Chapter 302 Mission Failed
At ten o'clock in the evening, the hustle and bustle of the world began to fade away.
The winter in Jincheng always carries a melancholy tint, like a little girl who has been locked up at home, feeling depressed and her eyes are like the dim night sky without a trace of light.
The banquet was over, and a group of drunk people walked out of the hot pot restaurant. The sound of their laughter could be heard from far away, adding a bit of joy to this gloomy night.
As soon as they walked out of the door, the cold wind blew and everyone shivered, and their heads became much clearer.
"Pharmacist Su is so strong. He didn't fall down after drinking so many cups!" Bing Lei held Su Xia, who was drunk, and gave a thumbs up, saying loudly.
"Brother Su, did you mix water in your cup?" North muttered beside him.
"Nonsense, Pharmacist Su used his internal energy to circulate the wine out of his body. Haven't you seen Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils?"
"What era is that TV series from? How could a young person like me who was born in the 2000s have watched it?" North glared at him, "May I ask how old you are this year?"
"I'm only 28 years old!"
“…”
"Bang!"
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"It's okay, Li Defu bumped into the door..."
"Ha ha……"
Everyone was talking and laughing, supporting each other, and walking slowly to the square outside the hot pot city, feeling the prosperity of the city at night.
After all, the excitement is short-lived. Every gathering means a separation. People come from all over the world and will eventually return to all over the world.
Almost all the main team members within the alliance are here today.
The Bikini Bottom Team, the Snow Team, the Fruit Family, the Herb Family, the Journey to the West Team, the Beauty Team and so on. Some are professional game studios and have played many games, while others have only played Look Up at the Stars and joined the alliance by chance.
"Sister Hongyan, I heard that you are still single?" The drunk North shouted.
"Are you as handsome as Pharmacist Su?" Hongyan glanced at him.
"Well……"
Snow thought about his appearance, rolled his eyes, pretended to faint, and fell into Bing Lei's arms.
Bing Lei felt a chill and reached out to push him away.
"To be honest, today is the first time I've met so many friends in the game." The leader of the fruit family, Brother Watermelon, said with emotion.
"Me too." Fei Peng from the Herb Family responded.
"By the way, Fei Peng, aren't all your families named after herbs? Why did you name your sword after a fairy sword?"
"Fei Peng is a kind of herb." Fei Peng explained: "The names in the Fairy Sword, Fei Peng, Xue Jian, Jing Tian, etc., are all names of herbs, such as 'Zi Xuan', also known as Forget Worry Grass..."
“I’ve learned a lot.”
"Let's talk about how to deal with things in the game."
"No, we finally have a party together, just have fun as much as you can, we can talk about the game when we get back!"
"Well said!"
Everyone was drunk, even Su Xia felt a little dizzy.
At the dinner just now, he undoubtedly drank the most, and everyone toasted him with a glass of wine right at the beginning.
Although it was a small wine glass the size of a thumb, it was filled with strong liquor. If it were him in the past, he would have been sent to the hospital by now.
In the hours that followed, he was toasted several more times and also went out for a drink.
The drinking culture in China is really scary.
Su Xia could only be thankful that her physical fitness had improved a lot during this period.
Halfway through the dinner, several guys ran to the bathroom to vomit.
Li Defu is one of them.
When he came out just now, he bumped into the glass door of the hot pot restaurant, and his forehead was bruised. His first reaction was not how much his head hurt, but pointing at the glass door and shouting: "Air wall! There is an air wall in front of me. Is our real world also a game?"
This reaction made everyone laugh, even the waiters at the hotpot restaurant were laughing nearby.
It took several roommates to drag this guy away to prevent him from embarrassing himself there.
At this time, Li Defu was sitting drunk on a stone pier in the square, his face flushed, and he was saying some strange lines from the game: "I need to regroup the troops... Generation after generation of heroes have chosen the path of the Dark Temple... hiccups... for Al..."
Su Xia sat on another stone pier nearby and looked at the guy.
The cold wind blew in the square, blowing away a lot of the alcohol smell on everyone.
After a long while, Li Defu regained consciousness. He rubbed his eyes, and his vision became blurry. He subconsciously said, "Brother Su, your current sitting posture is similar to that of my master."
"What master?" Su Xia asked him.
"Boss Masked Stranger, have you forgotten that boss accepted me as his apprentice, hehe..."
“…”
Su Xia suddenly realized that some of his personal habits had been imprinted in his muscle memory, and it was easy for him to perform some of the same movements subconsciously.
Fortunately, no one noticed it before, otherwise his identity might have been exposed long ago.
"Where to go next, guys?"
The Golden Horned King of the Journey to the West team roared in a powerful voice.
This is a man from Northeast China, nearly two meters tall, sturdy and strong, like a little giant in Jincheng.
"This is none of our business." Silver Horn King said with a smile, "We are here as guests, and everything will be arranged by Brother Sponge."
"How about we go find some fun?" North suddenly asked.
"agree!"
"Where's the fun around here?"
"Ask the people in Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick are locals, so they must know."
"Do you have any cash on you?" North was very familiar with this. "Some girls only accept cash. If you don't have any, I have some here. I brought a lot this time."
“…”
"Ahem, there are women in the team, everyone please be careful."
Director Yu Wenshuxue coughed twice to remind everyone.
Fortunately, the people from Hongyan’s team came, otherwise these guys would really go out to have fun, and then they would be afraid of running into Uncle JC, and everyone would be taken to the police station to sober up.
Yu Wenshu waved his hand and said, "I have already booked a few large KTV rooms upstairs, and also booked rooms in the teahouse downstairs of the KTV. I have also booked Hall 3 and Hall 4 of the cinema next door. You can sing, play cards, drink tea or watch a movie, and you can do it all!"
"How much will it cost?" Brother Xigua asked, "How about deducting it from the alliance's public funds?"
"Need not!"
Yuwen Shuxue said generously: "All expenses for tonight will be paid by Pharmacist Su!"
Su Xia: “…”
He Lie laughed and said, "What Pharmacist Su? Call him Master Su!"
"That's right!"
"Ha, I just want to watch Avatar!"
"Let's go, I want to go too."
"Pharmacist Su, how about you? Will you sing with us? Li Defu has always said that you sing English songs very well..."
"Well……"
Su Xia received a bunch of invitations, but shook her head and pointed at Li Defu and said, "This guy is not good enough. I'll send him back to the dormitory first. Have fun."
"Okay, after you send him back, remember to come find us at the KTV."
Hongyan smiled and stretched out her fair little hand, touched Su Xia's face, and said, "I have several sisters who want to talk to you about important things in life."
"What? A few young ladies?" Li Defu, who was drunk as a mud, suddenly stood up, his eyes sparkling, and said righteously: "Brother Su, I'm still okay, let's go together! Don't worry about me!"
"You...?"
Su Xia had no choice but to take this guy with her.
He had originally planned to go back to the dormitory to play games, but now he has to waste a lot of time and doesn't even know whether Fan Lu and his group have left.
Fan Lu's group was planning to go to the southern Seahorse City to track down the whereabouts of the masked man yesterday, and they are probably gone now.
Su Xia originally wanted to go with them, and then intercept them halfway and completely solve the problem of Fan Lu.
But today's interview and party disrupted his plans.
In the evening, Su Xia sat on the sofa in the KTV room and sang a few English songs that she was good at.
They sang "Don't Cry" by Guns N' Roses, "Hotel California " by Eagles, "Casablanca" by Beatty and the classic "Fly Me To The Moon", and won applause after the performance.
Li Defu was lying drunk on the side. When he heard the last song, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Brother Su, you...you actually watched EVA?"
"What EVA?" Su Xia wondered.
"Neon Genesis Evangelion, the song you just sang was the ending song."
"Oh, I see."
Su Xia understood that this song actually had such a story.
Li Defu was surprised: "Brother Su, you haven't seen it?"
“I haven’t seen it.”
"Then how did you know that?"
"This song was sent to the moon by NASA on the Apollo spacecraft." Su Xia explained, "It is the first human song played on the moon, which is very meaningful."
"Oh yes, I remember now." Li Defu scratched his head, still having some memories in his mind.
Several young ladies from Hongyan's team clapped their hands, their faces full of joy, and praised Su Xia for her erudition and talent.
Li Defu touched his forehead angrily. He actually knew it, but he drank too much and didn't remember it for a while.
Hongyan sat at the other end of the sofa, pursed her red lips, and said with a chuckle: "This song reminds me of a little game."
"To the Moon?" Su Xia asked.
"Huh? Pharmacist Su also knows."
"Not only do I know it, I've also played it. It's a very good game."
"Yes, the ending was so touching that I cried so hard that my makeup got ruined."
"Playing games and putting on makeup..."
Su Xia has little knowledge and cannot understand the world of mature women, but that little game is really good.
Time passed slowly and midnight soon arrived.
During this time, people from other private rooms invited Su Xia over and sang some classic songs together.
At one o'clock in the morning, Li Defu was much more sober and could move normally, so he ordered a few songs, and the first song he sang was the classic: "I Will Love You Until I Die..."
His pig-killing voice scared the girls so much that they thought it was a ghost. It took them a few seconds to realize that it was Li Defu singing.
Hongyan really couldn't stand it anymore, so she found an excuse and dragged Su Xia to the cinema next door to watch "Avatar 2", leaving the sisters there to suffer.
This movie has been widely promoted recently, and the special effects are indeed good, but the plot is a bit bland, and Su Xia almost fell asleep while watching it.
When he was halfway through, Hongyan suddenly asked him, "Pharmacist Su, did you like any of those girls just now?"
"Sister Hongyan, do you want to be a matchmaker?" Su Xia smiled and shook her head.
"What's wrong?" Hongyan glanced at him. "Pharmacist Su is already in his early twenties, right? It's the time when hormones are secreted vigorously. Look at your roommate Li Defu, he looks like spring has arrived."
"I don't have any thoughts on this for now." Su Xia smiled faintly, "In fact, it's the same with Li Defu. He has a lot of female fans, but he has never dated them offline."
"Does Pharmacist Su have a crush on someone?"
"No."
"Why is that?"
"Let's focus on the game for now." Su Xia said, looking at the movie screen, "If we can unify the planet in the game, we can concentrate on integrating the resources of the entire planet and try to break through gravity and see the world outside."
"Pharmacist Su has ideals." Hongyan said with a smile.
"After all, it's impossible to achieve in the real world."
Su Xia did not deny it, but just said: "If we can do it in the game, it would be great. Let's go to the moon in the game first, and then leave the solar system and explore other places in the universe."
In the real world, it is still unknown whether we will be able to see humans return to the moon in our lifetime.
The whole world is in a mess and we can only seek solace in the virtual world.
Just as Hal said, when a civilization is bound to a planet and is unable to break through, it will eventually slowly embark on a path of civil war, destruction, addiction to the virtual world, and enjoyment of spiritual life, and collapse from the outside to the inside.
"The universe is vast and cold. It would be too lonely to travel alone. It would be better to find a companion." Hongyan said with a smile.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes."
Time passed slowly and soon it was six in the morning.
The director and others began to arrange breakfast for everyone. We drank too much last night, so it would be best to have some porridge for breakfast to nourish the stomach.
We were busy until around nine in the morning, and after everyone had their meal, it was time to leave.
All good things must come to an end.
Bing Lei, North and the others all drove here and planned to call a designated driver to go back, while King Jinjiao and the others had already bought their plane tickets last night.
Everyone can get together because of the game of gazing at the stars, so naturally they won’t waste too much time in reality.
“Let’s go!”
Bing Lei patted Yu Wen Shuxue's shoulder and said, "Brother Sponge, see you in the game."
"Okay, see you in the game!"
"How about we go and defeat the bear king boss in Black Water Cave tomorrow? The bear head can be exchanged for a large bounty in town."
"no problem!"
Everyone was talking and laughing, and finally they waved goodbye in the square and returned to their respective cities.
Finally, the excitement and noise faded away, leaving only the six people in the dormitory.
When the wind blew, it felt inexplicably cooler.
Only after everyone had left did Li Defu cover his head and yell, "Ouch... my head hurts!"
"What's wrong?"
"The place where I hit the door last night still hurts a lot."
"Why didn't you say that before?"
"I had a girl here just now, so I had to bear it no matter how painful it was!"
“…”
The brothers in the dormitory discussed it, and finally the head of the dormitory, Yu Wenshuxue, sent Li Defu to the hospital, while the other brothers returned to the dormitory to log into the game.
They are a professional studio, playing games is their job and they can't waste too much time.
At around eleven o'clock in the morning, Su Xia finally returned to the dormitory.
He drew the bed curtains and turned the bracelet.
【start up】
A comfortable electric current felt through her, and Su Xia trembled all over and lost consciousness.
When I woke up again, I was in the warehouse of the old base of Oasis Camp.
He pushed open the door of the warehouse. Outside, there was a hustle and bustle of people, with players constantly coming and going. The warm sunshine shining on his body made him feel extremely comfortable.
"call……"
Su Xia took a deep breath of the air of this world, relaxed his muscles, and felt refreshed.
Finally I can act alone!
At this moment, Lin Shan hurried over from a distance, holding a list in his hand: "Commander, this is what you told me to do yesterday. All three hundred people are here!"
"Oh? Well done!"
In fact, Lin Shan had drawn up the list as early as six o'clock last night, but Su Xia was not there at that time.
Everyone in the camp thought he was resting in the warehouse and did not dare to disturb him. They could only wait for him to finish resting.
The three hundred players selected by Lin Shan are all above level 35. Each of them is very strong, and almost all of them can be on call 24 hours a day.
"Commander, more than 90% of these undead have faced the Zerg crisis with us."
"very good!"
Su Xia was quite satisfied. After taking a quick look at the list, she said to Lin Shan, "Call them all over. I will teach them some skills first."
"yes!"
After Lin Shan received the task, he immediately began to contact the three hundred players.
Su Xia looked at the current time and silently estimated in his mind, trying to see how long it would take for these three hundred people to gather together.
At this moment, a series of game system prompts suddenly popped up in front of him:
[Your mission "Zhao Qin's Last Wish" has failed]
Su Xia was shocked. How could this mission fail automatically?
He immediately clicked on the task column and saw that the task [Zhao Qin's Last Wish] had turned gray, which looked very dull compared to the gold of the other tasks.
This was actually one of the first tasks Su Xia received, but she never had time to do it.
When he escaped from the mechanical clan's laboratory, he rescued a group of people who were also imprisoned.
Zhao Qin is one of them.
Later, while fleeing, the group ran into the "Lame Wolf Mercenaries" in the wilderness and started a battle.
After the battle, the Lame Wolf Mercenary Group was almost wiped out, with only two or three small fish and shrimp escaping, and Su Xia's team also lost more than ten people.
Zhao Qin died at that time. Before his death, he told Su Xia his last wish, which automatically triggered the task.
But the mission target is in Coral City, and as a commander, Su Xia naturally cannot go to Coral City, as that would be tantamount to walking into a trap.
Until recently, this last wish quest was linked to the continuous quest [Bury the Bones in a Foreign Land] and was shared with the clone.
After that, the clone in Coral City can also do this task.
"I have made a promise that I will complete this mission."
Seeing that line of gloomy tasks, Su Xia lowered her eyes slightly.
Why did the mission fail? Did he delay too long? What is the current status of the mission target?
