Chapter 194: Rules Are Made to Be Broken
[*Don't set a flag!*: I think I know! What you're saying, could it be that?!]
[Anyone knowledgeable, spill it, what exactly is it?!]
[Aren't they just a few zodiac symbols? How can you tell anything from this?]
[*Don't set a flag!*: 12 symbols, doesn't that number remind you of anything?]
[Divine Staff Fragment?!]
[No way?!]
[For real? We didn't study much, don't trick us, boss folks]
[How could this secret room be related to those 12 Divine Staff Fragments?]
[*Don't set a flag!*: I'm not too sure either, but I've heard other players in high-level instances mention rumors about some mysterious container composed of 12 runes in this game world, something called... Divine Staff Sheath?]
[*Short and Fat*: Uh, it's called Divine Staff Sheath]
[*Don't set a flag!*: I remember, the rumor said that this thing was made up by your Ghost Control Master Alliance's Guild Leader, right?]
[*Don't set a flag!*: It's said that back in the day, the other five Guild Leaders of the six major guilds each got a Divine Staff Fragment, except for the Ghost Control Master Alliance. Your Guild Leader was anxious and came up with a desperate move, spreading a rumor that there's an item called the Divine Staff Sheath in this world, a mysterious container engraved with the 12 zodiac runes, which perfectly correspond to the 12 Divine Staff Fragments scattered in the game world]
[*Don't set a flag!*: If you collect all 12 Divine Staff Fragments and place them in the Divine Staff Sheath, you might hope to reforge the A-staff, thereby overturning the entire game world]
[*Don't set a flag!*: Because of this rumor, that Guild Leader called on the other five Guild Leaders to give up their fragments, to unite the power of the six major guilds, and attempt to reforge that staff, for them to control the entire world's structure]
[*Don't set a flag!*: Naturally, the other five guilds didn't respond to his call and just thought he was making a sour grapes excuse to steal the fragments]
[*Don't set a flag!*: Later, the Ghost Control Master Alliance's Guild Leader himself got a Divine Staff Fragment, and he never mentioned the Divine Staff Sheath again, which further solidified it as just a rumor]
[So, could this secret room be the container called the Divine Staff Sheath?]
[Such an awesome container, and it appears in a mid-level instance?!]
[*ygs.qs*: At first glance, it doesn't make much sense, but thinking about it the other way around, it's precisely because it's in a mid-level instance that it hasn't been found for so long, right?]
[*Short and Fat*: Yes, actually, although the Guild Leader no longer mentions it publicly, he's never given up searching for the Divine Staff Sheath. It's just that we've always focused on high-level maps and rarely touched lower and mid-level maps, which is why we haven't found any trace of it until now]
[Honestly, just seeing 12 runes doesn't really explain anything, does it? When I was alive, my classmates would play with divination cards containing many of these zodiac runes]
[Right, don't grade-school girls all have a set of these zodiac runes?]
[*ygs.qs*: What you're talking about is your real world before, but here is a game world instance. The zodiac runes on the map aren't something you can see casually]
[*ygs.qs*: Moreover, if you look at the shape of the 12 runes on that door, they form the shape of a staff with a thick, long end. If it were zodiac runes from divination cards, they rarely intentionally combine into this shape]
[*Short and Fat*: The key is, didn't you see the reaction of the butler Jiang Xueying when she saw that secret door?]
[*Short and Fat*: She was obviously wary and fearful of that secret room, which is why she tried to intimidate Jiu cilang]
[*Short and Fat*: You know, there are almost no items in this game that can make a ghost, just by taking one look, be so wary]
[*Short and Fat*: But even so, this is all just speculation, honestly]
[*Short and Fat*: You can't just confirm that the ceiling is the Divine Staff Sheath from a few zodiac runes and the characters' reactions]
[But with what you said, I feel confident, it's definitely the legendary Divine Staff Sheath!]
[So, does it mean we're really in for a big reward this time?]
[I told you, staying in Boss Ye's live stream room definitely won't go wrong]
[Whoa! So Jiu cilang must have guessed all along that this was the Divine Staff Sheath, right?]
[No wonder! I was wondering why he wasn't doing his main quests and was insistent on finding some hidden items, turns out it was for this awesome item!]
[As expected, Boss Ye has foresight! We're on the first floor, while he's up in the stratosphere!]
[dlnb]
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Being worshipped by the live stream comments, Boss Ye was now standing on a chair, tapping along the gap of the secret door for a long while, then concluded:
"Can't open it."
He shrugged and jumped off the chair, checked the time, and decided to set aside the secret room issue for now. He had more important things to do—
It was now 9:58, and in two minutes, it would be 10 PM.
It was time to head out to find his strategy target!
Of course, Wen Nan knew quite well that Jiang Xueying had instructed that during the guest's stay, after 10 PM, no one was allowed to leave the room.
But aren't rules meant to be broken?
If Romeo didn't sneak out every night to play music downstairs, how would he have met his Juliet?
If Wen Nan didn't leave the guest room after the 10 PM curfew, how would he have met the little princess the doctor mentioned, who only comes out to roam after 10?