Quadruple split.

Chapter 2623 [The Troublemaker's Constitution]

"oops!"

While excitedly flapping her wings at the rare moment of alone time with Mo Tan, Ji Xiaoge, who was holding Mo Tan's arm and looking around, suddenly turned to look at the man in front of her and exclaimed, "Speaking of which, I think I've suddenly made a breakthrough!"

Mo Tan was immediately taken aback and asked curiously, "What clues? What clues about how we were teleported here?"

"Yes."

Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously, dragging Mo Tan around the space as she said, "Logically speaking, a semi-finished product with only 'excellent' quality shouldn't start on its own. Although I haven't carefully checked its stability, the built-in safety devices of such precision equipment won't malfunction in most cases. In addition, I made two extra safety measures based on the blueprints given by my mentor, so there's a 99.99% chance that such an absurd malfunction won't occur."

Knowing full well that Ji Xiaoge, though somewhat single-minded, was quite reliable in research, development, production, and engineering, Mo Tan nodded in agreement, saying, "Indeed, so why is that?"

"I think..."

The girl's beautiful eyes sparkled, her lips parted slightly, and her breath was sweet as orchids: "It's probably because of your fussy nature."

Mo Tan: "?"

Ji Xiaoge coughed lightly and waved her hand forcefully, saying, "Don't misunderstand, I meant your 'troublesome nature'!"

Mo Tan: "???"

"Oh! That's it! That's the one!"

Ji Xiaoge jumped up and down in a panic, waving her arms frantically: "Your title! Your title!"

“I know… I remember now.”

For the past few days, Mo Tan had been trying every day to forget the title of "troublemaker," but just when she finally managed to put it out of her mind, the winged beauty in front of her reminded her of it. With a struggling expression, Mo Tan sighed and shook her head, saying, "I don't think so."

Ji Xiaoge blinked curiously: "Why?"

"Because I didn't receive any missions."

Mo Tan spread his hands innocently and said with a wry smile, "I did consider the possibility of that title, but if that were the case, there should be a corresponding quest that would be automatically awarded."

……

[A troublesome person]

Category: title

Quality: Normal

Attribute: Civilization attribute [Charm] +1
Positive effect [Let me see what's going on]: The task panel will occasionally add 1 to 3 pieces of useful or useless information.

Active Trait [What's Wrong]: Within 12 hours of activating this trait, all mission rewards are increased by 3%, limited to money, experience, reputation, and mass-produced consumables. Cooldown time: 72 hours.

Negative effects [What the hell is going on here?]: Increases the trigger rate of emergency missions by 5% and the trigger rate of critical missions by 1%.

Passive Trait [What's Wrong Again]: When you receive two or more tasks of the same quality at the same time, the difficulty of the tasks will increase slightly, and the reward of the task completed first will decrease slightly.

[Note: As the title suggests.]

……

In conclusion, as Mo Tan said, although the title of "troublemaker" is indeed well-deserved, considering that he checked the task list several times and found no tasks marked as 'urgent' or 'crisis', it should be...

"Oh, if it's an 'emergency' mission, I have one!"

Ji Xiaoge interrupted Mo Tan in a lighthearted tone, her eyes glazed as she flipped through the quest panel that only she could see, and said, "Let me see, this quest is called [The Queen's Legacy]. The requirement is that we find something called 'The Queen's Legacy' within 5 hours, and the reward for succeeding is... none?!"

Upon hearing the word 'none,' Mo Tan, who immediately exhibited PTSD symptoms, was startled and hurriedly asked, "What about the penalty for failure?"

"The penalty for failure, let me see."

Ji Xiaoge blinked, then gasped in shock, exclaiming, "Defined as an intruder by the [Ascension Fortress] Valhalla and subjected to a wide-area manhunt? This thing looks like it's practically a pile of junk, how can it still hunt people down?"

Mo Tan's expression had become completely serious, his brows furrowed, and he asked in a deep voice, "If I remember correctly, you just said that the [Key Stone] needs another 6 hours of cooling before it can restart and send the two of us back to Anka, right?"

Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously: "Mmm!"

"I understand."

Mo Tan sighed, then gripped his right longsword tightly, channeling his battle qi to unleash a bright, hazy light that illuminated the abandoned cabin where the two were. He said softly, "Considering the consistent tone of the [Innocent Realm], I think that for the next sixty minutes before we can reactivate the [Key Stone], we will most likely be in constant danger until we are teleported away or killed."

"I understand."

As a long-time partner who had been comrades-in-arms even before their online romance, Ji Xiaoge did not question a single word Mo Tan had just said. Instead, with a serious expression, she took out the [Valkyrie Gatherin] and adjusted the energy-saving flashlight in her hand to the 360° indiscriminate tactical lighting mode. She placed it on a tray that resembled a floating cannon base and could fly freely in the air. While pulling down her goggles, she earnestly said, "Let's leave this completely abandoned 'safe house' first and see if we can find any clues related to the 'Queen's Legacy'."

"Ah."

Mo Tan smiled at her reassuring online lover, then followed Ji Xiaoge's lead, sword in hand, keeping a close eye on their surroundings.

This is a rather complex and mentally taxing action. After all, the best position to follow someone is always behind them, or at the very least, to their left or right. To say that you are "following" someone from the front is more like a grammatically incorrect sentence.

But that's exactly what Mo Tan is doing right now. As the melee and tank in the duo, his task at this moment is to protect Ji Xiaoge, who is constantly analyzing the ruins and has an excellent sense of direction. Under these circumstances, letting her go ahead is obviously not the best choice. Even just following her would easily create blind spots in defense. Therefore, walking alongside her is the optimal solution for Mo Tan at this stage.

Thanks to the influence of the [Killing Soul] and [Sword Soul], at least when wielding the [Dawn·Ruthless Sword], Mo Tan has honed his aura perception to a level similar to 'having eyes in the back of your head within three meters'. Although he is not as good as Mu Xuejian, who is one with the sword and can even treat the abstract existence of sword intent as his own eyes and ears, he is still able to keep up with Ji Xiaoge's pace.

"Hmm... I think I understand."

After quickly circling around, Ji Xiaoge stopped in front of a wall piled high with metal structures and collapsed shelves. She pulled down her goggles and tapped them rapidly on the lens, finally nodding slightly after the entire lens turned a dark blue. "Behind this should be the regular entrance and exit." Mo Tan glanced at the pile of wreckage in front of him and asked, "So why was this place blocked off?"

"Although I'm not entirely sure, based on what I just saw, it's very likely that the gravity system here has become disordered, causing the entire complex to become unbalanced. The small area we're currently in was probably destroyed during the process of becoming unbalanced."

While looking around through goggles that could gather a lot of additional engineering information, Ji Xiaoge smiled easily and said, "The good news is that although the collapse and strong impact have distorted the entrance and exit, these things cannot stop us. So, would you like to clear the area in front a little, or should I do a directional blast?"

"Let me do it."

Mo Tan readily accepted the 'cleaning job,' lightly weighing the longsword in his hand, and asked, "Will any rough movements trigger a chain reaction?"

Ji Xiaoge shook her head and chuckled, "I've already included directional blasting in my plans, what do you think?"

"Makes sense."

Mo Tan nodded slightly, then abandoned those more strenuous but gentler techniques, lightly raised the longsword in her hand, and casually swung it down—

[Domain Deployment - Rage] + [Reverse Scale]

【Tai'a - Slaying the Whale】

Crack—Boom!

The next instant, accompanied by a belated booming sound, the obstacle that had been blocking the two people from the exit was cleanly and decisively cleaved in two!
Although these messy wrecks and metal pieces were not a single unit, they were neatly cut in two by Mo Tan's sword. The moment the cut appeared, they exploded to both sides as if detonated, thus forcing a path to be made for the two of them.

"Whoa!"

Startled, Ji Xiaoge jumped up and down on the spot. Then, recognizing the sword, she grabbed Mo Tan's arm and asked with concern in her eyes, "Wait, wait! I remember this whale sword has very strong side effects, right? You're not in your winged form yet, will it cause any problems if you use it? Does anything hurt?"

"fine."

Mo Tan smiled and shook his head slightly, saying, "Now, I can barely withstand it." He activated [Domain of Fury] for a brief moment, increasing his strength attribute to 200%, and then added [Reverse Scale].

"You'd better be alright!"

After circling around Mo Tan several times and peering around for a while, Ji Xiaoge wrinkled her nose after finally confirming that her beloved was alright. Then she resumed her exploration mode and said very professionally, "Theoretically, there should be a long corridor outside. Although I haven't detected any signs of life nearby, you still need to be careful."

"learn."

Having deactivated [Domain of Fury] by consuming only 5% of his health, Mo Tan still maintained [Reverse Scale], which, while not 'fully unleashed,' still provided him with considerable benefits. After giving a concise reply, Mo Tan pushed open the twisted and deformed metal door in front of him and left the relatively spacious but dark and decaying space.

"let me see."

After receiving a safe signal from Mo Tan, Ji Xiaoge quickly followed him out. Looking back at the sign on the door, she frowned slightly: "This is Cabin 17. Hmm, I have absolutely no clue."

As Mo Tan walked forward in step with Ji Xiaoge, she said with some surprise, "I didn't expect you to recognize the words on the door."

It should be noted that although Mo Tan's foreign language skills were average, with the blessing of 'extensive knowledge', he had seen most of the writing systems within the [Innocent Realm]. Among them were a large number of language systems that could be compared with reality, such as Chinese and Common Language, English and Elvish, Spanish and Orcish, etc. However, he could guarantee that the scribbles he saw on the door did not belong to any conventional writing system.

"I don't actually know him."

Ji Xiaoge stuck out her tongue and said awkwardly, "The reason I can understand it is because my goggles have automatic recognition and translation functions. My supervisor said that they have about seventy languages ​​installed inside, so this should be one of them."

Seventy kinds...?

It was certain that this language had not been popular since 9000 years of the Holy Calendar, but since it was the translation function installed by Lu Wei, it was not surprising and he didn't think too much about it. Mo Tan sighed in his heart that the old man was really long-lived, and then asked the beautiful young female engineer next to him who had the right major: "So which way should we go now?"

"I can't say."

Ji Xiaoge scratched her head in annoyance and frowned slightly, saying, "Although it's hard to describe, I feel like we're deep inside the carcass of a giant beast that's long dead and completely decayed. Not only is it hard to see the whole picture, but it also gives me a creepy feeling."

Mo Tan, who had a similar feeling but couldn't articulate it as precisely as Ji Xiaoge, nodded slightly and echoed, "I can also feel some 'gazes' on my end. It's not a good feeling, but I have a sense that if we don't get anything within five hours, something unsettling will appear before us."

"Now we have two choices. One is to go deeper, and the other is to avoid this place that feels like a 'corpse' and go in the opposite direction. The former will take us deeper into the core area of ​​the fortress, while the latter may take us back to the 'surface'. The so-called 'Queen's Legacy' may be located between them."

Ji Xiaoge touched her smooth chin, hesitated for about half a second, then clapped her hands lightly and decided, "Okay, let's continue to go deeper!"

Mo Tan, who was about to say something, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I thought you were going to ask for my opinion."

“If it were something else, I would definitely ask for your opinion. In fact, I wouldn’t mind if your opinion was the main one.”

As Ji Xiaoge walked briskly into the 'deepering' area, which was noticeably skewed, she said without turning her head, "But when it comes to finding the way, you'd better just listen to me. After all, Anthony's advice is more useful than someone else's."

Mo Tan: "..."

"Speaking of which, I have a friend outside of the game who also has a terrible sense of direction."

"..."

"Uh, well, although that person is indeed a man, I don't have any improper thoughts about him."

"..."

"You're not jealous, are you? Oh dear, that person is Hei Fan, the one we met in Academy City before, the one with Wang Yu!"

"..."

"Mo? What is this...?"

"It's nothing, just a slight headache, nothing serious."

Chapter 2614: The End