Chapter 26: Strange Stories about the Princess Castle Rules (6) The Soft-Hearted God...
The food looked appetizing but was smashed, there were discarded chips in the cake, razor blades in the steak, and a piece of broken glass in the soup.
Even Gao Mengtang's vegetable salad was not spared, and a small capsule-shaped part was turned out from the leaves.
"Magnetic stirring rod." said He Lun.
Wei Wei: “What is that?”
He Lun: "Common instruments in laboratories. It seems that you skip more lab classes than I do, hahaha! We are both poor students, brothers in distress."
"I've never skipped classes or been to a lab, because before I entered the game, I was a liberal arts professor—" Wei Wei used a fork to fiddle with a golden lotus flower used to decorate the dish, "—teaching modern and contemporary literature at Zhongzhou University."
He Lun couldn't laugh any more, so he could only mutter something like "You love money so much, yet you are a professor of literature."
Gao Mengtang asked: "Are there any laboratories or universities near the real paradise?"
He Lun: "None at all. There is not even a primary or secondary school near the Ocean Heart Resort."
“Is there a science exhibition area in the park?”
"No more. There are only fairy tales here."
It is impossible for tourists who come to the park for vacation to bring experimental equipment with them. Where do these stirrers, glass shards, and broken burettes come from?
[Rule 11]: …some foods are harmful to your health, and the chef may not be able to tell the difference…
A three-year-old child would know that the discarded lab equipment is garbage. Why does the rule say that the chef may not be able to tell the difference?
Gao Mengtang thought of the outrageous remarks about his identity in the forum: 000 Blind Man is an ancient god. The world he perceives with his ancient god tentacles is different from that of humans, so he would treat the hanging corpse as a balloon.
The conclusion of this sentence is wrong, but the premise is correct: different organisms perceive the world differently.
What humans see as garbage may be food to other creatures. They cannot tell the difference.
The chef is most likely not human.
After breakfast, the players were busy conquering NPCs. Gao Mengtang had already found a dance partner, so he could just lie down.
Before they split up, Wei Wei stared at Gao Mengtang nervously: "Mr. Blind, you will stay in your bedroom, right?"
Gao Mengtang blinked.
During the day, the bedroom is absolutely safe. Gao Mengtang can sleep for seven days and then dance on the last day to pass the level.
Wei Wei knew the answer, but he didn't give up: "Right?"
Gao Mengtang said apologetically: "I want to save my brother's soul. I want to find his brain."
"I knew that the 100,000 yuan bonus would not fall into my pocket easily," Wei Wei muttered, but did not stop it. He used his tentacles to quickly weave a black clay puppet.
"This thing can mark your location. If you are in danger, call me and I will teleport to your side immediately," Wei Wei said. "The cooldown time is two hours, so you should be careful before you do anything naughty."
Gao Mengtang said goodbye to them, ate some eye-protecting blueberries, and turned into the kitchen.
Perhaps because he had found a dance partner, the other NPCs in the castle were particularly friendly to him, as if they were one of their own.
There was a strong fishy smell in the kitchen, several people were eating lunch, and a chef wearing a white tall hat was stewing meat. The NPCs all looked human.
Gao Mengtang walked up to the chef and said, "Good morning."
"Hello, beautiful guest."
Gao Mengtang got straight to the point: "Do you know the Prince of No Man's Land?"
"Prince's dancing partner, how lucky you are to spend a night at the ball with such a handsome man. It must be an unforgettable memory."
Gao Mengtang: "So you know him?"
Chef: "My beautiful guest, what did you ask me just now? I may not understand your question."
Gao Mengtang: ...
This NPC is not very intelligent.
He then asked for information about the Mermaid Princess, the Coral Princess, and others, and the chef answered very quickly. However, saying the keyword [No Man's Land Prince] would only trigger the above reply.
Obviously, Gao Geng was a BUG who forcibly intervened in the dungeon, and other NPCs knew nothing about him.
Gao Mengtang was about to leave when he saw a piece of broken glass floating out of the soup pot. He reminded them, "This is garbage. Don't eat it by mistake."
The chef caught the key word "garbage" and his expression instantly turned into anger and regret: "Oh! Garbage! There is a lot of garbage in the park. We don't know where it comes from. Many of my friends have eaten garbage by mistake and died miserably!"
"Some of the garbage looks like jellyfish, transparent and floating around. I ate a lot of it and it's really hard to digest." The chef rubbed his stomach.
Transparent. Like a jellyfish.
Could it be a plastic bag?
Gao Mengtang immediately thought that sea turtles like to prey on jellyfish, and more than half of them have eaten plastic bags by mistake. When he was a child, he saw this news report and was sad for a long time.
Are the NPCs in the dungeon marine creatures?
Gao Mengtang observed the other employees again. They ate with their eyes fixed on one place without blinking.
Fish do not have the orbicularis oculi muscle and cannot blink.
Some employees also walked sideways, probably like crabs.
"This is garbage!" The chef scooped out the broken glass, looked at it in front of his eyes, and threw it into the trash can angrily. He poured out the whole pot of soup, saying "I can't let the distinguished guests eat garbage."
NPCs can learn, teach them once and they'll remember some new garbage.
Gao Mengtang pointed at chips, screws, wooden plugs and other things and told them that they were all garbage.
He actually didn't need to do this, because players could tell the garbage apart at a glance and were unlikely to accidentally eat it. The only ones who could eat it without knowing it were the dungeon NPCs.
But Gao Mengtang thought of the dissected turtle, whose stomach was filled with plastic. Even if it was an NPC, he couldn't bear it.
It took nearly two hours to pick out the garbage from the food one by one and tell the NPCs that they couldn't eat it. Gao Mengtang ate three blueberries for eye protection.
The effect of blueberries will decrease. In a copy, the first time you eat them, your vision will be comparable to that of a falcon. However, after eating them a few more times, you will gradually become nearsighted.
Gao Mengtang's eyes were a little blurry, and he finally picked out all the garbage from the dishes.
He couldn't help thinking that if Wei Wei was around, he would definitely make some sarcastic remarks about him "spending 2 hours helping NPCs". Gao Mengtang himself also felt that this effort was a bit unnecessary.
If other players knew that I went into the dungeon to help the NPC, they would probably laugh their heads off.
However, just as Gao Mengtang was making fun of himself, the system prompt sounded.
"Congratulations on unlocking the [Achievements] system."
"【Achievement】System Description: After players clear the Novice Dungeon and enter the Official Dungeon, they can obtain achievements by triggering certain conditions."
"Congratulations on achieving the achievement [Great Good Man]."
[Good Samaritan] Description: Your kindness is boundless and encompasses the entire universe. You are willing to lend a helping hand even to NPCs who are hostile to you in the dungeon.
This achievement can be obtained by saving a hostile NPC in any instance.
Achievement effect: Good deeds will be rewarded. Luck value +30 (permanent)
...Good man, it sounds a bit ironic.
Also, the chef and staff are actually hostile NPCs!
Gao Mengtang observed again and was sure that the "current" employees had no hostility towards him.
But it doesn’t mean that there will be no hostility from employees in the future.
Since we know they are hostile NPCs, we should not stay here for long. Gao Mengtang wanted to leave immediately. Suddenly, he saw the chef pour out the whole pot of broth, and then took out a whole piece of frozen meat from the refrigerator.
It is the upper half of a headless hanging corpse.
Gao Mengtang's smile disappeared in an instant.
[Rule 5]: There are many unknown objects floating above the park. They were once dangerous and edible.
To marine creatures, humans are "unknown objects" and human flesh is edible and delicious.
Could it be that all the meat provided in the castle is human flesh?
Gao Mengtang didn't touch any meat, but He Lun and Wei Wei were different. At noon, Gao Mengtang told his teammates about his discovery.
He Lun's face turned from blue to white and then to black, and he couldn't stop dry heaving. Wei Wei said "oh" lightly, saying that he accidentally ate human flesh again and would be more careful next time.
The four of them ate the vegetable leaves together.
The other players were confused when they saw the blind man’s team all eating vegetarian food.
Maybe it's some kind of ritual to worship ancient gods.
The power of faith is so strong that they can refuse such delicious meat food and just chew vegetable leaves together.
The player was even happier when he found that there was no garbage in the dishes, and ordered a portion of meat soup, meat pie and noodles with meat sauce.
When Bai Jie was picking up some food, someone came over and asked him, "Why are you also a vegetarian? Is this the order of the blind man?"
It was extremely rare for someone to approach Bai Jie actively, without any malice and in a calm tone. Bai Jie's heart was filled with a sense of happiness, but he still remembered Wei Wei's instructions.
Don’t share the information you get from the team easily. Prioritize preserving your own team’s advantages.
Although the person who asked the question was good, he was not as good as Gao Mengtang. Bai Jie resisted the urge to return the favor, but he did not have the heart to deceive him. After a pause, he said with a wooden face: "Faith is our food. The oracle of the feaster is better than any delicacies from the mountains and the sea."
In fact, Bai Jie was not sure whether Gao Mengtang was a feaster. He only responded to this sentence with "Why are you also a vegetarian?"
He was a follower of the Feasters, so he ate vegetarian food regularly. It was not a lie.
The player: ...
"You should also follow me and become a vegetarian. This is a way to liberation." Bai Jie said earnestly.
Freed from the curse of cannibalism.
The player nodded, turned around, and mouthed: Dead missionary.
He didn't believe it and just ate meat.
Back at the table, Bai Jie was a little worried: "Other players eating human flesh won't cause any problems, right? Cannibalism. It's easy to get prions."
"No," Wei Wei poked at the vegetable leaves, not having much appetite. "This is not a plague-themed dungeon, so the probability of killing the player through disease is very small. This is a rule-based weird dungeon, so the player will basically only die because of the rules. But eating human flesh will cause the spirit value to drop faster."
No players noticed that their spirit points dropped faster when eating. Eating happily.
"Master Bai? No, the Bai family doesn't recognize you as a jinx." Yu Le came over with a plate in his hand, smiling. On his head was the ID number [741 Mermaid King]
Thinking back to the real life, Yu Le wanted to assassinate Gao Mengtang and obtain the blind man’s ID card. Everyone at the table stared at him coldly.
Yu Le glanced at their table and smiled even more brightly: "Why are you pretending to be a vegetarian? Bai Jie, you said you are a believer of the Feasterer, does the Feasterer recognize you?"
Then he turned around and said to Gao Mengtang with a smile: "The forum said you are an ancient god, but I don't believe it. What god is so weak? You can only fool the brainless and loveless. If it weren't for the guardian angel, you would have been dragged into my lair long ago!"
Just three sentences made everyone at the table hostile to him.
He Lun was so angry that he wanted to slam the table and challenge him, but Yu Le put a finger to his lips and shushed him, "Rule 10, no loud noises are allowed in the castle."
Wei Wei smoked his pipe and didn't even look at him: "Yu Le, you have the energy to stir up trouble everywhere, why don't you think about how to get a promotion and a raise. When I was a ghost bamboo [priest], you were jealous of my position. Now I have changed jobs for three years, and the dust on the priest's throne has not touched your ass at all."
In the big camp, apart from the highest leader, the position above everyone else is the [Priest].
In theory, the priest talks to the gods and conveys the oracle to the people. He is the spiritual center of the camp. In many cases, the priest's right to speak is even higher than that of the leader.
Yu Le's expression twisted instantly, and he bared his teeth viciously, revealing his white shark teeth.
"It's all in vain. After ten years of hard work, I'm still a low-level bureaucrat," Wei Wei said with a smile, "Why else? Your [741] card is so bad. Let me think about your spirit value."
Wei Wei tapped his head with his pipe, and suddenly realized what was going on. He said in an exaggerated tone: "Oh, it's idiot!"
"Who are you calling an idiot!" Yu Le shouted angrily.
"Shh," Gao Mengtang chimed in, holding up a finger, "Rule 10, no loud noises allowed."
Yu Le was so angry that he stared blankly. His initial identity was [741 Fisherman], and his spirit value was only 50. After several evolutions, he became [741 Mermaid King], but his spirit value was stuck at 250 and could not go up.
Moreover, the [741 Mermaid King] identity card comes with an irremovable debuff: acclimatization.
In the land environment, the spirit value drops very quickly. Most of the dungeons are on land.
In the Black Tower game, the white bar determines the upper limit of an identity card. 250 is a hurdle that Yu Le will never get over, so he would rather abandon everything on this card to get [000 Blind]
Even if the spirit value cannot directly reach the highest 999, it is definitely better than his 250.
"After a whole day in the land environment, how much energy do you have left?" Wei Wei pretended to be curious, "Is it 40?"
Yu Le hid his status so that others could not see it, but after a moment of twisted expression, he actually laughed, and his shame and anger faded a little: "You are a rootless thing, and you have no backbone, Wei Wei, you should be nailed to the pillar of shame for the rest of your life, what qualifications do you have to mock me?"
The air was silent for a few seconds. The conversations at other tables also stopped at that moment.
It should be a very serious statement. Wei Wei's expression did not change much, but his eyes were as cold as the cold wind blowing from the black mountain forest: "You dare to mention this matter, you should know that I hold a grudge very much."
The smugness on Yu Le's face that came out of nowhere froze for a moment, and he seemed a little afraid.
"You're dead." Wei Wei said like he was making a verdict.
The four people and Yu Le confronted each other silently. Finally, Yu Le snorted coldly: "It's not the dance party in seven days yet. This copy is not easy. Let's wait and see."
Yu Le turned to leave. At this moment, Bai Jie mustered up the courage and said to him from behind: "I stole your things."
Yu Le paused and turned back in confusion.
In Bai Jie's hand, 10 bottles of [Spirit Value Restoration Agent (Advanced)] appeared: "I also stole your props and Princess Coral's favorability towards you. Her favorability towards you is now reduced by 15."
[374 Thief]'s personal skill [Steal Everything] can be a prop or an abstract thing, such as favorability.
Before using a skill, you have to roll the dice. When Gao Mengtang and others were confronting Yu Le, Bai Jie rolled the two items [Props] and [Favorability].
Yu Le was startled and quickly checked his inventory, only to find that 10 bottles of advanced recovery agents were missing. He then looked at the system and found that the princess' favorability towards him was only 2.
After brushing for an entire afternoon and morning, it was stolen just like that. Yu Le's face turned red with anger: "You jinx, you dare to play tricks in front of me! Your uncle and I are friends, be careful or I'll ask them to break your legs!"
"I'm not afraid," Bai Jie looked directly into Yu Le's eyes, "I have gained faith. People with faith will not be lonely."
A day ago, Bai Jie himself could not imagine that he would fight back against Yu Le. His attitude towards bullying has always been to endure it if possible.
However, when sitting next to Gao Mengtang, Bai Jie suddenly felt that he was not a piece of chewing gum that could be stepped on by anyone and still feel disgusted. He had his own temper and abilities.
When Yu Le belittled Gao Mengtang, his anger was even more intense than when he was bullied in the past.
"Faith?" Yu Le laughed, "Which faith? The fake ancient god, the blind man?"
"No matter who he is, he is my belief. Staying with him will give me courage," Bai Jie looked at Yu Le calmly, "You'd better leave quickly. You still have three bottles of spirit value recovery potion left. And my skill cooldown will be over soon."
Bai Jie was lying. His skill cooldown time was 12 hours, but few people knew about it. He only told Gao Mengtang and others.
Yu Lelai failed to be a jerk, but instead lost 10 bottles of high-level recovery agents and 15 points of favorability. Hearing this, he quickly quickened his pace. His back as he ran away looked particularly embarrassed.
The table fell silent again. He Lun couldn't help laughing, while Wei Wei had no expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Bai Jie was a little nervous: "Brother..."
"You are not allowed to call me brother," He Lun protested, "I am the one who calls me brother. Call me something else."
Bai Jie changed his address in a good-tempered manner: "Boss, do you think I am too despicable?"
Gao Mengtang was surprised: "Where is it despicable?"
"Stealing." Bai Jie almost stammered, "This skill is not honorable at all. I wish I were like the protagonist in the hot-blooded comics, a righteous person, but in reality I am a thief. Maybe they are right, I am a very despicable person..."
"You are not," Gao Mengtang interrupted him before he could finish his words, "You are a believer of the Feaster, right?"
Bai Jie nodded vigorously.
"God will hear your voice. If you are kind-hearted, then God will testify to your kindness. It doesn't matter what the form is." Gao Mengtang said, "It doesn't matter if you steal or kill. If you are doing it for justice, then God will forgive you."
Bai Jie's eyes were a little moist: "Do the revelers really think so?"
There was one more question he didn't ask: Are you really a reveler?
But the answer is no longer important. As a devout believer, he does not follow a specific god, but an existence that is fair and just, loves all living beings, and can bring him peace of mind.
Gao Mengtang is such a person.
And Bai Jie believes that Gao Mengtang will become his ideal god.
"Yes," Gao Mengtang replied, "The revelers heard your voice."
[The highlight clip has reached the required length and has been edited and published to the platform] System prompt.
The third video of the Rule Strange Stories dungeon is released: "The Soft-Hearted God"
The audience clicked in immediately.
: Oh my god, it’s already the third video! Blue Camp leader Qin Xishuang only posted her first video.
: A large wave of barrage came, covering my wife's face.
The previous video ended with Gao Mengtang hitting his brother's head and causing it to burst. The new video starts with Bai Jie peeking at the player forum.
: This little thief has pretty good skills, he can peek at the forum screen. If he continues to develop, his future will be limitless.
: [374 Thief], a public beta player, entered the official dungeon for the first time. His initial spirit value is 150, which is pretty good, the ceiling of the initial spirit value. Of course, except for the blind man. He is a cheater with an initial spirit value of 999.
: Hey, isn’t this Bai Jie!
:Who is Bai Jie?
: Hahahaha [Ghost in the Lake] is the Bai family’s jinx!
: Can anyone tell me what kind of jinx is this?
An informed player: Ghostly White is from a wizard family. As a wizard, he must have done some evil experiments. Ghostly White's people dissected animals and corpses and were discovered by Bai Jie. Guess what Bai Jie did?
: He called the police!
Informed players: When the police arrived, they raided Ghost Shadow Bai's lair, forcing dozens of people in the family to hide from each other, and two of them died. Bai Jie's father was so angry that he almost fainted.
: Hahahaha, I fainted from laughing. I give full marks to this act of sacrificing one's own relatives for the sake of justice.
: Cult believers, call the police, these two words can actually be combined together.
The player in the know continued: Bai Jie was originally a bit talented and was highly valued by the family. Although he fell out of favor because of calling the police, he was not hated by everyone. But that's not all. Guess what Bai Jie did next?
：Speak quickly.
Informed Player: Ghost Shadow White offers sacrifices to the Reveler. Rumor has it that the Reveler likes to use blood and brains to paint. During an annual sacrifice, Ghost Shadow White killed a pig and placed the blood, brain and eyeballs on the offering table.
: In previous years, they should have killed people to offer sacrifice to the feasters. But Bai Jie called the police and attracted official attention. This year, they can only kill pigs. The ghost shadow Bai family was already very dissatisfied.
: But Bai Jie believes that the Reveler loves all living things and He would not like blood that represents pain and death.
Informed Player: So, Bai Jie poured out all the blood and brains before the sacrificial ceremony began.
: The offerings were all covered, and the ceremony began at midnight, and no one in the family noticed anything unusual. At three in the morning, when the offerings were being offered, the cover was removed and the plate was empty!
: The whole ceremony was ruined. Bai Jie was completely abandoned and anyone could step on him. Half a year ago, another prophet said that Bai Jie would bring disaster to the ghost family. So, Bai Jie was expelled from the family.
: People from other wizard families all have ways to open the [Narrow Door], enter the game early, and become internal beta players. Bai Jie is an open beta player. His family didn't help him arrange it.
Informed Player: Bai Jie's original name was Bai Jieming. After the tribute-dumping incident, his family disliked him and removed his name from their ancestral home list and changed it to Bai Jie.
: It’s a bit miserable, but hahahahahaha, let me laugh for three minutes first.
: Little classmate Bai Jieming, the ideological and political course was not in vain. The School of Marxism needs you.
: He went to find the blind man! He asked the blind man if he was a reveler right away, playing it straight.
: Blind man, white shower cap, white bathrobe. Hehe, like a big fortune.
The scene freezes at the moment when Gao Mengtang and Bai Jie look at each other. Gao Mengtang regains his sight and his eyes are clear. When being stared at by him, Bai Jie feels mentally polluted.
Bai Jie suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Use mental pollution to sharpen my mind!"
: These wizards are all crazy.
: If you look into the eyes of a blind person, you will be mentally polluted?! If this isn't an ancient god, then what is it?
In the video, Gao Mengtang vehemently denied that he was an ancient god, and repeatedly stressed that he was a human. The comments were full of "Stop pretending, you've been exposed."
Wei Wei's sharp and thin voice floated from outside the screen: "Mr. Blind wants to hide his identity. You are so ignorant that you actually come here to ask directly."
: Isn't this a hammer? Isn't this a hammer?
: Official certification from the Blind Team: The blind are hiding their identities. If they were ordinary people, they wouldn’t have to hide their identities at all. So, please believe——
:——The blind man is an ancient god!
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