lcionline Chapter 184 Long Aotian Makes His Debut
Chapter 184 Long Aotian Makes His Debut
Upon hearing Yan Xun's words, everyone at the table immediately displayed a variety of expressions.
The most vehement reaction came from the boy who had spoken earlier, who yelled, "What kind of old-fashioned person are you? Besides, he didn't even say he liked you!"
He looked at Yan Xun and said, "Don't be so confident, you have such a high opinion of yourself."
Yan Xun: "Hehe."
Wen Yuanzheng looked quite distressed, though it was unclear what he was lamenting.
He thought that this Xiao Yan was a good younger brother, and if he was obedient, he would be willing to train Xiao Yan properly.
"I am Gao Wen." The boy pointed to himself, feeling that none of these people were reliable; they were either lackeys or megalomaniacs.
He glanced at the man beside him, who looked somewhat dejected because of Yan Xun's words, and feeling a pang of pity, he spoke up, "What about you?"
"Me?" The man avoided Yan Xun's gaze, seemingly worried that his presence would anger Yan Xun. "My name is Qin Ke. I've only managed to get to where I am today because I've been lucky."
Next came the introductions of each person, ending with Gu Jia.
"I am Gu Jia." Gu Jia lowered her head, avoiding the gaze of others.
The others were waiting for him to continue speaking, but he stopped talking.
Wen Yuan was wondering, why are all the people in this dungeon a bunch of weirdos?
Aside from the few who had just introduced themselves, the remaining players looked somewhat nervous. "This mission..." one of them began, "Are you confident?"
"I've heard that emergency missions are all very difficult."
Yan Xun nodded, "Yes, yes."
"I heard it's extremely difficult."
Wen Yuanzheng gave Yan Xun an approving look, thinking to himself that this person was quite savvy and knew how to support him.
He coughed a few times, feigning modesty, to draw everyone's attention to himself.
Gao Wen gave him a puzzled look. "Is your throat sore?"
"Did you catch a contagious disease as soon as you entered the dungeon?" he said, dodging to the side in disgust. "I've heard that contagious diseases are deadly in this era. Don't infect me."
"That brat!" Wen Yuan cursed Gao Wen in his heart, then saw Xiao Yan sitting opposite him, propping his chin up with his hand, looking eager to learn. "Brother Yuanzheng, I think you're very confident."
"Have you already figured out the truth and mystery of this instance?"
Wen Yuanzheng thought to himself, "I must make this guy my little brother—he's a player who's unlocked the Dragon Overlord storyline."
He looked at the group of people and shook his head inwardly, thinking that they were short-sighted for not sticking to his coattails and thinking that his A+ rating was his ability.
He deliberately concealed his true strength in order to avoid attracting too much attention.
Three months ago, when Wen Yuan was entering the instance, he suddenly heard a mysterious voice in his head.
The voice told him that it was a mysterious old man who had mastered the secrets of these dungeon worlds. As long as he did as he was told, Wen Yuanzheng would not only be able to clear the dungeon smoothly, but also step on the Guild Master of Time Travel and become a true top player in the game.
What surprised Wen Yuan the most was that even the system hadn't discovered the existence of this mysterious old man.
Several times the system was curious and asked Wen Yuanzheng how he discovered these vulnerabilities in the dungeons. Wen Yuanzheng only said that he was lucky.
With the help of this mysterious old man, Wen Yuanzheng quickly obtained a potion that could strengthen his body... The old man told him that advancing to the next level was very important, and that he could get great rewards in that level.
There will be no problem in completely crushing the backtracking process at that time.
However, his body was still too weak, so he had to take a strengthening potion as soon as he entered the dungeon.
That thing was a potion that could bring a player to their peak physical condition for 10 days—after which the player would be weak for a full 20 days—but by then Wen Yuanzheng had already left the instance, so it didn't matter.
The system was somewhat worried after learning that he had purchased the potion.
But he was quickly fooled by Wen Yuanzheng's statement that "this is an advancement dungeon, so of course we have to be fully prepared."
Thinking of the potion in his pocket and the old man in his mind, Wen Yuan looked down at the group of players in front of him and felt even more superior.
He decided that when he left the instance, he would take Xiao Yan as his subordinate. As for that brat Gao Wen, he would find a way to make him suffer.
"Ahem, I do know some of it," Wen Yuanzheng said slowly, glancing at the others.
Upon hearing this, Yan Xun exclaimed "Wow!" and then the remaining players all looked at Wen Yuanzheng, their words full of flattery.
Only Gao Wen, Qin Ke, and Gu Jia didn't react much.
Gao Wen still looked disdainful, Qin Ke was still secretly glancing at Yan Xun out of the corner of her eye, and Gu Jia was staring blankly with her head down, seemingly lost in thought.
"This child is beyond redemption!" Wen Yuanzheng thought to himself, shaking his head.
He certainly wanted these three people to get out and stop eavesdropping on his strategy, but he also knew that if he spoke up, he would immediately appear petty. He glanced at the bearded man.
The bearded man looked at Wen Yuanzheng and thought to himself, "Why does this guy have so many trivial matters to worry about?"
"As expected of you!" the bearded man flattered. "While we brothers were still clueless, Brother Yuanzheng saw through the secret of this instance in an instant."
Wen Yuan was secretly annoyed that this bearded man didn't understand him at all.
But they were also very pleased with his flattery, so they put on airs for a while before slowly saying, "Have you heard of the Ghost and Terror ships that went on polar expeditions?"
Yan Xun shook his head. "What is this? I've never heard of it."
"[Host, I really think there's something wrong with him.]" The system kept nagging in Yan Xun's head.
This kid's a bit strange.
Shortly after Wen Yuanzheng began speaking, the system suddenly spoke in Yan Xun's head.
It was said that it felt Wen Yuanzheng was a bit strange.
"What's strange about it?" Yan Xun looked at Wen Yuanzheng and asked the system in his mind.
In his opinion, Wen Yuanzheng was just the most common player in the dungeon world—if anyone was strange, it was the one over there who kept peeking at him!
"He almost failed the beginner's dungeon. If it weren't for his good luck in being carried by a smart person, he wouldn't even be able to get to this dungeon now," the system told Yan Xun.
"But in the next few dungeons, he seemed to suddenly become smarter, either uncovering the truth behind the dungeon or carrying the entire team to victory," the system said to Yan Xun. "That's strange, isn't it!"
"Perhaps they had an epiphany," Yan Xun said absentmindedly.
"No, I still find it strange." The system persisted. "Host, go and test it out!"
"...?" Yan Xun was a little confused by its thought process. "How do I test it?"
I walked over and said, "Hey bro, I heard you used to be a dunce, but then you suddenly became smart. Did you take some kind of smart pill?"