The two of them had a close and intimate time. Who can resist a little idiot?
Perhaps because Jian Qingrong's true form was present, the mimic octopus's head was almost translucent, with little of its brain visible. However, Wen Shi spotted a few black spots resembling tadpoles. Could it be... condensed?
Apart from Jian Qingrong himself, Wen Shi also had no complete understanding of Jian Qingrong's physical condition.
However, he was very familiar with Jian Qingrong's eyes that concealed murderous intent.
Its only remaining eye was as gloomy as the weather, and its long, powerful joints flexed back and forth. Wen Shi reasonably suspected Jian Qingrong was trying to turn the little octopus into a juicy octopus. He used his eyes to hint at the little fool to restrain himself, but the little octopus intensified its aggressiveness, rubbing against him all over, as if it were having a spa, and Wen Shi's palm was its sunny beach.
Just as Wen Shi was thinking about how to save the little octopus, Yaerlin and Ji Yuanzhi came in one after another.
Ji Yuanzhi had already chosen the target to be replaced by the grafting technique. He had previously hidden in the dark and recorded that group's rehearsal program, intending to knock out the hidden target after learning it, and then take his place to go to the concert that was destined to be turbulent.
Seeing the mimic octopus tumbling in Wen Shi's palm, he straightened the frame: "Scarecrow?"
"..." Wen Shi was really shocked by his logical connection ability.
Yarlin didn't pay much attention to the little monster. He looked at the mimic octopus with the same eyes as the old lady, as if he was looking at a little idiot.
It's pretty stupid no matter how you look at it.
Wen Shi stuffed the octopus into his pocket. Just as he said that there was no need to search the exhibition hall below the third floor, there was a knock on the door.
The door was unlocked to begin with, and monsters wouldn't knock politely in broad daylight. Wen Shi said, "Come in."
The person who came in was actually a fat man.
He always looked humble: "Student Aaron, Teacher Ruan wants us to come over."
Wen Shi felt a little uncomfortable when the fat man suddenly called out the character's name, and he looked at him suspiciously.
The fat boy smiled and said, "I am also a class representative now."
After Song Yan disappeared, Teacher Ruan chose another class representative to replace him. The fat guy seemed to have Teacher Ruan's trust even more.
Wen Shi lied with his eyes open: "My stomach hurts a little, I'll be there later."
The fat guy was only responsible for delivering the message: "Okay, hurry up, we'll leave together later. I live in dormitory 404, remember to call me when you come down."
After saying that, he left neatly.
After the door closed, Wen Shi's polite smile vanished, and he began to wonder why Teacher Ruan had called him over. The mermaid he'd met last night must have told Teacher Ruan about the fox spirit's lies, but the chances of him believing them were slim to none.
Fortunately, since he didn't break any rules, Teacher Ruan was unlikely to kill him simply and brutally. At most, he would give him the next difficult task.
Already knowing the location of part of the Mermaid King's torso, he really didn't want to waste time dealing with Teacher Ruan.
Wen Shi rubbed his brows and sighed that there were too many things to accomplish.
Seeing that he looked like he had a headache, Yarlin suddenly used his mental power to cover the dormitory to block the possibility of people outside eavesdropping.
The moment the air began to fluctuate, Wen Shi subconsciously looked at Yaerlin, as if he had guessed what he wanted to say, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, the more important the matter, the more I have to do it myself."
The will of the game is everywhere, and he doesn't want to be deliberately targeted for taking shortcuts.
"Combat requires strategic deployment." Yarlin looked at him with a hint of fondness: "Don't get too carried away."
Wen Shi always listened to advice, so he immediately pulled a stool and sat in front of him to listen.
"Which part of the Mermaid King's torso is the most difficult to deal with?" asked Yarlin.
Wen Shi thought for a moment and said, "Head."
The most important parts of any living creature are the brain and the heart, but the mermaid king has no heart.
"Yes, the principal took the heart, so that part of the torso is no longer important to him. So the place he went to after the explosion last night must be the one that sealed the Mermaid King's head."
Yarlin did not participate in the players' daily discussions, but he did not miss a single piece of information, including the conversation between Wen Shi and Jian Qingrong when he returned to the dormitory. He heard it clearly, but he just politely stood at the door and waited for them to finish talking before coming in.
"It should be the exhibition hall." Ji Yuanzhi interjected.
When interpreting the information this morning, the information about the exhibition hall and dormitory No. 34 was both dark in color, but the information about the exhibition hall was a little darker, almost like thick black water that could not be dissolved, representing the information that the other party cared about the most.
Yarlin said slowly, "When you wake up, your brain will definitely wake up first. Leave the most difficult part of the exhibition hall to me."
Wen Shi mentioned devouring the torso in the chat, and it was obvious that he wanted to choose to kill the Mermaid King.
After Yaerlin contracts the Mermaid King's head, the difficulty of the dungeon will be greatly reduced.
"A mermaid's torso has four parts, each of which is vital. It wouldn't be considered inaction if you chose a different one."
Wen Shi hesitated for a moment. It made sense from this perspective, but he didn't know how the game would judge it.
Yarlin smiled: "Which part are you going to deal with?"
Wen Shi subconsciously pointed at Jian Qingrong: "Help him devour the contaminated torso first."
Jian Qingrong quickly glanced at Wen Shi and confirmed that his position in the other's heart was higher than that of the silly octopus.
"So you are just participating and need to rely on his devouring ability."
Wen Shi nodded. This was how playing games was. The important thing was to participate. However, he was sure that Jian Qingrong's devouring process would not be smooth, and he would have to put in a lot of effort.
Yaerlin probably had an understanding of the criteria for judgment: "Don't worry, I'm also borrowing strength, and my role is similar to yours."
He looked at Ji Yuanzhi and said, "Take that pretty idiot and find a way to find the other two locations."
Pretty idiot?
Ji Yuanzhi reacted and realized that he was talking about Louis.
Speaking of Louis, Wen Shi said, "We need to ask Louis to inquire about the exhibition hall, especially the fourth and fifth floors, to see if there are any horror legends and help determine the location of the skull."
Ji Yuanzhi: "…"
He only brought Louis back as a partner less than a day ago, and you two brothers are almost stealing him away.
Wen Shi checked the time and said, "I'll go to Teacher Ruan first to see what he wants to do."
Before leaving, Yaerlin reminded him, "The first explosion yesterday was caused by your mentor."
Wen Shi nodded when he heard this and pushed the door open to go out.
Before leaving, he temporarily returned the little octopus to Jian Qingrong. As they were both marine creatures, the scent of the little octopus might be detected by Teacher Ruan.
Downstairs, dormitory 404.
There are only two people left in the dormitory where the fat guy lives, including him. In the game, numbers containing four and thirteen are not good numbers, so this dormitory number is quite unlucky.
The fat man lived quite comfortably. When Wen Shi came over, the dormitory door was open and he was calculating the interest on all the IOUs on his bed.
"Here I come!" He glanced at Wen and nimbly rolled over from the bed.
The two of them didn't communicate much on the way. Teacher Ruan was a person who knew how to use time, so they quickened their pace to get there.
When they arrived outside the office, the fat man walked half a step ahead of Wen Shi into the office, but Teacher Ruan's eyes fell on Wen Shi who came in later. Unfortunately, that look was not very kind.
Teacher Ruan didn't mention the fox spirit, but instead used her position as class representative to explain the situation: "The class representative is the one I trust most among all the students."
Wen Shi: "…"
Just blow it.
But the fat guy must have eaten mermaid meat before, and he didn't do anything weird, so Teacher Ruan still had some trust in the fat guy.
"I have something very important to tell you..." Teacher Ruan said with a sincere expression.
Before he could finish his words, the game prompt sounded.
"You finally discovered the secret of Pearl Academy and knew that the concert could turn into a large slaughterhouse."
"Humans are killing mermen, and mermen are also cannibalistic and mating. You don't know how to settle this mess. You just want to survive. Please choose a side based on your personal judgment."
"Camp One). Mermaid Camp. You need to help the mermaids and kill the principal."
"Camp 2). The principal's camp. You need to help the principal kill the Mermaid King."
Teacher Ruan continued, "You all claimed to be the Mermaid King's most loyal followers. Now someone is desecrating his body. Are you willing to help find and execute this sinner?"
This kind of task can only be triggered when a certain amount of copy information is collected. What surprised Wen Shi was that this meant that the fat man also knew the seal location of the Mermaid King's torso.
No matter how powerful Wen Shi was, he couldn't be omniscient. Naturally, he didn't know that President Liujie was cooperating with Fatty last night, dividing the work to follow the NPCs and finally sharing the information.
Sensing his doubts, the fat man smiled without saying anything.
"I do." Wen Shi didn't hesitate for a second.
The fat man's smile suddenly froze. Normally, when faced with a situation like choosing a camp, he would at least hesitate for a few seconds.
Wen Shi was very open-minded. It didn't matter which one he chose. He would kill both NPCs anyway. It was the same goal in different ways.
"Teacher, please hand it over to us. Never tolerate such shameless people. My spirit will always be with the king!" Wen Shi said with a pious look on his face.
Apart from the fact that the camp itself had little impact on him, Wen Shi intuitively felt that he was not qualified to refuse like the fat man.
This is like a trap dug by the game.
The one Teacher Ruan mentioned desecrating the Mermaid King's torso must be Jian Qingrong. A side quest would inevitably spawn later, and choosing the Mermaid faction would be like sacrificing Jian Qingrong to the gods. From this perspective, he would most likely refuse. If that happened, coupled with last night's fox fairy incident, he would become Teacher Ruan's target, making it difficult for him to leave this office today.
As for the mission itself, Wen Shi was not worried. If it was a side quest that had to be completed, he would just buy a [King Card Box] at a high price and complete it.
If it is a special task that cannot be refreshed, then you can only take the risk and find a way to kill the person who asked the question.
Teacher Ruan did not expect Wen Shi to agree so readily.
This student always surprises.
The speed of his answer made Teacher Ruan look at the fat man with a hint of dissatisfaction and asked, "What about you?"
"Of course I do."
I'm really unwilling to do this!
The fat man originally wanted to choose the principal. He already knew some of the locations on the mermaid king's torso. Of course, it would be easier to kill the fish, but there happened to be a control group. If he refused now, he didn't know what consequences would be caused.
Wen Shi heard the fat man grinding his teeth.
"You did a good job." The fat man mouthed.
It was originally a multiple-choice question. If everyone just said "go back and think about it", everyone would be able to get out of it safely. But this person turned it into a single-choice question.
Teacher Ruan's expression finally returned to its usual gentleness.
"Starting tonight, you will stake out the area near Dormitory Building 34. If the blasphemer appears again, eliminate him at all costs."
[Side Quest: Kill the Blasphemer
Mission content: Go to dormitory building No. 34 after sunset and wait until the target is eliminated.
Logically speaking, as long as Jian Qingrong didn't go, he wouldn't be caught, but the mission couldn't be that simple.
Teacher Ruan must have just found out about this, otherwise the little octopus would have died long ago. That leaves only one possibility: after the explosion last night, another mermaid went to the place where the Mermaid King was sealed to check and made an unexpected discovery.
Wen Shi suspected that these mermaids didn't know the sealed locations of all the trunks, only the location of the part where the heart was dug out. Otherwise, a mermaid couldn't go to four places, and Teacher Ruan would have taken action last night.
If this is the case, the player who was responsible for tracking him and causing the subsequent explosion would have discovered something, and Ji Yuanzhi would not have only deciphered two locations.
Wen Shi raised his eyebrows. Things were getting interesting. The Mermaid King did not completely trust his people, otherwise he would at least tell them where the seal on his head was.
After saying a few empty words to promise to complete the task, Wen Shi and the fat man left the office.
Beneath the fat man's smiling face was a sinister tone: "You are a very responsible class representative."
Just stand in line without thinking.
However, when he looked at Wen, he only saw a cold expression on the other's face.
"Until the target is eliminated." Wen Shi repeated the task in a low voice.
According to his previous inference, the other mermaid might still be near dormitory building No. 34.
If they don't wait there tonight, the mermaids will regard it as a betrayal. If they go there and Jian Qingrong doesn't show up, they will have to wait there day after day and will have nothing to do in the future.
This is the most vicious part of this mission.
"Do you want to use the [King Card Box] to complete the task?" the fat man suddenly asked.
The suspicion in his eyes was masked by his natural tone. Pei Wenwei's reaction to a side quest seemed a bit too intense. This intensity was in contrast to the other party's proactive approach to establish a debt relationship with him. Someone like him shouldn't show that kind of expression just because of a quest.
Wen Shi shook his head: "No need."
Since the game must be played this way, it would be a shame not to show it a backhanded clearance.