and swam to the front of the screen, staring at Yan Jue intently, without blinking, as if he was observing Yan Jue's expression through the screen to confirm the truthfulness of what he said.
Being looked at like this, Yan Jue couldn't help but get nervous.
"Then I'll ask the teacher to help me buy some books." Noel suddenly smiled sweetly, "Thank you, teacher."
"You're welcome."
Yan Jue, bewildered by the smile, at least retained some rationality. He remembered that the gifts for the cub had to be purchased with points. He didn't know how many points the books would cost, and whether he had enough, so he didn't dare to make any promises and left himself some wiggle room: "It will take some time to collect the books, but I promise that I will get them all for you as soon as possible. It won't be too long."
Noel nodded vigorously: "Okay, I'll wait for the teacher."
After chatting for a while, Yan Jue said he would go find a book and come see him tomorrow, then he breathed a sigh of relief and exited the game.
When he looked up, he saw Pan Wencheng looking at him with burning eyes. Yan Jue understood why he was like that, and he also needed someone to discuss it with to verify his guess.
He spoke first: "I used to think that Noel liked power because mermaids are naturally cruel and warlike. I didn't expect it was because he couldn't sing."
If he could use "singing", then Noel's performance just now would not be so lost, as if the sky had suddenly darkened and there was no hope.
"Yes, if there was a way out, then he wouldn't be so concerned about cultivating immortality. After all, it's a system he's never encountered before, so it's normal that he can't learn it. He should have been mentally prepared for it, instead of holding on to the expectation of success."
Pan Wencheng agreed with Yan Jue's statement and asked, "You just mentioned the nature of mermaids? Did Noel tell you, or did the game introduce the power system and races of the Atlantis continent?"
The expert group was extremely curious about the other world, and they didn't want to miss any tiny bit of information. They didn't dare to rashly ask Yan Jue to ask Noel directly. Now everything depended on Noel's favorability. They could only glean some clues from his conversations with Yan Jue.
Yan Jue smiled bitterly: "No."
"The game is completely dead. Besides the basic beginner tips, there's nothing else. And when Noel first emerged from the egg, he acted like a one or two-year-old child. Curious about everything, he didn't understand anything, and he acted on instinct, crying if you weren't paying attention."
"I was caring and considerate in every way, and was almost online 24 hours a day, which barely raised Noel's favorability. After that, Noel seemed to have really grown up, gradually becoming sensible and able to communicate fluently."
"But every time I met him, I just taught him about the game objects, told him stories, and gave him gifts. I treated him like a paper fish, thinking it was just a setting in the game. How could I possibly ask him about the other continent?"
In the first half month, he was no different from a new dad, so he had such deep feelings for Noel.
"As for nature..."
Yan Jue coughed lightly. "Isn't that how some foreign stories or domestic novels are set up? Mermaids abroad use their singing to confuse ships at sea, and mermaids in China weep and turn their tears into pearls, weaving mermaid silk and so on."
Pan Wencheng: “…I see.”
It seems that he needs to brush up on some common sense as a young person.
"Then it seems your guess is correct. Noel's power should also be singing, but for some reason, he can't sing." Pan Wencheng got back to the point: "That's why he's so obsessed with things that can make him stronger."
They have a guess, and now they just have to wait for Noel to confirm their guess.
Yan Jue also realized it, and even thought of more: "No wonder he only gave me one point of favorability when I gave him the kitchen knife, but gave me five points when I gave him the Thirty-Six Strategies."
In the ocean, a kitchen knife is useless except for chopping kelp and slicing sashimi. Mermaids' speed doesn't mean the seawater has no resistance. A single swing of the knife can hit someone in the neck. It's better not to use this weapon. On the other hand, books like "Thirty-Six Strategies" that improve one's intelligence are much more useful.
Pan Wencheng couldn't help but laugh. "True. If the mermaid's body is very strong and has magical abilities, then ordinary weapons are obviously useless."
"Xiao Jue, you just said you wanted to give him a book. Why don't you go take a look now? We can give you a reference."
Yan Jue nodded and switched to the mall page.
The shopping mall page is still simple. Eighteen product boxes are neatly arranged on one page, and the items inside are all kinds of things. What's more, the serial number at the bottom of the page is "1/∞"
There is no last page, only an "infinity" symbol!
When Yan Jue first saw it, he was stunned, thinking it was a parody of the game. However, after he flipped through more than a thousand pages out of curiosity and still couldn't finish it, he was completely convinced. Although the products in it are just various things you would see in real life, it is amazing that they could build such a comprehensive resource library.
Yan Jue clicked on the search, thought for a moment, and searched for the word "sound waves". Various books, toys, and tools related to sound waves instantly appeared on the page.
Pan Wencheng is becoming more and more interested in the real producer of this game.
Yan Jue, who studied finance in college, knew nothing about this kind of thing. He could only follow the instructions of the expert group to select suitable and useful books, ranging from introductory to advanced, and he picked out a total of twenty books.
The points required to buy a book range from 1 to 5, depending on its value. It's not too expensive, but Yan Jue is poor and only has sixteen points in total.
"I don't save points. I only earn points when I see something I like." Yan Jue scratched his cheek and explained embarrassedly, "There's nothing in this game that requires spending points except for sending gifts. And since you can't spend real money, I just go with the flow."
There really isn't a game in this world that allows you to play for free without having to earn points.
Pan Wencheng soothed him, "It's okay. Go play a few games. Buy those introductory books and send them to Noel first. There's no rush. He needs time to digest them."
At this point, Pan Wencheng tilted his head, listened to what was said in the headset, looked at Yan Jue and said, "Xiao Jue, can you help us search for a few things?"
Yan Jue naturally agreed.
Then he felt a little nervous, because the things Pan Wencheng talked about were all high-end machines that ordinary people like him could hardly understand.
After searching, the results were not very satisfactory, because none of the ones mentioned by Pan Wencheng were found.
The expert team continued to probe: "What about mobile phones, televisions, refrigerators, etc."
Just search and you’ll find it.
Yan Jue scratched his head, not quite understanding the judging mechanism of the game.
Pan Wencheng and the others were not discouraged. They quickly passed over the topic and let Yan Jue go and play games.
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