The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 171: Own power

Wu Chang's expression changed, and the look he gave Cui Chengze was different.

If you had told me earlier that you were carrying a hidden side quest, wouldn't I have been more polite to you?

There was a hidden side quest ahead, but Wu Chang did not agree on the spot and still maintained the airs of a superior.

"You can say it, but I won't necessarily agree to it."

A look of struggle appeared on Cui Chengze's face. He was worried that revealing his intentions too early would have the opposite effect.

But he was very satisfied with Wu Chang's reaction. Facing such unreasonable demands, it was a normal reaction not to agree rashly. This showed that the other party was principled and valued his promises.

If it were those guys from the New Universe Sect, they would probably agree to his request first no matter what it was. The worst that could happen is they would regret it later.

"I want to save the people on the ship, but I can't fight the New Universe Sect and the monsters that just appeared by myself. I need your help."

After Cui Chengze finished speaking, a line of prompts appeared in front of Wu Chang's eyes.

"Hidden side mission: Help Choi Sung-taek destroy the conspiracy of the New Universe Sect and save as many passengers on the ship as possible. There is no penalty for failure. Do you want to accept the mission?"

Wu Chang had a cold face. He took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and asked Cui Chengze, "Do you take me for an idiot?"

Cui Chengze asked in confusion: "Why do you ask that?"

Wu Chang frowned and said impatiently, "You asked someone for help, but you used such a general phrase to perfunctorily deal with it. Are you looking for death, you bastard?"

"What difference does it make whether you said it or not? How can we help you? How can we save the people on the boat? How many people can we save?"

Cui Chengze was speechless when Wu Chang asked him, "I..."

"What are you talking about? Didn't you see that 70% of the passengers in the cabin have converted to the New Universe Sect? I want to help you deal with the New Universe Sect, but I also want to save the passengers. Are you kidding me? Do you want me to form a sect and take back their faith first?"

Looking at Cui Chengze whose CPU was temporarily overloaded, Wu Chang said coldly: "I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words. Be grateful. I rarely give people a second chance."

Wu Chang scolded Cui Chengze, but Cui Chengze didn't react at all. However, Jianxing and the negotiation master were about to explode.

They looked at Wu Chang in panic. If they were not strong enough, they would have rushed over to cover Wu Chang's mouth, press his head and agree to Cui Chengze's request.

The moment Choi Sung-taek stated his request, prompts popped up in front of not only Wu Chang, but also the other two.

"Hidden side mission: Help Lee Jae-se fulfill Choi Sung-taek's request, destroy the conspiracy of the New Universe Sect, and save as many passengers on the ship as possible. There is no penalty for failure. Do you want to accept the mission?"

Any task that can receive system prompts is extremely important and can change the direction of the copy.

The difficulty of this type of task is often higher than the main task, and the conditions for completion are harsh, but the rewards are equally generous.

According to the records of the Administration, there has never been a stable method to trigger hidden side quests. There are only two possibilities to trigger hidden side quests.

One is luck, and the other is to dig deep enough into the world plot and reach more than 85% of the copy completion. On the basis of high completion, further digging into the copy plot will make it possible to trigger it.

The two of them walked along the way and passed through dozens of copies. Only Jianxing encountered a hidden side quest. It was in that quest that he obtained the job transfer item that allowed him to become a swordsman ahead of schedule.

The Negotiation Master has never triggered a hidden side quest.

However, what surprised the two even more was that the hidden side quest triggered by Wu Chang did not have any penalty for mission failure!

Hidden side quests are originally high-risk, high-reward missions. Even if the consequence of failure is not death, it will still cost a lot. Without the penalty for mission failure, wouldn’t it be a pure reward?

Just when the two thought that pie had fallen from the sky, Wu Chang's scolding of Cui Chengze directly raised their blood pressure.

If this destroyed the hidden side quest, even if the two of them already regarded Li Zaishi, the incarnation of Wu Chang, as their adoptive father in their hearts, they would not be able to hold back and transform into Lu Bu.

Who would have thought that Cui Chengze would actually fall for it.

After thinking for a moment, Cui Chengze lowered his posture and said in a cautious voice:
"Help me deal with the New Universe Sect. I'll teach you when we get back to the ship. As for the passengers they tricked into joining the sect, don't worry. They haven't been believers for long. As long as we disrupt the New Universe Sect's plans, they will be able to break free from control."

At this point, Choi Sung-taek's voice became hesitant.

"If we want to save the number of passengers, we must save at least half of them, especially those high school students! As for those New Universe sect believers who are terminally ill, there is really no way to abandon them."

As Cui Chengze added to the requirements, the hidden side quests received by Wu Chang, Jian Xing and others changed accordingly.

Rescue as many passengers on the ship as possible, and at least rescue half of the passengers on the ship. The higher the task completion rate, the higher the reward.

Jian Xing and the Master of Negotiation were dumbfounded. It was the first time they saw bargaining with the natives of the copy plane, which caused the tasks issued by the system to change accordingly.

The two men recalled that if they had not confirmed the completion requirements with Choi Sung-taek in advance, whether the mission would be completed in the end would depend on Choi Sung-taek's expression. If his requirements at the time were not met, the mission would be considered a failure.

But it’s different now. With hard targets for completing the task, there is no need to worry about Choi Sung-jae temporarily raising the requirements.

The two looked at Wu Chang and thought to themselves: What a good boss we have.

On the other hand, Wu Chang nodded with a hint of disdain and said, "I have disliked those parasites of the New Universe Sect for a long time. In order to deal with them, I can help you."

While speaking, Wu Chang chose to accept the task.

After getting Wu Chang's reply, Cui Chengze breathed a sigh of relief. When he was attacked by the secret ritual master and the werewolf before, he felt a huge sense of powerlessness. Now that he has the support of the super chaebol Li Zaishe, he suddenly felt that his legs were stronger than before and his back stood straighter.

In Takagi Country, except for Midi Country, there is nothing that the chaebol cannot solve.

After Wu Chang chose to accept the hidden side quest, another line of prompts popped up in front of him.

"Because the player chooses to help Choi Sung-taek to fight against the New Universe Sect, and the player has a certain number of followers, the requirements for establishing a faction are met."

"Whether the player chooses to establish his own faction, once the faction is established, it cannot be cancelled and cannot be joined by other factions again."

Wu Chang looked at the prompt in front of him, a look of surprise appeared on his face. Players can also establish forces?
He quickly realized that he was able to build up his power because of the role played by the True Walker.

When the copy was judged, he was judged as a native of the plane, so when his power and prestige reached a certain level and he had a big goal that was enough to change the direction of the copy's plot, he automatically became a force on the Star Leap ship and participated in this multi-party competition.

He was just hesitating about which faction to join. Now, if he formed his own faction, he wouldn't have to worry about following the wrong leader and causing the copy to get out of control.

"Determine to establish power."

"The player successfully established a faction and has the authority to recruit other players to join his faction."

"The current number of players in the player faction: 0, the maximum number of players allowed to join: 5."

"The goal of the player's forces is to maintain order on the Star Leap, reduce the chaos value on the ship, and ensure the survival of as many passengers as possible."

"Current chaos value of Star Leap: 75%, current number of Star Leap passengers alive: 100%, current control over Star Leap: 5%."

"Overall score: 43."

"Current power ranking: 5."

"Note: When the player's power ranking is 1, the Star Leap will become the player's power's home ground. Within the home ground, the combat power of all members of the player's power will be greatly enhanced, their willpower will be extremely improved, and the health of the passengers on board will increase significantly."

If Wu Chang were allowed to build his own power, his goal would probably be to kill all members of the Tranquility Sect and absorb the energy of all mystical rituals. Unfortunately, the opportunity for him to build his power was because he promised to help Choi Sung-taek, so the goal of his power became to ensure the survival of the passengers.

Judging from the current ranking of his force, there are more forces on the ship than he imagined, and he is actually ranked fifth.

The small Star Leap is truly a hidden dragon and crouching tiger.
He turned around and looked at Jian Xing and Negotiation Master who were grinning beside him. Although he didn't know what they were grinning about, since they were in the same force, he prepared two places for them.

"You two heard it too. I just promised him that I would do my best to protect the members on the ship. This is dangerous. The beast and the mysterious man I encountered just now are likely to hinder my actions. Now I give you a chance to choose whether to stay and help me or leave."

After Wu Chang finished speaking, a prompt popped up in front of Jian Xing and the Negotiation Master.

"Li Zaishe is recruiting you. Do you choose to join Li Zaishe's forces? Once you join, you cannot change it. Please choose carefully."

The two of them chose to join without hesitation.

Are you kidding me? Who is Lee Jae-se?
He can help them complete the main mission with a wave of his hand, give them a list of suspicious targets with just a word, and even take them for a walk to find their adoptive father who has a hidden branch mission with no penalty for failure.

As an adopted son, do I have any reason to refuse the power established by my adoptive father?
Before, the two of them felt sorry that their adoptive father had not established his own power, and they were worried that if they joined another power in the future and went against their adoptive father, it would not only appear ungrateful, but it might also affect their completion of the hidden side quest.

Now, the godfather who talked about power established his power in a blink of an eye, and the goal of the power was to protect the survival of the passengers on the Star Leap as much as possible.

What does this mean? It means that my godfather already had the ability to build up his power, but he did not participate in the fight on the Star Leap out of selfish motives. He would only build up his power for the sake of protecting the passengers.

What a selfless spirit, what a noble sentiment.

All of a sudden, Wu Chang's image in their eyes became even taller.

After making an agreement with Choi Sung-taek, when they left the cargo hold, they happened to meet Li Yubin who was bringing people back.

He casually explained a few words to fool Li Yubin, and then led everyone to continue searching for useful information on the Song of the Sea.

The group gathered together and searched for the communication equipment the captain needed.

As expected, the communication equipment on the Song of the Sea was not only unusable, but also had been damaged. Judging from the signs of damage, it should have been broken two years ago.

Several people then went to the cargo hold, trying to find some food or supplies.

Instead of finding any food, they found seven or eight converted torture chambers and a complete set of medieval-style torture instruments.

Judging from the bloodstains on the floor of the room and on the torture instruments, quite a few victims had experienced them.

Not far from the torture chamber, people found dozens of skeletons in a room.

Coming out of the cargo hold, people's expressions became strange. They began to doubt the purpose of the Song of the Sea going out to sea. They also began to speculate what exactly happened on the Song of the Sea that year.

Captain Jiang Junxi expressed regret for the damage to the communication equipment on the Song of the Sea and expressed concern about the mummies that appeared on the Song of the Sea.

He listened to the passengers' advice and started Star Leap again, moving away from Sea Song and continuing to sail in the direction where the moonlight rose.

Back on the ship, the crew members who entered the Anthem of the Sea began to quietly circulate the video they had recorded among the passengers.

The captain and Park Changmin did not stop it, but instead showed a laissez-faire attitude.

In less than an hour, all passengers knew that there were living mummies on the Anthem of the Sea, as well as many horrifying-looking torture chambers.

People's worries and fears about the Song of the Sea successfully increased the chaos value of the Star Leap from 75% to 80%.

However, Wu Chang didn't care about this minor point loss. At this moment, all his attention was focused on Cui Chengze.

As soon as he returned to the boat, Cui Chengze hurriedly called Wu Chang and wanted to teach him how to stop the New Universe Sect.

Coming to the study and closing the door, Cui Chengze looked at Wu Chang intently and said in an extremely serious tone:
"There is something I'm telling you, and you may not believe it, but I can guarantee with everything I have that it is absolutely true!"

"That is, the entire Star Leap has actually fallen into the clutches of the New Cosmic Cult. A terrifying occult ritual has enveloped the entire ship. When the time is right, they will sacrifice all the passengers on the ship."

Wu Chang shrugged and said, "Indeed, I can vaguely feel it."

"Don't rush to deny it. I know you don't... wait, you said you can feel it?" Cui Chengze said in disbelief.

"I can see some strange threads. They are like spider webs, entwined around the entire hull of the ship. I can also see the fourth-floor deck and the captain's room, which are two nodes where the threads are intertwined in the web."

Cui Chengze: "..."

At first, he thought that Wu Chang was sensitive to energy and could sense the existence of mystical energy and use Qi to forcibly break it open. Based on this, he believed that Wu Chang was a rare unpolished gem.

After all, Qi and mystical energy are two completely different systems. To be able to feel Qi and mystical energy at the same time, one must definitely be a genius.

Unexpectedly, he still underestimated Wu Chang. Wu Chang could not feel the mystical energy, but could see it with his eyes.

This is a bit outrageous.

Although he couldn't see the spider web that Wu Chang mentioned, he could still feel the mystical ritual nodes on the fourth deck.

What should I do if I find out in the first class that students understand the textbook better than I do?

Cui Chengze's forehead was sweating and he began to worry that he was not qualified to be a master.

He said with a stiff face, "Since you can feel it, the following topic will be much easier. Earlier in the cargo hold, you asked me how to destroy the plan of the New Universe Sect. I can tell you now that destroying the magic circle they created with the occult ritual will put an end to it all."

Choi Sung-taek said this, opened the suitcase he had just moved out of the room, and took out an ancient book written on parchment.

"The first step to destroying a magic circle is to learn how to see it. We have thirty days, and with your talent, it's enough time to learn the basics of mysticism."

Cui Chengze opened the book and saw that it was filled with spells written in dense, ant-sized words. Wu Chang almost felt nauseous and had dyslexia after just one look.

Too long to watch.

He turned his eyes away from the ancient book, frowned and looked at Cui Chengze, and asked: "What did you say just now, we have thirty days?"

Cui Chengze nodded and said, "Yes, there is a time limit for a ship to enter the shipwreck zone for the first time. The first entry time is thirty days. After thirty days, the ship will automatically leave the shipwreck zone and come to a ritual area."

As Cui Chengze spoke, he shuddered, as if he remembered some horrible experience.

"There, the New Cosmic Cult will initiate their evil rituals, turning everyone on board into sacrifices to an evil god. After the evil god consumes the offerings, he will throw the ship back into the shipwreck zone."

"The shipwreck belt is the evil god's kitchen and also the garbage dump where he discards packaging bags. Only by destroying their rituals can we stop the evil god from coming and protect the safety of the passengers on the ship as much as possible!"

Wu Chang tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Thirty days is too long. The supplies on board cannot sustain for thirty days. The Star Leap was originally going to resupply at Danshan Island, and there are not many supplies on board. Let alone thirty days, if we don't control it, it will be hard to survive even seven days."

"I need a way to get out of this wreck zone faster."

Cui Chengze shook his head and said, "This is the rule of the shipwreck zone. You cannot leave here unless you stay for 30 days."

Wu Chang narrowed his eyes, "Then tell me how you got away from the shipwreck."

(End of this chapter)