Chapter 554: Secrets Hidden in History and Beyond the Bubble

Chapter 554: Chapter 214: Secrets Hidden in History and Beyond the Bubble

WHOOSH…

WHOOSH…

WHOOSH…

Shen Fei gazed at the scene before him. The Empress of the Sea Race was kowtowing in submission, as were the other members of the Sea Race further away. He then glanced over at the light of leveling up flashing brilliantly around Zero, Xiaohong, and Black Tortoise, a result of the massive experience they gained from the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses he had just lured and instantly killed.

Shen Fei’s mind was filled with confusion. At this moment, the situation had completely spun out of his expectations and control.

Originally, he had only intended to lure the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses here to trigger a three-way chaotic battle. Then, he would use the opportunity to capture the Sea Race and quickly interrogate them for the information he wanted.

But Shen Fei never expected that, because of Black Tortoise, he would now find himself being worshipped by the entire Sea Race. They were calling Black Tortoise the “Water God” and him the “Divine Lord.” The scene left him completely stunned for a good while.

“*Ahem, ahem.*”

Once the light from their leveling up faded, Shen Fei exchanged a look with Zero and Xiaohong. He took a deep breath, preparing to have a proper conversation with the Sea Race Empress who was fully prostrated on the ground before him. He needed to ask about his original goal—the ultimate objective of the NPCs—and he also needed to ask just what was going on.

Shen Fei saw that after he had used his ultimate to one-shot all the NPCs and bosses, leaving only the kneeling Sea Race behind, the outskirts of the distant “Dragon Palace” were now filled with countless more of their people, all watching him with reverence. Clearly, the identities of Black Tortoise as the “Water God” and himself as the “Divine Lord” had been relayed via some special channel of communication to their kinsfolk stationed back at the “Dragon Palace.”

Composing himself, Shen Fei got straight to the point. “Since you say I’m the Divine Lord, will you tell me everything you know without reservation?”

While keeping his Defense Towers at the ready, Shen Fei watched the kneeling Sea Race Empress quietly.

“Of course!” the Empress answered in a clear voice, lifting her delicate, exotic face with her small mouth slightly parted. “The Sea Race is willing to offer everything to the Water God and the Divine Lord, without asking for anything in return!”

“Good! Then let me ask you, why are the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses who came from the game hiding in the special zones?” Without much thought, Shen Fei directly asked the ultimate questions that had been plaguing him. “What is their objective? And what are they waiting for?”

The Sea Race Empress began, “Because they… their ultimate goal…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Fei saw the Empress open her mouth to speak. However, to his deep dismay, he found he could only hear scattered words. Just as when he had interrogated the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses, the crucial information was being blocked again. Shen Fei realized that even coming from a different faction like the Sea Race, he was unable to hear the specific reason.

“No good!”

Turning his head to look at Zero, who could read lips, Shen Fei received an answer that only deepened his frustration. The sound of the Empress’s voice was blocked, but her mouth was still moving. Having heard earlier that Zero could read lips, Shen Fei had her ready to interpret the information that way.

Unfortunately, Zero failed as well.

Even though she could read lips and saw the Sea Race Empress’s mouth moving, Zero couldn’t decipher a single shred of information. As she watched, the Empress’s mouth was moving, but according to the rules of lip-reading, the sounds she was forming were just “wah wah wah wah…” with no valid information being conveyed at all.

So that’s how it is… The rules don’t have loopholes. This information is blocked from human players.

His question was still unanswered. Seeing this, Shen Fei guessed that even if he had the Sea Race Empress use Morse code, write it down, or use some special communication tool, he most likely still wouldn’t get the information. He had gone to all this trouble, only to end up with nothing. It was obvious this information was forbidden to humans.

“What’s your name?”

Frowning, Shen Fei casually asked for the Sea Race Empress’s name while pondering a new line of investigation.

“Respected Divine Lord!” the Empress answered in her clear, crisp voice. “My name is Vanas.”

This time, Shen Fei heard her perfectly clearly.

Just as I thought, this part wasn’t blocked!

He could hear her name clearly, but the information he was searching for was ruthlessly blocked. Shen Fei once again confirmed that the rules of the world were at play.

“Where do you, the Sea Race, come from?” After a few seconds of silence, Shen Fei spoke again, asking about the origin of the Sea Race.

“Respected Divine Lord, we of the Sea Race…”

Unfortunately, to Shen Fei’s frustration, he discovered that the origin of the Sea Race was also blocked. The relevant sounds were once again inaudible to him.

He sighed. He had thought that with the powerful Sea Race—a faction capable of holding its own against the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses—unexpectedly kneeling before him, his objective would be easily accomplished. But Shen Fei never expected that not only would the information remain unobtainable, but now, even the origin of the Sea Race had become a secret of the same magnitude.

Not only was the old problem unsolved, but his questioning had revealed a new one that needed investigating.