Chapter 20 Chapter 20 "The main mission begins." ...
Leo is in a very bad mental state.
Xia Xifeng racked his brains to think of words to comfort Leo, but Qin Lang spoke first.
Qin Lang said, "If you're worried that Sunflower Valley will soon encounter a major disaster due to your negligence, then you're worrying too much."
He took out a map from his backpack.
In the places explored by Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang, the map will "break through the fog" and show a detailed map, just like in the game.
However, this map was not copied from the system, but was purchased from the city.
Qin Lang tore off Xia Xifeng, who was still wrapped around him like an octopus, walked to the big table and spread out the map.
Pereira pulled Leo up from his kneeling position, and the two halflings jumped onto the chairs next to the table.
Damon pounded his shaking legs and moved to the table.
"According to the photos, the place where they were initially attacked is here, and the hillside where Lana escaped is here." Qin Lang drew two points.
There are not many oases in the desert that can accommodate large caravans, and these supply points still exist after the apocalypse.
After playing the game for so many years, Qin Lang had memorized the game map. After obtaining the map in this world, he would take out the map he got from Green Sand City during his breaks and carefully compare it with his memory.
The dwarf caravans had a fixed trade route. By comparing the supply points and oases along the dwarf caravan's route, Qin Lang quickly found the location where they were attacked.
"This location is outside the influence of Green Sand City."
Qin Lang pointed to the red line on the map.
The reason why the wasteland is wasteland is that it was the battlefield and cemetery of gods in ancient times. It is entangled with various divine powers and resentments, and the energy field is very unstable.
Green Sand City stands at the forefront of the desolate land like a stabilizing force, "erecting" a barrier to prevent the dangers of the desolate land from spreading to the hinterland where intelligent creatures live.
Barriers have a range.
The "Pioneering Knight" is to advance into the wilderness and push the barrier outwards.
"All these conspiracies and tricks are because they can't defeat them head-on," Qin Lang said. "They deliberately disguised themselves as dwarves because they don't want to be discovered. In other words, the moment they show up, Mr. Amuruo will immediately notice them. There may be casualties in Sunflower Valley, but it won't be a disaster."
Leo murmured, "But there were also casualties..."
Qin Lang said: "Since it does not reach the level of a disaster, there is no need for them to risk exposing themselves to slaughter the Sunflower Valley. So their purpose is not to slaughter the Sunflower Valley, but they have other conspiracies."
Qin Lang looked at Xia Xifeng.
Xia Xifeng hit his head hard.
Less than half a month after traveling through time, they encountered too many things. Before they got used to the life of traveling through time, they were faced with the threat of doomsday.
Now all the doomsday monsters are running away.
Xia Xifeng tried very hard to think, but his brain still felt not enough, like a rusty gear.
"Sorry," Xia Xifeng said dejectedly. He was clearly the one playing the story, yet he couldn't keep up with Qin Lang's pace of thinking.
Qin Lang noticed Xia Xifeng's fatigue and continued his analysis: "Perilla, do you trust us?"
Pereira was puzzled: "Of course."
Qin Lang said, "I'd like to ask a very private question. Is the source of your power a lawful deity with a confirmed origin?"
Pereira nodded: "Yes."
Leo interrupted and added, "Don't worry, this has been confirmed by the teacher and Mr. Soul. Pereira is amazing!"
Qin Lang asked, "Besides the spirit behind you, have you ever heard any other voices?"
Pereira shook her head vigorously.
Qin Lang said: "Then there is still hope."
"What do you mean there is hope?" Leo grabbed Pereira's hand, looking extremely nervous.
Pereira was also frightened, but when Leo grabbed his hand, his panic subsided a lot.
He shook Leo's hand back and said, "Are those monsters coming for me?!"
Qin Lang said, "You may not be the only one. Wait a moment, Mr. Amuruo has contacted you."
They inquired about the attack on the dwarves and immediately after getting the photo, they asked the strongest of the half-elf guards to escort the ruby brooch to Greensand City.
Calculating the time, Amuruo has already obtained the ruby brooch.
After turning on the magic device, Amuruo's projection appeared in the house.
His expression remained calm. "I went to the site where the dwarven caravan was attacked. They cleaned up the mess, but they did it too cleanly."
Amuruo scoffed and said, "How can there be such a clean energy field in the Barren Land? I can tell there's something wrong right away. However, given the nature of the Barren Land, if I were a few days later, I might not be able to spot the problem. I've already invited the entire dwarf caravan to live in the castle, so you can rest assured that nothing will happen in Sunflower Valley."
Seeing that Leo and Pereira were still worried, Amuruo said, "The strongest man in the dwarf caravan was weaker than Leo. It took the monsters a long time to kill them, and even let a little dwarf girl escape. They are not very strong, they just took advantage of the surprise. I already know their weakness, and I will be able to deal with it soon."
He nodded slightly towards Qin Lang to express his gratitude.
Qin Lang also sent Amuruo a copy of the characteristics of the shadow monster.
Even if the apocalypse arrives, Green Sand City still exists, surviving until it leads the players in their counterattack against the Outer Gods. This kind of small monster that players enjoy farming, as long as it is exposed to the sun, is completely unworthy of appearing in front of a big boss like Amuruo.
Although there was help from the "Fourth Disaster", the fact that the Dream World was able to survive the "Age of Doom" proved that the foreign gods did not completely suppress the local gods, but just took the initiative.
Leo and Pereira finally breathed a sigh of relief and joined hands to thank Amuruo.
Amuruo asked directly, "Xia Xifeng, Qin Lang, what do you two think about their intentions?"
Qin Lang said: "The shadow does not want to reveal too much, but just wants to do bad things under the guise of a dwarf. The purpose is related to Leo and Pereira. Specifically..."
Qin Lang recalled the many times he had played the novice dungeon and asked, "Does Sunflower Valley have another nickname, or is it really called Sun Valley?"
Leo and Pereira's eyes trembled fiercely, only Damon didn't understand the situation: "Really? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Amuruo confessed frankly, "Yes. The Sunflower Family is the guardian family of Shuangri. This is a secret known only to a very few people, such as Sur. Most people in this world believe that Shuangri's guardian family is probably elves or dragons."
"Many elves and light dragons believe so themselves." He sneered and said, "Leo and Pereira are this generation's favored ones of the Twin Suns. Pereira is even more special. He directly obtained the power of the Day of Hope and became a 'Sun Sorcerer'. Controlling plants is just a disguise."
After Amuruo sneered, he sighed deeply.
He stood up and half bowed to Perilla: "I'm sorry, although I promised, I failed to protect you."
Perilla was extremely confused. "City Lord, what are you talking about? What do you mean by not protecting me? I'm fine. And even if something happened to me, how can I blame you for not protecting me?"
The panic and fear on Leo's face had completely faded. His blue eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, like a frozen sea.
Leo let go of Pereira's hand and placed his hand on her shoulder instead: "Teacher, please tell us all the secrets. We have to bear the responsibilities of the family ourselves. Teacher and Mr. Soul educate us and guide us, but they cannot take responsibility for us."
Amuruo said, "Some things can only be told to you when the time comes. But don't worry too much. When you handed the sunflower pendant to Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang, the future was already shifting in a positive direction. From now on, your guides will no longer be Su Er and me, but Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang. Believe in your friends."
Amuruo actually told Qin Lang, Xia Xifeng (and the background board Damon) the secret of the Sunflower Family without hesitation, and Leo and Pereira were dizzy.
They thought they trusted their friends enough. Amuruo's trust in Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang was beyond common sense.
"Of course, I believe them." Leo was the first to come back to his senses.
He patted Pereira's shoulder gently and comforted her: "Pereira and I both believe in them. If you can't tell me the reason, please just tell us what we should do."
"Maybe you don't need to do anything right now." Qin Lang glanced at the system task prompt.
When Amuruo told the truth about "Sunflower Valley", a task box popped up.
[Obtained the key item, Sunflower Ornaments x2.]
[The key NPC, the dwarf Lana, has been rescued.]
[Important information has been obtained: "The truth behind the attack on the dwarf caravan" and "The secret of the Sunflower Family."]
[The main quest "The Sun Falls" is now open.]
[The first chapter of the mission, "The Lion and the Perilla Flower Chapter."]
Clicking "Start Mission" will teleport you to the mission instance. Regardless of the amount of time spent in the instance, the actual time consumed is 24 hours. During this instance, players will use system-provided character skill templates and item supplies. Death in the instance will not result in a player's death; the mission will simply fail, affecting the storyline within the instance.
【Players please be prepared and play with confidence. 】
Xia Xifeng also saw the task prompt.
His eyes fell on Perilla's hair accessories: "Perilla, is your hair accessory made of basil?"
Perilla touched her hair accessories and said, "Yes."
Leo shook his head vigorously: "No! It's Perilla! I specially customized this gift for you. Isn't it beautiful? Perilla is Perilla!"
Perilla frowned: "Perilla is perilla, why does it have to be perilla flowers?"
The translations provided by Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang both follow the original names of the game, and the transliterated names will not show the meaning behind the "transliteration".
But the game names are all from Latin, and many are English words. After the system prompts, Xia Xifeng, a player with good foreign language skills, finally understood the plot.
Xia Xifeng: "Perilla's name means basil flower, and Leo's name means lion?"
Perilla: "...It's basil, without the flowers."
Leo: "It's the Golden Lion!"
Pereira: “There is no gold.”
Leo: "It's the golden lion and the basil flower!"
Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang both remembered the items dropped by the evil god Yingsen.
["Rotten Hair Ornament Fragment": Is that the evil god's crown? Or a memento from his days as a halfling? The hair ornament fragment has decayed so much that its original shape is unrecognizable, and one can only barely make out a few broken leaves on it.]
"Broken Lion's Heart": To become a god, he devoured a lion. However, the evil god's heart was reduced to ash, while the lion's heart remained. He was never able to devour the lion.
Hardcore story players have searched every corner of the game but could not find the past of the evil god Yingsen, and now the mystery is revealed to the "players".
Please open the first chapter of the mission, "The Chapter of the Lion and the Perilla Flower".
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