So, what exactly is the so-called 'side quest'?

Well......

Ahem, actually, it's nothing, it's nothing more than that:

Villager A said: "Recently, the six-legged jackals in the vicinity are too rampant, and they have stolen several lambs from my captivity, please go to the nearby grove to help me kill 0/20 jackals, and teach this group of beasts a lesson!"

Villager B said: "My family's fishing net was broken a few days ago, it should have been changed a long time ago, but there is an elderly mother at home, and there is a young son who is waiting to be fed, but unfortunately his wife went back to her mother's house to visit relatives a few days ago, I am busy alone, I really can't get out, so I want to trouble the two heroes to bring this new fishing net I wove on, and help me change it in the wide waters of the downstream in the past~"

Villager C said: "The berries in the mountains are ripe, and I have long wanted to pick a big basket and sell them at the market, but unfortunately I was bitten by a dog and injured my leg when I went out recently, so I can only recuperate at home for the time being, so... I hope the two heroes can help me with this, I am really grateful!"

Villager Ding said: "Recently, the bucktooth voles in the crops have become more and more rampant, I hope the two heroes can go to my crop field to help me eliminate 0/50 bucktooth voles!"

......

The list goes on and on.

So, Wen Bin and Yan Jing, this day can be tossed blindly, from early in the morning until the sun goes down, and finally settled the large number of chicken and cat incidents entrusted to them by the villagers.

Well, of course, a lot of miscellaneous things were done, but it wasn't done in vain: the villagers were very grateful for the generosity of the two heroes. Out of the actual situation, he generously gave them a small boat with a complete cabin canopy for long travel, and carefully repaired and strengthened it on the spot, and helped to put on the sails, and after finishing the work, they also rushed to move fruits, vegetables, rice and noodles, bed sheets, bedding, tables, chairs, benches, lanterns, torches, etc., a lot of things that were quite practical in the long journey.

Wen Bin and Yan Jing began to be sent over by them, and they were sent over by that support, and the boss in his heart was unhappy. But at this time. Suddenly, I realized with deep feeling: In this world, it is too unrealistic to go it alone, and you really have to rely on your parents at home, and you have to rely on your friends when you go out!

As the saying goes: one more friend and one more way!

It still makes sense when I think about it~

And then mile. These two guys, who play the role of 'outsiders who have been chosen by fate', have enthusiastically said goodbye to each other with the villagers. Embark on board. Follow the direction shown in the mission and set sail!

Next... Will they be greeted by an epic travelogue of a long voyage to the sea?

ＮＯ！

About an hour later (maybe not yet), facing the direction of the sailboat. Wen Bin and Yan Jing coincidentally discovered a huge and transparent circular circle that appeared in the distance, and saw that it was as solid as a rock and suspended unshakably above the vast sea.

Is this Shenma Dongdong?

It's so rare!

Except for a series of strange and wonderful totemic spells that glowed with pale golden light on it, there was nothing else, as if it were hollowed out, and you could even see the sea from one side of the circle.

Well... Its current posture is like the rising sun in the east, half of it is submerged underwater, and most of it is floating above the sea, looking at it from a distance, in addition to giving people a feeling of 'very magical', there seems to be a desire to get closer to the past to find out.

"Ah, that's it, that's it!" Wen Bin was still confused about this situation, and the little cute girl next to him who had already crossed the game countless times (although it was not the same mode as now) reacted very much, and suddenly jumped up from her seat and shouted: "Xiaowen, look! This is the 'Traveler Teleportation Circle' specially designed by the game system!" If we cross this, we will be transported directly to the other side of the sea, instead of spending a dozen or even dozens of days on a meaningless voyage!" she said, rushing straight from bow to stern.

"Wow~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!"

Frightened, a certain Wen's hair stood on end, and his hair almost stood up like a Saiyan, and he hurriedly stopped in horror and shouted: "Don't come over—go back quickly! It's going to capsize!!"

"Oh!"

Xiao Jing reacted at this time and quickly retreated.

...... At the beginning, Wen Bin stood at the stern of the boat and was responsible for rowing, Xiao Jing sat at the bow of the boat, ostensibly responsible for the helm, but in fact, he was in charge of eating without stopping (His Majesty the queen who was willing to be loyal and filial to her and dedicated to her slave was really good... ╮(╯▽╰)╭), these two people are on one side, the boat is naturally balanced, and now the little girl suddenly ran over like a gust of wind, and it is strange if the boat does not capsize......

Fortunately, a certain article reacted in time and stopped it in time, which quickly resolved an unwarranted disaster.

Finally, after a false alarm, the small boat carrying the two of them continued to sail impartially towards the magical transparent circle suspended above the sea in the distance.

"Xiao Jing," at this time, Wen Bin was very bored, and suddenly as if he remembered something, he asked the cute girl who was sitting on the bow of the boat peeling lychees: "I want to ask you something: that is, when the village elder heard that we had opened the 'hidden mission' when we came in, he seemed to be very excited and surprised, why?"

"Oh, that's!" Xiao Jing spat out the lychee kernel from her mouth, and then sucked her white and tender little hand seriously, tilted her head and thought about it carefully, and then told him: "Hmm... This is probably because you only need to clear Master Mode with an 'A' to enter 'Hell Mode', but if you want to take a 'Hidden Mission' in 'Hell Mode', you need to clear 'Master Mode' with 'SSS' as a solo player... Also, when entering 'Hell Mode', you can only select 'Solo/Duo Party Mode'. ”

"Hmm. The reason why he was surprised was probably because the prerequisites for taking on the 'Hidden Mission' in 'Hell Mode' were very harsh...... Moreover, because it is said that although the hidden quest can be taken fixedly, in fact, it is only really opened once in 300 years, and the player needs to find the three conditions of 'time, place, and people' to decipher it. ”

"Because the completion conditions are too harsh, and the final reward is still awarded in the form of a 'lottery', the chance of getting a good thing is only about three percent, so many people will choose to give up even if they can take it. ”

"Of course, there are also many people who pick it up when they come in, and finally after the main quest is cleared. They just gave up the hidden mission because they were troublesome. There are not a few such players. ”

“......”

"Maybe it's because of this that no one in this game has actually completed the 'hidden mission' it set so far. ”

"However, it's also a good thing~"

"Why?"

"Because," Xiao Jing raised his head. Stuff the freshly peeled lychee into a small mouth. While looking at a certain text as a matter of course. He replied in a 'vague way' (because of the things in his mouth): "Haven't the village elders explained before: this task is the only one that can't really be completed, and once it is completed, then the world will be freed from the 'game mode'. Restore fù normalcy and no longer be controlled by any family/force. ”

"Wouldn't that be the equivalent of 'GameOver'?"

"Where else are we wandering around here, what games are we playing, and what are we doing in "Princess Frog's Rescue Diary"?"

"Oh, by the way, I remember~"

"What?"

"If you can complete the hidden mission and draw the 'Grand Prize' in the final prize, then this super lucky player will be able to become the supreme new lord of this world!"

"—I'm talking about the real world!"

“......”

"Handsome!"

"Handsome!"

"I also think it's so handsome~" Xiao Jing raised his head, clasped his hands into fists on his chest, and showed a look of 'infinite anticipation': "It's a pity... It's really 'a game, a dream'!"

"It's blue and white, let's stop daydreaming, okay?"

"Alas......"

Although it is an unattainable luxury in itself, the reality of 'you can only watch from a distance and not play with it' still makes people feel frustrated.

“......”

Wen Bin was silent, and he was noncommittal.

Soon, the boat carrying the two of them came to the huge teleportation circle that floated above the sea.

From a distance, it seems to be very large, but when you look closer, it feels even bigger: it looks like a tall and magnificent old castle!

It seems that the small boat that Wen Bin and Yan Jing are riding can accommodate about 300 people passing through it side by side at the same time!

Of course, no one would dwell on how big it was now, because they knew its purpose from the beginning, so the two of them did not hesitate at all, and drove the boat through it so logically.

Well... That feeling is like suddenly entering a dense foggy area while sailing on the sea, and even a certain Wen's good eyes are only able to see the surrounding areas clearly.

So he was confused, and he couldn't help but gradually stop paddling.

"Hey, don't stop!" Meng Xiaoqing, who is a 'knowledgeable old horse', didn't let go, and hurriedly said: "Don't pay attention to it, let's just move on, and we will naturally go out after a while~"

"Oh. ”

I see......

This dense fog in the sky is really strange, it shouldn't be the norm, it's probably the virtual illusion created by this 'hollow magic circle', right?

Well, it must be!

Sure enough, after a while, the misty fog suddenly dispersed without warning.

At this time, before I knew it, it was already night and the moon was just dawning, and as far as the eye could see, I could already see the beach with endless white sand in front of me, and the strange lighthouses standing in the darkness around me. (To be continued......)