Chapter 15 He Knew What Was Coming

"This... you can have it." After Feng Bujue read the skill card's attributes, he turned to Oub and said, "None of us need medical skills."

"Yeah, you're the only one in the team whose specialty matches," Xiao Tan added.

"Specialty matches..." Oub repeated these words, then complained, "Uh... it sounds like I'm a graduate of excavator school..."

Hearing a possible joke, Feng Bujue perked up. He opened his mouth and replied, "Then the question becomes..."

"I dare anyone to ask," Ruoyu's voice, as cold as a biting wind, followed immediately.

Sure enough... as the female warrior's words fell, no one dared to pick up Jue-ge's words.

"Oh well... never mind I said anything..." Feng Bujue shrugged. "Oub, keep the skill card safe, we're getting ready to go." With that, he turned and walked towards the already open door leading to the river.

Outside the metal door was the river, without any embankment or steps for cushioning. Fortunately, the river was not turbulent, and the water surface was about half a meter lower than the threshold, so the river water would not pour into the house. At most, a few splashes of water would enter.

On the other side of the river, three meters away on the opposite bank... was a stone wall, winding and extending as if boundless. The height of the stone wall was unknown, but it was at least thirty meters high. Higher up... because there was no light, it appeared pitch black and could not be seen clearly.

If one poked their head out of the door and looked to the left and right, the players would find... that this side of the river was no different from the other side. It was just that a section of the stone wall was embedded with a metal door.

[Main Quest Triggered] The system prompt came the moment Jue-ge stuck his head out the door.

Open the quest log and you can see the new main quest: [Go with the flow, find and open the pirate's treasure.]

"Teacher Jue... this isn't going to make us swim across, is it?" Buou stood on tiptoe and looked at the scene outside the door, asking Jue-ge a very practical question.

"What if it is?" Feng Bujue replied. "It's just swimming, it's not like being thrown into a pot of boiling oil. Besides... we don't have to swim." He pointed to the opposite wall. "Everyone is at level forty-something... relying on two walls three meters apart and perpendicular to the ground, we can completely move by jumping back and forth."

"That's right, it's easy," Ruoyu immediately said, moving this way... wasn't much pressure.

"I can do this too," Xiao Ling also said.

"I don't care... as long as the speed isn't less than ten kilometers per hour, I can walk directly on the wall." Xiao Tan's title [Swift Nightmare] has not changed so his title ability [Nightmare Traces] still exists. "Um... but, the places I walk will leave black fire footprints, you better not walk on the same level as me, lest you get burned or something."

"As for me..." Feng Bujue put his hands behind his head and looked at his teammates with a relaxed expression, "I can walk or stand on the water at will, no problem."

"Um... Hell's Frontline... as expected, everyone is skilled..." Oub's weak voice revealed deep admiration. "I will try to keep up with you all."

"I... I will also try to catch up with everyone..." Sweat rolled down Buou's round face, "By swimming..."

"I say, Buou... you should be able to float on water, right..." Feng Bujue complained with a thoughtful expression.

"Eh? Teacher Jue, how did you know?" Buou asked in surprise.

"Huh?" Jue-ge was just using this to complain about the other party's physique, but he didn't expect it to be true. "You really can?"

"Yes," Buou replied, "I have a skill that can change my weight by adjusting the content of hydrogen in my body."

"No way..." Feng Bujue's mouth twitched.

Buou continued, "When necessary, I can float up like a balloon, or float on the water..."

"So... you're going to lie on the river, using a sea turtle swimming style to keep up with us?" Feng Bujue asked.

"Um... yes," Buou nodded. "Don't worry, Teacher Jue, I've tried it in other scripts... if you ride the current, this swimming style isn't slow."

"Okay..." Feng Bujue replied awkwardly, then turned around and walked out of the metal door first.

With the legendary shoes [Treading the Void] helping him, Jue-ge could be said to be more than capable. He calmly stood on the surface of the river, waiting for his teammates to come out.

Buou was the second to come out. He just laid face down in the river...

With a "splash"... he really floated up...

Two seconds later, Buou, having stabilized himself, raised his head and lightly moved his limbs, drifting forward along the river in a posture similar to paddling on a surfboard.

"Teacher Jue, I'll go first~" When Buou "drifted" past Feng Bujue, he did not forget to look up and say hello to his idol.

"Okay... we'll catch up soon." When Feng Bujue replied, he had a strange sense of crossing over. For a moment, he felt like a character in a fairy tale, like a pelican or something, and Buou was a sea turtle passing by him...

"We're leaving too," Ruoyu's words pulled Jue-ge back from his daze.

As she spoke, she suddenly leaped out of the threshold and came to the stone wall on the opposite side. Her toes just lightly touched the wall, and her figure darted out like a flying swallow. In just a few back and forth movements... she had already caught up with Buou in front... truly swift as a flying duck, and graceful as walking on ripples.

Then, Xiao Ling, Xiao Tan, and Oub also jumped out of the metal door in sequence and began to walk on the wall...

"Hmph... this river-walking task must have some conspiracy..." Seeing that his companions had set off, Feng Bujue slowly started walking, chasing after them at a jogging pace, "Anyway, with me covering the rear, I want to see... what tricks 'you' can play."

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At the same time, the Reasoning Club.

"You better not bother me, I have a headache..." Zhuanjiezun (transformed into an owl at this time) stood on top of a bookshelf, with a constipated expression on his face, and said to the "pig-headed man" in front of him.

"I'm just here to deliver something. If you accept it, I will naturally leave." Auink looked up at Zun-ge and said.

"When did you become a postman?" Zhuanjiezun replied.

"Hmph..." Auink sneered, "It seems to have started with 'sending weapons to Feng Bujue'..."

"Blame me?" Zhuanjiezun chanted.

"Of course." Auink replied, "I used to be a butcher, a chef, a killer, a manager... and now I'm a courier."

"You can not do it if you don't like it," Zhuanjiezun replied.

"Easy to say..." Auink snorted coldly, "Could I stand in front of the Lord of All Demons, look him in the eye and say, 'I'm not doing it, find someone else'? Ha! If I said that... what do you think he would do the next second?" He paused for a moment. "Oh... no, he can't even wait a second, by the time I say the word 'you' or 'find', he would have already made a move." He shook his head and said, "He will tear open my belly, rip out every piece of meat, and then take it and put it with Medusa's hair, and stew it into a pot of pork stew with vermicelli... yes, that's what he would do."

"Okay, okay... I got it," Zhuanjiezun said. "What is it? Bring it here quickly."

"Wait a minute," Auink said, then turned sideways, picked up a kitchen knife from his waist, and tore open a spatial crack (he is one of the very few NPCs with the ability to cross space without discrimination, similar to Bugs Bunny). "Ugh... damn... I bet this thing weighs at least a ton..." He complained as he dragged a huge box out of the crack.

"What's in the box?" Zhuanjiezun asked.

"Can't you see it?" Auink asked back.

"Why would I ask you if I could see it..." Zhuanjiezun said, "Didn't I say, I have a headache..." He raised one of his wings and touched his head. "Something is bothering me in my head, having a very bad influence on me... I can't see the 'Truth Sequence' for the time being."

"Oh..." Auink's expression relaxed. "No wonder your tone is a bit abnormal, I thought you were a fake."

"Okay... hurry up and tell me, what is in the box?" Zhuanjiezun said. "When your business here is over, I have other things to do." For Zun-ge at this moment, assisting Feng Bujue in driving away the uninvited guest in his brain was the top priority.

"Oh," Auink said. "This is what the Lord of All Demons specifically asked me to bring to you..." His expression suddenly became serious. "***-762..."

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Item #: ***-762

Object Class: Safe

Description: ***-762 is a torture device resembling the infamous Iron Maiden of Nuremberg. It was recovered in 19[DATA EXPUNGED], located in a box in the basement of [DATA EXPUNGED] in [DATA EXPUNGED], Austria.

Any person placed within ***-762 will enter a state of suspended animation. Test subjects inside ***-762 will no longer require food, water, or even air. At the same time, test subjects inside ***-762 appear to be immune to the effects of illness and injury, including the severe injuries caused by ***-762 itself. Nevertheless, test subjects will remain conscious and describe the experience as extremely painful.

Once a test subject is removed from ***-762, all injuries caused by the device will immediately heal. Since all physiological functions except consciousness are suspended while inside ***-762, persons placed within do not appear to age.

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"Hmm?" At this moment, Zhuanjiezun's appearance changed, he turned into a two-liter bottle of cola, it seemed... he wanted to use this to cover up his next reaction (mainly his expression). "What does this mean? Is there someone in there?"

"No, it's empty," Auink replied. "The Lord of All Demons said, you will use this soon; and said... after you use it, remember to return it to him..." At this point, Auink seemed to realize something. "Wait... you just said, there's a 'thing' in your head bothering you?"

"Okay, you don't need to ask any further..." Zhuanjiezun said, rotating his bottle body. "I already know what the Lord of All Demons meant." He paused for two seconds, bubbling and said, "I already know who the one who sneaked into my head is..."

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Now, let's switch back to Jue-ge and his team.

The six players traveled along the direction of the water flow for about ten minutes, and the scenery in front of them had not changed.

What came into their eyes was always... the golden river, the treasure-filled riverbed, the endless stone walls, and the distant and deep darkness above.

After this period of time, the distance between the players had been stretched. This was unavoidable... because, except for Feng Bujue and Buou, the other four people's modes of movement made it inconvenient to stop.

Of course, they could stop if they wanted to, just jump into the water. But generally speaking, no one would do that unless they encountered something special.

So, the situation that occurred was this...

Xiao Tan traveled along a wall at a speed of ten kilometers per hour... and unknowingly came to the front; the second person chasing behind him was Ruoyu; Xiao Ling ranked third; and the fourth person was Buou, drifting along the river...

Oub, ranked fifth, was after all a medical specialist player, and his physical skills were not very strong... Although it was just a simple back-and-forth wall jump, it was not easy for him. Compared with Ruoyu and Xiao Ling, who used the same method of movement, Oub was a bit far behind.

As for the one at the back of the team, it was still Feng Bujue... he still carried out the concept of covering the rear, consciously "slowly" jogging.

And Jue-ge at this time, had basically guessed... what was about to happen...