Chapter 467 S-level branch plot and vision potion
At this time, a task prompt popped up on Chen Lun's panel——
[You have triggered the "S-level side mission: The Tragedy Prince"! 】
Task description: From Princess Anna's mouth, you learned about the past of Arnold, the eldest son of the sun, and he is the god "Sun" believed in by the Sun Cross Society. Anna wants to follow the guidance of fate and the oracle of "The Sun", kill Prince Dazlet, eliminate the predicted disaster, and help "The Sun" get out of trouble.
Princess Anna has extended an invitation to you at this time.
(Rejection will result in unknown consequences, please choose carefully!)
Mission objective: Death of Dazlet Tri'sul.
Mission reward: 100W experience points, 1W gold pounds, 50 regional popularity points, 20 attribute points, 10 special attribute points, 1 blessing point and Anna Trisul's favorability.
‘S-level branch… the rewards are indeed generous. ’
Chen Lun fell into brief thought.
He weighed the pros and cons in his mind, knowing that if he refused Anna's invitation, he would inevitably drop the other person's favorability to a freezing point, and even conflict would arise.
Being able to serve as the leader of a secret organization, Princess Anna cannot be a soft-hearted master. Since she has let herself know these secrets, she will not allow herself to leak them.
Once they break up, even if they can use the cloud to escape, it will no longer be possible to move around in the royal city, and everything they do here will come to nothing.
Turn around and tell the truth to Prince Dazlet?
Chen Lun could not provide any conclusive evidence.
How could the royal family believe in the one-sided words of an "outsider" and point the finger at the Sun King's beloved daughter?
And...
‘Arnold is Philip’s best friend and he also regards me as a friend. If it hadn’t been for him, I might have been lost at the dark end of Wonderland. Floy's ancestor Athena also died because of Dazlet's informant...'
Chen Lun turned his head and looked at the roots dancing in Floy's palm, took a deep breath and said:
"Okay, Your Highness Princess, I think I already know what choice to make..."
He secretly accepted the task and looked at Princess Anna again.
"I promise to help you, but it cannot be unconditional support...I can only say that I will do my best."
"Thank you, but that's enough."
Princess Anna smiled.
"The 9th of next month will be Dazlet's twenty-third birthday. The palace will hold a grand dinner to celebrate...and that day will also be the day of his death."
She briefly explained the plan to Chen Lun.
"In his daily life and outings, he would be secretly protected by the five 'Yuguang Holy Guards'. It is difficult to find opportunities for assassination... But the day of the birthday dinner is an exception. They all have other tasks at that time, and they will Leave Dazlet for a while.”
"Even so, it's not easy to kill him."
Chen Lun frowned.
"Many big shots will gather at the palace dinner, and even the top leaders of the Church of the Seven Gods will be present... Moreover, in front of His Majesty the Sun King, how are you going to kill him?"
"My father will not come to the dinner... He has not shown up for many years. He was even absent from my adult ceremony two years ago."
Princess Anna shook her head calmly.
"As for how I will do it, I'm sorry that I can't tell you for the time being...but when the time comes, I will need a little cooperation from you."
"..."
Chen Lun frowned slightly.
After a moment of silence, he sighed.
"Okay... But Your Highness Anna, since you are unwilling to reveal the specific actions, if the actual situation at that time puts me in a very dangerous situation, I will refuse to participate."
"Don't worry, you won't be in any danger."
Anna said softly.
Looking at her serious gaze, Chen Lun nodded.
In the following time, the two of them tacitly agreed not to continue this topic, but talked about something else, just like the communication between ordinary friends.
After two cups of tea, Princess Anna stood up and left.
Chen Lun and Floy accompanied her back to the location of the carriage and watched the carriage slowly leave from the path illuminated by street lights.
After standing there for a moment, Chen Lun recalled what Princess Anna had said before. Suddenly his eyes narrowed and he noticed something was wrong.
‘The Oracle of the Sun…’
Chen Lun muttered something in his heart.
Although he had only known Arnold for a short time, he could see that given his character and conduct, he should not have given Anna and the believers the oracle to "kill his brother Dazlet to help himself out of trouble."
Putting aside his current situation, whether he still retains a clear sense and can issue an oracle... When Chen Lun and Arnold parted ways, he had asked him why he didn't leave together. Arnold's answer was to stay in the darkness. The end is His mission, to hunt the darkness forever.
That being the case, why did He want to get out of trouble?
This is obviously somewhat contradictory...
‘Did pollution change Arnold’s mind? Or, it is true that He has always hated his younger brother Dazlet...'
Chen Lun was a little unsure.
He couldn't even figure out whether the back of the "body" he saw at the end of the darkness was dead or alive.
Arnold's true status is still unknown after all.
In the end, Chen Lun could only sigh secretly and put these thoughts into his heart.
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One week has passed in a blink of an eye.
The instructions issued by Prince Dazlet have gradually been conveyed from the royal city to all parts of the empire. Official shelters, the Seven Orthodox Churches, and many otherworldly forces, large and small, responded to the call one after another and began to recruit more immortal strangers to prepare for the next march into the spiritual world and hunt for the spreading wave of pollution.
The Generous Council where Chen Lun is a member is no exception.
However, since he is currently in charge of the King City branch, he only retains circus players. However, he was not idle. He took this opportunity to expand the "recruitment quota" and deliberately sent some messages to the player group.
After learning that Jack's Circus was recruiting people, the game forums during this period once again set off a wave of craze. Countless related posts appeared, spreading the good news like crazy, arousing enthusiastic responses from players.
This extraordinary organization, which has been "prolific" in elite players since the beginning of the closed beta, has attracted the attention of many players. Who is playing "Age of Secrets" now and doesn't know that the "Circus" is one of the best places to go? Let's not talk about the various exclusive internal benefits. The player members in the group are all big guys on the rankings. Isn’t it hundreds of times better to know a few people and learn from them than to struggle on your own?
And a very important point is the circus leader, Jack Spate.
This NPC had a very bright moment in the last version, and with the series of related special videos released by "little fan girl" Su Keying, players all know that under his command, they can get benefits that are difficult for others to obtain.
So all of a sudden, many players who were close to the royal city rushed over.
It just so happens that version 2.0 has raised the upper limit of players' levels. Most of the players in the second tier have been successfully promoted and become extraordinary, reaching the circus recruitment threshold.
In this week, more than 3,000 players successfully joined the circus.
The number of elite players under Chen Lun has reached more than 5,000, of which about 1,000 are Sequence 8 Transcendents.
Polaris is still the only mid-tier player, far ahead.
This day.
Chen Lun is in his room, preparing the editing panel to issue relevant tasks to his players. After all, according to Prince Dazlet's request, hunting in the spirit world should officially begin in the next few days.
Tuk Tuk...
There was a knock on the door.
Chen Lun had just stood up, and the knocking on the door became more urgent, and even turned into a pounding on the door, as if the person outside the door was in a hurry and rushed to the toilet.
He rolled his eyes and walked over to open the door.
By judging the knocking sound through [Five Senses], Chen Lun already knew who was outside the door, so he was not angry. A young woman with messy hair was leaning against the door, holding the door frame with one hand and raising her other hand.
"Maggie, could you please be gentler when you knock on the door next time? I'm going to have a heart attack."
Chen Lun helplessly pointed to the door and motioned for her to come in.
Maggie ignored his words, walked into the room, and took out a bottle of purple potion.
"Captain! The research on the potion was successful!"
She shoved the purple glass bottle in front of Chen Lun as if taking credit.
"This is a new potion developed according to your request and based on the principle of the "Third Edition Formula of True Sight Potion"... Although it is not as effective as the original version, the cost is also greatly reduced. Of course, it will be a little insignificant. The price is irrelevant... By the way, I also gave it a name, 'Sensitive Puppy's Tears'! What do you think?"
"Um..."
Chen Lun looked at Maggie's expectant eyes and nodded seriously and appreciatively.
"Good, Maggie, I feel good."
"Hahaha... I know that you, the leader, know how to appreciate my talents."
Maggie put her hands on her hips and laughed.
Chen Lun coughed, took the potion, sat on the chair, and directly used the panel to explore.
He raised an eyebrow.
The results showed that it fully met my expectations.
Although the effect of the medicine only lasts for 3 seconds, it can increase the perception attribute by 20 points, which is enough for players to peek into the cracks in the spiritual world.
'This potion can be used as an exclusive prop for the circus. It can serve as a core consumable and a necessity for players to participate in the main mission for a long time... More importantly, it is far better than similar products from asylums, churches and other forces. Props are cheap! ’
Chen Lun smiled.
Of course, it is not perfect. As Maggie said, it has a few side effects... that is, within one minute after taking the medicine, the health value will be reduced by 50%, accompanied by heart angina, stomachache, etc. Symptoms include perforation, bleeding in the liver and unstoppable watering of eyes.
‘Well… I believe that to the brave and fearless foreign warriors, these are nothing. ’
Chen Lun nodded and thought to himself.
Immediately afterwards, he asked Maggie whether this medicine could be mass-produced in a short time and what the specific cost would be.
"Captain, compared to the previous potions, 'Sensitive Puppy's Tears' does not consume much material. It only costs about 30 silver coins... As for its production, [Skilled Beaker] is here, so it can be done Preparation of thirty tubes of medicinal solution at one time, 24 hours a day. ”
Maggie answered truthfully.
Chen Lun was quite satisfied with the result.
He took out an Imperial Bank certificate with fifty thousand gold pounds written on it, handed it to Maggie, and asked her to work hard to make the potion during the next period, and said that she could ask the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce for help to purchase the required materials.
According to the experience of the previous life, the consumption of this potion will be very large. Players are limited by their own level strength and are very dependent on it. It can be said that if you want to participate in the main mission plot, you must have this "ticket" to enter the main stage "spiritual world".
Every time they enter the spirit world, players need to consume one.
If they die in the spirit world, they will be reborn from the resurrection point in this world. If they want to enter again, they have to consume another one.
So Chen Lun plans to take advantage of this opportunity in the current version to earn some "hard money" from players... After all, for other forces, this kind of thing is very expensive and even requires force contribution points. The circus is different. In order to allow warriors in foreign lands to buy this medicine at a low price, the leader, Mr. Jack, worked hard to obtain the formula and urged the cadres to research and develop it day and night, and finally achieved results.
Therefore, Chen Lun felt that this "hard work" was ridiculous.
He deserves it.
‘I really paid a lot for you...’
Chen Lun sighed in his heart.
At the same time, he was also silently renaming this potion. After all, according to Maggie's name, it was really inappropriate.
‘Since it is a low-end version of the ‘True Vision Potion’, let’s call it the ‘Spiritual Vision Potion’...’
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A few days later.
On August 12th, players officially started the main mission of version 2.0.
This time the camp confrontation is different from the 1.0 version. Almost all players have the same goal, which is to hunt down polluting creatures in the spirit world as much as possible, and there are corresponding tasks based on the strength of the target killed. Rewards and points, and finally the prize pool settlement at the end of the task.
At the same time, it was also at this time that the rather unfamiliar term "spiritual world" gradually entered the field of vision of most players.
In game forums, popular science about the "spiritual world" began to increase, and players realized that the world they had been living in was just the surface of the present world, and there was another world overlapping it.
However, a huge problem stood in front of them.
So where is the "spiritual world"?
How do I get in?
Through popular science, we learned that it is necessary to reach 30 points of perception before you can explore the rift and then enter the spiritual world from the rift... However, that is a panel attribute that can only be possessed by mid-sequence extraordinary beings.
This suddenly made most players dumbfounded.
As each player's force released arsenals of military supplies, they found a way to make up for their attribute deficiencies through potions and enter the spiritual world. However, these potions were quite expensive, which caused players to complain for a while.
Related popular posts in the game forum:
"——The 'True Sight Potion' in the asylum is actually priced at 5 gold pounds each. Although it can be replaced with influence contribution points, it is too expensive... After ten days and a half, how much will it cost?! ”
"——You're pretty good. The ones from the History and Ceremony Association and the Hailing Group are even more expensive. Some non-church forces even need more than ten gold pounds each. You're crazy. You can't give them up. Let others play? I only saved a few hundred gold pounds in the last version, but how many times have I gone in and lost all my money?”
"——Don't be so pessimistic. According to the description of the main mission, and some information revealed by some veterans, the polluted creatures hunted in the spiritual world will explode extraordinary materials, which can be exchanged for money and contribution points. It will not make your balance between income and expenditure unbalanced. ”
"——Hahaha! Guess what? The circus's 'Spiritual Vision Potion' only costs 1 gold coin! Several of our brothers in the guild group laughed silly!"
"——???"
"——I heard that Jack is still recruiting people, so I might as well apostatize."
"——The Church of the Sun doesn't want to wait!"
Stuck badly, in pain...
(End of chapter)