Chapter 2120: Chapter 1697: Clues (Double Length)

“Overturning Water, what are you standing there for? Quickly check the task interface, follow the system prompts and take it step by step!”

Seeing Su Ran standing frozen in place and not taking any actions, Bei Diao felt anxious and couldn’t help but remind him, gesturing for him to get a move on and not leave the NPC hanging.

“I miscalculated, this task doesn’t give any hints at all.”

Su Ran looked at Mengsini’s back and honestly said that the big “prison” character was so glaring, as if mocking his overestimation of his capabilities.

“Huh?”

Bei Diao lost his temper instantly and sighed, “Then I can’t help you, the big talk you boasted about, you’ll have to figure out a way to complete it…”

The Stiff couldn’t help but want to gloat but thought the mood was a bit inappropriate so hurriedly covered his mouth, afraid of getting implicated as well.

“Overturning Water, I tried to advise you before but you wouldn’t listen, now you’re on your own.”

Creamy Youngster shook his head helplessly, the situation had developed to this point, and she had no other solutions, only letting Su Ran mess around as he wished.

“Senior, please calm down, I just said there’s a way to remove your brand, not that it can be removed right now,”

Su Ran decided to stall for time, and spoke seriously, “I understand your eagerness, but it’s not something that can be completed overnight. Once I have a solution, I’ll come back to you.”

After saying this, Su Ran hurried away before the NPC could reply. The more you say, the easier it is to make a mistake, and if he spoke too much, he’d really give the game away.

“Overturning Water, you really are something, taking on any task you fancy, now look at you, at a loss!”

When Su Ran approached, Creamy Youngster couldn’t contain her anger, wishing she could kick him a few times to vent, and said through gritted teeth, “The NPC has already said there’s no solution to the Sand Prison Mark since ancient times, yet you were eager to throw yourself into the pit. I’d like to see how you intend to solve that!”

“Overturning Water, don’t blame me for speaking out of turn, this time you really messed up. No sane person would take this task, knowing it can’t be completed and still insisting on it, isn’t that mental… Ahem, Overturning Water, I wasn’t talking about you, don’t take it to heart.”

Seeing as he accidentally said too much, The Stiff hurried to make amends, afraid of inciting dislike.

“Little Youngster, this is also a gamble for me. I didn’t expect the system to be so excessive, not giving a single task hint, but I believe as long as it’s a task, there will be a solution. If I can’t figure it out in a day, then in ten days, a month, even if it takes a year, I’ll definitely get this NPC!”

Su Ran spoke with determination, brooking no doubt from anyone. There’s no other way, all he could do was say this. The task was there, and if it wasn’t completed, he couldn’t leave the Sand Prison—it’s a disaster!!!

“Overturning Water, I support you! This NPC’s strength is clearly no weaker than his brother’s. If you really can control him, it’s absolutely worth it!!!”

The Stiff was moved deeply. What perseverance, what level of self-discipline—to be willing to spend a year on an NPC, something he admitted he couldn’t do, nor had the courage for. Look, what’s the difference—this is the difference!

“I’ve really had it with your stubbornness. Once you’re set, even nine oxen can’t pull you back!”

Creamy Youngster saw how resolute Su Ran was and stopped complaining, furrowing her brows, “Now’s not the time to talk about this. The task is taken, we have to find a way to solve it, but the key issue is that we have no clues. Anyone got any ideas? Let’s hear them.”

“Right, three humble tailors can still equal Zhuge Liang, but can the four of us not match up to a few humble tailors?”

The Stiff continued on from Creamy Youngster’s words, “Bei Diao, what do you think?”

“Don’t ask me, I don’t know either. This task can’t be easily completed, Overturning Water, you’d better be prepared mentally.”

Bei Diao wasn’t optimistic about Su Ran completing this task. Even Mengsini had no solution for the Sand Prison Mark; how could their four players, with no clues, be stronger than an NPC?

It also meant that this newly received task had a high probability of failing!

Though Bei Diao didn’t voice this thought, he didn’t want to dampen Su Ran’s spirits. Keeping a bit of hope is always good; who knew, maybe Su Ran would indeed figure it out?

“You all should head back. This task can’t be done in just a day or two, and having you all here with me makes me feel uncomfortable.”

Su Ran knew the trouble was of his own making and he couldn’t pull others into it. He immediately decided to tackle the task on his own. Besides, there was no time limit on the task, as long as he didn’t give up, there’d be a day it’s completed!

“Then The Stiff and I will leave you here, Overturning Water, take care.”

Bei Diao himself knew that staying there wasn’t going to help, and leaving wasn’t a bad choice at all. As for why he called out to The Stiff, it’s because that was the little brother newly recruited by Nan Qiang, and he had to bring him along.

“Bei Diao, isn’t it a bit inappropriate to just leave like this? Overturning Water just helped with my task, and if I left him now, it’d be outrageous!”

The Stiff hesitated, knowing the circumstances made it wrong to leave in both moral and ethical senses. His conscience just wouldn’t let him. With this in mind, he firmly refused Bei Diao’s suggestion and solemnly said, “Bei Diao, why don’t you go first? I’ll stay and help, even if I can’t do much, it’ll make me feel a bit better.”