Chapter 16: The System's Evil Intentions

Chapter 16: The System's Evil Intentions

After coming out of that game, the wound should have healed long ago. Lu Zhenqiu, who got the Mermaid Princess character card, deliberately burned himself again in order to let Chu Chengan know that it was him...

At this moment, Chu Cheng'an had no idea that the wound would heal automatically after passing the level. All he could think about now was that the mermaid princess was Lu Zhenqiu. No wonder his eyes looked so familiar when he saved him last time.

Now his eyes are still bright, even if he is standing on the opposite side, he does not seem discouraged...

Wait, what should I do in this case?

Chu Chengan turned to Yan Qing and said, "Hannah, this mermaid princess is our teammate. Let's not fight for a while, let's discuss what to do next."

Yan Qing behind them: "..."

It looked like this was the first time she encountered such a situation. How did she end up in the enemy camp when she was supposed to be a teammate?

Lu Zhenqiu himself didn't look too worried and soaked in the water as if he was in a hot spring.

Chu Chengan wondered if this person had read the original novel. Did he know the ending of The Little Mermaid?

I just heard Lu Zhenqiu say: "I always feel that the mermaid princess in the original book is a little too weak."

"Ah?" Is Lu Zhenqiu going to start storytelling?

There was still no emotion in his voice. Lu Zhenqiu spoke slowly and calmly: "If you ask me, I wouldn't drink any potion to turn into a human. Being a fish is not bad. Humans in this world are not much better than animals."

Yan Qing: Weird and frivolous!

Chu Chengan was thinking, why did he suddenly say this?

Now that all the teammates are together, shouldn't we get together to talk about our past experiences and share information to see if there is any way for everyone to pass the level?

"Anyway..." Chu Cheng'an spoke to ease the atmosphere, "Why don't you ask the soldiers of your underwater kingdom to stop? Stop hitting us, and retreat back to the sea first, okay?"

Lu Zhenqiu looked disdainful, and it was obvious that he was unwilling.

The mermaid princess had a nice voice, but what she said was: "We can't stop them. The seabed is no longer habitable. Humans have been killing us, running rampant above our territory for many years, plundering our resources, and poisoning the place where we live. The grudge between the two tribes is long-standing. As adventurers from the outside world, what right do we have to interfere in the normal fight between the two tribes?"

"Well, what you said seems to make sense. We can't really be considered the human camp. At most, we are adventurers who came to another world and have lived here for a few months... From what you said, it seems that our mission is to resolve the conflicts between the two camps?"

Yan Qing couldn't help it at this time: "Can you please stop making things more dramatic for yourselves? Stop the conflict between the two races? Who has time to do such a big thing? The system has never issued this task to us. It's useless to do it. After you are done, the system will not let you pass and return to the original world. The real condition for passing the level can only be..."

Yan Qing couldn't continue, so Chu Cheng'an continued, "So what do you think we should do? Should we really follow the plot in the picture book? Let our partner drink the medicine and then turn into foam?"

"..." Yan Qing stopped talking. This Chu Chengan was too naive. It was obvious that he had never lost a teammate and had never been beaten by the system. But she was different. She knew very well that she would die if she failed to complete the task, just like her teammate who was eliminated in the previous level.

She had three teammates in the previous level. Since she knew about the prop replacement of teammates, she must have replaced a teammate. She also watched a teammate die.

Anyway, in a while, the system rabbit will come to warn them without her having to wait for her to speak first.

Chu Chengan suggested, "Let's not stand outside in the cold wind. It will be bad if human soldiers pass by here on patrol soon. The warriors in the sea will also come over slowly, right?"

The mermaid princess raised her eyebrows: "So, where do you want to go to chat?"

"As invaders from another world, we must secretly discuss things that cannot be discovered by people in this world. I remember there is a prayer room on the top floor of the castle, which is used by the king to confess. No one will go there at this critical moment."

"I can't go." Lu Zhenqiu shook his big tail twice.

"...Can you not live without water at all?"

"Not really. I can leave for more than an hour, but if I don't have time to soak in the water afterwards, I will be dried up and turned into a mermaid."

Chu Chengan said seriously, "There is a big pond under the statue in the prayer room. Let me carry you over there. We really can't stay here any longer."

Lu Zhenqiu looked up at him: "How do I know you're not trying to trick me out and kill me? After all, if I die you can pass the level."

"Lu...Mermaid, you have to believe me!"

“…”

"Have you forgotten the last time we defeated the old witch together? You saved me, and I owe you a favor. I will definitely repay you tenfold or a hundredfold in the future."

Lu Zhenqiu felt that Chu Chengan had already repaid the favor a long time ago, and didn't know why he brought it up again now.

Even though he was thinking this in his heart, his hands still involuntarily chose to believe Chu Chengan.

Chu Cheng'an picked up the mermaid princess, and under Yan Qing's strange gaze, they avoided the sight of the soldiers and the underwater creatures all the way, climbed up hundreds of stairs, and finally came to the prayer room they had just mentioned.

Yan Qing thought, they actually wanted to go, instead of...

There is such a good opportunity ahead...

The door of the prayer room opened with a push. It was bright outside now, and once the heavy wooden door was opened, light could shine in and the entire scene inside could be seen clearly.

Chu Chengan quickly put the mermaid princess into the big pool inside.

Above the big pond there is indeed a statue of a god standing there majestically.

Lu Zhenqiu: "Eh? Isn't this a mermaid statue? Is this enshrined in the prayer room of your human king? Is he still confessing in there?"

Chu Chengan followed his gaze and looked upwards. There was indeed a female mermaid statue made of high-quality stone. It was his first time to come to this prayer room. He had only heard about it from others before. So he had no idea what the king was worshipping or who he was confessing to.

"I don't know. I'm just his adopted son. It's not my fault if he does something bad."

Lu Zhenqiu and Yan Qing: "..."

"Let's not talk about him anymore. Just like Yan Qing said before, saving the world is too far-fetched for the three of us. We are not saviors who have too much free time. After all, this is also a fairy tale world. Maybe everything is fake. What is there to save?"

"So what do you want to do?" Lu Zhenqiu asked him.

"Of course, we need to find a way to finish this game quickly and get out of here. Didn't we have to stop the wedding halfway through? If we finish the wedding, will we receive the next task prompt?"

Yan Qing laughed at his naivety and stupidity in her heart, but he would not accept the reality unless she did some useless work once, so she just let him suffer for now.

There is a statue here, and the statue looks like the ancestor of the mermaid princess. It seems that it is not impossible to make a wedding declaration here to a strange statue.

It's just that Lu Zhenqiu is a little unhappy. He wags his tail to show that he is not in a good mood.

"Does this really work? If the plot doesn't progress after you take the oath, do you plan to go to the bridal chamber again?"

Yan Qing couldn't stand it anymore: "Why are you so gloomy?"

She turned around and said to Chu Chengan, "Didn't you praise him for being so great? From the beginning of the game till now, he hasn't shown anything great about himself."

It's just a pretty mermaid decoration. If she were in his shoes, she would be able to do it too.

Lu Zhenqiu smiled and said, "I am very good. I can read people's minds. Can you? I have read a lot of your thoughts. From the beginning till now, you have been thinking about how to kill me so that you can finish the game in the most convenient way."

"you……!"

Chu Chengan interrupted them: "Stop quarreling." They were all his teammates, how could he treat them equally?

At this moment, the system actually came to the rescue. Chu Chengan really did not expect that the system, which never interfered with other people's affairs, would actually interfere in the quarrels between players.

The rabbit sat on the head of the mermaid statue.

"You guys are definitely the worst group of players I've ever coached, at this level."

Three people: "..."

"How much time has passed since I released the first mission? Are you three planning to stay here for the New Year and not do any more missions?"

This... There is no need to celebrate the New Year in a foreign country...

"Hmph, I'll give you one more chance. I'll make an exception with great reluctance. If you continue to slack off and refuse to do your mission, I'll kill you all."

After saying this, the rabbit stood up, jumped up, and disappeared.

Eh…?

Chu Chengan touched his head. What was his mission? He turned to look at Yan Qing and Lu Zhenqiu. Their eyes seemed to confirm how to complete their mission quickly.

Only Chu Cheng'an's eyes were still confused.

Suddenly, Yan Qing took out a small dagger that she had carried with her at some point in her life, and before Chu Cheng'an could even reach out to stop her, she threw it towards Lu Zhenqiu's face.

The princess of the West tried out the unique Eastern skill, Xiaoyan Flying Knife.

She probably also knew that she would not be able to gain an advantage in close combat. She was on land while the other man was in the water. If she was swept into the pool, Lu Zhenqiu could sink her into the lake in just a few moves.

Lu Zhenqiu was not to be outdone. He leaned sideways and narrowly snatched the weapon thrown by Yan Qing. Although he was in the water, he could still use his tail to create quite a few waves. Those waves seemed to be able to obediently splash towards Yan Qing, soaking Yan Qing from head to toe.

Chu Chengan quickly jumped into the water and hugged Lu Zhenqiu: "Don't hit her, don't hit a girl."

Lu Zhenqiu gritted his teeth and said, "Idiot! Didn't you see who started it first?"

Chu Chengan wanted to say, she can't beat you, so can you please stop doing it?