dkrc Chapter 99 Hidden Mission?
Chapter 99 Hidden Mission?
The heart-wrenching cries echoed for a long time in the quiet alley.
Chen You neither urged him nor offered any clumsy words of comfort.
He simply stood quietly to the side, like an emotionless stone sculpture.
This is the joy and sorrow of NPCs, a story already written in the data.
He was just a passerby, a messenger.
After an unknown amount of time, the crying gradually subsided, leaving only suppressed sobs.
Meng Xiao hastily wiped her face with her faded sleeve, raised her swollen eyes, and looked at Chen You again, her voice hoarse.
"Big brother... I, I want to take this to show my mother."
She opened her tightly clenched little hand, and the [White Feather Emblem] lay quietly in her palm, soaked with her tears and sweat.
"My father always says that he promised my mother he would come back..."
Chen You's heart stirred slightly.
【Ding! 】
The quest "The Hero's Orphan" has been updated!
[Mission Objective: Escort Meng Xiao to the [Tranquil Cemetery] in the northern suburbs of Zhaocheng to bid her a final farewell.]
[Quest Rewards: 50000 Experience, 500 Zhaocheng Reputation, ???]
The final reward was three question marks.
Chen You raised an eyebrow.
Random reward?
"Okay." He nodded succinctly. "I'll take you there."
……
The road from the old town to the northern suburbs cemetery is quite long.
Chen You originally wanted to hire a system carriage directly, but Meng Xiao just shook her head silently and insisted on walking there herself.
It's as if this road is also part of the farewell ceremony.
Chen You didn't care and followed behind her at a leisurely pace.
Speechless all the way.
The further north you go, the fewer people you see. The air is filled with the damp smell of earth, and the silence is almost oppressive.
The two left the city and walked for about five minutes.
Finally, the two stopped in front of a cemetery surrounded by low stone walls.
【A tranquil cemetery】.
Most of those buried here are ordinary residents of Zhaocheng, as well as... nameless soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect this city.
Meng Xiao navigated the tombstones with practiced ease, finally stopping in front of a very inconspicuous stone tablet, where she slowly knelt down.
The stone tablet bore no ornate inscriptions, only a gentle name—
"The Tomb of My Beloved Wife, Lin Wanqing".
Meng Xiao didn't say anything, but simply reached out her small hand and gently brushed away the dust from the tombstone.
Then he carefully placed the [White Feather Emblem] in front of the tombstone.
After doing all this, she knelt there, motionless, like a small statue.
The wind blew, swirling up a few fallen leaves that rustled among the tombstones.
Chen You stood not far away and waited for five minutes.
Meng Xiao didn't move.
He waited another ten minutes.
Meng Xiao still didn't move.
"..."
Chen You tried calling out, but there was no response.
The mission was to escort the person, and once the person was delivered, what happened next?
Is this mission going to end here?
How do I get to the next main city?
The main questline should remain running, right?
But how long will it take?
Instead of waiting, why not find a place to grind some monsters?
Chen You looked up again and surveyed his surroundings. Just then, he caught a glimpse of something unusual out of the corner of his eye.
Not right.
Chen You narrowed his eyes slightly, under the passive skill [Spiritual Vision].
A strange change is taking place in Meng Xiao, who is kneeling in front of the tombstone.
Wisps of black mist, thinner than a hair, were slowly rising from the damp soil and from beneath the nameless tombstones around them.
As if drawn by some invisible force, they rushed to burrow into Meng Xiao's small body.
It was like some kind of pure, cold negative energy.
Sadness, deathly silence, despair...
These dark wisps seemed to be a collection of all the negative emotions that had accumulated in this cemetery over thousands of years.
Meng Xiao's extremely grief-stricken state of mind at this moment was like a huge vortex, frantically attracting all this energy.
Her health points are slowly but steadily decreasing at a rate of -1 point per second.
[Meng Xiao (weak)]
[HP: 79/120]
If this continues, isn't this little girl going to be so sad that she crashes?
"What's going on here?"
Chen You was a little confused.
Is this the mission's storyline?
Or does Meng Xiao fail because she runs out of missions in a little while?
We can't just stand by and watch!
With a thought, he raised his sword fingers, and a wisp of golden spiritual power, refined to its extreme, gathered at his fingertips.
This is the pure Yang power that comes with the condensed spiritual power of the "Nine Revolutions Primordial Chaos Technique," which also has a certain purifying effect on this kind of negative energy that has no physical form.
Without the slightest hesitation, he flicked his finger.
"call out!"
A golden ray the size of a grain of rice shot through the air silently and precisely towards the densest mass of black energy surrounding Meng Xiao.
In his mind, this would be enough to dispel the filth and get the mission back on track.
However, the moment the golden light touched the black energy, a sudden change occurred!
"Sizzle—!"
A piercing sound, like boiling oil being poured onto ice, rang out.
Instead of dispelling the dark energy, the golden light ignited the entire scene like a spark thrown into a hot oil pan!
The countless black wisps that were slowly seeping in suddenly contracted as if they had been violently stimulated.
Then it transformed into streaks of black lightning, tearing through the air and pouring into Meng Xiao's body at a speed a hundred times faster than before!
"Well--!"
Meng Xiao let out a painful groan, her small body trembling violently.
She slowly, with an extremely stiff posture, raised her head.
On that tear-streaked face, all sadness and vulnerability vanished without a trace, replaced by a deep-seated indifference and coldness.
Her eyes, which were originally red and swollen, now had pupils that were completely black and unfathomable.
The temperature of the surrounding air dropped sharply.
"Why...why...disturb...her...peace...?"
A cold, eerie voice, seemingly composed of countless overlapping voices of men, women, and children, uttered slowly and deliberately from Meng Xiao's mouth.
Chen You was stunned.
What's the situation now?
Before he could react, a new system notification appeared.
【Ding! 】
[Your actions have deeply wounded the heart of the hero's orphan, triggering a hidden quest—[The Disturbed Rest]!]
[Mission Introduction: The girl's resentment has awakened a power that has been dormant in this place.]
Guided by the blood of heroes, she will make you pay the price for your arrogance and rudeness!
[Mission Objective: Survive for ten minutes under Meng Xiao's vengeance!]
[Mission Note: During the battle, you cannot leave the [Tranquil Cemetery] area and cannot deal any damage to [Meng Xiao].]
Immediately afterwards, another global announcement appeared.
[World Announcement (Zhaocheng Region): Hidden Public Quest in Zhaocheng Triggered!]