Reign of the Hunters (200+)

Chapter 214 (Part 1 & 2)

Chapter 214 What Is Bella?

There were only two solutions for when a person ran into such a problem in the middle of nowhere: ignore the problem, as it was impossible to solve, or to rack one's brain and think hard for the solution.

Of course, Ye Ci was not one to give up. Even if the quest felt rigged, it didn't mean that Ye Ci would give up just like that.

Ye Ci would never give up without even trying to solve a problem. So, she dismounted from Ol' Four and circled the tombstone. Once she started searching, she was able to find a clue on a slab of stone that was covered by a thin layer of soil.

The tomb was old and badly eroded by the strong winds in the Mausoleum of Blades; it was impossible to tell how long the slab of stone had existed. However, that wasn't important. The most important thing now was for Ye Ci to find a small indentation that shared a similar shape with the badge.

If Ye Ci still couldn't figure out what must be done, she would end up doubting her own level of intelligence. The solution was so obvious that even an idiot could figure it out. When the main characters in a TV show had to think hard for a solution to a trivial problem such as this, one could say that the producers of the show were lowering the IQ level of the audience and challenging their patience at the same time. Oh, we seem to have strayed off topic, but I've wanted to say this for a long time: Please don't think of the readers and audience as idiots, alright? Can the producers and script writers out there please increase the quality of your work?

Oops, I seem to have strayed very far off topic.

Alright, let us continue with the story of Ye Ci.

Ye Ci immediately took the badge out of her inventory and placed it in the indentation. She then waited beside the tomb, staring at it without a hint of emotion. According to all her knowledge of drama and movies, something would be happening soon. A rock hiding a hidden cave somewhere might be moved away, revealing the labyrinth hidden within. There might even be flashes of lightning and thunder accompanied by strong winds and awesome sound effects, announcing the appearance of something extraordinary.

This won't happen in the game, will it? Ye Ci stared at the tombstone and waited... And waited...

One minute passed, and nothing happened.

Two minute passed, and nothing happened.

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Five minutes passed, and nothing happened.

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Ten minutes passed, and still nothing happened.

Ye Ci was enraged. You've got to be kidding me! Even if she hated the usual tropes employed in TV series and movies, weren't they better than nothing happening at all? Wouldn't it be less infuriating?

Flames of anger were burning in Ye Ci's heart. She stood up and stared emotionlessly at the tombstone. If she was a man she would've pulled down her pants, pointed her 'accessory' at the tombstone, and peed on it to vent her frustration. However, she was female, which meant that she didn't have that particular piece of 'equipment'. She stomped on the tombstone and growled in anger, "Oi, Bella, I don't care if you're dead or alive, or even if you're the f*cking tombstone itself! Get out now or I'll dig you out of the grave!"

However, the only response to Ye Ci's violent outburst were the strong winds in the Mausoleum of Blades.

The winds bellowing past Ye Ci's ears were like taunts to her, causing her anger to continue to boil. She knew that the developers had a tendency to play pranks on the players, but as someone who'd never experienced it first hand in the past, Ye Ci had thought nothing of it. Now, when it had finally happened to her, Ye Ci felt that all the developers should be drowned in a whisker basket, especially that guy named Wang Jiangnan.