Chapter 193 Zootopia

"You can tell fortunes by writing your name and birthday... Then should I give you my ID number, mobile number, and SMS verification code?"

Qiao Song folded his arms across his chest and looked at the stone tablet in front of him.

The words on the stone tablet slowly changed: "That's not the case..."

Qiao Song: You are quite self-aware.

Although Qiao Song had never studied Tarot systematically, she had some knowledge and exposure to it. Facing her was a stone door that looked like enamel, with a reversed Queen of Pentacles on it.

The words on the stone tablet are still changing:

[Reversed cards do not necessarily represent bad changes. I believe you are in a confused dilemma at the moment, about the future, about the present, and about the past. Especially your past, which is like a fog——]

Qiao Song went up and kicked the stone tablet over.

The feathers on her body began to rise again, and her physical strength increased a lot instantly.

"All metaphysical interpretations are nothing more than one sentence: believe it if you believe it, and don't believe it if you don't. Do you think I don't know that the more I interpret these, the easier it is to shake my mind?"

After one stone tablet fell down, several other stone tablets stood up again like bamboo shoots after the rain.

Behind the reversed Queen of Pentacles is a reversed Death and a heart with three swords.

This card doesn't look good.

【Why are you so angry? I am here to answer your questions, not to stop you from moving forward. 】

The reversed Grim Reaper emerged from the stone tablet little by little, and a knight riding a skeleton horse flipped down from the sky, holding up the sword that was stuck in the heart next to him.

Qiao Song raised the chainsaw. She was not really angry. The feathers on her body had grown out on their own. She was very sober now.

The chainsaw was cut off by the knight's sword, and Qiao Song actually took a few steps back, which was rare. This guy was very strong, and the gap between his attacks was just the time when she was about to pull the trigger of the chainsaw.

How could he know her so well?

[It's useless. From the moment you enter this area, every card around you corresponds to the power that resonates with your soul. They come from you, so they naturally know what your weaknesses are.]

The knight continued to attack, but Qiao Song was too lazy to waste time with this guy, so he just pulled out a handful of paper figures.

The paper man that suddenly fell to the ground directly restrained the monster that ran out of the stone tablet. Qiao Song looked back at the road behind him and found that there were no familiar woods and streets around him.

Before she knew it, she had entered a strange maze filled with stones.

The stone walls of the maze are filled with tarot cards of various sizes.

Qiao Song tried her best not to look at the cards. As long as she stared at any direction for more than three seconds, colorful patterns would automatically appear on the originally gray surface of the cards on the stone tablet, indicating that she had successfully drawn the cards.

In ten seconds, those tarot things would jump out and hunt her down.

Following Qiao Song were two horse-riding Grim Reapers, a leaping Fool, and a Scepter Page who looked like he had just come out of a wholesale market, wearing a large bundle of scepters.

The holy grails and swords scattered around are weapons they can draw out at any time.

Qiao Song was really convinced. She said, why would something like Tarot cards, which is a bit mysterious, appear in the field of Dog? It turns out that this is a pure battle royale maze. Which half-baked tarot master made this game?

Moreover, this guy loves to taunt, and from time to time a few lines of barrage flash across the surrounding stone tablets.

[Oh? It seems that you really know yourself well. I thought you were a warmonger, but I didn't expect you to be a pacifist. You know, as long as you don't fight back, the other side won't attack you either.]

Ever since Qiao Song summoned the paper figures to control the pursuers behind her, the derivatives that jumped off the cards no longer actively attacked her, but instead followed her like followers.

Like running a marathon, she was trying to find her way ahead, with a long line of non-human creatures following behind her.

It's a bit too lively for a cool metaphysical maze.

The owner of the Tarot Stone Forest had never expected that the game in his field would turn out like this.

Isn't this new invader curious at all when looking at the questions on the stone tablet?

How could anyone, when faced with a divination result that has already given an accurate answer, not think about why it is so accurate, nor why it is so inaccurate?

If she is not interested, how can she proceed to the next step?

[…But avoiding battle is useless. There will only be more and more cards around. Tell me your name. I am willing to let you join us. I know you are still troubled by the future, and I also know that you have been pursuing the truth…]

[Don't you want to know where you came from? Your past is different from others, like a fog. ]

Qiao Song figured out the direction, kicked a stone tablet away, and continued to move forward while sarcastically saying, "Have you ever learned Tarot? Tarot cards are for divination, not fortune-telling. How could you possibly know my past?"

The words on the stone tablet paused, and then a new barrage of words was fired at a rapid speed in a somewhat exasperated tone.

[In addition to Tarot, I have also learned Qimen Dunjia, is that okay? ]

"With your brain, do you think you can learn Qimen Dunjia?"

While provoking the other party, Qiao Song began to actively look for the weakness of the maze.

She seemed to know where the owner of the maze was hiding. She kicked open a stone tablet accurately and turned directly to a certain place.

Ever since the barrage broke down in one second, the hazy fog in the entire maze seemed to have faded a lot. The owner of the stone tablet also realized this phenomenon and quickly returned to his mysterious divination state.

[It's useless. Don't struggle anymore. The longer you stay here, the better we understand you. The so-called divination is nothing more than resonating with your past and future through the information you gave. Let me see your name...]

[Well, your name is...]

【……】

【ah? ? ? 】

[Sister, I was wrong, please don't——! ]

Qiao Song didn't notice the last few words on the stone tablet because she had already found her destination.

The paper man behind her passed her, raised a big foot, and kicked over a wall. Then dozens or hundreds of walls collapsed like dominoes, revealing a straight road.

There was a spacious space in the middle. The stone tablets were stacked up like mahjong tiles, forming a pyramid pattern. On the top of the pyramid sat a woman wearing a purple-black gauze robe.

Strange silver patterns surrounded her, and the air was filled with the subtle scent of essential oil candles.

Below, several people around the pyramid also remained cross-legged. The player holding the crystal ball looked at Qiao Song with a vigilant look: "How did she get in!"

"This guy has not been disturbed by the stone tablet. Somehow he found the way. Let your knights kill him!"

These players holding the crystal balls don’t seem to know anything about Tarot. They are just sitting here to provide assistance.

Seeing that Qiao Song from the hostile force was coming to kill them, they either took out their fencing swords or bowling-like crystal balls and started fighting directly.

[Fencing sports suit in use (saber mode)]

The fully armed player immediately thrust out the first sword at an extremely fast speed.

Qiao Song instantly realized that the knight who had chased him on a white horse was using the same tactics.

She seemed to understand why these players who couldn't tell fortunes were sitting around.

Use your professional skills to integrate into Tarot cards, support card generation skills, and attack invaders.

Qiao Song ignored the imposing fencer and handed it over to the paper man. The same thing happened to the guy behind him with a star coin pattern flashing on his bowling ball. He looked like a bowling player, but the ball had a gold coin pattern on it.

Qiao Song was followed by a bunch of NPCs and they also charged into the enemy's lair, but she calmly took out a card from her pocket.

"Bai You, long time no see. Are you brave enough to come and cheat me out of my money?"

The woman in the purple gauze on the pyramid in front had already recognized Qiao Song through the name divination. At this time, she clasped her hands together and looked apologetic:

"Sister Qiao Song, I was wrong. I have had some memory problems recently and didn't recognize you quickly. Can we stop fighting?"

The players below were quickly controlled by groups of paper men, mainly because Bai You recognized Qiao Song, and the creatures that jumped down from the tarot cards no longer actively attacked.

"President! What are you doing, President!"

The fencers, bowlers, and even the equestrian athletes who were controlled by the paper men now had angry expressions on their faces.

Bai You covered his face and said, "I've said it many times, I'm not your president, I just took over his shrine. I'm a fortune teller, mixed in with a group of you who are doing aristocratic sports, don't you think it's discordant?"

It was exactly as she said, the occupations of most of the players below were related to equestrianism, fencing, bowling, softball and even golf.

They all look out of touch with reality, and Bai You, who controls the entire game, is dressed like a medieval witch.

"Qiao Qiao, you are finally here. I am about to be killed by the lion. That bastard went to eat delicious food, drink spicy drinks and pick up girls by himself, leaving me here alone..."

Qiao Song pointed a hammer at her face.

"Don't try to get close to me right away." She took out a Priestess card from her pocket. The face on the card happened to be Bai You's face.

"You were the one who gave me this card in the first place, and told me to contact you when I came to Zootopia. Why haven't you responded yet?"

If she hadn't felt that something in the toolbox was reacting strangely, she would have taken even more ruthless measures to get to the center of the maze.

"The celebration in Zootopia started sooner than I expected. Now there are games everywhere and I can't get a signal..."

Bai You explained for a moment, glanced at Qiao Song's mask, and knew her camp: "Oh no, why are you on the Rooster side..."

Soon she sat up straight, looking eager to try, "How about I surrender? I'll give this area to you."

Before Qiao Song could respond, the players who were controlled by the paper beasts were all unhappy: "President, what are you doing? Aren't you afraid that the former guild leader will come back and -"

"That tigress Yinhu won't let him come back, and that guy forced his way into selling your guild to me, okay? I already said I'm a member of Dawn Country!"

Qiao Song frowned: "Why did you suddenly become the president of another guild?"

Bai You exhaled, waved his hand to call back the Tarot creature that had escaped from the stone tablet, collected the remaining pieces around him, and then said slowly:

"Because my badge is invalid, we don't know which instance our leader has gone to, and we are completely disconnected. To some extent, the Dawnland Guild no longer exists."

"And just in time for that fellow Lion to fall ill, he was rescued by Tiger, who forced him to awaken the shrine, but he ended up not being able to defeat Cheng Cheng's brother. Oh, by the way, Cheng Cheng's brother is now a Dog, did you know about that?"

Qiao Song was silent for two seconds: "I have guessed about this." But I didn't expect it to be true.

The completely animalized local residents should be considered NPCs to some extent.

Qiao Song could only think of one type of NPC: one that had reason, could talk, but could not reveal too much information, had to follow the dungeon role-playing rules, and had great power.

Tong Yao's uncle, Fan Xi, is an administrator.

When Gao Bin was standing at the border managing the prisoners, the local players looked at him with a mixture of fear and respect, which was a bit too unusual.

"So you've met before."

Bai You muttered, his eyes moving around Qiao Song: "Wait, you can actually actively invade other players' territories without being contaminated by local rules... You also have a shrine!?"

Bai You suddenly stood up: "Could it be that your shrine was awakened by the Rooster? If so, then you are really doomed..."

Qiao Song: "What's the point of ruining it? My shrine was awakened before I came here."

Bai You first said "Really?", then became ecstatic, but soon calmed down and looked suspicious:

"The girls who followed you formed a guild with you and joined you? But there weren't enough people. How come you were able to awaken the shrine?"

Qiao Song looked back and saw that the equestrian and fencing players were all under control, glaring at her.

"This is not something that should be discussed in public. Let's go to another place."

Bai You said "oh" for a moment, then waved his hand. Soon, several giant tarot cards stood up, blocking other players like a screen.

"This way you can neither hear nor see, you say."

Qiao Song sat down cross-legged: "Why do you say that I was able to awaken the shrine only after I founded the guild?"

Bai You was puzzled. "There are only a few ways to awaken the shrine. One is to have others build it for you and gain faith. If players want to achieve this requirement, establishing a guild is the fastest and most convenient way, but it usually requires at least 100 guild members."

"The second is the belief in special creatures. Players with this kind of belief basically have no chance. Only among a group of local special ghosts can one appear very occasionally."

Qiao Song thought about it and realized that it was not that she could not appear among the players, but that there were relatively few of them, such as Aunt Huo.

But is Aunt Huo really an ordinary player?

"The third one is relatively simple and crude, but the sequelae are more serious. In a special dungeon, a powerful shrine owner will implant his own fragments into the player's body, forcing him to awaken. The sequelae is that you will take over his position from then on. After he leaves, the remaining guild members or ghosts in his shrine will all be your responsibility from then on."

"The lion guy was given a shrine by the tiger, and he gave it to me."

Qiao Song figured out the relationship: "What about him now?"

"He should be acting as a military advisor to the tigress, right? He is quite confident and said that he will definitely kill the old dragon this time."

Bai You paused: "No, you haven't told me where your shrine came from?"

Qiao Song glanced at her and said, "Anyway, it's not a forced sale in the Rooster field."

Bai You breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."

She quickly answered Qiao Song's doubts: "If it is the shrine that the twelve zodiac animals helped you awaken, then once the Rooster loses, the winner will kill all the owners of the fragments he left behind to prevent him from resurrecting. By then, the celebration will be over, and nothing good will come of it."

"It is said that Chen Long has been able to sit on the Diaoyutai for so long because he never lets go of any possible factors that may cause him to fail."

Qiao Song understood what she meant: "So after the celebration is over, ordinary players will either clear the game and leave Zootopia, or die and enter the resurrection game, but the owner of the shrine will be directly crushed to ashes?"

Bai You nodded: "Because Zootopia is very special, not only can players come to participate in the celebration, but managers of other dungeons can also come in to share a piece of the pie. However, they usually join forces directly with the zodiac. After all, supporting one to the top is equivalent to having an alliance with the committee."

"By the way, I wasn't totally lying to you when I drew the cards for you earlier."

Bai You suddenly pulled out a card from under her skirt and said, "You will indeed have some large funding gaps recently, but it's not entirely a bad thing. You were right before. Tarot divination is about the doubts and solutions of the current world. I can't see your past, but I'm not lying about having studied Qi Men Dun Jia."

Bai You snapped her fingers, and the skirt on her body quickly changed from a witch's costume to another set of decorations.

Qiao Song looked at her. She was holding a tattered flag with the word "fortune telling" written on it. She was wearing a coarse cloth robe made of several pieces of rags, and had a pair of pretentious sunglasses on her face.

"You look more like a liar this way," she complained silently.

Bai You poked his sunglasses with his index finger in an exaggerated manner: "This is necessary for my cosplay role. It doesn't need to look good, as long as I look similar enough, so that I can have the corresponding abilities."

She suddenly took out a few yellow talismans and muttered something that Qiao Song didn't understand. Then the talisman paper in her hand automatically burned and flew directly towards Qiao Song.

"I feel like you might be entering an environment with lots of ghosts. These talismans can help you prevent the invasion of negative energy."

It looks quite realistic.

Unexpectedly, Bai You, who had turned into a charlatan, dropped the broken flag in his hand and flew towards Qiao Song: "Then I surrender now, you receive your spoils."

Qiao Song was caught off guard:?

On the back of this tattered flag, there is a dog head logo.

[Ding——Congratulations on obtaining a game territory of your own! Please create your own game before other players invade! ]

Seeing this familiar notification and the familiar 300,000 RMB arrival notification, Qiao Song slowly raised his head: “You…”

Bai You put his hands on his hips and laughed: "It doesn't matter. Since you are the shrine that awakened yourself, you are a safe third party. When the time comes and they fight to the death and enter the first three phases, we can escape. I will also give you a one-time deposit of 300,000. Isn't it great? This money is the private money that Lion has saved for a long time..."

Qiao Song's expression was a little heavy, and he didn't look happy at all: "I lose 150,000 yuan for each game..."

"ah?"

Qiao Song took a deep breath: "It's okay, what I mean is that you calculated it very accurately."

"Really?" Bai You was uneasy. She always felt that Qiao Song was in heavy debt because of her.

Qiao Song originally thought about doing the same as before and suspending his service to protect his account, spending 50,000 soul coins to temporarily keep the land, but suddenly he took a look at the surrounding environment.

It was full of stone tablets and dimly lit, and although part of it had been destroyed by her, it was still a pretty good maze, except that the elements belonging to the tarot cards on the walls had been melting away little by little.

After Bai You surrendered voluntarily, the power of the Xu Dog player here also faded.

This is quite suitable for those spiders to reopen the haunted house.

Adding the previous spoils, there are 550,000 left after the 600,000 income, so it is not impossible to spend 450,000 to unlock it.

Qiao Song thought for a moment and pulled out a background game production reminder that was even longer than the previous one.

Soon she lost her composure.

"650,000? Wasn't it 450,000 before?"

[Ding——The two areas you own have been connected. Warm reminder, you can create different games in the two areas~]

Oh you big head ghost.

How come the zodiac selection battle becomes a pay-to-win game when it comes to her, or it just happens to hit her bottom line, making her always lose something.

Bai You watched Qiao Song's expression change again and again, and he always had a bad feeling.

Although the ownership of this area has been transferred, Bai You doesn't look like he gave away 300,000 yuan. Instead, he happily raised a tablet:

"It just so happens that I'm out of the battle now, so I might as well just be a traitor. I'll analyze for you which guild dungeon games under Gao Bin can be occupied."

Qiao Song frowned and planned to change the spider later, but as soon as his eyes moved to the tablet, he quickly discovered something was wrong.

Bai You also looked very confused. He clicked his own location with his fingertips and zoomed in.

"I have allocated this area to you, why is it not the color of the Rooster, but white instead?"

Qiao Song's heart moved slightly, and he quickly marked a certain area on the map.

The territory left by the Guobinfen Guild that she had occupied before is now also white.

The entire animal field map was colorful, except for the two areas where she was located, which were pure white, without even any animal patterns.

Bai You turned the tablet over and patted it:

"Strange, is there something wrong with the map, or is the signal bad?"

Qiao Song suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.

Her shrines and the maps she occupied seemed to be different from the underlying rules of the entire game.

This is exactly what Bai You said. She has to find a way to find Dog Brother, whether it is a fight or not, she has to get some information from him.

Qiao Song always felt that this difference between herself and other players made her a little uneasy.