Heuser had gone into hiding on Blacktide Island after his defeat. That was the only information Jiang Qiao could gather. Half of the island was still under the control of another group of Law Stealers and a small part of the Annihilation Army.
Jiang Qiao had already issued an official quest to track down Heuser in the name of Queen Mey. Most players chose to accept this quest while exploring Blacktide Island.
The Planar Pirates were also working with Jiang Qiao to search for traces of Heuzer. Unfortunately, Heuzer hadn't encountered Madam Calamity or Drake during the Holy Spirit Challenge.
That was why there were no traces of the pirates on Heuser.
However, what Jiang Qiao really needed to deal with now was Rose's obsession. She was currently in the stronghold of the Jumping Core, and Silver had already been released by her.
The fluffy rabbit in the Jumping Core was explaining to Granny Orange and Flower Li that Rose wasn't a real person, but a game NPC, a computer program.
Flower Li didn't understand why a computer program couldn't participate in the conference. From her point of view, the AI of modern society already had the ability to think for itself.
Some of the behaviors of the NPCs in Lionheart City in the Holy Spirit Challenge had even become her research subject, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with Rose participating in the holographic conference.
Rose was still in a standoff with Silver, while Jiang Qiao stood not far away as a bystander, providing Silver with some dialogue options on the system.
"I heard from Flower Li that the Inner World is a very important line of defense for you. I know you can't trust us completely." Rose could only choose to sit down and reason with Silver in the end.
"You've finally found the crux of the problem …" Silver glanced at the team members behind him.
These team members were already wearing some props produced by the Holy Spirit Challenge, which were actually just fashion. In the past half a month, their clothes had become as gaudy as the Holy Spirit Challenge.
But Rosh was the only exception … Ever since she came to Holy Spirit City, she had been wearing a living armor for combat. At the same time, Rosh's engineer teammate kept asking Rosh for support … which made Silver realize that these guys should have the ability to build long-distance teleportation portals.
If this portal was built on Brandt Island, the Holy Spirits would still have time to destroy it. However, they were building a portal in the Inner World. If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"That's why I won't bring any equipment when I head to your Inner World." Rose pondered for a moment before making a decision that slightly surprised the team members behind her.
"Captain?"
Just as the team members were about to say something, the living armor on Rose suddenly peeled off her body like a beetle breaking out of its shell and being reborn.
The dark purple armor finally turned into a small Rubik's cube and gathered in Rosh's hand. Rosh then took off her armor.
At the same time, he threw the dark purple Rubik's Cube to his Engineer teammate.
"Take it and keep it safe," said Rose.
"Captain … without the protection of the armor, how are you going to capture that dangerous criminal?"
The team members were extremely worried. When Rosh was wearing the living armor, she had 150,000 HP, but after taking off the armor, her maximum HP rapidly dropped to only 5,000.
5,000 HP!
Even the most fragile class among the Holy Spirits would have more than 10,000 HP at max level.
With Rosh's fragile little body, any Holy Spirit could instantly kill her.
"Your team member is right."
Silver politely avoided Rose who was currently wearing underwear. At the same time, he took out a set of clothes that was originally for Freya and threw it to her. "Thorne this character … Even Lord Xiao who defeated you couldn't defeat you. If you go to see Thorne like this … Isn't it just giving yourself away?"
"I …"
Rose caught the clothes that Silver threw to her. Maybe Rose couldn't see it … but when she caught the clothes, around 10 hearts popped out from her body.
And on the back of her hand, the mark of the God of Devourers lit up with white light. A pop-up window appeared in her vision.
This pop-up window asked Rose if she wanted to wear the Freya's Protection Set. After Rose clicked yes, a light grey nun's uniform appeared on her body.
But when Rose put on this uniform, her HP didn't increase by much. It was just another layer of paper on top of a layer of paper.
"Thank you for taking care of us all this time, Holy Spirit … I just need to see Thorne. Leave the rest of the arrest to me. I don't need to have a conflict with Thorne," said Rose.
"Don't tell me you have some secret to beat Thorne in one click?" This sentence was said by the spectating Mama Barking.
"Sorry, I can't reveal this." Rose replied.
When Rose said this … Boss Yin noticed that the team members behind her were also very doubtful. Doubtful and worried, these two emotions repeatedly appeared in the eyes of Rose's team members.
Perhaps they also didn't know how their team leader … arrested Thorne, who was probably the most vicious criminal on the star map, in this kind of situation without any equipment.
"Boss Yin … Are you doing some mission that can secretly defeat Thorne?
Let Rose, this key NPC, enter the Inner World, "Mama Barking whispered to Silver.
They could all see the conversation between Rose and Boss Yin, so everyone who was jumping around felt that Boss Yin had triggered some hidden mission on Rose, or perhaps a favorability hidden mission?
This hidden mission was also related to defeating Thorne!
No wonder Thorne was so hard to beat!
So they could still find the key item to defeat Thorne.
Silver didn't reply to Mama Barking. His gaze fell on the dialog with Rose. Among the four options in the dialog, the most important one was to allow Rose to enter the Inner World.
Jiang Qiao could sense that after Rose shed her armor, she no longer had any equipment to communicate with the Creator's Sanctum, let alone build a portal in the Inner World.
Right now, she was just an abnormally agile female NPC …
"I can allow you to enter the Inner World, but only on the condition that you go alone." Silver responded according to the options in the dialog.
"No!
Holy Spirits, we believe that you guys are different from the rumored evil Calamity, but you guys are still a threat to us. Our team leader going to the world you live in alone, this … we absolutely cannot accept this! "
Although Rose's team members had been fishing for more than half a month, they were still worried about their team leader. Right now, Rose was like a little lamb, a little lamb going to a world occupied by a group of giant dragons.
Even if the giant dragons swore that they wouldn't harm this little lamb, these team members were still worried about their team leader's safety.
"I think … we will protect her." Director Yin saw a new mission popping up in the dialog box. It was a brand new mission prefix.
[City Diplomacy Mission: Eternal Rose's Obsession.
Mission Description: In order to meet Thorne in the Inner World, Rose from the Creator's Sanctum is willing to pay any price. She has removed all her armor to express her sincerity, but without any armor, she is as fragile as a thin piece of paper. Her team members already have a very good impression of Holy Spirit City, and it seems that they only need one more step to stay in this city, or … establish a friendly relationship with the Creator's Sanctum?
Mission Requirement: Protect Rose's safety.
Mission Reward: Rose's team's good impression increased, chances of recruitment increased, new blueprints of the city …]
This mission was only issued by Jiang Qiao to guide Silver. The goal of the Holy Spirit Challenge had already been achieved. If not for the mission, some of the Eternal team members were willing to stay in Holy Spirit City for a long time, treating it as a vacation.
Rose's guard had also gradually collapsed. At the very least, she would drop her guard. This was proof that she was gradually being controlled by the Holy Spirit's good impression system.
In the end, Jiang Qiao was still very curious about the relationship between Rose and Thorne … While Rose's team members were still trying to persuade their captain, Jumping Nucleus' stronghold welcomed a rare guest.
This guest wasn't an NPC, but the ace player of The Sovereign Descends, Feng Yi, who hadn't appeared much since the World Competition.
"Is your boss here?" Feng Yi directly asked the Jumping Nucleus player as soon as he entered.
"Player Feng?
Is … anything the matter? "
Boss Yin and Rose had come to an agreement. He had wanted to persuade Rose's subordinates one by one to give up their weapons and go on a day trip to the Inner World, but Feng Yi suddenly came knocking on his door. Boss Yin smelled something … called an opportunity.
"I hope to transfer to Jumping Nucleus."
Feng Yi's words were like a deep water bomb, blowing up all the players who were busy working in Jumping Nucleus' stronghold.
"This is really an unexpected decision, Coach Song."
Silver welcomed Feng Yi to his club, but after Mo Shigui walked over, he directly sent a private message to Silver.
"Feng Yi is a top player in China, but his playstyle is too independent, and it's not easy to get used to our team's style, so I don't recommend you to buy him." Mo Shigui directly used a cold and ruthless method to reject Feng Yi's request to be taken in.
"But our club doesn't have any plans to change its members in the near future." Silver used a more tactful method to hint at Feng Yi.
On the other hand, the surrounding Vivacious Nuclei players were mostly disdainful of Feng Yi. After winning the championship, Vivacious Nuclei came to Vivacious Nuclei to beg for shelter. Wasn't he just a slave to a third party?
"Thank you, then I'll go ask Night Scamper."
"Wait!"
Silver immediately stopped Feng Yi when he heard that he was going to find Night Scamper. It wasn't that Silver was afraid that Feng Yi joining Night Scamper … would be a threat to Jumping Nucleus' dominance.
It was because he heard that Feng Yi's voice was a little strange!
Feng Yi's request for Jumping Nucleus to buy him … didn't seem to be for the sake of fighting for the next World Championship, but more like he was at odds with his old team, Sovereign Descends.
Silver had previously told the players of Sovereign Descends that if the club pressured them, they could come to him for help. Now, Silver felt that it might be time to help Feng Yi.
Because this kid's tone was a little tearful, and it didn't sound like a normal conflict at all.