Bai Liu was spinning dizzily at the bottom of the sea area. He now felt like he was forced to drink half a bottle of cheap wine at the company’s annual meeting by the general manager of his company. He started to feel numb and his movements were uncoordinated. This directly led to Bai Liu’s desire to stare at both legs while he was moving. However, due to the numbness of his limbs and his dizziness, he was actually only staring at one leg. The effect was very much like a rabbit with a lame leg hopping around to avoid predators.
Wang Shun opened his mouth. “…His mental value is only 41. He will have a lot of hallucinations soon and the Siren King will wake up in 21 minutes.”
Mu Sicheng’s expression was complicated and confused. His tone and mood were becoming increasingly more anxious. “Yes but he can clear the instance directly…”
The rest of the audience were even more angry and anxious. Some were directly stomping their feet in place.
It was as Wang Shun said. Bai Liu started to have hallucinations and the monsters in front of him became ‘mountain ranges’. A merfolk could shake three heads in front of Bai Liu. Most people would be scared and collapse but Bai Liu just shook his head and started to persistently avoid these things.
Even so, he didn’t go to the bottom of the sea where he could clear the instance. Instead, he swam around the sea like a fish that couldn’t find the direction. Therefore, Bai Liu was attacked two more times. One foot and his palm were bitten by the merfolk. The pain caused Bai Liu to instinctively curl up to try and cover up his wound.
Such a fragile move undoubtedly exposed more weaknesses. It exposed Bai Liu’s back completely to the monster behind him. The merman behind Bai Liu showed a cracked grin and a fishtail aimed directly at the side of Bai Liu’s face.
The immense strength created waves in the sea. There might be the buffer of the sea water but judging from the waves, the strong attack power wasn’t hidden. If this tail came down then Bai Liu’s spine would 100% be broken.
Almost all the audience members instinctively closed their eyes, not wanting to see the moment when Bai Liu died. Suddenly, a huge plastic bubble appeared between Bai Liu and the merman. It bounced the merman away and Bai Liu shrank inside the bubble, breathing slowly with fish gills.
Wang Shun screamed loudly, “The water bubble! By the way, Bai Liu bought a water bubble previously!”
Bai Liu was fine but the viewers watching his small TV looked like something was going to happen to them. They looked like they had gained a new lease on life and spoke in an exhausted tone.
“Bai Liu, give yourself and us a way to survive! Stop playing around and clear the instance quickly!”
“Damn Bai Liu, I killed pigs in a past life. Watching your video in this life is too evil. I almost got a heart attack because of you.”
Mu Sicheng sighed with relief when he saw Bai Liu was alive and asked, “When did Bai Liu buy it? He was willing to spend his points on it?”
He noticed something was wrong the moment he asked. The water bubble was very expensive in the middle and late stages. He hadn’t seen Bai Liu buy it. However, if he bought it in the early stages then he still hadn’t used it until now. Spending 70 points to hoard items was a bit wasteful and risky for newcomers like Bai Liu.
Mu Sicheng frowned. “Did Bai Liu squeeze out 70 points to stock up on items?”
“No.” Wang Shun’s expression became very complicated. “It was only 40 points when he bought this water bubble.”
“40 points?” Mu Sicheng was a bit surprised. “The normal price of the water bubble is 70 points. How did he buy it for 40 points?”
Wang Shun explained the cause and effect to Mu Sicheng while sighing. He had guessed that Bai Liu fought a time difference price war to save money but he hadn’t expected it to actually be the case.
Bai Liu had predicted so early that these items would increase in price and stored the water bubble when it was the cheapest.
It should be known that Mu Ke’s water bubble had risen to nearly 400 points while Bai Liu bought one at one-tenth of the points. While Mu Ke was being killed by the system, Bai Liu had already taken advantage of the system to win the price difference…
The audience member who said that Bai Liu was hoarding items to save his life and knew nothing about the system store was still here. Now he looked stupid as he watched Bai Liu’s series of operations. Obviously, Bai Liu not only knew how the entire store system worked, he also used the loophole in it for his own profit.
Mu Sicheng stared thoughtfully at Bai Liu who was gasping behind the water bubble filled with air on the screen. What type of monster was this newcomer? The last time he saw someone who dared to play with the system was the number one player in the standings, Spades.
“I’m very curious.” Mu Sicheng moved his index finger to his chin and he intently watched Bai Liu on the small TV. “How did he know the water bubble he bought would definitely be useful?”
“Siren Town has two endings. The first normal ending only needs you to run out of Siren Town to pass the level. All subsequent battles are land chases and the water bubble isn’t used. This is the way most people will choose to pass the level.”
Mu Sicheng continued. “Only the true ending requires you to go to sea but the true ending is essentially just an extra side mission to return the Siren King. The reward points aren’t that much more than the normal ending and the risks are surprisingly high. Normal people won’t choose this clearance route.”
Wang Shun also fell into thought. “However, Bai Liu is a newcomer. He might not know this?”
“I think he can guess.” Mu Sicheng shook his head. “Bai Liu should’ve discovered that this game is a task mode process. In other words, complete a task to get the designated points. Essentially, if we simply talk about the risks compared to the points received, the normal ending is much better than the true ending.”
Wang Shun couldn’t help glancing at Mu Sicheng. “Then God Mu, why did you do the true ending?”
Mu Sicheng was silent for a few seconds. “High risk does come with high rewards. There aren’t many points given for the true ending but the ‘benefit’ of the true ending isn’t a simple thing like points. There is something that can be obtained by following the true ending plot and the value of this thing is completely worthy of the high risk.”
“What is it?” Wang Shun wondered.
Mu Sicheng glanced at him. “The reward after the monster book is collected. It is only by walking the true ending plotline that you can collect the full monster book and get this reward. However, it is impossible for Bai Liu to collect the monster book.”
“Why is it impossible…?” Wang Shun instinctively retorted only to quickly react. He stared at Bai Liu on the small TV in amazement. “Fuck! That’s right! The Siren King in Bai Liu’s monster book is the god-level wandering NPC!”
“I’m thinking about the worst case scenario…” Mu Sicheng thought deeply. “Bai Liu probably doesn’t know how dangerous the god-level NPC is. He should be able to guess that the biggest reward is obtained after gathering the complete monster book. I feel that Bai Liu is preparing to collect the monster book. In other words, he is delaying the time until the Siren King wakes up. This is why he isn’t in a hurry to clear the instance…”
Wang Shun was shocked and his mind was in a daze. He stared at the screen blankly with a wide open mouth. “…No way…”
On the small TV, Bai Liu was hiding behind the water bubble but he didn’t enter the water bubble. He was playing hide and seek with the merfolk and fish.
The audience started to become anxious again. Bai Liu always had the ability to play the game in a manner where everyone was anxious for him.
“The defense of the water bubble is very low. If he keeps letting the merfolk attack then it will be broken soon and this item will be wasted!”
Bai Liu turned to look at a certain place on the water bubble behind him. That place was constantly being attacked by the fish and merfolk and cracks had appeared. Water hadn’t entered but a merman’s hand was penetrating the water bubble. Bai Liu showed a comfortable smile but the spectators were howling and screaming. They all anxiously wanted to cross the screen to play the game for Bai Liu.
Mu Ke was also hiding in the water bubble, fleeing in the sea to drag out time.
Those pretentious audience members who previously walked away from Bai Liu to Mu Ke’s side were bored. They found that Bai Liu was on the verge of life or death and came back happily. However, they avoided Mu Sicheng in the center. They only dared to gather in the corner to discuss it contemptuously.
“These people have charged Bai Liu and Mu Ke so many points. I’m annoyed to see it. They have no vision at all. Why don’t they give it to me? At least if I play Siren Town, I won’t fail.”
“I’m so mad. I’ve been fancying that outskirts promotion for a long time. I was planning to enter the game but the two newcomers came and snatched it from me. I’m annoyed to death. Hurry up and die so I can be promoted.”
Bai Liu knew nothing about the outside world who were anxious for him or hoped for his death. His mental value had dropped to 40 and he was faltering at the second danger mental value level. Once he crossed this level, he would have many hallucinations. Bai Liu was somewhat distracted and he had to concentrate all his attention on the water bubble behind him.
A merman had already entered through the crack in the bubble. Bai Liu let go of the bubble, turned and hugged the bubble in front of him. He stared at the merman with a rotten face in the water bubble that was slowly sinking in the sea.
There were many merfolk and fish entering the water bubble. T
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