The boss's game progress should be about the same as theirs.
No matter how fast the game progress is, it can't be too much faster, right?
That is to say, the real main quest should be taking a boat to Xianling Island?
After learning this news,
The players immediately went back to the game to try.
"No, there's no boat leaving now!"
"Those boat merchants don't even bother with people!"
"And I've also inquired, the merchant ships at the ferry go to Suzhou, not Xianling Island at all!"
But they quickly found it wouldn't work.
Some players speculated that some prerequisite conditions were still needed to be triggered.
But what exactly they were, was unclear.
The boss definitely knew, but no matter how much they asked, he just wouldn't say.
Finally, he just slightly helplessly mentioned, "You've even got the most basic gameplay of this game wrong!"
Everyone was even more bewildered and could only continue exploring.
But for a long time, there was no progress.
"Oh no, I died again!"
Wu Hao, not believing in evil at this time, went to Shili Slope again; after being killed by a monster, he had to start from the dream.
This made him feel a bit annoyed.
So he didn't rush to restart the game.
He had now completely adapted to and familiarized himself with the game atmosphere in the Internet Cafe.
If he couldn't beat it, he would watch others play more, or find someone to discuss it with, to see if he could find any breakthrough.
So he looked at Wu Lei's screen next to him.
He saw that Wu Lei in the game first wandered around the village until late at night, and then stealthily went to the ferry.
Looking at this action,
Was he planning to try another way to steal a merchant ship again?
But unexpectedly, the seemingly unguarded merchant ship actually had many guards.
As soon as he was discovered, Wu Lei didn't even have time to run before he was caught by a group of guards and beaten to death with sticks.
Then the familiar text appeared on the screen again: "Victory and defeat are common in war; brave hero, please try again."
"The defenses are so strict; it seems stealing a boat is a bit difficult!"
"But the greater the difficulty, the more it proves I came to the right place!"
Wu Lei seemed quite happy after dying and even analyzed it seriously, looking like he planned to go again.
"..."
Seeing this, Wu Hao behind him involuntarily twitched his mouth, feeling that his third brother's thought process was a bit too unconventional.
Wu Hao looked away, unable to bear to watch, and subconsciously turned his head to the other side.
That was Li Xiaoyao's position.
Speaking of which, at first, Li Xiaoyao would come out and discuss a few words with everyone.
But later, he just kept playing the game silently by himself.
However, he should also be stuck like everyone else, right?
However, when Wu Hao's gaze touched the screen, he was stunned.
Because Li Xiaoyao in the game was also at the ferry at this time, but he was not stealing a boat, but talking to a fisherman.
"You want to go out to sea?"
The fisherman said with an exaggerated expression, "This is not a joke; although I have been to Xianling Island, it's getting late now, and the wind and waves will be even stronger at night, it's very dangerous!"
Li Xiaoyao, however, anxiously requested again, "Zhang Si Ge, please help me with this no matter what; only this way can I save my aunt's life!"
"Well... alright!"
The fisherman was silent and hesitated for a while, but seeing the worried expression on Li Xiaoyao's face, he was finally moved:
"Li Da Niang has always treated people well; I think Heaven will also pity good people, get on board!"
The fisherman finally agreed to Li Xiaoyao and took him to Xianling Island.
"This..."
Seeing this, Wu Hao was even more surprised, and after a while, he came back to his senses and quickly exclaimed to the others.
"Hey, come and see, Li Xiaoyao seems to have successfully gone out to sea!"
"What!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves.
Other players, hearing the news, ran over one after another, and when they saw it, they were all dumbfounded.
"Holy cow, it's true!"
"But I also went to find that fisherman, why did he refuse to take me no matter what, and even said he didn't even know where Xianling Island was?"
"Obviously, he must have completed the prerequisite conditions for going to Xianling Island, and we haven't!"
Li Xiaoyao being able to successfully go out to sea meant that his current game progress should be similar to the boss's.
Thinking of this, everyone was a little excited and hurriedly shouted, "Li Xiaoyao, Li Xiaoyao, quickly tell us how to play this game!"
Li Xiaoyao was on his way to Xianling Island at this time and had no intention of caring about anything else, but hearing people calling him repeatedly from outside, he finally somewhat reluctantly took off the virtual reality device.
"What do you mean 'how to play'? Just play it like this!"
Everyone pressed, "No, how did you go out to sea? Why did you go out to sea?"
Li Xiaoyao said with some anxiety, "My aunt is sick, I need to go out to sea to Xianling Island to get medicine for her!"
"Huh?"
"Your aunt?"
Everyone was a bit confused, "Who is your aunt? Isn't this a game?"
Li Xiaoyao also felt inexplicable, "My aunt is naturally Li Da Niang!"
Everyone was still confused, "Li Da Niang?"
Li Xiaoyao took a while to recover from the game's immersion, and then explained again:
"Yes, Li Xiaoyao's aunt is Li Da Niang, and in the game, we are Li Xiaoyao, Li Da Niang is my aunt, so naturally, she is your aunt too!"
"This..."
When everyone heard this, they all shivered.
They probably knew who Li Xiaoyao's aunt was, it should be the old woman at the beginning who looked a bit like Luocha Ghost婆.
At this moment, they seemed to suddenly realize it too.
That's right, they are Li Xiaoyao in the game now, playing the game as this character.
It's just that they didn't have any memories of Li Xiaoyao, and it wasn't so easy to adapt to such a new identity.
Moreover, this point was completely different from the feeling of the games they played before.
Whether in monster hunter or Stardew Valley, they appeared in the game as their own avatars.
Although they had new identities, they played the game entirely according to their own behavioral logic.
But in this Immortal Sword world, it seemed that this wouldn't work; let alone identity, even the body was someone else's.
At this time, even they themselves didn't understand themselves, nor did they understand the other people around them.
No wonder when they interacted with other villagers in the village before, those villagers looked at them strangely and said inexplicable things.
Because they were facing the familiar Li Xiaoyao, but the players themselves had not fully immersed themselves in this role.
"So, if we want to advance the game, the first thing we need to do is to fully immerse ourselves in this role?"
"Yes, it should be like that!"
"Alright, from now on, I am Li Xiaoyao, the waiter of the inn!"
At this time, the players finally seemed to understand how to play this game.