Chapter 87

Shen Yuans reaction left Xiao Tangqius heart somewhat empty. Fortunately, Tang Mianmians attitude towards him was quite normal, otherwise, he would have to wonder what wrong he had done.

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! Where have you been in these three months? Tang Mianmian hugged him and cried, Since you arent dead, why didnt you come back earlier?

Xiao Tangqiu gave a wry smile, This matter its a long story. Its hard to explain.

At this moment, Fei Yous voice rang from behind them, So you know each other?

Tang Mianmians mood recovered quickly, he laughed and threw an arm over Xiao Tangqius shoulder to introduce him, He is my best friend, Xiao Tangqiu! He is also a stream host!

Fei You suddenly realized, It turns out that he is the friend you mentioned before But didnt you say that he has disappeared? So hes back now?

Xiao Tangqiu smiled and was about to respond, but Duan Hongzhen suddenly appeared. He crossed his arms and snorted, Hey, dont just stand around chatting and forget about proper business.

Tang Mianmian immediately straightened up, Understood! Lets find clues!

Duan Hongzhen glanced at Xiao Tangqiu and said casually, I didnt expect you to be able to come back I really didnt expect it.

As soon as Xiao Tangqiu saw Duan Hongzhen, he subconsciously looked for Shen Yuan in his peripherals. But he didnt see Shen Yuan, Duan Hongzhen seemed to have come alone. He was a little disappointed, but he squeezed out a smile, Yeah, I also didnt expect I could come back alive.

No matter what, thank you for saving the boss, Duan Hongzhen reached out and patted Xiao Tangqiu on the shoulder, I know you dont want to hear this from me and just want to hear from the boss himself but the boss hasnt been doing well recently.

Xiao Tangqiu never expected that the first person to come to him, besides Tang Mianmian, was Duan Hongzhen. It was a little unexpected, but it also seemed within reason.

Not doing well? What do you mean? Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly, He was injured so badly? Hes still not recovered?

Injury is one thing, Duan Hongzhen raised an eyebrow, but there is something else

Xiao Tangqiu was about to continue asking, but Duan Hongzhen was stopped by Xue Junlis call in the distance.

Duan Hongzhen sighed, Making me open locks again! What do they take me for? A locksmith?

Although his mouth complained, Duan Hongzhen immediately turned around and left. Just as he was about to leave the deck, he looked back at Xiao Tangqiu and waved his hand in the air, Anyway, Im thanking you for the boss.

After speaking, he walked away without looking back.

Xiao Tangqiu had a hunch about something, but before he could think more on it, he was distracted by something else, By the way, what is your mission this time? Lets go over and take a look!

Tang Mianmian nodded, Lets go over, too, and talk as we walk.

Fei You and Zhang Zuo glanced at each other, Then well go and see too!

Leaving behind the couple of newbies who stayed in the captains room to continue to look for clues, Xiao Tangqius group of four people headed in Duan Hongzhens direction. Along the way, Tang Mianmian gave Xiao Tangqiu a brief introduction to their mission.

This was an S-level mission, the content of the mission was to find the lost treasure.

This task sounded vague and confusing. Lost treasure? Who lost it? What kind of treasure was it?

They appeared directly on this small wrecked ship from the get go. The style of this ship was very similar to pirate ships of the Age of Exploration, invoking their imagination. Was the so-called lost treasure pirates treasure?

When Xiao Tangqiu heard this, he intuitively felt something was wrong, Pirates treasure? Is it just a few boxes of gold and silver jewelry? How can it be so simple? This was an S-level mission. How could it possibly be just finding a few boxes of gold and silver jewelry hidden by the pirates? What about the S-level difficulty? Moreover, this ship was not big and could be thoroughly searched in a short amount of time. If the so-called treasure was on this ship, they could find it easily.

Tang Mianmian nodded, I also dont think its that simple. But since were here, of course we have to search the ship first to find some useful clues, like maps.

And then there will just happen to be clues about a lost treasure on the map, so well follow the map to find it? Xiao Tangqiu raised an eyebrow, How can it be so simple? If S-level missions are so simple, we can all be Shen Yuan.

Tang Mianmian chuckled, You dont have to make S-level instances so mythical. We have been to a lot of S-level instances recently. Arent I still alive?

Xiao Tangqiu was taken aback, You have been to many S-level instances recently?

Tang Mianmian nodded very naturally, and then couldnt help complaining, Since you disappeared, Shen Yuan has been going crazy entering instances day and night. One foot would have just left the previous instance and the next foot immediately entered the next instance. We didnt have any buffering time at all. Our day and night output was crazy during this period. If it werent for the occasional rests in the instances, I would have keeled over.

Xiao Tangqiu was dazed for a while, then he asked, You have been going into instances nonstop this period of time?

Yeah! The Great God is simply not human! He thinks we were all Superman! Tang Mianmian complained, but then sighed, But, while he treats us as Superman, he doesnt treat himself as human at all. Although we continuously enter instances, we could occasionally take a break in them. Great God doesnt give himself time to rest and breathe at all. I bet he hasnt closed his eyes for almost a month

He murmured, Even someone made of metal wouldnt be able to stand it! I dont know how he can!

Xiao Tangqiu fell into silence for a long time. After a while, he asked Tang Mianmian softly, Why didnt you stop him? What about Xue Junli? What about Yu Fuling? Didnt they stop him?

Tang Mianmian smiled helplessly, Who can stop him? I cant fight him, and he doesnt listen to what I say. Do you think Xue Junli hasnt tried to persuade him? Every day, I listen to them try to persuade the Great God, my ears have grown callouses. But the Great God is stubborn and persistent, no methods work.

Xiao Tangqiu fell silent again. If Shen Yuan was unwilling to take a break, no one could force him to rest unless they knock him out. But who could knock Shen Yuan out in the City of the Abyss?

Tang Mianmian brought them back on topic again, In short, although this is an S-rank instance, you dont have to worry too much. The Great God is here!

Xiao Tangqiu gave a wry smile. They came to the bottom of the deck just in time to see Duan Hongzhen opening the door of one of the cabins.

Duan Hongzhen straightened up and sneered, Dont always use me as a locksmith.

Xue Junli nodded, I know.

He pushed the door to directly go in, dust billowing out into their faces. This cabin had obviously been sealed without sunlight and gathered dust for a long time. A rotten and unpleasant smell spread out from it.

Xue Junli frowned, but still pinched his nose and walked in.

The two ladies wore unspeakably hard to describe expressions. Only Shen Yuan remained unchanged. He looked inside the room coldly and did not seem to notice Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian who followed.

Xiao Tangqiu glanced at Shen Yuan from a distance. He wanted to approach Shen Yuan for a word, but he didnt know what to say.

The Shen Yuan right now should have recovered his memory. Who knows if he still remembered what happened during the period he was amnesiac. If he still remembered, maybe he would be angry

He felt a little lost. Compared with the Shen Yuan that stuck to him every day during his amnesia, this Shen Yuan was obviously much more normal. He should breathe a sigh of relief that Shen Yuan was back to normal, but for some reason, theres an inexplicable melancholy in his heart.

This room seemed to be the place where the sailors slept. The small cabin was filled with many cot placements and divided into upper, middle and lower bunks. A big net made of thick hemp rope was around each cot, probably to prevent the sailors from falling off due to the swaying of the ship when sleeping at night.

While Xiao Tangqiu was still looking at the cots, Xue Junli had already discovered something. He found a big wooden chest in a corner and immediately turned to ask Duan Hongzhen to unlock it.

Duan Hongzhen crossed his arms and looked upset, Didnt I just say dont always use me as a locksmith!

Xue Junli nodded, I know come on, unlock it.

Duan Hongzhen rolled his eyes and reluctantly walked over to open the lock.

The moment the big wooden chest was opened, a strong smell of decay immediately filled the room. Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian were able to stay calm, but Fei You and Zhang Zuo immediately changed their expressions and quickly took a few large steps back, covering their mouths.

A half-rotten corpse was in the chest. The corpse itself was very tall and fairly large. He shouldve been a stocky man with a thick and round waist in life. He was stuffed into this box for some reason and his limbs were twisted and folded together, occupying every inch of space in the chest.

He was a middle-aged man with distorted and terrifying features. His eyes bulged out, his seven orifices all bled, and his face was blue. His death was very miserable.

Xiao Tangqiu calmly judged, Maybe he suffocated to death after being stuffed inside the chest.

Fei You hid far away, pale and covering his mouth, How can you be so calm!

Tang Mianmian glanced at him sympathetically, Get used to it.

Duan Hongzhen was even calmer. He flipped through the body of the middle-aged man with a knife and found a key from his jacket pocket, Where does the key go?

Yu Fuling said lightly, There are still the wine cellar and kitchen left.

Duan Hongzhen ridiculed, Looking at his fat and sturdy body, he might be a cook.

Xiao Tangqiu suddenly found something. He hesitated, then turned to ask Duan Hongzhen, Can I borrow your knife?

Duan Hongzhen glanced at Xiao Tangqiu, then tossed the knife to him.

Xiao Tangqiu took the knife and pried open the middle-aged mans mouth.

Hey!

Duan Hongzhens lips twitched. Not only did these people use his knife as a lockpick, but now they also use it to dissect?!

In the next moment, a shiny golden thing fell out of the middle-aged mans mouth.

It was a gold coin.

Xiao Tangqiu pried the middle-aged mans mouth as wide as it could go and saw that the corpses mouth was filled with gold coins and even the throat had strange bulges. It was easy to imagine that maybe the middle-aged mans corpse was full of gold coins!