Chapter 182 Night Tour + Comic Update + Tea Party Invitation 2-in-1...
"…The supper is ready. If you need anything else, you can ring the bell to call the maid. So, I wish you a good night."
The strange maid standing at the door smiled, bowed her head slightly and said politely, then closed the door, turned around and pushed the cart with food and left along the corridor.
In the room, Chu Xiuyan, with a well-behaved face, instantly jumped up and rushed towards the luggage pile, took out a black cloak from his backpack, and put the wide brim of the hat directly on his head.
"I've had a good rest in the afternoon, so I'll have fun at night!"
It was already eleven o'clock in the evening, but it was not too dark outside the window. There were little flickering lights floating in the air, and various objects seemed to be covered with a layer of light silver-white light and shadow. Thinking carefully, even though it was in the deep sea that could not be reached by sunlight and moonlight, there was also a kind of brightness and warmth under the sun during the day.
Chu Xiuyan shook his head, put aside the random thoughts in his mind, and concentrated on pushing open the window, preparing to leave through the window.
The system was acting as a human detector, reporting the locations of nearby maids and guards without any fluctuations in tone.
[One more thing, you should remember that tonight is the time to return to the real world, right?]
Chu Xiuyan carefully hid behind a wall, poked his head out and looked around, [I understand, I understand, remind me in the last two minutes, I will find a safe corner to hide.]
The system sighed heavily?
Chu Xiuyan pretended not to hear. He was very excited about the new map he had just arrived. He was itching to go back to the real world and wait for a day to cool down before coming back for a night tour.
He quickly climbed up the outer wall of the palace to the highest point, and stood in the clock tower overlooking the entire city - the Holy City of Aletta, a large city with four prosperous towns extending in the east, west, south and north directions with the palace as the core.
When night falls, the faint silver-white light in the air floats like stars, like a dream. The lights in the town are also like stars, merging into a sea of light. The silver-white light wandering in the sky, the warm light from the windows of the town, and the trees and flowers everywhere, interweave with the dark night to form a prosperous and peaceful picture, which makes people feel indescribably shocked.
Chu Xiuyan leaned on the railing of the bell tower and admired it quietly for a moment, then said: "It's so quiet, do people here go to bed so early?"
He turned around and looked at the huge clock hanging behind him with a thoughtful expression.
Do we have to wait for the system to sound an alarm? Chu Xiuyan shook his head regretfully and said, "No, no, I'd better knock during the day. It will scare people to death at night. I am such a good kid..."
To prevent himself from being forked out, Chu Xiuyan had to retract this festive and lively idea. He then took a selfie and a photo of the scenery, then jumped down from the bell tower and turned into gray mist and returned to the palace corridor.
I randomly selected a door and entered it. What I found was? It was a library.
The huge space is filled with bookshelves. At a glance, countless books are neatly arranged. There are also many tables and chairs placed close to the wall. It feels like a university or library.
[Division of sea areas? Areas, Ma Qiaoli's great life, one hundred ways of living in the ocean, three hundred poems praising the ocean... There are so many types. Hey, this book...]
Chu Xiuyan was walking around when he suddenly? took out a book from the bookshelf. The cover? It said [Barbari's Fall].
System: [What a strange book title.]
Chu Xiuyan opened the book and flipped through it briefly. "Barbary's Death" is a fairy tale book, well, a dark fairy tale.
The story in the book is very simple. About a hundred years ago, there was a deep-sea capital called "Barbaria" tens of thousands of miles away from the holy city of Aletta. The people there lived happily, but they suffered from a disease that could only grow? A certain white flower in the abyss occupied by monsters can save the dying patients.
So, the brave men formed a team to kill the monster and look for the white flower, and the people of Barbary waited expectantly. However, one year passed, two years passed, and ten years passed. The team that went to find the medicine never came back. Even the support team that went to look for them did not make any sound, as if they had disappeared in the deep and vast ocean.
Eventually, people who didn't get the medication died one by one, and the city began to die.
The ending of the story should be considered a tragedy, but? When I turned the page again, another line of small words appeared? .
——【But? This may not be the end. It was not the disease that caused Barbary to fall to his death, but the curse. A pair of siblings successfully resisted the curse, took the initiative to step out of Barbary, and entered the unknown and terrifying ocean. What will be waiting for them? 】
——【Please look forward to the next one, "The Resurrection of Barbary".】
Chu Xiuyan's hands trembled slightly. He flipped through the bookshelf for a long time but didn't find the "next volume". The system also helped to look for it, but found that there was no "Resurrection of Barbary".
[Maybe the author hasn't finished writing it yet?] The system guessed.
Chu Xiuyan: [Is this the pain of following a serial? Damn it!]
He looked at the cover again and found the author's name.
——【Elena】.
There is only one character difference between her name and [Ocean] Elaine’s name.
Could this be a coincidence?
He felt a little strange, and after walking around for a few times, he discovered several more works by "Yelena".
——"Three Little Pigs Fall in Love with Trees", "Clouds Eat People", "Bubble, Bubble, My Dear Bubble", "Teach You Twelve Techniques of Cheating", "What to Do When You Can't Sleep?", "My Foolish Sister", "How to Inherit an Inheritance Reasonably", "What to Do When You Always Sleepwalk to Have Tea?", "Irina, Irina, God, You Are So Beautiful"...
Chu Xiuyan carefully stuffed all the books back into the bookshelf and muttered: [How should I put it? The areas covered are too broad. It feels a bit crazy. And this guy has completely exposed some terrible thoughts. Damn it!]
He left the library trembling with fear, [I will come back to read books next time when I am ready. Goodbye, terrible Elena.]
[Speaking of which, in the afternoon, when Sha and Sabrina introduced the rooms and decorations on the fourth floor, they even introduced in detail who the maid who cleaned the room was, but they only missed the room at the end of the corridor, which is a bit suspicious. And...]
Chu Xiuyan turned into gray mist and flew up the stairs. He soon found his destination, regained his human form, raised his head, and his expression gradually became strange.
In front of him was a tall and wide door, inlaid with intricate and exquisite patterns, dazzling at first glance, as if it was made up of countless mysterious symbols and lines. The edge of the door was also dotted with some strange patterns, and one could vaguely make out twisted words like "special", "dangerous", and "do not approach". The whole door exuded a strange and dangerous atmosphere, as if it was hiding some terrifying secret.
Chu Xiuyan pointed at the door and said to himself: [Isn't this just telling everyone "Hey, there's a big secret here, come and see!"? And there's no lock? Yes! ]
This special and strange door was not closed, and there was a gap that faintly revealed the abnormal atmosphere inside.
Chu Xiuyan looked inside the gap for a long time. It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything clearly, so he turned into gray mist and went in directly.
The first thing I felt was a chill, as if I was being watched.
The next second when he regained his human form, he was instantly struck by a sense of crisis and subconsciously jumped to the side. Then the floor at his original position seemed to be hit hard by something.
Chu Xiuyan could even feel the sound of gravel flying in the wind?
But strangely, he didn't hear the attacker breathing.
The system quietly reminded: [Congratulations, you have entered the monster spawning point. ]
Chu Xiuyan: [What?]
boom!
[Fuck, there's something here too?! What's that sticky and wet thing... Ugh, so disgusting.]
Boom! Bang!
[I can’t see! I can’t see anything wah wah wah!]
Gulp, boom——!
[Damn it! Look at my Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms! ! ]
Chu Xiuyan ran around the house, chattering, but for some reason, every time he passed by, there would be a loud noise, followed by the sound of the floor creaking and breaking.
Finally, I didn't know where I stepped on, and the dark environment suddenly became bright, and the dazzling white light illuminated the messy and chaotic scene.
The ground was covered with broken tiles and flying dust. A dozen stone pillars inlaid with mysterious patterns were entangled with giant tentacles tied into bows and unable to break free. The dense suction cups were still oozing mucus, and the rest of the ground was also crawling with strange creatures like sea snakes.
Chu Xiuyan lowered his head with a stiff neck and looked at his hands. His two hands were holding two strange tentacles. The bow was half tied, and it was slowly untying because he stopped moving.
Time seemed to stop.
After an unknown amount of time, Chu Xiuyan's consciousness suddenly came back, and he screamed sharply: "I hate those slimy, soft, wet, ugly long things!!!"
He shook his whole body and threw away the tentacle in his hand, then turned into an afterimage and crawled towards the nearby stone pillar that was not wrapped by the tentacle. With two whooshes, he climbed to a height of three meters above the ground in an instant, successfully staying away from the long sea snake on the floor that was swimming towards him.
“Uncle Wuwu, help me! The ocean is so scary aaaaaaa——”
System: [No, I remember you were not afraid of the creepers? ]
Chu Xiuyan wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and sobbed, "Although the creeper is also very long, it is dry! It is not soft or wet, so I am not afraid!"
The system added another item to the protagonist's profile, and continued to ask curiously: [What about plant vines? Platinum dragon fish? ]
"Ah, you're so annoying! The vines look like tentacles, but I told you they're not wet or slimy! As for the dragon fish, she's pretty and beautiful!"
Just as he finished speaking, he noticed that the sea snake on the floor was approaching again, whimpered, and climbed up the stone pillar again.
At this moment, not far away, a mad and angry curse suddenly sounded.
"Ah, so noisy! Are you an idiot? How can you be a thief? Ahhh, bastard! It's all your fault. I almost opened the key. Damn it! Damn it!"
As soon as the words fell, a petite figure jumped out from the shadows in the corner, nimbly avoiding the ground? The swimming sea snake and the tentacles swaying in the air came to the bottom of the stone pillar where Chu Xiuyan was climbing in a blink of an eye. She looked up, revealing a slightly immature girl's face.
His dark green long hair was braided into a thick braid and fell behind him. He wore a brown jacket and shorts. When he looked up with his hands in his pockets, he exuded a cool and handsome aura.
When she saw the black-haired boy climbing on the stone pillar, her angry expression slightly subsided and she became somewhat interested.
"Hey, which little brat is stealing things without any skills?"
Chu Xiuyan groaned and said, "It was obviously you who stole the things, wasn't it?"
The girl with dark green long braids spread her hands indifferently, "I'm not that low-level thief, I'm a famous thief lady. Tsk, anyway, thanks to you, the operation I prepared for two months has completely failed. I have memorized your face, and I promise I will curse you in my dreams. And..."
She hooked the sea snake beside her with her toes and said with a strange smile: "Hey, kid, you are not afraid of snakes, are you?"
Chu Xiuyan said stubbornly: "I'm not afraid of snakes! What I'm afraid of is those long, wet, soft, and wet creatures!"
"Okay, okay, whatever you want." The girl swung her long braid and walked out the door with brisk steps. "Finally, I'll give you a suggestion. Run away quickly and hope that you don't run into that perverted maid with blond hair and green eyes. Otherwise, you might be locked up in a cell full of sea snakes and tortured."
Chu Xiuyan shouted angrily: "I told you I'm not afraid of snakes!"
System reminder: [You really should run away. The maid and the guard are getting closer and closer, and the time to return to the real world is almost up. ]
Chu Xiuyan turned his head to look at the source of those giant tentacles, and saw two or three giant octopuses with fangs on their heads, wriggling and entwining in the corner. Five or six eyeballs could be vaguely seen slowly moving, with a faint scarlet luster.
He shuddered, not caring for why the tentacles suddenly stopped attacking him, and immediately turned into gray mist and flew out the door.
【Run, run, run!!】
However, as soon as I went out, I found that guards and maids were running quickly in the corridors on three sides.
A large ball of gray fog spun around in panic near the ceiling, and then found that the nearest window seemed to be open, so it flew out with a whoosh, and then flew back to its single room outside the palace.
He returned to his human form, lay back on the bed, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and closed his eyes with a smile on his face.
"Peaceful ~ comfortable ~"
The system manually clicks the offline button.
The next second, the time and space travel method was activated.
[Back to the present? After returning to the real world, I have to eat a lot of coriander fried chicken to comfort my soul that has been tainted by the tentacle monster——]
The boy howled loudly with his eyes closed.
…
Real world.
After the end of the desert chapter of the second volume of "Disaster Counterattack", the author has stopped updating for a week. Although it was written that the serialization would be resumed within half a month, when the second weekend of the suspension came, countless readers who were wandering around the forum suddenly discovered that the comic software that had not been active for a while had a special attention prompt.
[What is the update of the blood crystal disaster mutation in your collection? ~]
Forum: [? ? ? Half a month has passed? Gone? Have I traveled through time?!]
[No! Did the author update ahead of time? Yes! Great! The third volume should be about the ocean, right? Last time I went to a book signing event, I heard the author say that the next volume would be about the ocean!]
[You're already working hard again after just one week's break? Damn, this is too hardworking. Can you take a few more days off? It doesn't matter to us. Just update about ten chapters at a time. We're not in a hurry (dog head)]
But? When readers clicked on the comic and prepared to happily follow the plot, their excitement was instantly extinguished as if by a bucket of cold water.
——The big words "Volume 3 Preface" on the table of contents deeply hurt the readers' eyes.
[Wait, what the hell is this Volume 3 Preface?! It’s gone? It’s gone?! What are they planning to do with just these two or three pages!!!]
[Damn it, thanks to the author for taking the time to post a preview to give us some slack, thank you (face? expressionless)]
[Since? The third volume hasn't started yet, then... the setting collection, the congratulatory pictures, and the peripherals, please come out! Come out quickly!!]
at the same time.
Chu Xiuyan, who was eating his fourth meal of coriander fried chicken, was browsing the comic comment section while chatting with the system: "Ha ha ha, dear system, readers asked if your tentacles were cut off by the hero. They asked if we could crowdfund to install mechanical tentacles?"
The system was speechless: [Why don’t you think about the setting collection? There is too little information recorded in your diary. ]
Chu Xiuyan pretended to be addicted to fried chicken and clicked on this update. As expected, the comments exploded.
"Volume 3 Preface", although it is called a preview, it is also three pages long, full of sincerity (thumbs up).
The beginning is still the cover?, the whole is divided into three parts?, starting from the first-person perspective, as if someone is standing on land and looking forward, the first thing that comes into view is a blue ocean, the sea surface? reflects the dazzling golden light, sparkling, like a dream. The middle part? is the white mist lingering on the sea surface?, and there are faintly visible colorful bubbles rising to the sky. And at the top of the picture?, there is a blue sky with white clouds floating. The whole picture? looks particularly peaceful and beautiful, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Barrage: [Looks good! But? The style is weird, I don't believe the author wants to go for a fresh style. ]
[This scene looks familiar to you, doesn't it? Do you feel like something is wrong? ]
[The previous one reminded me that when the desert chapter of the second volume just started, when the water monster left by boat, didn’t Yunzai go to the shore to see him off? It was when he threw stones to hit the boat. In the picture presented at that time, there was a scarlet light tree connected to the boundary between the ocean and the sky - it was very similar to the strange blood tree in the desert. But? Is it not in this cover? It’s…]
[Thinking about it is terrifying! Using a fresh style to cover up hidden dangers? And the sea surface that looks calm but is actually turbulent? It's right! ]
Seeing this, Chu Xiuyan asked the system: "Have you thought so much? ?"
System; [...I just feel like I just finished a long chapter, and I need a different style to slow down.]
Chu Xiuyan nodded pretentiously, "Yeah, slow down a bit, I have successfully relieved the readers' goose bumps, yeah..."
The system was furious: [Eat your fried chicken! ]
Chu Xiuyan hummed and groaned as he continued to read. The cover of the first page took up a large space, and the remaining corner showed a group of mysterious people riding white horses and wearing gorgeous and exquisite white robes. They walked on the path in the forest. Only one person was dressed out of place with the others. He was naked from the waist up, wearing a donkey head mask, and lazily spread his hands. A vague conversation appeared in the dialog box next to him.
"...In other words, three elements are enough."
"We have found the key person mentioned by Lady Elaine."
"Next, we will invite all parties on the continent to hold a joint meeting for the ultimate future and the true wishes of Lady Elaine..."
In the next scene, the white fog was thick and the team riding white horses disappeared in the fog.
Barrage: [There is so little information, I don't understand, Aba Aba, anyway?, this group of people are from the ocean side, right? ]
[Invite all parties on land to a joint meeting... Forest, Desert, Ocean, Northwest Snowfield?! Wow! It is known that except for Monkey King and Cloud Cub himself, the gods are all in the opposing camp, so what will the ratio be next? Will the Desert definitely fight the Forest Team, 2 to 2? Or will they join forces again, Forest, Desert, Northwest vs. Ocean?]
[In front? Why can't it be 2:1:1? (dog head)]
[Damn, no one in the northwest is on your side, right? It's so funny]
[3:1, maybe it's forest, desert, ocean vs. northwest snowfield (dog head)]
[Speaking of which, this naked man wearing a donkey mask actually has a nipple, worthy of being 21+ (amazing)]
[I’m going to die of laughter in the comment section hahahahahahaha]
Continue to flip down, the second page? Turn and arrive at Huangshi Village.
The village was no different from usual, with steel ropes scattered all over the sky. A black-haired boy was standing on a steel rope, looking down at a certain place in the village, his eyes were normal black. Passing by the village? A villager carrying a hoe? Standing under the ropeway, looking up at the boy, there was a small dialog box next to him - [Yun Yan, what are you doing on that side? ]
The scene? switches to a dark room, where Zhang Chun and the man in the donkey mask are seen talking face to face. It is unknown what they are talking about. The next scene returns to the black-haired boy standing on the cable car, clearly showing the pair of instantly scarlet eyes? in the picture?.
Barrage: [Oh! Yunzai is so handsome! ]
[Cloud boy! Long time no see! Let me tell you, your real dad’s cosplay looks exactly like you!]
[What on earth did the uncle say to this perverted man? How could it make Yunzai's eyes turn red? Damn it, is there anything that our valued readers can't know! Urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent, I'm so angry——]
[Naked man in donkey mask: I'm going to kidnap your child! 】
[Everyone in the village is so cute 23333 Although? I think Yunzai's pose is very handsome, but? It's the villagers passing by? It really breaks the atmosphere, damn it! ]
End of page 2.
Turning to the third page, the front view shows the white fog covering the entire picture, a ship in the center of the picture, and a huge eyeball looming in the white fog. At first glance, it seems that the ship is moving slowly under the gaze of the giant eyeball, which gives you goose bumps.
Scrolling down the page, in what looked like a cockpit, a young man with long blond hair exclaimed, "Damn it, we're flying into the sky!"
The scene? Another change, and we were on the deck.
The onomatopoeia of gurgling gurgling appeared, and dense bubbles floated and swirled around the black-haired boy, while around his feet, all around, there were people lying on the ground in pain.
As if hearing something, the black-haired boy instantly turned his head to look in the direction of the camera, with no emotion on his face, but a hint of coldness.
"——You, explain yourself."
Screen? Black, the trailer ends.
Barrage: [——What?! ]
【Ah? Gone? Gone? Gone? ? ! !】
[What do you want to explain? Is there any conflict in the team? ]
[I explain, I want to lick Yunzi (shy)]
[I confess, I am a loyal fan of Yunzai, I want to turn into a bubble and stick to Yunzai woooooo]
[So many? Bubbles! So many? Bubbles so close to the cloud! Beautiful! Get a bubble online hehe]
[This preview, damn, there are so many? Information, it makes me itch——Author! Since? You have already released the preview, it means that you already have more than a dozen drafts in stock, right? Release it quickly!!]
[Since? There are more than a dozen drafts saved, it means that it should be quite empty recently, right? How about making a setting collection or something? (poking hands)]
[Since the author is so free recently, why not live stream and sell some goods? I will buy whatever you sell (lights a cigarette) or you can live stream and draw pictures! ]
[Since? If the author wants to live stream and sell goods, why not... uh, why not sign the goods or something? ]
[Fuck, sisters, you have so many tricks? Duan, it's so funny. If there is really a live broadcast selling goods, add me, and kick me if you have a link (dog head)]
......
Chu Xiuyan originally thought that he could have a good rest after returning to the real world, but the editor frantically poked him to ask what stage of the setting collection he had reached.
He was extremely distressed by the bad performance.
[Damn it, can I just make one up? ]
The system is ruthless: [No. ]
In short? Three days later, Chu Xiuyan was still worrying about the detailed information of a large group of acquaintances when he returned to the wasteland world again. "Do I have to repeat the desert and take a small notebook to ask people around for their height, measurements, likes, dislikes and other information? Damn..."
It was still night, and he tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
The noise in the corridor became more and more obvious. I was wondering why it was so noisy in the middle of the night, but then I remembered that it seemed that I had accidentally made a lot of noise during the night tour before returning to the real world? - No, that thief lady was also responsible!
Chu Xiuyan felt guilty for a moment, but he couldn't help getting out of bed and looking out the window, wanting to see what was happening downstairs. But he saw a figure in the courtyard not far away in the middle of the night. The huge umbrella blocked the face and figure, and only the faint silver-white light fell on the layers of black skirt, which looked particularly mysterious.
“Click.”
The sound of the white porcelain teacup falling on the teacup spread far into the night.
"Good night."
The petite figure with her back to Chu Xiuyan spoke, with a faintly happy voice. The voice suppressed the noisy sounds of the maids and guards around her, and fell clearly into his ears across the long distance.
"Would you like to come to the tea party tonight?"
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