After Wei Xun bound his identity, he checked the Maria butterfly.
The only clue left of his family’s disappearance had been labeled as a special item by the Travel Services—[Maria Butterfly Fragment (1/4)], just after Wei Xun had entered the tour. During the tour, the butterfly fragment had become a tattoo on his left hand and climbed up to his shoulder.
Now, the app of the International Thriller Travel Services also had a logo of a blue and purple butterfly. This matter caused Wei Xun to sink into thought.
[Maria Butterfly, full name Maria Abyss Flashing Butterfly, the symbol of International Thriller Travel Services]
Sure enough, after binding his identity and truly joining the Travel Services, the Travel Services that would not respond to him no matter what he did finally replied.
[It is the most mysterious, most beautiful, and most incredible object. Everyone is searching for it and everyone would be proud to own a Maria butterfly fragment]
Then, the Travel Services did not share any additional information.
The Travel Services did not tell him the function of the Maria butterfly fragment, where it was found, nor what it was. The Travel Services seemed to be giving Wei Xun some information, but in fact, Wei Xun had more questions about the Maria butterfly fragment after the Travel Services told him this.
“The abyss?”
Wei Xun thought of “Valentine’s demonic mosquito” and the so-called abyss. His form of mutation also seemed to be related to the abyss.
Did the butterfly fragment affect his mutation form, or was it because of his mutation form that he was able to obtain the butterfly fragment?
He knew too little information at present.
[Dear tourist, would you like to go to the virtual hall?]
“No,” Wei Xun said.
He had originally planned to go to the virtual hall of the Travel Services, but after he had learned about the [Rising Star Tour Guide Leaderboard] and the [Return Leaderboard], Wei Xun did not feel that it was very wise to do so. A 30th parallel north tour was too rare. He hadn’t expected that a 30th parallel north would be that important, and he hadn’t expected that he would receive that much attention.
Many people’s attention could bring him stimulation, but too much attention could also bring danger.
He didn’t intend to go to the virtual hall using his current appearance.
Therefore, Wei Xun temporarily changed his plan to explore the virtual hall. Instead, he first returned to reality and opened the forum in the app.
Then, his screen was flooded with keywords like [III-9], [Tourist], and [Intoxicating Xiangxi].
The whole forum of the International Thriller Travel Services was discussing the newly opened 30th parallel north tour. It was trending as much as a famous superstar announcing that they had gotten married. Wei Xun clicked on several pages with great interest. Soon he focused on the post made by “Bai Xiaosheng” and read all the recent posts of “Bai Xiaosheng” with interest.
“It turns out that this was what I was thinking back then?”
Wei Xun’s eyebrow rose. It was as if his novel had been selected for the college entrance examination reading comprehension and Bai Xiaosheng had given the official reference answer for “what the author was thinking when writing this part of the novel.”
And Bai Xiaosheng’s new post was [???’s title finally appears. This person obtained a title no one has obtained beforehand, “Tourist”!]
[Obviously, the emergence of the title “Tourist” has made the already muddy waters even more chaotic. Instead of using his long-standing title of [Cold-blooded] or the title [Executioner], III-9 used the title [Tourist] to appear on the Return Leaderboard to deter the Slaughterer Alliance and show goodwill to all major tour parties]
[if the title “Tourist” functions the same way as the title is stated, III-9 will become a tourist after wearing the title. Except for the times he purposely appears in the public, it will be difficult for anyone to find him. There are thousands of tour guides in the International Thriller Travel Services around the world, but there are nearly one million tourists, or even more. It will be difficult to find III-9 among so many tourists]
[But at the same time, III-9 has also fallen into an unsafe situation. Not only will he be pursued by Slaughterer Alliance, but there will be a large number of viewers watching his livestream broadcast. His mutation form, clothing preferences, titles, masks, various commonly used props, habits, and communication methods will be analyzed by many tour parties and tour teams. Once III-9 appears, even if he has props that can be used to hide his codename, it won’t be difficult for his identity to be exposed]
[I’m afraid III-9’s direct message box must have exploded. Maybe someone will send special props to III-9 via direct messaging in an attempt to obtain his location, or even capture him. However, as an old tour guide, III-9 must have closed his direct messaging function and refused to receive any direct messages. Hence, it will not be easy for people to find him. In fact, most tour guides also turn off the direct messaging function.]
“Huh?”
Wei Xun narrowed his eyes and thought.
After all, Wei Xun has just bound his identity with the app and didn’t know much about the various functions. The previous app interface from before he bound his identity was the basic version. After Wei Xun bound his identity, the true functions of the app were unlocked, and there were two sections for him to choose: I am a tour guide (Thriller Tour Tab) and I am a tourist (Returning Tour Tab).
Since Wei Xun used his tourist identity when he entered the Return Leaderboard, in the Returning Tour Tab of the app, his basic information was displayed in the personal information section:
[Tourist Wei Xun]
[Rank: Low]
[Tour Party: None]
[Self-introduction: None]
When Wei Xun switched to the Thriller Tour section, the personal information section displayed:
[Tour Guide III-250]
[Rank: Silver-rank Zeroth-level Four-stars]
[Tour Party: none]
[Self-introduction: none]
The tour guide tab was not connected with the tourist tab, and the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour was not put on “Tourist” Wei Xun’s Returning Tour Tab. It was similar to having two accounts. And to Wei Xun, this was something advantageous.
The tourist Wei Xun didn’t receive any direct messages, but as soon as he switched to the “Tour Guide III-250” interface, a line of prompts popped up when he clicked on the tab.
[Your esteemed self has received an invitation from a tour party. Would you like to view the details?]
[Yes/No]
If Wei Xun hadn’t read Bai Xiaosheng’s post, Wei Xun might have opened it to have a look, but after learning that “Someone will try to send special props to III-9 via direct messaging, or try to obtain his location and even capture him,” Wei Xun wondered whether this kind of tour party’s invitation would also be similarly deceptive.
For example, the invitation would send him to a tour party’s base, or he would even be forced to join a tour party.
“No,” Wei Xun stated.
Although Wei Xun enjoyed stimulation, he was also sufficiently cautious. Currently, the topics discussed in the forum were “III-9”, “Tourist,” and “30th parallel north.” Bai Xiaosheng seemed to be trying his best to lead the public’s attention to “III-9 is still alive” and “the real III-9 led the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour” to stir the muddy waters.
At present, it seemed that no one had noticed that III-250 had reached the top of the Rising Star Tour Guide Leaderboard, and that “Tourist” and “III-250” had shot up the two different leaderboards at the same time. Even if the vast majority of people in the forum were not led by the nose by Bai Xiaosheng, they generally believed that “III-9” must be an experienced guide. They believe he might even be a veteran tour guide who hid his identity and codename, and they would not think that III-9 might be a newbie tour guide.
However, after reading Bai Xiaosheng’s analysis post, Wei Xun realized that this person had strong analytical ability. Yes, the others might not have noticed the abnormality that had happened on the leaderboards, but Bai Xiaosheng should have noticed this, right?
Just based on the new message that he posted on the forum, by pointing out “direct messaging,” mailing props, and so on, it seemed to Wei Xun that Bai Xiaosheng was warning him of this.
In addition to the invitation of the tour party, Wei Xun did receive several direct messages.
Wei Xun randomly searched more than a dozen tour guides such as I-1, S-5, and II-36, and found that except for a few sporadic tour guides in the West who showed their personal information, he was “unable to search” for most of the other tour guides’ location.
It seems that what Bai Xiaosheng said was really true.
“Close my personal information, refuse to let others search me, and refuse to receive direct messages,” Wei Xun stated.
He didn’t open the direct messages sent to him previously. Now that he closed his direct messaging function, the others couldn’t send direct messages to Tour Guide III-250 and couldn’t see his personal information by searching “Tour Guide III-250.”
What did Bai Xiaosheng intend to do?
Wei Xun carefully read this post. Bai Xiaosheng seemed to be standing in an absolutely neutral position. In addition to analyzing what III-9 was thinking, he also gave other tourists and III-9 advice separately, and his advice was given without bias.
[For tourists who want to find III-9, in addition to showing their sincerity, they can focus on the tour guide examination. III-9 is currently Silver-rank Fifth-level Five-stars, and has not reached Gold-rank, so he can’t choose which tour to take on based on his will.]
[And when the Travel Services assign him to a tour, he cannot decide on which tourists to take on the tour or the location of the tour, which will undoubtedly place him in a passive position. III-9 is likely to take part in the tour guide examination before his next tour and become a Gold-rank tour guide]
[The entire tour guide examination is kept a secret and the tour guide’s codename will not be displayed, which is good news for III-9. But even so, he can’t take the current situation lightly, because his titles and habits are understood by many people, and the Slaughterer Alliance is pervasive. Given III-9’s current strength, he can’t compete with them, and he will face many dangers.]
[This author suggests that III-9 should join large tour parties that can compete with the Slaughterer Alliance to counter the repercussions brought to him by opening up a 30th parallel north tour, such as the strongest tour party in Asia, Homeward Tour Party, the second-ranked Zhuzhou Tour Party, the third-ranked Metaphysical Tour Party, etc. The top five tour parties have the strength to compete with the Slaughterer Alliance]
[The Tusi King’s Tomb has not been fully opened yet. As we all know, the reason why a 30th parallel north tour is listed as Unsolvable-level is because so far, no one has completely cleared a tour of the 30th parallel north. Even in [The Pharaoh’s Pyramid], which tourists have made the most progress in, the furthest a tour group has cleared is only the fifth floor of the pyramid. And the tour group that cleared the fifth floor had not seen “The Pharaoh” yet.]
[Holding an important prop for a 30th parallel north tour is actually harmful and unprofitable for III-9 at present. The best solution is to make the most of it, breaking away from Slaughterer Alliance to join a powerful tour party, and sign a “cooperative development” or “prioritized development” contract with a tour party when signing the contract with them]
“Bai Xiaosheng wants me to join his tour party?”
This was Wei Xun’s immediate thought after reading Bai Xiaosheng’s forum post. He tossed the parchment map in his hands. As Bai Xiaosheng said, The Tusi King’s Tomb has not been completely opened up successfully. The parchment map in Wei Xun’s hands was very important, but there was no practical use for it at the present.
An innocent man would get into trouble because of his wealth. The right solution was to join a large tour party and transfer the danger away from himself.
However, no one knew that Wei Xun had signed a contract with *** when he was on the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour. Even if he joined a tour party, he could only join An Xuefeng’s Homeward Tour Party.
Wei Xun did not intend to join the tour party as III-250 or “Tourist.” The attention brought to him by the parchment map was not necessary, and even unfavorable for Wei Xun.
He liked to pursue excitement and wanted to participate in more tours to see the unknown, strange, and mysterious scenery all over the country, and even all over the world. Once he revealed his identity and joined a tour party, the other party might restrict his movements on the grounds of ensuring his “safety.”
After all, Wei Xun believed that only someone of equivalent strength could be respected. Even III-9 was weak in comparison to those big forces. Now, the current Wei Xun might be weaker than III-9 only in terms of rank and raw power.
Wei Xun didn’t need protection. He also wanted to continue prancing around everywhere——At least until the next month, when III-250 would be assigned a tour by the Travel Services.