Chapter 10 The Crux of the Mission(1/2)
The only two remaining warships were not big, even this slightly larger one was just a medium-sized sailboat. In the face of eternity, this size of wooden warship really didn't have much hindrance effect, so my ship cutter easily cut the entire warship with one knife and two knife. Because there was no watertight compartment, the sailboat was cut and quickly sank after it was cut, and only a few struggling crew members were left on the sea.
After killing this ship, I had only one target left, but the ship was quite fast and had already run out. However, no matter how fast the ship was, it could not be compared with a flying unit like ours. So I quickly chased me and cut off all the masts and the upper bridge with one sword. The top of the entire ship became a plane, and the upper part was blown away.
As I had guessed before, the ship seemed to have extra power equipment. Even though the masts were cut off, it still had no intention of stopping, but the speed increased a little.
Looking at the battleship that was still running, I flew directly over it to the bow, and then dragged the eternal change of ship-cut knife to the side with one hand, then turned around and turned to the bow of the ship and flew towards it. The other party also saw my behavior, so he guessed my intention, but even if they knew what I was going to do, they would definitely not be able to escape at this time. How could the boat turn in the water be compared with a flying unit like me? Even a single speedboat cannot compete with a seabird, right?
Without any suspense, although the other party avoided it, the hull had not had time to turn to my ship's cutter knife and cut into the left position from the bow. Then it penetrated the entire warship like a hot knife cutting butter, and easily escaped from the stern, while the warship slowly divided into two pieces behind me. Half of them fell directly to the outside, and the other half slid down against the inside. Finally, the entire ship gradually began to sink in the rolling splashes.
Just in case I took a few rounds on the sea, I saw that the last few survivors who appeared were all killed and turned back to the Dreamer position.
Although I didn't waste much time here, when I came back, I found that the demon pets were much more efficient than me. Because I was the last one to come back.
The Dreamer was bombarded many times during this naval battle, but in fact only one shell hit the side of the ship. And because it was just rubbed, it did not penetrate, but just brought a decorative board away. For such a victory, it was said that it was a complete victory, but strangely, after we waited for a long time, we were still floating on the sea.
"What's going on?" I asked at the captain in surprise.
Compared to my reaction, the crew members on the ship were actually even more surprised. They originally thought that the robbery was over, but after I helped them successfully complete the robbery, they still couldn't get rid of the cycle. Afterwards, based on my analysis, I thought that this matter was probably related to the fleet, so this annihilation battle was in place. But now, the naval battle has been over for a long time. Not to mention the ship, even the surviving seamen have all died. However, we are still in this time segment. The cycle has not ended, which means that the last wish has not been completed.
When I heard my question, the captain over there was also a question mark. Everyone on the boat was scratching their heads and thinking about what was wrong, but even so, we still got nothing.
"It's really damn. What wish did you make before?" I thought the mission would be very relaxed and I was starting to worry now. No wonder Wiki and the others said that this was a scam mission. Even if I cracked it violently like this, I could not complete the task. This mission is indeed scammed, and it is not an ordinary scam.
In desperation, we had to gather the whole ship together to discuss solutions. As a result, after everyone was discussing it, we still couldn't determine what their last wish was.
"If this is the case, I suggest we do it again?" I suddenly said. "I may not have killed all the enemies in the previous battle. This time we will do it thoroughly and see if it is because we did not kill all the enemies."
After hearing what I said, the captain had to temporarily agree to this plan. After all, we can't find any other reason except this.
After the helpless self-sinking, the cycle began again. The robbery process was extremely standard. After all, these guys had snatched the ship countless times, and the other party cooperated very much, so the process was completed successfully. Then the imperial fleet opposite appeared, and then surrounded and started the war. This time, in order to ensure that there were no survivors, I was also cruel. When the other party approached, he directly asked Hei Yan to take action to circle all the opponent's warships, and then the large magic pet rushed up and all the warships were sunk. Finally, all the magic pets who could go into the water went into the water to stare, and saw that all the people who were not dead went up to make up. As for the person who was supported on the water, they were massacred by the magic pets who could not dive. Finally, when the battle ended, we could finally confirm that there was no survivor. However, it seemed that the cycle was still not over.
Looking at the discouraged crew members, I could only encourage: "Don't be discouraged, at least we prove that killing all the enemies is not your last wish."
"But we still don't know how to get out!" a pirate sighed.
"Everyone concentrate on thinking about what they thought about at the beginning, and can always find the problem. You have also seen that my strength is completely beyond your imagination, and I can satisfy any of your wishes. So now we are not unable to complete the task, but we cannot find the place where your wishes are. As long as you can tell me what you thought about at that time, I will have a way to get you out."
After hearing what I said, the pirates were a little calmer. After all, my words really make sense. Compared to the past, with me here, their possibility of separation has increased by at least a lot. After all, I can even do the task of destroying all the enemy fleets, and they don’t think I can do anything else. What I lack now is that there is no goal.
After calming down a little, the pirates' brains finally started to move. Soon someone raised a possibility. "Do you think our last wish is to sink the merchant ship we robbed?"
"Have you sunk it before?" I asked in surprise.
The pirate captain nodded and said, "Apart from the first few times, the other party became very cooperative later. We only killed some of the people on the ship at the beginning, and did not think about sinking them. You also know that we pirates also have our own rules. We will not sink any ship that does not resist, and as long as the other party stops fighting at any time, we will not kill them. This will help us in our future robbery. Except for the limited resistance at the beginning, the ship will cooperate more and more. Of course, we will not touch them according to the rules."
"Sunting that mall may be useful, right?"
The captain thought for a while and said, "Maybe." Obviously he was not sure either. But I was very excited.
"No matter whether he is, you can cycle infinitely anyway. At worst, just treat it as a wrong test. Can you lose anything else?"
"Yes, I can be replaced infinitely anyway, at worst I can sink myself again."
With the pirates shouting, we immediately sank and started the next cycle. When the scene was reset again, the pirates immediately retreated to the ship and then began to fire guns on the merchant ship. At such a close distance, the merchant ship without resistance quickly turned into a pile of broken wood pieces, but we still did not escape from this time segment.
"It seems useless!" The pirates said disappointedly as they looked at the merchant ships that had turned into a pile of driftwood on the sea.
I thought for a moment and said, "Maybe this is a joint condition, and I need to sink and escape or sink the enemy's fleet."
"Then try again."
Because of my existence, the pirates can now test any of their ideas with confidence, so we are still in a very high state of enthusiasm, so we sank several times in a short period of time. The results prove that it is useless whether it is to sink the merchant ship and then escape successfully, sink the merchant ship and then sink the fleet, or come back to rob after sinking the fleet. As for leaving the fleet's sight and then robbing, we failed to successfully experiment with this method, because we suddenly started to reset the experiment inexplicably during the process of this experiment.
"Damn, I've tried so many methods. None of them are correct!" After the pirates had obviously lost patience after the initial excitement period, because all the tests failed several times in a row, they were in a trend of despair.
In fact, not only the pirates, but even I began to worry. It seems that this task is not as simple as I imagined, and the task of cheating is indeed well-deserved.
After we were in a deadlock again, I suddenly stood up and said to all the pirates: "Listen to me. This is the situation now. You seem to have no idea what your last wish was. Because I have not experienced the original things, I can't help you think about it. It is obviously not a solution for us to try blindly like this, so I think how can we reproduce the original scene?"
"What does it mean to recreate the original scene?" asked a pirate.
I answered seriously: "If I don't help you, don't change your tactics. Just follow the situation you completely simulated when you were alive and let me see the whole process. I'm just understanding the process of things and hope to help you fulfill your last wishes."
Because my performance before has earned me a lot of image scores, the pirates now have a high degree of support for my words. Since I said that, they just did it.
After the scene was sunk again, the scene was reset, and then I flew up directly, relying on the illusion of Emmenis to let myself fly invisibly in the sky, and then carefully observed the whole process. The pirates began to rob as always, but the crew did not resist, and then the robbery was completed. However, strangely, after the robbery was completed, the two ships did not separate. Instead, they continued to dock together for a while before the pirates suddenly left the merchant ship and started running away.
At this time, the Imperial fleet was very close. After the pirates completed the turn, they immediately began to escape. The fleet fired intimidatingly, but failed. Then several fast warships were divided into two wings to encircle the pirates' ships. The fast warship had an artillery battle with the Dreamer. Because the fast warship was small in size, there were few artillery guns, two were sunk. The Dreamer was just destroyed and passed through the blockade line safely. It was just because of the previous artillery battle. The hull speed decreased a bit, but was gradually caught up by the subsequent fleet. Finally, the warships on both sides began to shell each other at a very long distance. The Dreamer was the first to hit an opponent's warship. However, the damage was slight, and then the Dreamer was shelled. The sails were hit and torn apart, causing the ship's speed to drop. The Imperial fleet that caught up one after another made a round of artillery bombardment at the Dreamer, and then the Dreamer sank helplessly.
The whole process looked normal. In order to confirm that nothing was missing, I specially asked the pirates to do it three times again, and each time I observed the situation from a different location. The last time I chose to stay on the merchant ship to see the situation, and the whole process seemed to be similar. The only difference was that a hooded person on the merchant ship kept secretly looking at me and didn't know what he was thinking.
Although the crew member was strange, I was not affected at all. I looked at the entire battle situation and felt that the situation was almost the same. I seemed to be completely in a dead end and could not think of the problem at all.
Just as I was thinking hard about something wrong, the scene entered the shipwreck stage again. I was pulled into the seabed with the pirates to the deep sea. Then the ship became ragged, and the crew also became images of undead.
"President Zi Ri, do you have to watch it again?" The pirates have repeated this cycle of reincarnation countless times anyway. They don't care about it many times, so they are not impatient at all.
I shook my head and said, "It seems that the situation is almost the same. I always feel like I have grabbed something, but I just can't remember it."
As soon as I heard that I had caught something, the pirates were immediately excited. Because my performance after entering here has fully proved that I surpassed them in terms of combat effectiveness but also in terms of thinking ability, so they all felt that what I found must be something I used.
The impatient pirate heard that I had discovered something and hurried over to ask: "What's wrong with you? Do you need to fight hand-to-hand with that fleet? Isn't it okay to sink a ship?"
Before I could answer, the pirate captain pulled away the anxious guy and taught him a lesson: "Don't disturb President Zi Ri's thinking about the problem, stay with me."
"Wait." I stopped the captain's movements and said in a sleepy manner: "I seem to have some inspiration. Hand-to-hand combat... Could it be that the problem is not the ship, but the man? But after you sank the ship, weren't the man dead? No, no, something should have happened. By the way, have you discovered any strange phenomena after you repeated the cycle of reincarnation?"
"A strange phenomenon?" the captain said in confusion: "It seems that the strangest thing is that you asked us to do an experiment before, and bypass the fleet first and then return to rob. That time, suddenly, inexplicably, began to reincarnate directly. Apart from that, no strange phenomenon has happened. Oh, the crew members on the merchant ship are increasingly cooperating with our robbery operation, should be one."
"More and more and more with you?" I suddenly realized something. "You mean, they remember every reincarnation just like you?"
I didn't pay attention before, and after hearing what I said, the captain reacted. "Yes! If they cooperated more and more with us, it only means that they remembered every reincarnation, so they knew that this was a cycle and resistance was meaningless, so they would cooperate like this. Otherwise, they should be the same as that fleet, and each time they would have the same pattern. As long as we do not change the tactics, they would even be the same as the shells that were shot every time."
After I got this deception, I immediately frowned and said, "If you are the publishers of your last wish, then it is understandable that you remember all this yourself, but if you even remember the other party's crew, this would be not normal. Could it be..."
"There will be no one who has not fulfilled his wish, but the crew members on the merchant ship, right?" The pirate captain was obviously not a fool, and he thought of this possibility at once.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this may be the problem."
"Then what are we waiting for?"
The only benefit of infinite loops is that you can test any possibility with confidence, because we have no loss at all except wasting time.
After the scene was reset, we appeared next to the merchant ship again, but this time the pirates did not rob, but concentrated all the crew members on the deck. The pirate captain and I stood on the command building of the merchant ship and looked at the merchant ship crew below. Then I asked, "Can you remember every cycle like us?"
As soon as I finished speaking, the people below were obviously stunned. I could see from their performance that these people actually did not remember the time cycle, otherwise they would not be so surprised. Because they clearly didn't know the performance of this matter.
However, although most of the crew members are like this, there are several different reactions here. Just among the crew members. The three people performed obviously differently from the crew members around. These three people are two young men and one old man.
The old man looked very old, but he didn't feel weak at all. Instead, he was so energetic that he seemed very strong. However, although his energy was very good, his figure did not look like a warrior figure, but he looked very similar to a mage. However, this guy didn't hold a staff or a mage robe, so I was not sure.
In addition to the old man, there were two young people who had the same reaction. Both of them were wearing white robes and hoods on their heads, and their faces were not visible because of the brim of the hat. But I think one of these two people seemed to be the one I stared at me when I was observing the battle process on a merchant ship.
After confirming the target, I whispered a few instructions to the pirate captain. The other party immediately commanded the crew members to the cargo warehouse on the ship, which was the room where they had previously detained these crew members, and locked them back. Of course, the three unique people were left behind.
Because there were only three people left, I didn’t need to stand that high, so I went down to the deck and walked to the vicinity of the three of them. Then I looked at them and asked again: “Do you also know that this world has been reincarnation?”
"So what can I do if I know?" A young man following the old man suddenly said this. At the same time, he raised his head and lifted his hood. The hood was covered by the hood with short golden wavy hair, angular facial lines and a pair of silver armor. This guy looked like a prince charming image. The only problem was that he didn't know where the horse went.
Before I could answer the prince's words, the old man next to me spoke first. "You are trying so hard to find the reason why you can't end this cycle of reincarnation?"
As soon as the other party opened his mouth, I felt relieved, because being able to ask this means that the other party knew about this cycle of reincarnation. The previous performance of the pirates clearly showed that they actually had no last wishes. So, the only possibility to end this world is to satisfy the wishes of the three people here, which is the fundamental problem of this world. After the players took the mission in, they were on the pirate ship as soon as they came in, and the target of the robbery was this merchant ship. Who would have thought that the key figure who ended the mission would actually be on this robbed merchant ship?
The key to not being able to complete the task before was that the task goal could not be found. Now that you know the problem, it is easy to deal with.
"Dear old man, we are indeed looking for a way to end this endless cycle. Since you remember this cycle, you should also know how painful this infinite cycle is, so I believe you also want to end it. Do you think so?"
The young man around the old man seemed to want to say something, but he was stopped by the old man after he moved. "I really want to end this cycle, but we have to repeat this cycle again and again because we can't end it at all."
"Why?"
"Because of that." The young man finally shouted out impulsively, and at the same time his fingers pointed at the sea. We looked in the direction of his fingers, and found that the huge imperial fleet had appeared on the sea at some point.
After seeing the fleet, I was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. "Didn't that fleet come to rescue you, or just pass by here?"
The young man shouted again: "Save? Follow the way? Will they save us? They are just here to chase us!"
When the pirate captain over there heard this, he couldn't help but scream. "I asked why would the entire Imperial fleet be dispatched to encircle and suppress a second-rate pirate group. After a long time, we were just unlucky to hit the gun?"
"Or what do you think?" the young man snorted coldly.
"Sorry, I've implicated you." The one who had not spoken finally spoke. Of course, she also lifted her hood. At this time, we realized that this was a beautiful girl. If the one who was the prince charming before was then this person was basically Snow White. His figure was covered with a robe and could not be seen at all, but his face was so delicate that it was nothing to say. Not only was the proportions even, but the most important thing was that it was fair. It was like a boiled egg with a shell, and there was no pores, and it seemed that it was almost transparent. Just as I was observing the other person's appearance, the beautiful girl continued: "Actually, my brother and I are the third princes and little princess of the Empire. This person here is my teacher McPherson, and the imperial master." Hearing her words, the pirates over there lit up all their weapons, obviously the identity of this imperial master is quite intimidating.
Seeing this situation, the princess quickly explained: "You don't need to do this. The teacher is actually seriously injured and now he has no ability to release any spells at all."
"So that's what the fleet behind is here to chase you?" After watching so many scenes of palace struggles, I suddenly found that a princess and a prince were being chased by their own fleet. Of course, I directly thought of the battle for the throne.
Sure enough, the princess said, "Yes. Our second brother killed the eldest brother and his father and became the emperor himself, and then he wanted to kill us. The teacher got the last order of his father and escorted us out. But he himself was injured and lost his mana. Unfortunately, we were intercepted and robbed by them here, so we were delayed. In the end, we were caught up by the Empire fleet, and then all died here and fell into an infinite cycle."
After hearing the princess' words, I nodded directly and said, "Now I know why there are piles of gold, silver and treasures on an ordinary merchant ship like a hill. After a long time, you are princes and princesses, and it is understandable to have money."
"No, this is not our money." The princess explained: "This is actually all the treasures of the secret country, which is more than twice the total value of the current external treasury. The father said that the second brother must be a tyrant. So we must take away these treasures and not let him get them, otherwise he will definitely use the money to form an army to expand externally, and then it will inevitably be a disaster for life!"
"Your father is really kind!" The pirate captain said this, but most of the sarcastic meanings were heard from that tone.
The prince wanted to get angry, but the old man held it down. The princess was obviously smarter and calmer than his brother. She didn't react at all when she heard this, as if she didn't hear it. She continued: "Although you have found us now and know the reason for the infinite cycle of this world, you should also know that our wish is impossible to fulfill."
"Why?" The pirate captain immediately said: "President Zi Ri took us to escape the pursuit before. Don't you just need to be caught? Just let President Zi Ri take you away. Let us leave it for you to cut off the rear to ensure you can escape safely." Anyway, he has died countless times, so the pirate captain only wants to be able to rest in peace, and the pirate captain is not a problem at all.
Originally, I had the same idea as the Pirate Captain, but I didn't expect that the Pirate Captain had just finished speaking when the princess over there said: "No, no, no, we made three wishes before we died." After pausing for a moment, he continued: "Use our three lives and souls."
"What? You won't use the wishing technique, right?" I heard the princess' explanation and went straight to Sparta. I asked how many people's obsessions can form such a powerful time segment? After working on it for a long time, it's no wonder that it's so deceiving! Although the wishing technique is extremely powerful, it is known as the forbidden spell in the forbidden spell, another nickname of this thing is the king of cheating, and it is absolutely a bad word spell. Usually, the result of using the wishing technique will be satisfied, but the way to satisfy you will definitely make you laugh and cry. It seems to be completed, but it's okay to say that it is not completed. Anyway, it's very deceiving.
The mage over there seemed to blush when he heard my scream, and finally said embarrassedly: "At that time, we were intercepted by you, and we were also angry and used a scroll of wishing in the treasure impulse. It is said that it was something from the mythological age. But you also saw that nothing had changed, but we ourselves were trapped in such a cycle."
To be continued...