Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 29: Gray entries are their final fate?
Xi Zhicai wanted to give up his position to Cao Yan, but was pushed back by Cao Yan.

Now that such a useless position has been thrown away, how can there be any reason to pick it up again?

Cao Yan ignored Xun Yu's murderous gaze and walked straight to another empty desk, sitting cross-legged, looking relaxed and at ease.

Wait until Cao Yan sits down,
Xun Yu shook his head helplessly.

Then he began to introduce Cao Cao's current situation to Xi Zhicai.
"Zhicai has come a long way, let me tell you about the current situation..."

On the surface, Cao Yan seemed to be listening attentively, but in fact his mind had already entered the system interface in his sea of ​​consciousness.

He stared at the entry he had obtained earlier, thinking secretly in his mind:

"There are 12 white entries and 6 blue entries. You can try three first."

"Fusion entry!"

Then, the system prompt sounded in his mind.
【Please enter a maximum of five entries and a minimum of three. 】

Cao Yan randomly selected three white entries: [Agility], [Plain Clothes], and [Basic Archery], put them into the system, and then chose fusion.

[You have invested in the following items: Agility (White), Plain Clothes (White), and Basic Archery (White). Do you want to fuse them now?]

"Yes!" Cao Yan said silently in his heart.

[Ding! Congratulations, the entry has been merged successfully!]

[You obtain an unbound entry: Precision (White) (Range attack hit rate increases by 10%)]

After obtaining the unbound entry, Cao Yan immediately tried to bind [Precision] to Xun Yu.

However, the system suddenly prompted:
[When binding an entry for someone else, physical contact with the target person is required.]

"There has to be physical contact, what kind of broken rule is this?" Cao Yan muttered in his heart.

Just at this time, Xun Yu had finished explaining part of the situation in Dongjun to Xi Zhicai and entered a short rest period.

Seeing this, Cao Yan took the opportunity to stand up, pick up the teapot and pour tea for them.

Hot water gurgled into the ceramic bowl, and the rising white mist blurred Xun Yu's face.

After pouring the tea, Cao Yan put down the teapot, suddenly patted Xun Yu on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Zhicai, you must have traveled a long way and worked hard.

It would be better to arrange a place for him to stay first, so that he can have a good rest for a day, and then come back to deal with government affairs tomorrow, which won’t delay him.”

Hearing this, Xun Yu patted his forehead and smiled bitterly, saying, "I was negligent. Fortunately, Zi'an reminded me."

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "I haven't seen Wenruo for a long time, but I feel like I've known Zi'an for a long time. I don't feel tired at all."

Then he continued, "When I entered the city, I saw you releasing many Black Mountain Army prisoners..."

Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu started chatting.
Cao Yan had already taken advantage of the contact with Xun Yu to bind him to a new entry.
【You bind a new entry to Xun Yu.】

[It is detected that the target character already has five entries. Binding a new entry will replace one of them. ]

[The target character has been detected to have a gold entry. The gold entry cannot be replaced.]

"Golden entries cannot be replaced? That's right. Golden entries are the capital of their survival. If they are replaced, they will no longer be themselves." Cao Yan thought to himself.

Then the system lists the replaceable entries.

[Replaceable entries are: Insight (Purple), Recommending Talents (Purple), Loyalty (Gray).]

【Please note that to replace an entry, you must first complete its corresponding task.】

【Please select the term you want to replace.】

Cao Yan naturally would not replace Xun Yu's [insight into opportunities] and [recommendation of talented people].

So he decisively chose the entry with negative effects [Zhonghan Obsession (Gray)],
The effect of this entry is: When Xun Yu's loyal target betrays the "Han Nationality",

Xun Yu's overall attributes will decrease as the signs of betrayal become more serious.

When all attributes drop to 10%, the "suicide by poisoning" event will be triggered.

Obviously, this entry was also influenced by Cao Yan's previous remarks and underwent some changes.

Cao Yan chose to replace [Zhonghan Obsession],
The system prompted again,
You have selected the replacement entry "Zhong Han Obsession (Gray)" to unlock the quest: Burning the Flame.

[Quest Completion Conditions: 1. The Emperor is in the camp that Xun Yu is loyal to;
2. Xun Yu witnessed the massacre of Han people by foreigners;
3. When they realize that "the Han Dynasty cannot be revived," they should choose "saving the people" rather than "protecting the emperor," and make them realize the ultimate significance of "national continuation > imperial power survival."

[Task Completion Rewards: Purple Item*1 (Random), 1kg of Grain Seeds (Random)] [Task Failure: Item is fixed to "Cannot be replaced."]

After reading the mission introduction, Cao Yan's right hand on Xun Yu's shoulder tightened involuntarily.

"Zi'an, you hurt me." Xun Yu frowned.

"Ah... sorry, sorry." Cao Yan came to his senses and apologized repeatedly.

Xun Yu pressed the issue, "Why did you react so strongly when you heard the term 'Son of Heaven'?"

"Son of Heaven?" Cao Yan looked confused.

He was completely focused on the entries and tasks and didn't hear what Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai talked about later.

Xun Yu looked at Cao Yan curiously for a moment, then explained, "I was discussing with Zhicai whether there was still a chance to rescue the emperor when you suddenly grabbed me with all your might."

"You're talking about this!" Cao Yan pretended to understand, then lowered his voice and said, "There must be a chance to rescue the emperor!"

"What do you mean by this?"

"There are still loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty in the court, and they are actually hiding in secret and waiting for the opportunity.

Dong Zhuo's perverse actions will surely bring disaster upon himself.

Once Dong Zhuo is dead, Chang'an will be in chaos, and the emperor will have a chance to escape."

After hearing what Cao Yan said, Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai both nodded, and they agreed with his judgment.

After Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, he continued his brutal rule.

Xun Yu's nephew Xun You, who was then the Imperial Court Minister, also moved to Chang'an with Emperor Xian.

Xun You was extremely dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's brutal rule, believing that he was "even more unjust than Jie and Zhou."

He then joined forces with the counselors Zheng Tai, He Yong, the attendant Zhong Ji, the captain of the Yue cavalry Wu Qiong and others to plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo.

But due to poor planning, the plan was exposed early.

He Yong committed suicide out of fear.

The rest of the assassins were executed.

Xun You was able to save his life because he was from the Xun family of Yingchuan, but he was still thrown into prison.

This won't happen just once.
And as long as you succeed once,
Dong Zhuo's rule would come to an abrupt end, and the emperor would naturally have a chance to escape.

Afterwards, Xi Zhicai asked again, "If the emperor returns east, how will Cao Gong respond?"

Cao Yan didn't even think twice and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Of course it's 'obeying the emperor to command the disobedient'!"

"I obey the emperor's orders and command the disobedient!"

Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai also had the same idea in their minds.

A strange sense of tacit understanding suddenly arose between the three of them.

[Xizhong's favorability towards you has changed. Current favorability: 48%]

"Great! With the [Liu Xiang Xun Ling (Gold)], the favorability is increasing rapidly!" Cao Yan thought happily in his heart.

After chatting with Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu for another half an hour, Xi Zhicai finally showed fatigue on his face.

Seeing this, Xun Yu stood up and arranged for Xi Zhicai to rest.

Cao Yan also took the opportunity to slip away and returned to his house.

He looked at the task he had just received and began to think about his next plan.

"Of the three conditions, the most difficult one should be the second one: Xun Yu personally witnessed the massacre of Han people by foreigners."

"Although many heroes emerged at the end of the Han Dynasty and the country was in chaos, the various princes were still very successful in suppressing foreign tribes."

"But I remember that the Southern Xiongnu seemed to take advantage of the civil strife between Li Jue and Guo Si to wreak havoc in Sili and massacre Han people."

"Perhaps... that is the opportunity to complete Xun Yu's mission!"

(End of this chapter)