usatvline Chapter 190 Blue Gold
Chapter 190 Blue Gold
Gawain's words plunged the cabin into an inexplicable silence.
Yan Xun was thinking... If that wasn't just a dream, what would they encounter once that thing awakened?
"But this instance shouldn't be that dangerous... right?" Gawain was also a little uncertain.
"We can't really go and fight the monsters inside the ice wall, can we? I couldn't beat them even if I piloted ten Gundams!"
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Yan Xun and Qin Ke, thinking to himself that these two were even worse—they didn't look like they could fight!
Yan Xun pondered the items in his backpack, wondering if the Book of Corruption would be effective against the monsters inside the ice wall.
Perhaps because they had been delayed, Corren actually turned back and returned to the cabin. Looking at the three people who had not yet left the cabin, he leaned against the cabin door with one hand and made a questioning expression.
Gao Wen had a feeling that this green-eyed man wasn't a good person, but he didn't explain much and just walked straight out the door.
But little did they expect that Coron's return had another purpose.
He braced himself against the hatch, blocking Gawain's way out.
He looked at the three people in the cabin. "The captain just asked me to find someone to clean his room."
"Just right."
He said to Yan Xun and the other two, "You should all go to the captain's cabin together."
……
Corren led the three men to the captain's cabin quickly.
Compared to their cabins, this place is much more spacious and clean.
“Just a simple cleaning is all that’s needed,” Corren instructed.
He was like the butler on the Terror Ship: "The captain doesn't like people messing with his things, so you just need to do simple cleaning."
He seemed very busy, and after giving his instructions, he left the captain's cabin.
Yan Xun looked at Gao Wen, who was staring blankly at the cleaning tools, and asked, "Why did you call me just now?"
He could tell, of course, that Gao Wen had fallen behind a little and had something he wanted to say to him.
Gawain held a broom in his hand. "...I just wanted to say that you're not stupid either." Perhaps realizing that his words were too provocative, he scratched his head and said somewhat awkwardly, "What I mean is, you clearly noticed the differences in Coron's words and discovered that there might be heretics on the ship."
Why do you still flatter that arrogant man so much?
Gao Wen didn't understand at all.
He had initially thought Yan Xun was the kind of player who wanted to rely on a skilled player to get through the level, but from Yan Xun's question just now, he realized that the other party was actually very perceptive—while Wen Yuanzheng might know some things about the background of the dungeon, it was not enough for Yan Xun to flatter him like this.
He believed that as long as they were willing to explore, the secrets of this instance would eventually be revealed to everyone.
Yan Xun took a dry rag and wiped the cabinet in the captain's cabin. "Because I have a fear of awkwardness, I can't bear to see such awkward scenes."
Gao Wen knew that Yan Xun was fooling him, but there was nothing he could do. He could only mutter a few words and start sweeping up the non-existent trash on the ground.
Qin Ke and Yan Xun wiped the cabinets and tabletops in the cabin together.
The captain's cabin was a mess.
Nautical charts, gold coins, and other trinkets whose purpose was unclear occupied every visible part of the desktop.
The ground was covered with various open books, most of which were related to underwater treasures or polar secrets, and of course there were also some marine life guides.
On the wall of the captain's cabin, there was even a portrait painting hanging.
The image shows a man with his hair combed back. He has a broad forehead and prominent brow bones, giving him a serious and unsmiling impression.
He wore a ring on his finger and had a scepter beside him, making him look like the head of some powerful family.
"Is this the captain?" Gawain also noticed the portrait.
They had never seen the legendary captain since they boarded the Terror, and no one could answer that question.
When Yan Xun was cleaning the table, he naturally noticed the letters spread out on it.
These letters were written in a special cursive script and were specially decorated, making them seem less like the private letters of a whaling ship captain and more like secret conversations with some important figure.
Gao Wen also noticed Yan Xun's lingering, and he picked up a broom and came to Yan Xun's side.
Then I stared at the letters on the table for a while.
"What does it say?" he asked Yan Xun.
Yan Xun shook his head. "I don't understand."
Gao Wen: "..." Then why did you watch for so long?
He thought Yan Xun could understand this worm-like script!
Qin Ke slowly approached the two of them, holding a dry rag in his hand, and watched them for a while.
"The higher-ups said they would find Blue Gold as soon as possible."
"Blue Gold?" Yan Xun looked at Qin Ke.
Gao Wen paused for a few seconds, "You can understand it?"
“Well, I like studying some special scripts.” Qin Ke smiled a little embarrassedly and pointed to the earthworm-like script. “It mentions that they have been searching in the Evil Spirit Sea for a long time and can roughly determine that Lan Jin is near the ice wall, or in a crevice inside the ice wall.”
"However, it doesn't mention what blue gold is."
"It's probably some kind of precious metal?" Qin Ke guessed.
As soon as he finished speaking, the three people in the captain's cabin received a system notification—
Mysterious letters discovered in the captain's cabin
[Hidden Quest: Blue Gold]
All three were somewhat surprised, seemingly not expecting to trigger the hidden quest so easily.
“No, if no one can understand this writing, then we won’t know that the Terror has been using a whaling ship as a cover to search for something called Blue Gold?” Gawain said.
"So this hidden quest won't affect the main storyline," Yan Xun said.
Whether players discover that the captain is secretly searching for blue gold or not will not affect the main storyline.
Their ship is most likely heading towards the ice wall.
No reason is needed, because everyone on board listens to the captain and the whale talker. Once they confirm that the whale is in that direction, no one on board will question it.
This was probably the first time Gawain had triggered a hidden quest, and he was quite excited.
Looking at the three of them, he couldn't help but think that "three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang," and felt that their combination was truly both wise and brave (?).
Qin Ke quickly glanced at the remaining letters scattered on the table. He didn't touch them, partly out of concern that the captain might find out.
"They've all said the same thing."
"Regarding the harsh environment of the Sea of Evil, and the red dolphins, oh right, the letter also mentioned a humanoid monster."
"They're probably putting pressure on the captain..."
Qin Ke paused for a moment when he got to this point.
"What?" Yan Xun looked at him.
“There’s something wrong with this captain’s identity,” Qin Ke said. “He should be a serious criminal who was secretly taken away from the Black Prison by the other party. They promised him that they could help the captain get a new identity on the condition that he bring back Blue Gold from the Evil Spirit Sea within five years.”
"This should be the captain's last chance."
"The other party has already expressed doubts about the captain's abilities in the letter. If he still cannot bring back the Blue Gold this time, the captain's fate will be even more miserable than when he was in the Black Prison."
"Is the other party really the captain?" Yan Xun asked.
"They must have been pirates," Qin Ke cautiously concluded.
"Were all the crew members on this ship recruited by him later?"
"It wasn't mentioned in the letter, and I guess that important person wouldn't care about that detail."