Chapter 21: The Real Boss
Liu Siyong didn't look at the expression of the coffee beans, grabbed the steering wheel with his hand steadily, and interjected:
"Coffee Bean Boss, tell me where I should go!"
The coffee bean squinted, finally reached out his finger, zoomed out the map on the navigation, and marked a spot about 40 kilometers from here.
Liu Siyong didn't say much, and drove directly towards the marker.
"You go on......" the coffee bean pulled the topic back again.
Needless to say, Liu Siyong actually has to talk about it - he is definitely trying to talk to this real boss so hard. So he cleared his throat and continued: "After I figured this out, a question that had been bothering me for a long time and had not been able to get an answer from you for a long time had a logical logic. ”
“…… Tommy and Jimmy, two fools, seem to have been ordered to spy on you and interrupt my conversation with you. In fact, they should have been secretly influenced or deliberately lured by you to deal with me, because you are going to use this matter to tie me to your chariot completely. Of course, it seems like it's going to put me on the opposite side of your gang and make it possible for me to compromise with D.T...... But actually, you're pretty sure that I'm not going to work with someone who doesn't want to get out of prison and just wants to be the boss in prison! ”
"As long as I can't cooperate with D.T. and have a conflict with the prison tyrant, I can only speed up and complete the prison escape mission."
"Immediately, I also understood why I was so important in this prison escape incident! You're going to work so hard to win me over. Ostensibly, it's because I 'inherited' the room of the key person, Old Turtledove. Actually, it's because you know very well that I'm fundamentally different from other prisoners! Or, to put it simply, I came here and stayed in room 038 because you need someone like this who can help you escape from prison together! ”
Liu Siyong exhaled lightly and said with a half-sigh: "Actually, the first time you said the arrangement of 'fate', I thought you were here to help me escape from prison - it's no wonder that everyone will regard themselves as the protagonist when they experience such a wonderful thing." Of course, when you said this, it was also implicit and misleading...... In short, you succeeded in making me use you for the benefit of you, and even deliberately made the 'Yellow Tiger' out of fear that I would leave you behind, or look down on you for such an inconspicuous little role......"
"Hah, friend. You say that as if I played you tricks......" Coffee Bean suddenly laughed, his tone of voice had completely changed, no longer pretending to be frivolous, "Although I can see at a glance that you are on a mission, just like me." But I don't know what you're talking about! After all, you're a rookie, and this body looks like a stupid big guy...... So, if you're 'on the look', then I think you'll come and hug my thigh as soon as you hear my hint – after all, I've pretty much done it, but I just need a key clue. Now it seems that the 'system' is not bad for me, and you have a smart person like you involved - cracking the clue yourself and providing me with a better jailbreak plan. In this way, I am not a cheat on you, after all, you will complete the task more safely because of it. ”
"So, you're part of the 'system' too? Or rather, you're a ...... Gamer? Liu Siyong's expression was solemn - the other party finally revealed the key information! Moreover, listening to the other party's meaning, he is not only a member of the system, but also for some reason, he can see through his identity!
"Yes." Coffee Bean smiled and nodded, and then, he sat up slightly, "Since we have already said it, and we have a good time working together, and you, it is true that you have helped me a lot - when I was controlled by D.T, if I hadn't come up with such an idea, I might have to pay some price...... So, I should give you a little extra reward too...... So be it! There's still twenty minutes to go until my destination, and you can ask me any questions I can and I'll tell you if I can — you know, intelligence is very valuable in the system. ”
"Twenty minutes? Say long or not, say short or short...... "Countless questions immediately flashed in Liu Siyong's mind - since the other party is willing to "instruct" himself as a novice, it is really good, but there are too many questions he wants to ask.
"I ...... Why are we being brought into the system? How many tasks do we have to do to get out of it? This is Liu Siyong's biggest concern.
"I don't know about that." Who knows, the first question of the coffee bean can't be answered, his expression is natural, it seems that it is natural for Liu Siyong to ask this, and it is natural that he can't answer it, "The system is its self-title." It also has a name, called 'The Ark'. ”
"The Ark?" Liu Siyong subconsciously repeated.
"Yes, you'll be able to officially know its name when you go out and 'settle' in a moment - this should be your first mission, right? This is also called a test mission. Only by passing the test can you officially become a 'member of the boat' – we often refer to ourselves as 'ferrymen'. And this ark is the wheel of fate that carries you through countless strange tribulations and can rewrite your personal destiny. We are nothing compared to its divine power! You can only accept it, you can accomplish it, but you can't choose it, you can't get out of it, at least as far as I know, no one can get out of it, no matter how many tasks it assigns...... Maybe one day, you will be strong enough on this ship to really reach the 'other side' before you can 'disembark'. ”
Liu Siyong noticed that when Coffee Bean said this, although his tone was calm, it faintly contained a lot of complex emotions. There is helplessness, numbness, emotion, and expectation. In short, the answer to this question, Liu Siyong wants to know now.
"So, like us...... Are there many people who are forced to get on the thief ship? Liu Siyong immediately asked the second question.
"Hahahaha, thief ship, I like that. However, I can't answer that question for you. Because at my level, I can't see the whole picture of this giant ark at all. At most, I can see a ferryman like you who is lower than me in front of me. There are many ferrymen who are higher than me. ”
"Then can you teach me your ability to see the identity of the ferryman?" Liu Siyong immediately asked.
"Uh...... You're going to get an inch! The coffee bean smiled dumbly, and mocked Liu Siyong's actual practice of immediately beating the snake with the stick, "It's a pity, I can't." Because I'd love to acquire this skill 'permanently' myself! It was acquired at a great cost to me on a temporary basis, and could only be used in this mission, let alone gifted or taught. ”
"Okay......" Liu Siyong sighed helplessly, and then immediately asked a series of questions, "So, how often will the ark assign tasks?" Is every mission a shuttle into this world? Will I use this body all the time? ”
“…… How do you ask questions that are hard to answer? Coffee Bean looked at Liu Siyong a little speechless, "The tasks assigned by the ark are irregular, and most of the tasks need to go to different worlds...... But there are also tasks that are to be completed in the world in which they live. The situation of you and me is 'possessed', because of the fixed identity that must be used in some specific world and for a specific task. In addition, there are many cases where the ontology is used to complete tasks in other worlds. ”
"So, you're not really a coffee bean, are you?" Liu Siyong asked casually.
"How can this waste-like body be my body? I've been in this world for almost four years, and I've been succumbing to this body in order to complete my mission...... Fortunately, there are still ten minutes left, and I will be able to recover ......" Coffee Bean pointed to his head and said disdainfully.
Well, Liu Siyong doesn't plan to continue to ask coffee beans about his task or his own situation, first, the friendship between the two is far from the point of heart-to-heart; Second, since there are many kinds of tasks, this task of coffee beans may not be much important to him.
"Will there be a situation where the task given by the ark cannot be completed? Is there any way to shirk the task? This question is another matter that Liu Siyong is concerned about. Taking this prison escape mission as an example, even if he has completed it in front of him, it is not an easy task to look back.
When the system gave the task, there was a warning of "mission failure, obliteration". The two words of erasure gave Liu Siyong huge pressure. What if you really can't complete the next task? He didn't want to try it out for himself if the "erasure" would actually take effect!
"Of course. Although the Ark will not give a super difficult mission that is too far away from your 'level', the process of the mission itself is full of surprises. In addition, there are always high and low levels of personal ability, and many of my subordinates, who are also ferrymen, have been wiped out because of failure in their personal missions. Of course, not all missions are wiped out if they fail - as long as you have enough 'money', it can also be used to offset some of the penalties for failure. ”
"Family? What is that? In line with the principle of asking if you don't understand, Liu Siyong hurriedly asked.
"Merit, hard work - this is the reward given to you by the system, which can be used as the basic currency. Of course, other material rewards you will receive later on can also be converted into these two currencies - when you have to shell out a lot of money to save your life. However, the system will not buy your baby at the original price! The coffee bean said with a smile, as if he was already familiar with the style of the system.
But for Liu Siyong, it is an answer that makes him relax a little, after all, it is better to be able to buy a life with "money" at a critical moment than to have no way out, he is not a person who likes to "put it to death".
After asking these, most of the time has passed, for the general direction of the question, Liu Siyong got the answer from the coffee beans is not clear, and in terms of details, he is only a novice after all, and he doesn't know what to ask again, so-
"Why don't you, as a senior, give me some more advice and advice?"