The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 677 - 505 New Era_2

Chapter 677: Chapter 505 New Era_2

"He must be an NPC; I didn’t expect the game to have progressed this far."

"How did you figure that out?"

"We just received a message about temporal-spatial turbulence, the one that said we’ll all get lost in it."

"Yeah, but it got fixed in the blink of an eye, which was a letdown."

"Everyone reacted, except for Brother Pepsi."

Encountering such a low-probability major event.

Entering the time-space turbulence is akin to "exploiting a bug" to access unexplorable territories, meaning — a new map!

Among the Undead heading to Magic Land, out of a hundred, every single one possesses an intense desire to explore - new maps, new forces, new powers, new enemies, new gear, et cetera, each of these calls out to them.

Otherwise, it’s more suitable for the socially-inclined to stay in the safer Newbie Village Continent.

Being impatient to get to the new map, yet seemingly indifferent to the most mysteriously appealing new map – it’s not that he’s completely disinterested; it’s like he doesn’t know about it.

That’s not normal.

Never doubt the Undead’s ability to "keep track"; dissecting a game down to its underwear with just a few minutes of preview is just par for the course.

"Maybe he spaced out?"

"Simple, just ask him another question if you don’t believe me."

"Okay."

The two casually concluded their private chat.

"Brother Pepsi."

"Hmm? What’s up?"

The Scroll Elder had already integrated himself into his role.

"What’s your ID, let’s add each other as friends."

"I’m used to going solo."

The Undead from Jingye who just asked the question looked at the Ice Red Tea Undead, and privately messaged, "Isn’t he one of us?"

"Ask him something he doesn’t know."

"What should I ask? If it’s those stale internet jokes, someone who doesn’t surf the web often might not know them."

Not everyone surfs the internet intensively.

"Ask him a giveaway question."

Tone can be imitated, appearance can be disguised, but some basic common knowledge can’t be hidden by magic.

"I had an eye-opener when I went to Zhenxin Town last time, truly befitting of the capital."

"... "The Ice Red Tea Undead blinked.

Isn’t this a giveaway question? If he’s an intelligent AI, he should certainly know basic knowledge about Earth.

"Brother Pepsi, have you ever been to the capital? Let me tell you, it’s the real deal."

The Scroll Elder noted down the crucial information, then shook his head: "I’m a homebody; I never got the chance to go."

He even knows the special chat lingo and speaks without giving himself away.

But the expressions on the two Undead were quite bizarre.

Unexpectedly, it was that easy to test.

There have been many cases of NPCs disguised as Undead, but those NPCs were always uniquely marked and easy to recognize. Yet this time, this NPC in front of them fit in seamlessly, capable of rapidly learning Undead vernacular and dressed in the standard logo style, so no one would question his identity.

Another private chat.

"The AI in this game is really advanced, and the models are well-crafted with distinct personalities. I bet it could pass the Turing test."

"Is there a hidden quest?"

"Keep a close watch."

Landing smoothly.

The previously noisy chatter had come to an end, the Undead had arrived in Magic Land.

Undead-led Newbie Village, the towering city-state comes into view.

"We’re finally here!"

Completely unaware that he had been exposed, the Scroll Elder wanted to move freely but was grabbed by the arms, one on each side, by two Undead.

"Let’s go, bro, to claim the cats."

"What?"

This, he truly didn’t know, but when the Scroll Elder saw a group of Undead obtaining cats through prayer, he knew he absolutely could not partake in the Blessing ceremony.

A deity accepting another deity’s Blessing would surely give himself away.

"That’s strange, Brother Pepsi seems afraid to go, what should we do?"

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"Then just quietly let him go, but make sure to tie him up on our warship. Think about it, there must be a hidden mission!"

The two quickly completed their private chat again and came up with the next action plan.

No hurry to accept the quest to escort the cat, a hidden mission is something that can’t be missed.

"Brother, where do you want to go next?"

"Me?"

The veteran in the painting hadn’t expected that the two of them, belonging to different religious beliefs, would actually take the initiative to ask him.

"I want to gather some intelligence on Magic Land first."

Intelligence?

Definitely a fake Undead!

In the eyes of the Undead, as long as there are footprints of the Undead in this world, there are absolutely no secrets. The map of Magic Land is already half open, if one person knows, it’s as if everyone knows.

"Intelligence, huh? I’ve heard about a place called Stone Beast Fort, seems like they’re well-informed. We could go there for an investigation."

The veteran in the painting nodded: "Then let’s head to Stone Beast Fort."

"We don’t know the way."

"..."

"However, we can accept an escort task. It allows us to make some money and we can follow others to Stone Beast Fort. What do you think?"

"That works."

The veteran in the painting didn’t object. Compared to the well-informed Undead, who have clear knowledge of the range of activities of various Demon Beasts, he knew absolutely nothing having intruded here. Without the Undead, he would most likely be completely in the dark.

His strength was insignificant in the Enstad Continent, and in the Magic Land where even the Black Knight would have to act cautiously, the danger would only be greater.

So, barging in by revealing his identity was not part of the veteran in the painting’s plan.

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[Temporal turbulence, exploring unknown maps through bugs!]

"Brothers, this time when I took the ’express’ to Magic Land, a little trouble occurred on the way, I accidentally got stuck in a space-time rift and then arrived in a bright and sunny Material Plane, the following video is my exploration experience, just a pity that I died and had to respawn back to the safe zone."

Lind watched the Undead’s exploration video, amazed at the adaptability of the Undead’s mind. Even when faced with a bug, they still found a suitable excuse.

However, the excuse they found didn’t seem wrong either. Most times, temporal turbulence would cause one to get lost in the void, only a rare few times would it lead to a Material Plane.

The Undead in the video was one of the very few who were incredibly fortunate.

"You bunch of Undead, always manage to surprise me!"

Lind withdrew his gaze.

He raised his hand to tear, but the air did not rip open.

Damn, he almost forgot he wasn’t the Black Knight anymore, empowered by the Power of the Abyss, and the ability to travel cross-plane at a 6th ring level, he was no longer capable of.

However, it was still alright, he had a Subterranean Tunnel Worm.

But before that, he had to take down the veteran in the painting.

Lind turned into a cannonball, quickly shooting across the sky, and appeared above one of the most intensive battle zones in the Enstad Continent.

The Alliance of the Deities had long since fallen apart.

The Sublime Angel, considered a deity on the path of the Undead Knight and said to possess the ability to be unkillable by anyone, was of the 6th ring level.

However, when Lind saw the other party, he didn’t sense an aura similar to that of the Undead Knight, completely different.

Upon seeing Lind, the Sublime Angel also panicked.

Every entrance Lind made was a shock to the present deities; he went straight for the kill, and the ordinary deities didn’t dare to confront him.

"Where’s the veteran in the painting?"

"He’s already left."

"Left?"

Lind’s brow raised, guessing why the other party had left.

The war for Divine Authority had no right or wrong, just warfare.

At least, the veteran in the painting seemed to display an undying fighting will, knowing he couldn’t win hence he fled, but without any intention to hand over the Divine Skin.

"What’s the current state of the Alliance?"

"Falling apart."

The Sublime Angel answered succinctly.

The 12-Deity Alliance, with two taken away by Lind, the Melted Armor slain and now worn by Lind, the veteran in the painting gone, what was left could no longer unite together.

Especially after seeing Lind return wearing the Melted Armor, knowing that facing Lind would likely end poorly for them.

"Pledge allegiance to me," Lind spoke, "and join a brand new era."

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