Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 79: Chapter 79: The Noble and Purehearted Councilor Sean

The land, ocean, and sky together form the world.

Take Blue Star as an example, where the land is the main area for human activities, yet it only accounts for 29% of Blue Star’s surface area.

The ocean is far more vast than the land.

Although most copies currently focus on land, it is foreseeable that, in the future, copies centered around oceans are inevitable.

Even in island settings like Peaceful Town, the ocean is an unavoidable factor.

Once you fall into the ocean, the vast majority of players can only exert one or two-tenths of their abilities.

At that time, whether one has Ocean Race Transformation will directly determine the outcome of the game.

Deep Water Society, as mentioned by Sean, clearly sounds like an organization focused on water attributes and the ocean, and the importance of Ocean Race Transformation to them goes without saying.

If one could obtain Ocean Race Transformation, or directly grasp the secret of Peaceful Town and find a stable way to produce Deep Sea Gifts, it would allow Deep Water Society to have a qualitative leap.

If they are bold enough, they might even become the ocean overlords of the Abyssal Game.

No wonder they sent so many veterans into a newly appeared C-Level copy.

To be honest, Wu Chang was tempted too.

If the merman transformation was permanent, he might hesitate, even if the change only occurred in the Abyssal Game. The ugly fish-headed human body and the strong fishy smell it gives off made him feel nauseated.

Beauty comes from strength, but in the Inner World, to win Cold Stone, the fish-head monsters also rely on fish sea tactics and the weakening of the Divine Envoys, proving that merman form is not strong enough.

But if it’s just a skill that can be turned on and off at will, then its allure is much greater.

Having more skills never hurts; if he encounters the General in any plane, he could negotiate a job switch based on appearance advantage.

Now the question is how to obtain enough Golden Flying Fish and secure them safely.

When he caught the Golden Flying Fish, aside from the item attributes, the Town Councilor Badge also displayed a prompt.

”Due to the scarcity of Golden Flying Fish, large-scale fishing will provoke animosity from the townsfolk. Gathering more than five Golden Flying Fish will produce the aura of the Ocean Race. The Ocean Race aura will attract townsfolk who have just consumed Golden Flying Fish, leading to continuous pursuit. Spatial Ability or Items cannot conceal the Ocean Race aura. Ocean Race aura duration: one hour.”

In simple terms, if he fishes more than five Golden Flying Fish, he will be marked and pursued by the townsfolk.

But to acquire Ocean Race Transformation, 15 are needed.

Just these five, who’s that even enough for? If the foreigner next door sees it, they’ll think he, Councilor Sean, can’t afford it.

What? Everyone in the town of Briff are foreigners, then it’s fine.

Wu Chang squinted his eyes, his gaze shifting between the townsfolk happily eating the fish in the water and the direction of the town. After a moment of thought, he closed his eyes.

When he reopened them, they were filled with greed.

Opportunities pass quickly, and timing counts.

The Golden Flying Fish appears only once a month; miss this chance, and it’ll be gone by the time the copy ends.

The brave will be full, the timid will starve!

Damn it!

Though the townsfolk are extremely hungry for Golden Flying Fish, under the constraints of the rules, they fish with restraint, thus preventing the fish density from noticeably dropping.

Wu Chang casually grabbed, adding two more Golden Flying Fish to his hand.

Seizing the moment while the townsfolk were immersed in the joy of consuming the fish, he tossed two Golden Flying Fish into his spatial backpack, then quickly grabbed more and added two more.

Four Golden Flying Fish lay in the spatial backpack, and as expected, the townsfolk didn’t notice anything unusual about him.

The first step succeeded.

The next steps were the focus of his plan.

His true self clone, far away at the general store, opened the spatial backpack with the same permissions to transfer the four Golden Flying Fish into the store.

Wu Chang here quickly grabbed another four Golden Flying Fish and threw them into the backpack.

The townsfolk in the scene still hadn’t noticed.

At this time, his true self in the town moved quickly, heading for a forest, taking out the four fish from the spatial backpack.

When Wu Chang threw four Golden Flying Fish into the spatial backpack for the third time, with the townsfolk still oblivious, he couldn’t help but smile, displaying a ’caught you’ expression.

He had exploited a ruling bug.

The townsfolk who had consumed the Golden Flying Fish now revealed their true form, transforming into fish-head monsters floating face-up on the water’s surface.

They basked in the moonlight, holding the Golden Flying Fish in their hands, occasionally biting on it, murmuring in soft whispers.

The whole person, or rather the whole fish, was in a state of ecstasy.

What a perfect night, working hard for a month, all for this day.

The good times are about to begin...

Eh?

Mayor Harrison was the first to finish the first Golden Flying Fish, and when he reached out for the second, he found nothing.

Where’s the fish?

Where’s that big school of fish I had?

Surprise and anger brought him back from his state of bliss.

He frantically looked around and found that the school of Golden Flying Fish was diving back beneath the sea, with the moonlight illuminating the entire water surface being obscured by clouds.

This was clearly a sign that enough Golden Flying Fish had been caught, marking the end of the Divine Grace.

But the problem was, he only had one!

Harrison wanted to shout, ”Who’s going to make up for the nutrition I’m missing?”

Other townspeople also realized that the fish were gone, snapping out of their trance and glaring hostilely and resentfully at each other.

Whoever ate their fish was their enemy!

Harrison couldn’t hold back anymore and hysterically shouted:

”Divine Grace has dissipated; someone must have eaten what they shouldn’t have!”

”No, we mustn’t let that bastard get away! We must drag him out, cut open his belly, and wash his filthy heart and lungs with the sacred seawater!”

”Haha, I figured it out; the animal that ate more fish must have a stronger scent of Divine Grace; I can smell it in that animal’s mouth!”

The townspeople overwhelmingly agreed with Harrison, lining up voluntarily, awaiting his inspection.

Harrison, hunched over and holding a fish-slaying knife, his gaze filled with murderous intent, reflected a bizarre light under the torchlight.

He went through all the townspeople but did not find the culprit he imagined.

”Impossible! He can’t not be here!”

”He must have used some method to hide; you can’t fool me!”

Harrison, covering his forehead in distress, growled in agony. Suddenly, he thought of something, straightened up abruptly, and waved the fish-slaying knife, pointing at Wu Chang outside the crowd.

”It’s you, it must be you, the filthy outsider, who ate the extra fish!”

Facing the sharp gleam of the knife, Wu Chang raised both hands, holding a Golden Flying Fish in each.

He opened his mouth and said boldly, ”Mr. Mayor, I haven’t eaten any fish yet; I am willing to accept any inspection.”

Harrison circled around Wu Chang twice, finding nothing unusual about him, and once again fell into agonized wailing.

Only this time, his gaze was fixed on the fish in Wu Chang’s hands.

Noticing Harrison’s gaze, Wu Chang smiled and said:

”I participate in the town’s ceremony not for Divine Grace, but because I truly love this town, this paradise-like town.”

”Being accepted and becoming a part of this town is more important than anything. My achievements today are all thanks to the support of the Mayor and the Sheriff. So, I want to offer my two fish today to the Mayor and the Sheriff.”

Having said that, he voluntarily handed the Golden Flying Fish to Harrison and Morena.

Harrison snatched the fish, taking the Golden Flying Fish to make up for his lacking nutrition. Conscience and reason returned to his body.

Reflecting on what he had just done, he was overwhelmed with shame.

Oh God! What have I done!

I actually slandered such a noble, upright, and pure young man!

Harrison self-criticized, ”Sean, you’re a good kid, forgive me, I lost my reason; in my heart, you’re the least likely person to have done such a thing.”

”Your selfless actions woke me up and kept me from leading everyone into a frenzy of anger. Thank you for everything you’ve done for the town.”

”Trust me, I will definitely make it up to you.”

Wu Chang smiled nonchalantly, ”It’s what I should do.”

Look, we owe him thanks.

Harrison, clutching the fish tightly, said to the townspeople, ”What happened today may be an issue with the Divine Grace, not anyone among us. After I go back, I will investigate this with Sheriff Morena...”

Before Harrison finished speaking, all the townspeople except Wu Chang abruptly turned their heads, their gazes collectively focusing on the town.

There, they felt a familiar presence.

It was the aura of Divine Grace.

Thief!

There really is a thief!

Kill the fish thief!

In an instant, anger clouded the townspeople’s reason again, and they howled as they rushed towards the direction of the town.