Chapter 203: Who Is Helping? (1/2)
Chapter 203: Who Is Helping?
Permanent death…
Those words appeared contradictory. Death, could it be death was not a permanent thing?
Although, considering the characteristic of the system… death was indeed not a permanent thing for it. The system could resurrect a person, refresh, reset and manufacture…
If so, by looking deep into the meaning of the words ‘permanent death’, it appeared that… this could somewhat prove the deduction made by Chen Xiaolian.
Jack the Ripper… he could be re-spawned repeatedly?
If this was part of a storyline, then…
Then Jack the Ripper’s serial murder case may have been repeated by the system many times before!
Also, this instance dungeon had been re-used many times before!
Before today, it was likely that other game participants have gone through this instance dungeon and completed this quest.
Each time they completed the quest, Jack the Ripper would likely be summoned back into the system. Then, he would be refreshed to await the next time the instance dungeon was opened.
And now, Jack the Ripper had died.
He had suffered a complete, permanent death in the hands of Bai Qi…
He… was absorbed by Bai Qi.
This matter… was that how it went?
…
“You know, the fish finger sold by this shop is the worst in all of London.”
Tian Lie was seated on a sofa with worn surface and a thick mildew scent. Both his hands were placed upon the surface of the dirty table; one was supporting his head while the other picked up a fish finger and stuffed it into his mouth. At the same time, he turned his head to look out the window.
It was a very dirty looking little shop. The menu listed the food sold there, the infamous local specialty of Great Britain: Fish and chips.
Seated opposite of Tian Lie was the Frenchman with bulbous nose.
A metallic lustre could be seen flashing within Jean’s eyes. His head was lowered and no one in the dark shop paid any attention to the spot that they were occupying. As he sat down on the sofa, the body posture made by Jean’s body was clearly stiff in appearance.
“Since it’s so bad, why did you bring me here?” Jean did his best to make it so that his voice sounded normal. Something was flowing within the blood vessels beneath his skin.
Jean understood very well that if this fellow before him had wanted him dead, he would not need to move even a finger. All he needed to do was think about it.
He had no desire to die now!
Although he had joined Culkin’s guild, Jean had yet to become loyal to the point where he would sacrifice his own life for Culkin.
Tian Lie placed down the fish finger and turned to Jean. “Hmm?”
“I said, since it tastes so bad, why did you bring me here?” answered Jean as he twitched his nose.
“Because… I have a special memory toward this place,” answered Tian Lie. He curled the corners of his lips into a grin and stuffed the last piece of fish fingers into his mouth.
He turned to look out the window once more and said, “You know, back when I was still a rookie, all I could do in the beginning was to follow behind others to survive. I had to do everything I can just to ensure my survival.
“However, the time finally came when I managed to complete an instance dungeon quest by myself.
“En, that was the first time it happened.”
After saying that, Tian Lie turned to Jean and blinked his eyes. “You see, we humans will never forget our first time, isn’t that right?”
“… …” Jean looked at Tian Lie and asked, “The first instance dungeon quest that you completed by yourself… could it be, you did it in London?”
“Oh, yes.”
Jean thought about it and further questioned, “What quest was it?”
“The Ripper… Jack,” Tian Lie answered with a smile on his face.
…
“That’s about the gist of what happened.”
They had returned to the collapsed warehouse. Although a major portion of the roof had collapsed, a small part remained. It was sufficient to serve as a shelter from the rain.
There, Chen Xiaolian gave Phoenix a summary of what had happened.
Phoenix listened without saying anything. Neither did she interrupt Chen Xiaolian in the middle. After he had finished speaking, there was a complicated expression on Phoenix’s face.
“… … that’s it?” Phoenix narrowed her eyes and looked at Chen Xiaolian. She said, “You… actually, you could have secretly informed me about it. Secretly inform me.”
Chen Xiaolian looked at Phoenix and he suddenly raised his hand to point at the rooftop. He said, “I recall that not too long ago, you were the one who told me not to be too trustful.”
Phoenix did not reply.
After a moment of silence, she slowly said, “The system gave us 200 marks. 100 marks for successfully protecting the system’s guide character and another 100 marks for solving Jack the Ripper’s case.”
“En,” Chen Xiaolian answered while nodding his head.
“My female intuition tells me… there is definitely something that you are hiding from me,” Phoenix suddenly said.
“Why do I feel that… you may have acquired more from this instance dungeon compared to us?”
Chen Xiaolian laughed and looked at Phoenix. Then, he spoke in a very serious manner, “Regardless of whether that is true or false… why should I tell you about it?”
Phoenix’s eyebrows were raised in response. Before she could say anything, Chen Xiaolian smiled and continued, “All right, there is something I can tell you.”
“What is it?”
“We… may have gotten real lucky here.”