PDLP Chapter 223 He's a Liar
Chapter 223 He's a Liar
"It seems they've gone into the gaps."
Standing by the door, Gu Jia suddenly spoke, interrupting Yan Xun and Qin Ke's conversation, perhaps having discovered something.
Upon hearing this, Gao Wen immediately jumped up, "Who?"
"Who went through the gap!"
Without paying any attention to the two people inside, he rushed out the door. From where he stood, he could see the three people on the ice sheet, like three ants moving about... Gao Wen immediately flew into a rage, "Wen Yuanzheng, you stop right there!"
The three men probably heard his voice, but instead of turning around, they quickened their pace, as if afraid that the people on the boat would catch up.
"Wen Yuanzheng, you son of a bitch!!" Gao Wen shouted angrily.
He didn't care whether his shouting would wake up the monster in the ice wall; all he wanted was to twist the head off that idiot Wen Yuanzheng!
Yan Xun, who was in the room, breathed a sigh of relief. He stood up, pretended not to have heard what Qin Ke had just said, and walked straight to Gao Wen's side to look at the trio on the ice.
Perhaps fearing they would catch up immediately, the three quickened their pace. One of them even fell to the ground, only to be helped up by his companion.
Without even thinking, Yan Xun knew why Wen Yuanzheng was doing this.
It must have been something that old man said again. Yan Xun wasn't surprised that the old man would give up on him so decisively. He guessed that the old man had thought it over and decided that it would be more convenient to use Wen Yuanzheng.
Qin Ke also left the Whale Whisperer's room at this moment. He watched the three figures for a while before asking, "What do we do?"
Should we chase after them?
Gao Wen was still cursing Wen Yuanzheng, saying he knew this idiot couldn't be trusted. He cursed for a while before stopping, then looked at Yan Xun, "Do you think Wen Yuanzheng was bewitched or...?"
Or is he just inherently stupid, wicked, cowardly, and afraid of trouble?
Yan Xun could sense that Gao Wen had something to say, so he patted the other man on the shoulder and said, "Wen Yuanzheng has a problem."
Gao Wen nodded. "You mean his brain? I think there's something wrong with it too."
Yan Xun: "..."
“No, I’d say he might have been misled.” Of course, he didn’t deny Gao Wen’s sharp comment, “Wen Yuanzheng had a clear goal as soon as he entered the instance; he knew about Blue Gold earlier than we did.”
Gu Jia already knew about the old man's existence and did not react in any particular way.
Qin Ke was slightly puzzled, while Gao Wen glanced at Wen Yuanzheng, who was slipping on the ice, and asked, "Him?"
"They knew before us?"
Gao Wen said doubtfully, "That can't be right."
"We were the first to go into the captain's cabin to clean."
"No one can be faster than us."
After saying this, Gao Wen paused abruptly. He looked at Yan Xun, trying to glean some clues from the other's expression. After a few seconds, he looked at Yan Xun uncertainly, "You mean? He might have known about Blue Gold as soon as he entered the dungeon?"
"Did he learn about this clue from another copy?"
Gao Wen muttered to himself, "His previous dungeon clear record was only A+. I saw on the forum that you need at least an S-rank rating, and only some special difficulty dungeons can drop clues for the corresponding dungeons."
"The dungeons we revisited before also dropped in this way."
Gao Wen was young, but he knew some information, so as he spoke, he began to doubt himself, "No, no." He looked at Yan Xun, "If he could get such a clue, he couldn't have only gotten an A+ grade."
Gao Wen tried to get an answer from Yan Xun, "Could it be that he received off-field support?"
"But I remember that the live stream cannot reveal any clues related to the dungeon."
This rule applies to all instances; otherwise, players who have formed alliances could easily clear the instance by obtaining clues through cheating outside the instance.
Qin Ke also put on a curious look, probably wondering how Wen Yuanzheng knew about the Blue Gold information in advance—especially how Wen Yuanzheng deciphered this special script that only the Angel Guild and those who believe in angels could understand.
Gao Wen thought and thought, "Could it be that he's possessed by a ghost..."
He was about to say that he was joking when he saw Yan Xun nod.
"Huh?" Gawain's mouth almost dropped open. "He really is possessed by a ghost?!"
Then he understood why Wen Yuanzheng was acting so strangely.
"Have you ever heard of the 'Grandpa with a Body'?" Yan Xun asked.
Gao Wen had read many novels and knew that every protagonist who was a promising young man had an old grandfather by his side who could help him obtain secret techniques and overcome all obstacles... But the problem was, this wasn't a fantasy novel!
Seeing Gao Wen's expression change repeatedly, Yan Xun knew that the other party must know about the old man who was always with him. Qin Ke, on the other hand, was a little puzzled. "Old man who is always with him?" He repeated the term, then looked at Gao Wen, who suddenly realized, and Gu Jia, who seemed completely unsurprised. He didn't understand why they all understood what it meant.
"What do you mean?" Qin Ke asked.
He had never heard of a portable grandfather.
Gao Wen looked astonished. "No way, bro, you didn't know that?!"
“Every arrogant protagonist needs this…” He suddenly choked up as he spoke, probably thinking of Wen Yuanzheng’s unpredictable attitude. Wasn’t he just like an arrogant protagonist who waited for his underlings to come to him, feeling confident that he had a master to help him?
So this bastard has always treated them like his underlings?
As Gao Wen thought of this, his fist hardened.
He explained the concept of the "portable old man" to Qin Ke in just a few words before turning to Yan Xun and saying, "Portable old men really exist? I thought it was just a novel."
He paused for a few seconds after saying this, probably realizing that his current experience was no different from that of the characters in infinite flow novels.
"The old man inside Wen Yuanzheng's body told him about the existence of Blue Gold."
Yan Xun began, “He claimed to be a former player who died because of a failed mission, but luckily he still had a little bit of consciousness left, which happened to fall into Wen Yuanzheng’s consciousness.”
"He helps players complete tasks, and then gains energy from them, gradually acquiring his own body."
"He's a fraud."
Before Yan Xun could finish speaking, Qin Ke immediately interrupted.
Now everyone looked at him.
“No one can create a body out of thin air,” Qin Ke said. “Even those mysterious beings can’t do it. There’s no option to exchange for a body in the system shop unless he wants a mechanical body.”
Clearly, the old man went to such great lengths because he wanted more than just the mechanical body that could be redeemed from the system shop.
Yan Xun's gaze lingered on Qin Ke's back for a few seconds.
He recalled the enormous wings behind the Angel Guild, so these wings were created from their own flesh and blood.