Only tricks win people's hearts

After confirming that another pair of greasy and crooked male and female couples did not fit the style of Gu Jingbai and Lu Zhi, Zhao Li felt that he had hit the jackpot.Either Gu Jingbai did not travel through the Western fantasy world he encountered, or Gu Jingbai has not yet discovered the changes that are quietly taking place in the border province.

No matter what the situation is, Zhao Li has become a lot bolder, no longer afraid of attracting Gu Jingbai's attention, and decided to increase the intensity of some show operations.

Most of the hidden missions are unique, such as the mission of the big white goose prince Attu, Attu will only recognize one savior.Once a player successfully rescues Attu, then, regardless of whether the player only completes the rescue mission or has a series of subsequent hidden missions, Attu will no longer appear in Ridge Village.

After all, Atu is a real person, not an NPC who can be rescued repeatedly.

Zhao Li and the others missed Attu, so they could only give up the path of the Titan orcs and focus on the tasks related to Hughes.This task is actually quite simple. It is a plot-based main story line with almost no fighting. The key to passing the level lies in whether you can use gifts to impress the heart of the lord.

The lord's ball will be held for a total of three days, which means that players who participate in the mission have three chances to send gifts.The one with the highest overall score wins.

The gift-giving session every night will be held in a specific reception hall.The lord Hughes sat on the duke's chair and accepted the wishes of the guests. The attendant presented the gift and called the name, and the gift-giver stood aside to explain the meaning and blessing of the gift.The lord's liking for the gift may not be obvious from his expression, but it can be directly reflected from the completion of the task.

Brother Xi, who had tenaciously recovered from the blow, stood beside Hughes on behalf of Gu Jingbai and his party, explaining their first gift—mermaid tears.

At first glance, the name sounds like a gemstone-like jewelry, but it is actually what the literal meaning suggests—the tears of a mermaid.

The tears of the mermaid were contained in a magical crystal bottle, and the crystal bottle was placed on a velvet cloth, and the attendant carefully handed it to Hughes.

Mermaids belong to the sea clan and are created by the god of the sea. They have magical characteristics such as "clonal reproduction" and "rare numbers".The mermaid established the mermaid kingdom underwater, and they are neighbors with the dragon clan living on Long Island, and they have maintained a good relationship with the reclusive elf clan Yi Changjiu.In fact, because of the physiological characteristics of mermaids who cannot breathe on land, they seldom go ashore, and there is not much conflict with other races at all.

But mermaids are almost invincible above the sea, possessing a terrifying power that no race dare to underestimate.

During the Millennium War, Alberti, the hero of the mermaid tribe, made an extremely significant contribution to turning the tide of the war by using the power of the sea.

But what makes mermaids truly famous in the mainland is the legend about their tears - people with predestined relationship can see the future after dripping mermaid tears in their eyes.Whether this legend is true or not, no one is sure, but what is clear is that the mermaid's tears must be given willingly by the mermaid to be effective, otherwise it will become a cursed poison that will kill you when you touch it.

During the Millennium War, the Church of Light invited the elves to join the line, and exchanged a large number of cursed mermaid tears from the mermaids. The more reluctant the better, because... Poison is also a way to defeat the enemy help.

According to the oral history heard by the old pope, there is a high probability that the real cause of the devil's death was the tears of the mermaid.

The reason why Gu Jingbai gave the Mermaid Tears to Hughes is that the church still has a lot of stocks, and on the other hand, in "The End of Western Fantasy", the Mermaid Tears is one of Hughes' golden fingers.Although Hughes' unfortunate experience has been rewritten, but just in case, Gu Jingbai still wants to give Hughes the Mermaid Tears, hoping that he can protect himself at critical moments.

The most important thing is that although there are many Mermaid Tears in the Church of Light, Mermaid Tears are still rare treasures on the Farris Continent.From the moment the attendant called the name, there were a lot of gasping voices.

It is very difficult to get tears from the mermaid, whether it is the willing version or the unwilling version.The aristocrats who once looked down upon survivors like the Prell clan finally looked squarely at Brother Xi and the others.Being able to produce mermaid tears at least proves that these Prell people have something.

Hughes' satisfaction is also directly reflected in the completion of the task. The progress bar that has risen by one-third represents everything.Not only did the gifts given by the employees of the counterattack department compare to nothing, but it almost made the whole audience a foil.

As the winners of the first night, Brother Xi and his party were invited to live temporarily in the magnificent Lord's Mansion for the next two days.Of course, many well-known nobles were also staying overnight.No matter how much Hughes annoys them, he still has to be courteous on the surface.Otherwise, the already difficult Cavendish Province will become even more difficult.

The mystery guest didn't show up on the first night.

"We didn't leave the glass slipper behind." Xi Ge's male friend joked.

"Have you noticed the other team of players?" The female players in the team should be more careful and sensitive, "One of them has been staring at me and my dear. What the hell are they trying to do? I always feel that they don't care kindness."

"You must pay attention to safety." Gu Jingbai reminded, Zhao Li and the others are not good people.

"Don't worry, if they dare to play tricks, I'll kill them!" The game profession chosen by this female player is a knight. A knight has a skill that is collision. There is a certain probability of critical strikes, and 100% of the opponents are killed.

During the day, the players dispersed and simply explored within the range allowed by the lord, but did not get any useful information.

Only Brother Xi discovered that the mysterious guest had actually checked in, in the room next to the lord's bedroom, but players were not allowed to go up to the third floor.

"I think that mysterious guest is Prince Pig. It's too abominable to 'enter the house'!" Xi Ge was still stuck in the plot of his hero saving the beauty and couldn't extricate himself.

His friends didn't bother to persuade him anymore, as long as he didn't die while doing tasks, other times, whatever, it was a game after all, daring to think and do was part of the entertainment.

Brother Xi is so convinced of the script in his heart, another reason is that he has already revealed a part of the content of the lord's mission in the post. This hidden mission is the only one, and it has already started. If it is revealed, it will not affect the overall situation. Find out how to clear the level with the players, lest they fail the mission and make the players lose the support of the lord of Cavendish Province.

Although Hughes is not the weak little beauty in the actor's imagination, but the hearty appearance of the big beauty is also eye-catching.As soon as Brother Xi released the screenshots about the prom, it triggered a wave of "I love it" and "I can" climax.

Lord Hughes' popularity instantly rose to the top of the "Most Popular NPC" list.

Most players also love conspiracy theories, and feel that the lord's task cannot be as simple as giving gifts, and must defeat the bullying prince.

His Royal Highness Andrew was murdered.

At the dance party on the second night, Ge Xi and others presented a painting. The gift package was too large. When it was placed in the gift pile, it was more conspicuous than everyone else's gifts.The painting was an antique titled The Tragic Death of the Innocents.It is also mentioned in the original novel. The author bluntly stated in the message that this painting refers to the world famous paintings in the ten-dimensional space.

Gu Jingbai didn't have much research on oil paintings, but in order to prepare for time travel, after reading the original work, he went to the art gallery to admire the original painting of "Innocent Tragic Death".

In the picture is a bloody scene of soldiers rushing into the village and massacring, but what the soldiers slaughtered was all...animals and poultry.

This is very unreasonable.

Weird too.

The name of the painting is so, but it is difficult to find innocent people who died tragically from the painting.It cannot be said that the painter who is an ancient man is a vegetarian. He thinks that slaughtering animals is also a bloody and violent act?

This painting is used in the original book as a metaphor for the tragic experience of all the demons being treated as slaves.

Gu Jing gave away the painting for nothing because Hughes would take it sooner or later and discover the true meaning in the painting.That being the case, it is better for him to take the picture and give it to Hughes to resolve this contradiction in advance.It happened that Brother Xi needed to give Hughes a gift to complete the task, so Gu Jingbai directly asked Brother Xi to include the painting in the gift list.

This painting is not like the Mermaid's Tears. It didn't cause too much discussion. It's a bit plain, but it is also an antique handed down by a famous painter after all. Brother Xi and others' task progress bar has passed two-thirds of the time.

The gifts from the counterattack department were much more expensive, and it seemed that a lot of money had been spent to catch up with part of the progress for them.

On the second day of staying in the Lord's Mansion, Gu Jingbai originally wanted to go to Hughes to explain the meaning of the painting, but it happened that Brother Xi was not afraid of death to spy on His Royal Highness Andrew.To be precise, he bumped into Xi Ge who had finished spying, Gu Jingbai supported his forehead with a headache, and looked at Xi Ge who was in a daze: "What the hell did you do?"

"I haven't had time to do it yet QAQ." Brother Xi wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Then why are you looking like that?"

"It turns out that His Highness Andrew is really so good-looking."

Gu Jingbai: "..." So, you have been so sincerely thinking that His Highness Andrew looks like a pig?No, looks can determine whether he is a good guy or a bad guy?Is your sudden awakening a little unreasonable?

Brother Xi had plausible words: "This is a game. It must be of great use to come out with such a good-looking character after a lot of planning. Otherwise, why bother?"

Gu Jingbai really has no way to refute Brother Xi's logic, but it's good that Brother Xi decided not to make trouble.

until...

At the ball on the third night, the mysterious guest—His Royal Highness Andrew appeared on the stage, took off the gorgeous mask on his face, and looked around the scene with a smile. He didn't stop smiling until he met Brother Xi , leaving only an angry look.All the teammates who knew Brother Xi felt that they might be cold.Didn't have time to do what was agreed?Do you think His Highness Andrew doesn't seem to be offended?

Brother Xi feels that he is very innocent, and someone will always treat him as a rival in love, what can he do?

Misfortunes never come singly. In addition to Brother Xi angering the judges, the female player who has been staring at the staff of the Counterattack Department secretly came to Gu Jingbai and said: "They really made moves! I saw that they changed our gifts! We What should I do?"

Gu Jingbai sneered: "Don't worry about it." He had expected it a long time ago, this is the style of counter attack department, and never treats people from the small world as human beings.

But today Gu Jingbai wanted them to learn something.

During the gift roll call, the attendant opened the box presented by Brother Xi, and there was only one... stone in it.Everyone was shocked, and whispered among themselves, despising these survivors who had never seen the world, they only had mermaid tears in their hands, let's see what are the gifts behind this?

Obviously, this is the handiwork of the counterattack department. Only when Brother Xi and others fail can they complete the hidden mission.

Brother Xi looked at the opened gift box and was so dazed that he couldn't even speak. For a long time, there was only one thought in his mind, that someone had dropped their gift!

Hey!

Does this game also play this kind of house fight?

But thinking about it, there seems to be nothing wrong. This is a holographic online game, a large-scale immersive experience game. The world is unpredictable and people's hearts are unpredictable. If they have experience, they should send someone to guard their gift.

Hearing the good news from his subordinates, Zhao Li felt complacent and triumphant. People from these small worlds are very easy to deal with.

The Duke of Hughes, who had been sitting firmly on the chair for three days, exclaimed for the first time: "My God, this stone is exactly the same as the one I wore around my neck when I was a child. I lost it by accident. , has been very sad, did you find it for me specially? I like it very much."

There was an uproar.

Brother Xi's group & Zhao Li's group all looked confused: "???" Is this okay?

Zhao Li couldn't believe it. The stone they randomly picked up to replace the original gift turned out to be Hughes' childhood thing.

This... is of course impossible.

Gu Jingbai raised his lips, the point of giving a gift was never the value of the gift, but the person who gave it.He had already greeted Hughes, and whatever Zhao Li and the others changed, Hughes would be extremely surprised, making Zhao Li and the others beat their chests to death.