Chapter 87 Royal City Banquet: He Was Targeted by the System
Whether it was Shi Yu's imagination or not, the palace seemed to shake slightly after the king asked that question.
But Shi Yu soon realized it wasn't his imagination, because the entire palace began to tremble. As Shi Yu remained silent for longer, the tremors intensified. Tables, chairs, and vases shook, crystal chandeliers rattled, and jewels shattered on the floor... The entire palace looked as if it were about to collapse.
The floor was shaking violently, and Shi Yu was unsteady on her feet. Everything in the palace was shaking, but the king remained unmoved, sitting upright in his chair, his gaze filled with fatherly love and a sense of vicissitude as he looked at the princess, seemingly oblivious to everything happening around him.
A picture frame as tall as a person fell off the wall as it shook. Shi Yu dodged it in time, then quickly walked to a pillar and leaned against it to steady himself.
Shi Yu wasn't surprised by what was happening in front of her; instead, she felt relieved.
Um.
This is more like a high-level dungeon.
Royal City Banquet Official Livestream Room——
[Why did the instance suddenly mutate? One second we were having a heartwarming father-daughter moment, the next the house was banging loudly, it scared me to death.]
This is why I don't like watching new dungeon raids. If it weren't for the female streamer's good looks, I would have watched older dungeons; at least there were warnings in the chat.
[I've never seen this female streamer before; it must be her first time entering a high-level dungeon. She doesn't seem scared at all!]
I like pretty girls, but I love pretty girls who stay calm and collected in the face of adversity even more!
Your pretty girl wasn't scared at all; in fact, she seemed relieved.
【？？？】
More and more things kept falling on her head, not just furniture, chandeliers, and murals, but also bricks, tiles, and beams. Dust filled the palace as Shi Yu inhaled the dust and dodged, her mind racing.
The mortality rate in high-level dungeons is extremely high, so he is currently facing his first crisis in a high-level dungeon.
The palace trembled more and more violently, and the falling stones became faster and denser, like a game of dodgeball, with the difficulty increasing from easy to hard to hellish. Shi Yu could barely dodge them.
The falling stones were getting heavier and heavier; the stones that had just hit the ground had already dented the floor. I can't imagine what would happen if they hit someone.
But the maid said that even if the princess made a mistake, the king would not be willing to punish her severely, at most he would give her a minor punishment as a warning.
In other words, the king could not have killed the princess.
This is not unsolvable.
"Hmm..."
Lost in thought, a steel bar sliced through his skin, and blood gushed from his calf, quickly staining the hem of his snow-white skirt red.
At the same time, Shi Yu understood why the king had asked that question and why he was angry.
His current identity is that of a princess. Since princesses are girls, "she" must like boys. At the banquet, "she" mingled with a group of girls. The king may have misunderstood. Who wouldn't be angry if they found out that their daughter liked girls?
"Father..." Shi Yu, enduring the pain in his calf, bowed to the king and said clearly and respectfully, "I like men."
In an instant, the palace stopped shaking, and the stones stopped falling. Almost in the blink of an eye, the chaotic palace was restored to the state it had been in when he first entered, spotless and resplendent in gold.
The wound on his calf had miraculously healed, and the bloodstains on his skirt had disappeared.
If it weren't for the lingering pain, Shi Yu would have thought that everything that had just happened was an illusion.
"That's good."
The weariness in the king's eyes had vanished, replaced by bright, piercing eyes. He looked at Shi Yu with a kind and gentle smile, saying to her like any father who loves his daughter, "Spend more time with the princes. Although each prince is excellent, I will not interfere with your final choice. Your preference is the most important thing."
Unexpectedly, the king was quite open-minded. Shi Yu lowered his eyes and nodded: "Yes, thank you, Father."
The king waved his hand: "Alright, go back and rest."
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At the banquet, Shen Su sat in a corner drinking, wearing the skin of a high-and-mighty war god. No one within a meter of him approached, nor did anyone strike up a conversation with him or invite him to dance.
The banquet ended at 11 p.m. Shen Su did not leave with the main group. He only got up and left after he saw that most of the people in the banquet hall had left. His deputy general was nowhere to be found, but such a big NPC would probably come back on his own if he couldn't find him.
After leaving the banquet hall, Shen Su walked back along the corridor he had come from. At first, there were guests and palace guards who were also lagging behind, but as he walked, he could no longer see the guards and maids.
The only sound in the entire corridor was his footsteps.
Then Shen Su discovered that after walking for a long time, he had returned to this corridor.
The golden corridor stretched as far as the eye could see, and the once gleaming walls and railings now appeared somewhat eerie.
Shen Su continued walking forward.
Then he returned to the starting point.
Ahead lay an endless corridor, its golden light on either side sending chills down one's spine.
Immersed in the live broadcast room—
[A ghost wall? Western dungeons also have ghost walls? That's not scientifically possible!]
[It's not a case of being trapped in a maze; there are no supernatural elements in this instance. He simply entered a space where tens of thousands of copies of the corridor had been pasted and copied.]
【Huh? Will I be able to get out if I keep walking and walking?】
[He can't get out. After walking through these tens of thousands of paths, tens of thousands more will appear, endlessly. While the concept of being trapped in a maze can be broken, this one is unsolvable; it's truly unsolvable. His likely fate is to be trapped here and die, until he becomes a skeleton and no one notices.]
I feel like he's being targeted by the system. He didn't do anything wrong, and yet he's being targeted for no reason.
Yes, I think so too. I went to check on Qin Ke, and he also entered the maze. His maze was a normal high-level dungeon maze; although it looked difficult, it had a solution.
[And then there's Mo Rugui. Although someone inexplicably pulled him into the arena, it was still within the normal difficulty of a high-level dungeon. I think the NPC didn't know our Great God Mo's fighting prowess. I just wonder if Great God Mo will be judged as OOC when he shows off his skills... LOL! Great God Mo didn't even use force, but instead used his own verbal skills to persuade people, and the key point is that the NPC seems to have been persuaded!!!]
This streamer is pretty much finished, so everyone's welcome to follow Mo Dashen! Mo Rugui, the second-ranked streamer on the skill leaderboard, is definitely worth following!
Why not become a fan of Qin Ke? Isn't it funny to see our handsome Qin Ke being chased by lions all over the maze?
[It's hard to say whether the person upstairs is a fan or a hater of Qin Ke.]
Who is that female streamer dressed as the princess? Can someone point me in the right direction?
...
Just as the number of viewers in Shen Su's live stream was plummeting while the number of viewers in the other three live streams was rising, Shi Yu had already changed out of her formal dress in the princess's palace, taken a rose petal bath, and changed into a loose silk nightgown to go to sleep.
Playing on your phone before bed is standard practice, but there's no phone here, so Shi Yu opened the game panel and checked. The Lin Fengbai icon was still showing as unsummonable, and there were no new system messages. Just as she was about to close it, Shi Yu saw an icon light up.
Prop name: [Resurrection from the Dead]
Item Description: This item can be unlocked when your partner's affection level is ≥10000.
Item Function: If a player uses [Resurrection] within 30 seconds of their partner's death in a dungeon, the partner can be revived.
Number of uses: Unlimited
Cooldown time: 24 hours
Ever since they unlocked this item, it had been grayed out, but now it suddenly lit up. Could it be... that Shen Su's life is in danger?!
Shi Yu suddenly sat up in bed.
Without a second thought, he pressed the button, pressing it three times in a row because his fingers were trembling.
[WARNING: You and your partner are not in the same space; the item cannot be used!]
[WARNING: You and your partner are not in the same space; the item cannot be used!]
[WARNING: You and your partner are not in the same space; the item cannot be used!]
Shi Yu hesitated for only a second before using another prop without any hesitation.
For a second, his heart seemed to stop beating.
He couldn't imagine that Shen Su would die.
Prop name: [The end of the world is so close]
Item Description: Players can unlock this item by becoming partners.
Item function: After use, you can be teleported directly to your partner.
Fortunately, this prop is useful.
Shi Yu opened his eyes, enduring the dizziness and nausea after the spatial shift. He found himself in a golden corridor, with a patch of blood-red ground in front of him.
And, Chen Su, lying in a pool of blood, barely clinging to life.
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