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w? 7?? ??? RE??? ge?? The Farr was about 20 meters long, and there was a huge statue of a snake-haired banshee at the bow. Its flagpole was rotten, and its sails were as tattered as a tramp's underwear. It made people wonder if the ship would sink into the sea in the next second.
In particular, the entire Nagelfar was shrouded in a layer of fog. Only the outline of the ship could be seen, but nothing could be seen on the ship.
Ordinary people would not dare to board such a ship. However, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi were also Awakened ones who were used to storms and waves. Naturally, they would not be afraid.
Taking advantage of the high tide, the Nagelfar docked, and a layer of footboards was laid out in the fog.
The waves gently caressed the earth. Other than the sound of the wind and waves, there was no sound of people.
This scene was unavoidably a little creepy.
Bai Xiaowen held Li Shuyi's hand and calmly stepped onto the footboard.
The two passed through the layer of fog and arrived on the ship.
"This ship is as old as I imagined," Li Shuyi whispered. Indeed, even the boards of the ship were dark and damp, as if it had been soaked in water for a long time.
Bai Xiaowen frowned and looked at the sailors walking back and forth on the ship.
The sailors came from different races, mainly humans and Nagas. According to the history of the Blacktide Plane that Bai Xiaowen had read, humans and Nagas were in a hostile relationship. He did not expect that on this ship, they would live in harmony and become crew members.
Moreover, the appearance of these sailors was a little strange. Many of their skin was pale and slightly swollen, as if they had been in the water for a long time. There were also some shells, seaweed, and other things hanging on their shoulders and ears.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. He thought of a pirate movie that he had seen in another time and space. There was a ghost ship in the movie, and it looked exactly like this ship and its crew.
Coincidentally, a sailor in human form passed by. Bai Xiaowen gently patted him on the shoulder. "Hey buddy, where's the ship heading?"
The human sailor turned around.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi were both shocked.
This sailor's eyes were empty and unfocused. They didn't look like the eyes of a living person at all! When Bai Xiaowen patted him on the shoulder, he turned around instinctively. When he opened his mouth, seawater mixed with saliva flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
After turning his head instinctively, the sailor turned his head back mechanically and continued to work.
"Undead?" Li Shuyi's ponytail almost stood up.
"A ferry that shuttles between the worlds of the living and the dead …" Bai Xiaowen looked at the words on the invitation to the abyss party and said thoughtfully, "It's not strange to have such a sailor … Let's see what clues are on this ship first."
After Bai Xiaowen finished speaking, he walked toward the statue of the Gorgon at the bow of the ship. He had already noticed that in front of the statue, there was a row of rectangular boxes that looked like standing coffins. Moreover, there were two tall undead sailors standing in front of the boxes. They seemed to be guarding them.
However, when Bai Xiaowen stepped on the gangway at the bow of the ship, he was stopped. A undead sailor blocked the two of them with an expressionless face.
The rule of the Spiritual Realm prompted the message:
"Warning: The Nagelfal has set sail. Any guests who don't follow the rules of the game will be thrown into the sea and lose the qualification to participate in the abyss party."
"It seems that the rule of the Spiritual Realm doesn't allow us to pry into the secrets of this ship," Bai Xiaowen said. "I used my Insight Talent to look at these undead sailors. Their attributes are very weak. They are only equivalent to monsters with ordinary high-level templates. I suspect that there must be a secret in the vertical coffins in front of the bow of the ship. "
Li Shuyi said, "Since the rule of the Spiritual Realm has issued a warning, let's bear with it for the time being. Let's wait until the main mission is triggered. "
After Bai Xiaowen used the invitation letter, the second main mission was not triggered immediately. Instead, it was given a code to take a ship to the Night Owl Pier. According to Bai Xiaowen's speculation, the second main mission should only be triggered when they arrived at the target area.
In other words, they were still in the free exploration time brought by the first main mission. Before accepting the second main mission, the two of them were safe.
The Nagelfal was like a ghost, silently sailing on the black sea.
After about an hour of sailing, the fog in front of them dispersed, and their field of vision suddenly became empty. Under the morning light, the sea was quiet and vast, and the sky and water merged into one.
"Look!" Li Shuyi suddenly exclaimed. "What's that?"
The sea in front of them suddenly became turbulent, forming a huge whirlpool with a diameter of thousands of meters! The Nagelfal, on the other hand, sailed straight towards the Great Whirlpool.
The rule of the Spiritual Realm prompted the message:
"You have arrived at the target area: Shimmer Abyss."
"Main Mission: The Secret of the Latent Shadow Labyrinth activated."
"Mission Objective: Open the central secret room of the Latent Shadow Labyrinth and obtain the Prophecy Slate."
"Mission Difficulty: Data in disorder, unable to be calculated."
"Mission Duration: Data in disorder, unable to be calculated."
"Mission Reward: Data in disorder, unable to be calculated."
Without waiting for Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi to come back to their senses, another notification suddenly appeared.
"Main Mission: Transcendents Game activated."
"Mission Objective: Join the Guardian Sect/Blasphemer Camp and win the Transcendents Game."
"Mission Difficulty: S"
"Mission Duration: 10 days"
"Mission Reward: Number of uses of the wishing pool * 1."
"Why are there two main missions at the same time?" Li Shuyi said in surprise. "And … both main missions are very strange. Which one should I choose?"
"These two main missions shouldn't conflict. There's no option to choose one of the two!" Bai Xiaowen frowned and said, "In comparison, I think the second main mission is a little weirder. What's the 'Wishing Fountain Usage'? No matter how I look at it, it's —"
Suddenly, the Gorgon statue at the bow of the ship emitted a demonic purple light.
For a moment, Bai Xiaowen felt as if his soul had left his body. It was as if there was a strong attraction force that pulled his consciousness out of his body.
The spiritual realm's rules prompted the message:
"You are affected by the Abyssal Gaze. The will test failed. Soul consciousness is being stripped …"
At the same time, Bai Xiaowen felt a sharp pain in his left eye. The red light in his eye suddenly became scorching hot, like a demonic eye that was burning with flames!
"Unknown interference, data in disorder …"
"Unknown interference, 100000 psionic energy points will be deducted. You can be free from the influence of the Abyssal Gaze and leave the Blacktide Bitwall. Yes/No? "
Bai Xiaowen gritted his teeth, looked at Li Shuyi, and used his insight.
Li Shuyi stood at the bow of the ship like a wooden stake. Her face was still beautiful, but her eyes had lost their light. She was like a white jade statue.
Behind Li Shuyi's name, there was a status — Soul Separation.
[Soul Separation: The target is in a state of suspended animation. This state will last for seven natural days. After the state of suspended animation ends, if the soul consciousness does not return to the body, the target will die directly.]
"F * ck …"
Bai Xiaowen's facial muscles twitched. He forced himself to calm down and looked at the two main mission options again. He thought about the situation and the strangeness of the two main missions.
After 0.1 seconds, Bai Xiaowen's consciousness focused on the previous spiritual realm's rules prompt, "100000 psionic energy points deducted, leave the Blacktide Bitwall." He directly chose No!
He took a deep breath, raised his slightly trembling left hand, and covered his left eye.
His right eye stared at the snake-haired banshee statue that was emitting a strange red light. The terrible feeling of his soul being separated emerged again.
Bai Xiaowen spat out the last two words. His low voice sounded like a whisper.
"Come on …"
Bai Xiaowen's soul was instantly separated. At the last moment, he "saw" two undead sailors open the vertical coffin lid and stuffed him and Li Shuyi's body into the coffin.
His vision quickly zoomed out. The Nagerfal suddenly plunged into the depths of the Great Whirlpool.
…
When Bai Xiaowen woke up again, the first thing he found was that he was in a magnificent hall.
He looked up and saw a magnificent dome. A chain hung down, and candlelight swayed gently above his head.
In the center of the hall was a huge round table. Including Bai Xiaowen, a total of twelve people wearing black cloaks were sitting around the round table. Directly behind each person, there was an upright coffin. The coffin was engraved with animal reliefs. There were chickens, dogs, monkeys, pigs, and so on.
In the center of the huge round table was a clear pool. There were pieces of colorful stones in the pool. The faint light reflected through the pool formed a faint rainbow.
Bai Xiaowen immediately checked his status. He tried to open the attribute panel, but he got a prompt.
"Your soul is separated. Unable to open the attribute panel."
Bai Xiaowen was not discouraged. He looked at the latest notifications of the spiritual realm's rules.
"You are affected by the Abyssal Gaze. Your soul and body are separated. In the state of separation, you are unable to attack, use skills, or items. Please return to your body within seven natural days. Failure to do so will result in immediate death. "
"You have entered the Shimmering Abyss: Hidden Shadow Labyrinth."
"You have automatically accepted the main mission: Game of Extraordinaries."
Bai Xiaowen quickly checked the mission information. He realized that out of the two main missions that he had triggered, only one was automatically accepted. The other mission, "The Secret of the Hidden Shadow Labyrinth", was not accepted. The yes/no selection box was flashing, indicating that it would disappear in a few minutes.
Bai Xiaowen's consciousness chose to accept the main mission, "The Secret of the Hidden Shadow Labyrinth".
After doing this, Bai Xiaowen looked up and scanned the other eleven people sitting around the round table in the hall. They were all cloaked in black like him.
When he saw the cloaked person opposite him, Bai Xiaowen's heart suddenly throbbed. He could clearly sense that it was Li Shuyi. Or rather, it was Li Shuyi's soul.
Behind Li Shuyi, the coffin relief was a picture of a rat and a Roman numeral "1".
Bai Xiaowen looked back. The coffin relief behind him was a picture of a sheep and a Roman numeral "8".
Suddenly, a white light rose from the center of the round table. Accompanied by this light, a loud voice echoed in the hall.
"The awakening should be successful. Welcome to the Abyss Party to participate in the Game of Extraordinaries. "
"The winner of the game will get a chance to use the wishing fountain."
"Most of you have gone through many rounds of elimination before sitting here for the final battle. You should be very clear about the rules of the Game of Extraordinaries. "
"Of course, for the sake of fairness, I will transmit the specific rules of the Game of Extraordinaries to your consciousness."
A stream of information flowed into Bai Xiaowen's mind. Bai Xiaowen's face, which was covered by the cloak, quickly became interesting.
This Game of Extraordinaries was called "Resurrection of the Colossal Dragon."
First, the background of this game.
A long, long time ago, the world was peaceful under the protection of the Colossal Dragon. People worshipped the Colossal Dragon and established a "Guardian Sect."
Later, the Colossal Dragon fell and the demons invaded. The demons, who could transform into human forms and were good at sowing discord, quickly plunged the continent into the flames of war.
The believers and priests of the Guardian Sect came to the Latent Shadow Labyrinth with the relics of the Colossal Dragon and prepared to perform the sacred ritual to resurrect the Colossal Dragon. If the Colossal Dragon was resurrected, the demons would face a disaster.
However, the secret operation of the Guardian Sect was discovered by the demons and they mixed into this team. If the resurrection ritual was interfered with by the demons, not only would the ritual fail, but the demons would also desecrate the remains of the Colossal Dragon and absorb its power. There would be no hope for the continent.
Therefore, the Guardian Sect had to find all the blasphemers — in other words, the demons — and eliminate them before they could perform the sacred ritual. In game terms, the victory condition of the "Guardian Sect" was to eliminate all the "blasphemers."
However, the ritual to resurrect the Colossal Dragon required the guidance of at least one priest and an ordinary believer to provide pure power of faith to complete it. If all the priests or ordinary believers died, the ritual to resurrect the Colossal Dragon would be declared impossible and the demons would desecrate the remains of the Colossal Dragon. In other words, the victory condition of the "Blasphemy Faction" was to eliminate all the priests or ordinary believers.
The game was divided into "Night" and "Day."
Night was the home ground of the Blasphemy Faction. Every night, the blasphemers could gather together to discuss and kill a team member (suicide was also allowed).
Day was the home ground of the Guardian Sect. Every day, everyone in the team would gather together and take turns to speak and discuss. They would vote for a suspicious member and eliminate them.
It was important to note that the good people of the Guardian Sect only knew their own identities and did not know each other. This also gave the demons space to take advantage of the situation and even sow discord and frame others. The person who was eliminated during the day might be a "good person" of the Guardian Sect.
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