After clicking on the entry "Ritual", new text information appeared.
"The ceremony is divided into three steps."
"The first step is to find the closest location to Wu Guangjian (can be obtained through "Location Rumors")"
"The second step is to prepare the sacrifices required for the ceremony (can be obtained through 'Sacrifice Rumors')"
"The third step is to recite the correct prayer at the right time to complete the ritual. (Can be obtained through 'Prayer Rumor')"
Then, after clicking on the "Prayer" entry, I also got the corresponding information.
"Prayer: Starting at 2:20 a.m. every day, recite the "Hymn of Hymn of Maradaku" until it ends at 2:22 a.m."
"The complete original text of "The Hymn of Maradaku":..."
From the information in these two entries, it can be inferred that, if nothing unexpected happens, as long as they complete the three rumors rewarded in the first round of the main mission, they will get three different rumor fragments, corresponding to: location rumors, sacrifice rumors,
and rumors of prayers.
Now, after completing Rumor 2, Starworm has obtained the Rumor of Prayer.
In other words, as long as they continue to get rumors about the location and sacrifices, they can start the ritual and find the carnival night clown who is sealed in the darkness.
There is no doubt that this is the correct way to open the second round of the main mission!
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Gleipnir: "In order to complete the second round of main missions, Starworm and I discussed it. Now that there are two remaining rumors, we will split up and act one at a time."
"I came to complete the rumors about the lake corridor in Sona District, while Starworm stayed at Prada Media Company to complete the rumors about Kaushik..."
This is also the reason why Gleipnir stays here.
Just waiting for midnight to arrive.
Gleipnir glanced at the dark lake, then at the empty corridor: "By the way, what about you? Why did you suddenly enter the dungeon again? Is it to test your ability to become viral?"
Angel: "I plan to test it... However, before testing it, I am also going to clear the second round of the main mission."
Speaking of this, Angel's expression was a little subtle.
He originally thought that he was the only one who cared about the second round of the main mission, but now he discovered that Gleipnir and Starworm were also trying their best to complete the main mission.
In fact, their progress is deeper than theirs.
"You also want to complete the main quest? Oh, that's right. If you don't complete the main quest, you won't be able to stay..." Gleipnir suddenly realized: "However, we almost came in from the same batch, and the main quest
It’s the same. We have completed the main mission, which should mean that you have completed it..."
In other words, Angel can actually sit back and enjoy the success.
However, it is certainly impossible for Angel to really do nothing.
Moreover, it might take a long time for Gleipnir to complete the rumored mission... Once it times out, all of their main missions will fail.
Therefore, both prosper and suffer. Angel will definitely help.
Angel originally wanted to earn Modern Coins, but now that Gleipnir has the correct way to complete the main quest, Angel will naturally not choose to go astray.
Because even if you can get rid of Yusup by spending money, you can't make the beauty pageant return to the prosperity it once was. Only by having a carnival night clown can the Prada beauty pageant return to the throne of the three competitions.
"The ceremony will be held at 2:20 in the morning, which is about five hours from now." Angel: "In other words, we have to complete Rumor 1 and Rumor 3 within five hours, find the ceremony location, and prepare for the ceremony.
props."
These things are completely next to each other and very compact.
It can even be said that if there is a problem in one link, everything will be lost.
Of course, this is also their fault... If they follow the main mission process, two days will be enough to prepare for the ceremony.
But who made them not pay attention to the main mission at the beginning? It was not until the last moment that they realized how high-quality the copy of Modern City was, and then when the main mission was about to end, they set foot on the crematorium of Chasing the Wife again.
the journey.
Graipnir also nodded: "Time is very tight, and I am also very worried now..."
Gleipnir raised his head, his eyes twinkling slightly.
"When Starworm completed the mission of Rumor 2, he stayed in the challenge space of the Graffiti Imp for a full eleven hours..." Gleipnir: "If I completed the mission of Rumor 1, it would also take more than ten hours.
, then the main mission is basically completed.”
Facing the challenges of various fashionable monsters in the modern city, even Gleipnir is not too confident.
The challenge here is not like the "Glutton's Feast" dungeon, where you can rely on various external forces to force it, and you can only complete the task honestly.
Even if a "bug" like Angel takes on the challenges here, most of them can only do it step by step. Even some challenges involving art, Angel may not be able to complete.
Therefore, Gleipnir seemed very calm and silently waited for midnight to fall in the Sona neighborhood, but in his heart he was actually full of worry and lack of confidence.
Angel: "Let's do this. I'll come find you. When you enter the challenge space, if the task is too difficult, then I will try your random tasks outside. Maybe the tasks I take outside will be easier."
Once Angel completes his mission outside, Gleipnir's challenge will be terminated and the puzzle will be obtained by Angel.
But now the ownership of the puzzle is no longer important. What is important is to complete the remaining two rumored challenges as soon as possible. As for who gets the puzzle, it is no longer important.
Gleipnir thought for a while and felt that this method might be better. He nodded: "Okay, but you don't actually need to come here so early."
Angel: "?"
Gleipnir: "You said before that you were going to spend money to pass the second round of the main mission?"
Angel: "Yes."
Angel briefly talked about his idea of disassembling the pages of the book and selling them.
After hearing this, Gleipnir said: "How about both sides press the code, and you continue to prepare the modern coins. And I will try the challenge first."
"If I don't come out within an hour, then you can come over and take over the task."
Gleipnir was thinking that even if the main mission couldn't be completed immediately through conventional methods, he would go off the beaten track and spend money to advance the main mission.
As long as the main mission can enter the third round, they can also try to capture the "Carnival Night Clown" in the subsequent time.
If "Carnival Night Clown" is the ticket to advance to the three major competitions of the beauty pageant, then the normal route is to buy the ticket first and then enter.
They spend money to enter the venue first and pay for the tickets later.
As long as the final "ticket" is in hand, it doesn't matter the order.
Angel thought for a moment and felt that this was the truth: "Then do as you say."
Angel originally planned to take the city circle train to the North 10th District, but now, it is better to continue taking the Silver Wing Express to the central district.
On the next road, Angel chatted with Gleipnir as he moved forward.
The topic of conversation was not only the modern city, but also the situation in multi-ethnic regular meetings.
After chatting like this for about ten minutes, Gleipnir suddenly thought of something and asked: "By the way, can you see the situation on the Starworm side? How is the completion of the mission over there?"
Following Gleipnir's question, Angel took a look at the situation at the Starworm.
Angel: "I can't see the progress of his mission..."
Because the rumored missions on Starworm's side are different from those on Gleipnir's side.
The rumors about Gleipnir are basically confirmed, and they are definitely related to the fashion monster. Just wait until the fashion monster appears and complete the corresponding challenge.
But Starworm is not so straightforward. What he completes is not a "random mission", but a "side mission".
"Rumor 3: In the security office on the first floor of Prada Media Company, there is an old man who has been napping all year round. Maybe he has some secrets hidden in him?"
This sleepy old man is a security guard from Prada Media Company named Kaushik.
Kaushik is an NPC with personal information.
According to the NPC information, there is a side quest on Kaushik: "Time is a Circle".
What Starworm has to do is to receive the mission and complete it.
Compared with the "random challenges" on Gleipnir's side, Kaushik's side quests may be more troublesome.
"Starworm is still at the security office of Prada Media Company. It seems that he is talking to Kaushik, but I am not sure how far the side mission has progressed."
"It's even possible..."
Angel paused for a moment when he said this, and Gleipnir immediately understood: It is possible that the Starworm has not even received the side mission.
Because side tasks are different from random tasks, if you want to receive a side task, the NPC needs to think that you are "qualified" to take the task.
To put it in more popular terms - you need to increase the favorability of the NPC.
When your favor reaches a certain level, the NPC will assign tasks to you.
Gleipnir: "According to Starworm, he has been in contact with Kaushk since yesterday, but it seems that the other party ignored him. Anyway, Starworm had not received any side missions until I came to Sona Block to do the mission.
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Angel: "If Kaushik ignored him before, the Starworm should have made progress. At least, he can talk to Kaushik now."
Gleipnir: "This counts..."
Gleipnir was only halfway through his words when he lost his voice.
Angel immediately stopped at his feet, turned to the Sona neighborhood, and found that Gleipnir was staring closely in the direction of the lake.
"What's wrong?"
Gleipnir: "Did you hear anything?"
"I didn't hear it, what was it?" Angel increased his perception, but other than Gleipnir's voice, he didn't hear any noise.
"It seemed like mumbling, like muttering, or cursing something. The sound came from the direction of the lake..." Gleipnir's voice was also very low, and kept going.
Listen carefully, as if you are listening to specific content.
But Angel couldn't hear anything. He even looked under the lake, but couldn't see anything. He could only hear the sound of the lake water flowing.
Gleipnir glanced at the clock projection on the outer shell of the building in the distance, which pointed exactly at 9 p.m.
Using Modern City's algorithm, the night opening time is 9 o'clock.
So, this is where the rumors started?!
Gleipnir: "The sound was very dense. Although I couldn't hear it clearly, it did sound like a curse. It was the same as what was recorded in Rumor 1."
"If you can't hear it, maybe the sound came directly into my ears..."
"I'll go over and take a look."
Graipnir stood up from the chair in the lake pavilion and walked step by step towards the lake shore. When she came to the lake shore, she vaguely saw a woman in a white skirt emerging from the dark lake water.
Floated out.
The woman in the white dress covered her face with her hands, trembling all over, and her outline glowed faintly with a cold white light. She looked like a female ghost in the lake.
If you were an ordinary person, you might have felt timid after seeing this scene.
But Gleipnir showed no expression at all, and was even talking to Angel:
"Did you see it?"
Angel: "I saw it this time... However, she appeared very suddenly, as if there was a different space under the lake and she came directly from the different space."
Then, there is no alien space under the lake.
As for the nature of the "ghost" in the white dress, Angel couldn't tell, because from his perspective, the so-called "ghost" in the white dress was more like a light and shadow.
Because it can only be captured with the naked eye from a slightly farther distance, but once the perspective is narrowed, for example, Angel brought the God's perspective into the body of this female ghost.
You will find that there is a white light inside and nothing.
Gleipnir: "She seemed to notice me, she moved her hand away... so ugly."
Angel: "..."
Although Angel felt that Gleipnir's focus was a bit strange, he still followed her point of view and looked at it. Calling it "ugly" was actually not a bad thing.
The eyes of the female ghost in white were dark and shedding black tears.
According to Angel's evaluation, this is probably... a very typical scene where a female ghost appears.
As for the issue of beauty and ugliness? Black tears covered most of her face, so Angel couldn't comment.
Graipnir continued to talk: "There seemed to be more and more black tears, and they dripped into the lake. The lake was also dark at night, and it looked like the entire lake was her crying.
It comes out the same..."
"Hey, the curses seem to be getting clearer and louder, as if they are coming to my ears."
"No, not like that, but really in my ear, as if you are talking to me from behind?"
Gleipnir raised his head and looked in the direction of the lake, and suddenly found that the female ghost in white had disappeared.
Combining the fragmentary thoughts coming from my ears.
She was silent for a moment and said softly: "Could she be behind me and want to take advantage of the gap when I turn my head to scare me?"
"It's very...cheesy."
Faced with Greipnir's high-frequency complaints, Angel did not interrupt, but said at the last moment: "You guessed it, she is behind you right now. But having said that, I think you are quite suitable."
As a commentator for live broadcasts."
Gleipnir: "???"
Gleipnir ignored Angel's joke, but turned his head to face the female ghost in a white dress who suddenly came around.
However, the moment she turned back.
Her eyes met the black pupils of the female ghost in the white dress.
The next second, there was only a dark whirlpool in Gleipnir's vision...
By the time the vortex disappeared, Gleipnir had arrived in a narrow room with piles of paper on the floor and blueprints all around.
At the same time, a row of mission information popped up in front of her eyes...
Obviously, she has entered the challenge space.
In reality, from Angel's perspective, the moment Graipnir and the female ghost in the white dress looked into each other's eyes, they fainted. Fortunately, although she was by the lake, she did not faint in the lake.
, still on the shore, no need to worry about flooding.
The female ghost in the white dress disappeared without a trace after Gleipnir fainted.
Even though Angel kept staring at her, he couldn't capture where she went. He could only see it faintly, with the halo scattered...