Chapter 17 Mysterious Creature King's Child seems even more handsome.
The system hesitated whether to wake up its host. Isn't it said that in a big forest, all kinds of birds can be found? This place is so small, how come all sorts of strange and mysterious creatures have appeared? These smoke-like and misty creatures are called "Sources". They are rarer than miracles. They can be said to be species that only live in legends, one of the representatives of ancient mystery.
The exact time when "Source" appeared is unknown. The first historical record is from the period when humans and gods fought against monsters together. One "Source" eliminated nearly 10,000 monsters. This was due to its unique characteristics. The white mist it emitted could absorb the emotions of any living being. Wouldn't monsters composed only of emotions be just food for it?
"Source" is the nemesis of monsters, but unfortunately there are very few of these species. It also has another fatal flaw: like monsters, it is a non-intelligent being and cannot communicate with humans. Fortunately, as long as you don't actively harm it, it generally won't attack. Therefore, in human records, it is considered a positive species.
System, don't bully him just because he's new. This guy is only mentioned a few times in history, is it normal for him to appear in such a remote place? Just tell me, is this normal?
First a demon… no, first an unidentified man, then a demon, and now a legendary creature has appeared. Seriously, there's something else going on about this place.
"What happened?" East hadn't been sleeping well, and a sudden, inexplicable feeling arose within him, causing him to wake up.
The system suspected that his emotional fluctuations might have disturbed the host, but it was just a thought, and it explained to the host what was happening in the outside world.
East sat up halfway and leaned against the headboard. The ceiling light cast a soft glow, and as he listened, his brows furrowed involuntarily.
Just then, the white figure moved, moving so fast that it could only be seen as a white line.
[Host, something bad has happened...] The system didn't finish its sentence, but it didn't need to.
As East gazed at this uninvited guest, he felt a strange, unsettling sensation, as if he were staring into the swirling black hole above him.
"Whoosh~whoosh~" Ethereal and ethereal, seemingly real yet unreal.
The white mist dissipated, filling the entire space and naturally enveloping Easter.
For a moment, East's eyes were filled with confusion, but he quickly regained his senses. At this moment, his emotions were extremely calm, and he had no desire to move or resist. He calmly watched the white mist slowly flow into his chest.
Time passed without his noticing. When East came to his senses, he saw the last wisp of white mist dissipate on his chest. He reached out and pulled open his clothes, revealing a vortex-like black hole pattern on the left side of his chest, where his heart was located. After staring at it for a while, he noticed that the vortex-like black hole was flowing, as if passing through the vortex would allow him to grasp his heart.
East's fingertips turned white as he gripped the clothes, which now had countless wrinkles. He raised his other hand to touch the pattern, and felt smooth skin against it. His heart pounded beneath his hand. Apart from the extra pattern, everything else seemed normal.
Forcing himself to calm down, he realized something else was amiss. "The system?"
[Host, where is the "Source"?]
East, “…” Do you want to hear what you’re asking?
"Didn't you see what just happened?"
System, [What happened?]
Easter pointed to the new pattern on his chest, "This is the answer; He has entered my body."
【It's all over, it's all over, it's all over...】The system is in a state of chaos and outage.
"It's not over yet. Can't you test a person's body?" Easter said calmly, adjusting his clothes.
The system recovered from the crash and immediately scanned East's body. "No, no problem..." Incredulously, he scanned again, but the result was the same. "H-Host, I...I didn't find anything wrong, sob~" He scanned countless times, but the results were always the same. "Why am I so useless? Sob~ hiccup~ W-I can't do anything right."
East lay flat on the bed, pulled the blanket up to cover himself, and said calmly, "It's okay, don't cry. Since no problems were detected and there are no other changes for the time being, let's just leave it at that. Anyway, we're facing more problems than one more." This is what they mean by "the more debts, the less worry," or "the more lice, the less itchy." What else could he do? Cry and scream as if he were going to die? His resilience wasn't that bad.
The lights went out, plunging the cellar into darkness. East slowly drifted into sleep, wisps of ethereal white mist emanating from his body, enveloping him completely. Everything happened silently, unnoticed by anyone.
The next day, Easter was woken up by his biological clock, his face still sleepy. He thought he wouldn't sleep well, but to his surprise, he slept better than ever before. It was warm, comfortable, peaceful, and his whole body felt so soft.
Easter slowly got up and washed up. Once he was more awake, he thought about what had happened yesterday. He pulled open his clothes and looked at his chest. The pattern was still there. Easter had an idea and thought about making the pattern disappear. Unexpectedly, he actually succeeded.
East didn't know what to think, but with the idea of "out of sight, out of mind," he straightened his clothes, climbed out of the cellar, and headed towards the edge of the village, where he saw a group of colorful little fire people walking towards him.
"Let me tell you, it's not normal for that creature to appear in the newbie village yesterday. It wiped out all five of us in just one move." Yun Mu said indignantly. Whose newbie village monsters are so tough that you can't even scratch them?
"Is this tactic designed to discourage players?" Guagua Guagua also harbored deep resentment.
"Is it really that amazing?" Liang Jingjing asked doubtfully.
"Of course it's true! Don't believe me? Ask Sweet Potato Bro." Guagua poked the guy next to him, "Not as good as roasted sweet potato."
Roasted sweet potato nodded, "Very impressive."
...
East overheard a few sentences of conversation, presumably discussing what had happened the night before. A smile curved his lips as he said, "Good morning." His tone was gentle and warm, like a gentle stream flowing through him.
The players who were discussing this all looked up, their expressions filled with surprise. "Is it just my imagination? Why does the King's cub look even better? It's like he's wearing a beauty filter," Yun Mu murmured.
The smile on East's lips turned into helplessness. Did he not know what he looked like? "That's too much of a compliment," he said.
"He does look much better now," said Ruobu Digua after examining him. This wasn't to say that there had been any major changes or adjustments to Esther's appearance, but rather that there was a peculiar feeling. Just by standing there and doing nothing, people would naturally be mesmerized by his appearance, and as soon as they got close to Esther, they would feel calm and peaceful. It was like a gentle spring breeze and a light rain, nourishing things silently.
East instinctively reached out to touch her heart, but as soon as she raised her hand, she restrained herself and lowered it again. "Even if you praise me, I still need to do my task today."
[Ding! Little Fireman Warriors, daily tasks are now available!]
Task 1: Prepare three meals a day for our king;
Task 2: Kill the monsters roaming nearby.
The conditions for completing the mission are as follows: 1. You must receive the King's approval for three meals a day; 2. Before 9 PM standard time on the continent of Luomanjier, you must kill at least one low-level monster and hand over the magic crystal to the King, or place it in the stone house.
Task completion rewards: Upon completion of a task, you will receive between one and one hundred experience points.
Upon completion of Task 2, experience points will be calculated based on the degree of task completion, with no upper limit.
Completing daily tasks will grant an additional fifty experience points.
My little fire warriors, fight for our king!
After hearing the quest prompt, the ten little firemen were at a loss for what expression to make. They had just discussed how strong the monsters were, and now this quest had arrived—the players' lives mattered too!
Ister watched for a while with amusement before slowly saying, "Low-level monsters aren't as powerful as you imagine. What you encountered last night wasn't a monster," a deep smile playing on his lips. "It's an extremely rare and unusual species, existing only in legends. You were very lucky."
Little Fireman players, "..." This is irony, it's irony, right?
[Ding! The trial version of the real-time monster tracking minimap is now available. It requires a team of at least ten Little Fireman Warriors and is only available for one hour per day.] The system notification broke the eerie atmosphere.
"Be careful on your mission. I'll be waiting for your triumphant return." East placed his hand on his chest and bowed slightly.
"I'll do anything for the King's son." Yun Mu was so captivated that she lost all sense of direction.
"There's no reason not to do a quest! Let's go, let's go fight monsters!" Quack quacked excitedly.
The atmosphere was inexplicably infectious! The moment the ten little fire men stepped into the forest, the burning passion subsided slightly.
"This king, is he perhaps using witchcraft?" Chunye exclaimed, his attraction and infectiousness were strangely strong.
"Who cares, every second counts!" said Guagua. The real-time map is only available for one hour. If we don't use it now, we won't be able to use it later.
“There just happened to be one not far from us, marked as a low-level ‘Sloth’ monster,” Meimei said.
"Let's go and try it out together first. We can't ignore the first mission," said Cai Die.
“Many hands make light work. I don’t believe that ten of us can’t beat one,” Liang Jingjing said.
After a brief exchange, to conserve energy, they fell silent.
Following the locations marked on the map, each little fireman held a weapon taken from space and slowly approached the marked locations.
It was a downward-facing cave, and the direction the little fire people had chosen was from a high vantage point. "Why not try pushing a rock to smash it?" one of the team members commented.
Quack quack quack [Good idea.]
Meimei isn't moldy [No problem.]
Junno: [That's a good idea.]
...
They unanimously agreed to the idea proposed by Ruokao Digua. The little firemen then quietly retreated and discussed it in the team's message channel. Six little firemen were sent to find suitable stones, while the remaining four little firemen observed the direction and guarded the surroundings.
The first monster hunt began, but players today don't realize what it means. It wasn't until much later, when there were no more monsters on the continent of Luomanjier and legends about the Little Fireman Warrior circulated throughout the land, that people belatedly realized that the beginning of everything was just this ordinary day.
A note from the author:
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Happy Chinese New Year!!! Wishing you peace, happiness, and joy~
I'll send out red envelopes tomorrow morning. [kissing emoji]
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