Absolute Destiny Game

System prompt: Trigger the adventure event [Guidance of the River God].

Mission description: You and your companion accidentally dropped an axe into the river while crossing the river. Fortunately, the river god guided you and told you that you could find what you wanted in a small fishing village downstream. However, she was vague and you still didn't know what was waiting for you there.

Only her advice should be kept in mind. As long as you stick to [honesty], you will get the reward you deserve.

Mission goal: Go to the fishing village for further investigation.

Mission reward: ? ? ? ? .

(Damn, it turns out that they won't really give it to you.)

Xiao Jie looked at the river surface that was gradually returning to calm, and thought helplessly in his heart. Although he had thought of it a long time ago, he was still a little disappointed.

It seems that he must complete the subsequent tasks to get the reward.

I just don't know whether this beautiful river god is a real river god or a monster in disguise? Just like the tree god at the beginning, or some other special existence.

But it doesn't matter whether it's true or not, and you can't report it to the village chief like you did in the village.

He really missed the plot quests in the online games he played in the past. You can just skip them and kill a few quest monsters at random. It's not like this game where you have to think of various countermeasures.

When you meet these highly intelligent NPCs, you feel that your IQ is suppressed.

The various riddlers' behaviors are really annoying.

"Brother Feng, shall we go to the fishing village?"

"We must go. We finally encountered an adventure mission, but there must be rewards for adventures. Although the rewards are unknown, they must be very good. Moreover, we should have completed the first step of the test just now. This kind of thing is hard to come by, so how can we give up easily?

It is impossible to complete this adventure as simple as in the story. Just tell a few truths. However, I think that story is still worth referring to. Remember this keyword - honesty. I think this must be very important for the final task to be completed."

The two of them stopped fighting monsters. Fighting monsters to level up is not as exciting as adventures. They walked south along the river beach. I wanted to become an immortal but I didn't have a giant axe, so I had to pick up the old battle axe and use it first.

Sure enough, not long after walking, a river fork appeared in front of the two. The main river channel rushed down, and no one knew where it was flowing. There was a small trickling fork on the side of the main river channel. The two continued to move forward along the fork. The white river beach gradually disappeared, replaced by dense reeds.

In order to ensure a clear view, the two had to go around several times and pass through a sparse forest. Suddenly, the river came to an end, and there was a small lake in front of them. There were some thatched houses and bamboo fences around the lake. It was really a small fishing village.

But this fishing village didn't look normal, and it felt dilapidated.

There were tattered fishing nets drying on the wooden racks, and there were several fishing boats parked near the river bank, but they were all dilapidated, and some were simply rotten.

Some of those huts had collapsed, or the roofs were leaking, and it seemed that no one lived there.

Only a thatched house in the deepest part of the village looked intact, and there were some salted fish hanging on the shelf next to the door.

Xiao Jie was already used to this style of painting. The world seemed to be like this everywhere, decadent and dilapidated. Only in the Novice Village or Luoyang Town, where players stayed, could you feel a sense of peace and tranquility.

The two walked around the lake and walked around the village, and there was no one.

Xiao Jie was very alert. Whether there were people was secondary. The key was whether there would be monsters.

I want to become an immortal, but I was always looking for his giant axe, looking at the lake from time to time.

But the lake was dark, and he dared not go into the water to look for it.

"What are you looking for? Do you want to buy salted fish?"

The voice scared the two of them. They turned around and saw an old woman sitting in front of the slightly intact hut, looking at them with a vigilant face.

Granny Li (salted fish merchant): Level 24, HP 710.

Xiao Jie thought, damn, a salted fish merchant is level 24? What a joke, this Granny Li is definitely not simple.

He was afraid that the immortal would do something bad, so he spoke hurriedly.

"Old man, we are the returnees, we are specialized in exorcising demons and punishing evildoers. We heard that there are often mermaids and water ghosts on the river bank, so we came to see if we can find a few to kill.

We happened to be here, please forgive us if we disturb you."

"Returnees? I have heard of you, exorcising demons? Hehe, that's a coincidence. There are really mermaids causing trouble here recently. I am an old lady living here alone and helpless, and I have been worried for some days. You came at the right time.

If you can help me eliminate this disaster, I will be very grateful."

Hey, there are really mermaids?

"Then I wonder how the reward is calculated? We, the returnees, have to spend money to exorcise demons. Repairs, potions, and meals all cost money, so you understand..."

"Hahahaha, I understand, I understand. Although I don't have much property, I still have some coffin money. I will definitely not let you work for nothing. I will give you 100 coins for killing a mermaid. I will give you as many as you kill."

[System prompt: Trigger the task [Hunting Mermaids]. This task is a related task of the adventure event [Guidance of the River God], which may affect the final outcome of the adventure. Players can choose whether to accept it. ]

Accept it, you must accept it. It's just right that there are no monsters to level up. You can level up, make money, and promote the plot at the same time. Why not?

The two decisively accepted the task.

"Old lady, where do those mermaids often appear? Please tell me."

"It's on the lakeshore over there. They will come ashore from time to time to cause trouble. Calculating the time, it must be coming soon. You two should be prepared."

Xiao Jie looked in the direction pointed by the old lady and saw two strange mermaid corpses lying on the shallows of a lake.

The corpse looked like a fish in the lower body and a human in the upper body, but it didn't have the beautiful feeling of a mermaid at all. The upper body was said to be a human, but it was only 70% similar. The body was covered with fish scales, and the facial features were completely different from those of humans. There were gills and fins behind the ears.

Mermaid Pearl Seeker (already dead), level 12, health value 0/260.

Only level 12, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with.

Wait, who killed these two bodies?

He looked at the old woman and thought, it can't be this lady, it should be.

Level 24 vs. level 12, pure level crushing.

Xiao Jie became more and more confused about the identity of this old woman.

What is the purpose of the river god guiding them here?

Before the monsters were spawned, Xiao Jie simply started to talk to Granny Li.

"Granny Li, do you still sell salted fish here? Let me see?"

"Haha, of course, it's not a good thing."

A list of goods popped up in front of Xiao Jie, with only two kinds of goods in it.

[Salted fish (food)

Use: Restore 20 points of satiety and add a 'thirst' DEBUFF to you.

Item description: Salted fish pickled with a lot of salt can be preserved for a long time and tastes very strong. ]

[Mysterious dried fish (food)

Use: Restore 30 points of satiety and increase your swimming speed by 50%

Item introduction: Dried meat made from unknown fish meat, processed by secret methods, very chewy to eat. 】

Hey, this mysterious dried fish meat has a story.

Under normal circumstances, the introduction of food will not be veiled, such as pork, mutton, venison, etc., which are clear and concise.

But if it is a mysterious meat, then there must be something to say.

The same is true for this mysterious dried fish meat. Since it is written like this, it must not be common fish meat. Xiao Jie glanced at the mermaid corpse not far away-could it be the meat of the mermaid?

No wonder he made this association. The dilapidated fishing village in front of him, the dead mermaid, the mysterious old woman, and the inexplicable guidance behind the river god, all led the story to a weird and bizarre style.

Not to mention the dried mermaid meat, it would not be surprising even if the old woman was a black shop that killed people and made human meat buns.