[BL, MTL] False Fairy Tale Copy (Unlimited Flow)

Chapter 38: The Little Mermaid Under the Sea (1)

Smuggling?

Ming Shu didn't dare to delay, he swung the fish tail clumsily, and followed the mermaid npc in front.

At this time, the system finally popped up a message prompt.

[A new plot update has been detected, do you want to check it immediately? 】

Mingshu touched the side of his neck while opening the system panel.

There are a few marks on both sides of his jaw, gills or something that allow him to breathe in water.

Similar to the previous dungeon, Mingshu won't be uncomfortable with the change of form. He can barely move freely after being immersed in the water, but he is not used to it without his legs.

His face was covered with a layer of cloth, which covered most of his face. He wore simple white clothes on his upper body, with the fish tail exposed, and the mermaids walking around were also dressed in the same way.

Ming Shu's hair is also silvery white, hanging down to the position above the collarbone, and with his face covered, he looks indistinguishable from male and female.

He put down his hand and opened the updated plot.

[Plot reminder]:

[In the depths of the sea, there are two races of mermaid and sea snake. They each occupy one side of the ocean and are hostile to each other, maintaining a fragile appearance of peace. 】

【One day, the current patriarch of the mermaids is about to abdicate. The mermaids need to select a suitable successor in the clan as soon as possible. Any adult mermaid in the clan can participate in the selection of the successor. But mermaids are a race that attaches great importance to blood. The purer the blood, the stronger the power, and the darker the color of the fish tail. The highest status in the mermaid clan is the black tail, which represents absolute strength, and the weakest is the silver tail. . ]

[The color of the fish tail will affect the bonus points during the selection. Many mermaids participating in the selection have dark fish tails, but there are also a small number of mermaids with impure bloodlines and light and mixed tails who want to try. 】

【Xiyu is also among this group of mermaids. He is a silver-tailed mermaid, but he has the strength not to lose to other mermaids. 】

[There is another Silver Tail who wants to sign up. He has a different idea from Xiyu. In order to win a high score in the first stage of the selection, he did not hesitate to sneak into the territory of the sea snakes, intending to steal the venom of the sea snakes for use Painted on its own fish tail to disguise itself as a black tail. ]

[Ding Dong--main mission release]

[Task 1: Hide your identity and mix in with the Sea Snakes]

(Task completion condition: faction value reaches 20)

faction value? Ming Shu glanced at the task quickly, and turned off the system information first.

The story background of this dungeon is at the bottom of the sea. Judging from the plot and the newly released mission, Xi Yu must be the protagonist of the story, and Ming Shu himself is the silver tail who wants to smuggle in the last paragraph.

Therefore, his identity this time is similar to that of a villain or cannon fodder.

Ming Shu sighed and tried hard to adjust his state.

He didn't expect that this fairy tale dungeon would be continuous, and after clearing one level, there would be a second...

Fortunately, he had the experience of the last time, so he wasn't unprepared. Mingshu carefully watched the surroundings, trying to keep up with the mermaid in front of him, Mix in with other mermaids to minimize your presence.

The previous mermaid said that they were approaching the border of the Sea Snake Clan, and they were in the process of smuggling.

Mingshu was a little concerned about the "camp value" written in the mission prompt just now, and wanted to find out the rules of this dungeon.

At this time, a silver-tailed mermaid approached Ming Shu.

"Hey," he lowered his voice with a white cloth covering his face, "Are you a player too?"

Ming Shu was taken aback, "You..."

There are actually other players in this dungeon.

The mermaid showed a look of "I knew it", and said: "I saw that you were acting weird just now, and I guessed that you must be a player. Did you just come in?" Mingshu nodded hesitantly: "You too?

"

"No," the mermaid shook her head, "I came here a few days ago. I failed to sneak in once, and I found another chance today."

A few days ago? Mingshu looked bewildered.

For this kind of composite copy, the second one will be opened only after clearing one.

Could it be that he was not the only player participating in the first dungeon, and there were other players who cleared the level faster than him.

But before he came in, those people on the World Channel were so shocked when they saw the scrolling information, it was obviously the first time they saw someone clear the fairy tale dungeon.

Or... After Mingshu cleared the level, the system opened the second dungeon. This dungeon was multiplayer, and other players were brought in.

Before the system failed, Mingshu completed the last main task, and that time was indeed a few days ago.

The mermaid players were very enthusiastic. While the npc leading the way did not notice them, they whispered a lot to Mingshu.

Mingshu learned from him that there are about fifty or sixty players drawn in this dungeon, or maybe more, and their identities and tasks are exactly the same.

The plot has only been updated for a short period of time. The first task of the players, or the first level, is to successfully sneak into the Sea Serpent Clan.

"As long as you enter the Sea Snake Clan, you're half the battle," the mermaid said in a low voice. "After entering, you have to stay in the Sea Snake Clan for a while and brush up the favorability of the npcs inside to complete the first main mission.

" The way it was completed seemed to be a bit different from the previous copy, Ming Shu nodded dully, her beautiful eyes were exposed, looking dumbfounded.

Seeing him like this, the mermaid guessed that he was probably a novice with no dungeon experience, so she couldn't help but said: "Don't think of the task too simply, the name of this dungeon is Fairy Tale, it's not like that in reality.

" Tell the player in front of you that you have cleared Dungeon 1, pretending to understand nothing: "Why?" The

mermaid motioned him to open the dungeon rules in the system: "Did you see the value of that faction?"

He explained that to complete the task, the faction value must be at least 20, and the faction value is equivalent to the overall favorability of the mermaid and sea snake.

The higher the camp value, the higher the status in the two races, reaching a certain value, you can get the protection of the camp.

If the faction value drops to 0 or below, you will be hunted down. If you are unfortunately killed by an npc, you will fail to pass the level. The player has only one life point, and there is no chance of resurrection.

Mingshu opened the system panel, and saw two reading bars with different colors in the corner.

[Mermaid]: 20 (barely counted as the same family)

[Sea Snake]: 0 (a disgusted creature)

Due to the identity setting, players are the weakest of the mermaid family, and the initial camp value of the mermaid family is 20. And sea snakes hate mermaids, the initial value is 0.

So when they entered the Sea Snake Clan this time, they had to hide their identities well, and then try to increase their faction value a bit, so that even if they were discovered later, they would still have a chance to gain time or escape by relying on their faction value.

"As long as it's an npc, the favorability gained by swiping can be accumulated into faction points," the mermaid said with a frowning face, "but it's not that easy in reality. With our identities, this character design, this plot and missions, it seems that neither side welcomes you... "

Ming Shu has a deep understanding of this. In the last dungeon, he was a wolf. Not only did he have to sneak into the village, but he was also hated by his kind in the early stage.

In the second copy, the players are mermaids. Although they are low-level players, they should belong to the mermaid camp, but they want to smuggle to the enemy's territory in order to cheat in the selection of the patriarch's successor.

"I have a player who added friends to each other. We were discovered when we were smuggling together. The faction value of the other fish clan dropped to a negative number. We couldn't return home, and we didn't succeed in sneaking into the sea snake clan. Now we have lost contact."

The mermaid sighed: "I was lucky. I found something wrong and slipped back halfway. I hope it will go well this time."

Although there is no time limit for completing the task, and failure will not be punished, failure also means that the camp values ​​of the two races may be lower. It will be reduced, and there is a risk of being hunted down.

The favorability of npcs is not so easy, not only to explore the preferences of various npcs, but ordinary low-level npcs can only increase by one or two points at a time. You have to hide your identity in the Sea Serpent Clan.

There are also some players who stayed in the mermaid clan at the beginning and wanted to brush up the mermaid clan's camp value first, but the progress was also very slow.

The mermaid said that he had added several players, and these were the experiences told to him by the few people who had successfully mixed in.

"I heard that the favorability of the leader of the sea snake can increase by 30 at a time!"

The mermaid rubbed her hands, eager to try, "But it's even more difficult. Not everyone can approach the leader casually, and no one has succeeded." As for the

mermaid Clan, some people speculate that the favorability of the future patriarch will increase the most, but no one has succeeded, and they are not even sure who is the future patriarch.

The current missions and plots are in the early stages, and the players don't have much information. In short, the overall look is very pessimistic.

If they are not careful, they will end up being chased and killed by the two races together.

Mingshu looked at the rules. Regarding the description of the faction value, there was a line below it that read: The faction value will affect the score of the final customs clearance.

There are still a few rules that are completely different from the previous dungeon. The missions in this dungeon only have the main line and no branch lines.

Hidden tasks still require specific conditions to be triggered, and the rewards are very generous.

There is also a random task called, Ming Shu lacks experience in the dungeon, and he only glanced at it while he was on his way, but he didn't understand it, so he skipped it for the time being.

His eyes fell on the line of rules about life points, and he frowned slightly.

Just like what the mermaid said, the rules state that there is only one life point, and once you die, you will be punished for failing to clear the level.

However...Mingshu looked at his remaining life points, and there was a number quietly lying in it: 2.

He is a little more than other players?

Ming Shu turned around, but couldn't find out what was going on with his extra life points.

Before he left in the last dungeon, the last death did not deduct life points, and it may have continued.

But others have only one life, but he has one more.

This is a secret, he must keep it well, and cannot become the focus of the players.

The mermaid looked at Mingshu nonchalantly, and smiled at him: "Shall we add a friend too? After a while, we will join the Sea Snake Clan, and we will take care of each other. We can share any npc strategies, and it's not easy to do tasks..."

He With a friendly attitude, he also told Mingshu a lot about dungeons. Mingshu had a good impression of him, so he nodded and agreed.

"My name is Yi Qing," the mermaid reported a series of numbers, "What about you?"

Ming Shu used this series of numbers to find his character information, and clicked to add a friend: "Ming Shu."

Soon, the friend application was approved.

[Name]: Yi Qing

[Gender]: Male

[Age]: 25

[Current Dungeon Character]: Silvertail Mermaid

[Points Ranking]: To view, a request needs to be sent

[Current Relationship]: Ordinary friend

Mingshu turns off the information and looks at the friend Lan suddenly froze.

He hadn't entered a multiplayer dungeon before, didn't know many people, and had only a few friends.

And in the friend list, apart from the newly added Yi Qing, there is also a name that is completely unfamiliar to Mingshu.

[Name]: Sang Yin

[Gender]: Male

[Age]: 28

[Current Dungeon Role]: Unknown

[Point Ranking]: To view, send a request

[Current relationship]:

Who is this ordinary friend? Ming Shu thought about it for a while, but she had no impression.

However, adding a friend requires confirmation from both parties. If he disagrees, the other party cannot add him.

Ming Shu really couldn't think of it, so she gave it up for now.

In order to prevent players from relying on external forces to cheat, after entering the dungeon, they can only add friends and communicate with other players in the same dungeon, and cannot view information on other channels.

This Sang Yin is not in the current dungeon, so Ming Shu can't send him a message asking who he is.

Mingshu opened the first plot of the dungeon again, trying to digest the identity setting again, but Yi Qing suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Hide quickly," Yi Qing said in a hurry, "the patrolling mermaid is here."

There will be mermaids and sea snakes patrolling between the borders of the two tribes at any time. If they are found, the only 20 camp points of the mermaid tribe will be lost. .

The leading mermaid npc also spotted the patrol and quickly led the mermaids to hide behind the tall red coral on one side.

The mermaid npc made a silent movement and clenched the steel fork in his hand.

Mingshu held his breath, and heard the sound of the tail of the fish approaching. The mermaid of the patrol team turned around in front of the coral and continued patrolling in another direction.

After a long time, the mermaid npc confirmed that it was safe, and then let the hidden mermaids come out.

Yi Qing relaxed: "It worked, they didn't find it."

Ming Shu looked around and asked in a low voice, "Are the other mermaids here all players?"

Yi Qing shook his head: "This group of players is just you and me. , and others want to go to the NPC of the Sea Snake Tribe."

The tails of these mermaid NPCs are very light and mixed, and they probably don't have a high status in the Mermaid Tribe, so I want to try the Sea Serpent Tribe.

The mermaid NPC continued to lead the mermaids on their way, and Mingshu asked quietly, "Then how do we hide our identities in the sea snake clan?"

Sea snakes and mermaids are completely different species, one has a fish tail, and the other has a snake tail. .

"Don't worry about it," Yi Qing said succinctly, "Just don't show the fish's tail."

Ming Shu looked blank, not understanding Yi Qing's meaning.

Seeing that Yi Qing was staring nervously at the surrounding area, he didn't intend to explain further, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After swimming a little further, the state of the mermaid npc became vigilant.

He raised his hand to signal the mermaids to be quiet, and carefully moved their fish tails.

The closer you get to the territory of the Sea Snake Tribe, the surrounding environment also changes. The fine sand on the ground turns darker, various corals and marine plants gradually decrease, and the small fish that occasionally pass by disappear.

In their place were strangely shaped boulders covered in a mushy layer of algae, and some bare tree-like plants protruded from the ground, growing denser, across the middle of the road.

A group of mermaids were swimming forward slowly, just passing between two boulders, a mermaid accidentally broke a branch behind them.

There was a crisp "pop" in the quiet surroundings.

The face of the mermaid npc changed, and he whispered: "Run away!"

The ground suddenly shook a few times, and a group of soft creatures covered in pitch black climbed up from the side of the boulder. The Silvertail Mermaid is dozens of times larger.

Mingshu immediately followed the mermaid npc closely, and looked back.

The soft creature was still lying on the boulder, stretched out a long tentacle, and attacked in the direction where the mermaids were fleeing.

Mingshu's face turned pale, it was a giant octopus.

He had just entered the dungeon not long ago, and he hadn't been able to use the fish tail behind him proficiently, so he seemed to be the last one.

Yi Qing's speed was faster, and he swam forward, suddenly he was hit by the tail of a flustered mermaid npc in front of him, and his body hit the boulder.

As a result, Yi Qing became the last one, Ming Shu paused slightly, and turned around to help him.

The pitch-black tentacles approached extremely quickly, bringing up turbulent water and some turbid mucus. Yi Qing gritted her teeth, swung her fish tail and rushed forward, grabbing Mingshu's outstretched hand.

However, at the next moment, he pulled Ming Shu back severely, using this strength to charge forward, and successfully swam into a safe sea area.

Ming Shu was caught off guard, his tail fin was tightly entangled by the octopus tentacles.

He frantically swung the fish's tail, gripping the branches on the ground and struggling continuously.

The length of the tentacles had reached the limit, and it was impossible to move forward. Enduring the pain, Ming Shu pulled out his tail fin from the tentacles.

He didn't dare to delay and swam away quickly.

The mermaid npc was waiting not far ahead, seeing Ming Shu returning smoothly, he looked away coldly: "Let's go."

Ming Shu adjusted his breathing and followed silently, still feeling lingering fear.

Yi Qing leaned over, apologetic: "I'm sorry, I panicked just now, but luckily you're fine...don't be angry."

Ming Shu shook his head: "Let's go now."

He knew Yi Qing's behavior represents what.

In this dungeon, it seems that there is no competition between players, and they can even help each other, but if they encounter danger, they will definitely put their own safety first, especially when everyone is not safe.

As Yi Qing said before, a friend of his was discovered by a patrol team, but he escaped by chance. Maybe there is something hidden.

Ming Shu was afraid in his heart, and secretly became more vigilant. When he found a chance, he had to stay as far away from Yi Qing as possible.