Chapter 25: The Horror Cruise Nicholas Zai Zai.
There were a few ships moored at the port, the water transport merchants had stopped working, and the people in the royal city had put down their work.
At this time, countless people surrounded the port, forming a long dragon, just to see the king and the little prince off and welcome the little prince back as soon as possible.
More than half of the army's soldiers were dispatched to maintain order at the scene.
The sea was rough and unfathomable. A huge ship was quietly anchored on the shore. It was the Pharaoh.
The Pharaoh is the most luxurious and ancient cruise ship in the Star Sea Continent. It was originally a warship owned by the Nicholas clan. After the Nicholas clan was destroyed, it was handed over to the kingdom along with the little prince Rongrong.
There is a black goat logo on the cruise ship, and Nicholas's nickname is "Black Goat".
There are nearly 10,000 people heading to the deep sea ghost cave this time, and half of them are soldiers. The five classes of citizens in the Star Sea Continent, from the king, ministers, princes and nobles to the common people and the lower class, have all selected the most elite talents to embark on the journey of the Pharaoh.
In the past, the inferior race would not have been qualified to board the Pharaoh, but the enemy they were going to fight this time was the inferior race.
Only the lowly race understand the lowly race better. The lowly race in the deep-sea ghost den is a traitor, while the lowly race on the Pharaoh is a group of extremely docile lambs tamed by the kingdom, and they are willing to work for the Louis Dynasty until their death.
What's more, their families and relatives are all in the Star Sea Continent, so there is no possibility of betrayal.
Gu Rong is the little prince, of noble status. He wears a mask with feathers inserted in it, which covers his fair and tender face, making it difficult for people to see the little prince's true appearance.
Louis XIII held Gu Rong's hand, and the two, one big and one small, boarded the cruise ship together.
This scene moved the people present. Everyone's eyes were filled with tears and they bid farewell with tears. It can be said to be a world-famous painting.
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Gu Rong looked at the people bidding farewell with tears in their eyes, puzzled: [Huh? Why are they all crying at Rong Rong?]
006: [They were probably excited to see the Little Prince. The Xinghai Continent is in turmoil right now, and the Little Prince rarely shows up. They only know about the Little Prince, but few have seen him in person.]
Gu Rong said "Oh" and his attention was quickly drawn to the tall and luxurious cruise ship in front of him.
Gu Rong widened his eyes, opened his mouth in surprise, and exclaimed "Wow".
One of his soft and chubby little hands was held by Louis XIII, and with the other hand he stretched out a short finger and pointed at the warship in front of him.
The little one loves this kind of cool stuff the most. He speaks in a tender voice and enviously says, "Rongrong wants it too!"
“…”
Louis XIII's foot slipped slightly as he stepped onto the stairs, but fortunately he managed to keep his balance and avoid losing his composure in public.
Children are carefree, so Louis XIII naturally would not bother with a two-year-old cub, but the minister next to him did not think so.
The minister who was walking behind the two of them was the one who wanted to sentence people to death. When he heard what Gu Rong said, his face became slightly solemn.
Sure enough, the little prince had become disloyal. Before he even took the baby back, he was already thinking about taking back the warship of their Nicholas family. If he took the baby back, the two brothers would join forces, and if they were instigated by the lowly creatures, they might not only take back the Pharaoh, but also take back the political power.
Gu Rong didn't know what the ministers thought, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
He has no idea what kind of regime it is.
Gu Rong was only interested in the warship in front of him.
He immediately used the copy card to secretly copy a Pharaoh and put it into the system backpack without anyone noticing.
When put into the system backpack, it is a 1:1 scaled-down battleship model, but when it is taken out, it will be another identical Pharaoh battleship.
006 said: [Congratulations to the host for completing the initial mission and obtaining 10,000 points.]
Gu Rong: [Hmm!]
With the cruise ship and points in hand, Gu Rong was so happy that she shook her head and jumped up and down, and the curly wig on her head bounced along with it.
Louis XIII glanced at him slightly sideways.
The little hand in his hand was very soft. Louis XIII was in a heavy mood, not knowing what he was thinking. He pinched the little hand, unconsciously using it as a stress-relieving toy.
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Gu Rong is an NPC, different from the players. Not every copy is like "Mental Hospital" where he enters the game with the players.
On the fifth day after the Pharaoh set sail, players logged into the game and the dungeon officially began.
After all, the infinite dungeon is about players clearing the dungeon, and the plot follows the players. Before the players log in to the game, the live broadcast room is not opened and there are no audiences, so naturally everything is calm.
The plot slowly unfolds after the player logs into the game.
At the same time, the identity card of [Nicholas Zaizai] lit up and turned from gray to gold, indicating that this NPC was triggered.
At this time, Gu Rong was staying in the first-class cabin room, playing with the threads on the quilt on the bed out of boredom.
Through the porthole, you can see the sea and sky connecting outside, with seagulls circling in the air.
006 said: [Little host, the [Nicholas Zizi] ID card has been unlocked and is also on the ship. We can use this ID card now.]
Despite his young age, Gu Rong is very good at grasping the key points: [Zizi is on the boat, so why are we going to pick him up?]
006 said: [The little host is right. It seems that picking up the cub is just a pretext. Retrieving the Soul Ring is the real purpose of the Royal City.]
Going to pick up the baby with such a grand show is like treating the baby as a target, and they're not afraid that the fifth-class people will kill the baby.
Gu Rong patted himself: [Here, baby! No, baby!]
What he meant was that the baby is still here and he can’t get to the baby!
006 smiled and said, "Little host, should we use the [Nicholas Zizi] ID card to see what's going on with Zizi?"
Both NPCs are played by Gu Rong, but there is only one Gu Rong. When the identity card of [Nicholas Zaizai] lights up, this NPC will be unlocked and the relevant plot will be automatically completed by the system.
When Gu Rong used the Nicholas Rongrong ID card, the system took over Nicholas Zizi, and vice versa. The system could only maintain the most basic speech and behavior, like a puppet. To others, it might just be an overly quiet and taciturn child.
Gu Rong jumped out of bed and said in a crisp, adult-like voice, "Well, Rongrong is already bored here!"
As a little prince, he cannot show up in public casually and can only stay in his room most of the time.
Because of the fear of being assassinated by the fifth-class citizens, the room was strictly guarded.
These days, Gu Rong had basically no contact with anyone other than the maids Daisy and Anna.
The king and his ministers would come to visit him once every morning, noon and evening as a routine.
Gu Rong is a lively cub, so it is impossible for him to stay in the house all the time. He immediately changed into the identity card of [Nicholas Zizi].
[Nicholas Rongrong] was in idle state, taken over by the system, and fell asleep, sleeping soundly in bed.
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The people of Xinghai Continent are divided into five classes, and the Pharaoh is also divided into five classes of cabins.
The king, the princes, the ministers, and some high-ranking officers and soldiers all lived in the first-class cabins. The nobles lived in the first-class cabins, while the first- and second-class cabins were for the other officers and crew members.
Commoners, the poor and the lower class were crowded in the third and lower class cabins.
At this time, Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao had already met in a large bunk bed in the third-class cabin.
The two followed Mu Xingye into the game and saw the background introduction of the copy. They were very sure that one of Nicholas Rongrong and Nicholas Zizi must be Gu Rong.
Both of them are civilians, ordinary citizens of the Star Sea Continent. Their treatment is not good, but not bad either. It is slightly better than the poor and the fifth-class people.
As players, the mission comes first when entering the dungeon, but the two are now more concerned about the two-year-old cub.
Zhuang Yu asked, "Shall we go find Rongrong first?"
Shen Hanxiao: "No, I think we should go find that idiot Mu first and test his strength."
Zhuang Yu: "Your senior brother who never complains when he's ready to take action..."
Shen Hanxiao sighed.
Zhuang Yu also sighed.
Shen Hanxiao was indeed planning to ask his senior brother Zhao Jiuquan for help, but unfortunately, when he entered the game, his senior brother actually did something big in secret.
He returned to secular life!
Shen Hanxiao couldn't find anyone, but left a message for his senior brother. Before waiting for a reply, he followed Mu Xingye into the dungeon.
Shen Han smiled and said, "One less person means one less cannon fodder, alas."
Zhuang Yu: “…”
Your senior brother really wants to thank you.
Unlike Gu Rong who does not have a live broadcast room, the two of them already have viewers waiting in their live broadcast rooms.
Since the audience can’t see Zaizai for the time being, they go to the live broadcast room of Zaizai’s older brother and younger brother to wait for him.
[Zizi's big brothers and little brothers, please go find Zizi quickly. The dungeon has already started for ten minutes and eight seconds, and I still haven't seen Zizi! This is ridiculous! [Reward points]]
[Ahhhhh I want to see the cub, please show the cub to this auntie! [Reward points]]
[23 players, 23, and not a single one has found a cub? Ah, how can I survive if I can't suck a cub?!]
[Don't force me to kneel down and beg you! [Reward points]]
[Mu Xingye and his lackeys are in the second-class cabin. They have a higher status than you and are much faster than you. They are searching the entire ship for their cubs. Hurry up and don't let anyone get there first! [Reward points]]
[Oh wow, it's not just Mu Xingye and the others. A lot of big players have come to this dungeon. I guess they're all here for the little Rongzi! Oo]
[No doubt about it, they are, hahaha! This dungeon is going to be interesting, I'm really looking forward to it!]
——The suspected spoiler barrage is only open to players——
The last three comments were blocked by the system.
The audience cannot reveal any clues to the players, nor can they reveal any information about other players. This is also the reason why the audience could not post related comments before Lin Xuezhuo's identity was revealed in the previous copy.
Seeing the players giving indiscriminate rewards just for that little cub, Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao fell silent.
This is really... a familiar operation.
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The firelight illuminated Gu Rong's fair and delicate little face, and in her ears was the noisy sound of the generator, mixed with the shouts of many craftsmen.
Gu Rong didn't know yet that some players were already on their way to catch the cub.
He was wearing navy blue overalls and a white polo shirt. The clothes were worn and faded from washing, but they were clean.
The exposed arms and legs are as round as lotus roots. The long stockings are matched with small leather shoes. The small leather shoes are broken. When the toes move, they open and close like a small mouth.
Although the baby is wearing shabby clothes, his facial features are delicate, fair and tender, and his body is round and plump, which does not affect his appearance at all, but instead adds a touch of cuteness and softness.
This is the boiler room on the bottom floor of the Pharaoh. Many boilermakers are shoveling coal and adding it to the boiler.
Gu Rong stood in a relatively clean corner. The potters in front of him were sweating profusely, shoveling and adding coal non-stop.
Gu Rong first looked at her current attire, pulled the straps on her body, saw the cracks in her small leather shoes, and played with the chubby toes of the cricket pupa for a while.
Then he looked at the scene in front of him and the busy crowd.
Everyone was busy and no one had time to look after the little cub. Gu Rong avoided the pot-maker while walking aimlessly towards a cooler place with his short legs.
Gu Rong fanned herself with her little hands: [Baby, I’m going to faint from the heat!]
006: [Little host, this is the boiler room, be careful not to trip.]
Gu Rong is a very small creature, blending in with so many adults, and it is not easy to find him if you don't look carefully.
The pot-maker next to him was chatting with someone while working, trying to make the best of a bad situation. His voice was very loud. In such a noisy environment, it was impossible to hear him clearly unless he spoke loudly.
"Hahaha, the Xinghai Continent cannot be without lowly people. Without us lowly people, who will do these dirty and tiring hard work? Do you expect those nobles who can do nothing but talk big with goblets to dig coal?"
"Long live the lowly race, may they live forever! We are the true masters of this continent!"
"Hey, you little fat boy, you're so young, but you're already learning to work by watching us. When you grow up, you'll definitely be a good pot cook!"
"You're so cute, but you have a hard life. Being cute can't make you a meal. You're just a reserve laborer!"
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At this moment, a shirtless strong man pushing a bulldozer almost didn't see the cub and bumped into it directly. Fortunately, he braked in time.
"Go away, little brat, don't get in the way here and delay my work. Go play somewhere else!"
It was obvious that these pot-makers all knew Gu Rong.
His tone was gentle, not harsh, and there was even a smile on his dark face.
Gu Rong quickly stepped aside to make way for the strong uncle, and patted his belly in fear.
The little prince rarely shows up in public, and the people of the Star Sea Continent don’t know what the little prince looks like, so they don’t know what Nicholas Zai Zai, whom the king is going to greet in person, looks like.
But the king and his ministers obviously didn't know that after the second prince was kidnapped, he was lost during the smuggling process by the lowly people!
Later, he was picked up by old John, a boilerman, and raised until he was two years old.
No one knew that the child in front of them was Nicholas Zaizai.
The reason why the name is also Zaizai is that the pot-maker was uneducated and just gave it a random name so that it would be easier to raise.
Old John, the pot cook, waved his hand and motioned Gu Rong to come over.
When Gu Rong saw the black-faced old man waving at him, he turned his little head and looked left and right, not realizing that he was being called.
Old John: "...What are you looking at? Come here!"
Gu Rong was sure that the grandfather was calling him. He tilted his head and thought about it, then ran over with his legs thumping.
Old John, like other pot-makers, has dark skin and a strong build. He looks to be in his forties, but he is actually fifty years old.
Old John's hands and body were covered in dust. He bent down, looking at Gu Rong at eye level, and gently taught the two-year-old cub, "Cub, you must remember that we are children from the lowest social class. Being alive is a blessing. Don't be lazy."
"It's important to learn the skill of cooking pots from Grandpa, so that you can make a living in the future."
006 had already obtained Zizi's script and explained to Gu Rong: "Little host, this is Old John, who raised Nicholas Zizi. He's your Grandpa John. Aside from the few people who originally lost Zizi, no one else knows that he was lost during the smuggling process. Now you're just an orphan, and no one knows you're the Second Prince."
Gu Rong blinked his big eyes, tilted his head back, looked at Old John, and called him sweetly, "Grandpa John."
Hearing the crisp, tender voice of a baby, Old John smiled with wrinkles on his face.
After all, they were raised by each other, and the grandfather and grandson depend on each other and have a deep relationship.
He had a hard life, doing the lowest level of work, but he managed to raise a cub, and his feelings for the cub are self-evident.
Old John said, "Go, there's some milk in the backpack for you. Go drink a bottle of milk to fill your stomach."
When Gu Rong heard this, he started to turn his little round head again, his big eyes shining, and his two small, hollow hands, each holding a shoulder strap of his overalls, searched around for his backpack.
Old John: “…”
Old John had dust on his hands, and with just one finger, he poked the cub's head to guide him in the right direction.
Sure enough, Gu Rong saw a black backpack in the small corner where he had stood at the beginning.
Seeing that Old John was sweating profusely, Gu Rong was very considerate and said in a baby voice, "Grandpa John, drink some milk!"
Old John raised his eyebrows and said, "You have a conscience, little brat. Grandpa, I'm not thirsty. Go drink some milk over there. Be careful that the uncles and grandpas don't accidentally step on you."
Gu Rong was the most obedient and kind: "Yes!"
Then he grabbed the shoulder straps with his two little hands, avoided obstacles, and ran to the little corner.
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