Chapter 326 The Tower and the Kitchen
Each time they reincarnate, they receive fragments of information due to their different identities and perspectives, like piecing together a puzzle. Zhao Shuying has already decided that she will not leave the Oak Owl camp in the next reincarnation.
As they flew towards the instance's light barrier, Yu Xunge asked, "Did you find out how they closed the instance's light barrier?"
Zhao Shuying said, "There is no detailed information. They only said that we will know once we go in. They will close one instance's light screen, and there can be no more than three people at most."
The specific items she collected were all level 20. Yu Xunge and Liang Yuchuan picked and chose, and put together a complete set of level 20 specific items based on the level of the specific items collected by Zhao Shuying.
The three of them hadn't been idle all these years; they were very familiar with the map and dungeon screens of the Forest Sea. They quickly found a level 20 dungeon screen, and the three of them and the dragon rushed over at the same time, each taking on two, and quickly killing the patrolling Oak Owl Guards.
Zhao Shuying hasn't spent much time leveling up over the years, but she's already over level 50, so dealing with a level 30 Oak Owl is a piece of cake.
After clearing out the guards, the three of them took out 11 level 20 specific items and entered the dungeon's light barrier one after another, carrying large and small bags.
Then……
Then, less than a second after I went in, I was kicked out.
The three looked at each other, and Tu Lan, who had landed on Yu Xunge's head, also looked confused.
The 11 specific items in his hand remained unchanged.
Liang Yuchuan asked, "Is something wrong with the item?"
Zhao Shuying shook her head: "No... if the item is wrong, it won't be kicked out; at most, it won't react."
Yu Xunge, however, thought of her past experiences playing games and said, "Could it be that the map can't load?"
This is, after all, the world inside the tower, pieced together by the spirits of the fallen and their memories. They can only follow history and cannot truly make changes.
Just as even if they killed half of the soldiers in the Oak Owl's camp, the wars that were destined to be won would still be won, and the wars that were destined to be lost would still be lost; they could not truly change the course of history.
Yu Xunge asked, "...Have you ever entered the dungeon's light barrier in all these years?"
Zhao Shuying and Liang Yuchuan both nodded.
That's for sure. When they are just lowly soldiers, they will only need to go to the battlefield later on. In the early stages, they will go to attack the dungeon's light barrier.
Yu Xunge continued, "This means that the tower can not only accommodate the Senhai Battlefield, but also a portion of Zelan's projection. Considering that we cannot change the outcome of history but have a certain degree of freedom in our actions, even if we really cannot close the dungeon light screen, theoretically we should be able to go in and go through the process. After we come out, the dungeon light screen will still be there, right?"
"Many things in the tower can be fabricated, like a game world with a high degree of freedom. Those heroic spirits are NPCs with a certain level of intelligence. They can make the skill books we need and issue tasks to us according to our needs. Turan can make toys. The skill books and their needs are part of their consciousness and memory. We can't take the latter out of the tower at all. These are not real things."
Yu Xunge changed the subject and returned to the instance light screen: "But now when we want to enter the instance, it directly rejects us. I can only think of one explanation: it can't load. It can't load reality."
Liang Yuchuan's eyes began to glaze over, and Tu Lan started playing with her nails.
Zhao Shuying immediately understood Yu Xunge's meaning: "You suspect that taking these 11 specific items into the instance will lead to the real Zelan, rather than a projection of Zelan?"
Talking to smart people is so easy, Yu Xunge nodded: "That's right!"
This is just speculation, but Zhao Shuying feels that it is the closest thing to the truth.
The two exchanged their thoughts and future plans under the tree.
Tu Lan and Liang Yuchuan suddenly locked eyes. The latter pulled out his battered and tattered game console and asked Tu Lan, "Want to play a round?"
Tu Lan asked Yu Xunge in her mind, "Can I play games with your sister Liang Yuchuan?"
Yu Xunge: "If I say no, you're just going to stop fighting?"
Tulan: "Of course! I'm your son, even the Holy Grail's word doesn't carry as much weight as yours!"
Yu Xunge: "...Go ahead and fight. If you lose, don't expect me to avenge you."
Tu Lan: "You wait, I'll help you bully her!"
Before Yu Xunge and Zhao Shuying had finished their business, they turned around and saw that Liang Yuchuan and Tu Lan had already put down their game consoles and started playing Mortal Kombat, cursing each other for being bad at the game.
The two looked at it for a few seconds, then silently turned their backs and pretended not to see it.
Yu Xunge asked, "Are you really alright?"
Zhao Shuying: "It's alright, no one would be stupid enough to defect to a foreign race."
Despite saying that, the worry between Zhao Shuying's brows was very obvious.
Clearly, she had noticed something amiss.
This made Yu Xunge curious: what kind of identity and promises had been obtained that made the talents of Dinghai begin to waver after only twenty years of being here?
There are still over 270 years left in prison. How are they going to endure that? They also have to be extremely careful to keep their lives. No wonder so few alien races reach the top. And once they do, they forget who they were.
Zhao Shuying asked, "What are your plans for the next cycle of reincarnation?"
Yu Xunge had already made up his mind: "Follow Xiangxiao through one cycle, then jump out and go through another cycle on my own."
That's how it appears on the surface, but she couldn't tell Zhao Shuying her real plan. She intended to seize every opportunity during each reincarnation to pull off a big heist and then defect.
Sigh, earning skills by doing quests is too slow. It's much faster to just rob someone directly.
After parting ways with Zhao Shuying and the others, Yu Xunge took Tu Lan on a six-month trip, ending this cycle of reincarnation.
However, in the fifth cycle, she found herself as a kitchen helper in a small kitchen, specifically for cooking for Song Guili Zhou. When Yu Xunge came to her senses, she heard someone call her name—[Qinggua].
Yu Xunge lazily got up and glanced at the owl's talent—[Kitchen Boy], S-rank!
Ignoring the cramped space, Yu Xunge spread her wings and flew low over: "I'm here! What are your orders, Uncle?!"
Regardless of what year it is, she will grow old and die in this kitchen in this reincarnation!
The cook was quite generous, allowing Yu Xunge to observe and learn how to cook, but he never let Yu Xunge touch Song Gui's food. Her job was to wash and chop vegetables, but since this small kitchen was only responsible for Song Gui and Li Zhou's meals, the workload was not heavy at all. If she weren't the cook's niece, she really wouldn't have had this job.
Yu Xunge wasn't annoyed. That's how it is when you're an apprentice. As long as you learn real skills, that's enough. Besides, she can use the ingredients here as she pleases.
In the third year, the cook began to loosen her grip a little. Sometimes when the cook was resting, someone would say that Li Zhou was hungry, and the cook was too lazy to get up, so she would ask the cook to cook for Li Zhou.
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