Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1187 - 1103 Treasure Hunt

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Qing hurriedly pulled back her Pet Egg and gazed toward the sea, indeed discovering more than a dozen ships swiftly approaching. She estimated it wouldn’t take more than a few minutes for these players to land on the glacial island. She couldn’t be more frustrated and asked Su Ran in annoyance, "This is really irritating, how did these people find this place?"

"Now the entire sea area must be widely covered with players casting their nets, so it’s no surprise that they discovered this island," Su Ran explained.

Su Ran didn’t think it was a big deal, and even felt somewhat relieved, grateful that it was after the glacier had collapsed when they found the place. If they had arrived a few hours earlier, the ownership of the treasure chest might not have been theirs.

Fate’s gears were inevitably not meant to mesh with these players.

"Overturning Water, what should we do? Should we leave now?"

Wu Qing’s voice was full of concern. The arriving players were so numerous, and with only the two of them on her side, the strength disparity was stark, leaving her greatly conflicted. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

"No rush, we’ve been lacking a pet to scout ahead, and isn’t this a scout coming our way?"

Su Ran chuckled, "All we need to do is hide and quietly wait for things to unfold."

"Easier said than done, look around, there’s nowhere to hide, let alone track them..."

Wu Qing swept her gaze around and said helplessly, "We can’t possibly just dig a hole and bury ourselves, can we?"

"Wow, I really didn’t expect you to have masochistic tendencies," Su Ran feigned surprise and then pointed upward, "Up there is the best place to hide. As long as we fly high enough, they surely won’t spot us. And even if they do, they can’t do anything about us!"

Of course.

Su Ran was also gambling, betting that the mob didn’t have an Air-restriction Stone or similar items. If his gamble failed, the consequences would be unimaginable!

...

"Haha, brothers, we’ve reached our destination!"

"That NPC really didn’t deceive us, there really is a glacial island here, it looks like the treasure map is real!"

"Wahaha, we’re going to be rich!"

"As long as we get the treasure, we’ll party for three days and nights!"

"Hey big brother, you said it, and all the brothers heard it!"

Nearly a hundred players made an uproar as they joyfully landed on the glacial island, but just at that moment, the temperature around plummeted suddenly.

"Achoo!"

"Damn, the temperature difference is too great, it’s really freaking cold, I’ve got goosebumps all over!"

"What crappy terrain, if it weren’t for the treasure here, I wouldn’t have come!"

"You think getting treasure is that easy? Do you know what it means to ’eat bitter to taste the sweet, to rise above the common’?"

The team leader, a shield warrior player, naturally said, "This is the system’s test for us, the harsher the terrain, the higher the value of the treasure!"

"Haha, big brother, now that you put it that way, I get it. System, oh system, let the storm come even more fiercely!"

The atmosphere within the group was lifted once again. The external cold temperatures could no longer dampen their enthusiasm. Led by the shield warrior player, they traveled through the glacier to the spot marked on the treasure map, only to find it was a ruin.

"Eh? Something’s not right here?"

"Shouldn’t there be an iceberg here? Why is there none?"

"Strange, it feels like this was formed after a mountain collapsed..."

"What about the treasure? We’ll dig three feet into the ground if we have to unearth it!"

The Shield Warrior player got tough, drank a bottle of wound-healing medicine to ward off the cold, and pointed at the pile of ruins, "Once I find the coordinates, we’ll start digging!"

However.

Everyone, full of hope, watched as the leader walked to the spot indicated by the treasure map, but before they could start digging, they unexpectedly discovered that the treasure map in his hand had vanished.

"What’s going on? The map’s gone?"

"Damn, what’s this trick?"

Facing this scene, all the players were dumbfounded. Had they been busy all this time just to end up sightseeing?

"Everyone calm down, this must be a fake map, but it’s alright, we still have a second one!"

The Shield Warrior player pulled out a second treasure map, cursing, "If this one’s fake too, I swear I’ll give that NPC’s ancestors a talking-to!"

"I told you that NPC looked shifty, not trustworthy at all, and we still got fooled by him!"

"Big brother, if this one is fake too, we’re going back to settle accounts with that NPC!"

The players, frustrated and angry, were clamoring to get back at him.

"Silence, let’s dig out this treasure map first and see what happens!"

The Shield Warrior waved his shield, quelling the clamor, and led the team quickly forward.

No one noticed that high above them, two black dots were following them as they moved forward.

As the players continued to advance, the temperature dropped more and more severely, causing their bodies to stiffen to the point that their movements appeared uncoordinated.

"Big, big brother, how much longer do we have to walk? We’re almost out of wound-healing medicine..."

"We’re close, just over a hundred meters to go. Everyone hold on!"

The Shield Warrior held the torch in front of him, trying to draw some warmth from it, but in the biting cold, the flame was merely decorative, feeling even a bit of warmth was a luxury.

Under the Shield Warrior’s leadership, everyone clenched their teeth and braved the cold, finally reaching the spot marked for the treasure chest, fully aware of the hardships involved.

"Brothers, see that rock? The treasure is right underneath it! Break open this damn rock, and the treasure is ours!"

The Shield Warrior approached the boulder, tentatively testing the treasure map to see if it would disappear again, and finally, he was relieved.

"Haha, this map’s the real deal! It’s finally a sweet end to our sufferings, seriously wasn’t easy!"

"This is the best news I’ve heard in my life!"

Players skilled in mining rushed forward immediately, circled the boulder, loosened up their stiff bodies, and began digging with all their might.

...

"Overturning Water, what do you think they’re digging around that rock for?"

As an elf, Wu Qing naturally had better sight than Su Ran; seeing the unusual behavior of the group below filled her eyes with curiosity.

"From their route, it’s not hard to see that these people are here with a specific purpose. Perhaps, they have a related quest, and this rock could be the key to completing that quest."

Su Ran voiced his guess; these people had not stopped at all on the way here. To say they weren’t guided by coordinates would have been absurd!

"So that’s it."

Wu Qing nodded her head, using her extraordinary vision to observe the unfolding events.

As time ticked by, a layer of frost covered the heads of the group, their faces turned red from the cold, and their teeth involuntarily chattered, showing just how much they were suffering.

Perseverance pays off. With everyone’s hard work, the rock was finally cleared, revealing a dark ground underneath, and the secret hidden here was about to be unveiled.