[Holographic online game] Hooded Warlock

The secret missions in "Domain" are the same as adventure missions or hidden missions in other games, they can only be triggered after certain conditions are met.

As for what Ji Xuanyi discovered, as a secret mission in Novice Town, the trigger conditions are not harsh.

The daily tasks in the town are not used to gain experience, but to gain favorability. As long as the favorability reaches friendship, the secret mission can be triggered.

But Ji Xuanyi didn't know this, he was stunned for a moment after seeing the mission, and then he belatedly looked for clues.

There is no guide for the task, and most of the time, the breakthrough will be at other NPCs in the town, but this is a holographic online game, Ji Xuanyi guessed that it is not that simple, there must be some information hidden in Mrs. Harman's room.

Ji Xuanyi walked around the room, and found that there was an open notebook on Mrs. Harman's desk, which contained the formulas of various medicines, but Ji Xuanyi's focus was not on this.

There is a note between the pages of the note, which contains a list of medicines that need to be delivered today.

A palm-sized piece of paper is densely packed and almost filled with writing.

Ji Xuan picked it up and took a look, and found that besides the people mentioned in the daily tasks Mrs. Harman usually issued to him, there were some names of other NPCs on it, and the potions needed by the NPCs were noted on the back.

Ji Xuanyi flipped through the notebook again, and found that there was an inconspicuous pattern drawn on the cover of the notebook with dark lines, which could only be seen by facing the light. The pattern looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before. After hesitating for a moment, he put the note into his backpack and put the notes down.

Mrs. Haman's room is simple and tidy, except that there is some clutter around the stove with the crucible. Ji Xuan searched for a while, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and used his staff to push away the black ash piled up by the stove. As expected, he found a picture inside. On the unburned paper, the words "healing medicine" and "red bottle grass" could barely be read.

It looks like the formula of the potion, but I don't know why Mrs. Harman burned it.

Ji Xuan thought for a while, and put the piece of paper into his backpack. He didn't touch the potion in the crucible. Madam Haman is the only pharmacist in the town. Even if he took out the potion, no one else would be able to treat it. for identification.

After confirming that there were no other clues in Mrs. Haman's room, Ji Xuan left the medicine garden, and started looking for NPCs based on the first note, asking them about Mrs. Haman's whereabouts.

After asking about the first npc, Ji Xuanyi confirmed that the direction of this mission was correct.

Although it is a holographic online game, the npc is just an AI in the final analysis. Once the player asks a question that does not match its settings, the npc's answer is always the same, "Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about".

But when Ji Xuanyi asked the question "Where is Madam Haman?", those NPCs would show surprised expressions, some said "Isn't Madam Haman in the medicine garden?" Some said "I don't know, Mrs. Harman hasn't sent for medicine today."

But there are only these two sentences, when Ji Xuan asks from another angle, such as "What is Mrs. Harman doing recently" or "Has Mrs. Harman ever dealt with strangers", the npcs no longer have new answers. up.

Ji Xuanyi was a little tired. Mrs. Harman usually dealt with a lot of people, and the names on the note almost included most of the NPCs in Xinmu Town. After halfway through the inquiry, it was time for dinner.

I don't know if it was because of being forced by hunger, Ji Xuanyi finally remembered belatedly, and planned to pick out people with special identities among the NPCs to ask.

The first person to ask is of course the mayor. The mayor manages the affairs of the entire town, and the daily tasks released every day are to randomly take a potion to Mrs. Harman for identification. Maybe he will know something.

Ji Xuanyi found the mayor on the road, and before he could speak, the mayor asked first, "Ji Xuanyi, has the medicine been identified?"

This is the npc's urging after seeing a player who has accepted his own mission but has not completed it, and has nothing to do with the secret mission.

Ji Xuanyi didn't answer, and said directly: "Mrs. Haman is gone."

Sure enough, the mayor showed the same surprised expression as the previous npc, and said, "Isn't Mrs. Harman in the medicine garden?"

Ji Xuanyi looked at the mayor, and replied: "Yes, do you know where Madam Haman has gone?"

The mayor said sadly, "I don't know either."

This sentence was not said by the previous npc, Ji Xuanyi moved in his heart, and continued to ask: "Then do you know any strangers Mrs. Harman has been in contact with recently?"

"No, no," the mayor shook his head and said, "There are no strangers in the town."

Ji Xuanyi asked several times, but the mayor kept repeating these few words, as if there was no other clue to reveal.

Ji Xuanyi and the mayor stared at each other for a long time, but they were finally defeated, sighed, and prepared to leave.

Just when Ji Xuan turned around, he raised his eyes and inadvertently saw a bottle of green potion on the window sill behind the mayor.

Ji Xuan stopped, at least when he came to the mayor to pick up his daily tasks today, the bottle of potion was not there yet.

Thoughtful, Ji Xuanyi walked over and took down the bottle of potion.

After Ji Xuanyi got the potion, the mayor behind him suddenly said: "This is the potion that Mrs. Harman gave me. If I let it bask in the sun during the day, it will glow at night."

Ji Xuan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the mayor.

The mayor also looked at him, expressionless, as if he was talking about something unimportant.

Ji Xuan took a look at the potion, hesitated for a moment, opened the bottle and smelled it, but there was no smell, and poured some on his staff, the viscous liquid slowly seeped into the wooden staff, leaving Inconspicuous pale green imprint.

Ji Xuan frowned, and hurried back to Mrs. Harman's medicine garden with the bottle of potion. He checked the medicine garden and the house thoroughly, but found no green marks similar to those left on his staff. .

Could it be that this bottle of potion has nothing to do with the secret mission?

Ji Xuanyi's mentality collapsed a bit.

Sure enough, he is best at taking heads, fighting, and running.

This kind of crime-solving task is still too much for him.

Ji Xuanyi took a few deep breaths on the spot, and adjusted his mentality for a long time, but he still couldn't hold back, threw away the potion, and went offline to eat.

Ji Xuanyi was not in a hurry to play the game after eating, but went to the forum to browse around.

The live broadcast building of the travel warlock has reached the height of more than 1000 floors, and it is hanging on the homepage, and it has been enhanced. Ji Xuanyi sighed, and didn't bother to click in to have a look. Instead, he directly searched for keywords, "Secret Task".

There are not many posts, and the popularity is very low. Most of them are speculations about secret missions. There is only one with a slightly higher popularity, which is the official introduction of the forum when it first opened.

The official description is that there are many secret tasks, with different trigger conditions, different trigger probabilities, and different task rewards. Some can be triggered repeatedly, some only once, and some even after triggering, there will be several different types according to the player's identity and choice. the result of.

But this is not what Ji Xuanyi wanted to know, he scrolled down, but was disappointed to find that no one shared the strategy about the secret mission.

In addition to the fact that most people are desperately upgrading, some people probably don’t want to share the reason. The difference between holographic online games and keyboard online games is too great. They can be called Second Life. The rewards for secret missions are generous. Everyone knows.

Although Ji Xuanyi hasn't solved the mystery at hand, he doesn't mind sharing it, but then he will definitely be rushed to the cusp, and if he doesn't pay attention, he will fall off the horse, so think about it or forget it.

After browsing the forum for a while, Ji Xuan felt as if he had calmed down a bit, and then slowly climbed into the game again.

He was still standing in the medicine garden, the sky was dim, and the medicine bottle he threw away before going offline was not refreshed, lying in the medicine bushes, emitting a faint light.

But that's all, Ji Xuanyi can clearly see in the darkened sky that there is indeed no similar glowing trace in Mrs. Harman's medicine garden.

Ji Xuan let out a heavy breath, at least this phenomenon can show that the bottle of potion is indeed related to the mission.

Ji Xuanyi received the bottle of potion in his backpack. According to his plan before going offline, he should now go to the small square to find the chief guard of Xinmu Town.

Mrs. Haman once paid a silver coin for the head of the guard, and in subsequent daily tasks, she often asked Ji Xuanyi to help deliver healing potions to the head of the guard.

It can be said that besides the mayor, Mrs. Harman has contacted the most people through players.

After confirming the target, Ji Xuanyi ran all the way to the small square, but the small square was empty under the twilight, Ji Xuanyi couldn't help being stunned.

The time in the game is consistent with the time in reality, but during this time Ji Xuanyi seldom went online at night, and only once stayed up late to complete the task of leaving Xinmu Town. He hadn’t passed the small square yet, so he didn’t know that the guards would Leave the small square at night.

Ji Xuanyi casually stopped a passer-by NPC and asked, "Where did the guards go?"

Passer-by npcs without names on their heads are occasionally regarded as players, but although they will not issue tasks, they are indeed npcs. When they are stopped by players, they will answer some questions of players, but when players ask questions, they are not in the settings When they are in the middle, they will ignore it directly and leave directly.

Ji Xuanyi was lucky. After asking, the passer-by NPC replied: "The guards in the town only rest in the small square during the day, and at night, they will go outside to protect the town."