"Junior Brother Ye, you've also completed your solo mission? What was your solo mission?" Luo Mengxuan asked curiously.
“I entered a dream world called Misty Clouds, where I investigated an assassin organization called the Twelve Zodiacs,” Night Wind said.
"Is the investigation finished?" Luo Mengxuan asked again.
"Of course I've finished the investigation, and I killed everyone in that assassin organization, which triggered the hidden mission," Night Wind replied with a smile.
Upon hearing the words "hidden mission," Zi Yue, Chang Qingyue, and Luo Mengxuan all showed expressions of surprise.
"Didn't you trigger any hidden quests?" Night Wind asked.
"No." Luo Mengxuan shook her head.
Zi Yue and Chang Qingyue both shook their heads slightly.
Night Wind then said, "My main mission was to investigate members of the assassin organization, and my side mission was to rescue someone from the assassin organization. After I completed these two missions, the assassin organization actually sent out all its members to hunt me down, so I killed them."
"But the mission didn't require me to kill those assassins, so I killed the assassins and completed the hidden mission."
"Therefore, I think hidden quests won't give us direct hints. We might trigger and complete a hidden quest by doing something beyond the requirements of the quest itself. In other words, completing a hidden quest is equivalent to exceeding the quest's requirements."
Hearing Ye Feng say this, Luo Mengxuan finally realized what was going on.
Ye Feng smiled and looked at Luo Mengxuan, asking, "Senior Sister Luo, what is your solo mission?"
“My mission is to escort a caravan through the dream world and help them reach their destination,” Luo Mengxuan replied.
At this point, Luo Mengxuan's expression turned somewhat mournful.
"Senior Sister Luo, you seem a bit down. Did you fail to complete the mission?" Ye Feng asked in confusion.
Luo Mengxuan sighed and said, "I've completed the mission. Along the way, I encountered many assassins attacking the caravan, but they were all within my capabilities, and I eliminated them all. In the end, I successfully escorted the caravan to its destination and completed the main quest."
"But to my surprise, one of the caravan's wagons contained over a hundred thunderbolts. After the caravan arrived at its destination, the thunderbolts suddenly exploded, killing everyone in the caravan. Luckily, I dodged quickly, or I would have been injured too."
Ye Feng immediately understood why Luo Mengxuan was so depressed even after completing the mission.
Luo Mengxuan's mission was to escort the caravan to its destination, and she did just that, successfully guiding the caravan there.
In this way, the main quest is naturally completed.
However, after the caravan arrived at its destination, everyone was killed in an explosion, which greatly surprised Luo Mengxuan.
Luo Mengxuan must have had contact with the people in the caravan while carrying out her solo mission, and may even have formed friendships with them.
They died in front of Luo Mengxuan, which was naturally a heavy blow to her.
That's why, even after completing the task, Luo Mengxuan couldn't be happy.
“If Senior Sister Luo had been able to spot the Thunderbolt in the carriage earlier and remove it, perhaps you could have triggered the hidden quest and completed it, and the caravan members wouldn’t have died,” Ye Feng said, sighing.
"yes."
Luo Mengxuan nodded, her expression becoming even more sorrowful.
"Senior Sister Luo, don't be sad. It's not your fault. You didn't do anything wrong," Ye Feng said earnestly, patting Luo Mengxuan's head.
Luo Mengxuan's expression finally improved a little.
Ye Feng then looked at Zi Yue and asked, "Senior Sister Zi Yue, what is your mission?"
"My task is easy and very interesting!" Ziyue said enthusiastically.
"So what exactly is the mission?" Night Wind asked again.
Zi Yue smiled and said, "In that dream, I was a bodyguard for a rich young lady. The rich young lady fell in love with a poor scholar, so the two of them eloped together. My mission was to help them elope and escape the pursuers sent by their families."
"Your task is really good," Luo Mengxuan said sourly.
"There's nothing we can do about it, maybe it's just luck." Zi Yue laughed happily.
Chang Qingyue then asked, "So what did you do in the end?"
"It's very simple. I just took the two of them to a deserted place, and no one found us for a whole half month. So I completed the mission without even having to fight!" Ziyue said with a grin.
"Outrageous," Luo Mengxuan said.
It seems that time is different in every dream.
Night Wind carried out its mission in the Dreamland of Misty Clouds, which took only two days in total. After completing the mission, it returned here.
Ziyue spent half a month carrying out her mission in her dream. After completing the mission, she returned here and appeared at almost the same time as Yefeng.
In other words, no matter how long it takes to complete a task in the dream, it is always just a moment in the core dream.
"What about you, Senior Brother Chang?" Ziyue asked.
"My mission... I'd better not tell you," Chang Qingyue said, shaking her head.
“How could we not talk about it? We’ve already shared our experiences,” Ziyue said.
Luo Mengxuan chimed in, "Yes, Senior Brother Chang, you listened to us but didn't say anything of your own. That's too much."
"I'm afraid you'll think I'm cruel," Chang Qingyue said with a wry smile.
"What exactly happened?" Ziyue pressed.
Chang Qingyue sighed and said, "Alright, since you want to know, I'll tell you."
"My mission is rather special; it's to protect a village with a population of over five hundred. According to the mission description, three days after I arrive in the village, a group of mysterious people will poison the village."
"The condition for completing my mission is to ensure that no villager dies from the poison within seven days after the poisoning."
Hearing Chang Qingyue say this, Luo Mengxuan looked puzzled: "Senior Brother Chang, you're not an alchemist, how can you protect the poisoned villagers? They're poisoned, and you can't give them an antidote."
Zi Yue smiled and said, "It's actually very simple. Just kill all the mysterious people when they try to poison us, so their poisoning attempt fails! Senior Brother Chang, that's what you did, right?"
Chang Qingyue remained silent.
Just then, Ye Feng suddenly said, "Actually, there is an even simpler way."
"What method?" Luo Mengxuan asked immediately.
Zi Yue also looked curiously at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng glanced at Chang Qingyue before continuing, "Once we reach that village, we just need to kill all the villagers."
"What!"
Zi Yue and Luo Mengxuan were both stunned.
Night Wind patiently explained, "The mission requires that the villagers not die from the poison within seven days of it being administered. In that case, we should kill all the villagers from the very beginning. That way, there will be no living villagers, so naturally no villagers will be poisoned, and no villagers will die from the poison."
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