Chapter 171: One's Own Power

Wu Chang's face changed, and his eyes looked at Cui Chengze differently.

If you had told me earlier that you had a hidden side quest, wouldn't I have been more polite?

The hidden side quest was ahead, but Wu Chang did not agree on the spot, still maintaining the posture of a superior.

"You can say it, but I may not agree."

Cui Chengze's face showed a struggle. He was worried that exposing his intentions too early would have a counterproductive effect.

But he was very satisfied with Wu Chang's reaction. Facing such an unreasonable request, it was a normal reaction not to agree rashly, which showed that the other party had principles and valued commitment.

If it were those guys from the New Universe Sect, I'm afraid no matter what his request was, they would agree first, and at most regret it later.

"I want to save the people on the ship, but I can't fight against the New Universe Sect and the monsters that just appeared by myself. I need your help."

After Cui Chengze finished speaking, a line of prompts appeared in front of Wu Chang.

"Hidden side mission: Help Choi Sung-taek destroy the conspiracy of the New Universe Sect and save as many passengers on the ship as possible. There is no penalty for failure. Do you accept the mission?"

Wu Chang took out a cigarette with a cold face, lit it, took a puff, and asked Choi Sung-taek: "Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Cui Sung-taek asked in confusion: "Why do you ask?"

Wu Chang frowned and said impatiently: "You asked others for help, but you used such a general wording to perfunctorily. Are you looking for death, bastard?"

"What's the difference between what you said and what you didn't say? How can I help you, how can I save the people on the ship, and how many people do I want to save?"

Cui Chengze was speechless for a moment when Wu Chang asked him, "I..."

"What do you mean, didn't you see that 70% of the passengers in the cabin have converted to the New Universe Sect? I want to help you deal with the New Universe Sect, but I have to save the passengers. Are you kidding me? Do you want me to form a sect and take back their faith first?"

Looking at Cui Chengze whose CPU was temporarily overloaded, Wu Chang said coldly: "I'll give you a chance to reorganize your language. Be grateful. I rarely give people a second chance."

Wu Chang scolded Cui Chengze, but Cui Chengze didn't react, but Jianxing and the negotiation master were about to explode.

They looked at Wu Chang in panic. If they were not strong enough, they would have rushed over to cover Wu Chang's mouth and pressed his head to agree to Cui Chengze's request.

At the moment Cui Chengze made the request, not only Wu Chang, but also the two of them had prompts pop up in front of them.

"Hidden side mission: Help Li Zaishe complete Cui Chengze's request, destroy the conspiracy of the New Universe Sect, and save as many passengers on the ship as possible. There is no penalty for failure. Do you accept the mission?"

Any mission that can be prompted by the system is extremely important and can change the direction of the dungeon.

This type of mission is often more difficult than the main mission, and the completion conditions are harsh, but the rewards are equally generous.

In the records of the Administration, there has never been a stable way to trigger hidden side missions. There are only two possibilities to trigger hidden side missions.

One is dog luck, and the other is to dig deep enough into the world plot and reach more than 85% of the dungeon completion. On the basis of high completion, further digging into the dungeon plot can be triggered.

The two walked along the way and passed dozens of dungeons. Only Jianxing encountered a hidden side mission once. It was in that mission that he obtained the job transfer props to become a sword cultivator in advance.

The Negotiation Master has never triggered a hidden side mission.

However, what surprised the two was that the hidden side mission triggered by Wu Chang actually had no mission failure penalty!

Hidden side missions are originally high-risk and high-return missions. Even if the consequence of failure is not death, a lot of costs must be paid. Without the penalty for mission failure, wouldn't it be a pure reward!

Just when the two thought that pie in the sky fell, Wu Chang's scolding of Cui Chengze directly raised their blood pressure.

If the hidden side missions were to fail, even if the two had already regarded Wu Chang's incarnation of Li Zaishe as their adoptive father in their hearts, they would not be able to hold back and turn into Lu Bu.

Who knew that Cui Chengze would really fall for it.

After thinking for a while, Cui Chengze lowered his posture and said in a cautious voice:

"Help me deal with the new universe sect together. I will teach you when we return to the ship. As for the passengers who were lured into the sect by them, you don't have to worry. They have not believed in it for a long time. As long as the plan of the new universe sect is destroyed, they will get rid of control."

At this point, Cui Chengze's voice became hesitant.

"If we want to save the number of passengers, we must save at least half of them, especially those high school students! As for those New Universe sect believers who are terminally ill, there is really no way to give them up."

As Cui Chengze supplemented the requirements, the hidden side quests received by Wu Chang, Jianxing and others changed accordingly.

Save as many passengers on the ship as possible, at least save half of the passengers on the ship. The higher the completion of the task, the higher the reward.

Jianxing and the negotiation master were dumbfounded. It was the first time they saw bargaining with the natives of the copy plane, which changed the tasks issued by the system.

The two recalled that if they did not confirm the completion requirements with Cui Chengze in advance, I am afraid that whether the task was completed in the end would depend on Cui Chengze's face. If his requirements at the time could not be met, the task would be considered a failure.

But it was different at this moment. With the hard indicators for completing the task, there was no need to worry about Cui Chengze raising the requirements temporarily.

The two looked at Wu Chang and thought to themselves at the same time: I followed a good boss.

On the other hand, Wu Chang nodded with a little disdain and said, "I have disliked those parasites of the New Universe Sect for a long time. For the sake of dealing with them, I can help you."

While speaking, Wu Chang chose to accept the task.

After receiving Wu Chang's reply, Cui Chengze breathed a sigh of relief. When he was attacked by the secret ritual master and the werewolf before, he felt a huge sense of powerlessness. Now that he has the support of the super chaebol Lee Jae-se, he instantly feels that his legs are stronger than before, and his back is straighter.

In Gaomu Country, except for Midi Country, there is nothing that the chaebol can't solve.

After Wu Chang chose to accept the hidden side quest, a line of prompts popped up in front of him again.

"Since the player chooses to help Cui Chengze to fight against the New Universe Sect, and the player has a certain number of followers, it meets the requirements for establishing a force."

"Do the player choose to establish his own force? Once the force is established, it cannot be cancelled and cannot join other forces again."

Wu Chang looked at the prompt in front of him, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. Players can also establish forces?

He quickly realized that he was able to establish a force because of the role played by the real walker.

When the copy was judged, he was judged as a native of the plane, so when his power and prestige reached a certain level and he had a big goal that could change the direction of the copy plot, he automatically became a force on the Star Leap ship and participated in this multi-party competition.

He happened to be hesitating about which force to join. Now that he has established his own force, he doesn’t have to worry about following the wrong boss and causing the copy to get out of control in the end.

"Confirm to establish a faction."

"The player has successfully established a faction and has the authority to absorb other players into his faction."

"The current number of players in the faction: 0, the upper limit of the number of people allowed to join: 5."

"The goal of the player's faction is to maintain order on the Star Leap, reduce the chaos value on the ship, and ensure the survival of as many passengers as possible."

"The current chaos value of the Star Leap: 75%, the current number of passengers surviving on the Star Leap: 100%, and the current control of the Star Leap: 5%."

"Comprehensive score: 43."

"The current faction ranking is: 5."

"Note: When the player's faction ranking is 1, the Star Leap will become the home of the player's faction. Within the home range, the combat power of all members of the player's faction will be greatly enhanced, the will will be extremely improved, and the life value of passengers on the ship will increase significantly."

If Wu Chang were allowed to establish a faction himself, the goal of the faction he established would probably be to kill all members of the Tranquility Sect and absorb the energy of all mystical rituals.

Unfortunately, the opportunity for him to establish a faction was because he agreed to help Cui Chengze, so the goal of the faction became to ensure the survival of the passengers.

Judging from the current ranking of his faction, there are more forces on the ship than he thought, and he is ranked fifth.

The small Xingyue is really a place full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

He turned around and looked at Jianxing and Negotiation Master who were laughing foolishly beside him. Although he didn't know what they were laughing at, he prepared two places for them because they were in the same faction.

"You two also heard that I just promised him to protect the members on the ship as much as possible. This matter is dangerous. The beasts and mysterious people I encountered just now are likely to hinder my actions. Now I give you a chance to choose whether to stay and help me or leave."

After Wu Chang finished speaking, a prompt popped up in front of Jianxing and Negotiation Master.

"Li Zaishi has recruited you. Do you choose to join Li Zaishi's faction? Once you join, you can't change it. Please choose carefully."

The two chose to join without hesitation.

What a joke, who is Li Zaishi?

That was the foster father who could lead them to complete the main task one with a wave of his hand, list a series of suspicious targets for them with just a word, and take them for a walk to pick up a hidden branch without failure penalty.

As the adopted son, is there any reason to refuse the power established by the foster father?

Before, the two of them still felt sorry for the foster father's failure to establish a power, and were worried that if they joined other forces in the future and went against the foster father, they would not only appear ungrateful, but also might affect their completion of the hidden branch task.

Now, the foster father established a power in a blink of an eye, and the goal of the power was to protect the survival of the passengers on the Star Leap as much as possible.

What does this mean? This means that the foster father had the strength to establish a power long ago, but he did not participate in the fight of the Star Leap for selfish reasons. He would only establish a power for this purpose when he cared about the passengers and wanted to protect others.

What a selfless spirit, what a noble sentiment.

For a moment, Wu Chang's image in their eyes became even taller.

After making an agreement with Cui Chengze, when several people left the cargo hold, they happened to catch up with Li Yubin who brought people back.

He explained a few words to fool Li Yubin, and then led everyone to continue searching for useful information on the Song of the Sea.

The group gathered together to search for the communication equipment needed by the captain.

As expected, the communication equipment on the Song of the Sea was not only unusable, but also damaged by human beings. Judging from the traces of damage, it should have been damaged two years ago.

Several people then went to the cargo hold to find some food or supplies.

Food was not found, but seven or eight renovated torture rooms and a complete set of medieval-style torture instruments were found.

Judging from the bloodstains on the floor of the room and the torture instruments, many victims had experienced them.

Not far from the torture room, the group found dozens of skeletons in a room.

Coming out of the cargo hold, people's expressions became strange. They began to wonder what the purpose of Song of the Sea was for going to sea. At the same time, they also began to guess what happened on the Song of Sea.

Captain Jiang Junxi expressed regret for the damage to the communication equipment on the Song of the Sea and expressed concern about the mummies appearing on the Song of the Sea.

He listened to the opinions of the passengers and started the Star Leap again, away from the Song of the Sea, and continued to sail in the direction of the rising moonlight.

Back on the ship, the crew members who entered the Song of the Sea began to quietly circulate the videos they recorded among the passengers.

The captain and Park Changmin did not stop this, but showed a laissez-faire attitude.

In less than an hour, all the passengers knew that there were moving mummies on the Song of the Sea, as well as many horrific-looking torture chambers.

People's worries and fears about the Song of the Sea successfully increased the chaos value of the Star Leap from 75% to 80%.

However, Wu Chang didn't care about this small score loss. At this moment, his attention was entirely focused on Cui Chengze.

As soon as he returned to the ship, Cui Chengze called Wu Chang angrily and wanted to teach him how to stop the New Universe Sect.

When he came to the study and closed the door, Cui Chengze looked at Wu Chang and said in a very solemn tone:

"There is something, you may not believe it when I tell it, but I can guarantee with all my strength that it is absolutely true!"

"That is, the entire Star Leap has actually fallen into the clutches of the New Universe Sect. A terrible occult ritual has enveloped the entire ship. When the time is right, they will sacrifice the entire ship's passengers."

Wu Chang shrugged and said, "Indeed, I can vaguely feel it."

"Don't deny it yet, I know you don't...wait, you said you can feel it?" Cui Chengze said in disbelief.

"I can see some strange threads, which are like spider webs, wrapping around the entire hull of the ship. I can also see the fourth floor deck and the captain's cabin, which are two nodes where the threads intertwine in the web."

Cui Chengze: "..."

At first, he thought that Wu Chang was sensitive to energy and could sense the existence of mystical energy and use Qi to force it open. Based on this, he thought that Wu Chang was a rare piece of jade.

After all, qi and mystical energy are two completely different systems. Being able to feel qi and mystical energy at the same time is definitely a genius.

Unexpectedly, he still underestimated Wu Chang. Wu Chang could not feel the mystical energy, but could see it with his eyes.

This is a bit outrageous.

Although he couldn't see the spider web Wu Chang mentioned, he could still feel the occult ritual nodes on the fourth deck.

What should I do if I find out in the first class of teaching students that the students understand the textbook better than I do.

Cui Chengze was sweating a little on his forehead, and he began to worry that he was not qualified as a master.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Now that you can feel it, the following topic will be much easier. In the cargo hold, you asked me how to destroy the New Universe Sect's plan. I can tell you now, destroy them with The magic circle created by the occult ritual can end all of this."

After Cui Chengze said this, he opened the suitcase he had just moved out of the room and took out an ancient book written on parchment.

"The first step to destroying the magic circle is to learn to see. We have thirty days, and with your talent, you can learn basic occult knowledge."

Cui Chengze turned over the pages of the book and saw dense words the size of ants, densely filled with curses. Just taking a glance at them, Wu Chang almost felt sick and had dyslexia.

Too long to watch.

He shifted his gaze from the ancient book, frowned and looked at Cui Chengze, and asked: "What did you just say, we have thirty days?"

Cui Chengze nodded and said: "Yes, there is a time for the ship to enter the wreck zone for the first time. The first entry time is thirty days. After thirty days, the ship will automatically leave the wreck zone and come to a ceremony. place.”

As Cui Chengze spoke, he shuddered, as if he remembered some horrific experience.

"There, the New Universe Cult will start their evil ritual, turning everyone on the ship into sacrifices and offering them to an evil god. After the evil god eats the tribute, he will throw the ship back into the wreckage zone."

"The shipwreck zone is the evil god's kitchen and the garbage dump where he discards the packaging bags. Only by destroying their rituals can we prevent the evil god from coming and protect the safety of the passengers on the ship as much as possible!"

Wu often tapped his fingers on the table and said: "Thirty days is too long. The supplies on the ship cannot last for thirty days. The Xingyue was originally going to replenish Danshan Island, and there were not many supplies on board. Let alone thirty days." God, if you don’t control it, it will be difficult to survive even seven days.”

"I need a faster way to get out of this wreck zone."

Cui Chengze shook his head and said: "This is the rule of the shipwreck zone. You cannot leave here until you have stayed for thirty days."

Wu Chang narrowed his eyes, "Then tell me how you escaped from the sunken ship."