Stanpek and Abbott also looked shocked. "How could you be so careless?! That’s the benefactor who saved Lady Catherine’s life!"

Grant was also a bit annoyed. "How was I supposed to know?! When I sent people over, the Duke hadn’t held a press conference yet!"

Seeing his son and the two Marquises blaming him, he became a bit angry. "So what could I do? That bastard Yuze even blatantly landed a spaceship in my yard and shot my adjutant Norton in broad daylight! Is it not enough that my dignity was trampled? Do you want to blame me too?"

Xue Guo was stunned. No wonder he hadn’t seen Uncle Norton since the end of the year. He thought he had been dismissed or sent on an overseas assignment by his father.

Didn’t expect him to be dead already?

And he knew nothing about it?

Xue Guo gritted his teeth. "Well, I still want to marry Josh. She is a formidable Master An, only she deserves me!"

As soon as he said this, Stanpek and Abbott couldn’t help but exchange glances and wisely kept quiet.

Grant’s son really lacked self-awareness. By now he should realize he’s no longer worthy, right?

After all, she is the benefactor who saved Lady Catherine’s life.

She’s also a strategist for a team in the Mysterious Guild.

The teammates around her are all top-notch individuals.

Grant looked at him with a headache. "I’ve said it, it’s not suitable. Although Master Ans are rare, if you want one, you can still find someone suitable. Wasn’t that Susanna from your team before quite good?"

Xue Guo angrily said, "I don’t want Susanna, she’s not worthy of me! Only Josh is worthy of me. If you don’t get me Josh, I won’t compete!"

"Childish!!" Grant shouted in anger, almost slapping him, but considering there were others present, he forced himself to hold back.

Xue Guo still refused to give up and stood up. "If you won’t ask for Josh for me, I’ll do it myself!"

Grant, having no other choice, had to compromise. "Got it, I’ll try to communicate. Just get back to the competition with peace of mind! But also get in touch with Susanna, I think she’s a good girl. A-grade spiritual power Masters are already scarce, don’t end up empty-handed on both sides."

Xue Guo knew this too, begrudgingly nodding in agreement.

He probably also knew in his heart that it would be difficult to get Josh, but he still wanted to give it a try.

If that doesn’t work out, Susanna would be okay too...

At least she wouldn’t be an embarrassment to bring around.

It’s just that her performance in the copy was really poor.

*

Josh and the others, after regrouping, appeared in the game login room, and Ma Qi escorted them in.

The second match was still a team battle.

The preliminary matches were basically team-based, aiming to quickly filter out the weaker teams.

Josh and the others drew the identity card for the copy and quickly disappeared from the original place.

Ma Qi sighed softly.

Joyce chuckled, patting his shoulder. "Don’t sigh, there’s nothing to worry about. Things will work out eventually. Worrying won’t help, we can’t influence the decisions of the Gods. Besides, the last copy was beyond your predictions, wasn’t it?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The last copy was the Horror Doll House. In that copy, Josh wasn’t experiencing it from the perspective of a victim, so it overturned Ma Qi’s previous assumptions.

But Ma Qi frowned even more. "Don’t you find it even weirder? Previously, Josh always entered copies as a victim, but after we started speculating about it, she immediately shed the victim role in the Horror Doll House."

Joyce remained silent.

Ma Qi continued, "And in many previous copies, the hidden bosses or even the sss-level big bosses wanted Josh to stay in the copies. But after our speculations, the boss in the Horror Doll House was indifferent to Josh."

Joyce looked at him amusedly. "If you put it that way, it means having Josh draw the victim role is wrong, and not having her draw it is also wrong, what would the Gods say?"

At Joyce’s words, Ma Qi couldn’t help but laugh, shaking his head. "Maybe I’m just overthinking. Let’s keep watching."

Joyce patted him, and they turned their attention to the game monitor.

The new copy Josh and her team drew was "Deep Sea Horror".

But after logging in, Josh found that she seemed to have been separated from her teammates.

She opened the system to check her identity card for this copy.

When she glanced at it while drawing the card, she hadn’t fully processed her shock.

Now seeing her identity in the system, she had to accept that she had turned into a jellyfish, and not just any jellyfish, but a red one with a mouth full of teeth.

It was a red jellyfish as large as a mushroom cloud.

She looked at her system description: [A deep sea red jellyfish, genetically modified, with powerful offensive capabilities, mainly attacking through electrical currents from its tentacles, able to change size at will, often appearing in groups in the deep sea.]

After reading the description, she noticed in the dark depths of the sea around her, many jellyfish emitting the same red glow, larger or smaller, residing around her, creating an eerie, sickeningly familiar vision like underwater parasitic fungal blooms.

Josh called out to her teammates in the group: [Where are you guys?]

Yuze: [Lab 2.]

Rob: [Which lab are you in? We’ll come find you!]

Josh: [...I’m, under the sea?]

Yuze: [Hmm?]

Yushi: [Hmm hmm?]

Jiang Can: [Hmm hmm hmm?]

Josh: [...] Were her teammates all idiots?

Yuze: [What’s your identity?]

Josh guessed she was the unlucky one again: [A big red jellyfish.]

Rob: [We’re all humans though.]

The game began its countdown.

[Welcome to the copy "Deep Sea Horror."]

[Floating at the center of the deep sea is a massive vessel. The horn on the deck blares sharply every day, luring and capturing deep sea creatures. Humans in white protective suits roam the deck, sealing themselves tightly, seemingly afraid of contact with the air.

After a mysterious night, the ship fell into ruins, and everyone on board died overnight.

Some say it’s the Sea Clan’s revenge, while others claim it’s a human ploy to feign death.

But undeniably, something extremely valuable went missing from the ship, priceless beyond measure.

Many have ventured close, seeking to find lost treasures, but everyone who approached the ship was ultimately dragged into the abyss by the sea’s giant beasts, never to be seen again...]

[Players, please prepare to start the game. Countdown: one minute, 59, 58, 57...]

[Ding! Countdown finished, the game officially starts. Please take it seriously and play civilly.]

[Your identity is a deep sea red jellyfish, and your main task is to find the Heart of the Ocean and escort it back to the experimental ship.]

Josh shared her task in the group.

If her guess was correct, everyone’s task should be the same.

Sure enough, Yuze quickly responded: [Same task, but our identities are surviving lab personnel on the ship, looking for equipment to open sealed cabins, and the mission is to dive and find the Heart of the Ocean.]