Although the Sea Sapphire was basically in his possession the moment Croakatoa swallowed it, the Sea Sapphire was basically in his possession.
After all, there had never been a player who would leave a pile of feces behind when their corpse disappeared. Moreover, if Xi Wei had really made such a hardcore setting, judging from the number of players who died in the previous event against the Rotten Bones Archbishop, that courtyard would have become a stinkier place than a cesspool.
To create a cesspool after a great battle … even if he became a greater god through the Players' efforts in the future, the other gods probably wouldn't believe him even if Feng Shen said he was the God of Games …
As Eleena's follower, Croakatoa naturally inherited the Players' fine tradition of not defecating anywhere, and returned with the Sea Sapphire.
The problem now, however, was that the System did not determine that Edward and the others had obtained the Sea Sapphire.
Clearly, it wouldn't recognize the gem in its stomach, and only those in the Players' hands or bags.
Therefore, Edward could only wait for Croakatoa to finish peeing at the reefs before going there himself to search for the Sea Sapphire.
Eggface, who was standing at the side, took a picture of the scene and named it "Picking Sh * t From Between the Rocks" before uploading it to the Players' forum. For some reason, it gained a lot of popularity. Along with Charle's cross-dressing picture "Scream", the Players sang about it as a world-famous painting. Later on, many new Players were recommended by the veteran Players to read the post, causing the post to not disappear even after a long time had passed.
Gou Dan was also influenced by the Players' passion and slowly walked the path of a paparazzi … Of course, that was a story for another time.
At the moment, Edward, who was still unaware that his reputation had been tarnished, finally found the Sea Sapphire in the feces.
Despite the many twists and turns and time spent searching for the gem, they were still the first party to successfully obtain it. Aside from a huge sum of EXP and game coins, Xi Wei even gave them a system-wide broadcast to encourage the Players to search for the remaining gems, while also making many Players aware that the Sea Sapphire wasn't something that could be obtained so easily.
Fortunately, Edward and the others weren't the only Players who worked hard. After the first gem was obtained, the remaining six gems were found one by one by the Players over the next five days.
Leah the Warrior Princess and her escorts defeated the Rocky Platform Tortoise in the mountains and obtained the second gem.
Before Marni died in the swamps, he snatched the third gem that the murloc knight commander (who was riding a giant hermit crab) wore around his neck.
When Terry, Jom and their would-be father, Joey, were fighting the Salted Fishman Mummies in the desert, their dog found the fourth gem.
Zonyan Grayclaw led a group of newbie Players and found sea griffins nesting in the grasslands. Before the newbie Players were eaten by the griffins, Zonyan found the fifth gem in their nest.
Under Angora's command, Vela led a group of veteran Players deep into the forest, defeated the murloc druid and obtained the sixth gem.
Terrosche (fat) and Silva (skinny) ate their seventh gem while they were eating crabs at the seaside.
After all the gems were found, the players who had the gems received a new quest from the system: Return to the Frogmen Village within the time limit.
If they were Players from Earth, there might be some who were stubborn enough to try and see if the storyline would be affected if they didn't return to the village within the time limit.
However, the Players of this world were essentially believers of Xi Wei, the God of Games, and the System was a gift from Xi Wei. From a certain perspective, the quests given to them were no different from divine decrees. Leaving aside whether they accepted the quest or not, the Players would naturally follow the instructions given that there was a time limit.
In the end, the quest did not directly end when all seven parties gathered. Seeing that there was still over half an hour left, everyone could guess that something would only happen after the time limit was up.
Since the veteran Players had more or less cooperated with each other and were comrades from a certain perspective, they were not strangers. Hence, they all sat together and started chatting.
"Everyone gathered here is the elite of the Players. Everyone must have fought to the death to obtain the gems of honor," the buxom Terrosche said seriously. The buxom Terrosche said solemnly. "No need to be reserved, we're all so excellent. Speak your mind!" Beside them, the scrawny Silva nodded. "As expected of Brother Terrosche. Our cheeks are sore from eating crabs!"
"…"
'Only you two who ate crabs and got the gems don't have the right to say that, do you?' The corner of Edward's eye twitched.
He couldn't help feeling a little disgusted when he remembered that his party had fought against almost ten thousand fishmen, traumatizing both Joe and Jessica, and that he had to pick up feces to obtain the gems.
"This event is a little difficult, but it's fun. Fighting monsters in all sorts of terrains is fun, and there's a lot of EXP too." Jom was beaming. "I leveled up nine times with the rewards from the gems quest, and I'm less than 10% EXP away from Level 40!"
In response, the other Players all chimed in, beaming as they talked about their leveling up.
"…"
Marni looked at his level and EXP bar, and couldn't help closing the page, his face full of melancholy. If it wasn't for the reward of finding the gem, not only would he not have earned any EXP, he would have dropped a level or two.
"Although the rewards for this event are average and can't compare to the Rotten Bones event last time, if you choose to challenge stronger monsters, you could get some decent equipment … such as this, the Purple Rare 'Rock Platform Giant Tortoise Shield'!" Princess Leah also shared her thoughts on the event.
"…"
Zonyan Grayclaw glanced at the 'fishman helmet' in his bag, feeling a little suffocated and not really feeling like talking …
As a result, the originally lively conversation soon fell into an awkward silence when everyone's faces were clearly black and white.
It was awkward all at once.
Almost everyone present was screaming inwardly:
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