Chapter 80 Mermaid Tears (4)
"No matter what," Gu Qiufeng said, "Don't touch the restaurant's food for now."
After listening to Gu Qiufeng's explanation, Yu Chiang was stunned. He was in the security industry, so he didn't see any hints. The NPC even specifically reminded him that the sashimi in the cafeteria was delicious.
"Then what should we do about our meals for the next two days?" Yu Chiang frowned slightly, "It seems that the food in the restaurant is absolutely inedible."
Some people see the food as fish, while others see the food as something else, and no one knows whether it is edible or not.
"I heard from the NPC that there is a food trader on the second floor." Gu Qiufeng said, "They won't set a dead end for the players. Let's go and take a look, maybe there are some key clues."
"By the way..." Gu Qiufeng asked, "What is your job?"
Yu Chi'ang said, "I'm patrolling in a closed room. I'm on duty these two days, and the key happens to be with me."
Gu Qiufeng smiled and said, "That's unfortunate. I also have a few keys."
He suspected that the place where Yu Chi'ang was patrolling was the same enclosed room where Gu Jiu was imprisoned that he had broken into, so he suggested that Yu Chi'ang secretly take him there after dinner.
There was nothing unusual about the restaurant except the food, so the two left and went to the second floor to find the food vendor Valco.
The other person was unkempt, with a beard that almost covered his entire face. When he looked up at the two uninvited guests, he looked downcast and dejected.
But for some reason, his eyes were particularly bright.
Gu Qiufeng said naturally: "Mr. Valco, we are here to buy food. There is no good food in the cafeteria now."
Valko stared at him coldly for a while, then said, "It's too late. My stuff is sold out. Why don't you eat the sashimi in the restaurant? Those things are sold out every day."
Gu Qiufeng said gently, "I didn't see any sashimi, only burnt and charred potatoes. Mr. Valco, working on an empty stomach is very torturous. Please have sympathy for us and sell us some of the leftovers."
Valko sneered, "There are no potatoes on the ship. The ship sells fish."
"In that case, why doesn't Mr. Valco eat fish?" Gu Qiufeng asked, "Are you allergic to seafood?"
Valko was silent for a while, obviously not intending to answer the question.
So Gu Qiufeng gave Yu Chiang a look.
In a blink, Valko felt something press against the artery on the side of his neck.
Gu Qiufeng smiled and said, "Hey, I spoke to you in a nice way, but you didn't give me face, so don't blame me for being rude."
Valko's face twitched a few times, his eyes full of disbelief: "Who are you? The crew of this ship is not allowed to carry dangerous items!"
Gu Qiufeng clapped his hands, and then said: "So, Mr. Valco, can you sell us food?"
Valko: “…”
Valco was angered by Gu Qiufeng's bandit spirit of "rob if you don't give".
He gritted his teeth: "Follow me into the house!"
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Valco, I want to ask," Gu Qiufeng followed Valco and asked eagerly, "where is the destination of our ship?"
Valko sneered: "You know nothing, and you dare to board this ship?"
Gu Qiufeng smiled and said, "I don't like the hostages being so self-righteous. Mr. Valco, please recognize your position."
Valko immediately felt the tip of the knife getting closer to his neck.
So he settled down: "I'll tell you everything."
"You didn't know about this ship, but you managed to get on board." He said, "I don't know whether you are unlucky or lucky."
Gu Qiufeng: "What do you mean? What is the final purpose of this ship?"
"Sacrifice to the Sea God." Valko said, "The people on this ship believe in a legend that as long as they sacrifice themselves to the Sea God, the Sea God will protect their souls forever."
Gu Qiufeng: “.”
The anti-fraud awareness has been greatly aroused.
Gu Qiufeng asked again: "What about the different foods seen by different people on the ship?"
A strange laugh escaped from Valkocon's throat: "It's the Sea God who is selecting believers. Some believers can receive gifts from the Sea God. If they eat the Sea God's token, their sacrifice will be successful."
Gu Qiufeng asked again: "What are those monsters imprisoned on your ship?"
Valco did not speak this time. The corners of his mouth kept twitching in a tiny arc, and suddenly he started coughing violently. Yu Chiang was startled and let Valco free from his restraints.
Valco knelt on the floor, his body twitching constantly, his bright eyes seemed to be searching for something, but before he could raise his head, a more violent coughing caused Valco to vomit, and from his throat came out one fresh, whole fish after another, still jumping on the floor.
Valco covered his throat in disbelief. After vomiting, he finally had the strength to speak.
Then a desperate groan came from his mouth: "I clearly didn't eat the food in the restaurant..."
"Oh my." Gu Qiufeng said, "It seems that the Sea God has also turned your food into a token of trust."
He held Yu Chiang with one hand and retreated silently.
Valco on the ground seemed to have turned into flowing liquid in an instant, and his entire body began to change in an unstable and strange way, gradually becoming the deep-sea pollutants that Gu Qiufeng had seen.
However, without the protection of the glass wall, Gu Qiufeng felt a burning sensation in his left eye, and the pollutant Valco on the ground turned directly into a pool of black water.
"Let's go." Gu Qiufeng pulled Yu Chiang and said, "We have to leave before others discover the murder."
"In that case," Yu Chi'ang said, "the formation of pollutants is due to eating the token given by the sea god, that is, fish. And the people on this ship are here for sacrifice...
Gu Qiufeng said: "There are also some people who are not here for sacrifice. People like us who are the staff are the sacrifices, but those behind the scenes don't have to sacrifice themselves to feed the gods."
He thought of the pollutants imprisoned in the secret room.
If all the people on the ship were faithful believers of the sea god, then the pollutants would naturally be what Valco called "successful sacrifice, immortality". If Xu Fu really brought back the elixir of immortality, Qin Shihuang would definitely treat him as a guest of honor, but these pollutants that really succeeded in "immortality" were imprisoned in the secret room that Gu Qiufeng saw, restricting their mobility.
Rather than killing the donkey after it has done its job, it seems more like someone is experimenting on guinea pigs behind the scenes.
The reason why they imprisoned him instead of killing him...
Gu Qiufeng laughed and said, "Is there anyone who wants to commit treason and imprison the God?"
There is no absolutely correct way to pass the Mermaid copy so far. The one who survives to the end is the winner, so this is the first time that Yu Chi'ang has heard such a bold plot guess.
He wanted to continue to investigate the cause, but when he turned around he found that Gu Qiufeng's face was full of anger.
This was the first time that Yu Chiang saw his senior have such obvious emotional fluctuations.
Gu Qiufeng would laugh, scold, and get angry before, but that was more of a superficial indifference.
But this time, Yu Chi'ang discovered that Gu Qiufeng seemed to be really deeply angry about something, which made him more vivid and popular than his previous mask.
So Yu Chiang did not continue to ask, but said: "Then let's find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and we should be able to pass this dungeon."
Gu Qiufeng was indeed angry.
Because from the beginning, apart from the wooden man, Gu Jiu's slices appeared in various forms without exception, all in the form of gods. There must be some tricks in this, so it is easy to guess who the sea god is in this copy? Isn't it the imprisoned Gu Jiu?
Who dares to imprison God?
A thought suddenly flashed through Gu Qiufeng's mind, and then he turned his head abruptly: "Xiaoyu, go find your safest hiding place before, and don't follow this matter anymore."
Yu Chi'ang did not listen to Gu Qiufeng this time. He shook his head seriously and said, "No matter what happens, if it is dangerous, I cannot ignore you, Senior."
Gu Qiufeng now has no dungeon NPCs to rely on, so he can only use cards to collect some ghosts that want to attack. But this skill requires points, but Gu Qiufeng now uses a lot of points to do more important things, which means that he is now restricted everywhere in this dungeon.
Yu Chi'ang couldn't possibly let Gu Qiufeng take this risk alone.
Gu Qiufeng looked at him deeply and said, "What if I say that X might also have a clone in this copy?"
Obviously, the person who could imprison Gu Jiu is X.
Gu Qiufeng couldn't help wondering, what kind of incarnation was X in the dungeon? Was it Xie Xin's appearance, or something else? What was the true appearance of X, who was in the form of another life form and had no good feelings towards humans?
Yu Chiang insisted, "Then I will follow you, Senior. If it is really X, Senior will need my company even more."
They must find the NPC who imprisons the God. This NPC is most likely the will of X, who imprisons Gu Jiu's real body in this copy. If Gu Qiufeng wants to save Gu Jiu, he will inevitably confront him.
This is a dead end with no alternative.
At this time, Gu Qiufeng said: "Maybe there are other ways so that we don't have to face X directly."
Yu Chiang hesitated and asked, "Senior, what are you talking about?"
Gu Qiufeng turned his head and looked at him: "Sacrifice me to the Sea God. After I am imprisoned in that confinement room, go find a way to save Gu Jiu."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Chiang said decisively: "No!"
"Senior, whether it is an NPC or a human player," Yu Chiang said, "once infected, they will completely turn into monsters. Can you really stay sane in this situation? Do you still remember all the plans we discussed?"
Gu Qiufeng said: "Xiaoyu, I can do it."
He said slowly: "Before I met Gu Jiu, in a sense, I was a little monster raised by monsters."
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