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[Ding, the map of The Way of the Extraordinary is activating. You will enter The Way of the Extraordinary in 30 seconds. The instance you are entering is "Horror Cruise," code: 015]

[Difficulty Level: S]

[Type: Solo]

[Main Quest: Survive for five days]

[Note: Non-Extraordinary items cannot be brought in.]

[Introduction to Instance 015: In 1900, a cruise ship of the Irish United Nations set sail on a secret mission. On its return voyage, the ship mysteriously disappeared, becoming a mystery for the Irish United Nations.]

"Damn it, an S-rank instance..." Zhang Yuanqing grimaced, wondering if he had forgotten to pay the Luck Goddess her dues last night! The "disguise role card" function of the Black Heart can definitely fool The Way of the Extraordinary, so matching with an S-rank is not his own fault, but rather that the demon beast Haas himself has to enter an S-rank instance.

Although the demon beast Haas is a peak Saint, the probability of matching with an S-rank is very low. He remembers that when Fu Qingyang was in the Saint stage, A-rank was the norm, and only after clearing A-rank instances for half a year consecutively would it be possible to trigger an S-rank instance once.

The demon beast Haas is inferior to Fu Qingyang, so the probability of once every six months is very low, let alone once a year.

Bad luck, he ran into it.

"An S-rank instance for a level six Saint, even I would probably be in danger. But why is it a 1900s instance?"

In the Second District, the instance background corresponding to a level six Saint is the early Song Dynasty or the late Tang Dynasty. In the First District, it should correspond to the mid-Middle Ages. The era of vampires, werewolves, witches, and bounty hunters.

How could it be! The thirty seconds ended. Zhang Yuanqing's vision blurred, presenting a wavy pattern, and he was about to be teleported to the instance.

"Knock, knock!" After knocking, Zhang Yuanqing pushed open the heavy, brass-clad door. Entering the luxurious private room, he scanned the decor and saw Catherine sitting on the sofa in a black gown, silent, her exquisite and beautiful features as if shrouded in a layer of frost.

"You failed!" Catherine said in a deep voice. The corners of her eyes and eyebrows no longer had any coquettishness. At this moment, she finally had the majesty and pressure of a Dominator-level figure. Otherwise, Zhang Yuanqing would have thought she was just a little slut who only knew how to wiggle her ass to seduce men.

Zhang Yuanqing's expression was indifferent. "Yeah."

"Bacchus has returned to The Way of the Extraordinary. Hecate should not be dead yet, but she has fallen into the hands of the Celestial Punishment, which is no different from being dead."

Catherine's lips curled into a dangerous smile. "They are all dead. How come you are not dead?"

Is that even human? If I were Demon King, I would definitely stuff your mouth full...

Zhang Yuanqing maintained his aloof and eccentric demeanor. "If your purpose in seeing me is to interrogate me, then I think I can leave."

Catherine narrowed her eyes, staring at him deeply. "After investigation, we found that after Ju Mang left the Celestial Punishment building last night, he did not go directly to the rescue site. Instead, he drove to the Dessen River and drove on the riverside road for fifteen minutes. And when he arrived at the Dessen River Park, all the nearby surveillance equipment malfunctioned, and no information was captured."

"There were two business vehicles at the scene of the battle. Only Ju Mang and a Ju Yin corpse were in the cars. There were no other members of the Five Elements Alliance rescue team. This was a carefully planned setup. Ju Mang knew in advance that he would be ambushed last night."

"Tongtian Jiaozhu, explain why Ju Mang knew the news in advance. Who leaked the information? And explain why Bacchus and Hecate both failed, but you returned unscathed."

As expected, they asked about this. Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself that the Hunter Guild could find out these things, so of course the Celestial Punishment could too. But regarding this matter, the Execution Department did not dig to the bottom, giving him a great deal of tolerance. Mainly for the Celestial Punishment, no matter what method or means Ju Mang used, as beneficiaries, they could accept it. There was no need to split hairs over the details. But in the eyes of the Hunter Guild, this is, we have a traitor among us!

Who is the traitor? Only so many people know about the action. If you have to find a traitor, then it must be the foreigner, Tongtian Jiaozhu.

Zhang Yuanqing had already prepared a plan. He glanced at the wide bathtub, a sneer curling at the corners of his mouth. "Do I need to jump in there to explain?" Without giving Catherine a chance to nod, he quickly said, "Explain what? Explain how trash Hecate and Bacchus are? Or how trash your Hunter Guild's intelligence work is? You think I leaked the information? Ha, then why would I come here? Do I think my life is too long? Or am I reluctant to leave your little slut?"

His tone was harsh and sarcastic, combined with the sneer at the corners of his mouth, it was very infuriating. This was the mockery technique that Zhang Yuanqing learned from the Single Inheritance Knight, Zhai Cai. He called this a preemptive strike!

Catherine's face darkened.

Zhang Yuanqing's expression was even gloomier. He walked to the side of the sofa, propped himself on the armrest, leaned over, almost face to face with Catherine, and said coldly, "You think I betrayed Bacchus and Hecate, which led to the failure of the mission? Bacchus has a Dominator-level item, but the operation didn't last more than ten minutes from beginning to end. Catherine, don't just spread your legs and play with men all day long. Use your brain and think about why this is?"

"Because that guy has Dominator-quality items, and more than one! Your Hunter Guild's ability to gather intelligence is simply comparable to trash. And you still want to interrogate me? You almost killed me. If I wasn't a lower level than you, I would have sent you back to The Way of the Extraordinary a long time ago."

His forehead was bulging with veins, his expression was both gloomy and angry to the point of being ferocious. The suppressed and angry emotions were very full, and it didn't seem like acting at all.

This is the basic skill of an Illusionist. Tongtian Jiaozhu was angry, and Catherine calmed down. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Ju Mang has Dominator-quality items? What kind of items?"

Zhang Yuanqing snorted, "Six black talismans that can form a formation and transform into chains, and a black and white two-sided short knife."

A black and white two-sided short knife, Catherine sounded a little familiar. Immediately, she seemed to remember something, and her expression became a little strange. She silently picked up her phone and clicked and swiped on the screen for a moment.

"Is this the knife!" She turned the phone screen towards Tongtian Jiaozhu. On the screen was a photo. The original photo should have been a photo of someone holding a knife, but the person holding the knife was cropped out, leaving only a hand and a black and white two-sided short blade. It was indeed the Form and Spirit Extinction Blade!

"Yes, that's it!"

Zhang Yuanqing nodded, then showed a puzzled look. "How do you have a photo?"

Catherine showed a look of realization. At this time, her phone "dinged" and a message came in. After reading the message, Catherine turned her phone towards Tongtian Jiaozhu again. "Black paper talisman?"

"That's this."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded, his eyes glancing at the surveillance camera on the ceiling.

Obviously, the president of the Hunter Guild, and the two vice presidents, were watching this conversation behind the surveillance camera at this moment.

Catherine already had an answer in her mind.

She had seen the Demon King use the black and white two-sided short knife, called the Form and Spirit Extinction Blade. And the black paper talisman, its name was unknown, but its last owner was Yuan Shi Tianzun, and its previous owner was the Dominator of the Nihility Sect.

Yes, Catherine had confirmed that the two Dominator items used by Ju Mang were Yuan Shi Tianzun's legacy. There was a swordsman in the Five Elements Alliance rescue team named Guan Ya. According to intelligence, she was Yuan Shi Tianzun's girlfriend.

And the direct superior of this team was Fu Qingyang. As everyone knows, Fu Qingyang and Yuan Shi Tianzun had a close relationship. Within the Five Elements Alliance, the two were in a mutually beneficial relationship.

Recently, the Hunter Guild also collected some gossip about Fu Qingyang and Yuan Shi Tianzun.

It was said that a Night Wanderer in the rescue team revealed it to a member of the Celestial Punishment.

Based on these two levels of relationship, it was not surprising that Ju Mang could borrow Yuan Shi Tianzun's items.

"These items are all Yuan Shi Tianzun's legacy," Catherine briefly explained, and continued to ask, "How did you escape?"

"I hid in Hecate's dream." Zhang Yuanqing's answer was impeccable.

"Hiding in a dream, a good way!" Catherine nodded slightly, and tentatively asked, "What do you think, how did Ju Mang know that he was about to be ambushed?"

"Either by observing the stars, or by divination." Zhang Yuanqing gave a guess that was consistent with his identity in the Second District.

Catherine nodded, and without asking any further, picked up her handbag, took out a bank card, and said, "Although the mission failed, the Hunter Guild never treats its members badly. There are 500,000 federal coins in the bank card, which is the organization's compensation for you."

Watching Tongtian Jiaozhu leave with the bank card, the soundproofed brass door closed, and Catherine looked up at the surveillance camera, and said, "President, two vice presidents, do you think Tongtian Jiaozhu leaked the information? I still can't figure out how Ju Mang knew in advance that we would ambush him."

No one answered her, but a few minutes later, Catherine's phone "dinged" and a new message came in. She unlocked the fingerprint and checked the message. It was a video, a video that was extremely popular on the Celestial Punishment forum some time ago, a video of Yuan Shi Tianzun single-handedly challenging three peak Saints.

Catherine did not open the video, because she already understood that no one had leaked the action. The reason why Ju Mang was able to see through the ambush in advance was the result of the Night Wanderer in the team observing the stars.

Yuan Shi Tianzun has an astrolabe that assists in observing the stars! That astrolabe allowed him, a newcomer who had been promoted to Star Official for only three months, to have the ability to observe the stars comparable to a senior Star Official.

And that astrolabe, not surprisingly, was in the hands of the Five Elements Alliance rescue team.

The picture went from blurry to clear. Zhang Yuanqing saw a landscape of sea and sky in one color. The azure sea reflected the azure sky. He stood on the deck of the cruise ship, bathing in the sunlight and sea breeze. The clothes on his body had not changed, and when he touched his face again, it had not changed either. It was not a role-playing instance.

This cruise ship was very large, so large that Zhang Yuanqing could not see the whole picture. On the deck, several sailors in navy uniforms, armed with guns, were busy washing the deck with hoses, buckets, brushes, and other tools.

Zhang Yuanqing used Divine Travel, and his spirit left his body, floating into the sky. Looking down from a high altitude, he could see the whole picture of the cruise ship. It was a small and medium-sized cruise ship, about fifty meters in length, with a white painted hull, and two decks.

Two thick smokestacks stood on the cruise ship, emitting billowing black smoke.

With the sea breeze blowing gently, this steam cruise ship was sailing on the sea, leaving behind a ten-meter-wide deep blue waterway.

At the head of the cruise ship, sailors were washing the deck with brushes and hoses. In the high lookout tower, a navy soldier in a navy uniform, carrying a rifle, was smoking a cigarette and lazily standing guard.

"A cruise ship from more than a hundred years ago, 1900. The Sino-Japanese War had just ended 5 years ago, and there were still 14 years until World War I. The First District has been open for 16 years. Well, this is also the beginning of the decline of the Irish United Nations."

Zhang Yuanqing recalled the knowledge he had learned from textbooks in his mind.

Everything was normal on the cruise ship. He turned his gaze and looked at the end of the horizon. The sea was also normal.

"The introduction to The Way of the Extraordinary says that this cruise ship will mysteriously disappear on its return voyage and become a mystery, and my main quest is to survive for five days, which means that the cruise ship will disappear within five days."

"This is a Twisted's instance. The characteristics of the Twisted are all kinds of strange demons. Uh, will we encounter deep-sea monsters on the return trip? I have a phobia of the deep sea."

While complaining in his heart, he sank his spirit and returned to his body.

He planned to gather intelligence first. There must be a reason for the disappearance of the cruise ship. It couldn't just be a shipwreck or a monster!

It can't be that simple, otherwise it wouldn't be matched with an S-rank difficulty.

"Hey, brave soldier!" Zhang Yuanqing stopped two patrolling navy soldiers and smiled, "Do you recognize me?"

The two navy soldiers straightened their backs, saluted, and said loudly, "Yes, Lieutenant Haas!"

Lieutenant? What level is a lieutenant? Never mind, as long as it's not a grunt! This touched Zhang Yuanqing's blind spot. As a military idiot who had never even played war games, he could only distinguish the order of army commander, division commander, and commander.

"Who is the highest-ranking officer on the cruise ship? Where is he?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
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