Chapter 2567: Chapter 1164: Fairy Tale Beach, Dark Ending! (Part 2)
This is a checkpoint before facing the gods, it can’t be that simple, right?
"Gulp!"
Bai Jiao swallowed, she wanted to say, I’ll read it, but the words stopped at her lips, feeling quite unsure.
"I’ll read!"
Hua Yue Yu and Ji Xinyan said simultaneously.
"Oh my, with so many men here, how can we let the girls take the risk?"
Fang Mingyuan tried to shake his bangs, but since he was wearing a costume, all he shook were the plush: "Let me do it!"
"I can do it too!"
Hu Wenwu raised his hand.
"Alrighty, Mingyuan!"
Qian Jiahui knew Hu Wenwu was honest, the tasks assigned to him, he would do, even if unwilling, while Fang Mingyuan was displaying quite unselfish behavior.
"Hehe!"
Fang Mingyuan chuckled in his heart.
What am I afraid of?
Old White is the youngest Dragon Wing in the nine continents, and he’s so loyal, he absolutely wouldn’t let my efforts go to waste!
After God’s ruins is over, as long as I’m alive, with his status, helping me join the Haijing Security Bureau would be a piece of cake!
Of course, Fang Mingyuan knew his capabilities, he never thought of entering God’s ruins, he purely wanted an identity as a Security Bureau member to legitimately access information related to the God Hunters.
"Mingyuan, thank you!"
Lin Baici didn’t hold back, he needed to conserve energy for battling the gods, couldn’t do everything himself.
"Alright!"
Fang Mingyuan found the first stone that had a story written on it.
"Don’t rush, try reading it silently first, familiarize yourself with all the pathways through the reefs!"
Ji Xinyan reminded, just in case.
"Old White, what do you think?"
Fang Mingyuan considered Lin Baici’s opinion valuable.
"Do as Xinyan suggested!"
Lin Baici was still concerned, so he darted through the reefs, eyes rapidly scanning through the stories.
After ten minutes, Fang Mingyuan went through all the reefs: "Is this okay now?"
"You all should stay close to the shore, and if it gets really dangerous, get on the raft, and paddle towards the center of the stream!"
Lin Baici held his weapon, ready for battle: "Let’s begin!"
If a monster appears, where would it come from?
"Alright!"
Fang Mingyuan looked at the reef, cleared his throat: "Legend says, at the forest’s edge, there’s a village..."
"Wait!"
Lin Baici interrupted.
Slash!
Everyone turned to look.
"Is my voice not good enough?"
Fang Mingyuan felt embarrassed.
"No, everyone should search again, and see if there’s another ending!"
Lin Baici still felt this checkpoint wouldn’t be so simple.
Everyone followed suit.
"Let’s go a bit further!"
Lin Baici urged them, the best would be to check all the nearby reefs.
After searching for another twenty minutes.
Just as Zhou Zhou felt Lin Baici might be overthinking, being too cautious, and wanted to persuade him to start reading the story, Ji Xinyan had a major discovery.
"Come over here, guys!"
Ji Xinyan found a reef.
The story fragment depicted a little boy being offered to a dragon by villagers. The boy killed the dragon, impersonated it, extorted several villages, got discovered, and ended up hanging at a big tree at the village entrance.
"They should belong to the same story, right?"
Xu Jiaqi read it and felt they were similar.
"Turns out there’s a tragic ending."
Bai Jiao hadn’t expected there really was one. If Lin Baici wasn’t cautious enough, everyone would’ve missed it.
"So, the question is, how do these two endings affect the outcome?"
Hua Yue Yu, being a streamer, often played games, knew how these branching options change the story’s progression if chosen wrongly.
In God’s ruins, this probably involved death.
[Those who choose the wrong story ending will die suddenly on the spot!]
"Can’t you just tell me which one to choose?"
Lin Baici was displeased.
[As the king at the top of the food chain, you are too merciful, completely lacking the ferocity of a carnivore!]
[What’s the matter with a fifty percent mortality rate? Die, then just have someone else read again, right?]
[So many cannon fodder, don’t waste!]
In Eater God’s view, this kind of non-life-threatening checkpoint was too easy.
It’s just a person dying!
And people,
are the least valuable.
"Mingyuan, choosing the wrong ending may result in death!"
Lin Baici did not hide this from Fang Mingyuan.
"Huh?"
Fang Mingyuan was startled: "No way, so cruel?"
Fang Mingyuan was originally carefree, but seeing Lin Baici looking serious, he suddenly realized Lin Baici wasn’t just guessing, but was certain choosing wrong would lead to death.
Damn!
What do I do now?
Everyone looked at Fang Mingyuan.
Fang Mingyuan licked his lips, gritted his teeth: "I’ll go read the story!"
Damn!
When a man speaks, it’s a promise.
If he chickens out today, he’d never hold his head up high!
It’s just a fifty percent chance,
I’ll gamble it!
"Old White, you’re too kind!"
Fang Mingyuan shook his head: "Luckily you’re a God Hunter, otherwise you’d suffer!"
Everyone thought Fang Mingyuan’s assessment was quite right. Lin Baici could have kept silent.
By speaking out like this, Fang Mingyuan had a great chance to refuse reading the story.
"Which ending should I choose?"
Fang Mingyuan stood again at the first reef.
"I don’t know!"
Lin Baici took a deep breath: "It’s your life, you decide!"
Lin Baici was also worried he might give the wrong choice.
"Alright then!"
Fang Mingyuan had participated in provincial sports events and his heart had been trained; since he decided to go ahead, he shouldn’t think too much.
"I’m starting now!"
Fang Mingyuan reported to Lin Baici, then began reading the story, trying to be as expressive as possible.
As the story progressed, everyone listened while observing the surroundings.
Every time Fang Mingyuan finished gambling on a reef’s story, he’d rush to the next one.
Until...
It’s time to choose the ending!
"According to the polluting style, the dark ending is likely the correct choice."
Fang Mingyuan couldn’t help but feel conflicted.
"But I want to choose a happy ending!"
"So many people died, now even a fairy tale has to be dark, isn’t that too cruel?"
So, Fang Mingyuan determinedly ran to the reef with the bright ending, where the little boy returns to the village with the big dragon’s treasure and leads a happy life.
This was Fang Mingyuan declaring war on the gods!
No matter the correct ending, I will choose what I like!
Soon, Fang Mingyuan finished reading the story.
No monsters emerged; instead, the words on those reefs shone brightly like stars, converging together to form a small, glimmering fishing boat.
The translucent appearance looked extraordinarily beautiful.
"Did it work?"
"Old Fang, awesome!"
"With this little boat, we can leave now, right?"
Everyone was overjoyed, another pollution was resolved.
"Not leave, but find the gods!"
Lin Baici corrected.
"Then what are we waiting for?"
Fang Mingyuan urged: "Everyone, continue finding the story, build the starlight fishing boat!"
[Boarding it will take you to the god’s grand theater!]
Eater God commented.
Lin Baici raised an eyebrow: "Everyone, you should stay here, next up is my battle!"
Everyone was puzzled, but Hua Yue Yu reacted quickly.
"Is it time to face the gods?"
Hua Yue Yu worried about Lin Baici: "I want to go!"
At crucial moments, I can be the sacrifice!
Hua Yue Yu was ready to give her all.
"I’ll go too!"
Ji Xinyan also worried for Lin Baici.
"Stop arguing, stay put!"
Lin Baici emphasized: "It’s safe here, no monsters. Even if I fail, you can still wait for the Security Bureau’s rescue!"
Lin Baici left supplies to ensure Ji Xinyan and the others could eat and drink, then jumped onto the starlight boat.
As the boat started, Fang Mingyuan jumped on as well.
"..."
Lin Baici frowned.
"Old White, don’t stop me!"
Longing, Fang Mingyuan said: "My cousin talks about your exploits all the time, you don’t know how much I envy you!"
"Give me a chance!"
"Even just being an observer would be great!"
Fang Mingyuan was determined to go.
His girlfriend status? Had a few, college life? Extremely smooth, without incident, he’d become a sports teacher at an elementary school after graduation.
His parents had already arranged it!
But this kind of life was too mundane; Fang Mingyuan didn’t like it. Previously, he wanted to become a God Hunter but lacked the chance. Now, he wanted to take a gamble.
If he wins, it’s upgrading from a bike to a garage filled with sports cars!
