Chapter 54: Shipwreck

Moore was obviously very satisfied with Ye Ci's answer, he nodded and smiled: "People now advocate force, but there are fewer and fewer people who like to read, but they don't know that books are the most powerful medium of power in the world." ”

Ye Ci naturally agreed with Moore's words, and then Moore continued: "It was a very distant time, at that time, there were too many races living in the entire continent of Marga, humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, undead, orcs, trolls, goblins, werewolves, dragons, ......" Moore was as smooth as an endorsement when talking about these races, and it seemed that he was extremely familiar.

"Originally, these races lived on the Maga continent, although there were some small contradictions, but after all, there were no major conflicts, and the Maga continent at that time could also be described as peaceful and prosperous. At that time, I was just a young apprentice of human magicians, just seventeen or eighteen years old, and now that I look back, ah, what a wonderful time it was. Moore's eyes narrowed slightly as he recalled this, and there was a strange brilliance on his face, and it was clear that this memory was very important and happy for Moore.

"Every magician is actually a careerist, they are all pursuing the most powerful power, and in order to strengthen our strength, we have to improve our mental power and magic power, which will inevitably overdraw the body's endurance, so, every magician is actually not particularly healthy, just like me." Moore smiled slightly, a little self-deprecating. However, Ye Ci definitely doesn't think so, although the mage's blood is thin and the defense is low, it definitely doesn't mean that Moore is also like this, this kind of super B-level NPC, blood and defense are not within her reach now.

"Just when I kept learning, I kept chasing power...... Bad luck befell the entire continent of Maga. A curious young man inadvertently opened the seal of the demon king Naga, and as a result, the entire continent was plunged into dire straits, and the Great Celestial God called on all races to fight against Naga, and at that time, each race gave up the dispute at that time for the survival of its own race and threw itself into the battle against Naga. And I was no exception, and I went into that fight. Moore's face gradually calmed down, his voice was calm and peaceful, as if he was telling something that had nothing to do with him, and there was no emotional fluctuation at all, but Ye Ci felt the bloodshed and cruelty of that battle from such a peaceful voice.

"This battle has been stalemate for many years, and I have changed from a teenager to a year, from an apprentice to a great magician, and both sides have suffered countless casualties, but there is still no winner or loser. And I, too, are more and more eager for ability, more and more eager to be strong. You must not know that there is a forbidden spell in the mage, and he can bring the most powerful power to the mage, but, accordingly, the mage must lose everything. Moore still had a shallow smile on his face, but there was a little imperceptible bitterness in this smile.

Forbidden spell magic is only recorded in the official chronicles, but in the game, although Ye Ci has experienced two lives, it is true that he has never heard this word. It's just that this magic is not a good thing just by hearing the name. Ye Ci nodded: "Indeed, I have never heard of the forbidden spell magic, what is it?" ”

"Actually, to put it bluntly, it is the ability of a magician to exchange what he has for another dark world. There is absolute fairness in this world, no one can get great power in vain, just like you hunters want to live longer than others, then you have to run faster than others, everything is fair. One of Moore's hands gently stroked the staff, and the smile on his lips was still so calm and peaceful: "And in order to get great power, I exchanged some things with the dark world, and then, I became the only great magus in the entire continent of Maga." Although, in that kind of tidal war, this is nothing, but my presence has caused great damage to the Naga themselves, and I later defeated the Naga together with the kings of the elves, dwarves, orcs, trolls, and other races, but in turn, everyone paid a heavy price. These races eventually lost their kings, and I, because of the protection of the dark world, survived, but, from then on, I ......" Moore said here and paused, not going on.

Ye Ci was listening to it, but Moore suddenly stopped, which couldn't help but make Ye Ci stunned, and then asked anxiously: "What's wrong?" Lord Moore, have you been hurt in any way? ”

The smile on Moore's face became extremely bitter: "No, I was not hurt, and I even gained more strength, but ......" His hand holding the staff suddenly trembled, and the constant trembling finally made his body tremble, he seemed to be trying to calm his emotions, and it took him a long time to calm down, looking at Ye Ci, and said in an extremely sad tone: "But I have lost the power to die." ”

Ye Ci was slightly stunned, he lost the power to die, that is, he would not die?

As if he understood Ye Ci's thoughts, Moore nodded slowly: "You think well at all, I won't die." No matter what method is used, I will not die. ”

Many people seem to be eager for not dying, otherwise there would be no story of Qin Shi Huang letting five hundred boys and girls go overseas to Penglai Immortal Mountain to ask for immortal medicine, and there would be no legend that Chang'e secretly took the immortal medicine and flew leisurely to the Moon Palace. All in all, death is terrible for any person, and it is something that they do not want to mention. Maybe it's the same for NPCs. But if it really doesn't die, what kind of situation will it be?

Is it really happy if you don't die?

Not necessarily.

Not dying means that you have an inexhaustible amount of time, and time has become the least important factor in your life, because it has become a non-existent element for you. And what will you get if you don't die? You will no longer have any friends or relatives around you, because they will all be gone, and they will leave you again and again while you are still alive, no matter how many times you go through it, the end result will be the same. You don't know what your tomorrow will bring, but you won't die either way.

Year after year, day after day, when all the fairy tales in this world have withered, all life has faded, but you still will not die, even if the whole world is destroyed, you are the only one left, this does not represent your success, on the contrary, what a bleak and sad thing it is. In the vastness of life, until the end, there is only one thing left for you, and that is to live, and only to live.

In fact, this is a more terrifying thing than death.

After two lives, Ye Ci has a very indifferent view of life and death, and she wants her to understand Moore's sadness. It's like the desolation she sat on the top floor of the Glory Group in the previous life, all she saw was loneliness, the laughter of others had nothing to do with herself, and what she was holding in her hands was nothing but life. Ye Ci even thought that she was actually longing for death at that time, otherwise she would not have chosen to let go, otherwise she would not have chosen to leave so resolutely.

However, compared to herself, maybe Moore is even more sad, after all, she can choose death, but what about Moore? I can't choose anything, I can't do anything, I can only guard my never-ending life here, desperate and boundless.

This kind of pain, even if he didn't experience it, Ye Ci felt as if he was being put in cold water just by thinking about it.

Ye Ci couldn't find the words to comfort Moore for a while, she could only stand there and look at Moore's old and sad face quietly, and after a while, she said slowly: "Lord Moore, I think I can understand your feelings. ”

Ye Ci's words made Moore's eyes show a hint of surprise: "Don't you think it's a very happy thing not to die."

It seems that Moore often hears such remarks, which is probably like pouring salt on Moore's wounds, and he can't vent it yet, which is indeed very painful and aggrieved.

Ye Ci shook his head: "How can not die be a happy thing, not dying should be the saddest and most painful thing in the world." If a person loses even the right to die, it means that this person will live in loneliness and loneliness forever, and there will be no hope for his life, maybe he will be happy in the first hundred years, but what about the thousand years, two thousand years later? At that time, I think that any money, power, and ability will become a thing of the past. ”

Moore looked at Ye Ci quietly for a long time, he seemed to be examining whether the meaning of Ye Ci's words was true or false, and seemed to be thinking about the meaning of her words. After a long while, he showed a relaxed smile: "Very good, Elf, you are indeed the one who can help me the most. ”

The task is coming, after going around in circles for so long, I finally want to say something important, Ye Ci immediately bent down and saluted, and said respectfully to Moore: "Moore City Lord, I will be your most sincere friend, as long as you can use my place, I will definitely do my best to do it." ”

For Ye Ci's confession, Moore was very satisfied, and he nodded: "Very good, elf, very good!" Saying that, Moore stood up, although he was very thin, but he was much taller than Ye Ci imagined, he slowly walked towards Ye Ci step by step, and as he walked, the wand made a crackling electric sound over and over again, Ye Ci knew that it was the sound made by the powerful spiritual power of the Great Magister after the collision. In the previous life, Ye Ci was a great magician, and her admirable high spiritual power and high magic power would bring such an effect to the gem of the staff, and when she walked, the gem on the staff would also bring such an electric effect, of course, compared to Moore, the effect of Ye Ci in the previous life was really not good.

Moore walked in front of Ye Ci, stretched out a thin hand, and a white light suddenly rose from his palm, he handed this light to Ye Ci and said, "This is my magic elf, you follow it, go and find a way to die for me." ”

Ye Ci was slightly stunned, looking at the magic elf in his hand and did not speak.

Moore saw Ye Ci's hesitation, he raised his hand and patted Ye Ci's shoulder gently: "Young elf, go help me, I have lived too long and too long, if you can find a way to let me die, I will definitely bring you the richest reward." ”

Ye Ci thought for a while, bent down, and saluted to Moore: "Lord Moore, you are a respectable person. ”

"I know you have a lot of doubts in your mind, but, if you can find a way to die for me, I will tell you all the answers." Moore turned around as he spoke, walking slowly towards the throne, and as he walked, his bitter voice came out: "A respectful man?" No, young elf, you may not think so until you know the answer. ”

Ye Ci replied: "Lord Moore, there is no absolutely right thing in this world, and there is no absolutely wrong thing, right or wrong, light or evil is nothing more than the perspective from which history stands." Yet, whatever history's final assessment, you are a man worthy of respect. ”

"Even if one day we are on opposite sides, I am your enemy, do you say that without skipping words. Moore stopped, but suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Ci, his eyes were blazing, flashing with a chilling light.

"Yes, even if one day you become my enemy, I will say so." Ye Ci smiled: "Just because you are worthy of respect, if one day, we stand on the battlefield of opposites, I will never show mercy, I think, this is the greatest respect for you." ”

Moore burst out laughing, and there was a joy in his voice that he hadn't seen in a long time: "Good, good, young elf, you are the most interesting elf I have ever seen besides Dole." Well, if one day we are on opposite sides, I will definitely give you the opportunity to show your respect for me. ”

"Thank you very much."

"If you live to bring back what I need, young elf, I'll tell you something about Dole, I think, you'll be interested." Moore stopped looking at Ye Ci and slowly walked towards the throne.

Elven King Moore's message!

Ye Ci's heart moved, she really had nowhere to find it when she stepped on the iron shoes, and it didn't take any effort to get it, she had been looking for information about the Elf King for a long time, but many of them were mentioned in a few words, and until now, she had not found the most direct news about the Elf King Dole. And now Moore was willing to tell her that although it would only be obtained after the mission was completed, there was always hope.

"You can leave." Moore stood in front of the throne and didn't look back, just waved his hand at Ye Ci. Ye Ci immediately bowed very respectfully and withdrew. She looked at the Magic Elf, which was only a quest item, but something that could be equipped in the inventory. The biggest advantage of this thing is that it can increase magic attacks by 35%, although Ye Ci is a hunter, but many skills belong to magic, so this thing can be used for her, but it doesn't have as much effect as a mage.

After putting the magic elf in the inventory, Ye Ci sorted out the other items on his body and planned to head towards the northern continent.

But before she could leave Moore's castle, Ye Ci was stopped by Rada. At this time, Rada seemed to be a little different from usual, and there was more deep meaning in his intimate smile that Ye Ci couldn't guess. "Dear Gongzi You, are you leaving, don't skip words.

Ye Ci looked Radha up and down, I don't know what it means for him to appear in front of him at this time to ask this, but as long as it is an NPC that tries not to offend, Ye Ci still answered truthfully: "Yes, Mr. Rada, I think I'm going to start remote again." ”

"Oh, that's something to envy, and how much I'd love to walk around one day like you." Radha laughed, and there was a hint of flattery in his smile.

Ye Ci nodded, dealing with this Radha always made her feel that it was not very peaceful, and her intuition told him that this guy was not a good target to provoke, and it was best to avoid it if she could. "If there's nothing to do with Mr. Rada, I'll leave for now, and I'm looking forward to the next time we meet."

"I have a little bit of something I want to trouble you, I wonder if you can help me with this during the hike?" When Radha saw that Ye Ci was leaving, he didn't say hello, and directly said his own thing.

"What's the matter? If there's a place I can help with, I think I'll go out of my way to help you. Although Ye Ci is very jealous of the character of Rada, he has not reached the point of turning his face and not recognizing people, not to mention that Rada is the mayor of Black Mud City, and he still needs to cooperate with him in the future, so Ye Ci is still very polite to Lada.

"That's great, I have a distant relative who runs a grocery store in the small town of Rafah in the Mojamil Plains, and if you're going to be passing by there one day, you might as well give him this letter and this bag." Radha took out a sealed pocket and a letter and handed it to Ye Ci.

It turned out to be just an errand task, no big deal, Ye Ci exhaled, feeling that he was a little overwhelmed, so he agreed to Rada and took the pocket and the letter. The letter was sealed with fire paint and could not be opened, and the pocket was crackling, and although Ye Ci could not be opened to see what was inside, it was a bit like a jewel or something when it sounded. She didn't think much of it, so she agreed.

The Mojamil Plain is on the northern continent, in fact, it is not far from the place where Ye Ci wants to explore the Mithril vein, and Ye Ci even thinks that if she can make it in time, it is not impossible for her to make a bypass by the way.

After saying goodbye to Rada, Ye Ci walked towards the dock outside Black Mud City, but she didn't notice the weird smile on Lada's lips when he looked at her from afar.

According to Ye Ci's plan, the reality is to go to the Northern Continent, as long as she gets on the boat and it won't take much time, she can reach the Northern Continent. Just when he was going to the dock, Ye Ci suddenly received the news of timely rain.

"Childe, things aren't going well."

Shi Yu said that the matter was naturally a matter of the Mithril vein, and as soon as he said this, Ye Ci's heart couldn't help but tighten, could it be that someone had already opened the task lock? This is impossible, the so-called only task is that only she, the person who receives the task, can open the task lock, and it is absolutely impossible for others. If not, then what's the matter?

"What's wrong? Someone unlocked the task lock? ”

"I think it's worse than that." Sighed in time, he wasn't joking, he really felt so.

"Huh?" This makes Ye Ci strange, what else is there to avoid opening the task lock?

"The Iron Blood Guild sent a lot of thieves to do a carpet search near the Mithril vein, and our people were almost found a few times, and not only that, but they also sent a lot of miners to mine." Timely rain was a little depressed, this thing is really unspeakably aggrieved, this is obviously something that goes up every day, and the Iron and Blood Guild makes it seem like it is already their territory every day, this is too unpleasant!

Mining? Ye Ci frowned, although she knew that if this task could not be locked, the Mithril vein would never be opened, but in fate it was the same as many things in the real world, just like this mineral, although these miners could not dig Mithril by mining now, but the mine they dug up would not regenerate in a short period of time, if they dug too much, it would inevitably affect the output of this Mithril vein, which was something that Ye Ci absolutely did not want to see.

"That's not all, there's something more of a headache for me." Timely Yu sighed, it seems that this is not the only thing that worries.

"What else?" Ye Ci scratched her hair, she is a little lice now and is not afraid of itching, anyway, she has a lot of things to worry about now, and it doesn't matter if she has one more.

"I don't know if it's the Iron Blood Guild that has revealed the news or what, anyway, in the last few days, our intelligence team has reported that the major guilds have sent miners to mine the coordinates of the Mithril Vein, and now that place has become a hot mining field." Timely Rain really thinks this thing is too annoying, why did it suddenly evolve into an uncontrollable situation?

Damn, one iron blood is not enough, all the major guilds have come to join in the fun, and everyone really wants a piece of the pie! Ye Ci frowned, and then she was also relieved, in fact, there is nothing bad about this, although some ore will be lost, but it is not a Mithril vein and there is nothing. They can all play this kind of thing like intelligence warfare, how could the major guilds not play it, so it is not strange that the major guilds will follow up as soon as the Iron and Blood Guild has any movement.

Fate is now at this time, but when the heroes are divided, everyone wants to come up and get a piece of the pie when they encounter something to make money, which is a normal thing. She smiled, "Okay, then let's let our guild's mining team follow and dig a little." ”

"Huh?" Timely Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand Ye Ci's intention, "What do you mean?" ”

"All guilds are involved in this kind of thing, and if we are the only ones who don't participate, wouldn't it seem that we are too special? Moreover, now that I haven't opened the quest lock, these people will definitely not be able to mine Mithril, although they will lose some of the size of the ore, but it is still very cost-effective to exchange this scale for the recognition of the various guilds that there is no value here. With our current scale, even if we open the Mithril Mine, we may not be able to hold it, not only in the future prosperity, but even in the face of these guilds in the Eastern Continent now, we will not be able to hold it, so taking advantage of the time for us to cultivate and recuperate will let them completely dispel their thoughts here, which will also be a help to us in the future. Although Ye Ci was a little unwilling in his heart, at this time, to suffer a loss is to take advantage, and it is necessary to take a small step back in exchange for a greater victory.

Hearing Ye Ci say this, Shi Yu nodded: "Okay, just do it, I'll order someone to do it." ”

"By the way, there is also that tree blooming, let him practice his skills quickly, I need him to impact the high-level goblin engineer in the shortest possible time."

Goblin engineers can make siege machinery, which is well known, however, the manufacturing drawings of siege machinery are not so easy to obtain, especially at this level, the drawings of siege machinery are not produced at all, so the major guilds are now only incidental to the training of goblin engineers, and there is no main investment.

Ji Yu still knows Ye Ci very well, and since Ye Ci wants to do this, it means that she must be useful, so she agreed directly without asking for a reason.

Hung up the dialogue with Timely Rain, Ye Ci stood silent on the edge of the dock in Black Mud City. It seems that the Mithril veins in the Eastern Continent are targeted, and in order to compensate for the losses in the Eastern Continent, then no matter how much the Mithril Veins in the south and north cost, she must get them.

While thinking wildly, Ye Ci saw a huge ship heading towards the port from a distance. And at this time, the players who were still in groups just now, squatting on the dock in all kinds of boredom, all stood up, and there were players from the eastern continent and players from the northern continent, all of whom rushed towards the dock.

It seems that these people are all heading to the northern continent.

When Ye Ci was just wandering around in the Black Mud City, he found a tailor shop specializing in selling cloaks, which sold all kinds of cloaks, as long as he wore a cloak, it would cover the player's gender, equipment and character attributes, it was a good hidden equipment, and the cloak was an outer coat, which only played a decorative role, and did not occupy the equipment space on the player's body, which was very convenient to carry. This tailor shop seems to have just started selling cloaks, at least before this, Ye Ci had never seen a player walking around the city wearing a cloak, but now, many players have brought cloaks.

The cloak is good, but on the hostile continent, he will not hide the red light on the player's body, so even if you wear a cloak and hide your equipment attributes and appearance, as long as you are on the hostile continent, you will not hide your identity as a hostile faction. However, Ye Ci also has a fraud brooch, and it is much more convenient to walk in the northern continent with these two things.

Ye Ci put the hat on his cloak to cover his face, and followed the players towards the boat. There were several people on the side of the boat who were collecting money, and after paying two hundred gold coins, Ye Ci stepped on the huge wooden boat.

There aren't many ships that can travel between Black Mud Pier and Dorami Pier, and their owners and sailors are NPCs with a variety of races, but they don't attack any player, just like working to eat, these sailors and shipowners make a living by soliciting tickets between them.

There are about three or four boats that travel between Black Mud Pier and Dorami Pier every day, although there are not many of them, but the large number of players also makes them a lot of money.

Ye Ci sat on the deck of the ship's side, leaning against a wooden barrel in the corner, and pulled the cloak tightly, completely enveloping himself in the cloak. There are also several players wearing cloaks, so Ye Ci wearing a cloak doesn't make people feel blinking, just like a normal player.

The ship is still very fast, and it only takes about an hour to pass through the strait between the two continents and reach the other continent. However, the sea is not calm, and there are often storms and waves. After the ship moved smoothly on the sea for about twenty minutes, Ye Ci heard a sailor shouting again, there was a big wave in front of her, she didn't pay much attention to it, anyway, it was a common fate to encounter a storm at sea. After all, this is a high-fidelity game, and everything that you would find in real life will happen in the game.

Ye Ci was still groggily asleep, it was a pity that he didn't have to sleep for this hour.

Just when Ye Ci was sleeping comfortably, suddenly the boat shook violently, and her center of gravity was unstable, and she rolled to the side of the boat on the other side with a grunt! Ye Ci was startled and subconsciously reached out and grabbed a thick hemp rope, she quickly looked around, only to see that all the players were thrown to the deck, and the ship was constantly trembling in the huge wind and waves. It looks like the storm is a bit big today.

Ye Ci suddenly remembered one thing, in the previous life, there seemed to be a ship sailing at sea when it encountered a storm, and then the ship was destroyed, and the player fell into the sea. However, the probability is too small, in the last ten years, there have only been three or four cases, could it be that she met it today?

Just as she was thinking this, another huge wave crashed, and the salty sea water instantly wet the players' clothes, and many players were even photographed into the sea.

"It's not really going to fall into the water...... Ye Ci shivered and muttered to himself, but at this time, another huge wave came, and all his head and face were covered with seawater.

Ye Ci clung to the hemp rope tightly, she looked back, if the player who fell into the sea did not encounter any rocks or planks, it was still relatively safe, but if he unfortunately hit some sharp object, he was afraid of an ugly death.

And now the storm is getting bigger and bigger, and although the captain and sailors are desperately trying to find a way, it looks a little mysterious. Ye Ci calmed down, at this moment, she must not mess up first, she must analyze the current situation with a calm and rational heart, in order to ensure that she does not hang on this sea to the greatest extent.

Ye Ci looked up at the already dark sky, judging from the current situation, it was impossible to expect this storm to stop before the hull fell apart. Although she didn't want to admit it, Ye Ci still sighed, she actually said it with a crow's mouth, she didn't expect that the incident of capsizing and falling into the water with such a low probability in the previous life actually made her foresee it when she went to sea for the first time, how dark she was, and how unpopular she was with the system?

Although he was extremely sad and indignant in his heart, Ye Ci still didn't plan to fall directly like this, and his death was unknown.

First of all, to ensure her own safety, Ye Ci grabbed the hemp rope with both hands, wrapped it around her waist, and fixed herself with the hemp rope, so that she was fixed with the hull, as long as she didn't take the initiative to cut the hemp rope, it was safe before the hull fell apart.

Secondly, she had to find a way to find the best place to fall into the water before the hull of the ship fell apart, and there were no rocks, scattered planks, or any "murder weapons" such as wood, and then cut the hemp rope, fell into the water, and left the center of the storm as fast as possible.

For the time being, these are the two things, but it's not easy to do them.

The hemp rope is too thick, and it is always not very suitable when wrapped around the body, Ye Ci can only hold the hemp rope tightly in the end, and in the violent swaying of the ship's hull in the storm, she is like a fallen leaf withered by the wind, being blown around, but she can't find a place to dock. Now the wind and rain are heavy, and Ye Ci has been blown almost into the water several times, but looking at the various "deadly murder weapons" floating below, Ye Ci still didn't dare to let go in the end.

It was about three or five minutes in the wind and rain, and Ye Ci felt that this was probably the most embarrassing thing he had since he entered the game. She suddenly heard a creaking sound in the middle of the storm, and when she looked back, she couldn't see it, and her heart sank suddenly. I saw that there were already quite large cracks in the hull of the big ship, and I was afraid that I would not be able to withstand the toss a few times, and the sailors who put it on began to jump ship.

It seems that she can't continue like this, Ye Ci made up her mind, as long as the next time she gets close to the water, no matter what is below, she can jump directly.

However, it seems that God did not give her this chance, and while Ye Ci was waiting, the hull of the ship suddenly collapsed, and she fell into the water directly and mercilessly. Until the moment he fell into the water, Ye Ci wanted to scold, Nima, what is this called!

The icy sea water immediately poured towards her, and Ye Ci struggled to get out quickly, because falling into the water after the hull of the ship collapsed would stir up a huge whirlpool, and this whirlpool would suck people in, but before she left, she only felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, and the whole person fell into darkness......

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