Chapter 403 Jack’s Growth History
[Completed the B-level mission: Specialties of the Misty Sea! 】
[You help Captain Hayden's side repel the enemy and receive mission rewards: 7W experience points, 500 gold pounds and Captain Hayden's favorability. 】
[Captain Hayden’s favorability towards you has increased! Currently friendly! 】
'The mission has been settled... Well, it only requires that the enemy be repelled, and it is not said that the goods must be preserved, so I took their mist pearls and it was not affected. ’
Chen Lun smiled slightly.
In his opinion, the rewards of this mission are not generous. For now, 70,000 experience points are just a drop in the bucket and indispensable... Even if the mission clearly requires him to help Captain Hayden keep this cargo, he will take it. That's right, after all, compared to the hundreds of "Mist Pearls", the experience is nothing.
The weather is good today and the temperature has risen slightly.
The entire sea area is one color at a time, and the blue view is refreshing.
The Pearl Bamogo sailed slowly on the sea, with the comfortable sea breeze blowing on its face.
Chen Lun and everyone in the circus walked on the deck and saw many gentlemen and ladies who had recovered from last night's panic, talking and laughing and enjoying the bright sunshine.
The deck has been cleaned by the sailors, and the monster limbs and blood stains have disappeared. If it weren't for some large damaged holes and bent metal guardrails, then what happened last night would have been like a collective hallucination.
Seeing Chen Lun's figure, many gentlemen and ladies saluted him.
"Good day, Father Jack."
These upper-class people know very well how noble Chen Lun's status is, not to mention that he saved everyone's lives last night. This respectful attitude comes from the heart.
"Good day."
Chen Lun pulled the brim of his hat and nodded slightly in response.
Not long after, Captain Hayden came to the deck with his first mate, summoned all the gentlemen and ladies, and expressed his apologies for what happened last night with a sad expression.
"This storm and attack accidentally led to the death of four gentlemen and one lady. Although it was not my intention, our Pearl Bamogo is also responsible...so I will contact you as soon as possible after docking. Moses Voyage Headquarters will provide corresponding compensation to the families of the deceased.”
Captain Hayden said.
He also described the general damage to the hull and said that it can barely sail after emergency repairs, but it will need to be repaired for a week at the next port. If any passengers are unwilling to wait, they can disembark and transfer to other ships at that time.
Finally, he emphatically thanked Chen Lun.
"Thanks to the help of Lord Archon Jack from the Generous Council, this accident helped us repel the rampant evil extraordinary bandits... Here, on behalf of all the crew of the Pearl Bamogo, I, Hayden, would like to express my sincerity to Lord Jack. Thanks and respect.”
Hayden took off his beret and bowed to Chen Lun with the crew.
The escorts of Moses' voyage who were hidden in the crowd also caressed their chests and bowed their heads. They were partly grateful and partly expressing awe for the strong.
Chen Lun, however, didn't like this kind of formalism and just nodded indifferently.
Captain Hayden made no mention of the casualties in the lower warehouse area. In fact, the casualties among ordinary ship passengers were extremely heavy. More than fifty people died in the attack last night. But the Pearl Bamogo obviously didn't pay attention to those low-level civilians, and even threw their bodies into the sea without collecting them.
These gentlemen and ladies living in the upper class cabin don't even care about those people, let alone asking them actively. Even if Captain Hayden tells them the real situation, they will probably only use it as a conversation piece after dinner.
The two sides are not from the same world at all, and the indifferent attitude is affirmative.
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Due to the damage to the hull, the sailing speed had decreased, and the next port that could have been reached in half a day finally arrived in the evening of the next day.
The port here belongs to the city of Huabang Rongju and is called Port Anastasia.
The Pearl Bamogo sailed directly into the ship repair yard of the port dock. A few gentlemen and ladies got off the ship here, planning to transfer to other passenger ships and continue their departure.
Chen Lun thought it was troublesome, so he planned to wait for a few days with his team.
While the ship was in the factory for repairs, some guests disembarked and went to Rongju City for sightseeing and shopping. Chen Lun did not want to restrict the freedom of team members too much and told them they could move as they pleased.
However, Floy, Maggie and Connie are not interested in anything. One likes quietness and nights, and the other two are study and research enthusiasts. On the men's side, Noah and Alex wanted to go out for a walk to get some fresh air, so Chen Lun asked them to go with them.
Antonio didn't like the city environment, so he said he would stay in the cabin and sleep, while the three Golovs also stayed on the ship. They had recently become obsessed with a card game that was popular in the upper class, and would rather play cards than go out and mess around. visit.
According to Golov's words, they can respond to Chen Lun's orders in a timely manner and execute them immediately if necessary. Chen Lun was very pleased with this and casually gave each person a hundred gold pounds as "gambling capital" so that they could have fun on the boat.
Afterwards, he got off the ship alone and strolled from the port to the bustling area of downtown Rongju, just like a person traveling in his previous life, exploring a strange but interesting unknown.
Rongju City is very similar to Peacock City. Because it is a port city, seafood is relatively popular. Even in major restaurants in the downtown area, the signature dishes are almost all fish, shrimp and shellfish of some kind.
Most cities in Hua Bang have their own iconic flowers. As its name suggests, this city is very popular with velvet chrysanthemums... Even though the weather is still very cold in early February, velvet chrysanthemums are in bloom all year round, and many stores have them at their entrances. There were pots of fluffy chrysanthemums of various colors.
After Chen Lun wandered around for more than two hours and bought some local specialties, he returned to the Pearl Bamogo, knocked on the door of Floy's cabin, and gave the three of them some baked snacks he bought on the way. A lady.
"Thank you, Mr. Jack!"
Connie said happily.
Maggie had already grabbed a piece of cupcake with her bare hands, swallowed it in one gulp, smashed it in her mouth, and was still shaking the reagent bottle on her hand.
Chen Lun smiled and shook his head.
"You're welcome, you should have a good rest."
After that, he turned around and returned to his cabin. After lying on the bed, he opened the game forum out of boredom.
Because the game is out of service and updated, many players can only comfort themselves by posting on the forum.
Compared to the past, the forum is particularly lively at the moment.
Chen Lun saw a lot of posts discussing the main plot of the next version, and the most active among them was the "ordinary operator"... This guy is keen on analyzing all kinds of things, and of course his presence is indispensable in this matter. .
But there is one thing to say, his analysis is indeed well-founded and very convincing.
Chen Lun clicked on a post that had been posted for less than an hour but had more than 100,000 likes. The top answer came from an "ordinary operator":
"——According to the official notice given three hours ago, the level limit of the next version will be increased to level 80. Based on the main professional level of the nine extraordinary people in the 1.0 version, most players in the 2.0 version can be promoted to the middle sequence... ”
"——But the number of extraordinary players accounts for less than one percent of all players. Even after the version is updated, those who can gather the extraordinary knowledge of Sequence 8 and be promoted in a short period of time are definitely a minority among the few... …This situation will become more and more serious as time goes by, and the player pyramid will only become more obvious and solid in the end.”
"——In order to allow players to adapt to such a long-term growth period, the next version will definitely arrange corresponding plots and main events... According to my analysis, the 1.0 version is too short and feels a little hasty. The game official obviously There is no explanation, but I believe they will compensate for it in the next version. ”
"——So the main plot of version 2.0 will only be more grand than the 'Scarlet Festival' turmoil caused by the Red Apple Church... The clues and intelligence on hand now indicate that it is either a war involving the empire and the Anlong United Kingdom in the west. Or it’s the colonial war across the Misty Sea in the east.”
Chen Lun looked at the post and nodded secretly.
The analysis of ordinary operators shows that except for the main plot of version 2.0 being wrong, everything else is roughly the same direction.
The level limit of version 2.0 is 80, which is actually the level limit of Sequence Seven Transcendents.
Even in the middle of the version, there will be a non-stop version 2.1 update. At that time, the level limit will be raised again, directly reaching level 120, sequence six... which is also the version where Chen Lun lived in his previous life.
‘Version 2.0 is about the turmoil in the spiritual world, which is about pollution sources in the spiritual world that affect the real world, so the empire summons civilian extraordinary people to suppress it... The war in the Anlong United Kingdom is only a branch line. ’
Chen Lun thought to himself.
'But this is not to blame for the ordinary operator. After all, his level is still too low and it is normal for him not to know this information. ’
Immediately afterwards, he read a few more popular posts and learned that the current mental state of players is very impatient, very impatient... The three-day update time is really too long for these players.
They are extremely eager to play online, and their days feel like years.
‘Huh? The number one video on the hot list has changed... The producer and uploader are both Su Keying? ’
Chen Lun returned to the homepage and noticed the ranking list.
He looked at the cover of the top video with interest, it was himself.
To be precise, it should be two selves.
The one on the left is a gentleman in a black hat, and the one on the right is wearing a consul's armor and a gray robe.
There is also a string of title text across the two images in the middle——
"Jack's Growth History: Solar Calendar 4419 to 4420!"
Chen Lun saw that this video had been uploaded for more than six hours, and the number of views exceeded 100 million, ranking first. He clicked on the video with some curiosity, wanting to see how Su Keying would praise herself.
Once the video is turned on, the screen is black.
The voiceover came from Su Keying’s narration lines:
"For those who clicked on this video, let me tell you that this is a popular science video about people... Actually, I hesitated several times before starting to make it, because generally not many people like this kind of video. Look, it’s not a thankless task...but in the end it was the persuasion of my friends and colleagues that made me decide to do it.”
Several rows of red and eye-catching text gradually appeared on the black screen.
"First of all, I would like to declare that all the materials and information appearing in the video are collected and confirmed by me and my team, and are not fictitious... In addition, all steel bars are prohibited. If you have any objections, you will take the lead."
After the text disappeared, a black-haired young man wearing a white shirt appeared on the screen, sitting in front of the coffee table and meditating.
Su Keying continued:
"NPC Jack Spate has been running through the plot from the closed beta to the end of the public beta version 1.0... Maybe there were relatively few people who knew him in the early days, but with the end of the Bloody Battle, almost all players in Bangcheng District know about this person. The new high-level executive of the Orthodox Church... Now let me tell you the story of Jack Speight, the leader of the circus and the consul of the Senate of the Generous Parliament..."
The screen returned to the internal beta.
Jade Town, Gem State.
Su Keying and Polaris came to a wall and looked at the wanted notice on it. It was Chen Lun, who had slightly curly black hair. The wanted amount at that time was only one hundred gold pounds, as announced by the Red Apple Church.
"The enmity between Jack and the Red Apple Church comes from a long time ago. When he was still an ordinary person, he was captured as a sacrifice by the Red Apple Church..."
The video explains Chen Lun's origin and growth in great detail, from being a prisoner to becoming the leader of a supernatural organization, and then joining the Murder Club, until he promoted the club to take a seat in the Zhengshen Church, and his own status increased with each passing day...
The barrage continues, following Jack's growth and Su Keying's calm tone, you can feel the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of the protagonist of the story. Jack's experience seemed to resonate with many players, and they began to become interested in this NPC.
"It turns out that Jack's past is like this. Damn it, the Red Apple Church!" "No wonder he hates the Red Disaster so much. He is either hunting the Red Apple Church or on the way to hunt." "He is really a flesh-and-blood character. Wait. After the version update, I want to join his team! "How can it be that easy? You can enter the circus if you want to?"
The barrage passed by, but Su Keying's voice continued:
"Myself, Polar Star, Dongyang, Chenxi, Kotoujin and many other players were among the first players to join Jack's command... We can tell you straightforwardly that he is different from other NPCs because he has a unique charm. , it’s hard not to like.”
The original image of Noah carrying a painting bag appeared in the screen, and he introduced himself shyly.
"Not only does the force he leads have many benefits, but also because he really takes care of us, the so-called 'immortal strangers', as companions... For example, when we encounter difficulties, Jack will even send cadres to deal with it. Support, this is something no other force can do!”
Su Keying said.
The video screen switched to the fairyland lake house.
The sky is blue and white clouds are floating.
By the clear lake, there is a grapevine and a Jack statue at the door of a simple wooden house. Many players are sitting on the lawn chatting.
"This is the secret location of the circus. No matter where we are, we can transfer our minds to this area and have timely interactions. We can also receive tasks and exchange items here... Of course, this is also exclusive to Jack. The location of the copy - Wonderland! ”
The screen was filled with comments in a surprised tone. Apparently Su Keying's video surprised many people. However, the video ends here, and a line of large characters appears at the end of the screen——
“Next issue’s preview, the secret of the circus’ exclusive copy of Wonderland will be revealed!”
Chen Lun noticed that a series of barrages were all "blanch", he smiled and praised secretly, and immediately turned off the video. This popular science video allows players to have a deeper understanding of themselves and the circus, and will also help encourage more players to join their ranks in the next version.
'But having said that, looking at my journey along the way, I feel a little emotional...'
Chen Lun rubbed his chin and shook his head. (End of chapter)