Part 14: Torturous Quest
When it comes to gossip, StormGoddessNiNi’s typing speed increases twofold; another message arrives right away: “They’re both in City B. It’s such a coincidence. Wei Wei, are you also there?”
Wei Wei: “Mm, I’m studying in City B.”
It’s not really much of a coincidence. The server they’re on is called, “Imperial Storm,” and it’s normal for people from City B to all be on it. Speaking of which, maybe the Great Master and YuGong and the others are also from City B……
Wei Wei falls into a daze.
StormGoddessNiNi: “I’m in City T, 555 (boohoohoo), otherwise I would meet up with you guys. Oh right, I have a photo of RealWater and LittleRainYaoYao together. RealWater is actually quite handsome. I have their photo. Wei Wei, do you want to see it?”
Wei Wei: “>ooooo<
Thankfully, the system is not so crazy as to shut off their chat windows. They are still able to contact each other.
NaiHe: “What is the surrounding like?”
Wei Wei: “It’s very, very, very dark……”
Wei Wei is embarrassed of her description, but NaiHe is quite calm about it: “You can’t see anything?”
Wei Wei: “Nope.”
NaiHe: “Any noises?”
Wei Wei pays close attention for a minute: “I think there’s water.”
NaiHe: “Mm, I know where it is.”
They didn’t talk after that. Wei Wei can’t simply just sit and wait for NaiHe to find her, so she starts searching around in the dark to see if there’s any information that she can give to NaiHe. She also goes online to search, but as mentioned before, since no one has ever passed the quest, there are no guides available. As for the official site, their description of the final stage is only in one line — “couples must rely on their telepathy to pass the stage.”
This is truly insane – –
Ten minutes pass and Wei Wei receives a new message; she thought that it was NaiHe, but when she opened it, it was from Guild Master, BattleTheWorld.
BattleTheWorld: “Reed, why did your party steal the boss fight of someone in our guild?”
The guild that Wei Wei belongs to is called, Sound of Blue Ocean Tides Pavilion, which is one of the top four guilds on the local server. The creator is a female player named UnawakenedButterflyDreams. Wei Wei knew ButterflyDream when she first started playing, so she joined the guild when it was first established; she is also considered one of the senior leaders of the guild, even though she has never really taken any authoritative positions.
UnawakenedButterflyDreams switched jobs two months ago, so she got busy and transferred her Guild Master position to her husband, BattleTheWorld. Wei Wei doesn’t know BattleTheWorld well, but RealWaterIsScentless is rather close with him.
Wei Wei is a bit puzzled from receiving the message.
“What boss fight?? I’ve been in a couple’s quest all this time.”
BattleTheWorld: “YuGongClimbsAMountain and MonkeyWine, aren’t they from your party?”