Chapter 2 The Updated Main Quest

Along with that very inflammatory line, the system prompt sounded.

Feng Bujue opened the game menu and, sure enough, the taskbar had changed.

[Survive on Cannibal Island for seventy-two hours] had disappeared, replaced by [Kill Captain Greybeard].

And the main quest [Complete at least six challenges given by the production team] was still there, its progress at 3/6… which meant that Feng Bujue still had to complete his remaining three challenges.

"Hmm… good thing I asked about all six challenges in advance, or I'd be in trouble now…" Feng Bujue looked at the taskbar and couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

The deal he and Hai Meilong had reached earlier was this: Hai Meilong agreed to let Brother Jue accept six challenges at once and guaranteed… that he would not set up any artificial obstacles for him in the following competition, and would even use guiding methods to keep other players away from Brother Jue; while Feng Bujue promised… that while completing the challenges, he would not consciously eliminate other players, and at the final moment of the competition, he would intentionally be injured and eliminated by someone else.

From the perspective of the situation at the time, the deal between these two was definitely a win-win situation - Hai Meilong saved the show's watchability and broadcast time, and Feng Bujue was able to steadily complete the main quest.

If everything went according to plan, the final situation would be: when there were about twenty minutes left in the competition, Feng Bujue, who had already completed six challenges, would "accidentally" meet an opponent who was second only to him, and be suddenly attacked by the other party. Then, Brother Jue only needed to show off his acting skills, pretend to be hit, break a kneecap or something, and he could safely lie down and announce his withdrawal. By the time the staff carried "Stephen Carbon" onto the stretcher, the competition time would be basically over, and Feng Bujue might have already left the script.

However… the appearance of the pirates completely disrupted this plan.

The difficulty of the script that Feng Bujue had lowered through "borrowing momentum" had now rebounded, even becoming more difficult than before…

No wonder he was glad that he had already accepted the challenges. Just imagine… if Brother Jue hadn't asked about the content of all the challenges in advance, where could he go to accept them now? Even if he could find Clams Ears and make the corresponding request, the other party would only treat him like a lunatic.

"Stephen." At this moment, ** spoke again, interrupting Brother Jue's thoughts, "Can you use an assault rifle?"

He asked this because Brother Jue had already picked up the AK from the pirate and slung it over his shoulder.

"Well… I think I need to familiarize myself with it…" Feng Bujue raised the gun and looked at it.

"Careful!" ** warily went to Brother Jue's side, took a big step forward, and reached out to lower the muzzle of the gun. "Before you learn how to use a gun, the most important thing you need to remember is - don't point the muzzle at others, especially your own people."

"Uh… understood." Feng Bujue nodded, pretending to be very honest.

In fact, Brother Jue knew how to use the AK-47. He had been exposed to everything from the first model to the third, and even some mutated magic modification versions. But right now, he thought it was better to play dumb. If he acted like an experienced veteran who knew all kinds of weapon knowledge, it would arouse **'s suspicion… If the other party questioned him because of this, he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly…

"By the way, you just said that all the pirates searching the island are in pairs." Feng Bujue then asked, "Then have you already taken care of two?"

"No, I took care of one person earlier." ** replied, "The pirate I encountered happened to be alone." He paused, then continued, "I asked him about his companion's whereabouts, and he said… the person who was with him said he was going to relieve himself in the bushes, and then never came back. He didn't know where the man went… and thought he had been killed by me."

"Oh?" When Feng Bujue heard this, several speculations flashed through his mind. "Could it be…" He scanned the surroundings. "...that one of the staff on the island… ambushed the pirate who was relieving himself."

"I think so too." ** replied, "According to the information I have, there are a total of eighteen staff members on the island, divided into groups of three to act; plus Clams Ears, who is acting alone… these nineteen people have communication equipment, and they received the news that the pirates had occupied the Dolphin at the first moment. Any one or several of these people… may have ambushed the pirates." He paused. "In addition, there are four players left on the island, namely you, me, Justin Bieber and Bill Gates… We four don't have communication equipment, and the production team can't contact us in time. So… our situation is very passive. Apart from you and me, Bieber and Gates are likely to be still in the dark… or have been killed by the pirates."

"Well… the IQ of the NPCs in this script is really reassuring…" Feng Bujue thought to himself as he listened to **'s methodical analysis. Then, he picked up the walkie-talkie from the corpse in front of him, looked at ** and asked, "Do the pirates on your side have walkie-talkies?"

"No." ** replied, "Speaking of which… the lone pirate I killed earlier didn't have one either." Before he finished speaking, he pondered, "Hmm… it seems that they are in pairs and share a walkie-talkie…"

"Judging from this…" Feng Bujue took over the conversation and continued, "The pirate who ran off to relieve himself and disappeared had a walkie-talkie on him." He smiled, and then did something that shocked people (at least ** was shocked).

"Hello, hello? Can you hear me?" Feng Bujue actually raised the walkie-talkie in his hand to his mouth, tuned it to the public channel, and said loudly, "I'm Stephen Carbon, I'm still alive. Whoever killed a pirate just now and took his walkie-talkie, I just want you to know that you are not fighting alone."

"Are you crazy! The pirates on the ship will hear you!" ** immediately lowered his voice and shouted.

Feng Bujue smiled slightly at him and whispered back, "Heh… I want them to hear."

Having said that, he raised his voice again and said loudly into the walkie-talkie, "Captain Greybeard, are you listening? If you are, give me a shout."

About ten seconds later, Greybeard's broken gong voice actually rang out in the channel, "Who the hell are you? What happened to my men?"

"Don't worry, your men are fine, you'll see them soon…" Feng Bujue maliciously paused for half a second before continuing, "...on the road to hell."