freenovelworld Chapter 194 Other Old Men
Chapter 194 Other Old Men
"Has no one ever said his acting is terrible?" the system whispered to Yan Xun in his head.
"I doubt anyone has said that," Yan Xun said.
What he was really curious about was how the viewers in Wen Yuanzheng's live stream thought. Did they genuinely not notice anything strange about Wen Yuanzheng, or were they watching with amusement as Wen Yuanzheng walked towards his demise?
"He's having a conversation with something inside his head," Yan Xun told the system.
“That thing must know the key information about this copy. As soon as it arrived at the captain’s cabin, the first thing it wanted to do was look at the letter on the table.”
The goal was clear; it seemed that what was in his head from the beginning had already told him how to trigger the hidden mission.
"Does the system have that kind of permission?" Yan Xun asked.
"Of course not!" the system said in Yan Xun's mind. "If there were, would I need to go through the trouble of making you do tasks?"
Yan Xun had doubts about the second half of the system's statement, but he felt that the first half was true.
That proves that what Wen Yuan was talking about in his head wasn't the system... but it was something that knew extremely well about the dungeon's background and hidden quests.
"It seems he got entangled with that thing after going through the beginner dungeon," Yan Xun guessed.
"He won't survive this instance."
Otherwise, they wouldn't have entered the captain's cabin so rashly—they would have at least waited for a more natural opportunity to enter.
The things in his head wouldn't be so blatant; it's most likely that Wen Yuanzheng couldn't wait and asked the other party for them... It seems Wen Yuanzheng really isn't very smart, Yan Xun thought.
This person probably completely believed what was in his head. Suddenly, Yan Xun thought of something: his personal old grandfather.
Considering Wen Yuanzheng's arrogant and domineering demeanor, Yan Xun believed that the other party probably thought he was the one with the script in his hand.
Thinking of this, Yan Xun decided to try to trick Wen Yuanzheng.
"Brother Yuanzheng, have you ever encountered any rather strange players?" Yan Xun suddenly asked.
Wen Yuanzheng was still pondering the Blue Gold quest when he heard Yan Xun's words, and he only gave a perfunctory reply, "What strange player?"
“He said he’s the protagonist of a novel and has a grandfather figure in his head,” Yan Xun said after thinking for a moment. “But I think he seems to be crazy.”
He looked at Wen Yuanzheng and asked, "Do you really think there are elderly men who can be with you all the time?"
When Wen Yuanzheng first heard about the old man with him, he almost thought Yan Xun had discovered something—but he quickly realized it was impossible, since his conversation with the old man was entirely in his head and other players certainly couldn't hear it.
But Yan Xun's question puzzled him. Could it be that there were other players in the game who had a personal grandpa?
"Tell me in detail."
"We just accidentally entered a rural instance," Yan Xun said, half-jokingly. "It was a 7-day timed mission that required everyone to share a secret they least wanted to tell. The system would judge the truthfulness of the secret, and there would be a penalty for falsehoods."
"This player said he has a personal old man."
“We initially thought he was joking, but the system didn’t punish him.”
"On the third day, he discovered how to leave the instance."
Looking at Wen Yuanzheng's expression, Yan Xun already knew the answer to the question: "Have you ever encountered a player like this?"
Wen Yuanzheng was somewhat agitated at this moment. He had initially thought that only he had encountered such a thing, and was about to say that it was a lie, when he heard Yan Xun say again—
"He told us at the time that there was more than one player who had a portable Grandpa."
"They will kill other players who have the old man in their party, so they can become even more powerful."
Yan Xun smiled sheepishly, "When I first saw how amazing Yuan Zheng was, I thought you were also a player with a personal grandpa..."
Wen Yuanzheng was now truly drenched in sweat.
He had never heard of any other players who had a personal grandfather figure! Nor did he know that these players would fight each other!
He instinctively wanted to question his grandfather, but then he heard the voice calmly address him.
That's not true.
He's lying to you.
But now that his own safety was at stake, Wen Yuanzheng could no longer fully trust the old man.
“If he hadn’t seen him, how could he know about the old man’s affairs!” Wen Yuanzheng didn’t believe it at all.
He didn't believe that anyone could create a player with an old man out of thin air; Yan Xun must have seen him before he said that.
"He might be bluffing you," the old man said calmly.
“That’s even more impossible!” Wen Yuanzheng immediately exclaimed. “How could he possibly know I have an old man, unless he’s seen him before!”
He initially thought it was impossible for Yan Xun to discover that he had an old man, but when he thought that Yan Xun might have actually met another player with an old man... he felt that what Yan Xun said was true.
Otherwise, who would suspect that he also has an old grandfather?
Only someone who has seen him before would suspect that he might have something similar on him.
Thus, Wen Yuanzheng became convinced that there were definitely more than just him in the game who had a personal grandpa, and he even began to resent the other party for not telling him this.
The seed of doubt slowly grew; he began to doubt the old man's concealment, and then began to suspect that the old man was hiding something else from him.
The old man in Wen Yuan's mind fell silent.
For the first time, he felt that finding an idiot as a host was not a good idea.
Through Wen Yuanzheng, he was naturally able to observe Yan Xun standing beside him.
He was 100% certain that there was no other player in the game who had a "portable old man". The player asked this question because Wen Yuanzheng's foolish behavior aroused his suspicion. He thought about it and guessed that Yan Xun might have triggered the blue gold quest when he was cleaning earlier, which made all of Wen Yuanzheng's actions seem so suspicious.
But he is no longer prepared to discuss these matters with Moon Won-jung.
He simply listened calmly as Wen Yuan ranted in his head.
Finally, he left out a sentence—
'If that's how you think, there's nothing I can do.'
Yan Xun watched as Wen Yuanzheng's expression changed repeatedly, and he became somewhat exasperated. He knew that this man was probably questioning the old man in his heart.
He shrugged and prepared to leave.
Then, as he entered the next cabin, a strange voice appeared in his head.
'You spotted me, didn't you?'
The system cannot detect my presence.
'Wen Yuanzheng is stupid, should we cooperate?'