Chapter 084 Fool's Fairy Tale (V)
Dong Jin is not dead.
Apparently his physical fitness is far superior to that of ordinary people, so he did not fall to the unknown mortality rate of the golden apple.
Unfortunately, he did not turn into a butterfly directly in the night as he thought.
After eating the apple and finding that his physical appearance had not changed, Dong Jin fell rapidly while pulling the silver chain, and took the time to glance at his game panel, trying to figure out what was going on.
[Detected entering the sky city within 24 hours: Biscuit Castle, side quests unlocked, camp quests unlocked.]
[Detected eating special items within 24 hours: Strange Apple, side quests unlocked, camp quests unlocked. ]
[Faction Mission (Human/Other Creatures): Collect Strange Apples (Current Quantity: 1). ]
[Note: At the end of the instance, the camp with the most Strange Apples wins. ]
[Side Mission 1 (Human): Find out why the Aerial Nobles are cursed. ]
[Side Mission 1 (Other Creatures): Secondary Evolution (Current Status: Caterpillar). ]
It seems that as long as certain conditions are met, the missions of the two camps can indeed be triggered at the same time.
The 24 hours mentioned on the panel should be the last deadline for choosing a camp.
If the trialer does not trigger the unlocking conditions within this time point, I don't know whether he will be eliminated directly or randomly selected.
Dong Jin, who fell from 2,000 meters, had no time to think about other trial participants. His eyes were fixed on the column of "Second Stage Evolution".
This branch was different from the usual ones. It described the current status in the form of an illustration.
At this moment, the black and white card of the illustration showed a long shadow creature. Dong Jin recognized it as a bent caterpillar.
Based on his experience of playing various games many years ago, when this caterpillar currently in the shadow was painted with colors inch by inch, its second stage evolution would be completely completed.
And the way to light up the illustration was probably to continue eating the so-called strange apple.
After quickly scanning the new information on the panel, Dong Jin's previous arrogant smile suddenly became a little unsustainable: "...Universe will, I just want to ask you one question, do you have a guilty conscience?" At
this moment, Dong Jin was questioning not only the universe will of the highest universe, but also the universe will of his own.
He didn't care about the difficulty of collecting apples, let alone the number of tasks. He was dissatisfied with the toxicity of the apples.
You should know that butterflies are completely metamorphosed. After the second stage of evolution, caterpillars will only be pupae. Only after the third stage of evolution can they truly become butterflies. There are so many steps in evolution, and it is unknown how many fruits they have to eat to complete the final evolution.
But every time he eats an apple, he may be poisoned to death!
With his bad luck, he is brave enough to eat that golden apple tonight. If he keeps eating like this, Dong Jin himself doubts whether he can hold on until the day when his evolution is complete.
What's going on? The will of the universe thinks he is like Snow White and wants to play the poison apple trick on him, right?
Dong Jin's question at this moment is destined to remain unanswered.
The will of the highest universe cannot answer him, and his own will of the universe that has received his luck cannot answer him either. In the end, he could only admit his bad luck and fall to the ground, seizing the time to rush to the strange forest.
The strange forest is not far from the town in the daytime.
It is a place mentioned in the background introduction of the previous copy, and it sounds like it is related to the strange apple.
Assuming his guess is correct, it should be the base camp of the fantasy creatures and one of the main places to collect apples.
"The Strange Apple has a mortality rate? What kind of setting is this?"
When Dong Jin started to explore the forest, Lei Ming realized something because of his sudden complaint and flipped through the dungeon settings - this is the inherent privilege of the commentator gods and demons.
However, the universe's will gave this privilege to the gods and demons on the commentary seat so that they can analyze the dungeon situation more thoroughly. It never thought that someone would take the setting book instead of explaining the dungeon and find fault with it.
In fact, it was not just one person who did this, but two!
Kai, who was on each side of Lei Ming, was also browsing the general settings of this dungeon.
Because the dungeon changes rapidly, the setting book is not written in detail, and only lists some important people and important items. But the sentence "Strange Apple: The fatality rate varies from person to person" is clearly written on it.
There is nothing wrong with this setting. After all, luck is also a kind of strength. Trialists who don't want to gamble their lives can choose the human camp. However, the gods and demons in the commentary booth at this time are not the type to consider whether it is reasonable or not.
They have all come into contact with Dongjin in the dungeon and have long been aware of Dongjin's fatal luck. Seeing such a setting at this time, the two people whose hearts have long been biased certainly cannot give a fair evaluation.
"The setting is too biased, but he won't die."
Say it again, who is biased?
When Lei Ming, who was leaning against the throne with a lazy face, suddenly frowned and then commented on the strange apple very abruptly, the audience was already a little surprised. Who knew that Kai actually spoke at this time.
This can be said to be the first real conversation between the two of them today.
The content of this conversation directly stunned the audience.
[No, why is the content of this conversation so...]
[Lei Ming, you are not right! Kai, who has extended an olive branch to Dong Jin so many times, has not expressed his opinion. Why did you change your expression first? Wouldn't it be just what you want for Dong Jin to be poisoned to death by the apple?]
[Well... maybe he hates Dong Jin to the point that only he can kill him? I'm sorry, I can't continue. Please invite the next player to continue. ]
[There is no next player, and I can't make up the next one. The atmosphere between these two is getting weirder and weirder. Seriously, why don't you go out and have a fight first? I can feel the murderous intent coming out through the screen. I even wonder if you have a personal grudge or are you jealous? ]
Lei Ming was already annoyed by Dong Jin's crazy gambler behavior.
At this moment, Kai's self-righteous answer was just adding fuel to the fire.
This God of Carnival is not Dong Jin, who can make him suppress his temper again and again. So Lei Ming just forced a fake smile and suggested to Kai beside him: "The arena?"
Lei Ming was not the only one who had the murderous intent many times today.
As early as when he received the original copy of the movie, Kai really wanted to kill him.
Kai is certain that Dong Jin will not die from the so-called mortality rate, not to mention that the mortality rate varies from person to person. Even if the mortality rate is as high as 99%, he will only come to the same conclusion - Dong Jin will not die here.
With such crazy eyes and such a crazy soul, Dong Jin will never die on the way to being chosen by God.
Lei Ming just met Dong Jin too early. Apart from that, what does this man understand?
Kai is not surprised by Lei Ming's proposal for the arena. There is bound to be an inevitable battle between them. But the only human he wants has not given him an answer yet, so now is not the time for him and Lei Ming to fight.
If he wants to fight, he will only do it in front of Dong Jin. Otherwise, even if he defeated Lei Ming, it would be meaningless.
So Kai didn't even look at Lei Ming, but said calmly: "Wait until dawn, and then tell me this."
Now the time has not come and it is late at night, he is not stupid enough to accept Lei Ming's provocation at this time.
The commentary booth was full of swords and shadows, and the strange forest at this moment was no less lively.
I don't know if Dong Jin was too unlucky or the night was dangerous. During the time he was traveling through the strange forest, he encountered various attacks.
There was a group of beasts roaring and attacking, there were elves or some other creatures that confuse him with songs, and there were some creatures of unknown races and appearances that flashed by silently.
Given the frequency of battles, if he could not conjure up flying knives, even a hundred of them would not be enough.
Relying on the Eye of Night and the Eye of Truth, Dong Jin walked towards the center of the forest step by step - because his eyes clearly told him that the closer to the center, the stronger the energy.
If there really is such a thing as a strange apple in the forest, the probability of it growing there is the highest.
Although the journey was not smooth, fortunately Dong Jin's martial arts value was still acceptable. He only suffered minor scratches until he reached the lake in the middle of the forest.
But reaching the destination does not mean the end of the battle.
Dong Jin had just stood by the lake, and before he could see the specific situation of the surrounding fruit trees, a dark shadow suddenly emerged from the bottom of the lake and threw something at him while attacking him.
Dong Jin would certainly not take such an inexplicable attack. When he dodged to the side, he found that it was actually a round mirror.
The shape of the mirror looked like a miniature version of the one in the air.
After collecting his fleeting thoughts, Dong Jin fought with the newcomer dozens of times in just one minute.
Finally, he noticed that this unknown humanoid creature had been blocking the fruit tree, so he pretended to accidentally throw the flying knife at the fruit tree, forcing the flying knife to block between the flying knife and the tree trunk, and then he grabbed the broken string and knocked the man to the ground.
"Snake?" Looking at the man on the ground with short black hair and golden snake eyes, Dong Jin casually nailed him to the tree with a knife.
The night has never been an obstacle for Dong Jin. With his night vision, he recognized the evolved form of this person at the moment when the weapons met, but he only had time to ask him in detail now.
"What are you surprised about? Aren't you also a snake?"
The creature that he had nailed to the tree trunk with a throwing knife heard this and said disdainfully in a low, hoarse and cold voice.
This sentence made Dong Jin stunned for a moment.
Although he did not have the skills of disguise, Dong Jin still did some disguise before entering the forest.
Who made him do something shameful in a town not far away during the day?
The gems he used to exchange for cursed objects were all transformed by the Hand of Drama. Even if he offered his life to extend the validity period a little, it could only last until the rising of the bright moon at most.
So it's no surprise that he is now completely famous in that town.
In order to avoid being recognized for such an immoral thing, Dong Jin deliberately changed his eye color when he landed, and the eye color he chose was exactly the golden color of snakes.
If you don't look at his face, he is indeed the same as the man opposite him, with black hair and golden eyes. But it would be too hasty to mistake him for a fellow tribe just because of the similar hair color and eye color, right?
Dong Jin's daze was fleeting, and no one noticed except himself.
After quickly listing the pros and cons of being misidentified in his mind, he did not agree immediately. Instead, he walked slowly to the fruit tree and said with a smile: "Do I look that much like a snake?"
The forest has always been a place where the law of the jungle is the most important, and the forest in the fairy tale world is the same.
After hearing this, the humanoid creature that evolved into a certain kind of snake no longer wanted to answer Dong Jin, but still looked at the mirror at his feet with a gloomy face, indicating that the answer was there.
Dong Jin looked down and glanced at it - oh no.
What was reflected in the round mirror at this moment was not his face, but a shadow pattern that was exactly the same as the one on his game board.
Dong Jin knew that he would eventually evolve into a butterfly, so when he saw the illustration, he immediately recognized that it was a caterpillar.
But if someone who doesn't know sees the thin and long animal in the mirror at first glance, it is normal to mistake it for a snake.