Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead-Chapter 231 - 164: Dreamlike Start

Don’t even mention being close to losing control over 85; even when it exceeds 70 and enters the high pollution state, there’s only survival records of using life-saving items to jump half way.

The intelligence Wu Chang can access shows that Silent Route is a dungeon on a passenger ship, which will eventually sail to a special Silent Sea Region, where a dangerous ritual takes place.

As for the details, he has not purchased them, as each piece of information costs at least 5000 Rotten Silver Coins.

When he can’t determine the next dungeon, just freeloading some background information is enough; purchasing detailed intelligence is too extravagant for him.

The majority of intelligence about Silent Route comes from its Projection Dungeon.

The Projection Dungeon is convenient for collecting intelligence, but there’s a problem: it reflects a certain moment of the True Dungeon, and it might not be the current progress.

In simple terms, there were tens or even dozens of ships that disappeared on Silent Route in the True Dungeon, with each disappearance being a separate dungeon.

In the True Dungeon, time continuously moves forward, and now signing up for a dungeon will only match with the Star Jump.

But in the Projection Dungeon, you might encounter the Sun Jump or the Moon Jump instead of the Star Jump.

In the Projection Dungeon of Silent Route, it’s extremely difficult to match with the latest Star Jump. Among the scarce intel about Star Jump, there is a piece of intelligence yet to be verified; because its authenticity cannot be confirmed, it has been made publicly available for free.

That is, after the dungeon begins, there’s a small probability of refreshing a special NPC, Li Zaisi.

Li Zaisi is a financial magnate from Gao Mu Country, with great authority on board. Building a good relationship with him can greatly increase the clearance rate, and potentially unlock hidden tasks.

The financial magnate Li Zaisi mentioned in intelligence is precisely the character Wu Chang is playing right now.

In other players’ eyes, he is a high-value hidden NPC, naturally drawing a second glance upon discovery. If it weren’t for the Four Heavenly Kings trailing him, making him seem hard to deal with, perhaps some players would have already made a move on him.

And the reason he shows off publicly is exactly to attract the players’ attention.

In a multiplayer confrontation dungeon, players are scattered in separate safe zones, not encountering each other. Players don’t know who has joined the dungeon, or even how many have joined.

They’ll only discover each other upon bumping into one another.

What Wu Chang is doing now is using himself as bait to lure those players.

The Li Zaisi he plays is not an NPC that drops equipment upon death; he doesn’t worry about being assassinated. At most, there might be players foolish enough to try controlling him with skills, but his Inspiration and Will cannot be controlled by anyone in the Desolate Realm.

He can fish without danger, but players who arrive at his doorstep should be careful.

If it’s an ordinary passerby, it’s okay, but if he encounters followers of the Evil God or those dogs from the Iron Armor Corps, he can seize the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Wu Chang arrived at the port, barely having time to discern the letters on the ship’s hull, when he saw a passenger vessel wrapped in Mystical Power, with the concentration of Mystical Energy on par with the Earthly Divine Kingdom arranged in Wanghai City.

No need to search any further; this must be it.

Due to the heavy fog, various types of ships were docked at the port. On the rocks by the seaside, sailors could be seen worshipping a statue of a deity.

The statue was called Sea God General, modeled after a robust young man wearing Five-Colored Armor, looking heroic and extraordinary.

This god is often worshipped by the coastal people of Gao Mu Country; it’s said to guide those lost at sea, bless voyagers, and perform exorcisms for unjust souls who died at sea.

Legend has it that Sea God General was a soldier who fell into the water and was coincidentally saved by the Dragon Princess. They developed feelings for each other and became husband and wife. Later, because he often helped coastal fishermen, he was titled as Dragon King.

Wu Chang stood by the shore, glancing several times at the statue of Sea God General.

The statue didn’t have crescent moon-shaped eyes or any horn decorations, seemingly not part of the Peaceful Sect or its derivative religions.

Speaking of the Peaceful Sect, Wu Chang frowned, recalling the memories belonging to Li Zaisi.

Gao Mu Country, known as the Museum of Cults, includes among its most famous, one called New Cosmos Sect, whose symbolic emblem features a crescent moon vertical pupil indicative of the Peaceful Sect.

Coincidentally, in his memory, the biggest sponsor of the New Cosmos Sect was Li Zaisi’s family-owned Star Heaven Group, supporting it since the New Cosmos Sect was just an ordinary small sect.

Oh no, the leader of the Evil God Sect turned out to be me.

Wu Chang rubbed his nose, contemplated for a moment, then decided to order some food first.

Since entering the dungeon, he hadn’t had a chance to eat yet.

While Wu Chang leisurely enjoyed his meal, other players were fighting tooth and nail to secure a ticket.

The Star Jump would set sail tomorrow morning. If they couldn’t get on the ship, it’d be a major issue.

Many players carried Gold exchanged with Rotten Silver Coins, frantically searching for people to buy tickets, offering prices a hundred times the normal rate, yet still unable to secure one.

The players were anxious, and the scalpers were even more desperate, almost going crazy, because they didn’t have any tickets either.

Seemingly increasing the difficulty for players, all lower tier tickets for Star Jump were group tickets. Upper tier tickets could be purchased individually, but most passengers had already gotten their tickets and boarded.

The goal of the first main task isn’t just to sneak onto the Star Jump, but to acquire a ticket for it.

There are only a few tickets left for them to vie for.

Once players confirmed this fact, they began to showcase their skills to obtain a ticket for boarding.

Any systemism native in the port area who might offer a ticket was approached by them.

Wu Chang had long anticipated this scene and placed informers around the Port Hall office building, close to the residences of Port Hall high officials like Yu Jinzhe, as well as around the Star Jump captain.

All suspicious individuals who approached them were noted down in his little notebook, so he could find them one by one if needed in the future.

Apart from these targets, as a hidden special NPC, he was also sought out by someone.

At eight in the evening, as he walked out of the restaurant after dinner, just got into the car, the secretary took out the ticket sent by Yu Jinzhe, holding it with both hands, and placed it before Wu Chang.

The driver was preparing to drive back to the hotel when suddenly he saw a person standing in front of the car.

The secretary frowned, thinking to himself how could someone be so uninformed today, daring to block the boss’s car.

Afraid the boss might be angry, the secretary was about to get out and sort things out, but Wu Chang held his shoulder down.

"It’s okay, I’ll go check it out."

After getting out of the car, Wu Chang faced the familiar figure blocking the front of the car and said, "What’s your business?"

He could tell the person looked a bit nervous, but still forced himself to say, "I see your identity is extraordinary, but the security around you is somewhat weak, so I came to ask if you need a bodyguard."

Wu Chang looked at the roadblocker, barely holding back his laughter.

How did this unlucky guy end up in Silent Route?