Chapter 132 - Endless Seas 07 (1/2)
Old Mo steered the escape boat forward, leaving the typhoon far behind. The dark clouds above their heads gradually disappeared. The sky became as clear as the water. In the afternoon, the bright sunlight shone on the sea. The wet people finally felt warm.
Xie Qi felt uncomfortable in his wet clothes. He put his hands over his eyes and looked up at the sun. “The sun is so good. Shall we take off our clothes and soak in the sunlight? It is too hard to wear them.”
Shao Qingge told him, “A girl is sitting behind you. Is it good to take off your clothes?”
Xie Qi looked back and reddened when he met Liu Qiao’s eyes. “I’m sorry, I forgot that Xiao Liu is a girl.”
Liu Qiao looked back at him in an expressionless manner. “I don’t look like a girl?”
Xie Qi hurriedly explained, “No, no, I didn’t mean that.”
Qu Wanyue smiled and smoothed things over. “Little Xie, you can take off your coat and bask in the sun. We won’t mind.”
Xie Qi was embarra.s.sed to take it off. He was thin without any abs and his figure wasn’t particularly good. He was afraid of being laughed at by these sisters. Other people didn’t think twice about taking off their clothes and drying in the sun. The sun on the sea was very strong and it would dry quickly.
Xie Qi quickly s.h.i.+fted the topic and asked Qu Wanyue, “Teacher Qu, what type of dance do you teach?”
Music and dancing were inseparable. Many songs needed a dance so Xie Qi had a certain understanding of dancing. Qu Wanyue replied, “I teach Latin dance at the Jiangzhou City Art Training Centre.”
Xie Qi nodded. “Oh, Latin dance includes the samba, rumba, paso doble and jive, right?”
Qu Wanyue smiled. “Yes, can you dance?”
“No, but I know some basic dance moves. Oh, I can dance the waltz.”
Xiao Lou was also a teacher but he was in the system and subject to more constraints. Qu Wanyue was out of the system and signed with a training centre. She had more freedom. Xiao Lou looked back with interest and asked, “Does a dance teacher had more cla.s.ses on the weekend?”
Qu Wanyue replied, “Yes, Professor Xiao. The weekend is the peak time and the training courses are from morning to evening. Normally I have a public cla.s.s at 8 o’clock every night.”
Old Mo excitedly turned back. “My daughter also learned Latin dancing. I think that people who learn dance really show an extraordinary temperament!”
Qu Wanyue smiled. “Old Mo, a lot of parents have the same idea as you. That’s why they send their children to learn dancing.”
Xiao Lou agreed in his heart. Teacher Qu had an excellent temperament. She had a good body, a swan neck and upright posture. She looked very good when wearing sportswear and she had beautiful, long, curly hair. In order to facilitate movements, she normally had her hair tied up. She was gentle and competent and her temperament was perfectly integrated with her body.
Long Sen wasn’t particularly handsome. His looks were rose than Group Leader Yu and Chief Shao but he had a strong, athletic body and developed muscles. His hair was cut short and he looked very energetic. His smile was simple and sincere and the two people were very suitable when sitting together.
Old Mo’s body was slightly fat but there was no obvious beer belly. His face was a bit round and he was like an amiable uncle. He had made up his mind to return for his daughter and not only learned to steer an escape boat as well as an airplane and parachute. He was a jack of all trades. Xiao Lou couldn’t help admiring his perseverance.
These three new teammates were just added but Xiao Lou believed his decision wasn’t wrong. There weren’t many team members but each one had their own characteristics and could play a role in the increasingly difficult levels they would face later.
Xie Qi asked curiously, “The eighth level is an A-grade secret room. Then 5, 6, 7 are B-grade secret rooms?”
“Yes, the 5, 6, 7 B-grade rooms aren’t particularly difficult. Once you reach the eighth level, the difficulty upgrades in a straight line. My team went to 8 of Diamonds and was almost tortured to the point of collapse. Thus, we temporarily didn’t go to 8 of Hearts or 8 of Spades.”
Xiao Lou had long guessed that the difficulty of the Diamonds room would increase later. If they encountered a large maze with many punishment type mechanisms, it would be difficult to find the right path. He suddenly thought of a key point and said, “So, the B-grade secret rooms have been completely pa.s.sed by Old Mo. We have to clear the fifth, sixth and seventh level later. Old Mo, can you give us spoilers ahead of time?”
Mo Xuemin laughed. “Of course. In fact, the Intelligence Bureau will also provide a strategy for the low-level secret rooms. One strategy is one million gold coins We don’t need to spend money since I know several aspects of the plots in these secret rooms.”
Xie Qi scratched his head in a confused manner. “It seems that the Hearts room has different versions. I remember that when I went to Maple Forest High School with Chief Shao, the name of the dead was different from what Professor Xiao told me.”
Mo Xuemin explained, “According to the a.n.a.lysis of the challenger forum experts, the B-grade and below secret rooms have two versions. It is like the volume A or volume B in an English exam. One will be randomly selected after entering. Professor Xiao and his staff drew Volume A. If you have any contact with Professor Xiao then the keeper will send you Volume B and change some details.”
Xie Qi suddenly realized. “Then if Old Mo drew Volume A in the fifth, sixth and seventh levels, we will probably get Volume B when we go in. The plot has changed but the overall difficulty is similar?”
“Yes. Based on your strength, the B-grade secret rooms surely won’t be a problem to clear. The key is the A-grade secret rooms starting from the eighth level, the S-grade secret rooms of J, Q and K and the last SS-grade secret room. The difficulty is beyond imagination.”
Xiao Lou looked back at Yu Hanjiang and suggested, “Group Leader Yu, after this World Weekly, why don’t we clear level five, six and seven first?”
Yu Hanjiang nodded. “Yes, there is Old Mo to prove a strategy. Clearing the B-grade secret rooms shouldn’t be difficult. We will clear the instances as soon as possible and draw more cards for the later secret rooms.”
Everyone sat on the escape boat floating on the vast sea, idle and bored as they discussed their next plan. Old Mo carefully told them about the general situation of the fifth, sixth and seventh levels.
The difficulty of the B-grade rooms was slightly more complicated than the C-grade rooms. However, since the B-grade rooms could use the senior contract and the number of teammates increased, the difficulty would be reduced.
The fifth, sixth and seventh levels were more like a ‘mid-transition’, allowing newcomers to enter the main city, form a team and develop a tacit understanding with their teammates, drawing more cards to improve the team’s fighting power.
The eighth level was the start of the game’s large, mainstream instances.
There was the senior, Old Mo on the team. Xiao Lou was confident about the next challenge. “I remember the drawing of cards in the secret rooms are decided by team, not number. I have an idea. The eight of us can split into two groups to clear the B-grade secret rooms as soon as possible.”
Yu Hanjiang agreed. “The people in the contract book will be forcibly pulled into the secret room. If we open two secret rooms at the same time, we can let everyone enter separately. Then we can choose the secret room we are good at to challenge. For example, I’m good at Hearts and Spades while Professor Xiao is good at Hearts and Diamonds. Old Mo is good at Diamonds and Shao Qingge is good at Clubs. We can form different teams for different secret rooms.”
Mo Xuemin immediately nodded. “This method is good. For a contracted team, if half the team pa.s.ses the secret room then it will be considered as clearing the instance on the card wall. This can enhance our efficiency! There is no need to talk too much about the fixed rewards. Those cards are very common and can be bought with money. The draw for a perfect instance is calculated by team. For example, two cards are drawn from 5 of Hearts. It doesn’t matter if four people or 15 people pa.s.s. Only two good cards can be drawn. The rewards won’t be any less if we challenge it in two groups.”
Shao Qingge wondered, “So if it is a team of 15 people, we can divide into four teams to play Hearts, Spades, Diamonds and Clubs at the same time?”
Mo Xuemin replied, “Some people do that but it is only possible for strong teams.”