Chapter 720 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui said, "If we were to face the snake-man monster, we would indeed be no match for it. Even we might die at its hands."
Lin Leyou said, "It seems that no matter the difficulty of the dungeon, you have to choose the right path. Only by choosing the right path can you clear the dungeon quickly and safely."
Xue Rui, "You believe it?"
Lin Leyou shook his head, "It's not that simple. After they find us, we'll discuss it with them first. If it's true, of course everyone's happy, but if it's false..."
Xue Rui: "So someone has to go first."
Lin Leyou nodded, "This is just to be on the safe side. By the way, that player who hasn't died yet is quite good. Like us, he's half human and half ghost. He even helps a ghost hunt other weaker ghosts, although I don't know if he succeeded."
Xue Rui, "Should we tell him this quietly and then let him try it?"
Lin Leyou wouldn't force the other party. "We'll just tell him the information we know, and let him decide for himself whether he wants to go or not."
Xue Rui looked at him for a long time before nodding, "Mm."
Lin Leyou, "What would you do if it were you?"
Xue Rui: "Just grab those two and find that NPC, make him do it for us first."
Lin Leyou said, "Even if it's true, the player will leave the instance immediately after successfully fusing, and in our view, he will still disappear."
Xue Rui was taken aback. "After completing the mission, won't you stay for a while?"
Lin Leyou, "Maybe it's possible, maybe it's not, I can't say for sure, and..."
Xue Rui said, "If he were to find out about this information secretly and by chance, he might also tell other players, telling them to go first while he waits."
Lin Leyou thought so too. Players who come to this level of difficulty are definitely not stupid. Even if they are a little impulsive, they probably know what they're doing. They certainly wouldn't try something out of the new information on their own.
"In that case, let's do as you say and just arrest them?"
Xue Rui: "Really? Anyway, he's always at the square during the day. Shall we go and talk to him first?"
Lin Leyou was still somewhat hesitant, "I don't know if it will work."
Xue Rui said, "Although it was said to be voluntary, he came to us in such a hurry that we were worried there might be something we didn't know about."
Lin Leyou, "You mean he's already very anxious? Something urgent has happened that we don't know about, which is why he wants us to go there as soon as possible to ease the so-called village chief's emotions?"
Xue Rui: "This village chief is definitely up to something."
Lin Leyou said, "Let's go to the square first and ask him. If there are no problems, we'll arrest him tonight. Let's see how it goes."
Xue Rui: "What about the other two?"
Lin Leyou knew he was referring to himself as a human, but he didn't have time to deal with those two right now. "Ignore them for now, we'll talk about it after we've confirmed it."
Xue Rui nodded. "Let's go."
When they arrived at the square, they indeed saw the young male NPC near the fountain. He looked somewhat worried, and it was unclear whether he had a special ability. Although he was facing away from them, he turned his head precisely and saw them as they approached the square.
He smiled and said, "I knew you would come."
I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Did you come to your senses so fast?
Lin Leyou: "Hello, I just came to ask if it's possible if the person coming for the integration isn't there voluntarily?"
The young man blinked in surprise, then hesitated for a moment, probably understanding their concerns, before saying, "This definitely wouldn't have worked before; the village chief doesn't like to force people. But now..."
He whispered, "The village chief is in a bad mood right now and wants to hold a few ceremonies as soon as possible, so as long as you come, everything should be fine. What? Do you have someone to choose? Are you really not going to come on your own? Although it's not mandatory, it would be better if it were voluntary."
Lin Leyou said, "Thank you. We already have someone in mind. We'll bring that person here when night falls. I hope to see you here then."
The NPC naturally had no objection. "Something is better than nothing, but I hope the second and third times will be voluntary."
Lin Leyou: "If there are no problems, of course I would volunteer."
And so they left the square, with the NPCs' gazes fixed on their backs until they turned the corner, finally escaping their persistent stares.
Lin Leyou said, "I always felt that something was wrong with this situation, but I just couldn't put my finger on it."
Xue Rui said, "It's okay. If you feel anything unusual during the ceremony, just take that thing out."
Lin Leyou was stunned for a moment. He knew what Xue Rui was talking about. It was the Red Lotus that he had just acquired.
"But this thing didn't work on that NPC, so will it work on the snake-man monster?"
Xue Rui said, "NPCs and snake-men are completely different things. Don't worry. If it doesn't work, we still have weapons that deal real damage. We will definitely not let them succeed."
Lin Leyou thought about it and agreed. "Then let's do it your way. Let's go and confirm their location first."
They didn't shy away from their human selves, directly taking out their surveillance equipment to track the player who had participated in the operation the previous night but escaped because they hadn't obtained the scales.
The player was not in the village at the moment, but was hiding in a deserted forest outside the village, clearly frightened by what happened last night.
He was well hidden at this moment, and there was no one else around except for the two of himself.
This also benefited Lin Leyou and Xue Rui, as they quickly trapped the man in a maze of illusions without him even realizing it.
Lin Leyou thought for a moment and found a super powerful item in his backpack. It was something he had accidentally drawn during a lottery. He could draw 10,000 times a day. Although 99% of the time it was junk, he would occasionally get some small items. This item was a good thing, but it was a consumable and didn't last long.
But the effect was undeniably good. First, they trapped the two inside the ghost wall, and then they sprinkled this ** inside. Although one of them was a ghost, it was daytime, so he was human.
The two of them remained unconscious on the spot without realizing it, at which point Lin Leyou and Xue Rui appeared.
Xue Rui, "How long will you be unconscious?"
Lin Leyou said, "This prop is supposed to keep you unconscious for 24 hours, but I don't know if there will be any accidents with this ghost after nightfall. It's broad daylight now, so it's not convenient to move them, is it?"
Xue Rui, "Wait until it gets dark?"
Lin Leyou: "This is what I think."
But unexpectedly, at this moment, someone appeared from the edge of the village ahead and walked towards their location. However, both of them, including the unconscious player, were now trapped in a maze.
Logically, others shouldn't be able to see this person, and this person's attire suggests they're an NPC. Could they have been sent by that person? Do they know they've already gained something here?
The NPC walked straight to the vicinity of the ghost wall. He looked around to make sure he didn't see anyone, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes, and said directly, "Please go to the square, it will be dark soon."
Upon hearing this, a sense of shock flashed through the minds of the two. They never expected that the young male NPC was actually the ghost who could accelerate time and bring night quickly!
Lin Leyou gritted his teeth, "I forgot to check which villa this NPC lives in. If I had found out, I probably would have known that he is a ghost."
Xue Rui said, "It's not too late now. Since he's in such a hurry, let's go."
Lin Leyou said, "He even knew we were in this grove of trees. It seems he has the whole village under his control. Let's go."
They each carried one, and the NPC who had delivered the message earlier had already gone far away. When Lin Leyou canceled the "ghost wall" spell, the sun in the sky accelerated its westward movement, and it soon became evening.
Lin Leyou said, "At this speed, it should be just dark by the time we get to the square."
Standing where they are now, looking down into the village, everyone in the village is returning to their homes, including the new players who arrived today.
Many players died a couple of nights ago, and most of the players who have been added now are new players who don't yet know the specifics of the dungeon, so they won't make any rash moves.
Before long, it got dark. Of course, there was still some light, so it wasn't completely dark yet, but there were hardly any people left on the village roads.
After exchanging a glance, the two of them rushed towards the square. To speed things up, Lin Leyou even used a flying vehicle, but the vehicle was too small to fit four people.
Left with no other choice, they continued to speed up and finally arrived at the square after it was completely dark. The young man was waiting for them there.
They put the two people they were carrying on their backs down in front of the fountain. One of them had already turned into a ghostly figure because of the darkness, but he still did not wake up.
The young man seemed quite satisfied to see that they had fainted. "If they're asleep, then there's nothing I can do. I'll have to handle the coin-tossing and wishing step."
He then nodded to Lin Leyou and the other person, took out a coin with a special pattern that looked like it had been prepared in advance, walked to the fountain, and threw the coin into the fountain pool.
Not long after, the bricks that had been pried open twice sank down on their own, turning into steps leading down.
When the young man turned to look at them, Lin Leyou suddenly realized that he had turned into a ghost, but there weren't many changes. Only a black rose pattern appeared in the middle of his forehead, and his eyes turned red.
"Let's go, take them down there, the village chief is already waiting."
The two of them, each leading one of the young man, followed him down the steps. At this point, they noticed that there seemed to be no surveillance cameras around the square.
What's going on?
Logically, the plaza should be a place players would never overlook; even if no one is there, surveillance cameras would be deployed in various corners. But now…
Could it be the work of this NPC in front of us?
Upon arriving below, the scene they witnessed was completely different from their previous encounters. In addition to the array carved on the ground appearing several times more complex, the surrounding walls and even the walls themselves were covered with various totem patterns, giving it a mysterious look.
Moreover, the words carved on the wall have also disappeared.
Lin Leyou thought the staircase behind them would disappear and the entrance would be closed, but to his surprise, the entrance was still there and the staircase had not disappeared.
The young man bowed slightly towards a dark corner. "Village chief, these two are the villagers we need to merge with tonight. They have been torn in two by a terrible force and urgently need your help."
Lin Leyou and the others looked towards that corner. Before he spoke, neither of them had noticed the village chief over there. No, it wasn't the village chief anymore, but the snake-man monster.
Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the snake-man monster emerged from the shadows. It was a smaller version of the snake-man monster, and it looked about the size of a normal adult.
At this moment, he actually spoke, "Why hasn't he woken up?"
The young man said, "Village chief, they are asleep. They will awaken after the fusion."
Perhaps the village chief would have asked more questions before, but at this moment he simply acquiesced, "Move them into the formation."
Lin Leyou and the others placed the people they were carrying into the formation. Then they saw the village chief carefully pluck a shimmering silver scale from the edge of his head.
These scales look different from the ones that were blown off by players last night. Those scales looked like ordinary scales, but this one has a silvery sheen on it.
The village chief casually tossed the scale into the center of the formation. The scale instantly melted, turning into a silvery-white liquid that began to flow along the inscribed patterns and spread throughout the entire formation.
The village chief made no other move. He stood at the very front center of the formation, watching the two people inside. Then, the silver light transformed into countless fine lines, enveloping the two people and forming two cocoons.
The two cocoons approached each other and eventually merged into one, looking as if two people had merged into one.
The whole process took less than five minutes. After all the silver threads disappeared, a person was lying in the center of the formation, looking different from the two people before.
He opened his eyes, then sat up abruptly, looking around warily. "Hmm?"
The snake-man monster had retreated back into the shadows of the corner. Its previously violent emotions seemed to have calmed down considerably. What was going on?
The young man looked at the man inside the formation. "You're awake? How are you feeling?"
The player touched himself in surprise, then looked around, "Am I the only one?"
The young man said, "Yes, you have merged and returned to your original form."
He carefully examined himself, even taking out a weapon that could be used as a mirror to look at himself, and indeed he had become his original appearance.
"Huh? I completed the mission!"
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