Chapter 60 Flower Scroll (10)

The red silk thread slowly sank into the pond, sinking several puppets. Xie Songjin took out an instrument from the backpack, flicked the black spiral switch on it with his thumb, and a projection was cast onto the flat lake surface.

"These puppets of mine are used to explore unknown situations. Their eyeballs use a special video system, which is the scientific research result of our guild." Xie Songjin curled the corners of his lips and said with pride.

From the projected image they could clearly see that the puppet was sinking, surrounded by pool water and mud.

"What a deep pond." said Gu Qiufeng.

Generally, wealthy families dig ponds for ornamental purposes, so the ponds are not too deep to avoid affecting the planting and maintenance of plants and to prevent frequent drowning incidents. However, even so, there are still some tragedies of falling into the water. This is because ponds are used to raise fish and flowers, and the bottom is often made of fine silt. Once people get stuck in it, it is difficult to get out.

However, the pond in Princess Anyang's mansion was too deep, and the puppet sank for a long time without reaching the bottom.

"This means there is indeed something underneath." Xie Songjin exclaimed.

Finally, he pulled the silk thread in his hand and made the puppet stand still at the bottom of the pool.

The picture is constantly impacted by the water flow, and occasionally shows a creepy distortion. At the bottom of the pool, which is already dimly lit, it looks like some unknown and terrifying creature with bared fangs.

"Go under the pavilion." Gu Qiufeng said, "Normally there should be a stone foundation there."

Xie Songjin controlled the puppet to turn as instructed and slowly moved towards the center of the pool.

Suddenly, the screen went black.

"What happened?" Gu Qiufeng said. After the picture returned to normal, he looked at the empty bottom of the pond and asked, "Did the fish accidentally hit the camera?"

Xie Songjin looked hesitant: "Just now... a puppet lost contact, and I can't sense his existence now."

At that moment the screen went black.

The puppet stopped at the bottom of the pool and turned its head carefully. The projection image on the water showed that there was nothing there except that one of the puppets walking side by side was indeed missing.

"Let's keep walking." Gu Qiufeng said.

Neither he nor Xie Songjin panicked too much. It was normal for there to be some ghosts in the pool. However, they didn't know how that thing managed to hide silently after attacking the puppet.

As a result, after he continued walking, the screen went black again. After returning to normal, Xie Songjin's face became even worse: "I lost contact with another puppet."

"Keep going." Gu Qiufeng said, "Since that guy attacked us, it means he doesn't want us to go any further. There must be something under the pavilion!"

Xie Songjin's face darkened and he responded softly.

Neither of them is a coward, and Xie Songjin is one of the strongest people in the game. Naturally, he would not be scared by such a mysterious trick. However, this kind of attack from an invisible enemy is always irritating, and there is a feeling of powerlessness and shame of being played by the air.

The puppets continued to move forward, and a puppet would disappear every few steps.

Until something not far away gradually became clear, Xie Songjin said: "We can't go forward any further."

They had already figured out the pattern of the monsters at the bottom of the pool attacking the puppets, so Xie Songjin stopped the puppet in place the next moment before the monster was about to attack.

All they had left was an observing puppet.

If we are attacked again, we will really not be able to observe anything.

The water in the pool was sparkling. Gu Qiufeng said, "It's too far away. I can't see clearly. Is there any way to observe it from a closer distance?"

Xie Songjin said: "I'll adjust the focus and try zooming in."

He fiddled with the black machine in his hand and enlarged the image detected in the pond.

The blurry object in the distance gradually revealed its shape.

"A coffin." Gu Qiufeng said, "It's really interesting to see a coffin placed in the pond of a princess's home. "

Xie Songjin said: "It seems that the lid of this coffin is still open."

He tried to zoom in again, but the screen went completely black. Xie Songjin was stunned for a moment and said helplessly, "The puppets were all wiped out."

Gu Qiufeng said: "What a pity, the thing in the pool doesn't seem to want us to see the scene inside the coffin clearly."

"Maybe it's a good thing. I feel bad. Who knows what kind of monster is lying in the coffin... Hey, what are you thinking about?" Xie Songjin said seriously, "Don't think about risky things. This is not a simple copy. Even I can't guarantee that you will be safe!"

Gu Qiufeng blinked.

He had indeed thought about diving into the pond to see what was in the coffin, but Xie Songjin discovered his intention, so he had to say, "I was just thinking about it casually. I don't want to die in such a place without knowing why."

"That's not what you told me before." Xie Songjin asked suspiciously, "Don't you think dying is okay?"

Gu Qiufeng smiled and said, "People always change. At least there are still some things I don't understand, so I won't take the initiative to seek death."

Xie Songjin stared at him for a while, unable to tell whether Gu Qiufeng was telling the truth or a lie. He made an irritable "tsk" sound and prepared to argue with Gu Qiufeng about this matter later.

With a slight lift of his hand, Xie Songjin's many silk threads all explored the bottom of the lake, finishing the work. The lake surface was stirred up into chaos by him. At the bottom of the lake invisible to humans, Xie Songjin's silk threads were wriggling and extending like snakes with independent consciousness, densely covering the entire bottom of the pool, and anything that existed would be strangled to death in an instant.

After finishing the work, Xie Songjin suddenly pulled his hand and then made a strange sound: "Huh? What is this?"

Gu Qiufeng looked closely and saw a petal-shaped jade wrapped around the red thread as Xie Songjin retracted the thread. Xie Songjin took it off silently and looked at it over and over in his hands.

"It's a flower scroll fragment. It should be the third one." Gu Qiufeng couldn't help but say, "What a pleasant surprise. I got the fragment before the mission was even released."

The two of them didn't stay any longer and returned to their own villa.

Xie Songjin handed the flower roll fragment to Gu Qiufeng: "Here, it's yours."

Gu Qiufeng was surprised and said, "This is not my credit."

"If you hadn't gone to the pond, I wouldn't have found this, so I should give it to you." Xie Songjin said, "With this, you should have three, right?"

Gu Qiufeng suddenly thought of something: "By the way, do you have any clues about the flower roll fragments? How many of these things are there?"

Xie Songjin said, "It's all ready, that's why I told you to keep it together."

Gu Qiufeng didn't say that he had another fragment to give to Duan Chouyu tonight, but said: "Why don't you come to my room tonight to see if anything will happen?"

He felt that the flower god would come again.

And it’s not because of the flower scroll fragments. The last time the flower god came, it was obviously for him.

Although Gu Qiufeng also wanted to know the reason, he first had to see the Flower God again and have a chance to talk to him.

As for Xie Songjin, Gu Qiufeng's attitude towards him changed after he found out that he remembered Shen Lei and others. There were some things that Duan Chouyu and Xiaoyu could not participate in, but perhaps he could.

Xie Songjin looked at Gu Qiufeng for a while. The light shone on his pretty face, casting deep and shallow shadows. After a while, he said as if waking up from a dream, "Okay."

Since they were going to hide in the Flower God, they were prepared to sit in meditation all night. In order to prevent himself from falling asleep, Xie Songjin took the initiative to find a topic to talk about: "How is the NPC you captured?"

"Very good, very obedient and well behaved." Gu Qiufeng said thoughtfully, "Has this kind of thing happened before? I think you don't seem very surprised."

Xie Songjin moved his lips, but finally said, "Someone has experimented with communicating with NPCs that are not hostile to humans before."

"What happened next?" Gu Qiufeng asked.

Xie Songjin laughed: "It should be considered a success, I don't know."

Gu Qiufeng did not ask Xie Songjin who that person was, but they all knew his identity.

"Xiao Xie," Gu Qiufeng suddenly changed the subject, "When did you enter the game?"

Xie Songjin said: "Why are you asking this? Do I look very old?"

"Tell me about it. You can always tell me about your past, right?" Gu Qiufeng said, "I think we are about the same age. How old are you?"

Xie Songjin: "...27, definitely older than you."

Gu Qiufeng said, "It's a coincidence, I'm 25, but why do you always talk to me in an elder's tone? When did you enter the game?"

Xie Songjin had a complicated expression: "I'm not in this game."

"What do you mean?" Gu Qiufeng asked.

Xie Songjin sighed quietly: "My parents were once gamers. They gave birth to me and my sister in the game."

Gu Qiufeng was surprised and asked, "Can you get married and have children in this game?"

"Yes, I don't know if anyone has ever gotten out of the game before. At least my parents' generation has never been able to get out of the game. Maybe some people think that having offspring in this kind of game is irresponsible to future children." Xie Songjin said softly, "I understand them. They need to be passed on and remembered."

Gu Qiufeng suddenly understood why Xie Songjin was the exception in the game.

The reason why he still remembered the A-level players of the previous generation who were erased was most likely because his parents were among them. However, the game could not be logically consistent enough to erase Xie Songjin's birth and blood relationship.

But Xie Songjin must have been bound by the origin at the same time. Perhaps over the years, he had tried to remind everyone about the mass death of the A-level players ten years ago, but failed without exception. The game might not allow him to tell the truth to others smoothly.

Everyone has forgotten that there was once a group of heroes who took the risk and embarked on a journey of no return for humanity.

Except Xie Songjin.