Chapter 165 Battle~ I want to fight! Dou Ge looked at his sister…
The look in Dou Ge's eyes as he looked at his sister carried a silent warning.
Douzi pouted, knowing that he hoped she would stay and not go on the adventure, but she really didn't want to stay here alone, so she could only lower her head and look at the floor of Anya's Wine House.
Hmm, this floor pattern is both antique and elegant. I'll see if I can replicate it in my home.
Seeing her like this, Dou Ge knew exactly what she was thinking, and felt a heart-wrenching pain.
“Beans!” he said directly, looking directly at the beans.
Bean took a deep breath and clenched her hands at one side: "No!"
"Beans!" Bean Brother's voice rose several octaves.
This was the first time Douzi had been so fierce to him, and she couldn't help but take two steps back: "Brother... I'm scared to be alone."
Dou Ge didn't expect to be met not with his sister's stronger resistance, but with her wet eyes and pitiful whining.
At that moment, his heart softened a little, and his reason wavered somewhat, but thinking of his sister's safety, he hardened his heart and said coldly, "No!"
Douzi was about to continue arguing with her brother about the right to travel together, but was interrupted by the awakened Sang Zhitao: "Let's go together."
"Phoenix, you agree with me too?" Douzi looked at the top of her brother's head in surprise.
Sang Zhitao scratched herself with her paw and sighed softly. She had only thought that the process of the brother and sister finding the ingredients for the third task was a bit boring, so she planned to take a good nap. However, when she opened her eyes, she found that the entire game was empty.
Although Dou Ge couldn't understand the phoenix's cry, he could understand what his sister was saying.
Dou Ge, with an expression of disapproval, reached out and pulled Sang Zhi Tao off her head: "Dou Zi isn't without any fighting ability; it's too dangerous for her to go."
Sang Zhitao fluttered out of his tightly clenched hand and flew directly to Douzi's shoulder, chirping a few times: "Tell your brother, if you don't go with him, you'll definitely die; if you go with him, you might not die."
Douzi twitched her lips and silently relayed what she had said to her brother.
Bean Brother's eyes instantly filled with murderous intent: "Reason!"
Douzi also turned her curious gaze toward her.
Just now, in order to allow them to have a proper discussion, Anya and her companions tacitly moved to a corner, leaving them space, waiting for the brother and sister to finish their discussion before coming back to discuss the follow-up matters.
After waiting for a long time and seeing them arguing, I simply started making other arrangements.
Anya and her team quickly discussed the details of the battle, retrieved a batch of medicines and enhancement pills provided by the state from the winery's warehouse, and donned the equipment that the state had prepared for them with almost maxed-out stats.
Just then, Anya noticed that the brother and sister had stopped arguing, so she simply took two sets of equipment and walked over.
Before we even got close, we could see that their eyes were all on the phoenix.
"What's wrong?" Anya handed out the equipment to the two of them one by one, looking at Sang Zhitao with a puzzled expression.
After changing his equipment, Douzi briefly explained what had just happened.
Anya frowned, a sense of unease rising in her heart: "Is it not safe here?"
Sang Zhitao nodded repeatedly and chirped a few more times.
Douzi quickly translated for her: "Phoenix said that it's not entirely unsafe, but she feels it's better for me to go with her."
After a pause, she continued, "Not only am I in danger of being captured if I stay here alone, but I also won't be able to communicate with you during the battle."
The murderous intent in Dou Ge's eyes lessened slightly. He looked at Anya and asked, "Can you contact the outside world and help us get our level maxed out?"
Anya rubbed her temples and shook her head: "I already tried it before, we've already lost contact with the outside world."
“But our highest level right now is only 67, and Douzi and I are only 50. Since Zhen can influence the outside world, even if the system is suppressing her, her level must be at the maximum. What’s the difference between us and suicide?”
Anya sighed heavily: "From the beginning, the plan was to keep only me, and my main role was to learn more about the real situation, so I was like... a scout?"
Anya forced a mocking smile, squeezing out the resentment in her heart: "I have the largest intelligence organization, and this matter was also handled by my parents on my behalf."
Dou Ge suddenly looked puzzled: "Even if your parents plead for you, the country isn't one that ignores your personal wishes, you..."
Anya shook her head with a wry smile: "What's the point? Being able to contribute to the country is my way of repaying my motherland."
She then stopped discussing the topic and looked directly at everyone: "Since Phoenix has said so, let's go straight outside the city."
Without lingering, the group, filled with the tragic spirit of "The wind howls, the Yi River is cold, the hero departs never to return," donned top-notch equipment, carried the finest medicinal herbs, and headed towards the city gate not far away.
Sang Zhitao stood silently on Dou Ge's head, swallowing the ingredients from the first two rounds of the mission. Soon after, a green light appeared on her body.
The green light was not obvious, and everyone was too nervous to notice her movements.
Before long, the feathers of Sang Zhi Tao, enveloped in green light, became increasingly hard, and her claws became so sharp that they emitted a cold light. Everything was just like the evolution she had undergone under Moon Lake, except that this time, her feathers and claws were even more powerful than before.
Dou Ge noticed a sudden weight above his head and assumed that Sang Zhi Tao was a little nervous. He immediately remembered that the little phoenix above his head was a divine beast baby, and a feeling of pity welled up in his heart. His voice was also gentle: "It's okay, don't be nervous."
Hearing Dou Ge's comforting words, Sang Zhi Tao wanted to explain that she wasn't nervous, but she opened her mouth without making a sound. Instead, she lowered her head and touched the hand that Dou Ge had extended to comfort her with her beak.
Dou Ge also discovered a proud little phoenix, who was now more obedient and knew how to comfort him, which made Dou Ge smile knowingly.
Anya, who was standing next to them, noticed their movements and a smile appeared on her face.
That barely perceptible chuckle seemed to flip some switches, causing everyone's tense nerves to relax a bit. They looked at their teammates and couldn't help but smile at each other, and the tense and austere atmosphere around them seemed to soften.
The Anya Winery was not far from the city gate. After walking for about ten minutes, the group exited the city gate.
Outside Tianan City is a straight avenue, flanked by lush forests, which is also a well-known beginner leveling area in Tianan City.
The once bustling leveling area is now deserted, with not only players but also monsters gone.
"What's going on? Why haven't we seen any monsters?" Yingjun gripped his fan tightly, his expression full of unease.
Anya gripped the hilt of her longsword, her heart pounding wildly. She had become a game intelligence officer through her intellect, and although she controlled the intelligence organization of the Dragon and Phoenix Continent and her combat prowess in the game was quite good, she had always been considered a clerical worker. This was the first time she had accepted a mission that was almost entirely based on combat, and it would likely be the last.
She glanced at Yingjun, then at her equally nervous companions: "It's alright. Without wild monsters, we can be more unrestrained and focus on dealing with the real ones."
"Be careful, the monsters might actually be corrupted," Sang Zhitao warned through Douzi.
Anya raised an eyebrow and nodded: "Understood."
"Here it comes!" Sang Zhitao quickly reminded him, feeling the warmth against his chest.
Upon hearing Douzi's words, everyone swallowed the enhancement medicine in one gulp.
The scene was deathly silent, devoid of the sounds of flowers, birds, fish, and insects, the activation of skills, and even the slightest movements they had made just moments before. There was only a suffocating stillness.
"Shh, shh..." A heavy rustling sound came from afar.
Anya and the others felt an inexplicable pressure coming from them, making it hard for them to breathe. Their hands and feet suddenly went weak, and they could not even stand up, let alone hold onto their weapons.
"I never expected you to be here to greet me." A gentle female voice accompanied a huge, distorted figure.
Looking at this indescribable object, Anya and the others felt their minds go blank, as if their souls had fallen into a blank hell.
How would you describe the object in front of you?
She has octopus-like tentacles, pitch-black tentacles that constantly extend outwards, gradually devouring all living things that come into contact with them. On the tentacles are bodies twisted from the remains of countless animals and humans. Above the indescribable black mist on the net, there is only a human face, which allows people to tell that she may have once been human.
Green light continuously emanated from Sang Zhitao's chest, slowly enveloping Anya and the others.
Anya and her group felt as if their souls were constantly falling in a white hell, and slowly they began to lose themselves and forget who they were.
But then a green light suddenly appeared, enveloping their souls and bringing them back to the human world.
When they awoke, they found themselves surrounded by a green mist, and felt an indescribable heaviness on their bodies. They unconsciously reached out and clutched their chests, breathing heavily, hoping to lighten their load.
But the longer the green mist lingered around them, the lighter they felt, and soon they were back to their previous state.
Only then did they finally have the energy to look at their enemy.
It was only then that they noticed that in the distance, in mid-air, a yellow sphere was engaged in a fierce battle with a tall, indescribable black object.
"Is that real...?" Douzi covered her head, feeling dizzy and nauseous just looking at the other person. She quickly moved away and asked in horror.
Anya fared slightly better than her, but after only glancing at it a few more times, she quickly lowered her head and said, "Yes, it seems so."
"What exactly is that?" Ying Jun asked, his face pale, his hands trembling, and sweat dripping from his forehead.
“It is Him.” Miao Yi didn’t look up, but instead held a jar in her hands, her eyes filled with an unusual excitement.
"Her?" The group looked at Miao Yi in unison, but Miao Yi had her head down, and they didn't notice the emotions in her eyes that were so different from theirs.
Miao Yi extended her fair fingertip and gently touched the blood-red snake in the jar: "God."
"God?!" The crowd exclaimed in surprise.
How could there be gods on the Dragon and Phoenix Continent? This is just a game world; everything is virtual. How could a man-made data god possess such power?!
Miao Yi's lips curled into a wide smile: "A god from abroad, a real god."
While everyone was still confused, Miao Yi murmured quietly, unnoticed by anyone, "So there really are gods... then..."
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Author's note: It's getting late, I'll adjust the later part.
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