Alvia looked at Zhou Zhou, who was full of doubts, and curled the corners of his mouth: "They should not be the real people."
Zhou Zhou lowered his head and thought for a while, then stretched his head to look at the two people in the sea. Shirley and Keli were shouting for help at the two people. Their appearance, clothing, and expressions were exactly the same as the two people he knew. If there was nothing on their heads, no one would be able to tell them apart.
"Zhou Zhou, please let the rope down quickly. The sea is so cold."
"Yeah, Zhou Zhou, are you going to watch us die in the sea?"
Seeing that they were indifferent, the two people in the sea shouted even more desperately.
"Do you want to save him?" Elvia asked, glancing at Zhou Zhou's curious eyes.
Zhou Zhou did not answer, but asked loudly to the two people below: "Have you seen Shirley and Keli? Where are they?"
Since these two people can become their appearance, maybe they have seen them before. Moreover, there were no health bars on their heads, which meant they were not players, but something in the dungeon. But why did they only ask him for help when they asked for help, but ignored Al who was next to him?
Although according to Shirley and Keli's personalities, they would definitely ask him for help if they encountered such a situation, after all, they are more familiar with him.
But if these two fake people read the player's memory, they should also know Al's name and ask him for help.
But their attitude at this time made Zhou Zhou suspect that these two people had either heard Shirley and Keli talk about him, or had been with them before, so they were very familiar with the reactions of the two when they asked for help.
Of course, there is another possibility, that these two people are just their fantasy, and the scene is imagined by themselves.
Zhou Zhou wasn't sure which possibility it was, so he could only tentatively ask the two fake parties involved.
"What are you talking about? We are right here."
Shirley looked at Zhou Zhou in disbelief, full of confusion and bewilderment, as if she was shocked at how he could do such a thing as watching his companion die.
Zhou Zhou looked at the two and shouted again: "Okay, then let me ask another question, Shirley, do you like Keli?"
Shirley below was stunned, as if she didn't expect Zhou Zhou to ask such a strange question. After a few seconds, she said, "I like him. After all, he is my brother, my family."
'Koli' who was standing by heard 'Shirley's' reply but did not react at all. He still looked at the people above, anxiously waiting for rescue.
Zhou Zhou nodded: "Have you met Shirley and Keli?"
The two people below frowned at the same time. Why are these two people so difficult to deal with? How many times do they have to ask the same question?
"Zhou Zhou, don't you remember us? I am Shirley."
"They don't tell the truth." Zhou Zhou turned to Elvia and said distressedly.
Alvia looked at the people below who were shivering in the cold sea water and said coldly: "Since they won't tell the truth, let them stay down there."
The two people soaked in the sea water kept shouting with urgent expressions and earnest voices. Even Shirley almost drowned due to exhaustion, and was finally saved by Keli who tried his best. Anyone who sees such a scene will be moved, but the attention of the two people above has long been elsewhere.
"Where did Shirley and the others go?" Zhou Zhou's face was full of worry.
If he had seen people in distress before, Zhou Zhou would save them regardless of whether they had problems or not. But now it's different. Not to mention that they have the same faces as their companions, the fact that they don't tell the truth is enough to show that there is something wrong with these two people. If they are rescued, they might do something bad to him and Al.
Moreover, the two people below looked exhausted. Zhou Zhou had already noticed that they were breathing heavily and their expressions did not change at all. The look of exhaustion in the sea was completely pretended.
"They should have been teleported to other places. Don't worry. Maybe they have already reached an island or a ship. It is impossible for the copy to block all the roads right from the start. And even if they have been eliminated, we can only clear the level first."
What Zhou Zhou could discover, Elvia had also discovered long ago. He didn't even look down, but stared at the sky in the distance, while casually comforting Zhou Zhou.
After a long time, the two people below saw that they ignored them and gradually stopped calling for help, staring at the two people on the boat with expressionless faces.
The expression on his face was no longer as lively as when he called for help just now, and it was as stiff as if covered with a layer of wax. The facial expressions of the two people gradually became blurred, as if they were melted by the sea. The edges and corners of their bodies also gradually became blurred and deformed, and finally they melted silently into the sea. The cries for help not long ago seemed to be just an illusion of Zhou Zhou and Elvia.
The sea was surging, and waves were hitting the hull. All they could hear were the surging sea water and the whistling cold wind. Apart from that, it seemed as if there was only this ship and the two of them in this sea.
The person who suddenly appeared suddenly melted and disappeared in the sea. Alvia looked indifferently at the deep blue sea with a gleam in his eyes. Then he said to Zhou Zhou: "Let's go in first."
Although the countdown had stopped long ago, both of their countdowns stopped at 55 minutes and had not changed since then. The health value didn't change much, but it would still decrease at a speed invisible to the naked eye when the weather was cold. Elvia intuitively felt that the two values above his head would definitely play a big role in the dungeon, so he should try to prevent them from decreasing.
Zhou Zhou took a last look at the sea, waved his hand and said goodbye to the sea. It was not known whether he was addressing the sea or the two people who melted into the sea. Then he and Elvia entered the cabin without looking back.
The sky was getting darker and darker, with lead-gray clouds covering the sky. The wind on the sea was bitingly fierce, and the sea, which had been calm not long ago, was now becoming rough. Elvia and Zhou Zhou sat in the warm cabin, looking at the scenery outside the window with calm faces.
Even though the ghost ship kept shaking and even made a humming sound due to the extremely cold wind, it sounded like the sobbing of the ship, or like a resentful curse.
Zhou Zhou sat quietly by the window. After reading the rest of the log, he stared at the scenery outside the window. Even though the sea looked like it was going to swallow up this old and worn-out ship, in his eyes, everything was new. He was used to the colorful flowers and green willows and clear skies on campus, so the deep-toned seascape in front of him was even more shocking.
Every angle is a different scenery, which you never get tired of seeing. Zhou Zhou looked out the window and suddenly thought that the scenery in every copy he encountered was different. There are so many gorgeous scenery in the game world, so what about outside? What is the world like outside?
NPC Zhou Zhou, who had previously only wanted to conceal his identity and survive in this new game world, suddenly had an idea. Is there any way that could allow him to leave the Nightmare City and go to the outside world?
He wanted to see the outside world with his own eyes.
There was infinite brilliance in Zhou Zhou's eyes. He not only wanted to live well, but also wanted to get out, just like everyone else, get out of here!
Elvia leaned her head with a distracted look, feeling Zhou Zhou's sudden rise in fighting spirit. She followed his gaze and looked out the window without knowing why...but saw nothing.
He was calculating the time. It had been fifty-five minutes since they entered the copy, or from the moment the countdown appeared. Since the countdown was limited to sixty minutes, there would definitely be changes after an hour.
Either the sign above the head disappears, or a new task is released.
Time passed by minute by minute. Both of them were very patient people. Finally, an hour passed. Elvia, who had been calculating the time, immediately looked above Zhou Zhou's head.
There was no change in the countdown and health value, but there was a new prompt on the task panel.
Elvia tapped the table with her index finger. It seemed that the next tasks would still be related to time or health points.
Zhou Zhou thought for a long time about how he could get out of the game world, but he couldn't think of any way. After all, everyone could log off with just one click, and he had pressed that button before, but it was of no use. Was there any other way?
It was not until he heard the prompt from the task panel that he came to his senses and opened the task panel.
The new main quest has been released above.
[Main mission: Find the most valuable item on this ship. 】
He and Elvia looked at each other, and after asking, he found that their main tasks were the same, so it seemed to be the same thing.
"Aren't we waiting for Shirley and Keli?" Zhou Zhou asked.
They had always done missions happily together with everyone before, but this time they were separated from the very beginning. Zhou Zhou was really worried. After all, the relationship between him and these two people was more than just companions. One was his girlfriend and the other was his boyfriend, so he was very worried about both of them.
Alvia glanced out the window: "They were either eliminated because they were still immersed in the seawater for more than an hour, or they are somewhere else, maybe they have started their mission."
According to the current situation, there are indeed only these two possibilities. Zhou Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Then they must be the second one."
"Well, let's do the mission first, maybe we'll see each other later."
Elvia stood up and looked around the small captain's cabin. If he had to look for the most valuable things, he would have to look here first, as well as the warehouse and other cabins.
However, everyone has different standards for defining the highest value.
"What do you think is the most valuable thing?"
Zhou Zhou had already been searching in the table and drawers. When he heard what Alvia said, he turned his head and thought for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Love?"
Elvia: "...No, that's not what I mean. What we are looking for in the mission should be something tangible."
"Oh." Zhou Zhou nodded, then thought about it, "Money?"
He knew that everyone outside liked money, just like in Nightmare City, everyone liked points and hoped to have more points. They were all similar.
Alvia was startled, as if he had not expected Zhou Zhou to be so pragmatic. The smile on his face was fleeting, and he commented seriously, "It is said that there will be a lot of treasures such as gold coins on the ghost ship. Maybe that is our mission target."
"Ghost ship? Is there a ghost on this ship?" Zhou Zhou's focus is always different from others, and he is very attached to something.
"I don't know, maybe there will be."
"That's great. I hope the ghost on the ship won't become that big, or it will be hard to catch."
“…I don’t think so.”
While the two chatted, they searched everywhere in the captain's cabin. Zhou Zhou even crawled under the bed to look, but there were very few personal belongings here, and not many valuable things.
So far, all I have found here is an antique lighter, a cigar, and a white handkerchief embroidered with a pink pattern.
From the first two things we can tell that the captain of this ship is a man. After all, to be a captain, one must be experienced, so the captain is at least 40 years old and likes to smoke cigars. But why was he wearing such an elegant handkerchief?
"I know, it must be his girlfriend's." Zhou Zhou looked certain.
Alvia looked at the three things on the table. Indeed, either the captain was a delicate and somewhat mysophobic person, or the handkerchief belonged to his wife.
These three items did not seem to be of very high value, and when they were touched, there was no reaction on the task panel. It seemed that they had to look for them somewhere else.
After placing the three things on the table, Elvia opened the door of the captain's cabin and protected Zhou Zhou as they walked down the stairs.
With every step they took, the wooden boards under their feet not only creaked, but they could even feel them shaking. It was not because of the sea that they were shaking, but because the boards had become rotten and could not support their weight.
The two men walked to the cabin at the back. The ship had two floors. The second floor was the captain's cabin and the wheelhouse, and the first floor was the passenger cabin. There should also be a cargo hold at the bottom. There were only two of them, so they could only search slowly one place at a time.
When they entered the cabin, they found that it was just like the captain's cabin. Not only was the temperature suitable, but everything they saw was also brand new.
There was even a red carpet on one side of the corridor, and the doors of several rooms were marked with golden numbers, from 101 to 106, a total of six rooms. Every door was also brand new, as if if they went up and knocked on the door now, the guests who had lived here before would open the door with either a complaint or a smile.
Zhou Zhou shrugged his nose and sniffed around the corridor like a puppy, then turned to Alvia who was parked at the door of the cabin and asked, "Do you smell a nice aroma?"
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