The King of Black Fog

The settlement on the plane is quite interesting; it's a one-on-one service from the flight attendants.

The one settling with Li Changzhou is an official player from Japan, offering a traditional kneeling service in a kimono.

"Is this required by the value game?" Li Qianxia leaned over curiously and asked.

The kimono-wearing flight attendant bowed her head first, then replied: "No. The value game only requires us to give the necessary respect to passengers."

"I really wish Auntie Xiaoyue would learn from this," Li Qianxia said wistfully, "She's been letting herself go ever since becoming an official player, always thinking about NP."

"What's NP?" Yang Qinglan asked.

"You don't know? Replace 'N' with '3', and you should get it."

"...Your scope of knowledge is quite broad."

"You wouldn't say such foolish things if you knew how vast my brother's collection is. Growing up under its influence, I'm more than just 'quite broad'; there's nothing I haven't seen." Li Qianxia crossed her arms in front of her chest.

Yang Qinglan's eyes, clear as water, looked at Li Changzhou.

Before he could deny or prove his innocence, she said: "Let me see your collection sometime."

"...It was already destroyed in the Evangelical's attack, along with the house on Yanhe Road."

Turquoise Pool smiled coquettishly: "I have a skill—"

"Heaven has the virtue of good life!" Li Changzhou seemed as if he was about to break into song.

Yang Qinglan gave him a side-smile, but her lips were smiling, and she turned to the ribbon-bird player flight attendant responsible for her: "Sorry, let's begin."

The ribbon-bird handed her a tablet: "Player 'Little Qing,' hello, I'll now explain the settlement of this task for you..."

Yang Qinglan glanced sideways, seeing Chang'e looking at her, watching how she would settle it.

Amidst Li Qianxia's words: "Sister Yao, you have to help; that's a treasure of civilization, tens of terabytes of data," Li Changzhou also began listening to the kimono girl's settlement report.

"Player 'King of Black Fog,' 'Master,' hello. First, I would like to explain the settlement method of the plane.

"Players using the plane usually already have sufficient [ability] before joining the value game. These players often lived a long time, and may not understand the settlement methods of the subway and ship, such as the player 'Fairy Chang'e' traveling with you.

"Moreover, instances conducted on the plane lack task prompts. Although the task difficulty itself remains the same, overall it is still more challenging than the subway and ship.

"Based on these two points, the plane's settlement is equipped with specialized flight attendants for explanation, and the settlement page is simplified significantly."

After pausing for players to think, the attendant continued: "Do you need me to repeat it again?"

"No need, just start."

The settlement page was indeed simplified.

[Main Task: Step onto the Immortal Islands of Daiyu and Yuanjiao]

[Status: Completed]

That's it.

The rest required flight attendants' explanations.

"'King of Black Fog,' 'Master,' sir, you have accomplished an unprecedented feat this time, and you have two reward options."

"What are they?" Li Changzhou asked.

"The first option is to calculate the impact of your 'As You Wish' into your achievements. You can specify an item and a skill, upgrading the item and skill to S+ level;

"However, if you choose this achievement, your future tasks will take 'As You Wish' into account in both task difficulty and settlement."

The kimono flight attendant did not continue, giving Li Changzhou time to think.

An S+ level item, an S+ level skill... What does S+ level mean? A 'Primordial Divine Body' is just an S+.

Not to mention combat power and various special effects, merely for cultivation, one could lie down and sleep somewhere and still become a Saint.

"May I ask a question?" Li Changzhou looked contemplative.

"Yes, please." The kimono attendant kneeled at his feet, eyes obediently watching him.

"Assuming I choose this, if 'As You Wish' is considered part of my strength, tasks will naturally be difficult, but what can challenge 'As You Wish'?"

"Nothing." The attendant's voice was gentle, yet very certain, "Even a Saint can't withstand the 'Fake Winner State' attack, but tasks sometimes require more than just attack, which you should be aware of."

Even so...

With 'As You Wish,' all tasks that can be completed with attacks are finished.

For those that can't be solved with attacks, one concedes directly, fails the task, and faces punishment, which can also be resolved through 'As You Wish'.

As for the S-level skills and realm decline required to use 'As You Wish'... skills are not a worry, but realm decline is somewhat troublesome.

If the task is completed, the income is substantial, realm decline doesn't matter, but the fear is low task evaluation, and the income doesn't match the expenditure, eventually leading into an abyss from repeated use of 'As You Wish'.

Actually, the realm is not a heavy burden for the 'Primordial Divine Body'.

But that's not the point.

The point is, if the value game can categorize 'As You Wish' as part of one's strength, is 'As You Wish' truly understandably part of one's strength?

"Tell me about the second option." Li Changzhou pondered.

"Okay." The kimono attendant said, "Now, I'll explain the second option to you—not considering 'As You Wish,' you can receive an item taken by the 'Primordial Divine Tree,' which is an Emperor's Magical Treasure."

She continued empathetically:

"If you favor this choice, 'As You Wish' will never be included in your achievements, and tasks completed with 'As You Wish' will lower evaluations, possibly even labeled as 'failure.'"

"What about task difficulty?"

"It also doesn't calculate 'As You Wish'."