Chapter 235 Fairy Tale Script
The ritual site at the shallow end of the abyss was shrouded in gray fog.
It is in a state waiting to be activated. The Church of Light has conducted experiments and found that ordinary ritual arrays can be effective in the abyss, such as the attack array that sniped the Devil Hunter at the beginning.
However, once one begins to draw energy from the abyss to construct the power ritual, an inexplicable sense of sluggishness will arise.
They didn't waste a huge amount of energy to reproduce the second half of the ritual. When the progress bar reached about 5%, they confirmed that "the existing technology was not enough to activate the power ritual inside the abyss."
The abyss was a chaos before observation, and it was also in an unstable state after observation. The ocean could turn into mulberry fields in an instant.
The Church of Light always keeps at least one Eye of God gazing into the abyss, using the power of light to explore certain areas and ensure the smooth flow of energy channels.
On a display screen in the monitoring center, the area where the ritual array was placed appeared thick black.
If the Eye of God is activated, people can see free golden threads outlining vague geometric shapes in the mist, repeatedly weaving the links of the ritual array.
If a person with super powers who is exploring the abyss happens to pass by, they can only see some faint golden lines at most, but in most cases they can't see anything and can only grope their way forward in the gray fog.
However, a beam of empty light dispelled the haze, and the swirling golden threads gradually became transparent amidst the rustling sound of friction, disappearing on the screen of the monitoring center.
"Listen carefully, you are not allowed to spend so much money casually next time! Remember to discuss important matters with your sister." Chen Xiao'er held her sister's hand, her mouth almost touching her ear.
Xiaotong shook her head hesitantly: "I didn't spend any money~"
"You're still naughty!" Xiao Ai raised her hand high and gently patted her little butt. "If you don't pay, will the shopkeepers send the goods to you? They all say you paid! No matter how much I give you, you won't accept it!"
"Wow, they are lying!" Xiaotong stomped her feet hard. One of her little hands was tightly held by her sister, so she used the other little hand to wave the biscuits in the plastic bag desperately, making a crackling sound.
Street lights appeared on the screen one after another. They were not turned on, but they illuminated the dark abyss.
The two sisters walked through the abyss as if it were flat ground, and then a flat concrete ground really appeared.
In Chen Xiao'er's mind, this was the venue for the school festival, originally an off-campus sports field. So, basketball hoops, grass, and a plastic running track gradually emerged.
The anomalous area in the abyss transformed into a tall building in the distance. The exquisite patterns of the ritual array adhered respectfully to the ground, becoming the guardrails and decorative lines of the playground and runway.
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Chen Xiao'er took Xiaotong through the gate and came to the open space with lines drawn on it.
This huge open-air stadium adjacent to the college can easily accommodate tens of thousands of people for concerts, but most of the area is now blocked by fences, leaving only a few areas for students to set up the venue.
The area left for Class A to manage is about 200 meters in straight line distance, which is enough to set up an entire snack street.
Last night, the whole class worked together to clean up and build simple grids using planks brought from the activity room. Each stall was equipped with a partition, tables, and chairs. The grid, intended to be used as a coffee shop, even had two parasols installed.
While she was taking people out to buy snacks, the other students were not idle either. After one morning, the roof and walls of the small squares had been built, and even the small decorative flower balls and prints had been glued on.
"You guys are so quick~" Chen Xiao'er passed two squares in a row. These stalls were equipped with dust-proof glass covers, and with the carts they bought from the boss, they could open the store directly.
Zhao Zhengyi and Qian Xiaomei lay on the plastic box, one on the left and one on the right, smiling palely.
“…Haha, I get up early in the morning.”
"I worked overtime tonight..."
"Are you working at night and in the early morning?!" Chen Xiao'er quickly put down the snacks in her hand and looked at their faces worriedly.
The two of them closed their eyes almost at the same time, pursed their lips tremblingly, and looked like they were too tired to say more.
Chen Xiaotong took the opportunity to pull her hand back from her sister's grasp. She took out two chocolates from her pocket, stuffed one into each of the two students, and patted their shoulders solemnly: "Thank you for your hard work. I'll remember this."
"Don't tease your brother and sister." Chen Xiao'er grabbed Xiaotong with amusement, telling her to stop twisting around here.
"Chen Xiao'er." Xing Shuyao slid out of the alley in his wheelchair.
He stopped in front of them, picked up a book from his lap and handed it to Chen Xiao'er. "Here, I've picked out an easier play script from years past. We can revise it and perform it at the school festival."
"Thank you~" Chen Xiao'e saw the title was "Sleeping Queen" and said softly: "Is it a script adapted from a fairy tale?"
Xing Shuyao nodded: "Yes, the scripts performed by the students are all adapted from fairy tales."
"Oh." Chen Xiao'er continued to flip through the pages of the book. To her, this rule was quite reasonable. Modern versions of fairy tales tend to be more acceptable and will not cause controversy.
Xing Shuyao lowered his head in silence: "Of course the school doesn't have such a rule. In fact, Chixing's cultural and entertainment activities have been declining for hundreds of years, and have declined to the extreme in the past hundred years."
Only fairy tales and famous ancient plays are still circulated, and other things are always the first to be discarded during the escape.
Chen Xiao'er carefully read through this book of famous fairy tales from Chixing, which she had read when she was in elementary school.
A long time ago, there was a powerful country, and in that country there was a wise queen.
The queen possesses extraordinary wisdom and beauty, but she also has a very obvious shortcoming, which is her extremely cold personality.
The people were far away from the Queen, so they loved this wise king very much. But everyone around the Queen thought she was like a piece of metal sculpture.
Time passed quickly, and the Queen was already 30 years old. She still had not fallen in love with anyone. Since no one dared to force the Queen to marry, the heir to the country could only be the Queen's sister.
However, the princess is completely different from her sister, she is a kind and gentle girl. She believes that if a person has never fallen in love with anyone in his life, then such a life is incomplete.
So she prayed to the god of love, hoping that he would grant her sister precious love.
The god of love responded to his devout believer by shooting an arrow of love into the queen's heart.
The lovely god never expected that the queen's heart was the most unreasonable substance he had ever seen. It was more stubborn than gold and harder than diamond.
The strange heart refused to beat to the rhythm of Cupid's arrow, so Cupid had to bless the queen with charm, making everyone who saw her fall in love with her.
The gods hope to use love to touch the coldest heart in the world.
Unexpectedly, the queen was so annoyed that she deliberately used the most difficult questions to challenge all the suitors. One of the suitors was a handsome but fragile young prince, who was heartbroken by the queen's ridicule.
The little prince ended his life in despair in the temple of Eros.
The god of love was furious and cursed the queen in anger: If you really can't fall in love with anyone, you will add one hour of sleep every day for every month.
That is to say, if the queen fails to fall in love with someone, she will fall into eternal sleep after a year and a half.
The Queen was so worried about this that she had to summon all the decent suitors and ask them a new question: Give me the highest treasure.
The suitors diligently piled all kinds of treasures at the queen's feet.
Three of the suitors are princes from the western, southern and northern countries, and everyone is looking forward to the treasures they will bring.
The first prince presented the legendary egg of the divine bird.
He said he climbed up the Towering Tree and found the eggs of the divine bird at the top of the tree.
"My dear Queen, when the egg hatches in your hands, everyone will know that you are the Master of Destiny!"
The second prince brought a basin of water and placed it in the sun.
The prince said that nothing in the world was more precious than the sun, and that the sun was high above, so its reflection in the basin of water would be at a very high distance and could gather a ray of the sun's heat. That was the most precious thing about the sun.
"My wise Majesty, life is filled with fascinating knowledge. I am willing to explore these supreme treasures with you."
The third prince came to see the queen wearing a jeweled cloak.
He had an extraordinarily handsome face, a strong and imposing physique, and the beauty of his gait far surpassed that of his other suitors, as if a crane were walking among a flock of wild ducks.
Under the gaze of everyone, the prince walked up to the queen and handed her a gorgeous dagger.
"Your Majesty, I believe I am the tallest, richest, and most handsome man in the world. And I love you so much that my heart, which loves you, is the greatest treasure of all. If only you would accept my love, I would give you everything I have."
Due to its long history, The Sleeping Queen has many distinct endings.
There are two officially recognized endings.
One of them is that the queen was moved by the third prince's sincere confession and truly fell in love with this handsome prince.
The queen's actions proved that love is indeed the most precious treasure in the world, and it can melt even a cold heart. The god of love was greatly pleased and immediately lifted the curse on the queen.
From then on, the wisest, most intelligent and most gentle woman in the world lived happily together with the most heroic, richest and most loyal man in the world.
The second is that the desperate queen found that the words of the three princes could not cause any fluctuation in her heart, and she really could not fall in love with anyone.
So she laughed and pierced the third prince's heart and pointed to the sky and cursed the gods who manipulated humans.
The furious God of Love mobilized his divine power and turned the queen into a golden statue, making her stand outside the temple of God of Love forever.
Chen Xiao'er carefully read the script and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, this is the ending."
The script provided by the school retains the text of several endings, but the one that is actually performed in red is the ending that is most widely circulated among the people.
The queen listened to the three princes' words indifferently and found that her heart was not moved at all.
She waved her hand, dismissing all her suitors. "Even if I die under the curse, I will never betray my heart."
The queen's kind sister felt very guilty. She found the god of love and hoped that he would take back the curse. She was willing to give everything for this.
The God of Love, in accordance with the rules of the God of Gods, subjects His devout followers to three trials.
My sister barely passed the first test amidst numerous difficulties and dangers.
The God of Love fell in love with her kindness and strength during the trials, so he decided to bless her and make her his wife.
The queen was overjoyed when she heard the news. She rushed to the temple where the wedding was held and loudly blessed her sister.
But when her sister and God floated towards the sky hand in hand, and her sister's figure completely merged into the light, she suddenly realized that she would never see her sister again.
A golden tear burst out of her eyes, and the arrow of Cupid in the queen's heart quietly disappeared.
Only then did the queen realize that she had already deeply loved someone.
This is a disappointing ending, but it is more complete than the others. In this story, the younger sister also jumped from the role of "big tree" and "passerby A" to become a relatively important female supporting role.
Chen Xiao'er asked with a hint of smugness, "How do we assign the roles? By drawing lots?"
How could it be a lottery?
Xing Shuyao wasn't the only one who paused. The other students nearby also put down their work. Everyone looked at Chen Xiao'er quietly: "The school chose this script specifically for you."
Xing Shuyao raised her head and said, "Actually, there's a role that's very suitable for you. After discussing it with several of us class committee members, we decided that we must let you read the script first..."
"Really?" Chen Xiao'e happily grasped the script. "Can I really play the role of the Queen's sister?"
"......" Xing Shuyao was stunned for a moment, and forced a smile: "No, you are Her Majesty the Queen."
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