One hour later, Ye Qiu emerged from the Secret Realm Treasure Map.
His brows were tightly furrowed.
After killing the Human Demon, he donned the diving suit and oxygen tank he had prepared beforehand, and dived into the "Polluted Ancient Immortal Pool."
Then, he saw a chilling, hair-raising scene!
At the bottom of the pool, metal cages were submerged one after another.
Inside each cage, there was a corpse!
Yes, corpses!
Without signs of decay, nor swollen from water immersion.
It was as if they had just died.
Their skin was pale, completely devoid of blood!
The corpses were both male and female, completely naked, with large areas of skin carved with incomprehensible patterns using a knife!
Very creepy!
Ye Qiu gritted his teeth, and packed all the cages along with the corpses into his backpack!
Fortunately, each cage with a corpse only took up one backpack slot.
There were eighteen cages and corpses in total.
After surfacing, he also gathered some bottles and jars, filled some polluted pool water.
After finishing these tasks, exactly one hour had passed.
He could leave now!
Ye Qiu naturally did not linger.
Without hesitation, he immediately teleported out of the secret realm!
Just after coming out, before he could recover, a cloying voice reached Ye Qiu's ears:"Big Brother Cloak, your little sister has waited so hard for you, you finally came out!"
The voice was filled with flirtation, very coquettish, very cloying!
Ye Qiu furrowed his brow.
Looking, he saw the female player "Mist and Cold Clouds", the one whose neck he had just sliced with a sword, smiling broadly as she approached.
Not far off, Zhou Wenyuan, who had been about to leave, suddenly stopped upon hearing Zhao Hanyan's cloying voice!
Then he turned around in disbelief, seeing his goddess Zhao Hanyan, who usually treated him perfunctorily, now showing such intimacy with another!
And for the first time, he saw a "flattering smile" on Zhao Hanyan's face!
Yes, a sycophantic smile!
Her attitude was very humble!
"How absurd!"
Zhou Wenyuan got angry, asking his subordinates, "Who is this cloaked guy?! What family does he belong to? Don't you know I've been pursuing Zhao Hanyan all along? How dare he compete with me for a woman!"
His subordinates quickly said, "Young Master Zhou, don't be angry, this cloaked guy is an NPC in the game!"
"Huh?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wenyuan's anger immediately vanished, replaced by a look of confusion and stupor.
What the heck?!
His subordinate explained, "This game's NPCs have intelligence similar to real players, with independent thoughts and minds. Some players found that to level up quickly, you need to befriend and recruit NPCs, team up to kill monsters, and get many benefits!"
Zhou Wenyuan had been busy with company affairs, only recently starting to experience this brain game.
After hearing this, he roughly understood.
"No wonder Zhao Mingyuan, Jiang Xinghe, Ding Yuan, and others all have such high levels—they used this method!" Zhou Wenyuan said in realization.
His subordinate added, "Getting along well with NPCs not only speeds up leveling but also lets you enter the Novice Village itself! The most enviable thing is receiving tasks from NPCs other than the village chief! Like the Ning Family Siblings—they befriended this mysterious cloaked NPC and finally got a Purple Rare and a Pink Spirit Artifact! There's a video on the forum, Young Master Zhou can check it out!"
Zhou Wenyuan had played many games, so he knew what it meant.
He opened the internal game forum, and saw the hottest thread titled
[The Two Luckiest Players in Novice Village #0001, a Brother and Sister Pair].
Clicking it, the content described how Ning Qianjun and Ning Qingyue met the mysterious NPC, helped the NPC, and eventually received rewards—a Purple Rare and a Pink Spirit Artifact!
There was also video proof!
In the comments, players expressed great envy!
"I see..."
Zhou Wenyuan closed the forum, then called his players around, "Let's go support Sister Yan!"
With that, they all moved toward Zhao Hanyan.
Zhao Hanyan, stretching out her hand, offered several thousand Gold Coins!
"Big Brother Cloak, do you need money? Here, take this to buy some wine!" She proposed a trade.
"Sorry, I don't need money."
Ye Qiu directly refused, preparing to leave.
He did not have a deep impression of this female player.
There were many celebrities in his previous life, many people he knew, but no information on "Mist and Cold Clouds".
Either she had died early, or like most people, struggling to survive, hiding quietly and unnoticed.
Zhao Hanyan saw Ye Qiu trying to leave, and instinctively stopped him.
But at that moment, she didn't know what to say!
Not greedy?
Then... lustful?
Just as she was about to speak, a cold light appeared.
Ye Qiu's Fine Steel Sword
was already pressed against Zhao Hanyan's neck!
"Want to die again?"
Ye Qiu asked calmly.
Inside, he was eager to try.
After all, killing Zhao Hanyan once before had dropped a [Secret Realm Treasure Map], showing she was rich!
Killing her again might drop even better loot!
Of course, Ye Qiu knew the game rules: whoever initiates a kill, whether killing or being killed, would get a Red Name risk!
So, he wouldn't foolishly strike first!
Zhao Hanyan was shocked, unpleasant memories resurfaced.
Even in-game death felt terrible!
This scene was witnessed by Zhou Wenyuan, who immediately widened his eyes!
Damn, this NPC dared to press a sword to Sister Yan's neck?!
Simply asking for death!
Even in the game, Zhou wouldn't allow anyone to treat Sister Yan that way!
"Damn it!"
Zhou Wenyuan cursed in his native tongue, "All of you, attack this damned NPC!"
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