"...... to avoid the limelight for two days off the line? Just to hide from an NPC?! ”

Rotten Persimmon's eyes widened.

He was amazed and thought it was a bit absurd.

"Two big brothers, do you know who this NPC is? Did you encounter ...... during the closed beta? ”

Rotten Persimmon asks the two of them, Goutou Jin and Forgotten Mowgli, and he always feels that something is wrong.

Kotou Jin pursed his lips, took out his personal terminal, and swiped it casually, entering the official forum of "The Mysterious Age".

He clicked on the pilot released by Su Keying, and opened another window to open the video of "The Mysterious Merchant of Jade Town" that had just been released, and compared the two.

When he saw that Jack and the Black Messenger were extremely similar in appearance and temperament, Rotten Persimmon had a guess.

Until in the pilot film, black wings were born behind Jack's back, holding a giant fireball into the sky, and the rotten persimmon suddenly thought of himself and was trampled to death by the black messenger who fell from the sky.

Aren't those scattered illusory black feathers exactly on these wings?

"This 'Black Emissary' is 'Jack'?!"

He cried out in his heart.

This is too much of a coincidence!

"I just returned to the inner city of Amber City with Forgotten Mowgli, and the square battle during the previous closed beta made many local residents call him the 'Black Messenger'. Even the renovated and reconstructed square is now called 'Black Messenger Square'. ”

Kotou Kim told the information.

The rotten persimmon's expression became more and more unsightly, and Forgotten Mowgli added:

"The force we joined happened to be Jack's 'circus', and he wasn't there for the past two days...... So this black messenger is basically certain to be him. ”

President God loves the "world" speechless.

He watched the video in silence.

In fact, he has watched this pilot film a long time ago, but he didn't think about it, and now he knows that it is this NPC that the rotten persimmon has offended, and he is very unhappy.

"This Jack, he also appeared in the game's official opening CG, known as 'The Man Guided by Fate', must be an important plot character......"

The world shook its head, and his tone was slightly reproachful:

"Rotten persimmon, you said you just started the service, what are you doing to provoke such an NPC...... The account that originally had an advantage in the start was abolished all at once! ”

Rotten persimmons are hesitant, and they want to open their mouths but have no confidence.

Isn't the starting advantage of his account just by betraying Jack's information and infiltrating the Red Apple Church...... It's the opposite of going in the first place, and there's nothing wrong with that.

This time it was a mistake at most, and it was a little reckless.

Even the president was supportive at first.

But now these words are not easy to say, the rotten persimmon can only hold it in his heart, nod depressedly, and agree to the advice of the two big brothers in the internal test - avoid the limelight first, and then talk about it in two days.

But he only verbally agreed, will this game NPC really squat at him?

That's too smart.

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Chen Lun stayed in Emerald Town for another week.

In the past seven days, the existence of the "Black Emissary" has begun to ferment.

As the players of Emerald Town spread his deeds, more and more posts about the "Black Emissary" appeared on the special forum, and more and more people knew about such a terrible "Novice Village Guide".

Handsome in appearance, high in style, strong in strength, and part-time as a mysterious businessman, selling things that are particularly bullish...... In addition, his deeds of chasing and killing the players of the God Love Guild and guarding the corpse at the resurrection point are also more and more outrageous.

It is rumored that this NPC was pretended to be by an official officer, and even found a "rotten persimmon" offline, and beat the other party violently.

It wasn't until the official issued a document to clarify and refute the rumors, "The Mysterious Era is dominated by supercomputers as the core, and everything is developed by it, and the official will neither interfere nor interfere in the process of the game, which dispelled the suspicions of players."

Players in other regions are very envious of this. Because they found that not every novice area has a guide or mystery merchant, which is a very rare phenomenon......

Not to mention a high-quality NPC like "Black Messenger", I really can't find a second one.

The comment area of related posts on the forum has been captured by the lemon army.

"Laugh to death! Isn't it just a novice village guide, you can't play without him?! If it weren't too far away, I would have died all the way to Emerald Town...... Black Emissary save me, I can't play anymore! This hook eight game is too southern! ”

"What is there to say about a mysterious merchant?! Put this post on hold every day! You who bought muskets and took off, you can't send me some fare, let me take the train and lick him...... Whew! ”

“……”

When Chen Lun is bored, he will lean his back against the wall, support his elbows and cheeks, and pose in a deep posture in front of the player. In fact, he had silently opened the forum built into the panel and dived around on it.

He had read many related posts, and he almost didn't laugh at him.

Two days ago, the birds that were monitoring at the resurrection point flew to report that Chen Lun learned the news that the rotten persimmon kid was online, and it seemed that the resurrection cooldown time had arrived.

He didn't say a word, flew over with a fire fist, and burned the rotten persimmon clean. was so frightened that the other party immediately went offline and didn't dare to come up again.

Then Chen Lun was on the forum and flipped to the question of the rotten persimmon kid for help-

"What should I do if I get squatted by an NPC? Online and more! Urgent! He's waiting for me at the resurrection point.,As soon as I'm online, I'll be seconds.,Brains are going to be hammered to the ground.,This game can't be played! ”

Chen Lun clicked on it and read it carefully, and there were hundreds of messages in the comment area.

There are people who came from the "Black Messenger" post, sightseeing, and leaving a message as a souvenir. There are those who eat melons to watch the excitement, and there are those who really come up with ideas for rotten persimmons.

"Isn't it just an NPC? You go straight to the line, and if he flies over and stomps on your head again, you'll slide through his crotch with a knife and the balls will fall to the ground......"

"Ah, no one is really going to be cornered by an NPC, right? You pretend to be dead first, and when he gets close to inspect your body, he jumps up and gives him a crossbar, and there is no solution to it! Break his arm and let you fish it! ”

"This kind of tall, thin and handsome NPC is the best to deal with, when he rushes over, you just need to find the right opportunity, take advantage of an over-the-shoulder fall, and make him twist his head to the ground to his neck and fall unconscious."

“……”

Thinking of this, Chen Lun smiled.

His goal had been achieved, so next, he didn't plan to waste time by staying in Emerald Town. It's a pity that this kid ran fast, otherwise he would have wanted to shark him a few more times, send him to the resurrection cooldown, and suffer hardships.

Rumble!

He spread his wings and flapped violently, and in an instant the whole person soared into the sky.

"Black Emissary, Black Emissary, don't go......! How can I live if you're gone, Black Emissary! ”

The players wailed and stayed at the bottom, but Chen Lun left the street corner without looking back.

The news of the black messenger's complete departure gradually spread.

The players of Emerald Town were surprised and regretful, they thought that this NPC would stay here forever, but they didn't expect that after only a few days of open beta, he left...... Players speculate that this is a powerful NPC in the nature of an easter egg, and it is just giving players a limited-time perk.

As soon as the news broke, there was a cheer on the game forum.

Emerald Town has lost its particularity, which makes players in other regions suddenly become balanced in their hearts.

In addition, this behavior of the Black Emissary has led many players to speculate that he maybe, maybe, maybe, fly to the game area where he is...... Since it's a limited-time benefit, you can't go to a few newbie villages again, right?

Rotten Persimmon got the news that the Black Messenger's killer star was finally gone. He let out a cheer as he lay down in the sleep pod and choked on a few sips of nutrient solution.

On the line, looking at the sun in the sky of Emerald Town, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and showed a heartfelt smile.

It feels so good that I didn't have to be guarded by Jack.

It's just that when Rotten Persimmon looked around and saw other players, the smile on his face was covered with a haze again.

He was originally ahead of the big army, but because he died too many times, he has now fallen to level 5. And because he hasn't been online for so long, he was thrown away by other players.

Rotten persimmon regrets it in his heart.

He was panicked in his heart, and his mouth was bitter.

After taking a deep breath, he decided to go back to fighting monsters and leveling up. At this time, someone from the guild channel said that there were many brothers who loved God and came to Emerald Town and wanted to follow him.

The mood of the rotten persimmon has only become better.

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Apata City Railway Station.

The train stops temporarily at the platform, and the attendant rings the bell to remind guests not to cross the station. The entire platform is crowded with people coming and going.

In the midst of the bustle and noise, a green-haired young man stepped down from the train and looked into the crowd. Soon, he saw a girl with orange braids walking over with a suitcase.

"Hello, Honey Hanbao, first time we met, I am Gan Ziwen."

Gan Ziwen's eyes lit up, strode over, and stretched out his hand towards the girl.

Honey Hanbao looked up at his ID, reached out and shook him gently, and said:

"Hello, Gan Ziwen, we finally met."

"yes."

Gan Ziwen sighed with emotion.

Because of the influence of the trailer and the CG of the game's opening credits, Gan Ziwen's idea of going to find Jack became stronger and stronger. This is also the advice given to him by the think tank of the Lost Name Guild.

They also helped Gan Ziwen contact the Honey Juice Bag of the Chuxi Guild, both of whom were players who became transcendents in the closed beta, and it would be more secure to act together.

The two travel to Amber City together to find the "Destiny Guide" Jack, hoping for a better future.

Gan Ziwen had heard that the boss of his guild seemed to know the female president of the Chuxi guild. Now it seems that most of them are true, but I don't know if there is any story between them.

"I'll get it for you."

Gan Ziwen is a gentleman and took the suitcase in Mi Shui Hanbao's hand.

The latter smiled sweetly and thanked him.

"We got on the train first, and there were two big stops to get to Amber City...... It can take several days. ”

Gan Ziwen said.

Mi Juice nodded and followed him to the train.

Then the two of them found a vacant seat, put their luggage away, and sat down opposite each other.

"You character, you look pretty good."

Gan Ziwen looked at the honey bun and praised.

The latter played with his braids and stuck out his tongue.

"Is your next sentence 'Can you let me pinch your face'?"

Gan Ziwen was taken aback.

"How do you know?"

"The forum has spread all over the place, and your current persona is like this."

Honey Bag shrugged.

"I heard that you were promoted to Transcendent because you soaked in a noble lady? And then through her collection of books, she found transcendent knowledge? ”

Gan Ziwen coughed, chose to avoid the topic, and said instead:

"You joined the 'Jack Support Group'? Is there any inside information? ”

He also took out the orange juice he had prepared in advance and poured a glass for the honey bun.

This is a specialty he bought in Huangtie City before his departure, because of the plague, which caused the price to rise, this category of high-grade fresh oranges called "Sanjishi" has also become more expensive, costing 1 silver jue and 20 copper crooks each.

This small glass bottle of orange juice costs 6 silver jue.

"Thank you."

Honey Juice took the cup and took a sip.

The juice ran down his throat, cold and sweet, and seemed to make the heat around him diminish.

"There is indeed a lot of news, but it is all known through the group leader Su Keying...... During the closed beta, she happened to join Jack's command, an organization of transcendents now known as 'The Circus'. ”

Honey said.

According to her, Jack will post some high-quality quests with great rewards. He also has a lot of goodies in his hands, exclusive faction weapons, all kinds of tricks and supernatural knowledge, and even high-level dungeon tickets. ”

Gan Ziwen's eyes lit up.

"I see, thank you very much for the information, Han Bao."

He nodded, then fell into deep thought.

Honey Hanbao looked at him, remembered that he was pouring juice smoothly on the bumpy train just now, so he spoke:

"Which path did you take? Stars, conspiracy or the deep sea? It should be the only sequence of these three pathways that you have the balance and hand stability you have. ”

Gan Ziwen raised his head in surprise, chuckled and said:

"You're observant, naïve ...... I'm a Deep Sea faction Sequence 9 sailor], and I'm good at sea combat, with excellent balance and melee combat abilities. ”

Honey Hanbao showed a smile that was really like this, and immediately shared his information tacitly:

"I'm a Magic Faction Sequence 9 Scholar], the increase in physical fitness is not obvious, mainly highlighting the memory ability, and the actual battle needs to rely on the 'magic scroll' drawn in advance, and I don't have the ability to cast spells for the time being."

Gan Ziwen's face was abrupt.

"It turned out to be the Faye, disrespectful and disrespectful."

"The Master who can't even rub the flames out......"

Honey rolled her eyes.

"Speaking of Jack, I'm actually very interested in his identity, and none of the characters who can appear in the opening CG are simple......"

Gan Ziwen said.

Honey Juice nodded in agreement.

"Well, Su Keying once said one thing, and that is that this NPC seems to have talked about it, he has heard a call from another world, as if praying to him, hoping that he can save ......"

"Hearing you say that, it reminds me of a few legends that are very similar to his situation......!"

Gan Ziwen listened, and then added a few words of his guess.

The two of you say a word to me, chatting like this, it's very fun.

"Is there anyone in this location?"

Then a deep voice came.

Gan Ziwen and Mi Lu Hanbao raised their heads at the same time, and they were both stunned.

It was a tall man, wearing a black top hat and a black gown, and his face was distorted with a black mist that made it impossible to see his face.

"Nobody...... You may be seated. ”

Gan Ziwen reacted quickly, immediately got up and got out of the way, and then sat next to the honey bag, so that the two of them sat side by side, opposite the man in the black top hat.

"Thank you."

Chen Lun sat down casually and nodded.

Gan Ziwen glanced at Mi Lu Hanbao without a trace, and saw that the man in front of him was not simple, and then threw a "probe" at him together.

On the top of the man's head, his ID appeared - "Black Messenger".

As for the rest, it's all a horizontal line representing the unknowable, and finally a warning from the panel, which is an "extremely deadly" dangerous being.

“！

”

Both of them were immediately shocked.

They didn't expect that they would just take a random train ride and meet such a terrifying NPC. Even though both of them have now been promoted to transcendental, they still look like weak rats in front of each other.

Gan Ziwen looked at the name "Black Messenger", and always felt that he had seen it somewhere.

He silently opened the forum, and after seeing the title of the series of posts, he remembered, isn't this the recent popular "Novice Village Mysterious Merchant"?!

Why did he suddenly come here?!

"-Black Emissary?! I was in the support group and saw that her friends had discussed her...... Su Keying said that after the battle of the square, the local residents began to believe in Jack and called him the 'Black Messenger'! ”

Mi Chu Hanbao sent a message to Gan Ziwen.

Gan Ziwen's heart suddenly beat faster.

"-You mean, this mysterious man is Jack?!"

"-Quite possibly!"

Chen Lun silently looked at the two players in front of him, they were slightly different from his impression. There is no such calmness, and there is more immaturity.

That's right, their secret journey has just begun, and there is not enough experience missing. ’

He thought to himself.

After Chen Lun left Emerald Town, he used some clues on the forum, plus divination, and worked hard to finally find Gan Ziwen and Honey Hanbao.

What he has to do is to dig these two excellent seedlings into his own field, so that they can be cultivated, and then let them bring more returns to themselves.

"Good day, heh, warm reminder, next time, don't snoop on other people's privacy so casually......"

陈伦澹澹澹 says:

"It's going to die."

Gan Ziwen and Mi Lu Hanbao breathed sluggishly.

They glanced at the face of the Black Emissary, and under the distorted black mist, there seemed to be a pair of bloodthirsty eyes hidden, which made people shiver.

Keep your head down and don't look directly at it.

"- What the hell? He actually knew we were investigating! ”

"-I've checked the data before, and it seems that if the NPC's insight is high enough, it can perceive the player's detection...... It's also possible that the gap between us and his rank is too big. ”

"—I think it's both. Bitter smile"

"I'm sorry sir, but we were reckless...... Apologies to you. ”

Gan Ziwen stood up and saluted Chen Lun's chest in style.

Chen Lun couldn't help but laugh secretly at this.

"Fate has guided me to find you two ......"

He folded his hands and placed them on the table, his invisible "gaze" staring directly at the two players opposite.

"You are especially outstanding among the Outlanders, who have stepped into the occult realm and risen to the rank of transcendent......"

Chen Lun stretched out his index finger and pointed it at them gently.

"One on the path to the Deep Sea Faction, and one on the Magic Faction's journey, which is very good."

Gan Ziwen and Mi Lu Hanbao didn't dare to speak, but sat up straight, secretly surprised.

They feel that their information is unobstructed in front of each other, and there are no secrets to speak of.

"You two are very special, and it is this special that I can't help but give you a little preferential treatment......

After Chen Lun finished speaking, he secretly scratched on the panel.

From the perspective of Gan Ziwen and Honey Hanbao, the man in the black top hat in front of him suddenly popped up with a golden exclamation mark above his head!

Attention was on it, and a selectable dialog box popped up -

Redeem]!

They couldn't help but beat their hearts and looked at each other silently.

"-Mystery Merchant?!"

"—This is the Mystery Merchant!"

The two sent a text message to each other.

Immediately, they were slightly stunned and felt a hint of tacit understanding from each other.

Gan Ziwen took the lead in clicking on the exchange], and the product catalog that popped up in the next second made his eyes shine.

Although he had been promoted to the Transcendent, he wanted every item that appeared on the list. Especially those two bombs, and a ticket called "Wonderland Admission Ticket".

"The bomb can be used as the strongest hole card, and that 'admission ticket' is definitely a high-level dungeon ticket!"

Gan Ziwen thought so.

The store catalog that Chen Lun showed these two was naturally different from those budding new ones. He needed to use some good stuff to press the bottom of the box to hook them up and tie them up tightly.

Honey Juice also opened the exchange list, saw many powerful weapons and props, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The first thing the two of them did was to take a screenshot of the picture in their sight.

Card!

The train clattered, and the scenery flashed out of one window.

The wind blew in, raising the collar of the man in the black top hat at the table. He sat quietly, his face covered in a black mist, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

On the other side, the exchange box is very clear, with a wide range of items and the desired price.

Gan Ziwen sent the screenshot directly to his chairman "Nameless", and then added "The boss pays money!" ", posted another one on the guild channel, and said, "Brothers, pay money!" ”。

Honey Hanbao directly posted the screenshot on the guild channel, with a sentence "Death!" Met Jack on the train! He's coming to give me benefits! "Jimei, please be! Can't afford it! It's too expensive! ”

"—it! Yes, Ziwen! Met on the way?! ”

The leader of the Lost Guild "Nameless" replied to the text message.

——The other party approached the door...... It should be a benefit for the promotion of transcendents in the internal test, because the honey bag is also on the side. ”

Gan Ziwen sent a text message.

"-Okay, I'll go talk to the guild brothers, and get some money out first...... If it doesn't work, I'll find the gold owner, this little investment is trivial, you must be arranged! It's too much for us to have a long face! Praise emoji"

Nameless sent another message.

After Gan Ziwen saw it, his heart settled.

On the honey side, the eyes are constantly white.

Her screenshots and speeches were like a bomb thrown into the lake, splashing countless water. Even the members who dive on weekdays have come out one after another.

"Sister Han Bao! Can you help me get an autograph! ”

"I, me, me! Help me first! ”

"Wow! Dare to get close to my male god! Let's fight to the death! ”

"If it's cheap, it's good, there's no money, mud and kai!"

“……”

Mi Ju Hanbao looked at these messages, and wanted to cry without tears, but fortunately, her own president "Chenxi" sent her a private message in time, and sent a simple three words "no problem".

This made Honey Hanbao close the chat bar with peace of mind.

Chen Lun silently looked at their distracted expressions, and knew it in his heart.

'Most of them are looking for someone to raise money......

He nodded secretly, waited for a while, estimated that the time should be about the same, and then spoke:

"Both, I don't have much time, so I won't stay long......"

Gan Ziwen and Mi Lu were shocked, and hurriedly took out their savings and bought some things from him.

Gan Ziwen bought a fury musket, some ammunition, and two red and yellow potions. Honey Bag also bought a musket and ammunition, but because of the lack of money, he couldn't afford anything else, so he gave up.

Chen Lun didn't care about this, he continued to speak:

"I'll leave you with a test at the end, and I hope you don't let me down."

Immediately, the two of them received a task prompt at the same time-

Trigger D-Rank Mission: The Blackbringer's Ordeal! 】

Mission Description: Travel to Amber City to find the Circus, an organization of the Transcendental, without attracting the attention of the shelter and the Church, and complete one of their commissions.

Reward: Token of the official members of the Silver Serpent Ring Circus.

Gan Ziwen and Mi Lu Hanbao immediately chose to "accept".

They didn't expect that the original purpose of the trip would be completed halfway...... Black Emissary, no, it should be said that Jack is too empathetic!

In the sight of the two, the man in the black top hat slowly got up, and then suddenly disappeared.

“！

”

Their eyes widened and they didn't know what was going on.

Chen Lun laughed secretly, touched the black button on his sleeve, and walked directly past them.